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SAX I FRAG A (Megasea) 

 These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about 1 foot high 

 and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming masses of 

 handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them useful, while the 

 pretty rose-pink flowers, which appear very early in the spring, make them doubly 

 effective. 



Cordifolia. Light pink. 

 Crassifolia. Rosy-pink. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



SCABIOSA 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if well drained and in a 

 sunny location, and should be grown in every garden where cut flowers are 

 wanted; they last a long time when picked and placed in water. 

 Caucasica {Blue Bonnet). A soft and charming shade of lavender, and com- 

 mences to bloom in June, 

 throwing stems 18 to 24 inches 

 high until September. SO cts. 

 each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Japonica. Lavender-blue 



flowers, from July to Septem- 

 ber; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; S2.50 

 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



SENECIO 



(Groundsel) 



Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of 

 foliage, from which spring up 

 from July to October, a suc- 

 cession of 2-feet high stems, 

 with clusters of brilliant rosy- 

 purple flowers, of good size. 

 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doi. • 

 $18.00 per 100. 

 Senecio Pulcher 



Salvia Pitcheri 



ROSMARINUS (Rosemary) 



Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb of neat habit of growth; requires 

 protection. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



SALVIA (Meadow Sage) 



Azurea. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing August and September pretty 



sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 

 Greggi. Makes a shapely, bushy plant about two feet high, and from July to 



late October bears masses of rich and luminous brilliant carmine flowers; 



requires protection in winter. 

 Greggi Alba. A pretty white flowered form, which makes a good companion 



to the red flowered type. 

 Pitcheri. Similar to Azurea, but of more branching habit and larger flowers 



of a rich gentian blue color; 3 to 4 feet. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Set of the 4 varieties, $1.00. 



SANTOLINA (Lavender Cotton) 



Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with attrac- 

 tive, silvery-white foliage; useful as a rock or border plant, and largely 

 used for carpet bedding. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



SAPONARIA (Soap Wort) 



Ocymoides Splendens. A very useful plant for the rockery or the border, 

 producing from May to August, masses of attractive small bright rose 

 flowers. 8 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



ScABiosA Caucasica 



