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Sedliji Spectabile 



SEDUM or STONE-CROP 



DWARF SORTS 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet-bedding, covering of graves, 

 etc. 

 Acre {Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; foliage 



green; flowers bright yeUow. 

 Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 

 Ewersii. Broad glaucous foliage and purplish-pink flowers in 



summer; 6 inches. 

 Sarmentosum. Strong spreading habit with yellow flowers. 

 Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yellow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Round succulent glaucous foliage, bright pink flowers, 



August and September. 

 Stahli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 

 Stolonifera. One of the most desirable; flat succulent leaves; 



flowers purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 

 Spurium Coccinum. A beautiful rosy-crimson-flowered form; 



July and August ; 6 inches. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; S15.00 per 100. Set of 9 sorts, $2.00. 



Sedum Erect Growing Varieties 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interest- 

 ing flowers during late summer and fall. 

 Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect growing species, attaining 



a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage and immense 



heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; indispensable as 



a late fall-blooming plant. 

 — "Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, being a 



bright amaranth-red. 



25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



SIDALCEA 



Rosy Gem. Erect growmg branching plant 2 to 3 feet high, 

 producing during Jime and July pretty, bright rose-colored 

 mallow-like flowers, about an inch in diameter. 25 cts. each; 

 S2.50 per doz. 



SILENE (Catchfly) 



Schafta {Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, 

 growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink 

 flowers from July to October. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



SILPHIUM (Cup-Plant) 



Perfoliatum. A stately perennial, also known as the Compass 

 Plant, on account of the leaves being arranged at right angles to 

 the stem; grows 5 to 7 feet high, with large single yellow sun- 

 flower-like blooms from July to September. 30 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. . 



SOLIDAGO (Golden Rod) 



The varieties offered below are the most desirable of our native 

 Golden Rods. 



Altissima. The giant of the family, attaining a height of 10 to 12 

 feet; the large heads of golden-yellow flowers reach perfection 

 late in October. 



Golden Wings. The finest of all; 5 feet high, with immense 

 panicles of bright golden-yellow flowers from July to September. 



Rigidus. Verj' distinct bold plant with large, heavy foliage and 

 immense heads of yellow flowers from the end of July till Septem- 

 ber. 5 feet. 



Shorti. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August. 3 feet. 



Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 

 4 sorts, 85 cts. 



SPIRAEA (Goat's Beard, 'Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat 

 attractive foliage; succeed best in a half shaded location in rich, 

 moist soil. 



Filipendula {Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 

 stems 15 inches high, during June and July, and pretty fern-like 

 foliage. 



Filipendula flore plena. Identical to the above, excepting 

 that the flowers are double. 



Palmata. {Crimson Meadow Sweet). One of the most useful 

 hardy plants, with dark green foliage and purple-red stems and 

 branches passing into the crimson-purple of the broad corymbs 

 of flowers, which are produced very free during June and July. 



Palmata Elegans. A free-flo%vering silvery-pink form of the 

 above. 



Ulmaria, Fl. PI. {Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, and 

 produces its double white flowers during June and July. 



Price. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One each of 

 the above S varieties, $1.50. 



Spiraea 



