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HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS 



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Sedum Spectabile 



SEDUM (Stone-crop) 

 DWARF VARIETIES 



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

 etc. 

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



green; flowers bright yellow. 

 Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 

 Ewersii. Broad glaucous foliage and purplish-pink flowers in 



summer; 6 inches. 

 Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yellow flowers. 

 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.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 7 sorts, $1.50. 



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; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



SIDALCEA 



^osy Gem. Erect growing branching plant 2 to 3 feet high, 

 producing during June and July pretty, bright rose-colored 

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

 $2.50 per doz. 



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. 



SISYRINCHIUM 



(Satin Lily or Blue-eyed Grass) 

 Bermudianum. A pretty early spring and fall-flowering 

 plant with blue flowers and grass-like foliage. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



SOL I DAGO (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. Very distinct bold plant with large, heavy foliage and 



immense heads of yellow flowers from the end of July till 



September. 5 feet. 

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

 Virgaurea Compacta. Grows but 15 inches high; deep yellow 



flowers in August and September. 

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



5 sorts, $1.00. 



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, arid pretty fern-like 



foliage. ^jj, 



Filipendula flore plena. Identical to the above, excepting 



that the flowers are double. ;■■: 



Palmata Elegans (Meadow Sweet). One of the most useful 



hardy plants, grows about 3 feet high, producing during June and 



July broad corymbs of pure white flowers with protruding pink 



anthers. 

 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 4 varieties, $1.25. 



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