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Saponaria (Soap wort) 



Ocymoides Splendens. A useful plant for the rockery or 

 border, producing from May to August, masses of attractive 

 bright rose flowers; 8 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



Semper vivum (Houseieeio 



Evergreen succulents forming interesting rosette-like 

 plants for the rockery. 6 distinct varieties 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Sidalcea 



Erect branching plants 2 to 3 feet, producing during 

 June and July pretty, mallow-like flowers, about an 

 inch in diameter. 

 Candida. Pure white. 

 Rose Queen. Bright rose color. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Silene (Catchfly) 



Alpestris. A good rock plant, grows 4 inches high 



with white flowers in July and August. 

 Schafta {Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or 



rock plant from 4 to 6 inches high, with bright pink 



flowers from July to October. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Silphium (Cu P -piant) 



Perfoliatum. A stately perennial, 5 to 7 feet high, 

 with large single yellow sunflower-like blooms from 

 July to September. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 StachyS (Woundwort) 



Betonica Grandifiora (Bctony). Large flowers 

 of purplish-rose; June and July; 15 inches. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Lanata. Forms a densely -leaved mass of bright 

 silvery-white woolly foliage and clusters of light 

 purple flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Statice (Great Sea Lavender) 



Latifolia. A most valuable plant either for the 

 border or rockery with tufts of leathery leaves 

 and immense candelabra-like heads, frequently 

 1J feet high and 2 feet across, of purplish-blue 

 minute flowers during July and August; these, 

 if cut and dried, last in perfect condition for 

 months. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00| 

 per 100. 



Thalictrum Dipterocarpum 



Stokesia 



(Cornflower Aster) 



A beautiful native plant grow- 

 ing 18 inches high, bearing freely 

 from early in June until Septem- 

 ber its handsome cornflower-like 

 blossoms, which measure from 4 

 to 5 inches across. 



Cyanea. Bright lavender-blue. 



— alba. A pretty pure white. 



— Lutea. Creamy yellow. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



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Sweet William 



>iraea (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat 



attractive foliage; succeed best in a half shaded location. 



Filipendula (Dropworl). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 

 stems 15 inches high; June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



Filipendula flore plena. Identical to the above, excepting that 

 the flowers are double. 



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

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

 branches passing into the silvery pink of the broad corymbs of 

 flowers, which are produced very free during June and July. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



Ulmaria Fl. PI. (Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, and pro- 

 duces its double white flowers during June and July. 



Venusta. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with showy spikes of fragrant red 

 flowers in July and August. 



Price. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. One each of the 

 above 5 varieties, $1.50. 



Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing 

 in early summer a splendid effect in beds and borders, with their rich 

 and varied flowers. 12 to 18 inches. 

 Newport Pink. The prettiest color among Sweet Williams, a lovely 



salmon or watermelon pink. 

 Pure White. Very large individual flowers and trusses. 

 Scarlet Beauty. Rich deep scarlet; very effective. 

 Mixed. Containing all colors. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Garden Chrysanthemums offered on page 175 will supply an abundance of flowers after everything- else 



has been cut by frost 



