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GIANT-FLOWERING MARSHMALLOWS or ROSEMALLOWS 



(Hibiscus) 

 ILLUSTRATED IN COLORS ON THE PLATE OPPOSITE 



A wonderfiilly improved form of our greatly admired native Marshmallow or Rosemallow, in which not only the colors have been 

 greatly intensified, but in which flowers of enormous size, frequently 10 to 12 inches in diameter, have been developed. These plants 

 can be highly recommended for aU kinds of plantings. They appear to be equally at home in all positions, having the same vigor in dry 

 and wet ground, and are perfectly hardy. They grow from 5 to 8 feet high, and are very floriterous, blooming from early in July until late 

 in September. We offer three distinct colors — Red, Pink and White — in strong two-year-old roots, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 

 per 100. One each of the three colors for $1.00. 



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 yellow. 

 Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 

 Lydium. Bronzy green foliage, pink flowers. 

 Pruinatum Forsterianum. Glaucous bluish-green leaves golden yellow 



flowers. 

 Sarmentosum. Strong spreading habit with yellow flowers. 

 Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yeOow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Round succulent glaucous foliage, bright pink flowers; August 



and September. 

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



purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 

 Spurium Coccineum. A beautiful rosy-crimson-flowered form; July 

 |^'>«v^ '^N. >^HV^i^^^^^H^^H and August; 6 inches. 



I i&H^-" - ^9^^^Ih 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. Set of 9 sorts, $2.00. 



Sedum, Erect Growing Varieties 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interesting 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.; $18.00 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.; $18.00 

 per 100. 



Saxifraga (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. 



35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Scabiosa 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if well drain- 

 ed 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 charming soft shade of lavender, com- 

 mences blooming in June, continuing until September. 18 to 24 inches 

 high. 



Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, from July to September; 2 feet. 



30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. Sedum Spectabile 



Scabiosa Caucasica 



