238 II N 1 "HEMRY A DREER 4^N I LADELPH iA PA ' W^f HARDY PERENNIAL" PLANTS 



SCABIOSA CAUCAS1CA 



SATUREIA (Winter Savory). 



Montana. A neat, dwarf evergreen, aromatic 

 plant, with slender, woody, very branching 

 stems, 12 inches high, covered with showy 

 white heather-like flowers in August and Sep- 

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



SCABIOSA. 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any 

 ordinary soil if well drained and in a sunny loca- 

 tion, 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 lav- 

 ender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 

 21 inches high until September. (See cut.) 

 — Alba. A pure white variety. 



Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to Sep- 

 tember; 2 feet. 



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



SEMPERMVIM (House Leek). 



Peculiarly interesting plant for the rockery or for any exposed, 

 well-drained position. We can furnish six distinct varieties at 

 10 cts. each; §1.00 per doz. Set of 6 for 50 cts. 



SEISECIO (Groundsel). 



Especially suited for planting in low, moist ground; grow from 

 3 to 5 feet high, producing a bold effect. 

 Clivorum. Very large, round leaves and heavy stems of pure 



yellow flowers. 

 Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up 



from Julv to October, a succession of 2-feet-high stems, with 



clusfers of brilliant rosy-purple flowers, of good size. 

 Wilsonianus. Its tall flower-stems. 3 to 5 feet high, arise from 



a wide-spreading tuft of large cordate leaves, bearing bright 



yellow flowers in July and August. 



25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



SEDXJM (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. 



Kamtschaticum. Deep green foliage; yellow flowers in June; 8 inches. 

 Lydium ulaucum. A neat variety, with glaucous foliage. 

 Middendorfianum. Narrow green foliage, sulphur-yellow flowers in 



summer. 

 Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 

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



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. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. ' 



— Coccinum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 ERECT, OR TALL-GROWING VARIETIES. 

 Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interesting 

 flowers during late summer and fall. 



Japonicum Macrophyllum. Forms compact bushes, 15 inches high, 

 with pleasing waxy-white flowers, with light pink centres. 



Maximum Atropurpureum. Inter- 

 esting on account of its dark bronzy- 

 purple foliage; 15 inches. 

 Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect- 

 growing species, attaining a height of 

 18 inches, with broad light green foli- 

 age and immense heads of handsome 

 showy rose-colored flowers; indispen- 

 sable as a late fall-blooming plant. 

 — "Brilliant." A rich colored form 

 of the preceding, being a bright ama- 

 ranth-red. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz. 

 Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. One 

 each of the four sorts for 50 cts. 



Sedum Spectabile 



Be sure and include Pyrethrum Hybridum in your list of Hardy Plants. See page 235 



