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STACHYS (Woundwort). 



Betonica Grandiflora (Betony). Large flowers of a soft rose- 

 color; June ?nd July; 15 inches. 



Lanata. Forms a densely leaved mass of bright, silvery-white 

 woolly foliage and inconspicuous clusters of light purple flowers. 

 As a plant for edging or for clumps in the border, or wherever in- 

 tense color is desired for contrast with other foliage, it will be 

 found most useful. 



15 cts. each; 51.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



$3F.A.TnCIi< (Great Sea Lavender). 

 Gmelini. Large panicles of violet-blue flowers. 

 Latifolia. A most valuable plant either for the border or rockery, 

 with tufts of leathery leaves and immense candelabra-like heads, 

 frequently li feet high and 2 feet across, of purplish-blue minute 

 flowers from June to September; these, if cut and dried, last in 

 perfect condition for months. 

 Tatarica. Reddish-purple flowers. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



STENANTHIUM. 



(Mountain Feather Fleece.) 

 Robustum. A rare perennial, 

 with showy panicles of pure 

 white, fleecy flowers in August 

 and September on stems i to 5 

 feet high; requires a moist, semi- 

 shady position. 50 cts. each; 

 $5.00 per doz. 



PLANS OF 



HARDY BORDERS 



These are shown together 

 with list of suitable plants in 

 our Special Catalogue o f 

 Hardy Plants. Copies free 

 on request. 



Statice Latipolia 



SWEET 



STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster). 



Cyanea. A beautiful native plant growing 

 18 inches high, bearing freely from early 

 in June until September its handsome lav- 

 ender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, which 

 measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It is 

 of the easiest culture, succeeding in any 

 open, sunny position, and not only is it 

 desirable as a single plant in the hardy 

 border, but it can also be used with fine 

 effect in masses or beds of any size. 



Cyanea alba. Pure white variety of above. 



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



Sweet William 



WILXIAM (Dianthus Barbatus). 



(London Tufts.) 



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

 in mid-summer a splendid effect in beds and borders with their rich 

 and varied flowers. We can supply the following all grown from our 

 own select strain of seed: 

 Newport Pink. Rich salmony-rose. 

 Pure White. Very large. 

 Bright Scarlet. Effective color. 

 Mixed c Containing all colors. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



SYMPHYTUM (Comfrey). 



Asperrimum aureo variegatum. A pretty golden variegated 

 foliage border plant; in spring the leaves form rosettes close to the 

 ground, later in the season the stems and leaves rise and form a 

 taller plant, 15 to 18 inches high, with numerous drooping blue 

 bell-shaped flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



TEXTCRIUM. 



Canadense (American, Germander). A useful plant for the 

 rockery; dark green aromatic foliage and spikes of light purple 

 flowers in midsummer. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



THERMOPSIS. 



Caroliniana. A showy, tall-growing plant, attaining a height of 3 

 feet, producing long spikes of yellow flowers in June and July. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



We offer a splendid collection of Delphiniums this season, see page 211 



