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SHORTIA. 



Cjalacifolia. A rare Slid handsome evergreen, with bronzy-green foliage. The 

 llou eis are pure white, about an inch across, each on a stiff, wiry stem, and turn 

 pink wilh age. 35 cis. each ; $3.50 per doz. 



SIDAI.CEA. 



Murrayana. Forms a neat, erect plant about 30 inches higli, with large spikes of soft rose-colored. 

 Mallow-like flowers from June to August. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



SII.ENE. 



Schafta (Aniumji Catchjly). A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with 

 masses of bright pink Howers from July to October. 25 cts. each ; ^2.50 per doz. 



SMILACINA (False Solomon's Seal). 



One of our most attractive native plants, and a splendid subject for the border both for its foliage and 

 flowers; grown in a shaded position it attains the height of about 3 feet, producing its panicles of white 

 flowers in early spring. 15 cts. each; $1,50 per doz 



SOLIOAGO (Golden Rod). 



The two varieties offered below are the most desirable of our popular native Golden Rods. 



Canadensis. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with spikes of golden- 

 yellow flowers from the end of July until September. 

 Rigidus. A bold plant, with large, heavy foliage and im- 

 mense heads of rich yellow flowers in August and Septem- 

 ber. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; Jg.OO per 100. 





3oLIDAG0. 



^PI GEL.I A (Carolina, or Indian Pink). 



riarilandica. A rare and charming native plant, succeeding 

 best in a moist situation and producing from early in June 

 until late in October brilliant red tubular flowers with yellow 

 throat ; 1.5 to 18 inches. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 



SPIR<^A. 



(Goat's-beard, Meadow Sweet). 

 AruncUS. A noble variety, 3 to 5 

 feet high, producing in June and 

 July long feathery panicles, like 

 gigintic plumes, of white flowers. 



— Kneiffi. A new variety, 3 to 4 

 feet high, with foliage divided as 

 fine as a fern, with great sprays ol 

 silvery-white flowers in June. 50 

 cts. each ; $5-00 per doz. 



Chinensis. A distinct and hand- 

 some species, with large heads of 

 -silvery-pink flowers in June and 

 July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2-50 

 per doz. 



iFilipendula FI. PI. {DoubU- 

 flowered Drop-WJrt). Numerous 

 corymbs of double white flowers, 

 on stems 12 inches high, durin;; 

 June and July, and pretty, fern- 

 like foliage. (See cui.) 



<iigantea, or Kamtschatica. 



Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet 

 high, with large palmate leaves 

 and immense heads of white flow- 

 ers from July to September. 25 

 cts each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Palmata {Crimson M.-adow Sweet). 

 One of the most beautiful hardy 

 plants, the deep purple-red of the 

 stems and branches passing into 

 the crimson-purple of the broad corymbs 

 June and July; 3 feet. 



— Elegans, A free-flowering, silvery-pin 

 Venusta. A showy, red-flowering species; very fragrant ; 4 to 5 feet; June. 

 liltnar'ta (3feadow S7ueet). White, fragrant flowers; 3 feet; July and August. 



— FI. PI. A double white form of the above. 



20 cts. each; $2 00 per doz., except where noted. Set of 10 sorts for $200. t 



SXOKESIA CYAISEA (The com llower, or stokes* Aster). 



A most charming and beautiful native hardy plant, which for the past few seasons has been 

 the most admired flower on our grounds. The plant grows from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing 

 freely from early in July until late in October its handsome lavender-blue centaurea-hke blos- 

 soms, which measure from 4 lo 5 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, succeeding in 

 any open, sunny position, and a>t 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. (See cut.) 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Stokesia Cyanfsa (Cornflower Aster), 

 f flowers, which are produced very freely during 

 form of the above. 



STOB^A. 



Membranifolia. A somewhat 

 coarse but interesting plant, with 

 peculiarly winged branches, grow- 

 ing about 3 feet high, bearing in 

 July and August pale yellow 

 flowers with a deeper disc. 25 

 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 STACHYS (Woundwort). 



Grandiflora Superba [Betony) 

 Grows 12 to 15 inches high, with 

 purplish-violet spikes of flowers 

 in June and July. 



Lanata. Forms a densely-leaved 

 mass of bright silvery-white woolly 

 foliage and inconspicuous clus- 

 ters of light purple flowers ; as 

 a plant "sr edging or for clumps 

 in the border or wherever intense 

 color IS desired for contrast with 

 other foliage, it will be found most 

 useful. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz,; $8.00 

 per 100. 



SpIR;EA Filipenqula Fl. Pl. 



For late-flowering there is nothing better than Japanese Anemones. See colored plate and offer on page 169. 



