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(S/HARDY DERENNIAL PLANTS |] 
SPIR ZAZA (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet). 
Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and 
neat, attractive foliage; succeed best in a halfshaded location 
in rich, moist soil. 
Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in 
June and July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 
Chinensis. A handsome species, with large heads of silvery- 
pink flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 
Filipendula FI. P!. (Double-flowered Drop-wort) Numer- 
ous corymbs of double white fowers on stems 15 inches high, 
during June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 
Palmata (Crimson Meadow 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 of flowers, which are produced very freely during 
June and July; 3 feet. 
—Elegans. A free-flowering pure white with protruding 
pink anthers. 
Ulmaria FI. Pl. (Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, 
and produces its large double white flowers during June and 
July. (See cut on page 239). 
Venusta. A showy, red-flowering species; very fragrant; 4 
to 5 feet; June. : 
Venusta Magnifica. A decided improvement on S. Venusta, 
with richer and more intensely rosy-red, fragrant flowers, 
blooming during June and July; a splendid plant for low, wet 
ground; 4to 5 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Price, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.: $15.00 
per 100. 
One each of the above 8 varieties for $1.75. 
STACH YS (Woundwort). 
Betonica Grandiflora (Betony). Large flowers of purplish- 
rose; June and July; 16 inches. 
— Rosea. Soft rose color; June and July; 15 inches. 
Lanata. Forms a densely leaved mass of bright, silvery-white 
woolly foliage and inconspicuous clusters of light purple 
flowers. Asa plant for edging or for clumps in the border, or 
wherever intense color is desired for contrast with other foliage, 
it will be found most useful. : 
20 cts, each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
Statice LATIFOLIA 
SPIRZA ARUNCUS 
STATICE (Great Sea Lavender). 
Eximia. Immense panicles of lilac-colored flowers. 
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 candela- 
bra-like heads, frequently 13 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. 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
STENANTHIUM (Mountain Feather Fleece). 
Robustom. A rare perennial, with showy panicles of pure 
white, fleecy flowers in August and September on stems 4 to 
5 feet high; requires a moist, semi-shady position. 25 cts. 
each; $2.50 per doz. 
STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster). 
Cyanea. A beautiful native plant growing 18 inches high, 
bearing freely from early in June until September its handsome 
lavender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, which measure from 4 
to 5 inches across, Itis 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. A pretty pure white variety of above, which we 
illustrate on the plate facing page 201, and included in our 
Quartette of Extra Choice Hardy Perennials. 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
Columbines should be a Petar in every hardy garden. See page 200 
