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Group of Saxiprac-.as (Megascas). 



SAXIFRAGA 



iMegasea.) 

 These will thrive in any kind of soil 

 and in any position; grow about one 

 foot high, and are admirable for the 

 front of the border or shrubbery, form- 

 ing masses of handsome, broad, dec[) 

 green foliage, which alone renders 

 them useful, while the pretty flowers, 

 which appear very early in the spring, 

 some almost as soon as the frost is 

 out of the ground, make them doubly 

 effective. (See cut.) 

 Brilliant. 

 Cordifolia. 

 Orblculare. 

 Purpurea. 

 Speciosa. 

 Splendens. 



Bright crimson-purple. 

 Light pink. 

 Deep rose. 

 Deep purple. 

 Deep rosy-crimson. 

 Rosy crimson. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per d 02.; $18.00 

 per 100. Set of 6 sorts, $1.25. 



SAPONARIA (Soap-Wort). 



Caucasica {Double-flowering Borincing Bet). 

 White tinted rose, double flowers, produced all 

 summer and fall; 15 inches. 



Ocymoides. Very showy rock plant, producing 

 during summer months masses of small, bright rose 

 flowers; 9 inches. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



SATUREIA (Winter Savory). 

 iVIOlltana. A neat, dwarf evergreen, aromatic plant, 

 with slender, woody, very branching stems, 12 

 inches high, covered with showy white heather-like 

 flowers in .A.ugust and September. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



SENFCIO (Groundsel). 



Cllvorum. A plant recently intro- 

 duced from China, growing from 3 

 to 5 feet high, with large leaves 

 and heavy stems of yellow flowers; 

 it produces a bold effect and is par- 

 ticularly suited for planting in low, 

 wet ground. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



HARDY PHI.OXES. 



The most important of all hardy 

 ])erennial plants. We have a superb 

 assortment, which are oflered on pages 

 205 to 207. We also give cultural di- 

 rections on page 205. 



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ALPIXE SAXIFRAGAS. 



The following varieties require a semi-shady position in well drained 

 ground or on the rockery: 

 Pyramidalis. Forms rosettes of narrow, silvery foliage; showy spikes 



2 feet high of white flowers in May and June. 35 cts. each. 

 Sarmentosa [Aaron's Beard). A trailing variety, with deep green 



foliage; prettily variegated with silvery-white; used in hanging-baskets, 



on the rockery, etc. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 

 Umbrosa {London Pride, Nancy Pretty, or None-so-Pretty). A 



low-growing, spreading sort, throwing up stems a foot high of white, 



sometimes suff^used with red, flowers. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



SCABIOSA. 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if well drained 

 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 soft and charming shade of lavender, and 



commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 15 to 18 inches high until 



September. (See cut. ) 

 — Alba. A pure white variety. 



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

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



SEMPERTIVUM (House Leek). 



Peculiarly interesting plants 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. 



ScABiosA Caucasica. 



Paeoniea are one of our Specialties. See pages 202 and 203. 



