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Spiraea 



Sedum or Stone-Crop Dwarf Sorts 



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. 

 Ewersii. Broad glaucous foliage and purplish-pink flowers in 



summer; 6 inches. 

 Sarmentosum. Strong spreading habit with yellow flowers. 

 Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yellow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Round succulent glaucous foliage, bright pink flowers, 



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 Coccineum. A beautiful rosy-crimson-flowered form; 



July and August; 6 inches. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; S15.00 per 100. Set of 9 sorts, S2.00. 



Sedum Erect Growing Varieties 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interest- 

 ing flowers during late summer and fall. 

 Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect growing species, attaining 



a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage and immense 



heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; indispensable as 



a late fall-blooming plant. 

 — "Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, being a 



bright amaranth-red. 



25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Sidalcea 



Erect growing branching plants 2 to 3 feet high, producing dur- 

 ing June and July pretty, mallow-like flowers, about an inch in 

 diameter. 



Candida. Pure white. 

 Rosy Gem. Bright rose color. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Silene (Catchiiy) 



Schafta [Aulumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, 

 growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink 

 flowers from July to October. 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



SolidagO (Golden Rod) 



The varieties offered below are the most desirable of our native 

 Golden Rods. 



Altissima. The giant of the family, attaining a height of 10 to 12 

 feet; the large heads of golden-yellow flowers reach perfection 

 late in October. 



Golden Wings. The finest of all; 5 feet high, with immense 

 [xmlclcs of bright golden-yellow flowers from July to September. 



Missouriensis (Asler-flowcrcd Golden Rod). This pretty plant 

 obtained an award of merit from the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of England under the name of Aster Hybridus Luteus. The 

 flowers quite small, shaped just like a miniature Aster, are pro- 

 duced abundantly in many flowered compound branching pani- 

 cles from August to October. It is not only a gem for the border 

 but its graceful sprays are very desirable for cutting; it grows 

 about 18 inches high. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Shorti. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August. 3 feet. 



Price (except where noted). 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. Set of 4 sorts, $1.00. 



Spiraea (Coat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat 

 attractive foliage; succeed best in a half shaded location in rich, 

 moist soil. 



Filipendula (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of while flowers on 

 stems 15 inches high, during June and July, and pretty fern-like 

 foliage. 



Filipendula flore plena. Identical to the above, excepting 

 that the flowers are double. 



Palmata Elegans {Pink Meadow Sweet). One of the most useful 

 hardy plants, with dark green foliage and purple-red stems and 

 branches passing into the silvery pink of the broad corymbs of 

 flowers, which are produced very free during June and July. 



nimaria, Fl. PI. (Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, and 

 produces its double white flowers during June and July. 



Price. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One each of 

 the above 4 varieties, $1.00. 



Sedum Spectabile 



