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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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SEDILH (Stone-crop). 



DWARF VARIETIES. 



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. 

 Kamtschaticum. Deep green foliage; yellow flowers in June; 



8 inches. 



— Variegatum. Foliage margined with creamy white. 

 Lydium Glaucum. A neat variety, with glaucous foliage. 

 Middendorfianum. Narrow green foliage, sulphur-yellow 



flowers in summer. 

 Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage, bright pink 



flowers in Aug. and Sep. 

 Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. 



— Goccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 

 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. 

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

 ERECT, OR TALL=GROWlNG VARIETIES. 

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

 esting flowers during late summer and fall, 



Japonicum Macrophyllum. Forms compact bushes 15 inches 

 high, with pleasing waxy-white flowers, with light pink centres. 

 Maximum Atropurpureum. Interesting on account of its 



dark bronzy-purple foliage; 15 inches. 

 Spectabilis. One of the prettiest erect-growing species, attain- 

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

 immense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; in- 

 dispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. 



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

 a bright amaranth-red. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. 



SHORTIA. 



Galacifolia. A rare and handsome evergreen, with bronzy- 

 green foliage. Requires a shady position and a soil made up 

 mostly of leaf-mould. The flowers are pure white, about an 

 inch across, each on a stiff, wiry stem, and turn pink with 

 age. 50 cts. each. 



Sedum Spectabilis " Brilliant 



Spir^a Ulmaria Fl. Pi_ 



SIUENE (Catchflyi. 



Alpestris. Glistening white flowers in July and August. 4 in. 

 Asterias Grandiflora. A distinct and handsome species with 



carmine-scarlet flowers on stems 3 feet high in July and 



August. 

 Schafta {Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock 



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



pink flowers from July to October. 



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



SPIRES A (Goat'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. 

 Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in 



June and July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 



Astilboides. Feathery white flowers in June; 2 feet. 



Chinensis. A handsome species, with large heads of silvery-pink 

 flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Filipendula Fl. PI. (Double-flowered Drop-wort). Numerous 

 corymbs of double white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, during 

 June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



Gigantea, or Kamtschatica. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet high, 

 with large palmate leaves and immense heads of white flowers in 

 July and August. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Japonica. Large panicles of white, feathery flowers in June; 2 

 feet. 



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 ft. 



— Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink form of the above. 



Queen Alexandra. A beautiful new hybrid of a soft, delicate pink, 

 much used as a pot plant, but being a perfectly hardy plant, it will 

 prove just as valuable for the border. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per 

 doz. 



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

 June. 



Ulmaria Fl. PI. (Meadow Street). Grows about 3 feet high, and 

 produce? its large double-white flowers during June and July. 

 (See cut.) 



Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 

 100. 



OUR " RAINBOW " GERMAN IRIS are superb in eTery way. See page 225. 



