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Saxifraga Pyramidalis 



SEDUM (Stone-crop). 



The dwarf or creeping varieties are suitable 



SAXIFRAGA (Magasea), 



We offer with one exception (Pyramidalis, which is one of the narrow-leaved 

 section, and which requires to be planted in a sliady position in well-drained 

 cjround, or on the rockery) only the broad-leaved varieties. These will thrive in 

 .iny kind of soil, and in any position, and are admirable for the front of the 

 lorder or for planting in masses in front of the shrubbery ; in all cases forming 

 nasses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them use- 

 ul, while the pretty flowers which appear early in the spring, some almost as 

 ^>)on as the frost is out of the ground, makes them doubly effective. ^ 



CordifoHa Purpurea. Deep purple flowers; 1 foot high. 

 Crassifolia. Light piiik ; one of the earliest; 9 inches high. 

 Himalaica. Rose colored ; 12 inches high. 

 Ligulata. White flowers ; 12 inches high. 

 Squarosa. White, flowering in June; 12 inches high. 

 Van Houttei. Light pink ; 12, inches high. 



Pyramidalis. Forms rosettes of silvery, narrow foliage, and in May and June 

 throws up 2-feet-high spikes of showy white flowers. (See cut.) 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



SCABIOSA. 



These are among the handsomest perennials we possess, and should be grown 

 in every garden if only for cutting purposes, for which they are admirafbly adapted, 

 asting a long time when placed in water. They commence to flower in June, 

 throwing stems 15 to 18 inches hi>;h until September. 

 Caucasica. Of a peculiarly soft and charming shnde of lilac-blue. 

 — Alba. A handsome pure white forrn. 



25 cts. each ; S>2.50 per doz. 



SCUTELI^ARIA (Skull-cap). 



Alpina. A pretty, trailing plant for the 

 rockery, with purple flowers with yellow 

 lip ; blooming in August. 15 cts. each. 



SEMPERVITUM (House teek). 



Peculiarly interesting plants for the rockery 

 or for any exposed, well-drained position. 



Spir.iia Filipendula Fl, 



for rock- work, covering graves, dry, sunny 



banks and carpet bedding, while the taller 



species make fine subjects for the mixed border. 



Acre (Golden Moss). Creeping, foliage and 

 flowers bright yellow. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 

 per doz.; $6 00 per 100. 



Album. Creeping, bright green foliage; 

 flowers white. 



Maximum Atropurpufeum. Forms an 

 erect bush, 15 inches high, with dark 

 bronzy-purplish foliage and dull reddish 

 flowers. 



Pulchellum [Bird' s-foot Stone-crop). Creep- 

 ing, with small foliage, which assume; vari- 

 ous tints of red, brown and purple ; flowers 

 rosy-purple. 



Sexangulare. Creeping, dark green foliage and yellow flowers 



SpectabiliS (Briniant Stone-crop). One of the prettiest erect- 

 growing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with broad 

 oval, light green foliage and immense, showy heads of hand- 

 some rose-colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall-bloom- 

 ing plant. (See cut). 



Any of the above, 15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per doz., except where noted. 



SOL,IDAGO (Golden Kod). 



Canadensis. ^he well-known Golden Rod, which is indigenous 

 throughout tne country, its golden flowers always bein^" admired ; 

 grows 3 to 4 feet high, and flowers during the fall months. 10 cts. 

 each ; ^il.OO per doz. 



SPIR-<E A (Goafs-beard, Meadow Sweet). 



ArunCUS. A noble variety, growing from 3 to 5 feet liigh, producing 

 in June and July long feathery panicles, like gigantic plumes, of 

 white flowers. 



Chinensis. A strong, robust grower, forming a bold clump of large, 

 handsome foliage. The flower stems are erect, about 3 feet high, 

 leafy and much branched, and support large triangular plumes of 

 feathery white flowei-s, tinted with pink ; in June and July! 



Filipendula Fl. PI. (DonbU-flozvered Drop-tvort'). Numerous 

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

 during June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. (See cut.) 



Palmata {Crimson Meadow Sweet). One of the most beautiful hardy 

 plants. The deep purpie-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. 



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

 feet; June. 



Ulmaria {Meadow Sweet). White, fragrant flowers; 3 feet; July 

 and August. 



20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz. 



Anomalum, Leucanthum, 



Acuminatum, Ruthenicum, 



Californica, Triste, 



Funkii. Tectorum, 



Heufelli, Violacea Blasii. 



10 cts. each ; $100 per doz. 



SENECIO (Groundsel). 



Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from 

 which spring up, from July to October, a 

 succession of 2 feet high stems, with clus- 

 ters of bright, crimson-red flowers of good 

 size. 35 cts. each. 



SHORTIA. 



Qalacifolia. A rare and handsome evergreen, with bronzy- 

 green foliage. The flowers are pure white, about an inch 

 across each on a stiff wiry stem, and turn pink with age. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Sedum Spkctabilis. 



