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STACHYS 



(Woundwort). 



in spreading clumps about 10 inches 

 to 3 inch long spikes of rosy-pink 



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Betonica Rosea {Betony). Grow; 

 high, and produces interesting 2 

 flowers during June and July. 



Grandiflora Superba. Grows 12 lo 15 inches high, with purplish-violet 

 colored spikes of flowers. 



Lanata. Forms a densely-leaved mass of bright silvery- white woolly 

 foliage and inconspicuous clusters of light purple flowers; as a plant 

 for edgingor for clumps in the border or wherever intense color is desired 

 for contrast with other foliage, it will be found most useful. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



STATICE (Sea Lavender). 

 Most valuable plants either for the border or rockery, with tufts of 



leathery foliage and immense candelabra-like panacles of minute flowers, 



producing a remarkable effect; grows from 15 to 18 inches high, and 



blooms from June until September. 



Gmelini. Immense jianicles of violet-blue flowers. 



Incana. Bright red flowers in large panicles. 



Latifolia [Great Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to .3 feet across, of 

 ileep lilue flowers, which last for months if cut and dried. (See cut.) 



Tartarica. Bright ruby-red flowers in graceful panicles. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. Set of 4 varieties for 50 cts. 

 STOKESI A (Stoke's Aster). 



Cyanea. One of the prettiest and most distinct hardy plants in our 

 collection. It produces showy Aster-like deep lavender-blue flowers, 

 frequently 5 inches across, in clustered heads from early in June until 

 cut down by severe frost in late fall about 18 inches high. (See cut.) 

 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 



SYMPHYANORA. 



Campanula-like plants, growing from 

 18 to 24 inches high ; flowering during 

 [uly and August. 

 lioffmanni. Drooping, bell-shaped, 



white flowers, 1 to 1| inches long. 

 Pendula. Creamy-white flowers, 



pendulous in terminal spikes. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



THERMOPSIS. 



Caroliniana. A showy tall growing 

 plant, attaining a height of from 6 to 

 8 feet, producing long spikes of yel- 

 low flowers in June and July. 15 

 cts. each ; |1.50 per doz. 



XIAREL.LA (Foam Flower). 

 Cordifolia. A pretty low-growing 



native plant, about 8 inches high, 



producing showy spikes of pure 



white Spir?ea-like flowers in May 



and June. 15 cts, each; $1.50 per 



doz. 



Statice Latifolia. 



Stokesia Cyanea. 



THAI.ICTRUIII. 



(3Ieadovv Kue.) 

 Very graceful, pretty-flowered plants, 



with finely cut foliage, blooming during 



May and June. 



Adiantifolium. Finely cut Maiden- 

 hair; Fern-like foliage and yellow 

 flowers; 15 to 18 inches. 



Anemonoides (Kue Anemone). 

 Grows only 6 to 8 inches high, with 

 umbels of pink and white flowers. 

 25 cis. each; $2.50 per doz. 



THYMUS (Thyme). 



Montanus Albus ( IVhile Mountain 

 'J ky/ne). A pretty subject for the 

 rockery, forming dense mats of dark 

 green foliage and clouds of white 

 flowers ; in June and July. 

 Vulgaris Coccinea {Scarlet Thyme). 

 Dark green foliage and clouds of 

 bright red flowers; in July. 

 A pretty golden variegated variety, 



Trillium. 



Serpyllum Aureum {Golden Thyme) 

 which is evergreen and showy at all seasons. 



15 Cis. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



TRICYRTIS (Japanese Toad Lily). 

 Hirta. An interesting Japanese plant, growing from 15 to 18 inches high, and pro- 

 ducing, in the greatest profusion, during September and October, clusters of 

 most peculiar-shaped lily-like flowers, which are creamy-white, spotted with 

 ]iurplish-brown. 25 cts. each; $2 50 per doz. 



— Variegata. A variety of the above, with pretty green and white variegated 

 foliage. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



XRILfLrlUM (Wood Lily, or Wake Kobin). 



Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy border, or in a sub-aquatic 

 position, flowering in early spring. 



Erectum. This is the purple wood-lily, and the earliest to flower. 

 Erythrocarpum (Painted Trillium). Flowers white, with purple stripes'. 

 Qrandiflorum. The large white Wake-Robin; probably the handsomest. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



TRAUESCANTIA (Spider-wort). 



Virginica. Produces a constant succession of purple flowers all summer. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. 

 Coerulea. Bright blue flowers. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



