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SALVIA (Meadow Sage) 
Azurea. A Rocky Mountain species; grows 3to 4 feet high, producing dur- 
ing August and September pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 
Pitcheri. Similar to the above, but of more branching habit and larger flowers 
of a rich gentian-blue color, and one of the most admired plants by the many 
visitors to our nurseries during the early autumn; 3 to 4 feet. 
‘Greggi. A native of the mountains of Southwestern Texas, makes a shapely, 
bushy plant about two feet high, and from July to late October bears masses 
of brilliant carmine flowers which appear particularly rich and luminous dur- 
ing the fall months; requires protection in winter. 
Greggi Alba. A new, pretty white-flowered form, which makes a good 
companion to the red-flowered type. 
Uliginosa. In general habit similar to Azurea, but of stronger growth, form- 
ing a bushy specimen from 5 to 6 feet high, and wonderfully free-flowering, 
blooming continuously from June until stopped by severe frost in October. 
The flowers are a pretty Cornflower-blue, with a white throat, and are pro- 
duced in branched spikes, frequently 6 inches long, 
Virgata Nemorosa. An interesting plant for the hardy border, forming a 
rosette of large foliage, from which the flower spikes arise, bearing many- 
flowered whorls of dark blue blossoms; the unexpanded buds are 
light violet-blue. forming a har- 
t monious and pleasing color 
combination. It continues in 
flower for about six weeks dur- 
ing the early summer months; | 
18 inches, 
Price. Any of the above, 25 
cts. each; $2.50 per doz; 
$15.00 per 100, One each of 
the six sorts, $1 25. 
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SALVIA PITCHERI 
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Saye (Lavender Cotton) 
Chamezcyparissus Incana. A dwarf 
evergreen perennial with attractive silvery- 
white foliage; useful as a rock or border plant, and largely used for carpet 
bedding; prefers a light soil and rather dry position, 20 cts. each; $2.00 
per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
SATUREIA (Winter Savory) 
Montana. A neat dwarf evergreen, aromatic plant, with slender, woody, 
very branching stems, 12 inches high, covered with showy white heather-like 
flowers in August and September, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
SAXIFRAGA (Megasea) 
These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about 1 foot 
high, and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming masses 
of handsome, broad, deep 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.) 
Group or SAXIFRAGAS (Megaseas) 
Compacta. Bright rose. Magnet. Rose. 
Crassifolia. Light pink. Orbicularis. Deep rose, 
Delia. Crimson purple. Splendens. Rosy-crimson. 
Price, 30 cts.’each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
One.each of the 6 sorts, $1.50. 
ALPINE SAXIFRAGA 
Umbrosa (London Pride, Nancy Pretty, or None-so-Pretty). A low- 
growing, spreading sort, throwing up stems a foot high of white; sometimes 
suffused with red flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
