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S£DUM (Stone-crop). 



DWARF VARIETIES. 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, covering of graves, etc. 

 Acre ( Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; fohage 



green, flowers bright yellow. 

 Album. Green fohage, white flowers. 

 Kamtschaticum. Deep green foliage; yellbw flowers in June; 



8 inches. 



form of the above with foliage margined 



A charming, neat variety, with glaucous 

 Narrow green foliage, sulphur-yellow 



pink 



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with creamy white. 

 Lydium Glaucuin. 



foliage. 



Middendorfianum. 



flowers in summer. 

 Sexan^lare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage, bright 



flowers in Aug. and Sep. 

 Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. 



— Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form of 

 above. 



Stahli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 

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

 ERECT, OR TALL=GROWINQ VARIETIES. 

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

 esting flowers during late summer and fall. 



Japonicutn 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 Atropurpurea. One of the prettiest erect- 

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

 light green foliage and immense heads of handsome showy 

 rosy-crimson flowers; indispensable as a late fall-blooming 

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

 a bright amaranth-red. 2o cts. each.; $2.50 per doz. 



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

 per 100. 



SHORTIA. 



Qalacifolia. 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. 



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SpiRiBA Ulmaria Fl. Pl. 



Sedum Spectabilis Atropurpurea. 



SILrENE (Catchfly). 

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

 Asterias Qrandiflora. 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, w ith masses of bright 

 pink flowers from July to October. 



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



SPIR.<EA (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. ( Dovble-flowered Drop-wort). Numerous 

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

 June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



Qigantea, 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. eich; $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 

 produces its large double-white flowers during June and July. 

 (See cut.) 



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

 100. 



OUR " RAINBOW" GERMAN UUS ore (uperb in e»ery way. See page 225. 



