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SCABIOSA 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if well 

 drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in every garden 

 where cut flowers are wanted; they last a long time when picked and 

 placed in water. 

 Caucasica {Blue Bonnet). A soft and charming shade of lavender, 



and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 24 inches 



high until September. (See cut.) 

 Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, from July to September; 2 feet. 

 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. 



SEDUM (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. 

 Midden^lorflanUlTI. Narrow green foliage, sulphur-yellow flowers 



in summer. 

 Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage; bright pink flowers in 



August and September. 

 Stoionifera. One of the most desirable; flat succulent leaves; flowers 



purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 

 Spurium Coccinum. A beautiful rosy-crimson- flowered form; 



July and August; 6 inches. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz ; $15.00 per 100. Set of 6 sorts, $1.25. 



Sedum Erect Grow^iiig "Varieties 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interesting 

 flowers during late summer and fall. 



Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect-growing species, attaining a 

 height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage and im- 

 mense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; indis- 

 pensable as a late fall-blooming plant. 

 «' Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, 



being a bright amaranth-red. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per IQO. 



ScABiosA Caucasica 



SIEPHIUM (Cup Plant) 

 Perfoliatum. A stately perennial, also known as the Com- 

 pass plant, on account of the leaves being arranged at right 

 angles to the stem; grows 5 to 7 feet high, with large single 

 yellow sunflower-like blooms from July to September. 30 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Spir^a Ulmaria Fl. Pl. 



SISYRINCHIUM (Satin Lily or Blue^eyed Grass) 

 Bermudianum. A pretty early spring and fall flowering plant 

 with blue flowers and grass-like foliage. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



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. 



Fllependula (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers 

 on stems 15 inches high, during June and July, and pretty fern- 

 like foliage. 



Palmata Elegans (3Ieadow Sweet). One of the most useful 

 hardy plants, grows about 3 feet high, producing during June and 

 July broad corymbs of pure white flowers with protruding pink 

 anthers. 



Ulmaria, FI. PI. (Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, 

 and produces its double white flowers during June and July. 



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

 feet; June. 



Price. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One each 

 of the above 4 varieties, $1.25. 



PI^AXS OF HARDY BORDERS 



We have a leaflet showing several plans, together wiih list of 

 suitable plants for positions in sun or shade. Copies free on request. 



