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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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SOLIDAGO (Golden Kod). 



Canadensis. The well-known Golden Rod, 



which is indigenous throughout the country, 



its golden flowers always being admired ; grows 3 to 4 



feet high, and flowers during the fall months. 10 cts. 



each; $1.00 per doz. 



SPIR-<EA (Goat's-beard, Meadow Sweet), 



Aruncus. A noble variety, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, produc- 

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



white flowers. 

 Kneiffi. New. For description see New and Rare Plants, pages 



99 to 104. 50 cts. each. 

 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 flowers, tinted with pink ; in June and July. 

 Filipendula Fl. PI. (Doitble-jiowered Drop-wort). Numerous corymbs of double white flowers, 



on stems 12 inches high, during June and July, and pretty, fern-like foliage. (See cut.) 

 Gigantea, or Kamschatica. A noble plant for low, wet ground, where it will grow from 6 to 8 feet 



high, bearing immense clusters of feathery white flowers. 

 Meadow Sweet) . 



Spir«a Filipendula Fl. Pl. 



Pa 1 ma ta ( Crimson 



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 feet. 



Venusta. A showy red-flowering 

 species; verv fragrant ; 4 to 5 feet; June 



Ulrnaria (Meadow Sweet). White, 

 fragrant flowers; 3 feet; July and Aug. ^ 



— F!. PI. A double white form of the 

 above. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz., except 

 where noted. 



STOB^EA. 



riembranifolia. A somewhat coarse 

 but interesting plant, with peculiarly 

 winged branches, growing, about 3 feet 

 high, bearing in July and August pale 

 yellow flowers with a deeper disc. 25 

 cts. each. 



Statice Latifolia. 



Stokusia Cyanea (Cornflower Aster). 



STACHVS (Woundwort). 



Betonica Rosea (Be/ony). Grows in 

 spreading clumps about 10 inches 

 high, and produces interesting 2 to 3 

 inch long spikes of rosy-pink flowers 

 during June and July. 



Grandiflora Superba. Grows 12 to 

 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 edging or 

 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 panicles of minute flowers, producing a remark- 

 able effect; grows from 15 to 18 inches high, and blooms from 

 June until September. 



Eximea. Bears immense heads of lovely lilac flowers. 

 Gmelini. Immense panicles of violet-blue flowers. 

 Incana. Bright red flowers in large panicles. 

 Latifola (Great Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to 3 feet 



across, of deep blue 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 5 varieties for 65 cts. 



STOKESIA CYANEA. 



(The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster.) 



The colored illustration on the front cover of this catalogue 

 does scant justice to this most charming and beautiful native 

 hardy plant, and which for the past two seasons has been the 

 most admired flower on our grounds. The plant grows from 18 

 to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early in July until late in 

 October its handsome lavender-blue centaurea-like blossoms, 

 which measure from 4 to 5 inches across (the flowers shown on 

 the cover are two-thirds natural size). It is; of the easiest culture, 

 succeeding in any open, sunny position, and not only is it desir- 

 able as a single plant in the hardy border, but it can also be 

 used with fine effect in masses or beds of any size. Like many 

 other native plants which are neglected at home, this is grown 

 in considerable quantities in Europe for supplying the demand for 

 blue flowers in the autumn. We have no hesitation in saying 

 that the Stokesia is one of the most desirable hardy plants offered. 

 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



