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RANUNCULUS ACRIS FL. PL. 



Double Buttercup. 



Known also as 

 "Bachelor's But- 

 ton." A fine old- 

 fashioned plant with 

 finely cut, decora- 

 tive foliage and very 

 double, button-like 

 yellow flowers in 

 May and June, on 

 stems feet high. 

 The foliage is par- 

 ticularly pleasing 

 throughout the 

 growing season. 

 Each, 12c; doz., 

 $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



ROSEMARINUS OFFICINALIS. 



Rosemary. 



An old favorite. A pretty plant with aromatic foliage. 

 Not entirely hardy. Each, 12c; doz., $1.25. 



RUBUS ROSAEFOLIUS. 



Strawberry Raspberry. 

 A true raspberry of herbaceous habit, with a mass of 

 deep green, beautiful foliage and numerous large, fra- 

 grant, pure white blossoms. It blooms all summer and 

 produces ripe berries from early in July until frost. These 

 are of great size, rich, bright crimson, of globular shape 

 and exquisitely beautiful. Each, 12c; doz., $1.25. 



SEDUM Stonecrop. 



Sedum spectahilis. 



ACBE. Golden Moss or Wall Pepper. (4 inches.) — 

 Pretty light green, evergreen foliage with clouds of small 

 bright yellow flowers in June and July. 



ALBUM. (6 inches.) — Clear green foliage in tufts and 

 showy heads of white flowers from June to August. 



SIEBOLDII. (6 to 9 inches.)— An invaluable variety of 

 semi-trailing habit and evergreen foliage. From August 

 until late October it produces large heads of bright rosy- 

 purple flowers very freely and its red stems and round 

 bluish-green frosted leaves, margined with pink, which are 

 tinged with red and purple during winter, render it a 

 remarkably neat and attractive plant throughout the year. 



SPECTABILIS. Showy Sedum. (18 inches.)— Of erect 

 habit and the finest of the Sedums. Earge oval, light 

 green, succulent leaves and a profusion of broad heads 

 of showy rosy pink flowers in late summer and autumn. 

 One of the few plants of dwarf habit that flowers late in 

 the season. (See cut.) 



Each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



ft)acli? Perennial lg)Iiintsr* 



SALVIA AZUREA GRANDIFLORA. 



California Blue Sage. 

 Strong growing and branching, attains a height of three 

 to four feet, and during August and September (a season 

 when there is usually a dearth of bloom in the hardy bor- 

 der) the plants are entirely covered with panicles of the 

 most charming celestial blue imaginable. A mass of it is 

 so striking as to arrest the eye at a distance of several 

 hundred yards and its beauties become more manifest the 

 nearer it is approached. Each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



SANTOLINA INCANA. 



Lavender Cotton. 

 Of dwarf habit, forming dense tufts of dainty silvery- 

 gray foliage. It is evergreen and very hardy. Especially 

 valuable for edging walks, etc., and for rock-work. Each, 

 10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. 



SPIRAEA. Meadow Sweet. 



AKUNCUS. Goat's Beard. (3 to 5 feet.)— Exceedingly 

 graceful with attractive pale green pinnate foliage and 

 tall stems, surmounted with feathery panicles of small, 

 creamy white flowers in July and August. Especially 

 useful for planting with shrubbery. 



FILIPENDULA FL. PL. Double-flowered Dropwort. 

 (12 inches.) — A beautiful plant and an old favorite. Its 

 graceful, pretty fern-like foliage of deep green is exceed- 

 ingly attractive, and the stems support beautiful heads of 

 double white flowers with a creamy tinge, in great pro- 

 fusion throughout the summer. 



PALMATA. Crimson Meadow Saveet. (3 feet.) — Pro- 

 duces broad corymbs of crimson purple flowers, hung on 

 purple-red stems, in profusion during June and July. 



PALMATA ELEGAXS.— Similar to the preceding but with 

 silvery-pink flowers. 



ULMABIA FL. PL. Double-flowered Meadow Sweet. 

 (2 to 3 feet.) — Handsome foliage and large, graceful pan- 

 icles of double white flowers. (See cut.) 



ULMARIA VAE. — Foliage with variegations of bright yel- 

 low either side of the midrib of each leaf in an unique 

 and charming manner. 



Each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 

 A set of the 6 varieties for 70c. 



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