GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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PYRETHRUM. 



A most valuable class of hardy plants. Flowers of good size and form, double like an aster ; very useful 

 for bouquets or cut flowers. The plants make showy specimens in the garden. May or June. 



FINE NAMED VARIETIES, 50 Cents Each. 



RANUNCULUS. Buttercup. 



These are among the best of early spring flowers, being very effective. 

 R. amplexicaulis. Flowers snowy white; 6 to 9 inches. April and May. 25c. 

 R. aconitifolius luteo pleno. Double orange yellow Crowfoot ; 2 feet. May and June. 25c. 

 R. bulbosus. Yellow; double; handsome foliage ; 15 inches. May. 25c. 

 R. montanus. Mountain Buttercup. Bright, yellow flowers ; 6 to 9 inches. May. 25c. 

 R. speciosus fl. pi. Large, double, orange yellow flowers. 25c. 



RHEUM. Rhubarb. 



R. officinale. Leaves large and quite ornamental ; stems branching ; flowers greenish ; 5 to 6 feet. July and 

 August. 25c. 



RUDBECKIA. Cone-flower. 



Among the most valuable hardy plants, producing 

 showy golden yellow flowers. 



R. hirta. Large yellow flowers, with dark center ; 1 



to 2 feet ; a valuable summer flowering 



plant. June and July. 25c. 

 R. nitida. Large light yellow flowers; a splendid late 



flowering plant ; 3 to 4 feet. September. 50c. 

 R. fulgida. Orange yellow, center dark purple. 



July. 25c. 



R. laciniata fl. pi. Golden Glow, or Summer 

 Chrysanthemum. A large, showy plant, 

 attaining in good soil a height of 6 to 8 feel 

 the same season planted. Flowers 3%. inches 

 in diameter, double, well formed, and of a 

 deep golden yellow color, resembling yellow 

 Chrysanthemums, and borne on long stems 

 which render them suitable for cutting. Plants 

 bloom profusely from July till September. 

 One of the best novelties in hardy flowering 

 plants. 25c. 



R. sub-tomentosa. Brilliant lemon yellow flowers in 

 autumn ; 5 feet. 25c. 



SALVIA. Sage. 



All species here "named are very ornamental and 

 desira-ble. 



S. afasea. Fine blue; 2 feet. July and August. 25c. 

 S. bicolor. Blue and white. 25c. 

 S. rubicunda. Rosy purple flowers; 1 foot. June. 



25c. 



S. spelmina. Deep blue ; 2 feet. July. 25c. 

 S. verticillata. Lilac blue; 2 feet. July. 25c. 



SANGUINARIA. Bloodroot. 



S. Canadensis. One of the most desirable and handsome native plants, with roundish palmate-lobed leaves; 

 flowers pure white in April or May; 6 inches. 25c. 



SAPONARIA. Soapwort. 



S. ocymoides. Rock Soapwort. A beautiful dwarf perennial ; completely covered in summer with rosy 

 pink flowers. May to August. 25c. 



