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SEDUM. 



Sto.necrop. 



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

 Pretty light green, evergreen foliage with clouds of small 

 bright yellow flowers in June and July. Largely used for 

 covering graves and in carpet bedding. 



Sedum spectabilis. 



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

 showy heads of white flowers from June to \ug'a^t. 



MAXIMUM VARIEGATUM,— Of strong erect growth with 

 large oval, smooth, glaucous leaves, broadly marked and 

 blotched with creamy white. Especially valuable for rock 

 planting. 



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 leaves, margined with pink, which are tinged 

 with red and purple during winter, render it a remark- 

 ably neat and attractive plant throughout the year. Splen- 

 did for rock planting also. 



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

 habit and the finest of the Sedums. Large 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. 

 A set of 5 varieties for 50c. 



SOLIDAGO. 



Ck)LDEN Rod. 



SEMPERVIREXS. Seaside Golden Rod.— A very dis- 

 tinct species. It has large, long smooth leaves and is a 

 strong sturdy growing plant. In August and September 

 it produces numerous large stems two to three feet tall, 

 which are surmounted with very large, graceful panicles 

 of exceedingly bright and pleasing light yellow flowers. 

 Succeeds everywhere, even in sea-sand. 



TEM'IFOLIA. — There are a great many species and 

 varieties of the Golden Rod. which are a good deal alike. 

 As S. tenuifolia is much the best. I have discarded the 

 others. It attains a height of two to three feet with 

 spreading branches; stems slender with narrow leaves, 

 and surmounted with long, graceful flower heads of bright 

 golden-yellow — both airy and graceful — during August 

 and September. Succeeds everywhere. 



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



SPIRAEA. 



. Meadow Sweet. 

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

 graceful with attractive pale green pinnate foliage and 

 tall stems, surmounted with feathery panicles of small. 



Spiraea iilmaria H. pi. 



creamy white flowers in July and August. Especially 

 useful for planting with shrubbery. 



FILIPENDVLA FL. PL. Double-flowered Dropwort. 

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

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

 ceedingly attractive, and the stems support beautiful heads 

 of double white flowers with a creamy tinge, in great 

 profusion throughout the summer. 



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

 duces broad corymbs of crimson purple flowers, hung 

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

 A superb variety. 



PALMATA ELEGA>'S. — Similar to the preceding but with 

 silvery-pink flowers. 



ULMARI.A FL. PL. Double-flowered Meadow Sweet. 

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

 icles of double white flowers. (See cut.) 



ULMARIA VAR. — Foliage with variegations of bright 

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

 and charming manner. 



VEXUSTA Uobata). Queen of the Prairie. (.3 to 5 

 feet.) — One of the handsomest and finest of the herba- 

 ceous Spiraeas. Large showy panicles of sweet-scented 

 deep rosy-carmine flowers, on naked stems, in Tune. 



(For Spiraea Japonica, Spiraea Gladstone and Spiraea 

 Sinensis, see Astilbe.) 



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

 A set of the 7 varieties for 75c. 



STATICE. 



Sea Lavender. 

 LATIFOLU. (2 to 3 feet.)— Forms large tufts of 

 large, smooth, attractive leaves from which are thrown 

 up, from June until September, large, loose panicles of 

 small, exceedingly pretty lavender-blue flowers. The 

 bloom heads or panicles are a foot or more in diameter 

 and are borne on stout, erect stems, which, when cut and 

 dried, can be kept indefinitely. Each, 15c; doz., $1.50. 



