40 PETER HEXDERSOX & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



SCYPHANTHUS, perpkt 



Scypb.anth.us Elegans. A very ornamental, dwarf, free-flowering, half-hardy ever- 

 green trailing plant ; yellow, 2 ft 10 



SEDUM (Stone-cropJ 



A very interesting and useful little plant, growing freely on rock or rustic work, 



ornamental mounds, old walls, etc. Hardy perennial. 

 Seduin Cserulemn. Blue, £ ft 10 



SENSITIVE PLANT (See Mrrwsa pudica.) 



SILENE or CATCHFLY. 



A beautiful genus of free-flowering plants, with bright, attractive flowers, admirably 

 adapted for spring and summer blooming in beds, rock-work, or mixed borders. 



Silene Pendula. Bright pink. Hardy annual, 1 ft 5 



Alba. White. Hardy annual, 1 ft 5 



Compacta. Bright pink, 4 inches. (See Novelties.) 25 



Schafta. Rosy purple. Hardy perennial, \ ft 5 



S M I L A X (See MyrsiphyUum a^x>o.ragoides.) 

 SOLANUM. 



A genus of very ornamental fruit-bearing plants, som> of them among the most in- 

 teresting of green-house shrubs, while others are remarkable for their fine 

 foliage, and are most useful for groups on lawns, or as single specimens. 

 Solamum Capsicastrmn. Miniature orange-tree, covered all winter with a pro- 

 fusion or scarlet fruit. A very interesting plant for the decoration of the 

 green-house or sitting-room. Half -hardy perennial, 1-J ft 10 



Gigantertrn. Superb plant, witb scarlet fruit. Half-hardy annual, 2 ft 10 



Marginatum. A beautiful ornamental plant, with silvery leaves and yellow 



fruit. Half-hardy shrub, 2 fr 10 



"Warscewiczii. A magnificent plant, with immense lobed leaves of a deep 



green color. It attains an average height of six to eight feet, and when 

 planted in masses produces a grand effect 10 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus BarbatusJ 



A very beautiful and well-known class of plants, of extreme richness and diversity 

 of color. The varieties have been greatly improved of late years. Hardy 

 perennials. 



Sweet William. Fine mixed 5 



Auricula-flowered. Flowers in trusses of immense size, and of exceed- 

 ingly beautiful colors 10 



Double-flowering. Finest mixed, from a splendid collection of double 



dowers 10 



SWEET PEAS. 



Very beautiful, fragrant, and free-flowering climbing plants, continuing in bloom 

 all summer ; supported by common pea-sticks, they form admirable screens for 

 protecting more tender plants, or excluding unsightly objects, valuable for 

 training on trellis-work, covering rough fences, etc. Hardy annuals. 

 Sweet Peas, Scarlet Invincible. Remarkably fragant, with bright scarlet crim- 

 son dowers, entirely new in color, an unusually prolific bloomer 10 



Striped 5 



■ Painted Lady '. 5 



Purple 5 



White 5 



Mixed. All colors. Per ounce. 15 cents ; per pound, $1 5 



TAGETES. 



Tagetes Signata Pumila. A beautiful delicate fern-leaved plant, forming a com- 

 pact globular bush, and covered with numerous bright-yellow blossoms, 

 with a reddish-brown stripe through the centre of each petal, which", com- 

 bined with its exquisite foliage, renders it a most beautiful object. Half- 

 hardy annual, 1 ft .. 10 



