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Spik^a Palmata 



SEIVECIO (Groundsel) 



Especially suited for planting in low, moist ground; grows 



from 3 to 5 feet high, producing a bold effect. 



Clivorum. Very large round leaves, pure yellow flowers. 



Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up 

 from July to October, a succession of 2 feet high stems, with 

 clusters of brilliant rose-purple flowers of good size. 

 25 cts, each; $2.50 per doz. 



STATICE (Sea Lavender) 

 Most valuable plants either for the border or rockery, with tufts of leathery foliage and 

 immense candelabra-Iike panicles of minute flowers, producing a remarkable eflfect; 

 grows from 15 to 18 inches high, and blooms from June until September. 

 Gmelini. Large panicles of violet-blue flowers. 



Latifolia. Immense heads, 2 to 3 feet across, of deep blue flowers, which last for 

 months if cut and dried. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



STACHYS (Woundwort) 



Betonica Rosea [^Betony). Large flowers of softrosecolor; June and July. 15 inches. 

 Lanata. Forms a densely leaved mass of bright, silvery-white woolly foliage and in- 

 conspicuous clusters of light purple flowers. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



STENANTHIUIH (Mountain Feather Fleece) 

 Robustum. A remarkable perennial, with tall, showy panicles of pure white feathery 

 flowers, on stems 4 to 5 feet high; Valuable for naturalizing in moist, shady corners. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



S'FOKESIA (The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster) 

 Cyanea. A beautiful native hardy plant. Grows from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing 

 freely from early in July until October, handsome lavender-blue Cornflower-like blos- 

 soms, which measure from 4 to 6 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, and not 

 only is it desirable as a single plant in the hardy border, but it can also be used with 

 fine effect in masses or beds of any size. 



Cyanea alba. White-flowered form of above. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



SIEBNB (CatchHy) 



Schafta {Autumn Catchfy). A charming border or rock 

 plant, growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright 

 pink flowers from July to October. 20 cts. each; $2.00 

 per doz. 



SOLID AGO (Golden Rod) 



The \arieties offered below are the most desirable of our 



native Golden Rods. 



Altissima. The giant of the family, attaining a height of 10 

 to 11 feet; the large heads of golden-yellow flowers reach per- 

 fection late in October. 



Canadensis. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with spikes of golden-yellow flowers 

 from the end of July until September. 



Shorti. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August. 3 feet. 



Virgaurea Compacta. Grows but 15 inches high; deep yellow flowers in 

 August and September. 



Price. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



SPIR.<^A (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in June and July long, 



feathery panicles of white flowers. (^Ready in November.) 

 Fiiipendula Fl. PI. (^Double-flowered Drop-wort). Numerous corymbs of 



double white flowers on stems 12 inches high, during June and July, and pretty 



fern-like foliage. 

 Palmata ( Crimson Meadow Sweet). One of the most beautiful hardy plants, 



with broad corymbs of crimson-purple flowers in June and July; 3 feet. {Ready 



in November. ) 

 Palmata Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink variety; 3 feet high; June 



and July. 

 Ulmaria FI. PI. {Meadow Sweet). A double white form. 

 Venusta. A showy red-flowering species, very fragrant. 4 to 5 feet. June. 



{Ready in November.) 

 Venusta Magnifica. A decided improvement on 5. Venusta, with richer 



and mors intensely rosy-red, fragrant flowers, blooming during June and July; 



a snlendid plant for low, wet ground; 4 to 5 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per do*. 



Pric2, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2 50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



SWEET WII.EIAM (DIanthus Barbatus) 



(London Tufts) 



A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, pro- 

 ducing in mid-summer a splendid effect in beds and borders with 

 their rich and varied flowers. We can supply the following all 

 grown from our own select strain of seed. 

 Newport Pink. Rich salmony-rose. 

 Pure White. Very large. 

 Bright Scarlet. Effective color. 

 Mixed. Containing all colors. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



SYMPHYTUM (Comfrey) 



Asperrimum aureo variegatum. A pretty golden varie- 

 gated foliage border plant; in spring the leaves form rosettes 

 close to the ground, later in the season the stems and leaves rise 

 and form a taller plant, 15 to 18 inches high, with numerous 

 drooping blue bell-shaped flowers. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per 

 doz. 



Stokeoia (Cornflower Aster) 



NOTE.— All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cenL 

 to value of order for postage to points east of the Missusippi River, and 20 per cent, to point* west of the Mississippi River. 



