HMfADREER PHILADELPHIA ?k Wb\M PHiNNIAL PLANTS- M 213 



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



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat, 

 attractive foliage; succeed best in a half-shaded location in rich, moist 

 soil. 

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



July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 



— Kneiffi. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, with foliage divided as fine as a 

 fern, with great sprays of silvery- white flowers in June. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Astilboides. Feathery white flowers in June; 2 feet. 



Chinensis. A distinct and handsome species, with large heads of 



silvery-pink flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 



per doz. 

 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. 

 Gigantea, or Kamtschatica. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet high, 



with large palmate leaves and immense heads of white flowers in July 



and August. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Japonica. Large panicles of white flowers in June; 2 feet. 



— Compacta multif lora. Of denser, more compact habit than the 

 preceding, growing 15 inches high. Large panicles of white flowers. 



Palmata {Crimson 'Meadoiv Siueet). One of the most beautiful 

 hardy plants, the deep purple-red of the stems and branches passing 

 into the crimson-purple of the broad corymbs of flowers, which are 

 produced very freely during June and July; 3 feet. 



— Elegans. A free- flowering, silvery-pink form of the above. 

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



June. 

 Ulmaria Fl. PI. {Meadoiv Sweet); Grows about 3 feet high and 



produces its large double-white flowers during June and July. (See 



illustration on page 212.) 

 Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 810.00 per 

 100. Set of 12 sorts for SI. 75. 



STACHYS (Woundwort) 



Qrandiflora Superba {Betony). Grows 12 to 15 inches 

 high, with purplish-violet spikes of flowers in June and July. 



Lanata. Forms a densely-leaved mass of bright silvery-white 

 woolly foliage and inconspicuous clusters of light purple 

 flowers; as a plant for edging or for clumps in the border or 

 wherever intense color is desired for contrast with other foliage, 

 it will be found most useful. 



15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz.; §8.00 per 100. 



Sweet William. 



Stokesia Cvanea (Cornflower Aster). 



STATICE (Sea Lavender). 



Most valuable plants either for the border or rockery, with 

 tufts of leathery foliage and immense candelabra-like panicles of 

 minute flowers, producing a remarkable effect; grows from 15 to 

 18 inches high, and blooms from June until September. 

 Eximia. Bears immense heads of lovely lilac flowers. 

 (jmelini. Large panicles of violet-blue flowers. 

 Latifolia {Great Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to 



3 feet across, of deep blue flowers, which last for months if 



cut and dried. 

 Tartarica. Bright purplish-red flowers in graceful panicles. 

 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz. Set of 4 varieties for 50 cts. 



STENANTHIUM (Mountain Feather Fleece!. 

 Robtistum. 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. 50 cts. 

 each; §5.00 per doz. 



STOKESIA. 



(The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster.) 



Cyanea. A most charming and beautiful native plant. Grows 

 from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early in July 

 until October its handsome lavender-blue Cornflower like 

 blossoms, which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It is of 

 the easiest culture, succeeding in any open, sunny position, 

 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. 15 cts each; SI. 50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Cyanea alba. Identical to the blue variety above in every 

 way eNxept color, which is pure white. 25 cts. each; §2.50 

 rjer doz. 



SWEET WILLIAM Dianthus Barbatus) 



Beautiful old-fashioned favorite border plant. The stock we 

 offer has been grown from a select strain; various colors. (See 

 cut. ) 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. ; $7.00 per 100. 



SYMPHYTUM (Comfrey). 



Asperrlmum 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 with numerous drooping blue bell- 

 shaped flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



UILEGIAS or COLUMBINES We show these beautiful old-fashioned favorites in colors on plate opposite page 182. 



