^Cr-OmuJo//, Qstrm ^^ ^ ^^'^^ Perennials 



Sc'duni, continued 



Album. White; creeping habit. June and July. 

 6 inches. 



Spurium coccineum. A pretty variety with showy 

 crimson flowers and dark foliage. 



Sieboldii. A Japaiuse variety of semi-erect growth. 

 Handsome, round, ^^lauoous foliage; bright pink flowers. 

 August to September. inches. 



Spectabile atropurpureum. Dark, coppery purple 

 foliage; rosy red flowers. July to August, i foot. 

 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100 



Statice • Sea Lavender 



Latifolia. G'lanl Sea Lavender. Immense heads ot^ 

 dark blue flowers. Valuable when cut and dried. This 

 variety is worthy of more extensive culture; prefers a 

 deep, rich soil. 2 feet. August and September. 2i els. 

 each, $2. 50 per doz. 



Stokesia • Cornflower Aster 



Cyanea. A beautiful native perennial resembling; 

 the China Aster. Large, bright lavender-blue flowers 

 4 to 5 inches across, from June to September. Splendid 

 for massing. 



Cyanea alba. A splendid white form of the preced- 

 ing variety. 



25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100 



Spiraea, or Astilbe 



Meadow Sweet 



A splendid family of hardy border plants with 

 feathery, plumed flowers and attractive foliage, doing 

 well in full sun but really at home in slightly shaded 

 moist sod. 



Stokesia cyanea 



Astilbe (Spiraea) 



Spiraea, continued 



Filipendula fl.-pl. Graceful, fern-like foliage and 

 numerous corymbs of double, white flowers. June and 

 July. I foot. 



Palmata. Crimson Meadow Rue. A lovely variety 

 bearing crimson-purple flowers in broad, graceful 

 corymbs during June and July. 3 feet. 



Palmata alba. Handsome foliage; snow-white, 

 spready plumes. June to August. 3 feet. 



Palmata elegans. A similar variety, having silvery 

 pink flowers. 



Palmata elegans rubra. A light red flowering form. 

 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100 



Astilbe Arendsii 



A new type introduced by the well-known European 

 hybridist, Arends, resulting from crossing A. Davidii 

 with A. japonica and others. These are robust growing, 

 of branching habit, producing graceful, feathered heads 

 of flowers. 



Ceres. Lilac-rose, with attractive silvery sheen. 



Juno. Handsome, deep violet-rose plumes; strong, 

 erect growth. 



Kriemhilde. Salmon-pink; very beautiful. 



Rose Perle. Dense, pyramidal trusses of soft rose; 

 early flowering. 



Large clumps, SO cts. each, $5 per doz., $35 per 100 



Tritoma • Kniphofia 



Red-Hot Poker 



Pfitzeri. Everhlooming Flame Flower. The best of all 

 the Tritomas, flowering from August until November. 

 Showy heads of rich orange-scarlet, producing a strik- 

 ing effect, either massed or as an individual plant. 

 35 cts. each, S3. 50 per doz., S25 per 100. 



Tunica 



Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant, with light pink 

 flowers produced all summer; useful either for rockery 

 or the border. 25 cts. each, S2.50 per doz. 



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