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freely the season through. It is half-hardy even in New York. Sit.-, sun. Any well- 
drained soil. Cut back heavily in winter. Good plants in pots at 75 cts. each, postpaid. 
ROSE, Evergreen Gem, is a very pretty new variety well fitted for covering ground 
or banks as it naturally creeps. It is a rapid grower, and the handsome, shell-pink flowers 
are single, like sweetbriers. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
RUBUS xanthocarpus is a Yellow Raspberry, never over 4 inches high, which forms 
colonies by underground runners. . The flowers are white and pretty, and the berries 
bright yellow. Easily grown. 25 cts. each. 
RUDBECKIAS, or Coneflowers. Of the unique flowers which we can all grow well, 
these are among the most useful, either for cutting or show. All have showy flowers; 
many sorts have a long, cone-like center which usually is black. Golden Glow is deser- 
vedly one of the very best yellow flowers that we have. It grows from 3 to 5 feet high, 
with very large blooms in bunches. Golden Glow seldom is seen really well grown be- 
cause plants are usually allowed to become too much matted. The best treatment is to 
use only single strong shoots each winter and to divide very early in spring. Such shoots 
will give more flowers than a crowded mass. I have had plants as high as 12 feet; in 
fact, if one is looking for a plant that will furnish a screen effect combined with a mass of 
gorgeous yellow flowers, this variety will meet his requirements. It is extremely strong 
and produces a multitude of blooms that are fully as desirable for cutting as they are for 
furnishing a mass of color in the garden. I offer fine plants, which will give abundant 
bloom, at 15 cts. each, or $1.25 per doz. 
In R. Newmanii we have one of the finest of plants for a rich yellow mass-effect. The 
flowering stems are 18 inches to nearly 3 feet in height, with many fine, rich orange flow- 
ers with black centers. For a most showy border, plant a foot apart each way. Notice 
the fine effect of such a border in the picture. I sell them at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
R. purpurea is the Purple Coneflower, and one well worth growing. The stems, 2 feet 
or so in height, bear large, spreading and very showy flowers of a vivid lilac-purple shade 
which last with scarcely a change for months. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
The well-known R. nitida is a truly lovely thing. With the foliage of Golden Glow, 
it grows about 4 to 5 feet in height, with large, single, clear yellow flowers with long 
cones. The petals droop in a very attractive way. It likes a rich, moist soil and will 
grow in almost a bog. It is worth taking trouble with. Divide as Golden Glow. 25c. ea. 
R. subtomentosa is a new species which I much admire. It grows from 3 to 5 feet in 
height, and has rich yellow flowers with small, black, cone-like center. More like a very 
pretty sunflower with black center. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
R. laciniata is the Single-flowered Golden Glow. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
SALVIAS are most useful hardy plants. The bedding Salvias I do not handle. 
S. azurea produces many erect slender stems from a woody base. It flowers in late 
summer with a graceful panicle of the most exquisite sky-blue flowers. A splendid 
thing. 25 cts. each. 
S. Pitcheri differs only in that the flowers are an intense gentian-blue. S. uliginosa 
grows from 5 to 7 feet high when well established and is a fine plant with white-throated 
blue flowers. Sil., well-drained garden soil. They can stand much drought but arc 
better moderately watered. Sit., sun, will stand heat. Prop., seeds which (lower second 
year. PL, October to April. 
S. turkestanica is a striking plant growing 3 to 4 feet high. The large lower leaves 
are velvety and handsome. The many branches produce white flowers with large bracts 
which are white, tinted purple. The bracts give the impression of a mass of white 
flowers. Cull., as last, but any garden soil. Well cared for it makes a most striking mid- 
summer plant. 25 cts. each. 
S. ringens has foliage like the garden sage and pretty, rather large, blue flowers. 
■Cull., as last. 25 cts. each. 
SAXIFRAGAS arc a most diverse genus. One group has leaves as large as a cabbage 
while others are little tufted rock-plants. Of the large sorts I can offer Saxifraga crassi- 
folia with large leaves and pretty rose-colored flowers which in California appear in 
the winter. One of the good winter-flowering plants. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. umbrosa is the London Pride, and a most delightful plant with erect flower- 
stems about a foot high and many small white flowers. The foliage is pretty and tufted, 
and it spreads to form a fine colony. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Small Saxifragas I have in many of the tufted varieties, all pretty. All are rock- 
plants, and list will be given on application. Sit., all Saxifragas like shade, even to 
dense. Soil, any garden as long as moist. Prop., divisions. PL, October to April. 
SANGUINARIA canadensis is the Bloodroot, and belongs to the poppy family, and 
the pretty, spreading, white flowers flushed with pink arc produced singly on slender 
stems very early in the spring and before the leaves develop, 15 cts. each. 
