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Carl Piii'tly, Ukiah, California 
Salvia azurea is an L-iuirely new plant wliich gives one of the loveliest light blues in 
the garden. 'l"he slender stem is 3 or 4 feet in height, and the Mowers nian>'. It likes a 
loose, warm soil, in the sun. 25 cts. each. 
Salvia patens grows about a foot in height, with large, showy flowers of [he most 
atlracli\'e dee|5 blue-purjjle. It is impatient and demands a rich, warm soil. I have 
roots at 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Salvia ringens and Turkestanica are sorts that I have not yet flowered. 25c. each 
SAXIFRAGAS. See pages 26 and 28. 
SEDUMS arc fleshy leaved and usually creeping plants, which are very valuable 
in hot and dry rock-gardens or borders. They are also fine for hanging-baskets or as 
pot-plants, and will stand much neglect. 1 name a few: 
Sedum acre is a creeping i^lant very like a moss. It covers rocks or makes a fine 
hanging-basket. Clumps, 10 cts. 
Sedum acre, large \'ariety, is stronger. Same price. 
Sedum spectabile is a handsome plant, growing a foot or more high, and bearing 
many flowers from rose to purple in color. A fine hanging-basket plain. 15 cts. each. 
For other Sedums see California Perennial Plants, page 28. 
A collection of ten sorts of Sedums for $1.50. 
SHASTA DAISY is surely one of our most useful flowers, and they are hardy, 
long-flowering and thrive in almost any position not heavily shaded. Yet few are 
getting the yerj' best out of them, partly from poor care and partly from wrong hand- 
ling. 1 find it best to divide every winter, using only single, selected strong shoots with 
roots at the base. _ Plant these a foot apart each way, in well-worked soil, and the bloom 
will be fine. Again, the sorts most common are coarse in comparison with Burbank's 
latest sorts listed below: 
In Alaska the stems are tall and slender, and the finely formed flowers 4 inches 
across. California is a 
giant; on first opening it is 
a lemon-yellow and has a 
double row of petals. In 
a day or two it becomes 
pure white. If not allowed 
to overdo it will flower for 
months. 
Very similar to the 
Shasta Daisy, and as sat- 
isfactory when well treated 
is the Chrysanthemum 
maximum, Triumph, a 
celebrated English strain. 
This has a value in flower- 
ing later so as to prolong 
the bloom into late fall. 
Finely rooted plant di- 
visions at 15c. each, $1.25 
I3er doz., S7.50 per 100. 
SCABIOSA Caucasica 
is one of the best plants 
that I have. In color it isa 
very fine light blue, and the 
flowers are borne on stems 
a foot to 18 inches high 
and are excellent for cut- 
ting. There has not been 
a day in a year and a half 
that a bed in my garden 
has been without flowers, 
and during thai linic the 
temperature went below 
IwcnlN' degrees for many 
da>s. ' It ' onK- asks a 
garden soil in tiie sun and 
gooil tillage. 15 cts. and 
25 cts. each. 
Scabiosa 
