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HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS— Continued. 
SAXIFRAGA. Rockfoil Alpine Varieties. 
— Umbrosa. London Pride. Very easily grown, succeeding anywhere. Flowers 
white, suffused with red. 1 foot. May-August. 25c. 
SAXIFRAGA. Megasea Varieties. 
— Cordifolia. Grows about 1 foot high, forming masses of handsome green foliage 
and pretty pinlc flowers, blooming very early in Spring. 25c. 
— Speciosa. Similar in growth to Cordifolia, but with rosy-crimson flowers. 25c. 
SCABIOSA Caucasica. Blue Bonnet. 
An excellent border plant, useful for 
cutting purposes. The large, lilac- 
blue flowers are borne on long stems 
2 feet. June-August. 20c. 
SPIRj€A Aruncus. Goat's Beard, 
or Meadow Sweet. Splendid 
border plants with white feathery 
plumes of flowers and attractive 
foliage. 4 feet. June-July. 15c. 
— Filipendula Plena. Fern-like foliage, 
branching panicles, creamy white 
flowers. 2 feet. June-July. 20c. 
— Palmata Elegans. A beautiful var- 
iety, producing large, silvery-pink 
flowers. 4 feet. June-July. 15c. 
SEDUM Kamtschaticum. Stonecrop. 
Deep green foliage with bright yel- 
low flowers. 8 inches. June. 20c 
— Lydium glaucum. A very neat varie- 
ty, with glaucus foliage, fine for 
rockery. 3 inches, 20c. 
SEDUM Speclabile. One of the prettiest erect growing varieties, broad foliage, light 
green in color and large heads of rose-colored flowers. 2 feet. September. 20c. 
STATICE Latifolia. Sea Lavender. Bluish-violet flowers produced from July to 
September. 2]/i feet. 15c. 
STOKESIA Cyanea. Cornplower Aster. The foliage is handsome, and from July 
until frost, the plants are covered with clusters of broad, lavender-blue flowers. 
IH feet. 15c. 
THALICTRUM Aquilegifolium. Meadow Rue. This plant has handsome foliage 
and graceful white flowers, suitable for cutting. 3 feet. June-July. 20c. 
TRADESCANTIA Virginiana. Spioerw ort. A graceful plant, producing a succession 
of blue flowers all the summer. 2 feet. 15c. 
TRITOMA Uvaria. Red-Hot Poker. Very showy plant, with good green, grass-hke 
foliage and tall, showy spikes of brilliant flowers. Should be given winter pro- 
tection. 3 feet. August-October. 20c. 
VERONICA Incana. Speedwell. Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst- 
blue flowers. IJ^ feet. July-September. 15c. 
— Longifolia Subsessilis. A grand variety, growing about 3 feet high, bearing long 
spikes of deep blue flowers. August-September. 2,5c. 
— Spicata. The bright blue flowers are borne on long spikes and are produced from 
June to September. 1 Yi feet. 15c. 
VIOLA Comuta, George Wermig. Tupted Pansy. A splendid substitute for the 
Princess of Wales violet; in bloom all summer. 20c. 
VINCA Minor. Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle. For covering bare spaces 
under trees, and as a cover plant in the rockery, this is not surpassed by any per- 
ennial. It forms a dense, dark green carpet, which is lighted up by the showy 
blue flowers in May and occasionally during the summer. 6 inches, ISc. 
— Minor Variegata. Similar to the preceding, e-xcept that the foliage is prettily 
variegated. 15c. 
YUCCA Filamentosa. Adam's Needle. A plant with long, spiny-pointed leaves, 
producing in mid-summer an immense panicle 4 to 6 feet in height, of large, 
ivory-white flowers. 20c. 
Spinas are elegant border plants, producing spikes 
of beautiful feathery plumes. 
