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FUIiMONARIA. The Lungwort; very pretty plants 
for roi'keries and small flower beds, with spotted 
leaves. 
P. angustifolia. Grows about a foot high; leaves 
prettily spotted, and flowers pink and blue, in 
spring SO 30 
P. officinalis. Pretty flowers, I'ed and violet . . 25 
RANUNCUIiUS. Fine border plants, with glossy flow- 
ers ; they ai-e of eas.v growth and very pretty. 
R. aoonitifolius fl. pi. Very pretty white double flow- 
ers in May and June ; handsome foliage $0 25 
R. acris fl. pi. The double form of the Butter- 
cup; shining yellow fiowers 25 
R. bulbosus fl. pi. Golden double flowers in 
spring and early summer 25 
R. repens fl. pi. A creeping form 25 
RHEUM. Herbaceous plants, with bold and large 
leaves and imposing flower stalks; very decorative. 
R. Emodi. See page 15T $0 50 
R. palmatum. See page 15T 50 
RKEXIA virginica. Neat foliage and rosy purple 
flowers in late summer. A very pretty plant, of rather 
dwarf habit. 25 cents. 
RUDBECKIA. The Ox-Eye Daisies; showy border 
plants, with large flowers in late summer and fall. 
R. hirta. Yellow flowers; plant bristly $0 25 
R. laciniata 25 
R. speciosa. Very large orange-colored flowers . 25 
SAIiVIA azurea grandiflora. A showy species, with 
beautiful deep blue flowers in dense spikes . . . ?0 25 
S. patens. Fine blue; half hai-dy 25 
SAFONARIA officinalis fl. pi. An old but valuable 
plant, with rosy double flowers during the summer 
season. 25 cents. 
SAXIFRAOA. Elegant border or rock plants, with 
iinc glossy or whitish foliage and large white, rosy or 
pink flowers ; very valuable for herbaceous planting. 
S. Aizoon. Cream colored flowers in June . . . . $0 25 
S. cordifolia. Large red flowers in spring .... 25 
S. crassifolia. Red flowers, fleshy leaves .... 25 
S. Hastii. White and purple flowers in May ... 25 
S. ligulata. Blooms in spring; pale red 25 
S. longifolia vera. Very pretty white flowers in 
summer 50 
S. pyramidalis { Cotyledon) . Very pretty and dis- 
tinc-t white flowers 30 
S. speciosa 25 
S. umbrosa 25 
SCABIOSA caucasica. A iiseful plant for borders 
and rockeries ; large pale blue flowers, June to August. 
25 cents. 
SEDUM. Dwarf-growing rock plants, with interesting 
succulent foliage, and yellow, white, or pink flowers. 
See also pages 130 and 130. 
S. acre aureum. Very pretty golden tipped 
leaves SO 25 
S. Aizoon. Yellow flowers 25 
S. anacampseros, Violet flowers 25 
S. dasyphyllum. Pinkish blooms 25 
S. glaucum. Flowers white ; leaves whitish . . 25 
S. Kamschaticum. Yellow flowers 25 
SEBUm populifolium. Neat white or pinkish 
flowers $0 25 
S. pulchellum. Rosy purple flowers 25 
S. roseum ilthodiola) 25 
S. Sieboldii 25 
S. speciosum (Fabaria) 25 
S. Telephium (atropwrpwccHm). White, pink spot- 
ted flowers 25 
SEMFERVIVUra. Beautiful plants for covering 
rock work, and well adapted for edgings of beds, rib- 
bon and carpet gardening. They have succulent foli- 
age. See also pages 130 and 1.57. 
S. arachnoideum SO 25 
S. Californicum 25 
S. fimbriatum 25 
S. globiferum 85 
S. Laggeri 25 
S. montanum 25 
S. tectorum violaceum 25 
S. tomentosum • 25 
SENECIO. Showy plants with large flowers, of easy 
growth. For other species, not hardy, see pages 128, 
149 and loS. 
S. Doronicum. Large yellow flowers in summer $0 25 
S. japonicus 25 
S. macrophyllus 35 
S. pulcher. Purple and yellow 30 
SILENE. The perennial species are free-flovs-ering al- 
pine plants, suitable for rock work. 
S. alpestris. Shining white flowers. May to July SO 35 
S. maritima fl. pi. White flowers 25 
S. Schafta. Purple flowers. June to October; a 
pretty dwarf plant 25 
SHaPHIUM. Showy, tall-growing plants, suitable for 
large groups and for planting amongst shrubberies. 
S. laciniatum. The Compass plant; so-called because 
the leaves are said to present their faces uniformly 
north and south on the plains where they grow . SO 35 
S. perfoliatum 35 
S. terebinthinaceum 50 
S. ternatum 35 
SOIiSANEIiUL alpina. A pretty alpine i)lant, with 
small round glossj' leaves and drooping purple bell 
flowers. 35 cts. 
SOLIDAOO. The famed Golden Rod ; now being agi- 
tated as a candidate for tne honor of being called our 
national flower. Their yellow flowers, in graceful 
shape, are known ever.vwherc, and much admired, and 
they do finely when naturalized in the border. The 
various species extend the time of flowering. 
S. ambigua SO 25 
S. arguta fol. var 25 
S. Drununondii. Flower heads small ; blooms in 
summer 25 
S. elongata 35 
S. rigida. Large flower heads, in September . . 25 
SPIGELIA Marilandica. A beautiful plant of ga,y ap- 
pearance, with fine tubular scarlet flowers, yellow in- 
side; blooms in July, and grows twelve to eighteen 
inches high. 25 cents. 
