New, Rare arid Beautiful Plants. 
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FUI.iaONARIA. The Lungwort: very pretty plants 
lor rni-keries and small flower beds, with spotted 
leaves. 
P. angustifoUa. Grows about a foot high; leaves 
prettily spotted, and flowers pink and blue, in 
spring SO 30 
P. ofiicinalis. Pretty flowers, red and violet . . 25 
RANUNCULTTS. Fine border plants, with glossy flow- 
ers; they are of easy growth and very pretty. 
R. aconitifolius fl. pi. Very pretty white double flow- 
ers in May and June ; handsome foliage $0 25 
R. aoris fl. pi. The double form of the Butter- 
cup; shining yellow flowers 25 
R. bulbosus fl. pi. Golden double flowers in 
spring and early summer 25 
R. repens fl. pi. A creeping form 35 
RHEUM. Herbaceous plants, with bold and large 
leaves and imposing flower stalks; very decorative. 
R. Emodi. See page 157 .*0 50 
R. palmatum. See page 157 50 
RHEXIA virg^nica. 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 grandifiora. A showy species, with 
beautiful deep blue flowers in dense spikes ... $0 25 
S. patens. Fine blue ; half hardy 25 
SAFONARIA officinalis fl. pi. An old but valuable 
plant, with rosy double flowers during the summer 
season. 25 cents. 
SAXIFRAGA. Elegant border or rock plants, with 
flue 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. ligfulata. Blooms in spring; pale red 25 
S. longifolia vera. Very pretty white flowers in 
summer 50 
S. pyramidalis ((Myledun). Very pretty and dis- 
tinct white flowers 30 
S. speciosa 25 
S. umbrosa 25 
SCABIOSA caucasica. A useful 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 136. 
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 
SEDUM populifolium. Neat white or pinkish 
flowers $0 25 
S. pulchellum. Rosy purple flowers . ...... 25 
S. roseum (Rlwdlola) 85 
S. Sieboldii 25 
S. speciosum (FabaHa) 25 
S, Telephium («frop«rp!(» eum). White, pink spot- 
ted flowers . . 25 
SEMFERVIVUM. 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 136 and 157. 
S. arachnoideum $0 25 
S. Californicum 25 
S, fimbriatum 25 
S. globiferum 35 
S. Lagrgeri 35 
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 15S. 
S. Doronicum. Large yellow flowers in summer $0 35 
S. japonicus 25 
S. macrophyllus 25 
S . pulcher. Purple and yellow 30 
SILENE. The perennial species are free-flowering al- 
pine plants, suitable for rock woi-k. 
S. alpestris. Shining white flowers, May to July $0 25 
S. maritima fl. pi. White flowers 35 
S, Schafta. Purple flowers, June to October; a 
pretty dwarf plant 25 
SHiFHIUM. Showy, tall-growing plants, suitable for 
large groups and for planting amongst shrubberies. 
S. laciniatum. The Compass plaut; so-called because 
the leaves are said to present their faces uniformly 
north and south on the plains where they grow . $0 35 
S. perfoliatum 85 
S. terebinthinaceum 50 
S. ternatum 35 
SOLDANELLA alpina. A pretty alpine plant, with 
small round glossy leaves and drooping purple bell 
flowers. 35 cts. 
SOLIDAGO. 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 everywhere, and much admired, and 
they do finely when naturalized in the border. The 
various species extend the time of flowering. 
S. ambigna $0 35 
S. arguta fol. var 35 
S. Drummondii. Flower heads small ; blooms in 
summer 35 
S. elongata 25 
S. rigida. Large flower heads, in September . . 25 
SFIG-ELIA Marilandica. A beautiful plant of gay ap- 
pearance, with fine tubular scarlet flowers, yellow in- 
side; blooms in July, and grows twelve to eighteen 
inches high. 25 cents. 
