ICELSEY^; HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
J ^rok^n in the Carolina jyfountains atsSoofietelel^ation 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
SHORTIA GALACIPOLIA. 6 to 8 in. Introduced by us. A very rare plant with clusters of 
large wavy leaves, from which flower-stems rise bearing white or pink flowers with crimpled 
petals. Thrives best in Rhododendron beds. Leaves color rich bronze in fall. 
» SILENE stellata. Stakry Campion. 2 to ;!M ft. Panicles of wliite sliowy flowers in summer. 
virginica. Fihk 1'ink. 1 to 2 ft. One of the showiest lierliiiceoiis plants. June to August, deep crimson. 
SMILACINA racemosa. See Vagnera. 
SOLIDAGO canadensis. 2 (o + ft. Oue of (lie most showy and satisfactory species known. Yellow flower 
hcMds largo and dense. 
lancifoUa. Holiieniiod. 2 to .'i ft. Yellow. August. 
odora. Sweet Goi.denuod. 2 to 4 ft. One-sided panicles in late sumnier. Plant fraitmnt. 
virgaurea. 2 to 4 ft. Greenish yellow panicles and large leafy stalk. 
SPIGELIA MARILANDICA. 6 to 15 in. A brilliant plant, the scarlet flowers with yellow cen- 
ters in one-sided cymes. 
STENANTHIUM ROBUSTUM. STOUT Stenanthium. 3 to 5 ft. Tall, with extremely showy 
panicles often 2 feet long. This is one of our recent introductions, and is, without doubt, a 
plant that will be used by thousands when known. The pure white flowers are borne on graceful 
compound panicles, often 2 to 3 feet long, and a clump of these plants makes a show equalled by 
few herbaceous plants of any description. 
STEIRONEMA ciliatnm. Fuinged I.oosestkike. 1 to 4 ft. Briglit yellow flowers in .July, 
quadrifolia. 1 to 2 ft. At)undaiit yellow flowers on long peduncles and whorled. 
THALICTRUM diolcum. Eaki.y Meauovv-Kue. 1 to 2 ft. Purple or greenish flowers. April and May. 
Klegant cut foliage. 
THERMOPSIS CAROLINIANA. Southern Thermopsis. 3 to 5 ft. Yellow flowers in termi- 
nal racemes. May and June. Extremely showy plant for massing. 
THEROFON aconitifolium. Aconite Saxiphaije. 1 to 2 ft. White flowers and cymes and palniately cut 
leaves. .Tnly. Along streams. 
TRADESCANTIA pilosa. ZiciZAO Spitiekwoht. 1 to .•) in. Blue. .Tune to August. 
virginica. Sitijekwi.ht. 8 in. to 3 ft. Blue, (tood plant among .shrubbery, forming large chimps. Sumnier. 
virginica alba. 1 to 2 ft. White variety of last. 
TRAUTVETTERIA carolinensis. False Bugbane. 2 to 3 ft. Alternate lobed leaves. Cymes of white 
flowers. lOarly sumnier along streams. 
TRIOSTEUM pertoliatum. HorseGentian. 2 to 4 ft. June. Brownisli purple. A coarse, hairy perennial. 
Shrub bortiers. 
UNIFOLIUM canadense. Two-Leaved Solomon's Seal. 2 to 7 in. Small white flowers on recurved stems, 
growing usually in green moss or dead leaves. 
UVULARIA perfoliata. Perfoliate Bellwort. (> to 20 in. Pale yellow. Early spring. Flowers showy, 
sessllifolia. Sessile-Leaved Bellwort. 0 to 18 in. May. Yellow. 
Yucca glauca (See page 38) Uimiciiuga racemosa ( .See page :a Thermopsis caroUulana 
l^hotographcd at Highlands Kturser; 
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