^ELSEY^ HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
^roh'n in the Carolina jyfountains at 38ooyeet elel^ation 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
SHORTIA GALACIFOLIA. 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. Starry Campion-. 2 to V/i ft. I'luiiclcs of wliito showy flowers in snmnier. 
virginica. I'lHF, I'lXK. 1 to 2 ft. One of tlie showu-st lierbsvM'ous plants. June to August, deep erinisoii. 
SMILACINA racemosa. See Vagnera. 
SOLIDAGO canadensis. 2 to -t ft. One of the most showy and satisfactory species known. Yellow flower 
lieaiN larjie and dense, 
lancifolia. Goi.DKXiiOD. 2 to .1 ft. Yellow. Angust. 
odora. Swunr Ooi.nENROi). 2 to 4 ft. One-sided panicles in late summer. Plant fragrant, 
vlrgaurea. 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. 
STENANTHIUItt 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 7, feet long, and a clump of these plants makes a show equalled by 
few herbaceous plants of any description. 
STEIRONEMA ciliatnm. Fkisued Loosestkife. 1 to 4 ft. Bright yellow flowers in July, 
quadrifolia. 1 to 2 ft. Ahnndant yellow flowers on long peduncles and whorled. 
THAIilCTRUM dloicum. Eakly Meadow-Bue. 1 to 2 ft. Purple or greenish flowers. April and May. 
ICU'gant cut folia^'e. 
THERMOPSIS CAROLINIANA. SOUTHERN Thermopsis. 3 to 5 ft. Yellow flowers in termi- 
nal racemes. May and June. E.\tremely showy plant for massing. 
THEROFON aconitifolium. Aconite Saxifk.ice. 1 to 2 ft. White flowers and cymes and palmately cut 
leaves. .July. .Mong streams. 
TRADESCANTIA pilosa. ZriiZAC. Spideuwokt. 1 to .•! in. Blue. .Tune to August. 
virginica. Si'Iherwokt. 8 in. to lift. Blue, (iood plant among shrul)bery, forming large clumps. Summer, 
virginica alba. 1 to 2 ft. White variety of last. 
TRAUTVETTERIA carolinensis. False Buobase. 2 to 3 ft. Alternate lobed leaves. Cymes of white 
flowers. Early suninier along streams. 
TRIOSTEUM perfoliatum. Horse Gentian. 2 to 4 ft. June. Brownish purple. A coarse, hairy perennial. 
Shrub Itorders. 
UNIFOHUM canadense. Two-Leaved Solomon's Seal. 2 to 7 in. Small white flowers on recurved stem.s, 
growing usually in green moss or dead leaves. 
UVULARIA perfoliata. Perfoliate Bellwort. 6 to 20 in. Pale yellow. Early spring. Flowers showy, 
sessilifolia. Sb.ssile-Leaveu Bellwort. (i to 18 in. May. Yellow. 
Yucca glanca (See page 38) Cimicifuga racemosa (8eo pace TtiermopsiB carolmiana 
Photographed at Highlands Nursery 
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