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SNOWDROP. See Galanthus, page 29. SNOWFLAKE. See Leucojum, page 49. 
SOLOMON’S SEAL. See Polygonatum, page 65. 
SPARAXIS (African Harlequin Flower). It would be difficult to conceive colours more 
gorgeous and striking than are represented in this flower. It has a compact growth, \ ft. 
high, and is a gem in every way, for pots, rockwork, etc. Culture same as for Jxias. 
12 very beautiful varieties, 5 bulbs of each, 3/6 ; 3 bulbs of each, 2/6 s . d 
tricolor, scarlet, marbled crimson with yellow centre, very showy ...per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. I 3 
Barr’s Beautiful Mixture, of varied colours per 1000, 15/6; per too 1 8 
SPARAXIS pulcherrima, having an elegant grassy foliage and graceful arching flower 
stems, 3 to 5 feet high, bearing beautiful purplish-rose bell-shaped flowers ; 
hardy in dry sunny sheltered positions ; when once established it blooms freely 
per doz. 21/-; each 2 o 
,, ,, alba, a very rare variety of the above with white flowers ,, 36 
SPIRAEA (The Meadow Sweet), for Forcing or Planting Out. 
The large graceful feathery pure white fragrant flowers of Spiraea japonica, compacta 
multiflora, and Astilboides are most valuable for furnishing vases, while the plants arc amongst 
the most decorative for the greenhouse and sitting-room. In forcing, a moist atmosphere and 
abundance of water at the roots are necessary. The pots therefore should be stood in saucers of 
water. Spiraea palmata and its varieties are very beautiful. In shady or moist borders out oj 
doors , and at the margin of streams and ponds , Ihe Spiraeas are all very decorative plants. 
42T The SpirsBas we offer are all good clumps. 
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Palmata alba, large spreading plumes 
of snow-white flowers, beau 
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tiful, ht. 1 J ft. ...per doz. 5/6 
,, elegans, beautiful pale pink, 
ht. 2J ft per doz. 3/6 
Astilboides, a lovely species, bearing 
dense drooping plumes of 
graceful snowy white flowers, 
ht. 2 ft per doz. 5/6 
„ floribunda, lovely panicles 
of feathery white flowers in 
great profusion, ht. 21 in. 
per doz. 4/6 
As highly decorative plants for the green- 
Japonica, white, ht. 2 ft., p. doz. 5/- 
„ fol. aureo-reticulatis, 
very ornamental golden- 
blotched foliage, compact 
plumes of creamy white 
flowers, a remarkably pretty 
pot-plant, ht. ljft.,p.doz. 7/6 
,, compacta multiflora, 
dwarf andcompact, with large 
dense white flower-spikes, 
ht. Ij ft per doz. 4/6 
Palmata, large clusters of rose-crim- 
son flowers, ht. 2 ft per doz. 4/6 
SPIR/EAS, Beautiful New Hybrids. 
house and sitting-room, these can be strongly recommended. 
3 each of 4 distinct varieties, 7 / 6 ; 1 each of 4 sorts, 3 /- 
longifolia, a remarkably elegant plant for decoration, bearing on long graceful stems 
elegant arching plumes of white flowers, one of the best, ht. 2s ft per doz. 7/6 
SPIR/EA, Aruncus Kneiffli, a graceful new variety of the Goat’s Beard, with elegant 
finely divided foliage and plumes of dainty white flowers ; it should only be planted in the 
choicer parts of the garden, ht. 2 ft per doz. 15/- 
lgS“ For other Herbaceous and Shrubby Spirteas, see our Hardy Plant Catalogue. 
STARCH HYACINTH. See Muscari, page 61. 
STERNBERGIA (The Lily of the Field). These charming bulbous plants require 
a sunny aspect and a good deep light soil, and should be left to establish themselves ; plant 
Sedums over them, or cover in winter with dry litter. On limestone soils they are most at home. 
Fischeriana, a handsome new form from Asia Minor, producing its clear yellow flowers 
in early Spring ; suitable for sunny spots in the rock garden or for pot cidture 
per too, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- 
lutea major, one of the most effective and showy of Autumn-flowering bulbous plants. 
Bulbs planted in August produce within a few weeks very large handsome crocus-like flowers 
of a rich golden -yellow. It succeeds in a deep soil and sheltered situation planted 6 inches 
deep. Planted in bowls of cocoanut fibre and charcoal or in pebbles and water it makes a 
charming room decoration. Award ok Merit R.II.S., Sept. 18th, 11)04. 
per 1000, 45/- ; per 100, 5/- ; per doz. 9 d. 
lutea minor, a dainty small-flowered variety producing freely golden-yellow flowers, 
dwarf per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. 8 d. 
macrantha, having very large canary-yellow flowers in Autumn, blooming a little later 
than S. lutea major, shorter-stemmed and with greyish green foliage 
per 100, 12/6 ; per doz. 1/9 
TECOPHIL/EA cyanocrocus (Chilian Crocus), a most beautiful Chilian Spring-flowering 
bulb, bearing large Crocus-like flowers ranging from dark to light blue with white throat, 
delicately scented. It is a gem for warm dry sunny situations on rockwork, or under a south 
wall, ht. £ ft per doz. 36/- 
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