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A New Hybrid Flower, "Shasta” Daisies,” one of its Parents on the left. 
See page 61. 
SOLDANELLA 
416 alplna (Blue Moon-wort). 4 in., a charm- 
ing Spring-flowering Alpine, upright 
slender stems, ending in a small grace 
ful spray of violet bell-shaped flowers, 
with a deeply-fringed margin ; moist, 
gritty, peaty soil, iv-v, 6d. 
SOLIDAGO (Golden Rod), each slender branch 
ends 'in a giant branching plume of 
small^ yellow flower heads, giving a 
good-sized clump a ' most imposing 
appearance in Autumn ; look grand 
contrasted with Michielmas Daisies. 
422 altisslma (syn. rugosa), 5 ft., grand 
plumes : viii-x. 4d. 
426 canadensis, 4 ft., ray florets, short, viii- 
ix. 4d. each. 
428 gigantea, 5 ft., sulphur-yellow plumes, 
viii-ix. 4d. 
4 ,V multl-radlata, ij ft., flower heads in a 
great cluster, viii-ix. 4d. 
436 Vtrgaurea nana (syn. V. cambrica), ijin., 
a showy miniature Golden Rod. 4d. 
SPERGULA (syn. Sagina). 
CO 445 pllltera aurea, 2 in., a tiny creeping 
Pearlwort, plant yellow, with small 
white flowers ; valuable for carpeting 
and edging, v-vi. 2/6 doz. ; 3d. each. 
SPIRiSA (Meadow-sweet), a handsome Sum- 
mer-flowering group of easy culture. 
448 Aruncus (Goal's-beard), 4 ft., large ■white 
plumes, beautiful for cutting, vi-vii. 
6d. each. 
450 plumosus, 2 ft., dwarfer in habit 
and finer, fid. 
457 crispifolla (syn. hullata), i ft., beautiful 
dwarf Japanese shrub, for borders or 
rockery ; crimson, vi-viii. fid. 
4fio fl. pi., a fine double form for cut- 
ting. 4d. 
4fi3 gigantea (syn. kamtschatica), ^ ft., large 
clusters of feathery white flowers ; 
handsome plant as an isolated speci- 
men, vi-viii. 4d. 
472 lobata, (Queen of the Prairies), 3I ft., 
similar to S. venusta, free ; rosy-crim- 
,son, vi-viii. fid. 
