CLIBRANS' LIST OF HERBACEOUS AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
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SISYRINCHIUM — continued. 
406 grandiflorum, 1 ft., rich purple bell- 
shaped flowers, on elegant stems; use- 
ful for cutting, vi.-vii. 6d. each. 
407 album, 1 ft., flowers transparent 
white. 6d. each. 
SMILACINA, dainty plants with rich green 
Lily -of -the- Valley • like foliage and 
graceful white feathery flower spikes. 
411 bifolia, 6 in., stem carries but two 
leaves, and terminates in flowers, iv.-v. 
6d. each. 
413 stellata, 15 in., numerous narrow leaves, 
and dense little flower spikes, v.-vi. 
6d. each. 
SOLDANELLA 
416 alpina ( 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. each. 
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 Michaelmas Daisies. 
422 altissirna (syn. rugosa), 5 ft., grand 
plumes; viii.-x. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
426 canadensis, 4 ft., ray florets, short, vii.- 
ix. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
428 gigantea, 5 ft., sulphur-yellow plumes, 
viii.-ix. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
429 Golden Wings. (See New Varieties, page 
8 ). 
431 multi-radiata, 1| ft., flower heads in a 
great cluster, viii.-ix. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
436 Virgaurea nana (syn. V. cambrica), 1 J ft., 
a showy miniature Golden Rod. 4d. 
each, 3/- doz. 
SPERGULA (syn. Sagina). 
co 445 pilifera aurea, 2 in., a tiny creeping 
Pearlwort, plant yellow, with small 
white flowers; valuable for carpeting 
and edging, v.-vi. 3d. each, 2/- doz. 
SPIRAEA ( Meadow-sweet ), a handsome sum- 
mer-flowering group of easy culture. 
448 Aruncus (Goat’s beard), 4 ft., large white 
plumes, beautiful for cutting, vi.-vii. 
6d. each. 
450 plumosus, 2 ft., dwarfer in habit 
and finer. 6d. each. 
457 crispifolia (syn. bullata), 1 ft., beautiful 
dwarf Japanese shrub, for borders or 
rockery; crimson, vi.-viii. 6d. each. 
460 filipendula fl. pi., a fine double form for 
cutting. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
463 gigantea (syn. hamtschatica), 7 ft., large 
clusters of feathery white flowers; 
handsome plant as an isolated speci- 
men, vi.-viii. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
472 lobata (Queen of the Prairies), 3J ft., 
similar to S. venusta, free; rosy- 
crimson, vi.-viii. 6d. each. 
475 palmata, 2 ft., bright rose, effective; 
useful for cutting, vi.-viii. 4d. each, 
3/- doz. 
SPI R/EA — continued. 
476 palmata alba, 2 ft., lovely white fornTof 
the above; a gem for herbaceous 
borders and a good forcing plant. 4d. 
each, 3/- doz. 
478 elegans, 2J ft., white and rose, 
free and beautiful. 4d. each. 3/- doz. 
484 Thunbergii, 2 ft., white; distinct and 
pretty; fine for forcing, vii.-viii. fid. 
each, 4/6 doz. 
486 Ulmaria, fl. pi., 2 ft., sweet-scented 
double white flowers, fine for cutting. 
4d. each, 3/- doz. 
489 fol. var., 2 ft., golden variegated 
foliage, creamy-white flowers, fine for 
cutting, vi.-viii. 9d. each. 
Six Spiraeas, our selection, for 1/6 
STACHYS (Hedge-nettle), flowers in whorls 
in a long narrow erect spike. 
495 coccinea, 1 J ft., deep red flowers; very 
free, vii.-viii. 6d. each. 
o497 lanata, lift., large, densely woolly 
leaves, flowers reddish -purple, useful 
for edging, vi.-vii. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
STATICE ( Sea Lavender), numerous branch- 
ing flower stems, the flowers retain 
their colour and form for months; 
excellent for cutting. 
500 caspica. 1 J ft. , a free-flowering species, 
useful and attractive. 6d. each, 4/6 
doz. 
502 elata, 2 ft., blue flowers margined white 
vii.-ix. 6d. each, 4/6 doz. 
504 exlmia, 1 ft., lilac-rose, dense spikes, 
vi.-viii. 9d. each. 
509 Gmelini, 1 ft., robust, flowers blue, 
vi.-viii. 6d. each, 4/6 doz. 
510 Gongetiana, 3 ins., lavender-coloured 
flowers in pretty panicles, rosettes of 
evergreen foliage; a charming little 
plant, vii. 1/- each. 
513 incana, 9 ins., glaucous evergreen foli- 
age, flowers variously coloured pink, 
white or red. vi.-ix. 6d. each. 
4/6 doz. 
51 1 latifolia, 3 ft., large handsome spreading 
branches crowded with small purplish- 
blue flowers; best for cutting and 
drying for vases in winter, vii.-x. 
4d. each, 3/- doz. 
514 Limonlnum, 1J ft., grandly branching 
blue flower spikes, viii.-x. 4d. each. 
516 scoparia, 1 ft., a dainty blue-flowered 
form, vi.-viii. 6d. each. 
518 sinensis, 1 ft., a Chinese species, produc- 
ing yellow flowers, vii.-ix. 6d. each. 
STENANTHIUM Robustum (Mountain Feather 
Fleece). (See New Varieties, page 8). 
STIPA 
530 pennata (Feather Grass), 2 ft., a beauti- 
ful hardy Grass, graceful arching 
stems carrying in summer lovely 
feathery plumes of silky hair-covered 
awns; prefers deep sand. 4d. each, 
3/- doz. 
