C L I B R A N S 
ALTRINCHAM 63 
BY APPOINTMENT 
SMILACINA, dainty plants with rich green 
Lily-of-the- Valley- like foliage and 
graceful white feathery flower spikes. 
41 1 bifolia, 6in., stem carries but two 
leaves, and terminates in flowers, iv.-v. 
6d. each. 
413 Steliata, I5in., numerous narrow leaves, 
and dense little flower spikes, v.-vi. 
6d. each. 
SOLDANELLA. 
4 i 6 jalpina (Blue Moon-wort), 4in., 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; 
4/6 doz 
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 altissima (syn. rugosa ), 5ft., grand 
plumes ; viii.-x. 4d. each ; 3/- doz. 
426 canadensis, 4ft., ray florets, short, vii.- 
ix. 4d. each ; 3/- doz. 
428 gigantea, 5ft., sulphur-yellow plumes, 
viii.-ix. 4d. each ; 3/- doz. 
42; grandiflora, 4ft. to 5ft., a tall and 
very handsome seaside plant, viii.-ix. 
fid. each. 
429 Golden Wings. (See Netv Varieties, 
page 10.) 
431 multi-radiata, lift., flower heads in a 
great cluster, viii.-ix. 4d. each; 3/- doz. 
436 Virgaurea nana (syn. V.cambric.a), i£in., 
a showy miniature Golden Rod. 4d. 
each ; 3/- doz. 
SPERGULA (syn. Sagina). 
co 445 pilifera aurea, 2in., a tiuy creeping 
Pearlwort, plant yellow, with small 
white flowers ; valuable for carpeting 
and edging, v.-vi. 3d. each ; 2/- doz. 
SPIR/EA (Meadow-sweet), a handsome Sum- 
mer-flowering group of easy culture. 
448 Aruncus (Goal’s beard), 4ft., large white 
plumes, beautiful for cutting, vi.-vii. 
6d. each. 
450 plumosus, 2ft., dwarfer in habit 
and finer. 6d. each. 
460 filipendula fl. pi., a fine double form for 
cutting. 4d. each ; 3/- doz. 
463 gigantea (syn. kamtschatica), 7ft., 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), 3 Jft. , 
similar to S. venusta, free ; rosy- 
crimson, vi.-viii. fid. each. 
475 palmata, 2ft., bright rose, effective ; 
useful for cutting, vi.-viii. 4d. each ; 
3/- doz. 
47b alba, 2ft., lovely white form of 
the above ; a gem for herbaceous 
borders and a good forcing plant. 4d. 
each ; 3/- doz. 
478 elegans, 2 Aft., white and rose, 
free and beautiful. 4d. each ; 3/- doz. 
484 Thunbergii, 2ft., white ; distinct and 
pretty ; fine for forcing, vii.-viii. fid. 
each ; 4/6 doz. 
SPI R TEA — continued. 
486 Ulmaria, fl. pi., 2ft., sweet - scented 
double white flowers, fine for cutting. 
4d. each ; 3/- doz. 
489 fol. var., 2ft., golden variegated 
foliage, creamy-white flowers, fine for 
cutting, vi.-viii. 9d. each. 
Six Spirxas, our selection, for 1/6. 
STACHYS (Hedge-nettle), flowers in whorls 
in a long narrow erect spike. 
495 coccinea, lift., deep red flowers ; very 
free, vii.-viii. 6d. each. 
0497 lanata, ijft., 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, ijft., a free-flowering species, 
useful and attractive. 6d. each ; 
4/6 doz. 
502 elata, 2ft., blue flowers margined white, 
vii. -ix. 6d. each ; 4/6 doz. 
504 eximia, 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 Gongstiana, 3in., lavender - coloured 
flowers in pretty panicles, rosettes of 
evergreen foliage ; a charming little 
plant, _vii. 1/- each. 
51 1 incana, <>iu., glaucous evergreen foliage, 
flowers variously coloured pink, white, 
or red, vi.-ix. 6d. each ; 4/6 doz. 
512 nana, pin., flowers varying in 
colour from white to red ; a very 
pretty variety, vi.-ix. 6d. each. 
513 latifolia, 3ft., 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 Limoninum, 1 Aft . , grandly branching 
blue flower spikes, viii.-x. 4d. each. 
515 album, a pure white-flowered form 
of above, vii.-x. fid. each. 
516 scoparia, ift. a dainty blue-flowered 
form, vi.-viii. 6d. each. 
518 sinensis, ift., a Chinese species, produc- 
ing yellow flowers, vii.-ix. 6d. each. 
STENANTHIUM Robustum (Mountain 
Feather Fleece). (See New Plants, 
page 10.) 
STIPA. 
53 ° pennata (Feather Grass) 2ft., 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. 
STOB/E (syn. Berkheya). 
533 purpurea, 2ft., a handsome South 
African Thistle, numerous bluish - 
purple flower heads, tin. across in great 
loose masses, leaves more than ift. 
long, rich green above, cottony below, 
viii. -ix. fid. each ; 4/6 doz. 
