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purple star-like flowers ; height, two feet. 
Flowers in August. 
Sedum sempervivum, ( Semper vivum-like 
Sedura.) — The leaves of this plant are spathu- 
late-ovate ; the flowers, in panicled corymbs, 
deep purple red, star-like ; height, six inches. 
Flowers in July. This is also known under 
the name of Sedum sempervivoides. 
*f Sedum Sieboldtii, (Sieboldt's Sedum. — 
A dwarf bushy plant, with orbiculate, fleshy, 
grey looking leaves, and terminal corymbs of 
showy pink flowers ; height, six to nine inches. 
Flowers in June. 
*Silene regia, (Splendid Catchfly.) — Very 
showy ; the leaves are lance-shaped ; the 
flowers round, flat, with irregular notched 
edges, crimson ; height, one foot and a half. 
Flowers in June. 
Soldanella ALPiNA,(Alpine Soldanella.) — 
The leaves round ; the flowers purple, funnel- 
shaped, drooping, fringed ; height, three inches. 
Flowers in April. 
Soldanella Montana, (Mountain Solda- 
nella.) — The leaves much as in the last ; the 
flowers fringed, bell-shaped, purple ; height, 
three inches. Flowers in April. 
*Solidago humilis, (Dwarf Golden Rod.) 
— The stem erect ; the leaves ovate lanceolate ; 
the flowers small, yellow, composite, in erect 
racemes ; height, one foot. Flowers in July. 
Solidago procera, (Tall Golden Rod.) — 
The stem erect ; the leaves lanceolate ; the 
flowers small, composite, yellow, in erect, spike- 
formed racemes ; height, four feet. Flowers 
in September. 
*Solidago replexa, (Reflexed Golden 
Rod.) — The stem erect ; the leaves lanceolate 
acuminate ; the flowers small, composite, yel- 
low, in sub-secund racemes; height, three feet. 
Flowers in August. 
*Spigelia maril'andica, (Maryland Worm- 
grass.) — This is a small plant with erect 
simple stems ; oval lanceolate leaves ; and 
terminal short spikes of erect tube-shaped, or 
funnel-shaped scarlet and yellow flowers, very 
showy ; height, one foot. Flowers in August. 
SprRiEA Aruncus, (Goat's Beard Spirasa.) 
— An upright plant with tri-pinnate leaves; 
that is, three times pinnated ; the flowers small, 
white, in dense corymbs; height, three feet. 
Flowers in June. 
* Spiraea filipendula, (Pendulous Drop- 
wort.) — An elegant plant, with finely pinnated 
leaves, and corymbs of small white flowers ; 
height, two feet. Flowers in August. A 
double-flowered variety, called multiplex, 
is very handsome. 
Statice Gmelini, (Gmelin's Sea Laven- 
der.) — The leaves tufted, elliptic, mucronate; 
the flowers individually small, five-petalled, 
light purple, in a much-branched panicle ; 
height, one foot. Flowers in July. The 
flowers of most of the Statices are crowded, 
on the upper side of the tips of the numerous 
branches. 
Statice emarginata, (Emarginate Sea La- 
vender.) — The leaves tufted, large, spathulate; 
the flowers blue, in an erect, very numerously 
branched panicle, forming a beautiful head of 
bloom; height, one foot and a half Flowers 
in July. 
Statice spathulata, (Spathulate-leaved 
Sea Lavender.) — The leaves small, tufted, 
spathulate; the flowers purple, in an erect 
branched, or forked raceme; height, one foot. 
Flowers in July. 
Statice speciosa, (Showy Sea Lavender.) 
— The leaves tufted, obovate ; the flowers 
whitish, crowded or imbricated on the branch- 
ing scape or stem; height, one foot. Flowers 
in July. 
Statice incana, (Hoary Sea Lavender.) — 
The leaves tufted, lanceolate; the flowers pink, 
in a branching panicled scape ; height, one 
foot. Flowers in June. 
Statice bellidifolia, (Daisy- leaved Sea 
Lavender.) — The leaves small, tufted, obtuse; 
the flowers in an erect forked raceme, purple; 
height, one foot. Flowers in July. 
Statice oleifolia, (Olive-leaved Sea 
Lavender.) — The leaves tufted, spathulate, 
obtuse ; the flowers in a panicled scape, red ; 
height, one foot. Flowers in June. 
Sternbergia ltttea, (Yellow Sternbergia.) 
— Bulbous ; a good deal like a Crocus, but 
with broader leaves ; the leaves linear, short, 
obtuse; the flowers light yellow, like a Crocus; 
height, six inches. Flowers in August and 
September. 
Stmphitum bohemicum, (Bohemian Corn- 
frey.) — This is a large rough plant, with large 
ovate lanceolate leaves, and racemes of cam- 
panulate, reddish purple flowers ; height, two 
feet. Flowers in July. 
*Tagetes ltjcida, (Shining-leaved Ta- 
getes, or Marigold.) — This has an erect, 
scarcely branched stem; the leaves lanceolate; 
the flowers in little heads, small, yellow, showy; 
height, one foot. Flowers in August. Scarcely 
hardy. 
Tellima gbandiflora, (Large-flowered 
Tellima.) — The leaves of this are roundly 
cordate, obtusely lobed ; the flowers are small, 
pink, in a somewhat regular loose spike ; 
height, one foot. Flowers in April and May. 
Thalictrum alplnum, (Alpine Meadow 
Rue.) — The Thalictrums are interesting, 
though not showy, herbaceous plants ; the 
leaves are composed of numerous leaflets, 
something in the way of the Columbine; the 
habit branching; the flowers yellowish, droop- 
ing, and composed principally of small thread- 
like portions; height, about one foot and a 
half Flowers in June. 
