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ROCKET (Hesperia'. 
H. P., 2 to 3 feet. 
Well known, free-flowering and very fragrant; 
purple and white 5c 
SALPIGLOSSIS. H. H. A. 
Neat and beautiful ornamental autumn blooming 
plants, with curiously pencilled and marbled fun- 
nel-shaped flowers; suitable for the greenhouse or 
flower border; of easy culture, requiring a light, 
rich soil; half hardy annual, 1^ feet. 
Grandiflora. Large flowered, all colors mixed. 10c 
SCABIOSA. H. P. 
The “ Mourning Bride” or “ Sweet Scabious ” of 
our old gardens, but much improved in size, colors 
and doubleness. They are very free bloomers, the 
colors white, carmine, lilac, maroon, etc., excellent 
for bouquets. 
Nana. fl. pi., mixed dwarf, double. 1 foot 5c 
Maxima Pleno Mixed. New, large flowering, 
tall double sorts 5c 
Ninor, fl. pi., cherry red and white, new 5c 
Candidlssima. Double white flowers, useful 
for bouquets. 1 foot 10c 
SAZVIA (Flowering Sage). 
H. H. P., 3 feet. 
One of our handsomest summer and autumn 
flowering plants, when they are literally ablaze with 
brilliant flowers; very effective for massing on the 
lawn or for ribbon beds. 
Splendens (Scarlet sage.) Beautiful, Fiery 
scarlet lOj. 
Splendens Coccinea, Nana oompaota, dwarf, 
compact, very free flowering ’ i5o 
SAPONARIA (Bouncing Bet). H. A. 
Handsome dwarf growing plants, with pretty 
star-shaped flowers; excellent for massing and 
edging. 
Multiflora compaota, new, compact, beauti- 
ful for borders planted in a sunny situation. 5c 
Ocymoides. splendes, very brilliant red, fine. 5c 
SENSITIVE PLANT {Mimosa Pudica). 
A very Interesting plant with fern-like foliage, 
which is so sensitive that the leaves close up 
immediately when touched or shaken; suit- 
able for pots or boders. H. A., 1 foot 5c 
SCHIZANTHUS (Butterfly Flower.) 
H. H. A. 
A splendid class of plants, combining elegance 
of growth and profusion of beautiful flow- 
ers. valuable in the garden and greenhouse. 
White, purple, yellow and crimson; half 
hardy annual; finest mixed colors 
Papilionaceous. In this charming variety 
we have one of the finest annuals in cultiva- 
tion. The flowers are handsome as some of 
the orchids 
Papilionaceous Pyramldalis, compactus. 
New, compact, fine 
Pinnatus Boseus. new rose, beautiful 
5o 
5c 
5c 
10c 
STATICE (Everlasting). 
An Interesting, free flowering plant of easy 
culture, long-blooming, and valuable for 
Winter bouquets, perennial, fine mixed .... 10c 
Suworowl. The branching flower spikes of 
this new annual Statice are of a bright rose, 
shaded with crimson. Each plant produces 
from 10 to 15 spikes, measuring from 12 to i8 
inches. One plant will last in flower more 
than two months, and if sown in succession 
it may be had in bloom throughout the 
whole summer and autumn 20c 
SMILAX (Medeola asparagoldes) 
SMILAX (Myrsiphyllum). 
T. P.,6 feet. 
This is the most popular and graceful ever- 
p'een vine in cultivation, adapted for hang- 
ing baskets and pot culture, floral wreaths, 
etc lOc 
SUNFLOWER. H. A. 
Stately growing plants, with immense golden yel- 
low flowers; the single varieties are well known, but 
the double sorts are not; they are perfectly mag- 
nificent. 
Double Sorts. 
Globosus Fistulosus. perfecly round flowers. 
very double, saffron; 6 feet 5c 
Oculatus Vlridis, double yellow flowers, with 
green center; 4 feet ' 5c 
Miniature Sunflower (Globe flowered). Of 
dwarf branching habit, wearing many little 
flowers only 2 inches across; orange 5c 
Nanum, fl. pi., (Dwarf Double). Yellow, quite 
dwarf, fine 5c 
Giant Russian. Flowers 18 to 20 inches across; 
gTovfn principally for the seeds, of which it 
is very prolific 5c 
JACOBAEA (Senicio). 
Remarkably pretty, free growing, profuse flower- 
ing plants, almost unsurpassed for brilliancy and 
beauty. Grow freely from seed, and are easily prop, 
agated from cuttings, not one in fifty failing. The 
double are the only ones worth cultivating. Hardy 
annuals in open border, biennial in greenhouse. 
Sow in loam mixed with leal mold. Purple, pink 
and white flowers. 
Seneclo Elegans, fl. pi. Tall double Jacobaea. 
Finest varieties 5c 
Nana. fl. pi. Double Dwarf sorts. Finest 
mixed, 8 inches 5c 
SWEET PEAS (Lathyrus Odoratus). 
Beautiful fragrant free flowering plants, thriving 
in any open situation; excellent for screening un- 
sightly objects, will bloom all summer and autumn 
if the flowers are cut freely and the pods picked off 
as they appear. They may be sown in autumn in 
this section; early sowing is necessary; hardy an- 
nuals; 6 feet. No garden is complete without 
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