WAYSIDE GARDENS 
tvl E NTO R , OHIO 
Scabiosa Caucasica. 
Scabiosa - Scabious or Pin-cushion Flower 
Three Doz. 100 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). Their lovely 
flowers are a soft and charming shade of 
lavender; commences to bloom in June, 
throwing stems IS to 24 inches high until 
September .$1.00 $3.00 $20.00 
Caucasica alba (White Bonnet). The white 
form of the preceding. 1.10 . 3.25 22.50 
Japcnica. Lavender-blue flowers from July 
to September. 2 feet. This is a biennial 
variety, but very valuable for its great 
quantity of blue flowers produced through¬ 
out the summer . 1-00 3.00 20.00 
Fennsylvanica (Cephalaria tatarica). Large 
golden yellow flowers, similar to the true 
Scabiosa in form, but 5 feet tall; excellent 
plant for back in the border or in front 
of shrubs . 1.00 3.00 20.00 
Sedum - Stonecrop; Tall Varieties 
Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect-grow¬ 
ing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, 
with broad, light green foliage and im¬ 
mense heads of handsome, showy, rose- 
colored flowers; indispen able as a late 
fall-blooming plant . 
Spectabile “Brilliant.” A richly colored form 
of the preceding, being a bright amaranth- 
red . 
1.00 
3.00 
20.00 
1.00 
3.00 
20.00 
Senecio - Ragwort; Groundsel 
Clivorum. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, 
from which spring up from July to Octo¬ 
ber a succession of 3-foot stems, with clus¬ 
ters of orange-yellow flowers. One of the 
few plants that flower profusely in shade. 1.10 3.25 22.50 
SHASTA DAISY. (See Chrysanthemum Maximum, page 56). 
Sedum Spectabile. 
Thalictrum Aquilegifolium. 
Sidalcea - Greek-Mallow 
. Three Doz. 
Rosy Gem. Erect growing, more or less 
branching plants. 2 to 3 feet in height, 
producing their showy bright rose colored 
flowers during June and July. They will 
succeed in any garden soil in a sunny 
position .$1.00 $3.00 
Silphium - Compass Plant or Cup Plant 
Three Doz. 
Perfoliatum. A very decorative hardy plant, 
growing about 6 feet high with large pani- 
icles of yellow flowers. The leaves are 
united at the base, forming a cup. Hence, 
its name—Cup Plant. Fine near waterside 
in wild garden .$1.40 $4.00 
Spiraea - Goat’s Beard; Meadow Sweet 
Three Doz. 
Aruncus. Produces long, feathery panicles 
of white flowers, forming graceful plumes, 
4 feet high, in June. $1.20 $3.50 
Filipendula (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs 
of white flowers on stems 15 inches high 
during June and July; pretty fernlike 
foliage .85 2.50 
Filipendula flore pleno. Double white flow¬ 
ers on 12-inch stems; lovely fernlike fo¬ 
liage . 1.20 3.50 
Palmata elegans. Graceful plumes of love¬ 
ly light pink flowers in June, on stems 3 
feet high. Fine for waterside planting . .. 1.20 3.50 
TJlmai-ia fl. pi. The well known double 
“Meadow Sweet.” Creamy white flowers 
produced in abundance in early summer 
on stems about 3 feet high. 1.10 3.25 
Venusta (Martha Washington Plume). A 
noble plant growing about four feet high, 
producing in July and August handsome, 
rosy carmine flowers which are delight¬ 
fully fragrant. A desirable subject for the 
border or along a small brook. 1.20 3.50 
Spiraea - Astilbe Hybrids 
V ARID TIBS FOR GARDEN USE ONLY 
Three Doz. 
Betsy Cuperus. The fine drooping flower 
spikes, 2 feet long, show in summer dur¬ 
ing some weeks a great number of white 
flowers with pink center.$1.20 $3.50 
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$30.00 
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$25.00 
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25.00 
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22.50 
25.00 
100 
$25.00 
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