PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Perennial Plants 61 
KAirUNCTJIiT7S<$> repens fl. pi. (Double Buttercup). A 
quickly spreading frequent rooting ground cover. Masses of 
■ yellow button flowers during May and June. The foliage is 
’ small, refined, densely set, thick and rubbery, lustrous, dark 
green. 3. 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
BTJDBZSCKZA, Golden Glow. 5 to 7 feet; early in summer 
until frost. Double dahlia-like golden yellow flowers. 
3, 40c; doz., $1.60; 100, $8.00. 
— Newmanni ("Black-Eyed Susan"). Grows 1% to 2 feet; 
with broad single flowers of orange-yellow with a prominent 
blue-brown cone. 3, 66c; doz., $2.00. 
—^purpurea (Purple Coneflower). Large drooping petals col¬ 
ored reddish purple, with a remarkably large cone-shaped 
center of brown, thickly set with golden tips in spiral lines, 
2 to 3 feet. 3, 65c; doz., $2.00. 
SAB VIA Fitchieri. A much-branched, densely blooming type 
of the Rocky Mountain Sage, its wands 3 to 4 feet high; 
a rich, deep shade of gentian-blue. August-September. Even 
prettier than Larkspur, in bouquets with Flowering Spurge 
or Baby’s Breath. (See illustration on front cover). 
3, 70c; doz., $2.60; 100, $12.00. 
SAPONABIA<$> ocsrmoides (Soapwort), A branchy, trail¬ 
ing rock-plant densely clothed with small round leaves; from 
May to July brightly spangled with small pink flower um¬ 
bels. 3, 56c; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
^ SEDUM [Stoneerop] 
A diversified, interesting and very useful family, the back¬ 
bone of rock gardening; and fitting beautifully into the edg- 
I ing and low plant situations of general gardening. Mainly 
very low growing, close jointed, densely spreading, good in 
either shade or sun. 
Acre (Golden Moss). 2 to 3 inches. Minute foliage very dense 
like moss, dark green; flowers similar to leaves, an all- 
I covering golden yellow sheet. May to July. Used for carpet 
bedding and filling between rocks and flagstones. 
Album. 2 to 3 inches. A miniature forest of upright stems 
j clothed with waxy, tubular, green leaves; terminal clusters 
' of tiny white flowers. May to July, 
Glaucum. 1 to 3 inches. Similar to the mossy Lydium, ex¬ 
cept its color is bright blue-gray; blush white flowers. 
Bydium. 1 to 3 inches. The smallest Sedum; close groups of 
' little round balls made up of the tiniest green beads, the 
color changing to purplish bronze; pink June flowers. 
Spurium Coccineum. 6 to 8 inches. Thrifty, loose growth 
' with kitfrnshaped leaves, very showy. July-August, with 
fringy, upright panicles of crimson bloom. 
Five above: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $8.00. 
i Forsteriana minus. 3 inches. Minute, rounded, blue-grey 
cones, ver^ distinct; deliberately progressing into a dense 
mat; golden spring flowers on short spikes. 
Kamtschaticum. 8 inches. Robust and vigorous, prostrate, 
quickly spreading. The wide flat leaves are escalloped, ar¬ 
ranged in partial rosettes, fresh green turning yellow in 
autumn. The ^-inch florets are perfect stars of orange- 
yellow drying to red, in low-set clusters. 
Sieboldi. 8 to 10 inches. Reddish stems with alternating tiers 
of opposite %-inch leaves,—round, thick, rubbery, blue- 
green with red rim. The bright pink flowers remindful of 
Daphne, are charming. August-September. 
Three above: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, $12.00. 
Spectabile, Brilliant. 15 to 18 inches. An excellent border¬ 
ing variety with big, saucer-like, sage green leaves of rub- 
I bery texture stacked up in diminishing tiers, covered in 
September, with massive flat cymes of crimson flowers, 
i ^ 3, 66c ; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
Sedum Sieboldi. 
SAXIFBAGA.<^ (Saxifrage or Rockfoil). Valuable, highly 
prized units for the rock garden ; their large, fleshy, shiny 
leaves continuously ornamental, in some cases persisting 
into winter. Give plenty of water and partial sun. 
—COrdifolia. 2 feet. Very large heart-shaped leaves ; flowers 
clear rose in dense, nodding cymes. May. 
—liuglllata Beichtlini. 2 feet. Nodding rose-pink racemes. 
April-June. The showy orbicular leaves quite crimson. 
Both: Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz.. $3.50. 
SCABIGSA caucasica (Blue Bonnet), Very showy, freely 
produced cut flowers, on long stems. June to September, 
Blue. 3, 56c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
SIBENB<$> Schafta (Autumn Catchfly). 4 to 6 inches. A low 
border or rock plant, with masses of bright pink flowers 
from July to October. A good successor for Maiden Pink. 
3, 56c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
SFIItBA<^ filipeudula (Dropwort). Numerous white flowers 
on 15-inch stems. June-July, Dark fernlike foliage. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.60; 100, $12.00. 
STATICB latifolia (Sea Lavender). 16 to 1.8 inches. Leath¬ 
ery foliage, minute blue flowers, similar to Forget-me-not, 
in 18-inch heads. Last for months if dried. 
3, 65c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12,00. 
STOKBSIA (Stokes’ Aster). A 2-ft. bushy plant, bloom July 
to October. Flowers often 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 
Bavender. 3, 65c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
SEMPER VIVUM 
(House Leek] ^ 
A most interesting group of 
small succulents ; ideally fitted 
for use in the crevices of wall 
and rock garden. The leaves are 
thick and rubbery, arranged in 
usually tight rosettes; expan¬ 
sion being by a surrounding 
colony of exact replicas even in 
their tiniest stage. 
Arachnoideum minus (Small 
Cobweb House Leek). Four 
inches. Small, dense rosettes 
in close root-association. The 
tips of leaves are laced to¬ 
gether by a cobweb of silvery 
threads; the short-stemmed 
flowers are bright red in loose 
panicles. 
Globiferum. Flattened ro¬ 
settes 2 to 3 inches across; 
the broad, uncrowded leaves 
gray-green lightly tipped 
brown, %-inch yellow flowers 
in densely hairy panicles a 
foot high. 
Tectorum (“Hen-and-Chick- 
ens’’). The central rosette 
averages 3 to 4 inches across, 
with long, up-curving, pale 
green leaves having purple 
pointed tips; the flowers pale 
red. Hovering snugly all 
"Hen-and-Chickens” around and even peeping up 
nestling among rocks. between the wings are the 
brood of tiny little "chicks." 
All: 3, 40c; doz., $1.50. Clumps at 3 times above. 
House Leek Set 50c 
