RUMEX PAT I ENT A—eh (9) 50. Herb Patience. Valued 
for the new crispy leaves in spring, these having a pleasing 
flavor when cooked. Leaves can be cut rather continuously 
for at least a month, and being of complete hardiness, will 
re-appear year after year. Best flavored, heaviest yielding 
and earliest of spring greens. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c. 
RUMEX VENOSUS—eucbdsth(3)25. Much worth grow¬ 
ing for the long-enduring and spectacular seed-spikes, the 
flowers being without significance. The pods are trans¬ 
lucent and flaky, of most delicate carmine-stranded and 
rose-flushed silveriness, and carried on great spikes in 
loose open showers. Highly decorative in border, or as 
strawflowers. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c. 
*SABATIA ANGULARIS—ocrnh(3-4)25. Blossoms of ex¬ 
quisite loveliness, five-petalled and sometimes two inches 
across, in color the very clearest and brightest of true pinks. 
A single plant is a veritable bouquet, for a hundred per¬ 
fumed flowers open at once is not unusual. At its best, of 
quite arresting beauty, and certainly worth the bit of extra 
care and patience that may be needed to bring it on from 
seed. Pkt. 15c. 
*SABATIA PANICULATA — ocnamy(3)30. Open cymes 
of pure white blossoms. For moist meadows. Pkt. 20c. 
*SABATIA STELLAR IS—ocrnmy (3-4) 12. Sea Star, or 
Rose of Plymouth. Blossoms of purest pink, but with lemon 
inner star, carmine edged. Delightful. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
SAGITTARIA MIXED — cnmh(3-4)25. Arrowhead. At¬ 
tractive wax-white flowers with yellow anthers. Arrowhead 
foliage. Excellent hardy water or mud plant. The starchy 
tubers, boiled or roasted, were used as food by the Indians. 
Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 40c. 
SALIX RETUSA—rgh(2)4. Creeping Alpine Willow. 
Wide carpets of little shining leaves, the whole gold- 
powdered in late spring by the infinitely tiny yellow blos¬ 
soms. Pkt. 15c. 
SALPINGO STY LIS COELESTINA — uftx(2-3)16. The 
long-lost Celestial Ixia of Bartram, but recently rediscov¬ 
ered. Rather large flowers of royal blue-purple, without 
markings. Pkt. 25c. 
SALVIA or ORNAMENTAL SAGE 
A group of easily handled and decidedly decorative plants, 
both annual and perennial. 
SALVIA ARGENTEA—eotrbdk(3-4)35. I recommend this 
for annual growing, just to have the great glorious leaf- 
rosettes. The leaves are indented from below, as thin metal 
might be hammered into patterns, but above they are cov¬ 
ered with cobwebby down of drawn silver. In morning, 
gleaming dewdrops are caught in the tangle. The second 
season the silvered mantling disappears, but there is com¬ 
pensation in the attractive spikes of rosy, creamy or pale 
violet flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
SALVIA BALLOTAEFLORA—ebndk(3). Rather pretty 
violet flowers. Shows possibilities for further development. 
Pkt. 15c. 
SALVIA BRACTEATA—*erbndk(3-4)20. Spikes of filmy 
lavender flowers, aromatically and sweetly fragrant. A very 
pleasant plant, and permanent. Pkt. 15c. 
*SALVIA CARDUACEA—eobk(3)18. The whole plant is 
silvered with down. The flowerheads are tangled silky 
gossamer, from which peer out the daintiest of wavy-edged 
sky-blue blossoms. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
*SALVIA COCCINEA—eocbdk(3-4)36. Those who need 
Salvia splendens’ crashing color impact, will likely find little 
to please in the gentler beauty of Salvia coccinea. Still 
there is a radiant quality in its coral-tinged scarlet, that 
will appeal to many. Pkt. 15c. 
*SALVIA COLUMBARIAE — eok. Chia. There are 
crowded beads of little blue flowers, but the plant interests 
us chiefly for its food possibilities. The seeds, which are 
yielded profusely, were parched and ground by the Indians, 
the dry meal being eaten with honey, or mixed with water 
as a gruel. Sometimes corn or acorn meal was added, and 
a sort of bread baked from the blend. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c. 
SALVIA NUTANS—ebk(3)30. Long nodding racemes of 
violet blossoms, the individual bloom small, but the effect, 
surprisingly good. Pkt. 15c. 
SALVIA PRATENSIS TEN ORE I—*ecbdh(3-5)30. Grace¬ 
ful spikes of rich violet-indigo blossoms, each purple-bracted. 
Showy. Red-marbled foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
-SALVIA SPLENDENS MAROON PRINCE—eocbk(3-4) 
25. It has been termed mulberry, maroon, plum; but in 
reality it has just that depth of velvety richness that a 
blending of the three might show. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 78A6—One pkt. each of the nine Salvias, for $1.10. 
SAMBUCUS—See Elderberry. 
SANDERSONIA AURANTIACA — vuftk(utw) (3)50. A 
rarer cousin of Gloriosa, with same uses and needs. Widely- 
bell-shaped flowers of wonderfully brilliant orange. Pkt. 25c. 
SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS—rnmsty(l) 10. Glory of 
spring woodlands, with chalices of spotless white, contrast¬ 
ing with the golden center-tassel. Called Bloodroot frorm 
the red sap, which the Indians used for war paint. Pkt.. 
15c; 54 oz. 40c; 54 oz. 75c. 
SANGUISORBA CANADENSIS—bnmh(4)72. In late sum¬ 
mer, long, fluffy creamy bloom-spikes above oddly pinnate 
foliage. Effective in meadow or stream-edge plantings. 
Pkt. 15c. 
SAPONARIA OCYMOIDES SPLENDENS — ersth(3)8. 
Showers of stars, a deep warm rose, above spreading, trail¬ 
ing branches. Good, Pkt. 10c. 
SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS — ecnbx (3-4) 24. Bouncing 
Bet. Pale pink flowers with spicy perfume, are carried for 
many weeks. Recommended for easy and profuse natural¬ 
izing. Pkt. 5c; 54 oz. 20c; 54 oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS DOUBLE WHIT^—ecbx 
(3-4)24. The blossoms are well-doubled, pure white, and’ 
carry for a Iona season. A Bouncing Bet worthy of any 
border. Pkt. 15c. 
SARCODES SANGUINEA—ny 25. Snow Plant, called so 
because it often appears before old snow banks have melted, 
but there is nothing snowy in its translucent fiery scarlet 
hue; all glowing redness, stem and blossom alike. The 
flowers are like Hyacinth bells, but actually it is a lazy, 
chlorophyll-lacking H»ath-cousin. Try it only under Pipe 
trees, where old needle-litter has made a humus carpet. 
Pkt. 20c. 
SAROTHRA GENTIANOIDES—rnmh (3-4) 12. A dainti¬ 
ness of little stars of oranee-gcid set on a tangle of exces¬ 
sive slender branchiness. This lasts for about two summer 
months, then for as long in autumn the place of each tiny 
blossom is taken by an as-showy glossy scarlet seed-nod. 
Only the slightest of foliage. A plant of overlooked effect- 
ivenes. Pkt. 15c. 
Usually I am able to fill orders in full as given, but 
sometimes a kind is in short supply, and becomes 
sold out. I suggest, therefore, that a few kinds be 
added as alternates, in making up orders. 
SARRACENIA or PITCHER PLANT 
The leaves are hollow water-filled pitchers, strangely 
marked, while above them on sturdy stems are bowing 
flowers of decidedly a decorativeness, but so oddly made 
that one can see almost anything in their form. They have 
been compared to watches, side-saddles, and other objects 
as diverse. One might call them a cross of a Chinese 
Pagoda and an umbrella, and not be beyond the limit of 
their own bizarreness. The leaf-pitchers at the base are 
not merely fantastic; they are cunningly made insect traps; 
for this plant is as carnivorous as we who look upon it. All 
the Sarracenias make excellent house plants, thriving in 
a sunny window. The pots in which they are planted 
should be filled with sandy muck, and set in a saucer of 
water. Not particularly difficult from seed if kept always 
on the moist side. They may be grown outside, too, in bog 
garden, wet meadow, or by a pool. Of the four listed 
Sarracenias, S. purpurea is winter-hardy outside anywhere 
from Labrador to Florida, being most adaptable. S. flava 
is of reasonable hardiness north, if in a not too exposed 
position, but S. rubra and S. minor should be tried out¬ 
side only from Virginia south. Sow seed any time of year 
inside, or S. purpurea outside in spring. 
SARRACENIA FLAVA—Long trumpets, to two feet, buff, 
veined with red. Flowers five inches across, of clear lemon 
yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
SARRACENIA MINOR—Flaring green trumpets, white 
spotted and red streaked. Flowers of rich ivory to pale 
yellow. Just a nice size for pots. Pkt. 20c. 
SARRACENIA PURPUREA—-Oddly keeled green pitchers, 
vividly veined with red. The flower is madder purple, or 
sometimes maroon. This and S. flava will tolerate some 
dryness, and may be grown in ordinary garden by planting 
them in a scraped depression an inch or two below the 
general level, just enough to catch more than its share of 
rain; or failing this, to absorb a good hose-soaking now 
and then. Pkt. 20c. 
SARRACENIA RUBRA—Slender winged pitchers to 18 
inches, pale green, netted with deepest purple. The flower 
is crimson, on the rich tyrian order. Most graceful of 
Pitcher Plants. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 79A6—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
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