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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
HARDY PERENNIALS AND ALPINE PLANTS—Continued 
-SILENE, Catchfly or Campion Per 10 Per 100 
Saxifraga, flowers white, in great profusion all summer. A choice 
Alpine of mossy growth_$ 1.20 $ 10.00 
Schafta, purplish-rose, very beautiful_ 1.00 8.00 
SOLIDAGO 
Goldenrod, a native of most parts of the Middle West and 
Eastern States. Golden yellow blooms. August, September, 4' 1.00 8.00 
SPERGULA 
Pilifera, a hardy, evergreen suitable for grass edging or rock 
work, 4"_ 1.50 12.00 
SPIREA, Goat’s Beard, Meadow Sweet 
Filipendula, (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 
stems 15" high. Fern-like foliage, June and July_ 1.80 15.00 
*STACHYS, Woundwort 
Lanata, soft silvery foliage. Flowers useless, 4" _ 1.00 8.00 
*STATICE, Great Sea Lavender, August, 18" 
These plants have broad leathery leaves, producing candlebra- 
like heads. I cut in full bloom make very valuable winter 
bouquets. 
Latifolia, blue_ 1.20 10.00 
STOKESIA CYANEA, Cornflower Aster or Stokes Aster 
Blue Flowers, lavender blue, centaurea-like blossoms, July to 
October, 18"_ 1.10 9.00 
White Flowers, same blooming characteristics_ 1.10 9.00 
* SWEET WILLIAM, See Dianthus Barbatus 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue 
Glaucum, yellow flowers, bluish-gray leaves, July, 3 to 4'_ 1.20 10.00 
= THYMUS, Thyme 
Serpyllum Coccineum, plants become completely covered with 
brilliant scarlet flowers, 18"_ 1.20 10.00 
TRITOMA—Kniphofia—Red Hot Poker 
This perennial is not truly hardy in Northern latitudes and 
must be taken up and stored through the winter. Foliage grass¬ 
like. Blooms range from orange to deep coral. August, Septem¬ 
ber, 30". 
Pfitzeriana, this is the genuine Red Hot Poker and must be 
grown from divisions _ 1.50 12.00 
VERBENA, Hardy 
Lilac flowers from June to October, very good, 6" _ _ 1.50 12.00 
-VERONICA, Speedwell 
Elegantissim^ Dw'arf, rose, very beautiful. Excellent rock garden 
flower _ 1.20 10.00 
Longifolia Subsessilis, this is the best of the Veronicas, produc¬ 
ing long spikes completely studded with beautiful blue flowers, 
July to September, 2'_ 1.80 15.00 
Pinnata, very dwarf grower, blooms white, borne on delicate 
hair-like foliage. August, September, 12"_ 1.00 8.00 
Repens, trailer, has delicate white and blue flowers. One of the 
first to bloom, 6"_ 1.50 12.00 
Spicata, violet blue flowers, borne in masses, July, August, 18"_ 1.00 8.00 
