TWO CALIFORNIA SAXIFRAGAS 
WEST AMERICAN LOW SEDUMS 
**Mertensiana is one of the daintiest of true rock plants. A 
sheet of the soft green reniform leaves, in many tufts, 
covering moist, rocky faces, happy in a drip from above, 
is a sight; but, when you have seen the shower of white 
flowers with red anthers, you will have experienced the 
ultimate in delight. It ripens to the ground in early 
summer and has little bulbs. Cult: Shade. Soil, any, 
light; plenty of moisture; preferably a drip. Plant bulbs 
in fall. Clumps of bulbs, 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
Peltata. The Californian Giant of the race. Palmate leaves 
to a foot or more across, and very deep green, on two to 
four foot stems; the small pink flowers are in long, dense 
panicles on four to six foot stems. A noble background 
plant for a moist situation in shade. Will grow in shallow 
water. 40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
*Megasea crassifolia. Handsome Mongolian Saxifraga with 
broad, deep green leaves forming clumps a foot high and 
broad, with drooping masses of pink flowers above the 
foliage in April-June. Splendid in border, shaded garden 
or rock garden. Cult: Sun or shade to deep. Any soil. 
PI., fall to spring. 40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
SCILLA Peruviana. A rare bulbous plant with heavy mass 
of dark grassy leaves and erect, very many flowered 
stems with flowers of deepest delft blue. Very striking. 
Cult: Sun. Soil, sandy loam. PI., fall to spring. 30 cts. 
each; 3 for 75 cts. 
SEDUM (STONECROP) 
A most interesting and much varied genus of succulents, 
some dwarf and creeping, some tall and erect. The dwarf 
kinds are splendid for edgings in the border or for the rock 
garden. The tall ones are splendid border plants. All are 
most desirable for the succulent garden. Of easiest culture. 
All have sheets of bloom in spring. 
Culture: Sun or light shade. Soil, ordinary soil, to even 
the poorest and will stand much drouth (except West Amer¬ 
ican; see special culture). PI., fall to spring, in fact all the 
year. 
THE ACRE GROUP 
All are delightful plants, moss-like, and spreading to make 
dense masses. Admirable edgings or for covering difficult 
spaces. The finest of rock plants and for hanging baskets. 
Leaves thick and either round or slightly flattened. 
*Acre spreads to make a pleasantly light green, moss-like 
mat; in time it will hang over a wall or from a basket 
several feet. 
*Alb um is very compact, with foliage of a very soft green. 
*Album micranthum. A tiny form less than % in. high. 35 
cts. each. 
*Album purpureum. A form retaining its reddish-purple tints 
throughout the season. Very effective. 
*Brevifolium. A delightful sort with subglobular leaves and 
white flowers. 
*Coloniensis is a blue-green variety, making a fine mass of 
foliage about 4 inches high. One of the Hispanicum 
group and a fine one. 30 cts. each. 
*Dasyphyllum is a tiny plant, hardly an inch high, with 
grayish-blue, bead-like leaves. 
*Hispanicum. Perennial form. Delicate grayish foliage. 
Mossy. 
*Hispanicum minus. More dwarf than above and one of the 
best of the mossy Sedums. 
*Lydium. Daintiest and most dwarfed of the group and one 
of the smallest known. Makes dense cushions of light 
green, which in winter take a most attractive, bright red 
tint, making it even prettier than in summer. 
*M oranense. Mexican form with dark green leaves and red 
stems. 
*Pulchel lum is perhaps the finest of all Sedums. Low and 
mossy with fine foliage and pink flowers. It must have a 
shady, moist situation. 50 cts. each. 
*Tenuifolia. Long leaves and white flowers. 
Unless priced otherwise, above are 25 cts. each; 3 for 
65 cts. 
TALLER MOSSY SORTS 
Forsterianum is related to Rupestre. Very compact and 
quite glaucous. 
Reflexum Minor. Low growing. Tints beautifully in winter. 
Rupestre. Rather like Reflexum, but larger. Excellent. 
All at 25 cts. each. 
These are all from the Western United States, but fully 
proved hardy throughout the East. The leaves are fleshy 
but flattened; they form close, dense rock covers. 
*Divergens. Has bead-like reddish green leaves in a close 
mass. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*Jepsonii is the giant of American Sedums. Much larger 
than any of the others. The leaves are wedge-shaped and 
emarginate; flowering stems often 18 inches high. Fine. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*Obtusatum is a mountain form of the West which forms 
dense colonies with thick leaves of a coppery tint and 
quite handsome. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*Oregonum is a vivid bright green, and most satisfactory. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
**Purdyii is a most dainty little rock plant with flat round 
rosettes of spathulate leaves with new plant at side re¬ 
produced at end of little slender strawberry-like runners. 
There are two fine forms, both little gems. 
^Purdyii, Form No. 1 is the type. Very dwarf and compact. 
Foliage deep green and takes on winter color. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts. 
**Purdyii, Form No. 2. Larger and less compact and light 
green. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
**Spathulifolium is of more open growth than Oregonum, 
and has rich red tints to leaf and flowering stem. Fine. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. See cut on page 26. 
**Stenopetalum major. The typical species makes a mass less 
than 2 in. high but this bold variety that I have just dis¬ 
covered is almost as strong as 8. Reflexum of Asia and 
makes a handsome moss-like mass. 30 cts. each; 3 for 
75 cts. 
**Sedum New Species No. 3. An entirely new species from 
Oregon. A compact clump not over an inch high of many 
crowded 1-inch rosettes. So densely covered with a white 
powder as to greatly resemble an encrusted Saxifrage. 
Most distinct. 40 cts each; 3 for $1.00. 
Culture, West American Sedums: Must have shade, in 
rock garden place to north of a large rock. Soil, a loose 
sandy or open soil with humus or peat moss. Moisture: 
must be moderate and constant. 
THE STOLONIFERUM GROUP 
Also Known as Spurium, Cupreum, Lydium 
These handsome Sedums form low, carpet-like masses 
very attractive and evergreen. The leaves are not thick or 
fleshy. The flowers are quite showy. 
*Spurium. Dense foliage mass is an inch high, often taking 
on bronzed tints. Flowers pink, on 6 inch stems. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*Var. Coccineum. Has showy crimson flowers. 25 cts. each; 
3 for 65 cts. 
STRONG-GROWING SEDUMS, NOT MOSSY OR SPREADING 
These sorts are too large for the small rock garden, but 
in a large rock garden they make most interesting groups. 
Alt issimum has round leaves. It makes an interesting, tree¬ 
like growth. Previously offered as Arboreum. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Ewersii. Dow, blue-green foliage; 4 to 12 inches high, with 
pink or pale violet flowers. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Fabaria. A tall and very strong species with attractive blue- 
green foliage. Color of flowers variable from white to 
purple. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Japonicum macrophyllum. Broad glaucous leaves and yellow 
flowers. Height to 18 inches. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Kamtschaticum is an interesting plant 6 to 10 inches high 
with yellow flowers. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
Maximowiczii is related to spectabile and has a strong stem 
12 to 18 inches high, with yellow flowers. 30 cts. each; 
3 for 75 cts. 
Middendorfii. Close clump 8 in. high with long narrow 
rounded leaves which turn reddish in late season. Flow¬ 
ers yellow in August. Quite distinct and pretty. 35 cts. 
each; 3 for 90 cts. 
Nicaeense. A small form of Altissimum in which the mature 
foliage is quite blue. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Spectabile is a strong species, 1 to 2 feet high, with rose- 
colored flowers. Fine garden plant. 30 cts. each; 3 for 
75 cts.; $2.50 per doz. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
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