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WAYS IDE GARDENS 
SEMPERVIVUM - House Leek 
Globiferum Three $0.50, Doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
Flattened rosettes, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, of grey-green 
leaves, lightly tipped brown. Pale yellow flowers, three- 
fourths to one inch in diameter, in densely hairy panicles 1 
foot high. 
Tectorum Three $0.35, Doz. $0.90, 100 $6.00 
Broad rosettes, the leaves having reddish brown tips; flowers 
pale red. 1 foot. This is the common House Deek of our 
grandmother’s garden. 
All Sempervivums are quoted in good clumps. 
SENECIO - Ragwort-; Groundsel 
Clivorum Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up from 
July to October a succession of 3-foot stems, with clusters of 
orange-yellow flowers. One of the few plants that flower pro¬ 
fusely in shade. 
SHASTA DAISY. (See Chrysanthemum Maximum, page 13). 
SHORTIA 
*Galacifolia Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
A rare and beautiful species, from the mountains of North 
Carolina. The leaves are evergreen and the petals, five in 
number, are pure white, and scalloped or notched on the 
edges. Flowers about an inch across in early summer. Plant 
in a shady place. 
SIDALCEA - Greek-Mallow 
Rosy Gem Three $0.55, Doz. $1.50, 100 $10.00 
Erect growing, more or less branching plants. 2 to 3 feet in 
height, producing their showy bright rose colored flowers dur¬ 
ing June and July. They will succeed in any garden soil in a 
sunny position. 
SILENE - Catchfly or Campion 
Acaulis Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
A typical high Alpine. Close, green cushions and tiny, stem¬ 
less, rosy flowers in May and June. 
Alpestris Three $0.65, Doz. $1.70, 100 $12.00 
Dwarf rock plant; dainty pure white flowers in May and June. 
Maritima Three $0.50, Doz. $1.50, 100 $10.00 
Compact masses of glaucous blue foliage. Very neat in ap¬ 
pearance. 2 to 3 inches high. From June to August the entire 
plant is covered with white flowers. Especially happy in a hot 
dry place in the rockery or for the rock wall. 
♦Saxifraga Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
A choice Alpine of mossy growth. Flowers white, in great 
profusion all summer. 
♦Schafta Three $0.55, Doz. $1.50, 100 $10.00 
(Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, grow¬ 
ing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink flow¬ 
ers from July to October. 
SILPHIUM - Compass Plant or Cup Plant 
Perfoliatum Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A very decorative hardy plant, growing about 6 feet high 
with large panicles of yellow flowers. The leaves are united 
at the base, forming a cup. Hence its name—Cup Plant. Fine 
near waterside in wild garden. 
SPIRAEA - Goat's Beard; Meadow Sweet 
Aruncus Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Produces long, feathery panicles of white flowers, forming 
graceful plumes, 4 feet high, in June. 
Pilipendula Three $0.65, Doz. $1.70, 100 $12.00 
(Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on stems 15 
inches high during June and July; pretty fernlike foliage. 
Pilipendula flore pleno Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
Double white flowers on 12-inch stems; lovely fernlike foliage. 
Palmata elegans. Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
Graceful plumes of lovely light pink flowers in June, on stems 
3 feet high. Fine for waterside planting. 
Ulmaria fl. pi. Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
The well known double "Meadow Sweet.” Creamy white flow¬ 
ers produced in abundance in early summer on stems about 3 
feet high. 
Venusta Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Martha Washington Plume). A noble plant growing about 
four feet high, producing in July and August handsome, rosy 
carmine flowers which are delightfully fragrant. A desirable 
subject for the border or along a small brook. 
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Sempervivum in Bloom. 
Statice Latifolia 
Spirea Ulmaria fl. pi. 
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