SALVIA (B) 
Argentea —This particular Salvia came to us from England. 
It is reliably perennial with us. In its first year it discloses 
broad silvery prostrate foliage, excellent among the rocks. In 
its second, it throws a dazzling stalk of creamy white flowers 
more than two feet in height. Everyone who sees it, admires it. 
SAPONARIA ( Soapwort ) (C) 
Good rockery plant, succeeding in sandy loam. 
Ocymoides Splendens —Prostrate foliage, with flowers of rose 
color in quantities above the foliage in Spring. 
Ocymoides Alba —Pure white flowers of the above. (C) 
SCABIOSA (Pin Cushion Flower) (C) 
Caucasica —(Blue Bonnet ) (Lavender flowers for June bloom 
on slender stems about 18 inches tall. Blooms intermittently 
until fall. 
Japonica —Biennial, producing the well known lavender blue, 
pin cushion blooms in quantities from June to August. 
SEDUM (Stone Crop) 
Sedums may be prostrate or erect growing. Both are largely 
used in rockeries. You’ve read, perhaps, that their use is vul¬ 
gar, but having seen the finest rock gardens that America 
affords, we still lift up our voice for sedums—in their places. 
They all like sun and sand. 
Acre —(Golden Moss). Prostrate, spreading; lifting yellow 
florets just above the green foliage. (B) 
Sarmentosum —Prostrate. Far more rapid grower than Acre. 
Excellent for filling the chinks in a garden walk. (B) 
Sieboldi —Glaucous foliage prostrate, pinkish flowers late in the 
Summer. The foliage turns bronzy as the season progresses. 
A difficult sedum and a lovely one. (E) 
Spectabile —Erect growing. Light glaucous foliage with broad 
flat heads of rosy flowers in Autumn. It’s common, yes, but 
so are roses. Do you keep bees? Then here is a rich supply 
of honey. (B) 
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