94 Perennial Plants 
HOSEA WATERER, Philadelphia 
Sedum hispanicum 
Saxifraga 
This plant is always a favorite in the rock-garden, both for its 
pink flowers in April and for its unusual foliage. The glaucous, oval 
leaves assume attractive autumn tints. 
Cordifolia. Light pink. Crassifolia. Rosy pink. 
All Saxifragas, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100 
Scabiosa 
Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary well-drained 
soil in a sunny location, and should be grown in every garden where 
cut-flowers are wanted. They last a long time when picked and placed 
in water. 
Caucasica. 2}/% ft. One of the finest hardy plants, bearing through¬ 
out summer a succession of large, soft lilac flowers on long stems. 
Caucasica alba. A white variety of the above. 
All Scabiosas, 30 cts. each; $3 per doz.; $18 per 100 
Sedum • Stonecrop 
The dwarf varieties are charming plants for sunny positions in 
the rockery, etc., and the taller kinds make effective color groups in 
the border. They thrive in almost any soil, are especially fond of sand 
and full sun, and may be considered the backbone of the American 
rock-garden. 
Acre. A dwarf grower which quickly forms a thick carpet of vivid 
green, moss-like foliage and is hidden by yellow flowers in May. 
Album. 6 in. Small, succulent leaves which turn reddish bronze in 
fall. Trusses of white flowers in June and July. An excellent 
edging plant. 
Hispanicum. 3 in. A minute plant forming spreading tufts of gray 
foliage becoming bronze in fall. 
Kamtschaticum. Leafy, prostrate stems which in July and August 
bear clusters of star-shaped, orange-colored flowers. 
Lydium. 4 in. Carpets of bright green foliage which turns reddish 
bronze during summer. 
Reflexum. 9 in. Clusters of golden flowers. June, July. 
Sarmentosum. Fleshy leaved trailer with yellow flowers. 
Sexangulare. 6 in. Dwarf trailer. Green foliage and yellow flowers. 
June, July. 
Sieboldii. 9 in. Round, fleshy, gray leaves and clusters of pink 
flowers. One of the most attractive Sedums. August, September. 
30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
Spectabile. 1 ft. Erect, sturdy habit with broad, glaucous leaves. 
The rosy purple flowers are borne in large, flat heads and retain 
their beauty for two months. August, September. 
Spectabile, Brilliant. A deeper-colored variety than the pre¬ 
ceding, being a vivid amaranth-red. 
Stolon if erum. 6 in. Large clusters of pink flowers on prostrate, 
trailing stems. June, July. 
Ternatum. 6 in. Large trusses of white flowers in April. 30 cts. 
each; $3 per doz. 
All Sedums, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15 per 100 
Sempervivum • Houseleek 
Arachnoideum. 3 in. Rosettes of fleshy leaves covered with silky 
hairs resembling a cobweb. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100. 
Atroviolaceum. Forms rosettes over 6 inches in diameter of pur¬ 
plish red leaves, and bears pink flowers on stems 18 inches high. 
35 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
Globiferum. Pale green rosettes. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15 per 100. 
Sidalcea 
Rosy Gem. 2J4 ft- Pink, mallow-like flowers on slender, graceful stems. July. 
30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
Spiraea • Goat’s Beard; Meadow-Sweet 
Fine border plants, with feathery plumes of flowers and neat, attractive foliage. 
Succeeds in all locations. 
Filipendula (Dropwort). 2J^ ft. Loose clusters of creamy white flowers, tipped 
with red, borne on slender stems rising from tufts of fern-like foliage. June. 
Ulmaria (Meadow-Sweet). 2}/% ft. Loose heads of creamy white flowers on long, 
straight stems. June, July. 
Ulmaria fl.-pl. 3 ft. A double-flowered variety of the above and a much superior 
plant. Excellent for cutting. 
All Spireas, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100 
Stokesia • Cornflower Aster 
A most charming and beautiful native hardy plant. The plant grows from 1)^ 
to 2 feet high, bearing freely from early July until late in October, its handsome, 
centaurea-Iike blossoms measuring from 4 to 5 inches across. 
Cyanea. 1J^ ft. A showy plant with large blue flowers on somewhat straggling 
stems. August to October. 
Cyanea alba. A white form of the preceding. 
All Stokesias, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100 
Statice 
Latifolia (Sea Lavender). 1J^ to 2 ft. Branching flower-stems bearing countless 
small, blue-purple flowers which retain their color long after being cut and dried. 
Very good for cutting. August, September. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 
per 100. 
Use Red Arrow, a modern insect control. See page 118 
Spiraea (Goat’s Beard or Meadow-Sweet) 
