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SEDUMS Stonecrop 
Members of this family have thick glaucous leaves. Their native habitat is the 
dry rocky mountainsides of Europe and America. They are very hardy, drought 
resisting and like the broad sunlight in most instances, but most varieties will 
thrive in a limited amount of shade. The dwarfs are excellent in the rock garden 
and the medium and taller sorts are fine for the perennial border. 
SAPONARIA 
Soapwort 
OCYJIOIDES SPLENDENS. Trailing vine, 
which is completely covered with rosy 
pink flowers from May to July. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100. $7.00 
SAXIFRAGA 
Megasea 
CORDIFOLIA. These will thrive in any 
kind of soil and in any position. Grow 
about 1 foot high, and are admirable for 
the front of the border or shrubbery, 
forming masses of handsome, broad, deep 
green foliage, which alone renders them 
useful; flowers appear very early 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CORDIFOLIA SPLENDENS. Vivid rose. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CRASSIFOLIA. A showy spreading plant 
with drooping masses of pink flowers, 
high above the clustered leaves. Fine 
rock plant. It blooms luxuriantly through¬ 
out the Spring months. April to June. 1 ft. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LINGULATA LEICHTLINI. 30 inches. 
Bright red rock garden subject. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PURPUREA. 30 inches. Purple flowers, 
very showy. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SANGUINARIA 
CANADENSIS. Dainty flowers in earliest 
spring./ Pure white on erect stems 3 to 4 
inches high, each with a leaf carefully 
wrapped about its stalk. Plant in moist 
shade or sun. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
SCABIOSA 
Pincushion Flower 
Handsome border plants, succeeding in 
any ordinary soil if well drained, in a 
sunny location, and should be grown in 
every garden where cut flowers are want¬ 
ed; they last a long time when picked 
and placed in water. 
CAUCASICA, (Blue Bonnet). A soft and 
charming shade of lavender; commences 
to bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 
24 inches high until September. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
CAUCASICA ALBA, (White Bonnet). The 
white form of the preceding. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
GT. ISAAC HOUSE HYBRIDS. A fine 
strain of extra large flowered blue shades. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ACRE, (Wall Pepper; Mossy Stonecrop). 
A pretty species for rockwork; well 
known and considerably used. Foliage 
green; flowers bright yellow; prostrate 
and slowly spreading. 2 inches. May-July. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
AIZOON. Bright yellow flowers. 1 ft. July 
and August. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ALBUM. Dwarf and spreading; thick waxy 
round foliage, pure white flowers in July; 
.good rock plant. 2 inches. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
ARBOREA. An evergreen, round leaves 
about % inch long, well crowded the full 
length of the stems. Grows about 4 inches 
high, producing light yellow flowers on 
8 to 10 inch stems. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
EWERSII, A deciduous species. Blue- 
gray leaves and large heads of rosy- 
purple flowers on 8 to 10 inch stems. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
FOSTERIANUM. Fuzzy gray foliage. Dis¬ 
tinct. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
HISPANICUM. A sweetly scented pretty 
little species, tiny growths, pink flowers. 
2 inches. June. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
KAMTSCHATICUM. Orange-yellow flow¬ 
ers, with prostrate, green foliage turning 
golden in autumn. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
MAXIMUM ATROPURPUREUM. Beautiful 
dark bronzy purple foliage. Interesting 
and desirable. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
MIDDENDORFFIANUM. A choice variety. 
Narrow leaves on unbranched six inch 
crowded stems. Clusters of dark reddish 
rosettes appear for winter decoration. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
MURALE. Reddish-purple evergreen foli¬ 
age, white flowers which have a distinct 
pink center on 4 to 8 inch stems. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
REFLEXUM. Yellow, evergreen spreading 
foliage. 6 inches. June-July. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
RHODIOLA VAR. TASHIROI. Growth is 
similar to the Spectabile varieties. The 
distinct orange flowers are produced in 
round heads on the tips of erect stems. 
6-8 inches high. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
SARMENTOSUM. Excellent dwarf variety 
for rockeries or border edgings. The best 
Sedum for filling seams between rocks in 
wall garden; rapid grower. Its bright 
yellow flowers make an attractive soft 
carpet. June, July. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
SEXANGULARE. Very dark green foli¬ 
age; yellow flowers; habit much like Acre. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
SIEBOLDlI. A charming alpine growing 
in miniature tufts. Glaucous foliage, each 
leaf being rimmed with a circle of crim¬ 
son. Very attractive. Blooms in September. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
SPECTABILE. Erect growing mass of rose 
colored flower heads 18 inches high. Au¬ 
gust and September. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
SPURIUM COCCINEUM, Flowers rosy 
crimson. 6 inches. July and August. Very 
good. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
STAHLII. Compact growth, with crimson 
autumn foliage. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
TENUIFOLIUM. Strong grower. Semi- 
trailing in condensed form. Deep green 
foliage producing nice rosettes of White 
flowers on 6 inch stems. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
TERNATUM. The most satisfactory va¬ 
riety for planting in the shade; for 
ground carpeting under trees or any¬ 
where it is difficult to make plants grow. 
Spreads rapidly and does well on all sorts 
of soil. 4 inches. May. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
SEMPERVIVUM 
House Leek 
Most attractive hardy succulent plants for the rock garden and rock wall. Their rosette like thick leaves are| fleslhy and 
pointed. The small clumps slowly spread, filling pockets and crevices between the rocks. 
ACUTUM. On tectorum order but leaves 
come to a point on tips, dull green color. 
Per 10, $ .S5; Per 100, $6.00 
ARENARIUM, (Sand House Leek). Small 
green rosettes, in large numbers, spreads 
rapidly and grows in any soil. A fine va¬ 
riety where a tiny plant is needed in 
large numbers. 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
ARACHN OIDEUM. Rosettes cobwebbed, 
flowers pale purple. 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
BROYVNI. Very distinct, with dark green 
foliage, tipped reddish-brown. Flowers 
red. 
Per 10, $ .S5; Per 100. $6.00 
DiOELLIANUM. Small, hairy rosettes of 
pale green leaves, tinted red at the tips. 
Panicles of bright red' flowers are 4 to 6 
inches high. 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
FIMBRIATUM. Medium rosettes, tipped 
red. 
GLOBIFERUM, Flattened rosettes two to 
three inches in diameter of gray green 
leaves, lightly tipped brown. Pale yellow 
flowers, three fourths to one inch in di¬ 
ameter in densely hairy panicles 1 foot 
high. 
Per 10, $ .S5; Per 100, $6.00 
RUBICUNDUM HYBRIDUM. 2 to 4 inches. 
Base of rosettes red, outer one-third 
green. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
SOBILIFER UM. Flat compact growth 
with incurving petals, foliage changing 
to red and brown in Fall. Very good prop¬ 
agator. 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
TECTORUM. Broad rosettes, the leaves 
having reddish brown tips. Flowers pale 
red. 1 foot. This is the common House 
Leek of our grandmother’s garden. 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
VIOLACEUM. Large rosettes brown vio¬ 
let leaves. Very decorative. 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
Per 10, $ .85; Per 100, $6.00 
Sempervivum Tectorum 
