Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa 
Other Hardy Perennials 
RANUNCULUS acris, English Buttercup. 1 to 2 ft. Upright, branching sprays 
small double, waxy golden yellow flowers, May-June. Fine for Memorial 
Day. 
—repens, similar to above, but prostrate, spreading rapidly. 
RUELLIA ciliosa, 25c: Long-tubed lavender flowers through the summer. For 
sunny places. 
SALVIA azurea grandiflora, 3 to 4 ft. Sky blue, August-September. 
—praetensis, 1 ft. Indigo-blue, or violet flowers. 
SAPONARIA ocymoides, Rock Soapwort. 1 ft. A dense, short trailing vine 
with a mass of rosy pink flowers in May-June. 
SAXIFRAGA crassifolia, 40c: 1 ft. Broad green foliage, rosy pink flowers 
April-May. Very fine among rocks. Leaves turn red in winter. 
SEDUM, Stonecrop, Liveforever. 
—acre, Golden Moss. Creeping, green foliage, yellow flowers. 
—album, 2 to 3 in. Round green foliage, small white flowers. 
—ewersi, 2 to 4 in. Grayish foliage, pinkish flowers. 
—kamtschaticum. 6 in. Bright green foliage, golden yellow flowers. 
—lydium. 1 to 2 in. Deep bronzy green foliage, very compact, almost mossy. 
—middendorffianum. Low, tufted plants, spreading 1 ft. Linear dark green 
leaves turn red in fall. Yellow flowers. Very choice kind. 
—rupestre. 4 to 6 in. Creeping, reddish stems. Nodding buds. Yellow flowers. 
—sarmentosum, Stringy Sedum. Dwarf, rapid spreading, light green. 
—sexangulare. More linear leaves, otherwise resembles acre. 
—sieboldi, 25c: 6 in. Pink flowers in September. Foliage bordered red. 
—spectabile. 1 to lVz ft. Large broad heads of pink flowers in August-Sep¬ 
tember. Broad, light green foliage. Good border plant. 
-brilliant, like the above, but rosy-crimson flowers. 
-variegata. 1 ft. Pink flowers, leaves striped yellowish. 
—stoloniferum coccineum. 6 to 8 in. Rosy crimson, July-August. 
SEMPERVIVUM, House Leek, Hen and Chickens. A few of several species of 
this much confused genus are available. All excellent in rockeries. 
—arenarium. Small green rosettes, globular, freely produced. 
—blandum, 25c: Large rosettes, reddish colored. 
—doellianum, 25c: Small rosettes, slightly cob webbed. 
—fauconetti, 25c: Medium sized rosettes with some filaments. 
—globiferum. Small globular rosettes. Young plants roll away and strike root 
readily. 
—tectorum. Rosettes 5 to 6 in. in diameter. Flowers pale red. 1 ft. 
—trieste. Large quite red rosettes. 
SILENE maritima rosea, Sea Pink, 3 ft. Pinkish white, June. 
SOLIDAGO, Golden Rod, Golden Wings. 4 to 6 ft. Very wide panicles. August. 
—missouriensis, Aster Flowered Golden Rod, 25c: Compound panicles of sul¬ 
phur yellow, small aster-like flowers. August. 
STATICE latifolia, Sea Lavender. 1 to 2 ft. Broad, thick leaves, upright, finely 
branched panicles of small blue flowers. August-September. Splendid for 
cutting and drying. Endures dryest weather. 
STOKESIA, Stokes Aster. 1 to 2 ft. Large, lavender-blue flowers. July-Octo- 
ber. Succeed in any open sunny soil. Most attractive. Very drought 
resistant. 
♦PRICES unless noted: 20c each, $1.65 per 10, $15.00 per 100. See page 33. 
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