CHELTENHAM PERENNIALS 
Shooting Star—see Dodecatheon. 
Silene Schafta; rose, 6 in.; Moss Campion; 
July-Aug.; 55c for 3; $2.00 per doz. 
Small, mossy plant, giving a touch of color 
to the rock garden at an off season. 
Smilacina racemosa; white, 3 ft.; False 
Solomon s Seal; May* 65c for 3; $2.50 per 
doz. 
A leafy stem bearing a short terminal 
panicle of frothy flowers followed by red 
berries; easy, useful native, for shade. 
Snow-in-summer—see Cerastium. 
Speedwell—see Veronica. 
Spirea Filipendula (Filipendula hexapetala) ; 
white, 3 ft.; Dropwort; June; 65c for 3; 
$2.50 per doz. 
An attractive plant with stiff stems and 
small delicate flowers. 
— purpurea (palmata) ; rose pink, 4 ft.; 
Meadowsweet.; June; 65c for 3; $2.50 
per doz. 
— for other species see Astilbe and Caryop- 
teris. 
Statice latifolia (Limonium latifolium) ; lilac; 
2 ft.; Sea Lavender; July-Aug.; 65c for 
3; $2.50 per doz. 
Leaves hugging the ground; airy and 
graceful flowers, valuable for cutting and 
drying. 
Stokesia cyanea (laevis) ; blue, 18 in.; 
Stokes’s Aster; June; 65c for 3; $2.50 per 
doz. 
Shiny foliage; 4 in. flower heads on stiff 
angular stems. 
Sundrop—see Oenothera. 
Sun Rose—see Helianthemum. 
Sweet William, Wild—see Phlox divaricata. 
Thalictrum aquilegifolium; 3 ft.; Meadow 
Rue; May; 65c for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
Graceful plant with fluffy flowers in white 
and purple. 
— glaucum; pale yellow, 2 ft.; June-July; 
65c for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
Grown mostly for foliage but the flowers 
are attractive. 
— minus; 18 in., yellow, June-July; 65c for 
3; $2.50 per doz. 
A very dainty plant both in foliage and 
flower. 
Thrift—see Armeria. 
Thymus serpyllum album; white, trailing; 
White Mountain Thyme; June; 65c for 
3; $2.50 per doz. 
Green, close creeping mat spangled with 
flowers. 
—- for other species see Herb Leaflet. 
Tiarella cordifolia; white, 1 ft.; Foam Flower; 
May; 65c for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
Fluffy flowers above neat rosettes; wood¬ 
land. 
Torch Lily —see Kniphofia. 
Tricyrtes hirta; Japanese Toad lily; 3 ft., 
flowers white spotted inside with purple, 
1 in. long, Sept.-Oct.; 75c each. 
Give it a rich, loose, damp, loamy soil 
where it is not exposed to the mid-day sun. 
Trillium erectum; red, 1 ft.; Purple Trillium; 
May; 65c for 3; $2.50 per doz. A curious 
flower for the wild garden. 
— grandiflorum; white, 1 ft.; Wake-Robin; 
May; 65c for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
Large flowers fading rosy pink; borne close 
above the whorl of three leaves. 
Tritoma—see Kniphofia. 
Trollius Ledebouri Golden Queen; yellow, 
2 ft.; Globe Flower; June; 95c for 3; 
$3.50 per doz. 
Slow growing, stately plant producing 
large, showy buttercups. 
Turtlehead—see Chelone. 
Valerian—see Centranthus, Polemonium and 
Valeriana. 
Valeriana officinalis; white, 4 ft.; Garden 
Heliotrope ; June; 65c for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
Flat heads of fragrant flowers tinged 
lavender; leaves compound. 
Verbascum phoeniceum; pink or purple, 2 ft.; 
Purple Mullein; May-June; 55c for 3; 
$2.00 per doz. 
Rosettes of leaves pressed close to the 
ground; spikes of delicate flowers pro¬ 
duced off and on all summer. 
— wiedemannianum; 2-3 ft., May-June; 65c 
for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
Similar to phoeniceum except that the 
flowers are all the same color of lilac 
purple. 
Veronica longifolia subsessilis; deep blue, 2 
ft.; Speedwell ; Aug.-Sept.; 95c for 3; $3.50 
per doz. 
A valuable plant; long-blooming, showy 
and neat; needs more moisture than other 
species. 
— repens; pale blue, 1 in.; May; 55c for 
3; $2.00 per doz. 
Close creeping, moss-like plant; powdered 
with very pale flowers; ideal between step¬ 
ping stones in summer; likes shade. 
