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Spirea Aruncus 
SCABIOSA - Scabious or Pincushion Flower 
Charming perennials for border culture and for cut flowers. The Scabiosa 
caucasica are particularly valuable for the latter purpose, as its large, 
showy, blue or white flowers ore borne on long stems. The species are 
of easy culture, and desirable to grow in sunny borders. 
Culture. All will thrive in well drained, good, ordinary soil, which is not 
heavy or damp. Cold and damp is fatal to these plants. An ideal soil for 
them is a sandy loam. Plant in early autumn or early spring. The plants 
are best in groups of three or more. Plant about 8 inches apart. A full 
sunny position is essential. 
Caucasica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20,00 
(Blue Bonnet). Their lovely flowers are a soft and charming shade of 
lavender; commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 24 inches 
high until September. 
Caucasica alba Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
(White Bonnet). The white form of the preceding. 
Japonico Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Lavender-blue flowers from July to September. 2 feet. This is a biennial 
variety, but very valuable for its great quantity of blue flowers pro¬ 
duced throughout the summer. 
Pennsylvanica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Cephalaria tatarica). Large golden yellow flowers, similar to ttie true 
Scabiosa in form, but 5 feet tall; excellent plant for back in the border 
or in front of shrubs 
SCUTELLARIA - Skull Cap 
There are many species scattered throughout the world. Baicalensis is 
the only one considered; it is a shrub-llke plant with lovely blue flow¬ 
ers suitable for the sunny border or rock garden. 
Culture. Well drained, rich, sandy soil is best. Plant in full sun in bor¬ 
der or rock garden in foil or spring, 10 inches apart. 
’’-Baicalensis cocicstina Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
Short, wiry stems, one foot high, clothed wiih clear blue Snapdragon- 
shaped flowers during July and August; a very good plant for the 
rockery or in front of the border. 
SENECIO - Ragwort; Groundsel 
Only a few species of this genus are worthy of cultivation. They are 
of vigorous growth, and suitable for the wild garden and the waterside 
only. 
Culture. Those named will thrive in ordinary soil, in partial shade, in 
open woods or under trees. The plants should be grown in small colonies. 
Plant in autumn or early spring, 12 inches apart. 
Clivorum Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up from July to Oc¬ 
tober a succession of 3-foot stemis, with clusters of orange-yellow flow¬ 
ers. One of the few plants that flower profusely in shode 
SANTOLINA - Lavender Cotton; Ground Cypress 
Shrubby perennials with aromatic foliage and small, yellow flowers 
borne in roundish heads, suitable for sunny, dry borders. 
Culture. Ordinary, light soil in sunny, well drained borders. Best grown 
in masses. Plant in autumn or spring. 6 inches apart. 
''’Chomoecyparissus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Incana). A sweet-smelling, dwarf, evergreen perennial, with delicate, 
silver-white foliage, useful as rock or border plants; also largely used 
for edgings to flower beds or walks. 1 foot. 
SAPONARIA - Soapwort 
Free flowering and easily grown rock plants, suitable for sunny borders 
or rock gardens, more or less tufted and compact in growth, and pro¬ 
duce a profusion of blooms throughout the spring. 
Culture. Ocymoides and its varieties will succeed in good, ordinary soil 
or sandy loam on the margins of sunny borders or in the rock garden. 
Plant in autumn or spring, 6 inches apart. 
■’’’Ocymoides splendens Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $13 00 
Pretty prostrate border and rockery plant; flowers rosy pink, produced 
in great quantities just above the foliage in late May and early June. 
’•’Ocymoides olba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A pure white form of the above. 
Soxifroga McNabiana 
SAXIFRAGA - Rock-foil; Megoseo 
A large genus of rock plants, only a few of which ore suitable for cul¬ 
ture in this country. 'The mojority require to be grown on rockeries. 
The sorts suitoble to grow as edgings to, or in masses on,»-the margins 
of borders are what are known as the Giant-leaved Saxifragas or 
Megaseas, with large, leathery leaves, which are also admirably suited 
for shady borders in city gardens. 
Culture. The mossy Saxifragas are best suited for shady borders or 
rock gardens, will do well in good, ordinary soil. Plant in March or early 
fall. The Megasea or lorge-leaved kinds will thrive in ordinary, good, 
rich soil in well drained borders, by the waterside, or in the rockery. 
May be grown in sun or shade. Should be watered freely in dry sum¬ 
mer. McNabiana is best grown in stony soil in the rockery in full sun 
Plant early fall or spring, 8 inches apart. 
'.’’^’Caespitoso Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A robust grower about 2 to 6 inches high with dense foliage. Small 
white flowers from June to August. Loves a rich, well drained but moist 
soil and very light shade. 
’^'’•‘Decipiens Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
(Crimson Moss). Dwarf mossy plants bearing white flowers in May and 
June. The green foliage turns a bronzy crimson in winter. 4 inches high. 
Splendid rock plant; prefers light shade. 
'(’’■’’McNobiano Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
This plant is a splendid sort for wall garden or in crevices in the rock 
garden. Foliage is gray-green in form of a rosette and quite stiff, from 
the center comes a flower spike about 12 inches long covered with 
small, white blossoms speckled with pink. 
’^‘Megaseo cordifolia Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100'$25.00 
These will thrive in ordinary soil in any position. Grow about one 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 in the spring. Fine 
among rocks or ledges. 
’^’Megasea crossifolia Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
12 to 15 inches. April to June. Showy and spreading. Drooping masses 
of pink flowers high above the large clustered leaves. A fine rock plant. 
'"Megoseo Hybrids Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Handsome plants in fine mixture of all shades of rose or pink. Excel¬ 
lent foliage. Good for the rock garden or border. Does well in shade 
or sun. 
