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Silene Schafta 
SHORTIA 
Lovely dwarf plants with round leaves topped in spring with small, 
white, cuplike flowers. Suitable for open woods or shady rock garden. 
Culture. These plants require a light fibrous soil which is at least 
fifty per cent leaf mold. Should be grown in half shade in the rock 
garden or open woods. Plant in fall or early spring, 3 to 4 inches apart. 
<=Galacifolia Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A rare and beautiful species, from the mountains of North Carolina. 
The leaves are evergreen and the petals, five in number, are pure white, 
and scalloped or notched on the edges. Flowers about an inch across 
in early summer. Plant in a shady place. 
SILPHIUM - Compass Plant or Cup Plant 
Vigorous growing perennials with big leaves and yellow flowers in large 
panicles. 
Culture. All do well in any kind of soil and are fine for waterside or 
wild garden planting. Good subjects for the back of the border. Plant 
fall or spring, 18 inches apart. 
Perfoliotum Three $1.40, Doz, $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A very decorative hardy plant, growing about 6 feet high with large 
panicles of yellow flowers. The leaves are united at the base, forming a 
cup. Hence its name—Cup Plant. Fine near waterside in wild garden. 
SIDALCEA - Greek-Mallow 
Graceful, hardy perennials with small, hollyhock-like flowers borne on 
slender spikes. Suitable for sunny borders. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in sunny borders. Plant in autumn 
or early spring, 8 inches apart. 
Rosy Gem Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Erect growing, more or less branching plants, 2 to 3 feet in height, 
producing their showy bright rose colored flowers during June and July. 
They will succeed in any garden soil in a sunny position. 
SILENE - Catchfly or Campion 
These perennials are of dwarf habit, and chiefly suitoble for rockeries. 
Two species, however, Maritima flore pleno and Schafta, may be grown 
as edgings to sunny borders. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil on the margins of slightly raised, 
sunny borders or rock gardens. May be grown as a continuous edging 
or in masses. Plant in early spring or fall, 4 inches apart. 
fc^Alpestris Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf rock plant, dainty, pure white flowers in May and June. 
Maritima Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Compact masses of glaucous blue foliage. Very neat in appearance. 2 
to 3 inches high. From June to August the entire plant is covered with 
white flowers. Especially happy in a hot dry place in the rockery or for 
the rock wall. 
®Saxifraga Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A choice Alpine of mossy growth. Flowers white, in great profusion all 
summer. 
* Schafta Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 
to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink flowers from July to Oc¬ 
tober. 
SHASTA DAISY (See Chrysanthemum Maximum). 
SPIREA - Goat's Beard; Meadow Sweet 
Very handsime herbaceous perennials. In general appearance the 
species are much like those of the Astilbe. The species named below 
have handsomely divided leaves and flowers borne in graceful, feath¬ 
ery plumes. All are suitable for shady borders, woodland glades and 
the wild garden. 
Culture. The Spireas require a deep, rich and moist soil. Plenty of leaf 
mold and well-decayed manure must be incorporated with it before 
planting. Aruncus may be grown as single specimens in moist parts of 
the garden. As to the rest, these will thrive in shady, moist borders, or 
they may be grown by the waterside. Filipendula flore pleno, being 
small, should be grown in groups of three or six plants. Those grown in 
borders should be given copious supplies of water in dry weather. Plant 
in autumn or early spring, 12 inches apart. 
Aruncus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Produces long, feathery panicles of white flowers, forming graceful 
plumes 4 feet tall in June. 
Filipendula Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on stems 15 inches 
high during June and July; pretty fernlike foliage. 
^Filipendula flore pleno Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Double white flowers on 12-inch stems; lovely fernlike foliage. 
Palmata elegans Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Graceful plumes of lovely light pink flowers in June, on stems 3 feet 
high. Fine for waterside planting. 
SPIREA - Astilbe 
Venusta Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
(Martha Washington Plume). A noble plant growing about four feet 
high, producing in July and August handsome, rosy carmine flowers 
which are delightfully fragrant. A destirable subject for the border or 
along a small brook. 
Betsy Cuperus Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70, 100 $35.00 
The fine drooping flower spikes, 2 feet long, show in summer during 
some weeks a great number of white flowers with pink center. 
Marguerite Van Rechteren Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70, 100 $35.00 
The flower stem itself has a length of over 3 feet. The very fine fringed 
flowers are bright red tinged with dark blue. 
Vesta Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70, 100 $35.00 
Tall, lilac-rose spikes; beautiful garden variety. 
Deuchland Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70, 100 $35.00 
A lovely pure white variety and of strong growth and very free flower¬ 
ing. 
Gloria Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70, 100 $35.00 
Conspicuously beautiful with dense, feathery plumes of brilliant dark 
pink, shaded lilac. 
Granat Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70, 100 $35.00 
Striking novelty with long, well formed spikes and splendid crimson 
flowers, shaded salmon. 
STACHYS - Woundwort 
Dwarf-growing perennials suitable for the margins of borders or as 
rock plants. Lanata is commonly used as an edging to borders. 
Culture. Will thrive in ordinary soil in a sunny border or rockery. For 
edging purposes plant eight inches apart in autumn or spring. Remove 
any flowers that form on Lanata as the plant is grown only for its 
lovely silvery foliage. 
*Lanata Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Fine, old-fashioned cottage garden plant for edging; useful in rock 
garden; dwarf; soft silvery foliage; flowers useless. 4 inches. 
STATICE - Great Sea-Lavender 
The leathery, dark green leaves spring directly from the root stock 
and the flower stems are more or less twiggy, bearing their small flow¬ 
ers in much-branched panicles. The flowers are useful for cutting for 
indoor decoration, also for drying for winter use. 
Culture. A sandy loam is essential to grow these plants well. They will 
not thrive on heavy soils. A sunny position, too, is indispensable. Plant 
in autumn or spring, 6 inches apart. They show to the best advantage 
when grown towards the front of the border. If the flowers are required 
for winter decoration, gather them before they are fully expanded. 
*Latifolia Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A valuable plant either for the border or rockery, immense heads, fre¬ 
quently 1 I /2 feet high and 2 feet across, of purplish blue, minute flow¬ 
ers during July and August. These, if cut and dried, last in perfect 
condition for months. 
STOKESIA - Cornflower Aster; Stokes' Aster 
A very handsome perennial, with China Aster-like flowers, that appear 
late in the season, about September. It prefers a warm, sheltered lo¬ 
cation. Should certainly be grown in all gardens since its flowers are 
most beautiful in form and color. 
Culture. Grow in a sunny, well drained border in sandy loam, 6 inches 
apart. Plant in March or early autumn. In wet seasons in autumn 
place a slight mound of ashes or leaf mold around the crown of the 
plants to prevent rotting. 
Cyanea coerulea Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Beautiful light blue flowers are produced profusely in late summer and 
early autumn on 18-inch stems; lovely for cutting or in front of the 
border. Stokesias are one of our best late summer-flowering hardy plants. 
Cyanea coerulea alba Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
SWEET WILLIAM (See Dianthus Barbatus). 
