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HARDY PERENNIALS AND ALPINE PLANTS—continued 
SAPONARIA, Soapwort 
*Ocymoides Splendens, pretty prostrate border and rockery p er iq 
plant. Flowers rosy pink, produced in great quantities just 
above the foliage. May, June, 2'. $ .90 
SCABIOSA, Pin Cushion Flower 
Caucasica, (Blue Bonnet) soft shade of lavender, June to Sep¬ 
tember, 18" . 1.20 
SCUTELLARIA, Skullcap 
*BaicaIensis Coelestina, short wiry stems clothed with clear 
blue Snap-dragon-shaped flowers, July and August, V . 1.20 
*SEDUM, Stone Crop or Live Forever. 
America’s Greatest Rock Plant. 
Album, dwarf and spreading, thick waxy round foliage, white 
flowers, good rock plant, 6".70 
Anglicum, white. .90 
Ewersii. A deciduous species. Blue-gray leaves and large 
heads of rosy-purple flowers on 8 to 10 inch stems. .80 
Kamtschaticum, (Orange Stonecrop) yellow, July, 10". .70 
Lydium Glaucum, very fine rock plant, 6". .70 
Monregalense, white, pink spotted. 70 
Murale, white flowers with pink center, reddish-purple ever¬ 
green foliage, 4-8". .70 
Oppositifolium, July, 4". .70 
Sexangulare, very dark green foliage, 4". .70 
Spectabile Brilliant, red, August, September, 18". .90 
Spurium Roseum, purplish-red, July, August, 6". .70 
Stolonifera, purplish-pink, July and August, 6". .70 
Turkestanicum, deep violet flowers. .90 
*SEMPERVIVUM, Houseleek 
Sometimes known as Hen and Chicken. Plants especially 
good for rock garden. Their rosette-like, thick leaves are 
fleshy and pointed. The small clumps slowly spread, filling 
pockets and crevices between the rocks. 
Atroviolaceum. The largest of the entire collection. Forms 
a beautiful rosette, almost 4" in diameter when fully grown, 
of deep reddish purple leaves. Should be in every rockery. 
8 " . 1.20 
Bossier. Forms a beautiful rosette, 6" to 8" in diameter when 
fully grown, leaves are deep green tipped reddish purple. . . 1.20 
Glauca. Blue green leaves. Rosettes are produced in abun¬ 
dance . .90 
Rubrum. Large rosettes. At the base a dull green, turning to 
bronze tipped. 1.20 
Tectorum, leaves have reddish-brown tips, flowers pale red. ... .70 
Ternatum. Olive green rosette, tipped brown. Spreads rapidly .90 
SOLIDAGO 
Goldenrod, a native of most parts of the Middle-West and 
Eastern States. Golden yellow blooms. August, Sept., 4' . 80 
SPIREA, Goat’s Beard, Meadow Sweet 
Filipendula, (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers 
on stems 15" high. Fern-like foliage, June and July. 1.80 
*STACHYS, Woundwort 
Lanata, soft silvery foliage. Flowers useless, 4".80 
*STATICE, Great Sea Lavender, August, 18" 
These plants have broad leathery leaves, producing candle- 
bra-like heads. If cut in full bloom make very valuable 
winter bouquets. 
Latifolia, blue . .90 
*SWEET WILLIAM, (See Dianthus Barbatus) 
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