The Isaac House Strain of Scabiosa Caucasian is very fine 
Salvia • Sage 
Perennials with strikingly beautiful, or¬ 
chid-like blooms that make them welcome 
in the herbaceous border. Leaves are used in 
medicine and for the kitchen. 
Azurea grandiflora. Rocky Mountain 
Sage. Sky-blue flowers in greatest pro¬ 
fusion during August and September. 6 ft. 
Nemorosa. An interesting plant for the 
hardy border. Flower-spikes bear many- 
flowered whorls of dark blue blossoms. 
Pitcheri. Similar to Azurea but of more 
branching habit and larger flowers of rich 
gentian-blue. 3 to 4 ft. 
All Salvias, 30c. each; doz. $3.00; $5.50 for 25 
Santolina • Lavender-Cotton 
*CHamaecyparissus (incana). A dwarf 
evergreen perennial with attractive, sil¬ 
very white foliage. Suitable for the border 
or rockery. 25c. each; doz. $2.50; $4.50 
for 25. 
*Saponaria • Soapwort 
Ocymotdes splendens. A good subject for 
the border or rockery, producing freely 
masses of bright rose-pink flowers. 25c. 
each; doz. $2.50; $4.50 for 25. 
Spirsa palmata 
*Saxifraga • Saxifrage; Rockfoil 
Very useful plants, growing about 1 foot 
high, having broad, deep green foliage and 
thriving in any soil in almost any position. 
The pretty rose-pink flowers appear very 
early in the spring, almost as soon as the 
frost is out of the ground. 
Cordifolia. Rosy pink flowers. Extra¬ 
strong plants, 50c. each; doz. $5.00. 
Scabiosa 
The hardy variety is even more wonderful 
and of greater beauty than the annual sort, 
commonly called Mourning Bride. Its gi¬ 
gantic flowers frequently measure 3 inches 
and more in diameter. Delights in a sunny 
position, and is a cut-flower few perennials 
can equal. It lasts a long while in water. The 
average height is about 2 L 2 feet. Very free 
flowering. 
Caucasica. A delicate shade of lavender- 
blue, starting to flower in June and lasting 
well through the summer. 
Caucasica alba. Like the above, except that 
the flowers are white. 
Caucasica, Giant Blue. Isaac House 
Strain. An excellent improvement on the 
Caucasica type. Flowers larger and with 
longer stems, ranging from light lavender 
to dark blue. Excellent for cutting. 
All Scabiosas, 30c. each; doz. $3.00; $5.50 for 25 
Sedum • Stonecrop 
★ DWARF VARIETIES 
Suitable for the rockery and covering of 
graves, etc. 
Acre. Golden Moss. Green foliage and 
bright yellow flowers. Much used for 
covering graves. 
Album. Dark green foliage. Pure white 
flowers in June. 
Anglicum. A rosette of gray-green. Deli¬ 
cate pink flowers. 
Ibericum. Numerous deep rose flowers 
among dark green foliage. 
Lydium glaucum. Glaucous green foliage. 
Pink flowers. 
Nevi. Compact rosettes of silver-gray, close- 
set into a mosaic. Pink flowers in mid¬ 
summer. 
Oppositifolium. Pinkish white flowers. 
Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foli¬ 
age. Bright pink flowers during August 
and September. 
Stahli. A compact-growing variety with 
crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 
ERECT-GROWING VARIETIES 
Salvia azurea 
Useful and pretty plants for the border, 
producing their interesting flowers during the 
late summer and fall. 
Spectabile. A pretty, erect-growing variety 
with broad, light green foliage, and im¬ 
mense heads of showy, rose-colored flowers 
during the autumn. 1 ft. 
Spectabile, Brilliant. A rich-colored form 
of the above, being a bright amaranth-red. 
All Sedums, 30c. each; doz. $3.00; $5.50 for 25 
Senecio • Groundsel 
Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage from 
which springs up, from July to October, a 
succession of 2-foot-high stems, 
with clusters of brilliant, rosy purple 
flowers of good size. 30c. each; 
doz. $3.00. 
Sidalcea 
Rose Queen. Bright rose-colored, 
mallow-like flowers during June and 
July. 30c. each; doz. $3.00. 
Solidago • Goldenrod 
Golden Wings. The finest of the Golden- 
rods. Very showy plants, 5 feet high, with 
immense panicles of bright golden yellow 
flowers from July to September. 25c. each; 
doz. $2.50; $4.50 for 25. 
Spiraea • Spirea 
Elegant border plants with feathery 
plumes of flowers and neat, attractive foliage. 
Succeed best in a half-shaded location in 
rich, moist soil. 
Filipendula. Dropwort. Numerous corymbs 
of white flowers on stems 15 inches high, 
during June and July. Pretty fern-like 
foliage. 
Palmata. Crimson Meadowsweet. One of 
the most beautiful hardy plants. The deep 
purple-red of the stems and branches 
passes into the crimson-purple of the 
broad corymbs of flowers which are pro¬ 
duced very freely during June and July. 
3 ft. 
Ulmaria fl.-pl. Meadowsweet. Double 
white flowers during July and August. 3 ft. 
All Spiraeas, 35c. eadh; doz. $3.50 
Stachys • Woundwort 
Grandiflora (rosea). Large purple-rose 
flowers. 15 in. June, July. 25c. each; 
doz. $2.50. 
Scabiosa caucasica 
VARIETIES MARKED ★ ARE SUITABLE FOR ROCK-GARDENS 
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