Hardy Perennials 
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SILPHIUM perfoliatum. Cup Plant, Indian Cup. 
Stems stout, 4 to 8 feet high. Flowers yellow. 
A coarse plant suited for backgrounds or plant¬ 
ing among shrubbery. N., 20 cts. each ; P., 
25 cts. each. 
SYNDESMON thalyctroides( Anemonella thalyctvoides , 
Thalictrum anemonoides ). Rue-Anemone. A 
charming little wood flower; white or rose color; 
blooms last of May. Just the thing for shaded 
locations. N., 8 cts. each; P., 9 cts. each. 
SISYRINCHIUM bellum. A blue-flowered species from 
California. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. ; P., 
12 cts. each, $1.05 per doz. 
S. grandiflorum. Rush Lily. A pretty rose- 
flowered species from the Pacific coast ; 10 or 
12 inches high. Spring. N., 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz.; P., 11 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
SMILACINA racemosa. Height 1 to 3 feet. Flowers 
white, in terminal rac emes . Natural to moist 
copses of the northern sta tes. N., 15 cts. each, 
$1..>5 per doz.; 1’., 18 c ^ s each, $1.55 per doz. 
S. stellata. A foot high 
with dark green 
leaves ; white dow¬ 
ers in a raceme ; 
fruit striped with 
red. May. N., 15c. 
each, $1.10 per doz.; 
P., 17 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz. 
For Spiraea Filipen- 
dula and Aruncus, see 
Ulmaria and Aruncus. 
STACHYS Befonica (Be- 
tonica officinalis ). 
Bishop’ s-wort, 
Wood Betony. 
Stems 6 inches to 2 
feet high ; reddish 
purple flowers. June 
to August. Europe. 
N., 12 cts. each; P., 
15 cts. each. 
S. lanafa. Flowers 
striped, in many- 
flowered whorls ; 
leaves thick, soft 
and woolly. A fine 
border plant. June 
and July. N., 12 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. ; 
P., 15 cts. each, $1.30 
per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
STATICE Tatarica (incana). N., 25 cts. each; P. f 
27 cts. each. 
S. latifolia. Sea-pink. A native of southern Rus¬ 
sia, about a foot high; flowers blue, in slightly 
recurved spikes. Hardy. June. N., 25 cts. 
each; P., 28 cts. each. 
ST0KESIA cyanea. A’plant of the Aster family with 
blue flowers an inch or so wide. Blooms in Aug. 
Pleight, 12 to 18 inches. N., 20 cts. each; P., 
23 cts. each. 
STYLOPHORUM diphyllum. Yellow, or Celandine 
Poppy. This is rather an interesting plant, a 
foot or so high, and bearing, in early spring, 
numerous light yellow flowers. N., 15 cts. each, 
$1.15 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.40 per doz. 
THALICTRUM polygonum. Tall Meadow Rue. A 
stately plant when growing in rich, moist soil. 
Flowers white; foliage good. N., 15 cts. each, 
$1.15 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.40 per doz. 
T. dioicum. Early Meadow Rue. One to 2 
feet high; flowers in April and May; purple. 
Fine delicate foliage; nice for the shady corner. 
N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 13 cts. each, 
$1.20 per doz. 
T. occidentale. Said to be the same species as 
L. dioicum , but with me it is quite unlike it, 
being much smaller 
and of different 
habit. N., 12 cts. each, 
$1.10 per doz. ; P., 
13 cts. each, $1.20 
per doz. 
T. minus. Yellow flow¬ 
ers, in drooping 
racemes; summer. 
Europe. N., 15c. each; 
P., 18 cts. each. 
T. —, var. adiantifolium. 
N., 12 cts. each ; P., 
15 cts. each. Seeds, 
8 cts. per pkt. 
T. purpurascens. Puk- 
p l e Meadow Rue. 
Two to 4 feet high, 
purplish stem. Flow¬ 
ers greenish and pur¬ 
ple. Grows naturally 
in dry uplands, while 
T. polygamum is usu¬ 
ally on moist grounds. 
N., 12 cts. each, $1 
per doz.; P., 15 cts. 
each, $1.20 per doz. 
Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt., 
30 cts. per % oz. 
Silphium perfoliatum. 
THERM0PSIS Caroliniana. A member of the Pea fam¬ 
ily, 2 feet high, with bright yellow flowers. 
N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; I\, 20 cts. each, 
$1.70 per doz. Seeds, 0 cts. per pkt., 20 cts. 
per %oz. 
T. montana. Not so showy. Flowers yellow. N., 
IB cts. each, $1.15 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, 
$1.40 per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
TIARELLA cordifolia. False Mitrewort, or Foam 
Flower. A handsome plant in leaf and flower; 
quite hardy; easily increased, and at home in 
any moist, sandy soil. Fine for the shady cor¬ 
ner, shady or sunny portions of the rockery, or 
if not too dry, in full sun. Creamy white 
flowers, star-shaped, massed on stems well above 
the foliage. May. N., 12c. each, $1 per doz.; 
P., 15c. each, $1.20 per doz. Seedfs, 10c. per pkt. 
N. 'preceding the prices indicates not prepaid; P. indicates prepaid. 
