THE ROSES 
No need to paint the rose, surely not the garden roses; 
but a word may be in order for those that have not yet 
awakened to the delicate charm and varied uses of the 
wild or species roses. They will add brightness to the 
border, the taller kinds for backgrounds, or they may be 
used for edgings, or in the mixed shrubbery planting. Cer¬ 
tain of them will sprawl, gloriously wreathed in bloom, 
later with vivid autumn leaf-tints, in the rockery. And of 
course they may be naturalized; and all Roses cut well. 
Sow seeds as directed under “y” key on page one, and you 
will find them rather easy. 
ROSA ALPINA—A most handsome low-growing Rose from 
mountain heights, with dainty pink to crimson flowers. Two 
to three feet, not too large for the rockery. Pkt. 20c. 
THE BABY ROSE—Multitudes of tiny roses in varied 
lovely colorings, single to fully double. Long blooming. 
Very dwarf. Quick from seed. Recommended for edgings, 
bedding, or rockery. A wonderful window plant, too. The 
delightful and mysterious Rosa Rouletti is likely simply a 
selected seedling of this. Some new seedling might just 
possibly be even better. Pkt. 20c. 
ROSA BLANDA—A charming Wild Rose, with big single 
blossoms of purest pink, followed by winter-showy scarlet 
fruits. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 40c. 
THE BURNET ROSE—Will thrive in poor soil. Pretty 
blossoms, single to double, in white, cream, primrose, buff 
and even butter-yellow, or sometimes pink and rose. Tiny 
leaflets and diffuse twigs, giving fern-spray effect to foliage. 
Seedlings vary from 12 to 40 inches in height. Try the 
dwarfer in the rockery; the taller will do nicely in the 
border, or as a low hedge. It is Rosa spinossissima. Pkt. 15c. 
ROSA FOLIO LOS A—A delightful little rose that will fit 
the rock garden, sixteen inches its highest ambition. Usually 
the dainty single blossoms are snowy white, with golden 
stamens, but sometimes they will show blush-pink tintings. 
Pkt. 15c. 
ROSA HUGONIS—Handsome arching shrub, each branch 
a wreath of glorious soft yellow in late spring. Excellent 
hedge or screen. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 25c; 54 oz. 40c. 
ROSE HYBRID PERPETUAL_A splendidly showy class 
of Garden Roses with flowers of largest size. Color spread 
is from palest blush, through all the shades of pink and 
rose, to red, crimson and maroon; pure white, of course, 
in addition. Hybrid Perpetual Roses are of great winter 
hardiness, strong-growing and vigorous. This blend should 
produce some fine doubles, remainder being single or semi¬ 
double. Pkt. 20c. 
ROSE HYBRID TEA—Here we have yellow, with all its 
variations and gradations into creaminess and tawniness, or 
into tones of apricot, salmon, orange and copper; but white, 
pink, rose and red as well. Should give a good percentage 
of doubles. Some plants may flower first year, about all 
the second. Pkt. 20c. 
ROSA MOYESI—A gorgeous shrub, with flowers of ruby- 
crimson, followed by glossy pendant fruits of “sealing-wax” 
red. Pkt. 20c. 
ROSA MULTIFLORA—Pretty little blossoms carried in 
big sprays; white usually, but sometimes pink, rose or red. 
It may be an arching shrub, or often will show trailing or 
climbing habit. Particularly good for planting on banks. 
Also used as an under-stock. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
ROSA NITIDA—Splendid rose for the larger rockery. 
Stems hidden with crimson bristles, bear blossoms of bright 
pink, rose or red. Pkt. 15c. 
ROSA POLYANTHA FL. PL.—See The Baby Rose. 
ROSA POMIFERA—qy 6 ft. Handsome rose with showy 
pink flowers in June and July, followed by very large red 
fruits. _ most ornamental. In Germany, delicious preserves 
are said to be made from them. Pkt. 15c. 
ROSA RUBRIFOLIA—The scarlet-painted foliage from 
early until late, makes the whole shrub into one great all- j 
summer bouquet. Pink blossoms in season. Six feet. 
Likes light shade. Pkt. 15c. 
ROSA RUGOSA—Splendid shrub for hedges or screens. 
Bears, more or less all summer, big single flowers in white, 
pmk or rosy red. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
ROSA WICHURIANA—For carpeting a bank with glossy 
emerald, nothing excels the trailing Memorial Rose, its 
foliage, nearly evergreen, studded in summer with sprays 
of pure white. Plant it along wire fences and it will trans¬ 
form them to flower-set walls of living green. Pkt. 10c; *4 
oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
OFFER 109B7—One pkt. each of above for $2.00. 
WILD ROSE BLEND—A mixture of many delightful 
kinds. Make plentiful sowings for informal grace and 
cheerful color. I recommend this wholeheartedly. There 
are no lovelier shrubs. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c. 
RUELLiA 
Free and long-blooming plants for rock garden or border. 
Of highest merit. They like full sun, and hot, dry places. 
Often flower first year. 
RUELLIA CILIOSA—erdh(2-3)15. Few flowers bloom 
more continuously than this. It starts in June, and lasts 
till September is done, each day giving a new display of the 
long tubed silky lavender blossoms, flaring to Petunia form. 
It is fully winter-hardy, worships the sun, and thrives in 
drought. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c; 54 oz. 70c; 1 oz. $2.50. 
RUELLIA PEDUNCULATA — ebdh(2-3)30. Branching 
plants, carrying long-tubed flowers of pale blue-violet in 
somewhat of a whorl formation. Pkt. 20c. 
RUELLIA STEEPENS—ebdh(2)30. Gay flowers of soft 
blue, peer from the leaf-axils. A plant of distinctive per¬ 
sonality, needed in our gardens. Pkt. 20c. 
RUELLIA TUBEROSA — eufbh(htw) (8)30. Attractive 
blossoms of violet, long-tubed and widely open. For the 
border, if well mulched in winter, or an effective, long- 
blooming house plant. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 110B7—One pkt. each of the above for 60c. 
RUMEX VENOSUS—eucbdsth(3)25. Much worth grow¬ 
ing for the long-enduring and spectacular seed-spikes, the 
flowers being without significance. The pods are trans¬ 
lucent and flaky, of most delicate carmine-stranded and 
rose-flushed silveriness, and carried on great spikes in 
loose open showers. Highly decorative in border, or as 
strawflowers. Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c. 
*SABATXA ANGULAR IS—ocrnh(3-4)25. Blossoms of ex¬ 
quisite loveliness, five-petalled and sometimes two inches 
across, in color the very clearest and brightest of true pinks. 
A single plant is a veritable bouquet, for a hundred per¬ 
fumed flowers open at once is not unusual. At its best, of 
quite arresting beauty, and certainly worth the bit of extra 
care and patience that may be needed to bring it on from 
seed. Pkt. 15c,; jV oz. 35c; 54 oz. 60c. 
SAGITTARIA MIXED — cnmh(3-4)25. Arrowhead. At¬ 
tractive wax-white flowers with yellow anthers. Arrowhead 
foliage. Excellent hardy water or mud plant. The starchy 
tubers, boiled or roasted, were used as food by the Indians. 
Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 40c. 
SALIX RETUSA—rgh(2)4. Creeping Alpine Willow. 
Wide carpets of little shining leaves, the whole gold- 
powdered in late spring by the infinitely tiny yellow blos¬ 
soms. Pkt. 15c. 
*SALPIGLOSSIS PURPLE AND GOLD — eocbx(3)32. 
Wide purple bells, overlaid and laced with burnished gold. 
Richly decorative in the garden, or surprisingly effective as 
a cut flower. Pkt. 10c. 
*SALPIGLOSSIS SCARLET AND GOLD — eocbx(3)32. 
Here the ground color is brightest scarlet, but marked with 
the same golden flourishes and reticulations. Pkt. 10c. 
SALPINGO STY LIS COELESTINA — uftk(2-3)16. The 
long-lost Celestial Ixia of Bartram, but recently re-dis¬ 
covered. Rather large flowers of royal blue-purple, without 
markings. Pkt. 20c. 
SALVIA or ORNAMENTAL SAGE 
A group of easily handled and decidedly decorative plants, 
both annual and perennial. 
SALVIA ARGENTEA—eotrbdk(3-4)35. I recommend this 
for annual growing, just to have the great glorious leaf- 
rosettes. The leaves are indented from below, as thin metal 
might be hammered into patterns, but above they are cov¬ 
ered with cobwebby down of drawn silver. In morning, 
gleaming dewdrops are caught in the tangle. The second 
season the silvered mantling disappears, but there is com¬ 
pensation in the attractive spikes of rosy, creamy or pale 
violet flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
SALVIA AZTJREA—*ecbx (3-4) 36. Fine flowers of bright 
azure blue in loose racemes. Plant seems dusted with white 
meal. Hardy. Pkt. 10c. 
SALVIA BRACTEATA—*erbndk(3-4)20. Spikes of filmy 
lavender flowers, aromatically and sweetly fragrant. A very 
pleasant plant, and permanent. Pkt. 15c. 
^SALVIA CARDUACEA—eobk(3)18. The whole plant is 
silvered with down. The fiowerheads are tangled silky 
gossamer, from which peer out the daintiest of wavy-edged 
sky-blue blossoms. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 30c. 
-SALVIA COCCINEA — eocbdk(3-4)36. Radiant, coral- 
tinged scarlet; a gentler treatment of red than in Salvia 
splendens. Pkt. 15c. 
SALVIA JURISICI— :: erbh(3) 18. A splendid species with 
large flowers of violet blue, a rich shade. Pinnate foliage 
of deep green. Quite unlike other Salvias. Pkt. 25c. 
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