Hardy Ornamentals, Herbaceous Plants, Etc. 
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PAPAVER bracteatum. Is only a form of P. orietilale. 25 cts. each. e. 
PARNASSIA Caroliniana (Grass of Parnassus). Has pretty white flowers on steins of good length. 
It needs considerable moisture, and prefers a sandy soil. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. a. 
P. asarifolia. Has larger, nearly white flowers, and 
large, kidney-shaped leaves. 12 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. a. 
P. Californfca. 10 cts. each. 
PULMOXARIA mollis. Blue flowers in April or May. 
Has handsome mottled leaves. Closely allied to the 
genus Mertensia. Siberia. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. e. 
RHEXIA Virginica (Meadow Beauty). Has bright purple 
flowers, in-cymes, in July and August Stems 6 to 12 
inches high. 10 cts. each, So cts. per doz. a. 
RHEUIVI palmatum angustum (Wild Rhubarb). 5 feet 
high. Flowers in leafy panicle. 25 cts. each. 
R. officinale. Has smaller greenish flowers in dense 
spikes. Plants S or 10 feet high. 25 cts. each. 
R. undulatum. A tall native of Siberia. 25 cts. each. 
RUDBECK1A laciniata. 5 to 7 feet high ; large yellow flowers, with dark brown or purple center. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
SALVIA lyrata. 10 to 20 inches high; flowers bluish purple, in a spiked raceme. 12 cts. each, $1 
per doz. c. 
SANGUIXARIA Canadensis (Bloodroot). Has very pretty white flowers, in early spring, an inch 
or two wide, followed by large heart-shaped leaves, which remain until nearly autumn. It will do 
well in shade, and on this account is one of the most valuable for the shady corner. 10 cts. each, 
80 cts. per doz. c. 
S A POX ARIA ocymoides (Rock Soapwort). Is a very pretty trailing perennial, with an abundance 
of rose-purple flowers. Very useful in rock-work, or to mass in the border, where a good bed will 
show a solid mass of color in its season. Switzerland and Italy. 12 cts. each, $1 per doz. c. 
SBDUM. Is a very large genus, comprising more than a hundred species of plants, mostly lmrdy and 
natives of temperate or frigid regions. Their flowers are mostly white or yellow, sometimes pink or 
blue, usually in cymes, but occasionally axillary. The following are hardy, and of easy culture on 
any good ground : 
/ \iustt's . See opposite page. 
S. Maximowiezii. Flowers in a dense, flat, spreading cyme ; yellow. Late summer. Stems erect, 
about a foot high. Japan. 15 cts. each. c. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
S. maximum. Flowers white, with red spots. Stems 1 to 2 feet high; erect. Europe and Asia. 
15 cts. each, e . 
S. Nevii. A fine species from the south. Flowers white, 
forming dense tufts or mats. Fine for edging or the 
rock-garden. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1 25 per doz. t\ 
S. ternatum. Stems spreadidg; 3 to 6 inches high. 
Fiowcrs white. An interesting form. 15 cts. each, 2 for 
25 cts. c. 
S. speetabilis. Flowers numerous, half an inch wide; 
pink, in flat-topped cymes. Stems \)i inches to a foot 
high. Probably a native of Japan. 25 cts. each. t\ 
S. hybridum. A low-spreading species, with yellow flow¬ 
ers. Fine for rock work. 8 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz. 
e. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
S. acre (Mossy Stone Crop). A pretty species for rock- 
work; well known and considerably used. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. />. 
puniila. Low tufted, plant, good sized rose-pur¬ 
ple flowers coming out around the base of the plant, next 
to the ground. 15 cts. each. d. 
S. Virginlca (Fire Pink). Flowers deep criniBon, few, 
and loosely cymose. About a foot high. 15 cts. each, c, 
SPIGELIA Marilandica (Maryland Pink Root). Six 
to 18 inches high ; flowers a little more than an inch long, 
Papavrr. cardinal-red outside, yellow within. 15 cts. each. 0 . 
