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FRED’K H. HORSFORD, CHARLOTTE, VERMONT. 
SAPONARIA ocymoidcs. Rock Soapwort. A very 
pretty trailing perennial, with an abundance of 
rose-purple flowers. Very useful in rockwork, 
or to mass in the border, where a good bed will 
show a solid mass of color in its season.’ Swit¬ 
zerland and Italy. June. N., 12 cts. each, $1 
per doz.; 1'., M cts. each, $1.15 per doz. 
S. officinalis. Common Soapwort. N., 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz.; P., 12 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
SAXIFRAGA Mertcnsiana. N., 15 cts. each; P., 1G cts. 
each. 
S. Virginiensis. Small white-flowered plant for 
sunny portions of the rockery. Six to 12 inches 
high. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 12 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
SEDUM. Stonkcrop. A very large genus, compris¬ 
ing more than a hundred species of plants, 
mostly hardy and natives of temperate or frigid 
regions. Thoh flowers are mostly white or yel¬ 
low, sometimes pink or blue, usually in cymes, 
but occasionally axillary. The following aro 
hardy and of easy culture on any good ground. 
S. acre. Wall Pepper, Mossy Stoneokop. A 
pretty species for rockwork; well-known and 
considerably used. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; 
I’., 12 cts. each, $1.20 per doz. 
S. Aizoon (.S'. Maximowiczii). Flowers yellow, 
opening in a dense, flat, spreading cyme’in late 
summer. .Stems erect, about a foot high. Japan/ 
N. 15 els. each, $1.10 per doz.; 1\, 18 cts. cugn, 
$1.10 per doz. ' 
S. hybridum. A low-spreading species, with yellow 
flowers. Fine for rockwork. June. N., 8 cts. 
oach, GO cts. per doz.; I\, 10 cts. each, 00 cts. 
per doz. 
S. maximum. Flowers white, with rod spots. 
Stems 1 to 2 foot high; erect. Europe and Asia. 
A very attractive hardy plant. N., 15 cts. each; 
P., 18 cts. each. 
SEDUM Nevii. A fine species from the south. Flowers 
white, forming dense tufts or mats. Fine for 
edging or the rock-garden. N., 15 cts. each; 
P., 18 cts. each. 
S. ternatum. Stems spreading; 3 to G inches high; 
flowers white. An interesting form. N., 15 cts. 
each; P., 18 cts. each. 
SENECI0 aureus. Ragwort, Squaw-weed. A rather 
pretty plant of the composite family, with yel¬ 
low flowers in May and June. Often found wild 
in wet, boggy soil. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; 
P., 11 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
S. Douglasi. Handsome golden yellow flowers in 
late summer. N.,20 cts. each; P., 23cts. each. 
SIDALCEA Candida. A malvaceous plant from Colo¬ 
rado, with white flowers. N., 15 cts. each; P. f 
18 cts. each. 
SILENE. Catchfly. 
S. alpeslris. Alpine Catchfly. Quite dwarf and 
compact; 4 to G inches high; does well in almost 
any soil. Flowers white, in May. N., 12 cts. 
each; P., 14 cts. each. 
S. orientalis. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. N., 15 cts. each, 
$1.10 per doz.; P., 17 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
S. Pennsylvanica. N., 15 cts. each, $1.15 per doz.; 
P., 17 cts. each, $1.40 per doz. 
S. Schafta. A fine little plant, about six inches 
high, with purple, erect flowers in summer. N., 
12 cts. each; P., 14 cts. each. 
S. Virginica. Fire Pink. Flowers deep crimson, 
few, and loosely cymose. About a foot high. 
June. N., 15 cts. each; P., 18 cts. each. 
SILPHIUM perfoliatum. Cup Plant, Indian Cup. 
Stem stout, 4 to 8 feet high. Flowers yellow. 
A coarse plant suited for backgrounds or plant¬ 
ing among shrubbery. N., 20 cts. each, $1.75 
per doz.; P., 25cts. each, $2.20 per doz. 
SISYRINCHIUM 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, $1.05 per doz. 
S. —, var. angustifolium. Bluf.-eyed Grass. Seeds, 
8 cts. per pkt. N., 10 cts. each; P., 12 cts. each. 
SMILACINA stellata. A foot high, with dark green 
leaves; white flowers in a raceme; fruit striped 
with red. May. N., 15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz.; 
P., 17 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
'SPIGELIA Marilandica. Pinkroot, Indian Pink. Six 
to 18 inches high; flowers a little more than an 
inch long, cardinal-red outside, yellow within. 
N., 15 cts. each, $1.20 per doz.; P., 1G cts. each, 
$1.35 per doz. 
SPIRAEA Aruncus. N., 15 cts. each; P., 18cts. each. 
S. Filipendula. Meadow Sweet, Dropwort. Flow¬ 
ers white or rose outside; stem 2 to 3 feet high, 
grooved, erect, with a few small leaves. Tuber¬ 
ous-rooted herbaceous perennial. June and July. 
A native of Europe. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. N., 
12 cts. each; P., 15 cts. each. 
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