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RHEXIA virglnica. Meadow Beauty. Has bright purple flowers, in cymes, Each Doz. Each Doz. 
in July and August. Stems 6 to 12 inches high. August.$0 10 $0 So $0 11 $0 S5 
RUDBECKIA laciniata. Cone-flower. Five to 7 feet high; has large yel¬ 
low flowers, with dark brown or purple centers. August .15 120 18 140 
R* —j var. u Golden Glow.” This variety is one of the finest new plants of 
recent introduction. Tall, with large, full double, golden yellow flowers in 
great profusion in late summer. Two or three plants soon make a fine clump. 12 1 00 15 1 30 
R. Newmani. A tall, handsome, single-flowered sort, something like R. lacin¬ 
iata , but a better plant .25 30 
RUELLIA strepens. One to 4 feet high, with blue or purple flowers in axillary 
clusters. Summer.. 25 
RUTA patavlna (Haplophyllum patavinum). Rue. Grows about 2 feet high; 
flowers yellow, with green central ribs. Asia.15 1 25 17 1 45 
SALVIA. Sage. 
S. azurea grandlflora. A most charming species, with delicate blue flowers 
in August..20 
S. lyrata. Ten to 20 inches high ; flowers bluish purple, in a spiked raceme . . 12 
S. vertlclllata .. 
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SANGUINAR 1 A 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 So 11 90 
SAPONARIAocymoides. Rock 
Soap wort. 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 sea¬ 
son. Switzerland and Italy. 
June. 
SEDUM. Stonecrop. A very 
large genus, comprising more 
than a hundred species of 
plants, mostly hardy and 
natives of temperate or frigid 
regions. Their flowers are 
mostly white or yellow, some¬ 
times pink or blue, usually in 
cymes, but occasionally axil¬ 
lary. The following are hardy 
and of easy culture on any 
good ground. 
8 . acre. Wall Pepper, Mossy 
Stonecrop. A pretty spe¬ 
cies for rockwork ; well-known and considerably used. 
8 . Aizoon ( 5 . Afaximowiczii). Flowers yellow, opening in a dense, flat, spread¬ 
ing cyme in late summer. Stems erect, about a foot high. Japan. 
8. hybrid um. A low-spreading species, with yellow flowers. Fine for rock- 
work. June ... 
8. maximum. Flowers white, with red spots. Stems 1 to 2 feet high; erect. 
Europe and Asia. 
8. Nevli. A fine species from the south. Flowers while, forming dense tufts or 
mats. Fine for edging or the rock-garden.. 
S. ternatum. Stems spreading; 3 to 6 inches high ; flowers white. An inter¬ 
esting form. 
8 ENECIO aureus. Ragwort, Squaw-weed. A rather pretty plant of the com¬ 
posite family, with yellow flowers in May and June. Often found wild in wet, 
boggy soil . 
SIDALCEA Candida. A malvaceous plant from Colorado, with white flowers . 
....Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
Saponaria ocymoides. 
8 ILENE. Catchfly. . 
8. alpestrls. Alpine Catchfly. Quite dwarf and compact; 4 to 6 inches 
high ; does well in almost any soil. Flowers white in May. 
8 . orlentalls .Seeds, 8 cts. per pkt. . 
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