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Fred’k H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont 
SAPONARIA ocymoides. 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. Switzerland and 
Italy. June. N., 12 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 
14 cts. each, $1.15 per doz. Seeds, 5c. per pkt. 
S. officinalis. Common Soapwort. N., 10c. each, 
$1 per doz.; P., 12 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
SEDUM. Stonecrop. A very large genus, compris¬ 
ing more than a hundred species of plants, 
mostly hardy and native of temperate or frigid 
regions. Their flowers are mostly white or yel¬ 
low, sometimes pink or blue, usually in cymes, 
but occasionally axillary. 
S. acre. Wall Pepper, Mossy Stonecrop. A 
pretty species for rockwork; well known and 
considerably used. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; 
P., 12 cts. each, $1.20 per doz. 
Sedum maximum. Flowers white, with red spots. 
Stems 1 to 2 feet high; erect. Europe and Asia. 
A very attractive hardy plant. N., 15 cts. each; 
P., 18 cts. each. 
S. pulchrum. N., 12 cts. each; P., 15 cts. each. 
S. speclabile. Showy Sedum. Strong in growth, 
18 to 24 inches high; leaves large, ovate-obtuse 
and somewhat glaucous. Flowers in large, flat- 
topped umbellate cymes. Rose-purple. N., 15 
cts. each; P., 18 cts. each. 
S. stoloniferum. A species from Asia Minor, with 
pink or white flowers. N., 12 cts. each, $1.10 
per doz.; P., 15 cts. each, $1.30 per doz. 
S. Telephium. The common Live Forever of our 
meadows. Good for rocky barren situations. 
N., 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 12 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
S. ternatum. Stems spreading; 3 to G inches high; 
flowers white. An interesting form. N., 15 cts. 
each; P., 18 cts. each. 
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 cts. each. $1.10 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, 
$1.40 per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
SENECIO 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. hybridum. A low-spreading species, with yellow 
flowers. Fine for rockwork. June. N., 10 cts. 
each; P. 15 cts. each. 
SH0RTIA galacifolia. A charming little creeping ever¬ 
green, with white flowers somewhat resembling 
the Soldanella, but with cut edges to the seg¬ 
ments. Leaves deep 
green, changing to al¬ 
most crimson. It may 
be grown in a pot; moist, 
well-drained shady soil 
or peat seems to suit it 
best. N., 25 cts. each; 
P., 27 cts. each. 
Smilacena racemosa. (See opposite page.) 
iV. preceding the prices indicates not prepaid; P, indicates prepaid. 
