Hardy Ornamentals, Herbaceous Plants, Etc 
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SANGUTNARIA Canadensis (Blood-Root.) An early-blooming, hardy perennial, with large heart- 
shaped leaves and a white flower over an 
inch across. Fine for the shady corner or 
parts of the rockery; 16 cts. each, 2 for 
25 cts., $1 per doz. b. 
SAFONARIA ocymoides (Rock Soapwort). 
This elegaut, hardy trailing perennial is 
a native of Switzerland, Italy, etc. Flow¬ 
ers red or pink, in panicled bundles; very 
tine in ornamentation of rock-work. 12 
cts. each, $1 per doz. d. Seeds, 5c. per pkt. 
SAXIFR AGA Virg'iniensis. A small native, 
with white flowers in early spring. S cts. 
each, 70 cts. per doz. b. 
SEDTJM Anacampseros. Flowers violet, 
numerous; steins creeping. Siberia. 15 
cts. each, $1 per doz. c. 
S. Maximowiczii. Flowers in a dense, flat, 
spreading cyme; yellow. Late summer. 
Stems erect, about a foot high. Japan. 
15 cts. each. c. 
S. maximum. Flowers white, with red 
spots. Stems 1 to 2 feet high; erect. Eu¬ 
rope and Asia. 15 cts. each. 
S. nevii. A tine specios from the south. 
Flowers white, forming dense tufts or 
mats. Fine Tor edging or the rock-garden. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1.25 por doz. c. 
S. ternatum. Stems spreading; 3 to Oinclies 
high. Flowers white. 15 cts. each, 2 for 
25 cts. c. 
S. spectabilis. Flowers numerous, half an 
inch wide: pink, in flat-topped cymes. 
Stems l^j inches to a foot htgli. Probably 
a native of Japan. 15 cts. oach. c. 
S. liybridum. Alow-sproadingspoclos, with 
yellow flowors. Fine for rock-work. Sets, 
oach, 00 cts. por doz. 
S. acre (Mossy Stone Crop). A pretty 
specios for rock-work. 10 cts. each. 
SENECIO aureus (Golden Ragwort). 1 to 
3 feet high, with numerous bright goldon 
yellow flowers. Flourishes in bogs, moist 
ground, or in almost any ordinary soil. 10 cts. each, 75 per doz. b. 
Parnassia Caroliniana. (See page 22.) 
SILENE acaulis (Cushion Pink, or Moss Campion). Flowers pink, or rarely white, half an inch 
wide. Plant about 2inches high. A densely tufted perennial. A native of Europe; also found 
on the summit of Mt. Washington. 25 cts. each. h. 
S. Pennsylvanica. 4 to 8 inches high; flowers pink. 15 cts. each. c. 
S. pumila. A low tufted species, flowers coming out at the base. 15 cts. oach. c. 
S. rupestris. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
S. Scnafta. Flowers purple, erect. Peduncles bearing 0110 or two flowers from Juno to October. 
6 inches high. A native of Prussia. A fine little plant. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
S. Virginica (Fire Pink). Flowers deep crimson, few and loosely cymose. Stems 1 to 2 feet high. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1.10 per doz. e. 
SCUTELLARIA macrantha. Flowers an inch long, blue. Eastern Asia. 10 cts. each. c. 
S. alpina. Blue or white. 10 cts. each. c. 
SPIGELIA Marilandica (Maryland Pink-Root). Plant 0 to 18 inches high. Flowers more than an 
inch long, cardinal-red outside, yellow within ; quite distinct and showy. Likes a shady place. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1.25 per doz. c. 
STATICE Tatarica (S. incana). Flowers bright ruby red; leaves in tufts at the base. Plant a 
foot high. 25 cts. each. c. 
STACHYS lantana. Flowers striped, in many-flowered whorls; leaves very thick and soft; stalk 
and leaves clothed with dense wool. A fine border plant. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. 
per put. 
