38 HARDY PERENNIALS • Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
Saxifraga virginiensis 
SAXIFRAGA 
virginiensis. Nulivc. A low perennial, 
4 to 9 inclies higli, with a cluster of 
jjretty white flowers appearing in early 
spring. Fine lor rockeries, l^cts. each, 
SI per (loz., S8 ]>er 100. 
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ing trees and plants. See third cover. 
Sanguinaria canadensis (Blood, 
root). Sec page 3/ 
SEDUM (STONECROPj 
A class of j>lants particularly adapted 
for carpeting very dry, sandy or rocky 
j:>laccs in open sun. The taller varieties 
arc quite useful in the border, being quite 
showy. 
LOW VARIETIES 
acre. ^ A little, low tufted perennial 
spreading on the ground. Flowers yel¬ 
low; very pretty ft)r rockwork or grow¬ 
ing in front of the hardy border, 
divergens. Native. A native of the North¬ 
west; very fleshy leaves which turn a 
deep bronze in spring. Flowers yellow, 
album. FVoni northern Asia. A low plant, 
4 to 6 Inches high, with linear leaves 
]/) inch long. Flowers white with red 
centers. Useful for covering dry rocks 
and banks in open sun. 
kamtschaticum. ^ Grows 4 to 6 inches 
high with leaves rather large; runs exten¬ 
sively, quickly covering the soil. I'lowers 
yellow, in late summer, 
lydium. Low plants, line for rock-work in 
open sun; leaves turn red in autumn, 
oreganum. Native. I'lowers yellow, 
rupestre minor. One of the finest. Turns 
a grayish-purple in the spring, 
sexangulare. Similar to S. acre, but the 
leaves and whole plant are smaller. 
Used for carpeting dry, bare places, 
stoloniferum coccineum. A beautiful 
crimson-flowered form of the above. 
Prices on Perennials, 25 cts. each, $1.50 for 10, $12 per 100, unless otherwise noted 
