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Edward Gilletl, Souibwicl^y Mass, ' Hardy Perennials 
RANUNCULUS (Double Buttercup). # Double vellow; an old crarden plant. 15 cts. 
each, SI.25 per doz. 
RHEXIA Virginica (Meadow Beauty). <$> A low perennial, less than a foot high, with 
numerous bright purj^le flowers and vellow stamens through the summer. Plant 
in moist, sunny places, 3 inches apart. It forms large beds. 15 cts. each. SI.25 
per doz. 
RUDBECKIA lanceolata (Golden Glow). # A 
very showy plant, with very large, double 
yellow flowers. Forms fine clumps; 
blooms late in autumn. 25 cts. 
SABBATIA chloroides. See Bog Plants. 
SALVIA argentea. # A biennial plant, with 
large and very showy white woollv leaves: 
flowers whitish; quite desirable for open 
borders. 20 cts. each. 
S. azurea grandifiora. A hardy perennial, 
2 feet high, with rather large, light blue 
flowers in summer. One of our best blue 
flowers. Plant in a sunny place. 25 
cts. each. 
S. Sclarea. # A biennial plant, with large, 
broad leaves, whitish; quite effective in 
the open border; flowers pale purple or 
bluish. 20 cts. each. 
SANGUINARIA Canadensis (Bloodroot). m A 
low perennial, about 6 inches high, with 
pure white flowers an inch in diameter, 
in early spring. The large, leathery 
leaves appear later. Plant in rich, shady 
places or rock-garden. 15 cts. each. 
$1.25 per doz. 
SANTOLINA incana (Lavender Cotton). # A 
low. shrubby plant, covered with white 
woolly leaves; makes a good edging 
plant. 25 cts. each. 
SAXIFRAGA Aizoon. A little alpine plant, 
with rosettes of leaves marked with 
white dots. Flowers creamy white on 
short stems. Plant in a dry part of the 
rock-garden. 20 cts. 
S. cordifolia. From Siberia. Flowers rose- 
colored, in early spring; leaves rather 
large, quite near the ground. 25 cts. each. 
S. palmata. A mossy Saxifraga, with 
large white flowers in June; the stems 
are rather low, not over 6 inches high, 
but is quite showy when planted among 
rocks in a sheltered position. 25 cts. 
each. 
S. umbrosa (London's Pride). A native of 
Europe and used largely in old English 
gardens as an edging plant. It forms a 
dense rosette of green leaves at the base, 
the pink flowers are small and borne on 
stems 6 to 12 inches high. It requires a 
partially shaded situation here and does well j)Ianted among rocks. 25 cts. each. 
S. Virginiensis. m A low ])erenniaL 4 to 9 inches high, with a cluster of pretty white 
flowers appearing in early spring. For rockeries. 10 cts. each. $1 per doz’ 
Peiitiiteinoii acuininaUi.s (see pane 3")) 
SEDUM (Stonecrop) 
A class of plants particularly adapted for carj)eting very dry, sandv or rocky 
places in open sun. The taller varieties are quite u.seful in the border, fx'ing quite 
showy. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
