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Edward Gilleit, Southwick,, Mass.—Hardy Perennials 
LOW VARIETIES 
SEDUM acre. A little, low, tufted perennial, spreading on the ground. Flowers 
yellow; very pretty forrockwork or growing in front of the hardy border. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
S. album. From 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. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
S. Kamtschaticum. # Four to 6 inches high, leaves rather large, running extensively, 
quickly covering the soil; flowers yellow, in late summer. 10 cts. each, §1 per doz. 
S, Lydium glaucum. # A little, low species, scarcly an inch high, with fine linear leaves, 
grayish in color, and small, pink flowers. A pretty carpeter for dry banks and 
around rocks. 10 cts. each. SI per doz. 
S. Nevii. # A little low 
plant with small round¬ 
ish gray leaves in 
rosettes, and tiny white 
flowers. Plant in a dry 
place or among rocks in 
partial shade. 20 cts. 
each. 
S. reflexum. ^ Six to 10 
inches high, with thick, 
linear green leaves and 
yellow flowers. A neat 
grower for dry, exposed 
rocks or edging the 
border. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz.; seeds, 5 
cts. 
S. sexangular. ^ Similar to 
5'. acre, but the leaves 
and whole plant are 
smaller. Used for car¬ 
peting and covering 
dry, bare places. 10 
cts. each, SI per doz. 
S, Sieboldii. ^ A pretty 
species 6 to 10 inches 
high; leaves roundish, 
in threes about the 
stalk, having a rosy 
tint in autumn; flowers 
are also rosy colored. 
It does quite well 
amongrocks, and makes 
an exceedingly pretty 
pot plant or in vases 
where the branches 
mav fall over the edge. 
20 cts. 
S. stoloniferum. (Purple Stonecrop). Leaves ratlier large, trailing; the pink or 
white flowers are quite showy; with red anthers in July and August. Dry, open 
places. 10 cts. each, SI per doz. 
S. stoloniferum coccineum. ^ A beautiful crimson-flowered form of the above. 10 
cts. each. SI per doz. 
S. ternatum. ^ A low plant, with the leaves clustered at the top; flowers white. Rocks 
or open border. 10 cts. each, SI per doz. 
Herbaceous Peonies (see page 36) 
TALL VARIETIES 
These taller-growing Sedums will thrive in dry soils like the dwarf kinds and can 
be used as single specimens on old walls where it can get a foothold, or it does quite 
well in the open border with other flowers. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
