GENERAL CATALOGUE. 
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PYRETHRUM. 
A most valuable class of 
for bouquets or cut flowers. 
hardy plants. Flowers of good size and form, double like an aster ; very useful 
lhe plants make showy specimens in the garden. May or June. 
FINE NAMED VARIETIES, 50 Cents Each. 
RANUNCULUS. Buttercup. 
1 hese are among the best of early spring flowers, being very effective. 
R. amplexicaulis. Flowers snowy white; 6 to 9 inches. April and May. 25c. 
R. aconitifolius luteo pleno. Double orange yellow Crowfoot; 2 feet. * May and June. 25c. 
R. bulbosus. Yellow; double; handsome foliage; 15 inches. May. 25c. 
R. montanus. Mountain Buttercup. Bright, yellow flowers; 6 to 9 inches. May. 25c. 
R. speciosus fl. pi. Large, double, orange yellow flowers. 25c. 
RHEUM. Rhubarb. 
R. officinale. Leaves large and quite ornamental; stems branching; flowers greenish ; 5 to 6 feet July and 
August. 25c. ’ ' J j 
RUDBECKIA. Cone-flower. 
Among the most valuable hardy plants, producing 
showy golden yellow flowers. 
R. hirta. Large yellow flowers, with dark center; 1 
to 2 feet; a valuable summer flowering 
plant. June and July. 25c. 
R. nitida. Large light yellow flowers; a splendid late 
flowering plant; 3 to 4 feet. September. 50c. 
R. fulgida. Orange yellow, center dark purple. 
July. 25c. 
R. laciniata fl. pi. Golden Glow, or Summer 
Chrysanthemum. A large, showy plant, 
attaining in good soil a height of 6 to 8 feet 
the same season planted. Flowers 3 *4 inches 
in diameter, double, well formed, and of a 
deep golden yellow color, resembling yellow 
Chrysanthemums, and borne on long stems 
which render them suitable for cutting. Plants 
bloom profusely from July till September. 
One of the best novelties in hardy flowering 
plants. 25c. 
R. sub-tomentosa. Brilliant lemon yellow flowers in 
autumn ; 5 feet. 25c. 
SALVIA. Sage. 
All species here named are very ornamental and 
desira-ble. 
S. afasea. Fine blue; 2 feet. July and August. 25c. 
S. bicolor. Blue and white. 25c. 
S. rubicunda. Rosy purple flowers; 1 foot. June. 
25c. 
S. spelmina. Deep blue; 2 feet. July. 25c. 
S. verticillata. Lilac blue; 2 feet. July. 25c. 
GOLDEN GLOW. 
Bloodroot. 
SANGUIN ARIA. 
S. Canadensis. One of the most desirable and handsome native plants, with roundish palmate-lobed leaves 
flowers pure white in April or May; 6 inches. 25c. 
SAPONARIA. Soapwort. 
S. ocymoides. Rock Soapwort. A beautiful dwarf perennial; completely covered in summer with rosy 
pink flowers. May to August. 25c. 
