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EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 
PYRETHRUM hybrldum (Feverfew). Popular flowers, deserving a place in every 
garden. The plant forms broad clumps, with handsome fern-like foliage. 25 cts. 
P. uliginosum (Great 
Ox-Eye, or Giant 
Daisy). 2 to 3 feet. 
Russia. One of the 
choicest. Forms a 
stout, upright bush, 
with light green foli¬ 
age. In autumn it 
bears a profusion of 
the choicest pure 
white flowers, with 
bright yellow centers. 
2 to 3 inches across. 
25 cts. 
RHEXIA Virginica 
(Meadow Beauty). A 
low perennial, less 
than a foot high, with 
numerous bright pur¬ 
ple flowers and yellow' 
stamens. Plant in the 
open border. 15 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
RUDBECKIA lanceolata 
(Golden Glow). A 
very showy plant, with 
very large double yel¬ 
low flowers. Forms 
fine clumps; blooms in 
late autumn. 15 cts. 
SANGUINARIA Canaden¬ 
sis (Bloodroot). A 
low perennial, about 6 
inches high, with pure 
white flowers, an inch 
in diameter, in early 
Rudbeckia lanceolata. spring. The large, 
leathery leaves appear 
later. Plant in the border or rock garden. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $5 per 100. 
SAXIFRAGA Virginiensis. A low perennial, 4 to 9 inches high, with a cluster cyme 
of pretty white flowers, appearing in early spring. Pretty for rockeries. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
S. cordifolia. From Siberia. Flowers rose-colored, in early spring. Leaves rather 
large, quite near the ground. 25 cts. 
SEDUM acre. A little low tufted perennial, spreading on the ground. Flowers yellow, 
very pretty for rockwork. 8 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
SHORTIA galacifolia. A rare and beautiful species but recently introduced from the 
mountains of North Carolina. The leaves are evergreen, the petals, 5 in number, 
are pure white and scalloped or notched on the edges ; flower about an inch across. 
Hardy. 25 cts. each, #3 per doz. 
SILENE Pennsylvanica (Wild Pink). Low, 5 to 8 inches high. Flowers clustered, 
short-stalked, pink. 15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
P. Virginica (Fire Pink). Delights in a well-drained soil and when well grown is 
about a foot high, well branched and bearing large crimson flowers. Try it. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
SOLI DAGO (Goldenrod). This is an attractive genus of plants, with a large number 
of variable species, some of which are very beautiful. They come into flower a 
little before the asters and with them add much to the bloom in autumn. In mixed 
sorts. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
S. odora (Sweet Goldenrod). This species grows about 2 feet high. Leaves 
bright green, having a sweet aromatic taste and an odor like anise. Flowers of a 
darker yellow than in most species. Dry shady places. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
