PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Perennial Plants 17 
RUDBECKIA, Golden Glow. 
5 to 7 feet; early in summer 
until frost. Double dahlia-like, 
golden yellow flowers. 
—Newmanni (“Black-Eyed Su¬ 
san”). 2 feet. Broad single 
flowers of orange-yellow with 
prominent blue-brown cone. 
— purpurea (Purple Coneflow- 
er). 2 to 3 feet. Large, droop¬ 
ing petals colored reddish pur¬ 
ple, with a high cone-shaped 
center of brown, thickly set 
with golden tips. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SALVIA azurea grandiflora. 
The “Rocky Mt. Sage.” 3 to 4 
feet. Swaying flower wands 
clothed full length with sky- 
blue flowers. Aug.-Sept. 
- Fitcheri. Denser than the 
type, later, deep gentian-blue. 
—nutans. Heavy stools of 
broad, toothed, pubescent 
leaves; long, nodding stems 
with 18-inch terminal racemes 
of deep violet bloom. May- 
June. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SAPONASIA^> ocymoides 
(Soapwort). A branchy, trail¬ 
ing rock-plant densely clothed 
with small round leaves ; from 
May to July brightly spangled 
with small pink flower umbels. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SAXIFRAGAv (Saxifrage). 2 
feet. Large, fleshy, shiny 
leaves continuously ornament¬ 
al, in some cases persisting 
into winter. Give plenty of 
water and partial sun. 
—cordifolia. Very large heart- 
shaped ieaves; flowers clear 
rose in dense cymes. May. 
—lingulata Leichtlini. Nod¬ 
ding rose-pink racemes. April- 
June; showy crimson leaves. 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
SCABIOSA caucasica (Blue 
Bonnet). Very showy, freely 
produced cut flowers, on long 
stems. June to September. 
Blue or White. 
3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
SCUTELLARIA^ (Skull 
Cap). Good low border and 
rockery plant. July-August. 
Flowers like Snapdragons. 
— alpina. 10 inches. Spread¬ 
ing, sweet-scented ; violet, with 
white lower lip. 
—baicalensis coelestina. 12 
inches. Clear blue flowers, up¬ 
right spikes. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SEMFERVIVUM<£> House 
Leek. Small succulents, leaves 
thick and rubbery, in rosettes. 
Arachnoideum minus (Small 
Cobweb House Leek). Short¬ 
stemmed red flowers. 
Globiferum. Gray-green tipped 
brown ; flowers yellow. 
Tectorum (Hen-and-Chickens). 
Largest; pale green ; red flow- 
ers 
Each, 25c; 3, 70c. 
★SET: One each, 65c.* 
SIDALCEA<§>, Rosy Gem (Greek 
Mallow). 2- to 3-ft. branching 
plants with foliage like Larkspur ; 
2-inch mallow-like flowers.. June- 
July. Bright rose-pink. 
3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
SEDUMt> [Stonecrop] 
The backbone of rock gardening; 
low, close-jointed, densely spreading, 
good in either shade or sun. 
Acre (Golden Moss). 2 to 3 inches. 
Minute foliage very moss-like; the 
flowers an all-covering golden yel¬ 
low sheet. May to July. For car¬ 
pet bedding and filling between 
rocks and flagstones. 
Acre Minus. A much denser, more 
mosslike form of above. 
Album. 2 to 3 inches. A miniature 
forest of upright stems clothed, 
with waxy, tubular, green leaves ; 
tiny white flowers. May to July. 
Anglicum. 2 inches. Evergreen 
mats, flowers peach-pink on white. 
Glaucum. 1 to 3 inches. Similar to 
Lydium, except its color is blue- 
gray ; flowers blush-white. 
Rupestre. 3 inches. Bluish green, 
dense; rather large golden flowers. 
Sarmentosum. Dwarf, rapid grow¬ 
er ; one of the best for filling 
seams between rocks in wall- 
gardens. Bright yellow carpeting 
bloom. June-July. 
Sexangulare. 4 inches. Creeping, 
densely matting in spiral tufts, 
dark green; yellow June flowers.- 
Spurium Coccineum. 6 to 8 in. 
Thrifty, loose growth with kite¬ 
shaped leaves, very showy. July- 
August. With fringy, upright 
panicles of crimson bloom. 
All foregoing: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 
100, $15.00. 
Xamtschaticum. 8 inches. Ro¬ 
bust and vigorous, prostrate, 
quickly spreading. The wide flat 
leaves are escalloped, arranged in 
partial rosettes, fresh green turn¬ 
ing yellow in autumn. The ^-inch 
florets are perfect stars of orange- 
yellow drying to red, in low-set 
clusters. 
—Variegated. Like above except 
the foliage is sharply variegated 
with silver. 
Sieboldi. 8 to 10 inches. Reddish 
stems with alternating tiers of 
opposite %-inch leaves,—round, 
thick, rubbery, blue-green with red 
rim. The bright pink flowers, re¬ 
mindful of Daphne, are charming. 
August-September. 
Spectabile. 15 to 18 inches. An 
excellent border variety with big, 
saucer-like rubbery sage green 
leaves in diminishing tiers, cov¬ 
ered in September with massive 
flat cymes of lavender flowers. 
—Brilliant. Deep crimson. 
—Variegatum. Foliage strikingly 
variegated creamy white; flower 
cymes bright rose-pink. 
Six above: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 
100 , $ 20 . 00 . 
Sedum Sieboldi—The “Autumn Daphne” 
Sedum Acre—“Golden Moss” 
SOLOMON’S SEAL (Polygonatum). 2 to 3 feet. 
Tear-like, primrose white flowers in May, pendent 
along arching wands. Partial shade in natural¬ 
istic setting is best. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SFIREA<$> Filipendula fl. pi. (Dropwort). 3 ft. 
Numerous white double flowers in loose terminal 
panicles on long stems. June-July. Dark, fern¬ 
like foliage in rounded clumps. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
STACHYS lanata (Woundwort). 1 ft. A splen¬ 
did edging plant for situations requiring strong 
foliage contrasts ; the dense leafage of this va¬ 
riety being a sheeny silver white, with the woolly' 
surface and substance of felt. Small spikes of 
light purple flowers appear in July and August. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50; 100, $15.00. 
STATICE latifolia (Sea Lavender). 15 to 18 
inches. Leathery foliage, minute blue flowers, 
similar to Forget-me-not, in 18-inch heads. Last 
for months if dried. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
STOKESXA (Stokes’ Aster). A 2-ft. bushy plant, 
with attractive lavender bloom from July to Octo¬ 
ber. Flowers often measure 4 to 5 inches in 
diameter, of perfect, compact form. 
—Alba. Beautiful white flowers. 
Both: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
