48 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
Sedum Spurium Coccineum 
Sedum Sieboldi—The 
Autumn Daphne' 
Sednum Acre—“Golden Moss” 
Sedum Kamtsehaticum 
SAXIPRAGA^> (Saxifrage). 2 
feet. Large, fleshy, shiny leaves 
continuously ornamental, in 
some cases persisting into win¬ 
ter. Give plenty of water and 
partial sun. 
—cordifolia. Very large heart- 
shaped leaves; flowers clear 
rose in dense cymes. May. 
—lingfulata Leichtlini. Nodding 
rose-pink racemes. April-June; 
showy crimson leaves. 
Both: Each, 30c; 3, 85c; 
doz., $3.00. 
SCABIOSA caucasica (Blue 
Bonnet). Very showy, freely pro¬ 
duced cut flowers, on long stems. 
June to September. Blue or 
White. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
SEDUM^ [Stonecrop] 
The backbone of rock garden¬ 
ing ; low, close-jointed, densely 
spreading, good in either shade or 
sun. 
Acre (Golden Moss). 2 to 3 inches. 
Minute foliage very mo6S-like; 
the flowers an all-covering gold¬ 
en yellow sheet, May to July. 
For carpet bedding and filling 
between rocks and flagstones. 
Acre Minus. A much denser, 
more mosslike form of above. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
Album. 2 to 3 inches. A miniature 
forest of upright stems clothed 
with waxy, tubular, green leaves ; 
tiny white flowers. May to. July. 
Glaucum. 1 to 3 inches. Similar 
to Lydium, except its color is 
blue-gray ; flowers blush-white. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Kamtschatiicum. 8 inches. Ro¬ 
bust and vigorous, prostrate, 
quickly spreading. The wide flat 
leaves are escalloped, arranged 
in partial rosettes, fresh green 
turning yellow in autumn. The 
!/4-inch florets are perfect stars 
of orange-yellow drying to red, 
in low-set clusters. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
—Variegated. Like above except 
the foliage is sharply variegated 
with silver. 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Lydium. 1 to 3 inches. Close 
groups of little round balls made 
up of the tiniest green beads, 
the color changing to purplish 
bronze; pink June flowers. 
Sarmentosum. Dwarf, rapid 
grower; one of the best for fill¬ 
ing seams between rocks in wall- 
gardens. Bright yellow carpet¬ 
ing bloom. June-July. 
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 flow¬ 
ers, remindful of Daphne, are 
charming. August-September. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
Spectabile. 15 to 18 inches. An 
excellent border variety with big, 
saucerlike rubbery sage-green 
leaves in diminishing tiers, cov¬ 
ered in September with massive 
flat cymes of lavender flowers. 
—Brilliant. Deep crimson. 
Both: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
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 (except noted): 3, 55c; 
doz., $2.00. 
SEMPERVIVUM ♦ 
The “House Leek ” or 
“Hen-and-Chickens” 
A most interesting group of 
small succulents; ideally fitted for 
use in the crevices of wall and 
rock garden. The leaves are thick 
and rubbery, arranged in usually 
tight rosettes ; expansion being by 
a surrounding colony of exact re¬ 
plicas even in their tiniest stage. 
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 flowers. 
Above: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
AN ODD, NEW “SET” 
Arenarium 
Blandum 
Brauni 
Fimbriatum 
Glaucum 
Juratense 
Laggeri 
Montanum 
Pottsi 
Pyrenaicum 
Rubicundum 
“ Hybrids 
Soboliferum 
Triste 
25c each; 3 
a The Set— 
■A one each 
for 70c. 
$ 3.00 
SILADCEA<*>, Rosy Gam 
(Greek Mallow). 2- and 3-ft. 
branching plants with foliage 
like Larkspur; 2-inch mallow¬ 
like flowers. June-July. Bright 
rose-pink. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
SXLENEk$> Schafta (Autumn 
Catchfly). 4 to 6 inches. A low 
border or rock plant, with masses 
of bright pink flowers from July 
to October. A good successor for 
Maiden Pink. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
SP1REA<j> filipendula (Drop- 
wort). Numerous white flowers 
on 15-inch stems. June-July. 
Dark fernlike foliage. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
-fi. pi. Double white flowers. 
3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
STATICE latifolia (Sea Laven¬ 
der). 15 to 18 inches. Leathery 
foliage, minute blue flowers, 
similar to Forget-Me-Not, in 18- 
inch heads. Last for months if 
dried. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
STOKESIA (Stokes’ Aster). A 
2-ft. bushy plant, lavender bloom 
July to October. Flowers often 
4 to 5 inches i n diameter. 
—Alba. Beautiful white flowers. 
Both: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
