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G A R D E Nl S 
Silene Schafta 
SHORTIA 
Lovely dwarf plants with round leaves topped in spring with small, 
white, cuplike flowers. Suitable for open woods or shady rock garden. 
Culture. These plants require a light fibrous soil which is at least 
fifty per cent leaf mold. Should be grown in half shade in the rock 
garden or open woods. Plant in fall or early spring, 3 to 4 inches apart. 
«Galacifolia Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A rare and beautiful species, from the mountains of North Carolina. 
The leaves are evergreen and the petals, five in number, are pure white, 
and scalloped or notched on the edges. Flowers about an inch across 
in early summer. Plant in a shady place. 
SIDALCEA - Greek-Mallow 
Graceful, hardy perennials with small. Hollyhock-like flowers borne on 
slender spikes. Suitable for sunny borders. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in sunny borders. Plant in autumn 
or early spring, 8 inches apart. 
Rosy Gem Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Erect growing, more or less branching plants, 2 to 3 feet in height, 
producing their showy bright rose colored flowers during June and July. 
They will succeed in any garden soil in a sunny position. 
SILENE - Catchfly or Campion 
These perennials are of dwarf habit, and chiefly suitable for rockeries. 
Two species, however, Maritima flore pleno and Schafta, may be grown 
as edgings to sunny borders. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil on the margins of slightly raised, 
sunny borders or rock gardens. May be grown as a continuous edging 
or in masses. Plant in early spring or fall, 4 inches apart. 
e$Alpestris Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf rock plant, dainty, pure white flowers in May and June. 
Maritima Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Compact masses of glaucous blue foliage. Very neat in appearance. 2 
to 3 inches high. From June to August the entire plant is covered with 
white flowers. Especially happy in a hot dry place in the rockery or for 
the rock wall. 
»Saxifraga Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A choice Alpine of mossy growth. Flowers white, in great profusion all 
summer. 
'"Schafta Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 
to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink flowers from July to Oc¬ 
tober. 
SHASTA DAISY (See Chrysanthemum Maximum). 
SPIREA - Goat's Beard; Meadow Sweet 
Very handsome herbaceous perennials. The species named below have 
handsomely divided leaves and flowers borne in graceful, feathery plumes. 
Culture. The Spireas require a deep, rich and moist soil. Plenty of leaf 
mold and well-decayed manure must be incorporated with it before 
planting. They will thrive in shady, moist borders, or they may be grown 
by the waterside. Filipendula flore pleno, being small, should be grown 
in groups of three or six plants. Plant in autumn or early spring, 12 
inches apart. 
Aruncus Each $0.50, Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00 
Produces long, feathery panicles of white flowers, forming graceful 
plumes 4 feet tall in June. 
Filipendula Each $0.45, Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50 
(Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on stems 15 inches 
high during June and July; pretty fernlike foliage. 
^Filipendula flore pleno Each $0.50, Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00 
Double white flowers on 12-inch stems; lovely fernlike foliage. 
Palmata elegans Each $0.45, Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50 
Graceful plumes of lovely light pink flowers in June, on stems 3 feet 
high. Fine for waterside planting. 
SPIREA - Astilbe 
Betsy Cuperus Each $0.60, Three, $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
The fine drooping flower spikes, 2 feet long, show in summer during 
some weeks a great number of blush-white flowers with pink center. 
Deuchland Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
A lovely pure white variety and of strong growth and very free flower¬ 
ing. 
Granat Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
Striking novelty with long, well formed spikes and splendid crimson 
flowers, shaded salmon. 
Marguerite Van Rechteren Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
Tall, white spikes; beautiful garden variety. 
Mowe Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
Conspicuously beautiful with dense, feathery plumes of brilliant dark 
pink, shaded lilac. 
Solland Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
The flower stem itself has a length of over 3 feet. The very fine fringed 
flowers are bright red tinged with dark blue. 
Venusta Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.70 
(Martha Washington Plume). A noble plant growing about four feet 
high, producing in July and August handsome, rosy carmine flowers 
which are delightfully fragrant. A desirable subject for the border or 
along a small brook. 
STACHYS - Woundwort 
Dwarf-growing perennials suitable for the margins of borders or as 
rock plants. Lanata is commonly used as an edging to borders. 
Culture. Will thrive in ordinary soil in a sunny border or rockery. For 
edging purposes plant eight inches apart in autumn or spring. 
* Lanata Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Fine, old-fashioned cottage garden plant for edging; useful in rock 
garden; dwarf; soft silvery foliage; flowers useless. 4 inches. 
STATICE - Great Sea-Lavender 
The leathery, dark green leaves spring directly from the root stock 
and the flower stems are more or less twiggy, bearing their small flow¬ 
ers in much-branched panicles. The flowers are useful for cutting for 
indoor decoration, also for drying for winter use. 
Culture. A sandy loam is essential to grow these plants well. A sunny 
position, too, is indispensable. Plant in autumn or spring, 6 inches apart. 
They show to the best advantage grown towards the front of the border. 
«Latifolia Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A valuable plant either for the border or rockery, immense heads, fre¬ 
quently 1 V2 feet high and 2 feet across, of purplish blue, minute flow¬ 
ers during July and August. These, if cut and dried, last in perfect 
condition for months. 
STOKESIA - Cornflower Aster; Stokes' Aster 
A very handsome perennial, with China Aster-like flowers, that appear 
late in the season, about September. It prefers a warm, sheltered lo¬ 
cation. Should certainly be grown in all gardens since its flowers are 
most beautiful in form and color. 
Culture. Grow in a sunny, well drained border in sandy loam, 6 inches 
apart. Plant in March or early autumn. 
Cyanea coerulea Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Beautiful light blue flowers are produced profusely in late summer and 
early autumn on 18-inch stems; lovely for cutting or in front of the 
border. Stokesias are one of our best late summer-flowering hardy plants. 
Cyanea coerulea alba Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
Laevis lilacina grandiflora Each $0.50, Doz. $5.00 
(Giant Stokes' Aster). Quite distinct from the well-known Stokesia 
cyanea. The color is a very attractive shade of silvery blue with a lilac- 
blue suffusion at the center. Flowers are very large, often five inches 
across, and can readily be cut with stems 18 to 20 inches in length. 
Flowers freely and is a very useful all-purpose plant. 
SWEET WILLIAM (See Dianthus Barbatus). 
Santolina Chamaecyparissus 
