HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Rudbeckia 
RUDBECKIA 
Golden Glow—One of the best known hardy flowers, blooming 
from July until September. 
Purpurea^—Large showy reddish purple flowers; 4 inches across. 
3 feet. July to October. 
Rudbeckia The King —majestic improvement on 
Rudbeckia Purpurea. Clean dark crimson flowers 
which keep their form until the orange cones are fully 
developed. The petals never droop nor get mottled or 
dirty colored. Foliage and cones also attractive. A 
good cut-flower. Price: 3-inch pots, 50c each, $5.00 
per dozen, $35.00 per 100. 
SANTOLINA (Lavender Cotton) 
*Chamaecyparissus Incana—A shrubby evergreen Perennial with 
aromatic silvery-white foliage. Small yellow flowers in round 
heads. Useful for sunny border and rock gardens. Height, 1 foot. 
SCABIOSA (Pincushion Flower) 
Caucasica—Sky blue flower, about 4 inches across, with tufted 
center, flowering from June to September and attains a height 
of about 18 inches. Splendid for cutting purposes. 
Japonica—Bright blue flowers, flowering from July until Sep¬ 
tember and growing 2 feet high. 
Scabiosa House’s Hybrids—Splendid new types imported this 
season, in shades of blue and with many variations in form. 
1 he price on same is 50c per plant or $5.00 per dozen. 
*SEDUM (Stonecrop) 
*Hispanicum Minus—A delightfully compact form of S. Lydium 
Glaucum, like a bit of coral. It is much more permanent than 
others of this form because it does not fall to pieces after 
flowering. 
*Ibericum—The foliage is practically evergreen, and this is a most 
attractive addition to the group of Sedums so widely used in 
Rock Gardens. Flowers are pink and come into bloom in July 
and continue until September. 
*Kamtschaticum—^Numerous yellow flowers in flat heads. 
Blooms late Summer. 6 inches high. 
*Reflexum—Small yellow flowers. 8 to 10 inches high. 
*Spectabile—Most popular of all the Sedums, producing large, 
flat heads of rose colored flowers 2 feet high. Mid-August to 
mid-September. 
*Spectabile Rubrum—A spinel red form of the Sedum Spectabile. 
Much deeper in color than Roseum. 
STOKESIA (The Cornflower Aster) 
Cyanea Caerulea—Very large lavender blue flowers blooming 
from early July until late October—succeeds well in open, 
sunny position. A very desirable border plant growing about 
1/^ to 2 feet high. 
SIDALGEA 
Rosea—An improved variety of a very desirable Border Plant. 
Lovely rosy pink flowers like miniature Hollyhocks on slender 
stems, 2J^ feet high. Makes a charming combination planted 
with Delphinium Hybrids and Foxgloves. Begins to flower in 
June and continues for six weeks. 
SPIREAS (Meadowsweet) 
Very showy plants, either planted in isolated clumps or inter¬ 
mingled with other herbaceous plants in the hardy border. 
They thrive well in any rich garden soil, but prefer damp posi¬ 
tions. Very decorative with beautiful spikes of flower. 
Kriemheilde—One of the most attractive of the late Spiraeas, 
salmon pink in color. 
Queen Alexander—Another very fine pink variety. 
Rubens—Very beautiful carmine rose and one of the best liked of 
the many varieties sent out. 
Venus—Is a purplish rose, very tall, late growing variety. 
*STATICE (Sea Lavender) 
*Latifolia—A popular border and rockery plant with very glossy 
leaves and small purplish blue flowers in trusses about 12 inches 
across, blooming profusely. Height, 18 inches. 
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