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SAXIFRAGA: Saxifrage 
S. umbrosa. ST. PATRICK’S CABBAGE. Eu¬ 
rope. Valuable low-growing plant with large leaves. 
Bears good-sized pink flowers in a large panicle 
rising to about a foot above ground. Commences 
to bloom in late autumn and continues through the 
winter. Severest frosts seem to have no effect 
on it. 
SENECIO 
S. kaempferi aureo-maculatus (Farfugium 
grande). LEOPARD PLANT. Handsome pot plant 
with large, nearly circular leaves, which have a 
green ground, but brilliantly marked with large, 
yellow spots. 
SOLIDAGO: Golden Rod 
Fall-blooming herbaceous perennials growing 
three or four feet tall. Individual flower heads 
insignificant, but borne in showy masses toward 
ends of shoots. 
S. canadensis. N. America. Flowers yellow. 
Flowering branches plumy. 
S. serotina. Yellow. More compact than preced¬ 
ing. 
SPREKELIA 
S. formosissima. JACOBEAN LILY. Mexico. 
Very low. Flower is large and showy red. not 
tubular, resembling an orchid. Borne on short, 
hollow stem. 
STRELITZIA 
S. reginae. BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWER. 
S. Africa. Grows four or five feet tall. Leaves 
about a foot long on two or three foot stalks, dark 
green Flowers are vividly parti-colored, orange 
yellow and bluish purple, springing from spathes 
which stand horizontally. A magnificently showy 
specimen when in bloom and attractive at any time. 
Very rare. 
STREPTOSOLEN 
S. jamesoni. Colombia. A splendid bedding plant 
steadily attaining greater popularity. Leaves like 
Heliotrope. Flowers phlox-shaped, orange and red, 
borne profusely. Makes a shrub a few feet tall or 
can be trained up as a vine. Slightly hardier than 
Heliotrope. 
SWAINSONA 
Shrubby plants of spreading growth. Pinnate 
leaves, very finely divided. Flowers much re¬ 
sembling Sweet Peas, but smaller and not fra¬ 
grant ; borne in long, erect sprays. Bloom con¬ 
tinually through spring and summer. Very showy 
and handsome; excellent for cutting. 
S. galegifolia albiflora. Australia. Flowers pure 
white. 
S. greyana. Australia. Flowers varying from red 
to pink. 
VERBENA 
V. hybrida. Well-known bedding plants of low 
growth. Although they are partly woody and will 
last several seasons, it is far better to use new 
plants each year. This gives richer foliage and far 
more flowers. Colors range through shades of red, 
purple, pink and white; there are also variegated 
sorts. 
VERNONIA: Ironweed 
V. arkansana. Tall-growing, herbaceous peren¬ 
nial. attaining eight or nine feet. Flowers com¬ 
posite, in heads about an inch broad, without rays; 
rich rosy purple. Blooms in late summer and early 
fall. 
VIOLA: Violet; Pansy 
V. odorata. The following are all varieties of 
the English Violet, characterized by rounded leaves 
and delightful fragrance. Succeed best in rich, 
moist soil, completely or partially shaded. 
California. Single; clear violet; medium-sized. 
Free bloomer and a great favorite. 
Golden Gate. Single; reddish purple. Blooms 
so freely as to hide the foliage. Stems rather 
short. 
Luxonne. Very similar to Princesse de Gales, 
but lighter colored. Fully as large. 
Marie Louise. Very double; light violet; in¬ 
tensely fragrant. 
Princesse de Gales. Single; rich violet blue. 
Extremely large, on very long stems. Very fra¬ 
grant. 
Swan ley White. Large, double, white variety. 
Has delightful spicy fragrance. 
V. tricolor. PANSY. We procure each year the 
best obtainable seed from the leading specialist in 
its production, hence can offer a very fine strain of 
plants, far superior to those grown from seed which 
has been allowed to “run out.” 
ZEBRINA 
Z. pendula. VARIEGATED WANDERING JEW. 
Pretty plant for hanging baskets, etc. Leaves 
ovate and pointed; clear, bright purple on lower 
side, while the upper surface has a metallic, silvery 
hue narrowly margined with either green or purple, 
also having a broad band along midrib of same 
color as margins. Roots at joints and increases 
rapidly. Frequently called Tradescantia tricolor. 
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