*SAPONARIA Ocymoides splendens is a most useful plant. 
Makes a broad carpet, even to 3 ft. across, on the level, 
and, planted at top of walls will drape as much as ten 
feet in a year. The foliage is good and the show of pink 
flowers in spring very attractive. Splendid for dry 
banks. Cult: Sun or light shade. Soil, any, to poorest. 
PI., fall to spring. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. Seeds, pkt. 
25 cts. 
*SATU RE1A alpina. Calamintlia. A splendid plant for sunny 
situations, 4 inches high with spreading mats of rounded 
leaves and deep blue, white tipped flowers from May 
to August. Cult: Sun and any soil. PI., fall to spring. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*SATU RE! A pygmaea. Like a tiny erect shrub, 8 to 12 inches 
high, with narrow leaves of softest green and dainty 
flowers of shimmering clear pink in August and Septem¬ 
ber. Cult: Sun and any soil to very poor. Most delightful. 
40 cts. each. 
♦STATICE artica Californica. Sea Peak. 6 in. Neat tufts 
of grassy foliage and bright pink flowers all summer. 
Pine for rock garden or edging. Sun. Soil, any. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts. 
STYRAX Californicus. Lovely and rare deciduous shrub 
3-8 ft. tall with clusters of large pendant pure white 
blooms in May-June. Hardy to 10 degrees. $1.00 each. 
California Native Iris (see p. 22) 
SCILLA Peruviana. A rare bulbous plant with heavy mass 
of dark grassy leaves and erect, very many flowered 
stems with flowers of deepest delft blue. Very striking. 
Cult: Sun. Soil, sandy loam. PI., fall to spring. 30 cts. 
each; 3 for 75 cts. 
SEDUMS. See page 12. 
SEMPERVIVUMS. See page 30. 
SHASTA DAISY. Superbly effective in the border or in 
long rows, nothing gives more bloom, either in the 
garden or for cutting, with so little trouble. Cult: Sun; 
fair to good loam. PI., fall to spring. Divide every 
second year. 
Shasta Daisy, “Double Fringed” or “Chiffon Daisy.” 2 ft. 
high with very double flowers of pure white, the petals 
shredded, quilled, and incurved to give a most enchant¬ 
ing effect. Most effective as a cut flower. 25 cts. each; 
3 for 65 cts. 
Shasta Daisy, “Burbank’s Alaska”. 18 to 24 in. high, of 
graceful habit. The pure white Lowers are 4 to 5 inches 
across. 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. Seeds, pkt. 15 cts. 
♦SHOOTING STAR. See Dodecatheon, page 5. 
Shasta Daisies 
SILENE 
Silenes are popularly known as Catchfly or Wild Pink. 
They are related to the pinks. Those I offer grow natur¬ 
ally in rocks or gravelly soil and are admirably suited 
to the rock garden. 
WESTERN AMERICAN SILENES. In California, S. Cali- 
fornicum is the “Indian Pink”. The three species de¬ 
scribed below rank near the top of the world’s best 
rock plants, and are worth much painstaking to have 
them at their best. All have deep reaching fleshy tap 
roots with its crown about two inches below the sur¬ 
face. From this radiate laterally numerous tendrils 
which push through the soil at some distance from the 
crown making a single plant appear like a colony, pro¬ 
ducing such a lovely effect as that pictured above. 
Foliage dies to ground soon after flowering, after which 
the dormant roots handle easily. 
Cult: Light shade. Soil, well drained and a good loam 
or rich gravelly one. PL, best dormant in fall; live 
plants supplied in spring. Set tap root with crown two 
inches below surface and spread tendrils laterally and 
upward. 
♦Californicum makes a clump 8 to 18 inches across with 
flowering stems a foot high, but oftener more compact. 
The cardinal-red flowers come from late spring on 
through the summer, and are a show indeed. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts. Seeds, pkt. 25 cts. 
♦Hookerii has many small detached tufts 2 inches high, 
each producing exquisitely laciniated flowers up to two 
inches across, unexcelled in their delicacy. Soft pink 
with a white halo. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
♦Ingramii, pictured above, needs little description. It is more 
floriferous than Hookerii and the less laciniated flow¬ 
ers are of deep rose. New and a real acquisition. 50 cts. 
each; 3 for $1.25. 
♦Schaftii. A most charming rock garden or border plant, 
4 to 6 inches high with low cushions, and masses of 
bright pink flowers from July to October. Cult: Sun; 
any soil and stands drouth. Prop, seeds. 25 cts. each; 
3 for 65 cts. Seeds, pkt. 25 cts. 
♦SISYRINCHIUM, Blue Eyed Grass; Star Grass. Dainty 
iris-like plants with grassy leaves and slender stems and 
many very pretty flowers. Cult: Sun. Soil, any loam 
with plenty of moisture during growing season. PL, fall 
or spring, but better dormant in fall. Prop. Divisions. 
♦Bellum. A foot high, with star-like blue flowers in April. 
♦Californicum. A few inches high with rich yellow flowers 
from May to October. Require constant moisture. 
♦♦Grandiflorum, the purple Star-Grass is 8 in. high with 
brilliant rosy-purple in spring. 
Price of all is 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
♦STAR TULIPS. See Calochortus, page 6. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
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For a long bloom in the summer rock garden Convolvulus mauritanicus is unexcelled. 
