*SATU REI A alpina. Calamintha. 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 REI 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. 
SAXIFRAGAS 
ENCRUSTED SAXIFRAGAS. The neat colonies of encrusted 
rosettes all year make them pretty and interesting sub¬ 
jects for the rock garden or border. The pretty flowers 
are in airy sprays in late spring. 
Apiculata. Spiny green little rosettes with yellow flowers. 
Aizoon Alba. Close tufts a few inches high and white flowers. 
Aizoon Rosea. Similar with flowers of soft rose. 
Cotyledon. Strong grower with flowering sprays of white as 
much as 2 ft. tall. 
Hostii. Densely crowded rosettes with panicles of white 
flowers. 
Longifolia Hybrids. Large rosettes with 18 in. panicle of pure 
white. 
M acNabiana. Very flat rosettes with tall sprays of white. 
MOSSY SAXIFRAGA, Decipiens Rosea. From its low soft 
green mossy cushion come the 3 in. stems in spring with 
flow T ering of glistening pink. 
Prices: Any of these, 30 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts 
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 33. 
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 flowers 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, w T ell drained and a good loam 
or rich gravelly one. PI., 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. PI., 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. 
**Grandiflorurr>, 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. 
