ROSCOEA CAUTLIOIDES — ufrsth(2-3)18. Blossoms of 
crumpled silken loveliness, the weird grace of the Orchid 
with the shell-daintiness of the Gladiolus. The color is 
luminous citron. Pkt. 25c. 
RUBUS 
_ A group of hardy shrubby plants, many of them of con¬ 
siderable ornamental value. Mostly they bear edible berries. 
RUBUS DELICIOSUS—cqy(2)50. In June, arching branches 
loaded with big white blossoms, yellow tasselled. Splendid 
cut flower. Thornless. Pkt. 26c. # 
RUBUS PARVIFLORUS — qsty50. Thimble-berry. Big white 
blossoms like crinkled tissue paper; then flattened, red 
berries, fragile but sweet. Pkt. 20c. 
RUBUS PARVUS — gnmsty(9). Wild, trailing tangles of 
toothed, ivory-white stems. Bears edible, mulberry-like 
fruits. South Island of New Zealand. Pkt. 15c. 
RUBUS SPECTABILIS — qstySO. Salmon-berry. Showy pur¬ 
ple flowers, followed by edible berries, yellow to red. The 
Indians ate the tender shoots, too. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 135A8 — One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
RUDBECKIA IIIRTA — ecbnx(3-4)36. Black-eyed Susan. 
Showy flowers of brilliant golden orange, the centers choco¬ 
late brown. Effective in border, naturalizes with facile 
readiness, and cuts splendidly. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 36c. # 
RUDBECKIA HIRTA AVALON SELECTION — Blossoms 
that tend toward starry form, carry shadings and bandings 
of mahogany, or they may be simply powdered with ruddy 
brown over soft yellow. Others will be yellow on the face, 
but autumn-tinged in reverse; or of deepest orange gold, 
banded at petal base with tints of lemon or shades of 
ochre. Pkt. 25c. # 
RUELLIA CILIOSA 
Few flowers bloom more continuously than this. It 
starts in June, and lasts till September is done; each day 
a new display of silky blossoms, long-tubed and flaring. 
In form and coloring the flowers remind one of Petunia, 
Heavenly Blue variety. There is the same silvered sky- 
blue, with lavender reflections. Ruellia ciliosa, though, is 
a thoroughly winter-hardy and enduring perennial, belong¬ 
ing to the Acanthus family. It likes full sun and hot, dry 
places. Sown in latest autumn or very early spring, it 
will often bloom first year. erbh(2-5)17. Pkt. 15c: % oz. 
40c; % oz. 70c. # 
RUMEX VENOSUS—eucbdsth(3)25. Much worth growing 
for the long-enduring and spectacular seed-spikes, the flow¬ 
ers being without significance. The pods are translucent 
and fiaky, of most delicate carmine-stranded and rose- 
flushed silveriness, and carried on great spikes in loose open 
showers. Highly decorative in border, or as strawflowers. 
Pkt. 15c: % oz. 40c. 
SABATIA ANGULARIS — ocrny(3-4)25. Blossoms of exquis¬ 
ite loveliness, five-petaled, and sometimes two inches across, 
in the clearest and purest of pinks. One plant may show 
a hundred perfumed flowers open at once. Not an easy 
species, but worth attempting. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c. # 
*SABATIA STELLARIS--ocrnmy(3-4) 12. Sea Star, or Rose 
of Plymouth. Blossoms of purest pink, but with lemon 
inner star, carmine edged. Delightful. Rare. Pkt. 25c. # 
SALVIA or ORNAMENTAL SAGE 
A group of easily handled and decidedly decorative plants, 
both annual and perennial. 
SALVIA ARGENTEA — eotrbdk(3-4)35. I recommend this 
for annual growing, just to have the great glorious leaf- 
rosettes. The leaves are indented from below, as thin metal 
might be hammered into patterns, but above they are cov¬ 
ered with cobwebby down of drawn silver. In morning, 
gleaming dewdrops are caught in the tangle. The second 
season the silvered mantling disappears, but there is com¬ 
pensation in the attractive spikes of rosy, creamy or pale 
violet flowers. Pkt. 15c. # 
SALVIA AZUREA — -*ecbx(3-4)36. Fine flowers of bright 
azure blue in loose racemes. Plant seems dusted with white 
meal. Hardy. Pkt. 10c. # 
SALVIA BRACTEATA — *erbndk(3-4)20. Spikes of filmy 
lavender or white flowers, aromatically and sweetly fragrant. 
A very pleasant plant, and permanent. Pkt. 15c: A oz. 
30c. # 
*SALVIA CARDUACEA — eobk(3)18. The whole plant is 
silvered with down. The flowerheads are tangled silky gos¬ 
samer, from which peer out the daintiest of waxy-edgeci 
sky-blue blossoms. Pkt. 10c: Vs oz. 30c. 
*SALVIA COLUMBARIAE — eok. Chia. There are crowded 
heads of little blue flowers, but the plant interests us 
chiefly for its food possibilities. The seeds, which are 
yielded profusely, were parched and ground by the Indians, 
the dry meal bein.g eaten with honey, or mixed with water 
as a gruel. Sometimes corn or acorn meal was added, and 
a bread baked from the blend. Pkt. 10c ; % oz. 25c. # 
SALVIA FARINACEA BLUE BEDDER — »erbx(2-4)25. 
Makes compact bushy plants that carry a vast number of 
gracefully waving flower-spikes; well-filled with blossoms 
of purest blue, or, rarely, of white. Silver-powdered fol¬ 
iage. Blooms so quickly from seed that it is often handled 
as an annual. Also, flowers may be dried as everlastings. 
Pkt. 15c. # 
SALVIA JURISICI—*erbh(3)18. A splendid species with 
large flowers of violet blue, a rich shade. Pinnate foliage 
of deep green. Quite unlike other Salvias. Pkt. 25c. # 
SALVIA LYRATA — *ebnh(3-4)25. Loosely branching ra¬ 
cemes of large showy flowers, bright blue with light throat. 
Long in bloom. Pkt. 15c. # 
*SALVIA SPLENDENS MAROON PRINCE -eocbk(3-4)25. 
It has been termed mulberry, maroon, plum ; but in reality 
it has just that depth of velvety richness that a blending 
of the three might show. Pkt. 20c. # 
SALVIA TURKESTANICA — »ebx(3)30. Tall branching 
stems above big “mullein” leaves. Curiously formed white 
flowers, set off by enormous bracts of violet on white. Great¬ 
ly showy. Pkt. 10c: % oz. 25c. # 
SALVIA VERBASCIFOLIA—ebx(2)50. Strikingly decora¬ 
tive, the many lithe stems set with particularly large pur¬ 
ple flowers, gold-splashed and dotted. Pkt. 15c. # 
SALVIA VIRGATA—ebx(3)40. Great tangles of slender 
stems, , filled with gay violet flowers of good size. Pkt. 
10c. # 
OFFER 136A8—One pkt. each of above for $1.60. 
SALVIA HARDY BLEND—The kinds above that are hardy 
perennials, together with others of like affects and values. 
Good. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c. # 
SARRACENIA or PITCHER PLANT 
The leaves are hollow water-filled pitchers, strangely 
marked, while above them on sturdy stems are bowing 
flowers of decidedly a decorativeness, but so oddly made that 
one can see almost anything in their form. They have 
been compared to watches, side-saddles, and other objects 
as diverse. One might call them a cross of Chinese Pa¬ 
goda and an umbrella, and not be beyond the limit of their 
own bizarreness. The leaf-pitchers at the base are not 
merely fantastic; they are cunningly made insect traps; 
for this plant is as carnivorous as we who look upon it. 
All the Sarracenias make excellent house plants, thriving in 
a sunny window. The pots in which they are planted 
should be filled with sandy muck, and set in a saucer of 
water. Not particularly difficult from seed if kept always 
on the moist side. They may be grown outside, too, in bog 
garden, wet meadow, or by a pool. Of the four listed 
Sarracenias, S. purpurea is winter-hardy outside anywhere 
from Labrador to Florida, being most adaptable. S. flava 
is of reasonable hardiness north, if in a not too exposed 
position, but S. rubra and S. minor should be tried out¬ 
side only from Virginia south. Sow seed any time of year 
inside, or S. purpurea outside in spring. 
SARRACENIA FLAVA—Long trumpets, to two feet, buff, 
veined with red. Flowers five inches across, of clear lemon 
yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
SARRACENIA MINOR -- Flaring green trumpets, white 
spotted and red streaked. Flowers of rich ivory to pale 
yellow. Just a nice size for pots. Pkt. 20c. 
SARRACENIA PURPUREA — Oddly keeled green pitchers, 
vividly veined with red. The flower is madder purple, or 
sometimes maroon. This and S. flava will tolerate some 
dryness, and may be grown in ordinary garden by planting 
them in a scraped depression an inch or two below the 
general level, just enough to catch more than its share of 
rain ; or failing this, to absorb a good hose-soaking now 
and then. Pkt. 20c. # 
SARRACENIA RUBRA — Slender winged pitchers to 18 
inches, pale green, netted with deepest purple. The flower 
is crimson, on the rich tyrian order. Most graceful of 
Pitcher Plants. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 137A8—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
SARRACENIA BLEND — The four in mixture. Pkt. 15c: 
A oz. $1.00: % oz. $1.75. # 
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