SEDUM (Orange Stoneerop) 
PERENNIAL PEA 
(Everlasting- Pea) 
Trailing plants suitable for 
growing on arches, pergolas, 
trellises or trailing over rough 
banks. They have annual stems 
and die down in autumn. 
Latifolius, Pink Beauty. Large 
racemes of pleasing deep rose 
flowers. 
PENTSTEMON 
(Beard Tongue) 
Barbatus Torreyl. Spikes 2 feet 
long of bright scarlet flowers 
from June until August. 
Unilateralis. A very fine June 
flowering variety producing 6 
to 10 erect spikes, 24 to 30 
inches long, covered from top 
to bottom with opelescent blue 
flowers. 
PLATYCODON 
(Chinese Bellflower) 
Grandifiorum. Large, showy, deep 
blue flowers on 20-inch spikes 
are produced all summer. 
Grandifiorum album. White- 
flowered form of the above. 
♦Maries!. A beautiful dwarf spe¬ 
cies, with broad, thick foliage 
and large, deep violet-blue 
flowers on 12-inch stems. 
PLUMBAGO 
(Leadwort) 
♦Larpentae. One of the most de¬ 
sirable border and rock plants. 
It is of dwarf, spreading habit, 
growing 6 to 8 inches high, 
covered with deep blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. 
STATICE 
(Great Sea-Lavender) 
♦Latifolia. A valuable plant 
either for the border or rock¬ 
ery, immense heads, frequent¬ 
ly l r /z feet high and 2 feet 
across, of purplish blue, mi¬ 
nute flowers during July and 
August. These, if cut and 
dried, last in perfect condition 
for months. 
Puberula (New). A dwarf per¬ 
ennial Statice. 6 inches. Flow¬ 
ers in 5 months. Very florifer- 
ous and excellent either in 
pots or for the rock garden. 
SAXIFRAGA 
(Rock-foil; Megasea) 
♦Megasea cordifolia. These will 
thrive in ordinary soil in any 
position. Grow about 1 foot 
high. Pink flowers. 
CERASTIUM 
(Chickweed) 
♦Tomentosum (Snon-in-Sumnu'r). 
A low-growing plaqt having 
silvery white foliage and pro¬ 
ducing an abundance of snow- 
white flowers. 
DKTAMNIS (Gas Plant) 
S A PON ARIA 
(Soapwort) 
♦Oeynioides splendens. Pretty 
prostrate border and rockery 
plant; flowers rosy pink, pro¬ 
duced in great quantities just 
above the foliage in late May 
and early June. 
SALVIA 
(Meadow Sage) 
Azurea. A Rocky Mountain spe¬ 
cies. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, 
producing, during August and 
September, pretty sky-blue 
flowers. 
Farinacea. Beautiful pale blue 
flowers all summer on neat 
plants about 2 feet high. 
Pitcheri. Similar to Azurea, but 
of more branching habit; large 
flowers of a rich gentian blue. 
Pratensis. Lilac-brown flowers 
from June to September; grows 
about 2 feet high. 
SPIREA 
(Goat’s Beard; Meadow Sweet) 
Filipendula (Dropwort). Numer¬ 
ous corymbs of white flowers 
on stems 15 inches high dur¬ 
ing June and July; pretty 
fern-like foliage. 
♦Filipendula flore pleno. Double 
white flowers on 12-inch 
stems; lovely fern-like foliage. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
(Dianthus Barbatus) 
Sutton’s Mixed Shades. Include 
all the various tints, which 
give a most pleasing and har¬ 
monious effect. 
♦SEDUM 
(Stonecrop) 
A diversified, interesting and 
very useful family, the backbone 
of the rock gardening; and fit¬ 
ting beautifully into the edging 
and low plant situations of gen¬ 
eral gardening. Mainly very low 
growing, close jointed, densely 
spreading, good in either shade 
or sun. 
Dwarf Varieties 
Sedum acre (Gold Moss). A low- 
g rowing plant with light 
green leaves and masses of 
yellow flowers; suited to cov¬ 
ering ledges. May and June. 
Height, 4 inches. 
S. album (White Stonecrop). A 
creeping variety with tiny 
white flowers in July and Au¬ 
gust. Height, 4 to 6 inches. 
S. forsterianum. Round bunches 
of tiny yellow flowers on a 
small plant. 
S. kamtschaticum. Orange-yellow 
flowers. Foliage turns to 
golden yellow in autumn. 
S. sarmentosum (Stringy Sedum). 
Flowers yellow. Slender pros¬ 
trate shoots with small leaves 
in whorls. Height, 4 inches. 
S. sexangulare (Hexagon Stone- 
crop). A rapid-growing plant 
making a dense mat of dark 
green foliage. 
S. sieboldi (Siebold Sedum). 
Flowers pink, borne above 
bluish green foliage which has 
a pink margin. The branches 
are slender, with the leaves 
arranged in whorls of three. 
S. spatliulatum purpureum. Dark 
yellow flowers. Reddish fo¬ 
liage, marked with gray in the 
center of the rosette. 
S. superium coecineum. Rosy 
crimson flowers in July and 
August. Height, 6 inches. 
S. Stoloniferum. Large clusters 
of pink flowers in June and 
July borne on trailing stems. 
Height, 6 inches. 
Erect-Growing Varieties 
S. Brilliant. Flowers are vivid 
amaranth red. 
S. speetaMle. Immense heads of 
showy rose-colored flowers. A 
pretty, erect species with light 
green foliage. Height, 18 
inches. 
THYMUS 
(Thyme) 
♦C'itriodorus. The well known 
“Lemon Thyme”. 
♦ Lanuginosus (Woolly - Leaved 
Thyme). Woolly foliage with 
bright pink flowers. 
♦Serpyllum. Growing about 10 
inches high and spreading 
rapidly. This is one of the 
good varieties for naturaliz¬ 
ing. When established it may 
be mowed with lawn mower. 
Foliage is very fragrant when 
walked upon. 
♦Serpyllum eoeeineum. Plants 
♦ become completely covered 
with brilliant crimson-scarlet 
flowers. 
TRITOMA 
(Torch Lily; Foam Flower; 
Red Pfitzeri) 
Hardy if given protection. In 
bloom from August to October, 
with spikes 3 to 4 feet high, 
and heads of bloom of a rich 
orange-scarlet. Each $.35. 
Perry’s Hardy Hybrids. These 
are seedlings of various colors, 
ranging from pale yellow to 
deep orange and are very 
showy; perfectly hardy. 
VERBENA 
♦ Venosa. A creeping plant in 
bloom all summer. The flowers 
are purplish blue and always 
plentiful. 
VERONICA 
(Speedwell) 
♦Amthystina“Royal Blue”. Beau¬ 
tiful spikes of rich gentian 
blue flowers. 10 to 15 inches. 
June and July flowering. 
♦Erica. A heather-like Speed¬ 
well with delicate pink flow¬ 
ers. June-July. 8 to 12 inches. 
Longifolia subsessilis. 2 feet. 
July to September. One of the 
handsomest blue - flowering 
plants. Perfectly hardy and 
increases in strength and 
beauty each year. Spikes com¬ 
pletely studded with beautiful 
blue flowers; fine for cutting 
and one of the best plants for 
the hardy border. 
Rupcstris. A fine rock plant 
growing 3 to 4 inches high; 
thickly* matted, deep green fo¬ 
liage, hidden in early June 
under a cloud of bright blue 
flowers. 
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