48 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Scdum Album 
Sedum Kamtschaticum 
Sedum Spurium Coccineum 
Sedum Spectabile 
SAIiVXA Azurea Grandiflora. 
The “Rocky Mt. Sage.” 3 to 4 
feet. Swaying flower wands 
clothed full length with sky- 
blue flowers. Aug.-Sept. 
-Fitcheri. Denser than the 
type, later, deep gentian-blue. 
—Nutans. Heavy stools' of 
broad, toothed, pubescent 
leaves; long, nodding stems 
with 18-inch terminal racemes 
of deep violet bloom. May- 
June. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SANGUINARIA Canadensis 
(Bloodroot). 6". At home in 
the woods, or shaded rockery. 
Inch-wide, waxen white flowers 
in early spring, eventually fol¬ 
lowed by large, leathery leaves. 
3, 65c; doz., $2.00. 
SAFONABIA<^ Ocynxoides 
(Soapwort). A branchy, trail¬ 
ing rock-plant densely clothed 
with small round leaves; from 
May to July brightly spangled 
with small pink flower umbels. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SAXIFBAGA.<^ (Saxifrage). 
2 feet. Large, fleshy, shiny leaves 
continuously ornamental, in some 
cases persisting into winter. Give 
plenty of water and partial sun. 
—Cordifolia. Very large heart- 
shaped leaves; flowers clear 
rose in dense cymes. May. 
—Xiingnlata ILeichtlini. Nod¬ 
ding rose-pink racemes. April- 
June; showy crimson leaves. 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
Scabiosa Caucasica or 
“Mourning Bride” 
SCABIOSA Caucasica (Blue 
Bonnet). Very showy, freely 
produced cut flowers, on long 
stems. June to September. 
Blue or White. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00, 
SCUTI:BI.ABIA<^ (Skull 
Cap). Good low border and 
rockery plant. July-August. 
Flowers like Snapdragons. 
—Alpina. 10 inches. Spreading, 
sweet-scented ; violet, with 
white lower lip. 
—Baicalensis Coelestina. 12 
inches. Clear blue flowers, up¬ 
right spikes. 
Both: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SEDUM^ [Stonecrop] 
The backbone of rock gardening; 
low, close-jointed, densely spreading, 
good in either shade or sun. The 
shorter kinds make charming fillers 
between broken flags, or coverage 
for rocks of all types. 
Acre (Golden Moss). 2 to 3 inches. 
Minute foliage very moss-like; the 
flowers an all-covering golden yel¬ 
low sheet. May to July. For car¬ 
pet bedding and filling between 
rocks and flagstones. 
Aizoon. 12". Brilliant yellow flowers 
in abundance, July-August. 
Al'bum. 2 to 3 inches. A miniature 
forest of upright stems clothed 
with waxy, tubular, green leaves; 
tiny white flowers. May to July. 
Angflicum. 2 inches. Evergreen 
mats, flowers peach-pink on white. 
Forsteriana Minus. 3 inches. 
Minute, rounded, blue-grey cones, 
very distinct; deliberately pro¬ 
gressing into a dense mat; golden 
spring flowers on short spikes. 
Glaucum. 1 to 3 inches. Similar to Lydium, ex¬ 
cept its color is blue-gray; flowers blush-white. 
Bupestre. 3 inches. Bluish green, dense; rather 
large golden flowers. 
Sarmentosum. Dwarf, rapid grower; one of the 
best for filling seams between rocks in wall- 
gardens, Bright yellow carpeting bloom. June- 
July. 
Sexangulare. 4 inches. Creeping, densely matting 
in spiral tufts, dark green; yellow June flowers. 
Spurium Coccineum. 6 to 8 in. Thrifty, loose 
growth with kite-shaped leaves, very showy. 
July-August, the matted growth is brilliant with 
fringy, upright panicles of crimson bloom. 
All foregoing: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, $15.00. 
Kamtschaticum. 8 inches. Robust and vigorous, 
prostrate, quickly spreading. The wide flat leaves 
are escalloped, arranged in partial rosettes, 
fresh green turning yellow in autumn. The ^- 
inch florets are perfect stars of orange-yellow 
drying to red, in low-set clusters. This is par¬ 
ticularly effective in wall pockets. 
—Varieg^ated. Like above except the foliage is 
sharply variegated with silver. 
Sedum Sieboldi—The “Autumn Daphne’ 
SEMPERVIVUM # 
The “House Leek” or 
“Hen-and-Chickens” 
A most interesting group of small 
succulents; ideally fitted for use in 
the crevices of wall and rock gar¬ 
den. The leaves are thick and rub¬ 
bery, arranged in usually tight 
rosettes; expansion being by a sur¬ 
rounding colony of exact replicas 
even in their tiniest stage. 
Sieboldi. 8 to 10 inches. Reddish stems with al¬ 
ternating tiers of opposite %-inch leaves—round, 
thick, rubbery, blue-green with red rim. The 
bright pink flowers, remindful of Daphne, are 
charming, August-September. 
Spectabile. 15 to 18 inches. An excellent border 
variety with big, saucer-like rubbery sage green 
leaves in diminishing tiers, covered in September 
with massive flat cymes of lavender flowers. 
—Brilliant. Deep crimson. 
—Variegatum. Foliage strikingly variegated 
creamy white; flower cymes bright rose-pink. 
Six above: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $20.00. 
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F. F. Rockwell 
Practical information on special subjects. The 
titles available are: Rock Gardens, Dahlias, Irises, 
Gladiolus, Roses, Peonies, Evergreens, Shrubs, 
Lawns. Per volume, each $1.40. 
“Hen-and-Chickens” 
Arachnoideum minus (Small Cob¬ 
web House Leek). Short-stemmed 
red flowers. 
Globiferum. Gray-green tipped 
brown ; flowers yellow. 
Tectorum (Hen-and-Chickens). 
Largest; pale green; red flowers. 
Above: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
AN ODD 
Blandum 
Brauni 
Fimbriatum 
Glaucum 
Juratense 
Laggeri 
Montanum 
20c eac 
NEW “SET” 
Pottsi 
Pyrenaicum 
Rnbicundum 
“ Hybrids 
Soboliferum 
Ternatum 
Triste 
; 3 for 55c. 
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