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CHAS. FIORE NURSERIES, PRAIRIE VIEW, ILLINOIS 
SEDUM—(Continued) 
Dasyphyllum —Blue-gray cushions 2 inches thick and ])ink- 
ish stars in Summer. each 2Sc; per 10 $2.25 
Divergens— Green heads, tinted red, on red stems. Deep 
yellow flowers. 4 to 5 inches. Fine native sedum. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Hispeuiicum —2 inch mossy growth with grayish-blue foliage. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Hybridum— Yellow flowers in Spring and Fall. One of the 
finest sedums for winter and spring eflfect when the fol¬ 
iage takes on brilliant colors. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Kamschaticum Variegated —Leaves margined yellowish-white. 
Handsome. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Lydium —2-inch cushions of bright green foliage that turn 
red in Autumn. Flowers pink in June and July. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Middendorfianum —This is a very narrow-leaved form. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Pruniatuin Forsterianum- -Pretty glaucous bluish-green 
leaves of trailing habit with golden yellow flowers; 3 
inches high. each 20c; i>er 10 $1.80 
Reflexum. each 18c; per 10 $1.60 
Rupestre —Gray-green, linear leaves taking on lovely shades 
of red and orange in Fall and Winter. 6 to 8 inches. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Sarmentosum —Fxcellent dwarf variety for rockeries or 
border edgings. The best sedum for filling seams between 
rocks in wall garden. Rapid grower. Yellow. July. 
2 inches. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Sexangulare —Yellow flowers. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Sieboldii —Bright pink flowers. August and September. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Spurium Coccineum A beautiful rosy crimson flowered 
form. July and August. 6 inches. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
ERECT-GROWING VARIETIES 
Maximum -Grows about V /2 feet. White. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Spectabile— One of the prettiest -erect-growing species, at¬ 
taining a height of 2 feet, with broad, light green 
foliage and immense heads of handsome, showy, rose- 
colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall-blooming 
plant. each 25c per 10 $2.25 
Spectabile Brilliant— A rich colored form of the preceding, 
being a bright amaranth-red. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
SEMPERVIVUM—HEN and CHICK 
Sempervivums are mostly hardy perennials and stem¬ 
less, and increase by rosettes which are sent out from the 
parent plant, thereby suggesting Jhe popular name “hen- 
and-chickens.” The leaves are thick, short, and succulent. 
Tlie flowers, which are borne in panicled cymes, are mostly 
yellow, greenish-yellow, or some shade of rose or pui|ple, 
rarely white. The individual flowers are larger than those 
of sedum, but the clusters are less showy. 
Colcraeum Old-Fashioned 
Fauconati Tectorum 
Globiferum 
each 18c; per 10 $1.60 
SENECIO—GROUNDSEL 
Clivorum —Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring 
up from July to October a succession of 3 foot stems, 
with clusters of orange-yellow flowers. 
each 30c; per 10 $2.75 
SIDALCEA—GREEK MALLOW 
(iraccful, hardy perennials with Hollyhock-like flowers 
borne on slender spikes. Suitable for sunny borders. The 
genus belongs to the mallow order. 
Rose Queen —2 to 3 feet. July-August. Beautiful rose-pink 
flowers. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
SPERGULA 
Pilifera— 4 inches. A hardy evergreen suitable for grass edg¬ 
ing or rock-work. each 20c; i>er 10 $1.80 
SPIREA ASTILBE 
Hybrid varieties of very vigorous growth, producing many 
branched feathery heads of flowers in June and July. They 
j)rcfer a half-shady moist position in any ordinary garden 
soil. 
Davidii —Bright rose pink. 
Gladstone —18 inches. June and July. A fine variety. 
Peach Blossom —Is of a’ delicate light pink. 
Queen Alexandra —Light pink; good for forcing. 
each 30c; per 10 $2.75 
SPIREA—MEADOW SWEET 
Tliis is an elegant border plant, with feathery plumes of 
flowers and neat, attractive foliage; succeeds in all locations. 
Filipendula -Double white. June. 2 ft. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Ulmaria —The well-known double Meadow Sweet. Creamy 
white flowers. July. 2J4 feet. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Vinusta —Deep pink. July. 3 feet. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
STACHYS—LAMB’S EARS 
Lanata— 1 to feet. Grown for the beauty of the effect 
of its dwarf, white, wooly foliage; the flowers’ spikes 
should be removed. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
STATICE—SEA LAVENDER 
They are stemless, the leaves springing directly from 
the root stock and the flower stems are more or less 
twiggy, bearing their small flowers in much-branched 
panicles. The flowers are useful for drying for winter use. 
Incana Alba —White, growing about 1 foot, excellent for the 
rock garden. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Latifolia— This is the best known of all the Statice, an ex¬ 
cellent perennial, that is sometimes called pink “Baby’s 
Breath.” each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Tatarica White. Useful for drying. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
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STOKESIA—CORNFLOWER ASTER 
Very handsome perennials with flowers that appear to 
be a cross between a' china aster and a giant corn-flower. 
Cyanea— 18 inches. July to October. Flowers rich blue, 
very distinct. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Cyanea Alba —White variety of the above. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
TANSY 
Tanacetum Vulgare Yellow. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
TEUCRIUM—GERMANDER 
Chamaedrys —This glossy, green, dwarf plant is an excellent 
substitute for a dwarf hedge. 12 inches. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
THALICTRUM—MEADOW RUE 
The foliage is very finely divided like that of the 
Maidenhair fern or columbine and is useful in making 
l)ouquets. The flowers are borne in feathery clusters. 
Adiantifolium —9 inches. June-July. Light plumes of small, 
whitish flowers. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Aquilegifolium (Feathered Columbine). Handsome foliage; 
sepals white, stamens purple. Grows 3 feet. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Flavum— Common yellow variety. 2 to 4 feet. Flowers in 
June. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Glaucum —Fine cut glaucous foliage. Bronze-yellow flowers 
in June. 2 ft. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
THERMOPSIS—CAROLINA LUPINA 
Caroliniana —Resembles a Lupine, yellow, pea-like flowers. 
June-July. 2 feet. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
THYMUS—MOUNTAIN THYME 
Citriodora (Lemon thyme). each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Serpyllum —The charming Mountain Thymus makes a per¬ 
fect, close, fragrant carpet on hot, dry, sunny banks where 
grass is difficult to establish. They are a sheet of blos¬ 
som in June and July. Purple. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
