PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Perennial Plants 
49 
Scdum Album 
Sedum Kamtschaticum 
Sedum Spurium Coccineum 
Sedum Spectabile 
PRIMROSE * [Primula] 
Denticulata. Half-inch lilac flow¬ 
ers in dense, globular heads, on 
10-inch stems. 
*—Cashmeriana. Similar to above 
with bright purplish blue flowers. 
Veris (Cowslip). 4 to 8 inches. 
Scented flower umbels mainly yel¬ 
low, but varying in shades, with 
darker center. 
Above: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Folyantha, Giant Red and Giant 
Yellow. 12 inches, heavily foli- 
aged; with extra large single 
flowers. 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
PYRE THRUM Roseum Hybrid- 
unx (Painted Daisy). 2% feet. A 
colorful garden show from June 
on throughout the summer, and 
also a charming cut flower. Con¬ 
struction varies from a full-petaled 
anemone shape to larger size in 
plain single. Mixed. 
—Single Fink. A selected color 
from a strain likely to come some¬ 
what double. 
—Single White. Belongs to same 
type as above. 
—Uliglnosum. 3 feet. Flat flowers 
with dense, sharp needles ; glisten¬ 
ing white. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
RANUNCULUS^ Repens fl. pi. 
(Double Buttercup). A quickly 
spreading frequent rooting ground 
cover. Masses of yellow button 
flowers during May and June. The 
foliage is small, refined, densely 
set, thick and rubbery, lustrous, 
dark green. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
RUDBECKIA. 
—Golden Glow. 5 to 7 feet; early 
in summer until frost. Double 
dahlia-like, golden yellow flowers. 
—Newmanni (“Black-Eyed Su¬ 
san”). 2 feet. Broad single flow¬ 
ers of orange-yellow with blue- 
brown cone. 
—Purpurea (Purple Coneflower). 
2 to 3 feet. Large, drooping petals 
colored reddish purple, with a high 
cone-shaped center of brown, 
thickly set with golden tips. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SALVIA 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. 
SAFONARIA<*> Ocymoides 
(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. 
SAXIFRAGA.<§> (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. 
—Lingrulata Leichtlini. Nod¬ 
ding rose-pink racemes. April- 
June ; showy crimson leaves. 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
Scabiosa Caucasica or 
“Mourning Bride” 
SCABIOSA Caucascia (Blue 
Bonnet). Very showy, freely 
produced cut flowers, on long 
stems. June to September. 
Blue or White. 
3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
—Japonica. 2 ft. Lavender- 
blue flowers from July to 
September. This is actually 
a biennial, but well worth 
while. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SEDUM • (Stonecrop) 
The backbone of rock garden¬ 
ing ; low, close-jointed, densely 
spreading, good in either shade 
or sun. The shorter kinds make 
charming fillers between brok¬ 
en flags, or coverage for rocks 
of all types. 
Sedum Sieboldi—The “Autumn Daphne” 
Acre (Goldmoss). 2 to 3 inches. Minute foliage, 
very moss-like; the flowers an all-covering gold¬ 
en yellow sheet. May to July. For carpet bed¬ 
ding and filling between rocks and flagstones. 
Album. 2 to 3 inches. A miniature forest of up¬ 
right stems clothed with waxy, tubular, green 
leaves; tiny white flowers. May to July. 
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. 
Sarmentosum. Dwarf, rapid grower; one of the 
best for filling seams between rocks in wall- 
gardens. Bright yellow cai’peting 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 1 /i- 
inch florets are perfect stars of orange-yellow 
drying to red, in low-set clusters. This is par¬ 
ticularly effective in wall pockets. 
Sieholdi. 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. 
—Variegfatum. Foliage strikingly variegated 
creamy white; flower cymes bright rose-pink. 
Five above: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $20.00. 
