SAXIFRAGACEAE 
Astilbe. All astilbes like a deep cool soil; late summer and fall 
bloomers. 
Astilbe chinensis pumila. Compound basal leaves and fat spikes of rosy- 
mauve flowers. 30c. 
A. crispa Gnome. Crinkled purple-green leaves, very decorative; panicles 
of rose flowers. $1.00. 
A. c. LIliput. Smaller in its parts; pink flowers. $1.00. 
A. simplicifolia rosea. Glossy toothed leaves with feathery panicles of 
creamy flowers flushed with pink; reddish stems. A very pretty small 
thing. 40c. 
NOTE. We have been trying to very much reduce our stock of saxi¬ 
frages; what we have left are listed at half their former price. 
Encrusted Section 
Saxifraga aeizoon lagraveana. Small round rosettes; decorative; large 
creamy flowers. 12c. 
S. stenoglossa. Handsome rosettes of narrow beaded leaves. 12c. 
S. Hausmannii. Large handsome rosettes of silver; long plumes. 25c. 
S. longifolia. Seedlings; flattened rosettes, eventually growing to the size 
of plates; huge plume; must acquire age to bloom. 37c. 
S. valdensis. Small encrusting rosettes of gray-green. 37c. 
Engleria Section 
S. Thessalica. Very silvery; densely leafy; hairy and red glandular stem 
with clusters of small white flowers enshrouded in crimson bracts. 34c. 
Kabschia Section 
S. Boryi. Tiny rose-like rosettes; white flowers. 32c. 
S. Burseriana. The varieties of this section are the loveliest and the 
largest flowered; among the first to bloom; the leaves are spiny and 
silvery blue-green in varying degrees, forming low encrustations and 
when left alone gi'ow into wide masses. They like much grit at their 
roots, a well drained position sheltered from a too savage sun. 
S. Burseriana crenata. Flowers large, white with nibbled margins. 50c. 
S. B. Gloria. Large white flowers on reddish stems. 62c. 
S. B. magna. To our notion the finest of the white-flowering lot. 50c. 
S. B. minor. A compact form. 32c. 
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