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PLANTS FOR GROUND-COVERS AND BORDERS 
SEDUM lydium. Evergreen carpet, which, in dry 
★ and fully exposed positions and the stony and 
<$> poor soil it prefers, turns to a lovely rich deep 
red Flowers are pure white, tinged with pink. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2 1 / 4 -in. poPplants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
S. lydium glaucum. A blue-leaved form of the 
★ preceding. m 
K For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
<$> 2 1 /4-in. pot'plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
S. Nevi. 5 in. Dwarf, compact, gray-green rosette- 
like foliage. White flowers. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2Win. pot-plants.$2.00 $15.00 $125.00 
S. pruinatum. Pretty glaucous blue-green leaves. 
<$> Yellow flowers of trailing habit in a compact 
round-topped cyme. Originated from the Serra 
de Gerez in Portugal. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2 '/ 4 'in. pot-plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
S. reflexum. Stone Orpine. 6 in. A mat-forming 
<$> plant, native of western Europe, and naturalized 
here. Leaves are blue-green, of a trailing habit. 
The flower-stems end in an umbellate cyme of 
golden yellow flowers. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Pot-plants.$2.00 $15.00 $125.00 
S. sarmentosum. 3 in. Prostrate plant with slender 
★ shoots. Light yellowish foliage; bright yellow 
<$> flowers. Excellent carpeter. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2'/4'in. pot-plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
S. sexangulare. 2 in. Resembles S. acre in habit, 
<§> forming a bronzy green mat, disappearing in July 
under the golden yellow flowers. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2Win. pot-plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
S. Sieboldi. A succulent plant with handsome bluish 
<$> gray foliage, and pink flowers in September. A 
real gem for the rockery and wall-garden. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Pot-plants.$2.00 $15.00 $125.00 
S. spectabile. Showy Sedum. 15 in. Japan. Bushy, 
<§> erect. Foliage broad, fleshy, glaucous. Flowers 
rose-colored, in immense, flat-topped clusters dur¬ 
ing the fall. Good garden soil. Endures some 
shade. Well adapted to rock-gardens, niches in 
the wall, and like locations. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
S. spectabile, Brilliant. Amaranth-red. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
S. spurium coccineum. Of creeping habit, with 
<$> umbels of reddish purple flowers. A late bloomer. ! 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2Win. pot-plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
Sedum stoloniferum (S. ibericum). 2 to 3 in. Ever- 
green, mat-forming perennial from Persia, and often 
confused with S. spurium. Stems are clothed with 
numerous opposite bright green leaves. The flow¬ 
ers are produced in three-branched cymes and are 
rose-colored. June, July. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2 1 /i-in. pot-plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
S. ternatum. The earliest of all to flower. From pale 
★ green, broad-leaved tuffets in April or May, spring 
^ branching cymes of pure white flowers. Erect 
habit. Shade-resistant and will establish and carpet j 
luxuriantly through the woodlands. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
2Win. pot-plants.$1.50 $10.00 $85.00 
SEMPERVIVUM arachnoideum. Spiderweb House- 
^ leek. A gray web covers and connects the entire 
rosette. 
S. arenarium. Sand Houseleek. Deep green: small 
★ rosettes. 
S. fimbriatum. Fringed Houseleek. Rosettes green, 
^ tips of leaves are red, with red flowers. 
S. glaucum (S. acuminatum). Fuzzy Houseleek. 
<§> Large 2 to 3-inch rosettes. Blue-green foliage 
with red tip. Red flowers. 
S. globiferum. Globe Houseleek. Yellow flowers. 
^ Small, flat, globular rosettes, tipped brown. 
S. Mettenianum. Vienna Houseleek. Flat rosettes 
<§> of short grayish green leaves. Deep rose flowers. 
S. soboliferum. Hen-and-chickens. Flat, compact 
growth, with petals curving inward. Foliage 
changes in fall from green to red and brown. 
S. tectorum. Roof Houseleek. Erect green rosettes 
<§> with reddish brown tips. 
S. tectorum violaceum. Violet Houseleek. Large 
rosettes of deep reddish purple leaves. Very 
handsome. 
All Sempervivums, pot-plants, #1.25 for 10; #10 per ICO 
SHORTIA galacifolia. Oconee Bells. North Caro- 
★ lina. Low, with radical roundish, evergreen leaves 
forming a low mat about 4 inches high. Flowers 
white, about an inch across, solitary, nodding. 
May, June. A rare plant. Shade. Good light 
loam. Hardy. Do not cover in winter with leaves. 
Heavy clumps.$2.50 for 10; $20 per 100 
SIDALCEA Candida, Rose Queen. Prairie Mallow. 
2 to 3 ft. Western United States. Erect. Root- 
leaves somewhat delphinium-like, but shining 
green. Flowers pink, in terminal racemes. July, 
August. Full sun. Any garden soil. Groups. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
SILENE maritima. Sea Catchfly. Beautiful gray- 
^ green small foliage, forming a dense evergreen 
mat about 3 inches high. Flowers white or pink¬ 
ish, on slender branched stems, June to fall. Full 
sunlight. A gem for rockeries or low masses. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12.50 per 100 
SPIRAEA filipendula. Dropwort; Goat’s Beard; Mea¬ 
dow Sweet. 15 to 18 in. Clusters of white 
flowers during June and July. Pretty fernlike 
foliage. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12.50 per 100 
STACHYS lanata. Woolly Betony. 4 to 6 in. 
★ Spreading. Excellent ground-cover for shade and 
sunny places. Silvery gray foliage, remaining all 
winter. Makes excellent contrast in combination 
with Mugho pines and other ground-covers. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$1.20 $10.00 $85.00 
STATICE latifolium. S ea Lavender. See Limonium 
latifolium. 
STOKESIA cyanea. 15 in. A hardy plant of the 
aster family, producing, from June to October, 
large flowers of a clear delicate blue. It likes a 
porous, well-drained soil and sunny position. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A list of plants for various purposes will be found on 
pages 3S to 38 
