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CHAS. FIORE NURSERIES, PRAIRIE VIEW, ILLINOIS 
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—Pink. 18 inches. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Tatarica—White. Useful for drying. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
STOKESIA—CORNFLOWER ASTER 
Very handsome perennials with flowers that appear to be a cross 
between a china aster and a giant cornflower. 
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 
Stokesia Cyanea 
SEMPERVIVUM-HEN and CHICK 
The leaves are thick, short, and succulent. The flowers, which 
are borne in panicled cymes, are mostly yellow, greenish-yellow, or 
some shade of rose or purple, 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 
Graceful, hardy perennials with Hollyhock-like flowers borne on 
slender spikes. Suitable for sunny borders. 
Rose Queen—2 to 3 feet. July-August. Beautiful rose-pink flowers. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
SILENE 
Schafta (Autumn Catchfly). A tiny plant with pink flowers. July 
to frost. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
SPERGULA 
Pilifera—4 inches. A hardy evergreen suitable for grass edging or 
rock-work. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
SPIRAEA ASTILBE 
Hybrid varieties of very vigorous growth, producing many 
branched feathery heads of flowers in June and July. They prefer a 
half-shady moist position in any ordinary garden soil. 
Davidii—Bright rose pink. 
Gladstone—White. June and July. 18 inches. 
Queen Alexandra—Light pink; good for forcing. 
each 30c; per 10 $2.75 
SPIRAEA—MEADOW SWEET 
This is an elegant border plant, with feathery plumes of flowers 
and neat, attractive foliage; succeeds in all locations. 
Filipendula—Double white. June. 2 feet. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
UI maria—The well-known double Meadow Sweet. Creamy white 
flowers. July. 2H feet. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Venusta—Deep pink. July. 3 feet. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
STACHYS—LAMB’S EARS 
Lanata—1 to 1H feet. Grown for the beauty of the effect of its 
dwarf, white, woolly foliage; the flowers’ spikes should be re¬ 
moved. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
TEUCRIUM-GERMANDER 
Chamaedrys—This glossy, green, dwarf plant is an excellent sub¬ 
stitute 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 bouquets. The flowers 
are borne in feathery clusters. 
Adiantifolium—9 inches. June-July. Light plumes of small, whit¬ 
ish 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 
Dipterocarpum—Native plant. 4 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-vellow flowers in 
June. 2 feet. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
THERMOPSIS—CAROLINA LUPINE 
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 perfect, 
close, fragrant carpet on hot, dry, sunny banks where grass is 
difficult to establish. They are a sheet of blossom in June and 
July. Purple. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Trollius 
For immediate effect we have a large supply of ornamental, 
