THE ROSES 
SHRUB ROSE BLEND—by(2-4). The Shrub-Roses will add 
summer and winter brightness to the border, a charm of 
blossom-tints, then glorious decoration of glowing fruits. 
The taller species will do for the shrubbery border; the 
lower ones for edgings, or to spray out trailing wreaths 
of bloom to cover bank or terrace. Of course all roses, 
including these, make delightful cut flowers. We offer 
here a superb blend, flowers mostly single, in pure white, 
cream, primrose, lemon, yellow, blush, pink, rose, red, and 
crimson, with others white centered with rose and the like. 
Nor does beauty end with blossom, for many have highly 
ornamental foliage, fern-like, bronze-tinted, or even near 
to maroon. Then the shining, winter-hanging fruits con¬ 
tinue the showing. Easy and sure from seed, “y” culture. 
Sow in quantity. Pkt. 10c ; % oz. 20c; % oz. 35c : 1 oz. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
THE BABY ROSE—Multitudes of tiny roses in varied 
lovely colorings, but largely in white, blush or delicate pink. 
Flowers single to fully double. More or less everblooming. 
Quick from seed, and from earliest spring sowings, plants 
will be in flower by June, midgets but four inches high. 
Height variable, but always low-growing and compact, some 
seedlings decidedly natural dwai'fs. Recommended for 
edgings, rock gardens, or just for bank-masses of long de¬ 
light. Though fully winter-hardy, the Baby Rose makes 
a splendid pot plant. Culture “kt”. Pkt. 15c ; special over¬ 
size pkg. for 50c. 
SHRUB-ROSE SPECIES—Each at 10c the pkt. Ask for 
quotations by weight. Alpina, Altaica, Corifolia Froebeli, 
Davidi, Davurica, Foliolosa, Cbrysopbylla, Giraldi, Jund- 
zelli, Lucida, Moschata floribunda, Hugonis, Moyesi, Multi¬ 
flora, Nitida, Pomifera, Rubrifolia, Rugosa Pink, Setigera, 
Spinosissima, Tomentosa, Villosa, Wichuriana. OFFER 
136A40—One pkt. each of the 24 for $1.90. 
He lives who sees lace-silver in Beech against winter 
sky, spring in furred bud of October Magnolia, 
flow of willow-banners, sea-waves in breeze-swung 
grain of .Tune. Who sees not, is thus-far dead. 
RUBUS SPECIES—See Treasure Chest for many. 
21 RUMEX FLEXUOSUS—Orient richness of springy mat¬ 
carpeting ; warp and woof of slender copper-crimson foli¬ 
age, with airy bronze-tinged mahogany lacings of bloom- 
stems iust above. Splendid low perennial, for the rock 
garden, or a turf space. Plants only, each 25c ; 3 for 70c. 
31 RUMEX VENOSUS—ecbdltyt(3)25. Spectacular. Seed- 
pods are translucent flakes of rose-flushed silver. Winter 
bouquets. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, good root-divisions, each 20c; 
3 for 50c.) 
*SABATIA—Turn to the Treasure Chest at end of general 
list. 
SALMAGUNDI—That’s where old seeds go, a bit of about 
everything we have is in it, and most of them will grow. 
Turn to page 66. 
‘^SALPICLOSSIS EMPEROR 
This is the Velvet Flower, wide trumpets of rich velvety 
texture; colorings of white, yellow, chamois, rose, pale 
blue, purple, violet, brown, red, darkest crimson, laid on 
odd pencilings and nettings, often veined witb gold. Blooms 
early July and October. Cuts. Easy. 36 inches. Finest 
large-flowered mixed. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
-FIVE SALVIA ANNUALS 
♦SALVIA ARGENTEA—rbdk(9)6. Great glorious foliage 
rosettes, the leaves indented from below, as thin metal 
might be hammered into patterns. Above they are covered 
with a cobwebby down of drawn silver. It is filigree set 
with diamonds when the morning sun glances from the 
dewdrops tangled in it. Pkt. 15c. 
♦SALVIA CARDUACEA — Dainty fringed sky-blue. See 
page 3 for description. Pkt. 15c. 
♦SALVIA COCCINEA—ecbx(2-4)36. For speedy, and long 
beauty, sow this right where plants are to stand. The 
blossoms are carried in many long slender racemes, and 
com'’ in a pPasant coral tinged carmine. Pkt. 10c. 
♦SALVIA HORMINUM — erx(8)20. A delightful little 
Salvia with pretty rose-tinted flowers, and even prettier and 
more brightly colored stems and leaves, these pink, indigo 
blue, or purple violet. Pkt. 10c. ^ 
♦SALVIA SPLENDENS BONFIRE—ebk(3-5)25. Dense 
green globes of plants, hidden for months by great plumes 
of brilliant fire-red blossoming. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 50c. 
OFFER 137A40—One pkt. each of above for 55c. 
21 HARDY SALVIAS 
Pleasing rock garden and border perennials. 
21 SALVIA AZUREA GRANDIFLORA—*ecbx(3-4)50. De¬ 
lightful flowers of brightest blue, azure of sky glimpsed 
where clouds have pulled apart. Blossoms carried in long 
racemes. Plant is silver-dusted. Fullest hardiness. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 
10 for $2.00.) 
21 SALVIA BRACTEATA—*eocrbx(3-4)20. Plumes of sil¬ 
very lavender flowers, with spicy, aromatic fragrance. 
Pleasant and permanent. Pkt. 10c ; oz. 30c. 
21 SALVIA GLUTINOSA—ebx(3)30. Rather large flowers 
of good soft yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
21 SALVIA JURISICI—*erx(2-5)9. A charming Balkan 
species. See page 4 for description. Pkt. 25c. 
21 SALVIA REGELIANA—*erx(8)10. So far as the blos¬ 
soms go, it is a miniature S. virgata, pretty little violet 
flowers of same form and carriage, but with compact, close 
foliage. Good in rock garden, or for edgings. Pkt. 20c. 
21 SALVIA VERBASCIFOLIA SYRIACA—ebx(2)50. Strik¬ 
ingly decorative, the many lithe stems set with particularly 
large purple flowers, gold splashed. Pkt. 15c; oz. 40c. 
21 SALVIA VIRGATA—ebx(3)40. Great tangles of slender 
stems, filled with gay violet flowers. Excellent long-bloom¬ 
ing species for the hardy border. Pkt. 10c ; oz. 30c. 
(Plants, each 25c.) 
OFFER 138A40—One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
HARDY SALVIA SPECIES—Argentea 15c; Acetatabulosa 
15c; Farinacea Blue Bedder 10c: Napifolia 10c; Pratensis 
Tenorei 15c: Pratensis Rosea 20c; Sclarea 10c; Sibthorpi 
10c • Valentina 15c; Verbenacea 10c; Turkestanica 10c. 
21 SALVIA HARDY BLEND*—The kinds above that are 
winter-hardy, together with others, in one fine mixture. 
Pkt. 10c; i^c oz. 20c ; % oz. 35c. 
21 SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS — rnmsty(l)10. Blood- 
root. Chalices of spotless white, contrasting with the 
golden center-tassel. The Indians used the blood-red sap 
for war paint. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. 
21 SANGUISORBA TENUIFOLIA—ebx(3-4)50. A pleasant¬ 
ness of fine and graceful foliage from which rise many 
slender brancbing stems to carry in airy effectiveness a 
multitude of fluffy flower-spikes in rosy red. An excellent 
hardy perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
OTHER SANGUISORBAS—At 10c the pkt. Canadensis 
latifolia (Sitchensis), Dictyocarpa, Muricata. 
21 SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS—rbdyt(3) 15. Dense 
mounds of silvery featherings, 30 inches across by balf that 
height. Then in late spring and early summer come flow¬ 
ers like golden buttons, carried in a vast profusion on six- 
inch stems above. Highly decorative. Pkt. 15c. (Plants 
each 40c.) 
21 OTHER SANTOLINAS—These have foliage in vivid 
green intensity, flowers creamy. S. viride, S. rosmarini- 
folium, either 15c the pkt. 
21 SAPONARIA BELLIDIFOLIA—erx(l 2)10. Flat, tight 
rosettes, each centered with a ten-inch stem that carries 
a close flower-cluster in soft straw-yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ^^PONARIA CAESPITOSA—erltx(2)6. Large flowers 
of brightest pink unfold from red buds. Pkt. 20c. 
21 SAPONARIA OCYMOIDES SPLENDENS—erx (2) 10. 
Brilliant rosy pink in wide, spraying mounds. Easy, bright, 
soundly perennial, and of a great floriferousness. Pkt. 10c; 
% oz. 20c; % oz. 35c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 
for $1.90.) 
21 SAPONARIA DOUBLE BEAUTY—It grows to 20 inches, 
great masses of bloom, spicily fragrant. The flowers are 
semi-double to fully double, pure white, or with faint pink 
suffusion. A form of S. officinalis, and a splendid and 
ei,during border perennial. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 35c; 
3 for 85c.) 
21 SATUREIA MONTANA—erobkt(2-4) 16. Attractive as 
an ornamental perennial. Many stems, daintily leafed, set 
with pretty flowerlets of soft violet. Pleasantly aromatic. 
Pkt. lOc. Plants, each 35c. 
SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM—Monarch of the East. Spec¬ 
tacular summer garden effects, enormous digitate leaf- 
umbrellas, high on marbled stems. Dig and store tubers 
in late fall. In February or March, place dry tubers in 
an east window, and soon great flower-spathes will un¬ 
fold, these of rose-tinted, purple streaked ivory. After 
blooming, tubers may again be planted in garden. Tubers 
only, each 75c; 2 for $1.35. 
SAUROMATUM NUBICUM—k(w). Very like last, same 
handling, but here the enormous flower-spathes are deep 
maroon, yellow-marked. Illustration on page 59 effectively 
shows either species. Seeds only. 4 for 25c. 
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