SARRACENIA or PITCHER PLANT 
The leaves are hollow water-filled pitchers, strangely 
marked, while above them on sturdy stems are bowing 
flowers of decidedly a decorativeness, but so oddly made that 
one can see almost anything in their form. They have 
been compared to watches, side-saddles, and other objects 
as diverse. One might call them a cross of Chinese Pa¬ 
goda and an umbrella, and not be beyond the limit of their 
own bizarreness. The leaf-pitchers at the base are not 
merely fantastic; they are cunningly made insect traps; 
for this plant is as carnivorous as we who look upon it. 
All the Sarracenias make excellent house plants, thriving in 
a sunny window. The pots in which they are planted 
should be filled with sandy muck, and set m a saucer of 
water. Not particularly difficult from seed if kept always 
on the moist side. They may be grown outside, too, in bog 
garden, wet meadow or by a pool. FLAVA—Great pendant- 
trailing clear lemon flowers, five inches across. The pitchers 
are long, hooded trumpets, buff, veined red. Winter hardy 
without protection at Philadelphia. Pkt. 20c; 1/32 oz. 60c. 
Plants, each 40c. MINOR—Nice size for pot plant. Red- 
streaked trumpets, ivory flowers. Pkt. 20c. PURPUREA—■ 
Gieen-keeled pitchers, vividly veined red. Flowers madder 
purple to maroon. Fullest winter hardiness. Pkt. 20c; 
1/32 oz. 50c. RUBRA—Graceful, slender, purple-netted 
pitchers. Flowers tyrian to crimson. Needs protection 
North. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 139A40—One pkt. each of the four for 70c. 
SARRACENIA NOTE—The hardier Sarracenias may be 
grown in the garden by setting them in a scraped depres¬ 
sion, say two inches below the general level so that it will 
catch and hold more than its share of rain. Water them 
in drought. 
OFFER 140A40—Carnivorous-Plant Collection. One pkt. 
each of Darlingtonia, Dionaea, Drosera filiformis, and the 
four Sarracenias, 7 pkts. of seed, for .^1.70. 
21 SAXIFRACA 
This name shelters diversities; great beauties, stately in 
pride of towering multitudinous bloom; daintier waifs, peer¬ 
ing from rock clefts, with blossoms exquisite in rare detail 
of form and tinting; spreading emerald moss-mats, flower- 
studded ; crystal-beaded leaf rosettes with star-sprays above; 
or those that overpower in sheer architectural decorative¬ 
ness of carved and arching foliage mass, rltkt. 
SAXIFRAGA MOSSY BLEND—Low, domed foliage cush¬ 
ions, the leaves packed tightly, and usually divided or 
slivered to give mossy effect. Sprays of pretty, starry flow¬ 
ers in white, cream, pink, rose or crimson. Pkt. 20c. 
SAXIFRAGA ENCRUSTED BLEND—Leaves thick and 
crispy, set all about with bead sparklets, or broidered with 
scintillant mineral encrustations. Many of them are ex¬ 
ceedingly beautiful in flower, usually in cream or pink. 
Pkt. 20c. 
SAXIFRAGA PEERLESS BLEND—A splendid mixture of 
the various Saxifraga groups, Mossies, Encrusted species, 
glorious Bergenias and the like. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c. 
21 SAXIFRAGA SPECIES AND HYBRIDS—Priced per 
pkt. Aizoon 20c ,* Bathoniensis 20c; Caesia 25c; Cochlearis 
20c; Conifera 25c; Cotyledon 25c; Decipiens Grandiflora 
20c; Exarata 25c; Integrifolia 20c ; Lantoscana 25c; Mu- 
tata 25c; Oppositifolia 25c; Mosqhata Rhei 25c; Peltata 
20c; Purpurascens 20c; Hypnoides 20c; Virginiensis 15c. 
21 SAXIFRAGA CORDIFOLIA—Always-handsome rosettes 
of thick, crispy, polished foliage, showing rosy tintings 
with metallic burnish, this color intensified in winter. In 
spring, high held cluster flowers of delightful rosy pink. 
Plants only, each 45c; 3 for $1.25. 
♦SCHIZANTHUS BLENDED HYBRIDS—erx(2) 18. Exqui¬ 
site butterfly-blossoms in amazing profusion. White, pink, 
carmine and lavender, often yellow marked, in infinite sur¬ 
prise of shade and application. Pkt. 15c. 
’^SCABIOSA ANNUAL 
Pincushion Flower, or Mourning Bride. Our Giant Strain 
has flowers of marvelous size, greatly double, long in the 
stem, and in all the delightfully wide range of colorings 
and shadings that Scabiosas show. Many unusual tones. 
Order as SCABIOSA GIANT ANNUAL BLEND. Pkt. 10c; 
1/4 oz. 20c; ^ oz. 30c. 
♦ANNUAL SCABIOSA BY COLOR—Each 10c the pkt. 
Azure Blue, Black Maroon, Coral, Salmon Rose, Peach 
Blossom Pink, Scarlet, White. One pkt. each of the seven 
for 50c. Order as OFFER 142A40, 
SAUROMATUM EREMURUS CALLA 
(in flower) 
21 SCABIOSA PERENNIAL 
Desirable and enduring flowers for the border. 
21 SCABIOSA AUSTRALIS (Succisia)—ecbx(8)40. Oddly 
elongate flowers in light-reflecting amethyst, carried in vast 
tangles. Good decorative border perennial. Pkt. 10c; ^ 
oz. 30c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
21 SCABIOSA CANESCENS—ecbx(8)30. Charming lilac- 
rose. Scant ashy foliage. Long stems. Cuts. Pkt. 20c. 
21 SCABIOSA CAUCASICA PEERLESS — crbkt(3-5)25. 
Giant flowers in white, and in shades of lavender, mauve, 
blue and violet. Excellent strain. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c- 
21 SCABIOSA FISCHERI—ecbx(3-4)36. Magnificent Man¬ 
churian species with big flowers, full and fluffy, in rich, 
intense blue-violet. Exceedingly free-blooming. Long stems, 
cuts well. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c.) 
21 SCABIOSA LYROPHYLLA—rkt(8)15. The Carmine 
Scabiosa. Wide mounds, filled from May to November with 
fluffy double blossoms of a brilliant carmine that carries 
a reflection of cerise flame. A sound perennial. Now con¬ 
sidered a variety of Scabiosa macedonica. Pkt. 20c. 
21 SCABIOSA OCHROLEUCA —*ecbx(2-4)36. Fine big 
flowers of soft straw yellow for many months. Long stems. 
Enduring. Pkt 10c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. (Plants, each 
25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $1.90.) 
21 SCABIOSA PYRENAICA—erbx(8)24. Feathered foliage. 
Excellent flowers that spread in minute variations from 
pure lilac to pure lavender. Pkt. 15c. 
21 SCABIOSA TRINAEFOLEA—*ecbx(8)30. A tangled airi¬ 
ness of foliage and flowers. Pretty blossoms that range 
from cream, through pink-lilac and lavender, to blue. A 
highly attractive species. Pkt. 15c. 
21 SCABIOSA WEBBIANA — ecrbx(8)20. Large fluffy 
flowers of pure true cream, neither white nor yellow, but 
a delightful tone between. This is a splendid hardy Scab¬ 
iosa, always in bloom, always good. Botanically a variety 
of S. ochroleuca, but a highly distinct color variant, dwarf, 
compact, coming true from seed. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 
30c.) 
21 TWO GOOD SCABIOSAS—Lucida 15c; Suaveolens 25c. 
OFFER 141A40—One pkt. each of above for $1.50. 
35 SCILLA PERUVIANA—eyt(w)(l)15. Jacinth of Cuba. 
Starry blossoms of sky blue, often as many as one hundred 
of them in a single wide-based dense cluster. A most de¬ 
lightful bulb for pot culture. Pkt. 10c; I’g oz. 25c. 
51 SCOTTISH HEATHER—cbndyt(3)30. Calluna vulgaris. 
A home-like evergreen shrub, as hardy and adaptable here 
as on the sunny heaths of its native Scotland. The rosy 
flowers are carried in erect racemes. Heather thrives on 
dry banks in full sun, but will also tolerate light shade. 
Cut branches dry well for winter bouquets. Seed in chaff. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
21 SCUTELLARIA INTEGRIFOLIA — ermbx(2) 18. Each 
plant is a bouquet, more blossom than leaf and stem. A 
most showy vivid violet. Pkt. 16c. 
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