RANUNCULUS - Buttercups 
Herbaceous plants of easy culture and with attractive flowers. 
Culture. All require a moist, loamy soil. Grow in partial shade or full 
sun, in colonies, planting a foot apart in autumn or early spring. Do not 
permit plants to spread beyond their allotted space. 
Acris flore pleno Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A double yellow upright growing Buttercup-like plant. Good for border 
in wet places; good cut flower. 
*Repens fl. pi. Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A pretty, double-flowering bright golden yellow Buttercup of creeping 
habit; flowers in May and June. 
RUDBECKIA - Coneflower 
Hardy, free-flowering and easily grown perennials, somewhat akin to the 
Sunflowers in habit. Excellent and showy plants for sunny or partially 
shaded borders, and for yielding flowers for cutting. 
Culture. Ordinary soil in sun, or shade. Can be grown singly or in groups. 
Plant in autumn or spring, 12 to 15 inches apart. Divide and replant 
every third year. 
Golden Glow Three $0.95. Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A popular hardy plant, grows six feet high, producing masses of large, 
double, golden yellow flowers shaped like a Dahlia, in late summer. 
Hirta Hybrids Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Star-shaped flowers on much-branched plants about 2 1/2 feet high. The 
colors vary from pure yellow to bronze, either solid or with attractive 
halos and centers. Excellent for cutting or for the hardy border. Free 
from all insect pests. 
Maxima Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A rare and attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large, glaucous 
green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with a cone 
2 inches high; flowers continuously from June to September. 
Newmanni Three40.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
The perennial form of the "Black-Eyed Susan." Deep orange-yellow 
flowers with a dark purple cone; long, wiry stems 3 feet high; blooms 
all summer. 
Purpurea Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
(Giant Purple Coneflower.) Most attractive purple flowers, with a very 
large, brown, cone-shaped center. Blooms from July to October. 3 feet 
high; a splendid plant for the border. 
SALVIA - Meadow Sage or Clary 
Showy, hardy plants of medium growth and of easy cultiyation in sunny 
borders. The flowers are borne in spikes, racemes or panicles; and are 
very attractive during the summer and autumn months. 
Culture. Those listed will thrive in good, orcfinary soil in sunny positions, 
are best grown in masses in the larger borders. Plant in autumn or 
early spring, 10 inches apart; divide and replant every third year. 
Azurea Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A Rocky Mountain species. Grows 3 to 4 feet high; producing, during 
August and September, pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 
Farinacea Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Beautiful pale flowers all summer on neat plants about 2 feet high; 
splendid for the border. 
Pitcher! Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Similar to Azurea, but of more branching habit; large flowers of a rich 
gentian-blue color, and one of the most admired plants by the many 
visitors to our nurseries during the early autumn. 3 to 4 feet. 
Pratensis Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Lilac-blue flowers from June to September; grows about 2 feet high. 
Good border plant. 
Turkestanica Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Extrernely decorative sweet scented, silvery foliage and showy whorls 
of white flowers surrounded by pale pink, all summer. 
SANGUINARIA - Bloodroot 
There is only one species m the genus, and that is Canadensis, a dwarf 
perennial with handsome leaves and white flowers borne in April ond 
May. 
Culture. Requires to be grown in moist, rich or peaty soil, in partial 
shade under deciduous trees, or other shady spots. Plant in autumn or 
spring, 3 inches apart. 
=‘=Canadensis Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00. 100 $18.00 
(Bloodroot). Native. A low perennial, about 6 inches high, with pure 
white flowers an inch in diameter, in early spring. Large, leathery leaves 
appear later. Plant in shady places in the rock garden or open woods. 
SANTOLINA - Lavender Cotton; Ground Cypress 
Shrubby perennials with aromatic foliage and small, yellow flowers borne 
in roundish heads, suitable for sunny, dry borders. 
Culture. Ordinary, light soil in sunny, well drained borders. Best grown 
in masses. Plant in autumn or spring, 6 inches apart. 
*Chamaecyparissus Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
(Incana). A svyeet-smelltng, dwarf, evergreen perennial, with delicate, 
silver-white foliage, useful as rock or border plants; also largely used 
for edgings to flower beds or walks. 1 foot. 
SAPONARIA - Soapwort 
Free flowering and easily grown rock plants, suitable for sunny borders 
or rock gardens, more or less tufted and compact in growth, and pro¬ 
duce a profusion of blooms throughout the spring. 
Culture. Ocymoides and its varieties will succeed in good, ordinary soil 
or sandy loam on the margins of sunny borders or in the rock garden. 
Plant in autumn or spring, 6 inches apart. 
*Ocymoides splendens Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Pretty prostrate border and rockery plant; flowers rosy pink, produced 
in great quantities just above the foliage in late May and early June. 
'‘'Ocymoides alba Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A pure white form of the above. 
Officinalis Double Pink Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
An excellent plant for hot, dry, and difficult places. Grows freely under 
most adverse conditions. Hundreds of soft pink flowers are freely pro¬ 
duced throughout the summer and resemble somewhat a small Garden 
Pink. Height about 18 inches. 
Officinalis Double White Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A white flowered form of the above. 
Saxifraga Decipiens 
Polernonium, Blue Pearl (Sec page 56) 
Plumbago Larpentae (See page 56) 
Santollna Chamaecyparissus 
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