
SPIRAEA - Goat’s Beard; Meadow Sweet 
Very handsome herbaceous perennials. The species named below have 
handsomely divided leaves and flowers borne in graceful, feathery plumes. 
Culture. The Spiraeas require a deep, rich and moist soil. Plenty of leaf 
mold and well-decayed manure must be incorporated with it before 
planting. They will thrive in shady, moist borders, or they may be grown 
by the waterside. Filipendula flore-pleno, being small, should be grown 
in groups of three or six plants. Plant in autumn or early spring, 12 
inches apart. 
Aruncus Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Produces long, feathery panicles of white flowers, forming graceful 
plumes 4 feet tall in June. 
Filipendula Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
(Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on stems 15 inches 
high during June and July; pretty fernlike foliage. 
*Filipendula flore-pleno Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
Double white flowers on 12-inch stems; lovely fernlike foliage. A very 
neat plant and excellent for edging beds or walks. Flowers are fine for 
cutting, lasting well in water. 
Palmata elegans Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
Graceful plumes of lovely liaht pink flowers in June, on stems 3 feet 
high. Fine for waterside planting. 
Venusta Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
(Martha Washington Plume). A noble plant growing about four feet 
high, producing in July and August handsome, rosy carmine flowers 
which are delightfully fragrant. A desirable subject for the border or 
along a small brook. 
SPIRAEA - Astilbe 
Betsy Cuperus Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
The fine drooping flower spikes, 4 feet long, show in summer during 
some weeks a great number of blush-white flowers with pink center. 
Deutschland Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
A lovely pure white variety of strong growth and very free flowering. 
2-foot spikes. The best white grown. 
Fanal Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
Striking novelty with well formed spikes two feet tall and splendid fiery 
crimson flowers. The deepest coloring imaginable. 
Peach Blossom Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
Conspicuously beautiful with dense, feathery plumes of brilliant pink. 
Prof. Van Der Wielen Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
White spikes four feet tall; beautiful garden variety. 
Salland Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
The flower stem itself has a length of over 4 feet. The very fine fringed 
flowers are bright red tinged with dark blue. 

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SILENE - Catchfly or Campion 
These perennials are of dwarf habit, and chiefly suitable for rockeries. 
Two species, however, Maritima flore-pleno and Schafta, may be grown 
as edgings to sunny borders. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil on the margins of slightly raised, 
sunny borders or rock gardens. May be grown as a continuous edging or 
in masses. Plant in early spring or fall, 4 inches apart. 
A Ipestris Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf rock plant, dainty, pure white flowers in May and June. 
Maritima Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Compact masses of glaucous blue foliage. Very neat in appearance. 2 to 
3 inches high. From June to August the plant is covered with white flow- 
ers. Especially happy in a hot dry place in the rockery or rock wall. 
*Schafta Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
(Autumn Catchfly). A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 
to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink flowers from July to October. 
STATICE - Great Sea-Lavender 
The leathery, dark green leaves spring directly from the root stock 
and the flower stems are more or less twiggy, bearing their small flow- 
ers in much-branched panicles. The flowers are useful for cutting for 
indoor decoration, also for drying for winter use. 
Culture. A sandy loam is essential to grow these plants well. A sunny 
position, too, is indispensable. Plant in autumn or spring, 6 inches apart. 
They show to the best advantage grown towards the front of the border. 
Dumosa Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
Similar in habit of growth to Latifolia, the dense cushion-like flower 
heads are of a pure silvery gray. Very charming mixed with other cut 
flowers. 
*Latifolia Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
A valuable plant either for the border or rockery, immense heads, fre- 
quently 114 feet high and 2 feet across, of purplish blue, minute flow- 
ers during July and August. These, if cut and dried, last in perfect 
condition for months. 
