
Scabiosa Caucasica 
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. 
Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Newmanni 
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. 5 
Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Purpurea 
(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. 
The King Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
It bears its large starlike, deep crimson-red flowers nobly on stiff stems. 
An established clump will produce from 10 to 20 fine spikes, never 
failing, no matter how hot or dry it may be. From half open buds to 
the orange-brown seed pod, the plant is always attractive. Insect free, 
not bothered by weather, easily grown, almost indestructible. Height 
3 feet. 
White Lustre Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
- A beautiful stately plant with large pure white starlike flowers, the cone 
of which has a delightful metallic lustre not unlike old brass and old 
copper mixed. The stems are stiff, 3 feet high, foliage clean and 
insect free, never bothered by hot or dry weather and just about grows 
anywhere as long as the location is sunny. An established plant will 
produce from 10 to 15 fine spikes, never failing regardless of weather. 
Hardy as an oak. 
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 $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Pretty prostrate border and rockery plant; flowers rosy pink, produced 
in great quantities just above the foliage in late May and early June. 
SAXIFRAGA - Rock-foil; Megasea 
A large genus of rock plants, only a few of which are suitable for culture 
in this country. The majority require to be grown on rockeries. The sorts 
suitable to grow as edgings to, or in masses on, the margins of borders 
are what are known as the Giant-leaved Saxifragas or Megaseas, with 
large, leathery leaves, which are also admirably suited for shady borders 
in city gardens. 
Culture. The mossy Saxifragas are best suited for shady borders or rock 
gardens, will do well in good, ordinary soil. Plant in March or early fall. 
The Megasea or large-leaved kinds will thrive in ordinary, good, rich 
soil in well drained borders, by the waterside, or in the rockery. May be 
grown in sun or shade. Should be watered freely in dry summer. McNab- 
iana is best grown in stony soil in the rockery in full sun. Plant early fall 
or spring, 8 inches apart. 
*%MacNabiana Three $1.75, Doz. $5.50 
This plant is a splendid sort for wall garden or in crevices in the rock 
garden. Foliage is gray-green in form of a rosette and quite stiff, from 
the center comes a flower spike about 12 inches long covered with small, 
white blossoms speckled with pink. 
Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
*Megasea cordifolia 
These will thrive in ordinary soil in any position. Grow about one foot 
high, and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming 
masses of handsome, broad deep green foliage which alone renders them 
aedbee flowers appear very early in the spring. Fine among rocks or 
edges. 
Vatican Variety (Sclerea) 
SALVIA - Meadow Sage or Clary 
Showy, hardy plants of medium growth and of easy cultivation 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, ordinary 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 $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
A Rocky Mountain species. Grows 3 to 4 feet high; producing, during 
August and September, pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 
Pitcheri Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
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. 
Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
This stately and beautiful Salvia came to us from the Vatican Gardens 
in Rome, where it is used in great masses for “cool” effects. The plants 
have woolly silvery green leaves of considerable beauty. The flower 
stalks are 3 feet tall and covered with showy whorls of lavender-pink 
and white iridescent flowers which create a delightfully cool, yet colorful 
effect. In bloom all summer from mid-June until early October. 

Pyrethrum, Finest Mixed English Varieties (See page 65) 
SCABIOSA - Scabious or Pincushion Flower 
Charming perennials for border culture and for cut flowers. The Scabiosa 
caucasica are particularly valuable for the latter purpose, as its large, 
showy, blue or white flowers are borne on long stems. The species are of 
easy culture, and desirable to grow in sunny borders. 
Culture. All will thrive in well drained, good, ordinary soil, which is not 
heavy or damp. Cold and damp is fatal to these plants. An ideal soil for 
them is a sandy loam. Plant in early autumn or early spring. The plants 
are best in groups of three or more. Plant about 8 inches apart. A full 
sunny position is essential. 
Caucasica (Isaac House Hybrids) Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
(Blue Bonnet). Their lovely flowers are a soft and charming shade of 
lavender; commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 24 inches 
Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
high until September. 
Caucasica alba 
(White Bonnet). The white form of the preceding. 
Hardy plants are sold in minimum units of three 
unless an each price is quoted. 

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