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Rudbeckia, The King 
RUDBECKIA. Coneflower. Bright border 
plants of easy culture In any garden soil. 
Golden Glow. Rich double yellow flowers, 
good for cutting. 5 to 6 ft. Aug. 
Purpurea. A striking flower of purple 
color with a brown cone-shaped center. 
3 to 4 ft. July—Oct. 
The King. Deep crimson flowers. 3 ft. 
July-Oct. 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, 
$5.50 per doz. 
Rudbeckia 
White Lustre. Fine variety of recent 
introduction. Large white flowers, with 
a central golden cone. 75 cts. each, 
$2.15 for 3, $8.25 per doz. 

SAGE (Salvia officinalis) is offered on page 24. 
SALVIA. Meadow-Sage; Clary. 
Azurea grandiflora. A fine plant of 
branching habit, smothered with gen- 
tian-blue flowers in Iate summer and 
autumn. 4 feet high; 2 to 3 ft.1n diameter. 
Farinacea. Spikes of powder-blue flow- 
ers. 2 to 21% ft. July—Sept. 
Farinacea alba. A white counterpart of 
the above. If both are planted together 
a charming combination is obtained. 
SANTOLINA. Lavender Cotton; Ground 
Cypress. % Dwarf sub-shrubs which hold 
their leaves in winter. They are excel- 
Ient for edgings or for the rock-garden, 
and can be clipped every year. The foli- 
age Is most attractive and very aromatic. 
Incana. Very compact, with beautiful 
silvery gray foliage with the appearance 
of bunched coral. Yellow flowers in 
July. 6 to 9 in. 
Viridis. A bright-green-foliaged variety. 
White flowers in July. 1 ft. 
SAVORY. See Herbs, page 24. 
- STATICE. Sea-Lavender. Of easy culture, 
these unusual border plants have little 
foliage but throw tremendous sprays of 
flowers after the style of Gypsopbila panic- 
ulata. 
Latifolia. Large basal leaves and clouds 
of pale blue flowers in August. 2 ft. 
Latifolia dumosa. Bluish lavender flow- 
ers In great profusion, which, when dried, 
become silvery. 1% ft. Aug. 
Above Statice, $1.20 for 3, $4.50 per doz. 
PRICES, unless otherwise noted, $1.10 for 3, $4.25 per doz. 

SCABIOSA 
Scabious; Pincushion Flower 
A fine perennial needing a rich soil which 
is slightly alkaline. Large flowers borne on 
long, wiry stems make it a fine subject for 
cutting. 
Caucasica, Giant Hybrids, Mixed (Isaac 
House Strain). This striking plant should 
be in every hardy border. Delicate lilac 
and mauve predominate, but pure white 
and even dark blues often occur. 2 ft. 
July—Sept. 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 
per doz. 
SEDUM .- Stonecrop 
This plant was the backbone of the early 
rock-gardens, and no rock-garden today is 
complete without some of the species men- 
tioned here. 
Acre. * Green foliage. Bright yellow flowers. 
3 in. June. 
Balticum. * 3m. June. 
Dasyphyllum. * Rose. 3 m. June. 
Lydium. *% Pink. 2 in. June. 
Middendorffianum. *% Excellent matting 
variety, 4 inches high, with yellow flowers. 
Beautiful reddish purple foliage in autumn. 
Nevi. * Blue-gray rosettes. 4in. July. 
Sieboldi. *% Rose-pink. 9 im. Aug. 
SEMPERVIVUM. Houseleek; Live Forever. 
% Evergreen succulents resembling Se- 
dums. The lIeaves are often brightly 
colored at the base. 
Arachnoideum. Cobweb Houseleek. A 
beautiful plant. The round masses of 
leaves are always covered with a white 
cobwebby substance, giving it a most 
unusual effect. 2 in. 
Globiferum. Grass-green rosettes tinged 
with red. Yellow flowers in August. 
3 to 4 in. 
Mixed Seedlings. 
every description. 
3 to 4 in. 
SILENE. Catchfly; Campion. 
Schafta. *% One of the best autumn- 
flowering rock-plants. It blooms in 
October when flowers are scarce in the 
rockery. A compact plant with bright 
rose-pink flowers. 6 in. 
SPIRAEA. Goat’s Beard; Meadowsweet. Suit- 
able for borders, damp situations, and 
water plantings. June. 
Filipendula alba. Finely cut foliage. 
Creamy white flowers. 2 ft. 
Davidi. A vigorous variety, growing 3 feet 
high, with delicate pale pmk flowers in 
July and August. 
Palmata elegans. A light pmk. 3 ft. 
Ulmaria fl.-pl. Well-known double 
Meadowsweet, with a _ profusion of 
creamy white flowers. 3 ft. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
These brilliantly colored old-fashioned 
garden plants are as indispensable today as 
they were 100 years ago. Each plant will 
give a wealth of bloom in June. 
Auricula-eyed. These are chiefly reds and 
pinks, but all have a pronounced white 
eye. 11% ft. 
Pink Beauty. 
berry-pink. 
Scarlet Beauty. A vivid scarlet. 
choice and effective. 14% ft. 
Shapes and sizes of 
A choice selection. 
A sparkling crushed straw- 
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STOKESIA lilacea grandiflora. Stokes’ 
Aster. A marvelous plant with a com- 
pact growth of basal leaves, from 
which arise the flowers on stems 18 
to 20 inches long. These are often 5 
inches across, and are of a silvery 
blue color with a lilac suffusion at 
the center. $1.20 for 3, $4.50 per doz. 
Germander. * 
A dwarf sub-shrub with glessy green 
foliage and bright rose flowers, adaptable 
for edging borders and paths. 1 ft. Aug. 
TEUCRIUM Chameedrys. 
THALICTRUM. Meadow-Rue. Extremely 
graceful foliage not unlike a maidenhair 
fern, and dainty flowers in profusion. 
Adiantifolium. White flowers freely pro- 
duced in June. 18 in. to 2 ft. 
Aquilegifolium. As its name implies, it 
has foliage like a columbine, with rich 
purple-mauve flowers. 3 ft. June. 
Glaucum. This we recommend especially, 
as it has blue-green foliage, finely di- 
vided, and heads of sulphur-yellow, 
fluffy flowers. 4 ft. July. 
Minus. *% Dwarf variety with white flow- 
ers and miniature foliage. Very suitable 
for the rock-garden. 6to9in. July. 
All Thalictrums, $1.20 for 3, $4.50 per doz. 
THERMOPSIS caroliniana. A plant that 
has been grown for the last 130 years, 
and yet is not too well known today. It 
grows 5 feet high, with large, yellow, 
pea-shaped flowers in July. 
THYMUS. Thyme. % These charming, fra- 
grant plants are mostly of dwarf, spread- 
ing habit and are unexcelled for dry, 
sunny banks where grass is difficult to 
establish, and for various positions in the 
rock-garden. When planted at the 
crevices of walks, they give off a fra- 
grant aroma when walked on, and are a 
sheet of blossoms in June and July. 
Lanuginosus. Mauve flowers and gray, 
woolly leaves. 2 in. June. 
Serpyllum. The wild Mountain Thyme 
of creeping habit, with rosy purple 
flowers. 2 1m. June. 
Serpyllum album. Decidedly miniature 
foliage of light bright green with pure 
white flowers. 1 in. June. 
Serpyllum coccineus. Very dark reddish 
green foliage, making a perfect mat like 
the above, but with brilliant crimson 
flowers. 1 to 2 in. June. 
See also page 24 for varieties of Thyme 
frequently grown in the herb-garden. 

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* Dwarf plants for the Rock-garden and edging the Perennial Border 

84 Hardy Perennial Plants 
Plant these for the world of tomorrow; most will last many years 
and some may outlive the buildings on your property 
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