
Thermopsis Caroliniana 
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 $1.75, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
(Blue Bonnet). Their lovely flowers are a soft and charming shade of 
lavender; commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 24 inches 
high until September. 
Caucasica alba Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
(White Bonnet). The white torm of the preceding. 
Clive Greves Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
A magnificent English variety producing large violet-blue flowers in 
profusion. Superb for cutting as it grows stems 3 feet tall, richly cov- 
ered with blooms from July to the end of October. 
SEDUM .- Stonecrop 
A genus of plants which vary in habit from dwarf, creeping plants to 
those of larger growth, as Spectabile, which grows about 2 feet high. 
Some are evergreen and others of deciduous growth. The dwarf kinds do 
well as edgings to borders or in rock gardens. Others are suitable for 
grouping in the border. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and dry, sunny borders or dry sunny places in the 
rock garden will suit all. Spectabile, indeed, will also thrive in shade. 
Plant in autumn or spring, 4 to 8 inches apart. 
** Acre Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
(Golden Moss.) Much used for covering graves; foliage green, flowers 
bright yellow; prostrate and slowly spreading. 
**Glaucum Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Excellent dwarf variety for rockeries; prostrate, and of slow growth; 
lovely blue-green foliage. 
*Sieboldi Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Round, succulent, glaucous foliage; bright pink flowers in September. 
The loveliest of all the Sedums. 






*Spurium, Dragon’s Blood Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00 
A new Sedum which will surely become popular. The buds and stems 
are bronzy red, deep bright carmine-red in flower and dark crimson 
when finished. The plants are completely covered with blooms dur- 
ing July, August and September. The general effect and contrasts 
created by this Sedum are outstanding. A fine novelty that should 
go into all rock and wall gardens. 


Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A richly colored form of the preceding, being a bright amaranth-red. 
Spectabile “Brilliant’’ 
SHASTA DAISY (See Chrysanthemum Maximum) 
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Rudbeckia, The King (Sce page 61) 
SIDALCEA - Greek-Mallow 
Graceful, hardy perennials with small, Hollyhock-like flowers borne on 
slender spikes. Suitable for sunny borders. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in sunny borders. Plant in autumn or 
early spring, 8 inches apart. 
Rosy Gem Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Erect growing, more or less branching plants, 2 to 3 feet in height, pro- 
ducing their showy bright rose colored flowers during June and July. 
They will succeed in any garden soil in a sunny position. 
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 jin autumn or early spring, 12 
inches apart. 
Filipendula flore-pleno Each 60c, Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00 
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. 
Venusta Each 60c, Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00 
(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 or pond. Superb for wet ground. 
SPIRAEA - Astilbe 
Betsy Cuperus Each 85c, Three $2.40, Doz. $6.75 
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 Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
A lovely pure white variety of strong growth and very free flowering. 
2-foot spikes. The best white grown. 
Fanal Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
This brilliantly colored new Spiraea not only develops plants that are 
delightfully decorative, with their bronzy, divided foliage all season, 
but the flowers are the darkest in color of the family. Height of both 
plant and bloom spike is about 2 feet, at least a foot of which is a 
feathery spike of rich deep garnet which appears to be lightly dusted 
with tiny frost crystals. Bloom lasts over a long period during early 
summer, providing a vivid splash of unusual color in the border. 
Peach Blossom: Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
Conspicuously beautiful with dense, feathery plumes of brilliant pink. 
Prof. Van Der Wielen Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
White spikes four feet tall; beautiful garden variety. 
Salland Each 90c, Three $2.60, Doz. $7.25 
The flower stem itself has a length of over 4 feet. The very fine fringed 
flowers are bright red tinged with dark blue. 
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. 
*Latifolia Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A valuable plant either for the border or rockery; immense heads, fre- 
quently 11% 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. 
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