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NATIVE FLOWERS 
Do you have a popular native growing 
in your neighborhood We would like to 
have you write us and to collect the seed. 
SETICEREUS: see in list under Cacti. 
SHAMROCK. 
—True Irish. TRIF-20. 25¢ 
Easily grown; start early. Oz. 60¢. 
SHEPHERDIA. (shep-HERD-ee-uh) 
Elaeagnaceae. Shrubs and small trees, a- 
dapted to dry rocky soils and doing well near 
the sea shore; sow seeds in the fall or strat- 
ify. 
—argen‘ea. SHEP-1. 30¢ 
Buffalo Berry. A thorny hedge shrub; 
very hardy; 142, £t. 
—canadensis. SHEP-2. 25¢ 
Thornless; fruits red or yellow; very 
Handyewomets 
PLEASE NOTE 
This issue is not a large one and should 
be all mailed cut by early in the summer; 
by mistake the date on the first page reads 
January bul should have been June; anoth- 
er issue is already being made up which 
will contain over 200 additional seeds as 
well as prices in ounce and pound lots of 
tree and shrub seeds, planted by nursery- 
men. If interested please wriie for a copy; 
there will be a charge of 25¢ made on fut- 
ure Catalogs, due to the high costs in post- 
age and printing but there will be consid- 
erable culture information added to tha 
next issue which alone is worth the 25¢. 
SAPONARIA. (sap-on-NA Y-ree-ah) 
Soapwort. Caryophyllaceae. Easily grown 
some of 
which are excellent for the rockery; flowers 
hardy annuals and perennials, 
are red, pink or white, in cymes or panicles. 
—calabrica, Mixed. i SAPO-3X. 25¢ 
Pretty edging or bedding plant with 
small starry fis in bright red, deep rose, 
white and blood-red, in profusion all sum- 
mer: 6-9”; HA; space 6’. Oz. 60¢. 
———— Hed: SAPO-3R. 25¢ 
— —White. SAPO-3W. 25¢ 
—ocymoides. SAPO-8. 25¢ 
Bright pink fis in flat-topped clusters; 
RG or walls: trailer; 9”; HP. Oz. 90¢. 
— —splendens. SAPO-8S. 25¢ 
Larger and deeper rose flowers. 
—Vaccaria rosea. SAPO-13R. 25¢4 
Pale pink fis, 14”’ across in loose cymes; 
popular for cutting; sow in Mar. or April; 
2-3 ft: HA; space 18’. Oz. 50¢. 
— —White. SAPO-13W. 25¢ 
Oz. 50¢. 
—I"xed. SAPO-X. 20¢ 
All kinds mixed. 
SIDALCEA. (sye-D AL-see-uh) 
Malvaceae, Flowers are like miniature 
Hollyhocks, in spikes or Clusters; thrive in 
rich sandy soils. The perennials bloom 
over a long period; good in the border. 
—Stark’s Hvbrids. SIDA-55. 25¢ 
A highlv improved strain and extra color 
range; 3 ft; HP. Y¥% Oz. 90¢. 
COMMON NAMES. 
We give many common names along with 
the descriptions but as it often happens 
these names may also be attached to other 
plants; besides our seed stocks are never 
listed under these name SO when ordering 
never order by the common name. 
— —pendula. 
SILENE 
(see-LEE-n-ee) Catch-fly, Campion. Cary- 
cphyllaceae. Annual, biennial and perennial 
plants in many species, most showy and val- 
ued both in the border and rockery. The 
seed of the annuals can be sown in the fall, 
and earlier flowers will be produced. 
—acaulis. SILE-1. 30¢ 
Pink fis; moss-like tufted perennial; May- 
August; HP. 
— —elongata. SILE-1E. 35¢ 
—alpestris. SILE-4. 25¢ 
Glistening white fis, 4%” ac; panicles; in 
June-August; 6’; HP. 
——flora pleno. SILE-4D. 25¢ 
Double flowered form. 
—armeria. SILE-6. 25¢ 
Bright magenta; 1 ft; HP; sow in late fall 
——Peach Blossom. SILE-6B. 254 
Compact; flesh color; drooping racemes. 
SILE-6P. 25¢ 
Rose and white fis; 20’; HP. 
——New Art Shades, SILE-6A. 25¢ 
Dwarf; double fis; RG; HP. 
——AI]l Armeria Mixed. S ILE-6X. 20¢ 
—falcata. SILE-35. 40¢ 
Low caespetose curly lvs; white, marked 
mahogany; scree; HP. 
—flimbriata. SILE-36. 30¢ 
—Fortunii. SILE-37. 25¢ 
Rese and white fis; best grown as HA; 
Septymocee tyes 
—Frivaldskyana. SILE-38. 25¢ 
Cream to white fis; Greece; 215 ft; HHP. 
—Hookeri. SILE-48. 25¢ 
sees or pink fis, 2” ac; lovely for RG; 
—maritima. SILE-62. 25¢ 
Pretty white fis; RG; 5”; HP. 
—pendula, Rose. SILE-75R. 20¢ 
Rose fis, 14” ac; drooping racemes; 10”; 
HA. Oz. 90¢. 
— —Bonnettii. SILE-75B. 20¢ 
Purplish fis; stems brownish red; 10”; HA 
— —Byou. SILE-75Y. 20¢ 
Double salmon-rose fis; 10’; HA. 
— —White. SILE-75W. 20¢ 
— —Triumph. SILE-75T. 20¢ 
Compact double crimson; HA. Oz. 90¢. 
—-—Double Mixed. SILE-75DX. 25¢ 
—Shafta. SILE-100. 25¢ 
Rosy purple: fis; RG; 6”; HP. Oz. 90¢. 
——Abbotswood Variety. SILE-100A. 30¢ 
—Silene Mixed. SILE-X. 25¢ 
All kinds mixed. 
SILPHIUM. (SILL-fee-um) 
Compositae. Thistle-like herbs blooming 
the first year from seed. 
—integrifolium. SILP-2. 25¢ 
ane 50 ft; fl-heads 2’ across; Aug-Sept; 
—lacinatum. SILP-4. 25¢ 
Compass Plant. Yellow fis, 2” ac: 3 ff; 
attractive oak-leaf foliage; (III); HP. 
—verfoliatum. SILP-6. 25¢ 
Cup-Plant, Indian Cup. Flower heads 3” 
across, yellow; June-Sept; 6-8”; HP; (IV). 
SILYBUM. (SILL-ib-um) 
Compositae. Thistle-like herbs; bloom first 
year from seed. 
—marianum. SILY-3. 25¢ 
(Carduus) Blessed or Holy Thistle. To 
4 ft; heads 214” ac; HA or HB. 
grasses; start indoors early and transplant 
out doors when frost danger has passed. 
—italica. SETA-1l. 25¢ 
Fox-Tail Millet. Ornamental grass; 
ft; TA: 
