. SCABIOSA CaITCASICA. SCABIOSA. Handsome l)order plants, .succeeding in any ordinary soil if well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in everv garden where cut flowers are wanted; tliey last a long time wlien picked and placed in water. Caucasica ( lUne Bonnet). A soft and cliarining shade of lavender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems IS to 24 inches high until September. — Alba. A pure white variety. Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to Sep- tember; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; per do/. SEDIT^ (Stone-crop). DWARF VARIETIES. Suitable for the ro
. SCABIOSA CaITCASICA. SCABIOSA. Handsome l)order plants, .succeeding in any ordinary soil if well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in everv garden where cut flowers are wanted; tliey last a long time wlien picked and placed in water. Caucasica ( lUne Bonnet). A soft and cliarining shade of lavender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems IS to 24 inches high until September. — Alba. A pure white variety. Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to Sep- tember; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; per do/. SEDIT^ (Stone-crop). DWARF VARIETIES. Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, covering of graves, etc. Album. Green foliage, white flowers. Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. Sieboldi. Kound. succulent, glaucous foliage, briglit pink fli>\vers in August and September. Stahli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; H inches. Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. ERECT, OR TALL-GROWING VARIETIES. Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their in- teresting flowers during late summer and fall. Spectabilis. One of the prettiest erect-growing species, at- taining a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage and immense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. ]•') cts. each; %\.bi) per doz. •» ; A rich colored form of the preceding, being a bright amaranth red. 25 cts. each; §! per doz. I ARirNcus. , SII^EXE (Catchflyl. Alpestris. A good rock-work plant, wrows about 4 inches liij;h, with glistening white flowers in July and August. Schafta {AiitiDim C'otchili/). A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 to (! inches high, wiih masses of bright pink flowers from July to October. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. SPIRAEA. (Goat't Beard, Meadow Sweet.) Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat, attractive foliage;
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