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FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC.
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PLATYCODOX.
Platycodon.
CHINESE BELI, FLOWER.
An exceedingly handsome class of hardy bor-
der plants, closely resembling the Campanulas,
with which thev are often confounded. They are
bushy and upright in growth, foliage, neat and
attractive ; flowers large, very numerous and
showy ; succeed well in any good soil.
P. Grandiflorum (Bell Flowers)—
3 feet. A very handsome plant, one
of the best in cultivation ; blooms
continuously all summer. Flowers
blue, bell-shaped. Each, 15c; per
doz., $1.50.
Pyrethrum.
FEVERFEW.
P. Uliginosum (Giant Ox-eye Dai-
sy) — 4 to 5 feet. September and Octo-
ber. This is indeed a magnificent
plant and considered by all plant
lovers who have seen it one of the
very finest for the herbaceous border.
and pre-eminently the best of its color
for supplying cut flowers in the au-
tumn. It forms a stout, upright bush,
Avith light green leaves, bearing in-
numerable large pure white flowers
having bright yellow centers. The
individual flowers measure from 2 to 3
inches across and are borne in large
flat cymes, each flower having a stiff,
wiry stem, admirably adapting it for
cutting purposes.
Each, 20c : per doz., $2.00.
Sedum.
SOKE CROP.
An interesting ami very useful family
of succulent plants which, owing to their
peculiar structure, are enabled to with-
stand a degree of drought that most plants
would succumb to. They are therefore
useful in dry situations, such as sunny
banks and other places where few plants
will grow.
S. Acre— For rock-work, carpet bed-
'linu' or for shady places where grass will
not mow. this very dwarf Sedum is ex-
cellent.
Each. 10c : per do/... $1.00.
S. Fabarium l- foot. September.
Rosy pink. A very desirable plant.
Each. 15c; per doz., $1.50.
S. Sieboldii— 6 inches. September. A
handsome variety of trailing habit. Foli-
age glaucous, margined with pink, assum-
ing shades of red and purple in autumn ;
flowers bright pink, very pretty and
showv. A splendid rock plant.
Each. 20c ; per do/.., $2.00.
Spiraea — Goat's Beard.
A genus of hardy border plants of the
easiest culture, growing freely in any
good soil. The taller varieties are very
effective in the shrubbery border. All
are very desirable.
S. Filipendula— 3 feet. June. Foliage
dark green, beautifully cut and Fern-like:
flowers double, white, sometimes tinged
with pink ; very showy. This is a very
handsome plant.
S. Ulmaria fl. pi. (Double Meadow Sweet)—
3 feet. June. A beautiful and very desirable
variety with double white flowers.
Each. 20c ; per do/... S2.00.