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A JAPANESE IRIS 112 



SEEDLING JAPANESE IRIS 124 



A NEW EVENING PRIMROSE THE AMERICA . 134 



HYBRID TIGRIDIAS 144 



ANOTHER HYBRID TIGRIDIA 148 



SEEDLING TIGRIDIAS 152 



A BLUE TIGRIDIA 158 



BURBANK VERBENAS 166 



MORE BURBANK HYBRID VERBENAS . . . 170 



ONE OF THE FRAGRANT ONES 174 



AUSTRALIAN STAR FLOWER 188 



A PLANT OF AUSTRALIAN STAR FLOWER . 192 



A HYBRID CRINUM 196 



A HYBRID EVERBLOOMING POPPY .... 202 



STILL ANOTHER HYBRID POPPY .... 206 



IMPROVED HYBRID LARKSPUR 214 



MORE HYBRID LARKSPURS 218 



EDUCATING THE CALENDULA 222 



A CALENDULA OF REAL DISTINCTION . . 226 



THE VARIEGATED NEGUNDO 232 



FLOWERS OF THE TECOMA 258 



SPANISH BROOM 268 



A FRITILLARIA 274 



DlERAMA PULCHERRIMA 280 



LARKSPURS WITH WONDERFUL COLORING . . 286 



A BEAUTIFUL HYBRID LARKSPUR .... 292 



THE BOTTLE-BRUSH BUSH 298 



A SELECTED NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS . . 312 



THE ALMOND AND ITS RELATIVES . . . 326 



SELECTED ALMONDS 330 



SOME MAMMOTH SPECIMENS 334 



MEATS OF SELECTED ALMONDS 338 



