PAULOWNIA IM PER IA LIS—jk 50 ft. Empress Tree. 
Great clusters of lovely lavender, spicily perfumed. Stem- 
hardy to New York City. Root-hardy much farther north, 
where the quick, handsome, annual shoots are valued for 
screens. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
PELARGONIUM FANCY HYBRIDS—htw. Lady Wash¬ 
ington Geranium. Large flowers of white, red, or rose, 
always with dark velvety blotch. Pkt. 25c. 
PELARGONIUM HYB. APPLE BLOSSOM—htw. Here 
the blossoms are an exquisite shade of soft clear pink. 
Pkt. 20c. 
PELARGONIUM ZONALE —htw. House or Bedding 
Geranium. Long blooming and gorgeous in coloring. Ex¬ 
cellent mixture. Quick and easy from seed. Pkt. 15c. 
PENNANTIA CORYMBOSA—jh 35 ft. Handsome tree 
from New Zealand. Fragrant white flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTAGLOTTIS SEMPERVIRENS—See Anchusa. 
THE SPLENDID PENTSTEMONS 
Many glorious things for border, rockery or the cutting 
garden are found "among the Pentstemons. You have missed 
much if you have not grown them. 
PENTSTEMON ALBIDUS — ry (3) 15. Usually creamy, 
with black-purple markings, but sometimes of purest un¬ 
dimmed enamel-whiteness. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON ANGUSTIFOLIUS—rbch(2) 15. The buds 
are rosy, but open to coerulean blue. Splendidly bright. 
Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON ANTIRRHINOIDES—bfh(3)36. Unique 
for the color, soft yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON AZUREUS —- ry(3)12. Free flowering. 
Vivid blue. Excellent. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON BRIDGESI—rcbh(3)25. Many one-sided 
spikes of bugle-shaped scarlet blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS—bfy(3)36. Tub¬ 
ular flowers of burning scarlet. Glaucous foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON COBEA — erbh(3)28. Flowers of enor¬ 
mous size, softest lavender with purple markings. Glossy, 
sparkling foliage. Spectacular. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON CONFERTUS BLUE—rbnh(3) 18. Showy 
blossom clusters of dark blue. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON CONFERTUS YELLOW — rbh(3)18. 
Clustered blossom's of soft straw-yellow. Unique. Pkt. 20c. 
PENTSTEMON CORDIFQLIUS — cvbfh(3). Vine-like, 
stem-wandering over its neighbors to throw bursts of ver¬ 
milion bloom in most unexpected places. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON CORYMBOSUS—rby(3) 12. Each shoot 
is a plume of brightest scarlet bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON DIFFUSUS—erbndh(3-4)20. Bright blue 
to purple flowers in close leafy panicles. Dependable bor¬ 
der species, or for naturalizing. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 40c. 
PENTSTEMON DIGITALIS—ecbndsth(3)50. Tall open 
panicles of pearly white or softest lavender. Border or 
naturalizing. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON EATONI—rbdh(3)20. Plumes of cherry- 
carmine to light up the rockery. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON GLABER ROSEUS—rbdy(3)20. Attrac¬ 
tive trumpet-clusters of richest rose. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON GRACILIS — erdh(3)18. A charming 
species with dainty blossoms of lavender, blue and royal 
violet. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON GRANDIFLORUS—ecbdh(3)36. Called 
King of Pentstemons. Serried clusters of largest flower- 
trumpets, open and graceful. Pure blue to orchid lavender. 
Glaucous leaves, thick and crispy. A sure and easy species, 
superbly showy. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c; % oz. 65c. 
PENTSTEMON HETEROPHYLLUS — *ecrbdh(8)20. A 
delightful and easy species, with exquisitely formed trum¬ 
pets, lilac, amethyst or purest sapphire blue. Ever-blooming, 
and quick from seed. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c; *4 oz. 65c. 
PENTSTEMON HIRSUTUS—bny(3)36. From pale lilac 
to rosy violet. Good. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c. 
PENTSTEMON HUMILIS — erdh(3)30. Azure blue to 
gorgeous tyrian purple, in open plumy racemes. Pkt. 20c. 
PENTSTEMON IMBERBUS — *ecbh(8)36. Blossoms of 
lovely coral pink, filled with yellow down. An excellent 
species on the order of P. Torreyi, but distinct. Pkt. 25c. 
PENTSTEMON MENZIESI — rh(3)6. Leathery-leaved 
evergreen mats, with profuse royal purple trumpets above. 
Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON NEWBERRYI — rh(3)12. Gray-green 
foliage, with blossoms of lustrous crimson above. Pkt. 20c. 
PENTSTEMON PROCERUS erbnh(3)30. The flower- 
face is clear blue sapphire, the tube and the buds, a mid¬ 
night violet. Compact bloom clusters. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON PULCHELLUS — *ecrbx(8)30. Long 
sprays of handsome flowers that range from purest carmine, 
through rose, to lilac, scarce two plants alike. Blooms freely 
first season, but perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON PYGMAEUS—rh(3)8. A dainty minia¬ 
ture, with long-lasting blossoms of delicate lavender. Neat 
little foliage tuffets. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 30c. 
PENTSTEMON RUPICOLA—ry(2-3)5. A silvery-leaved 
evergreen, studded with bright flowers of pink, glowing rose, 
or brilliant ruby. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON SCOULERI—erbh(2-3)20. Flowers like 
glorious and enormous lavender Snapdragons. Varies, but 
only from good, to better. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON SECUNDIFLORUS—ecbh(2-3)30. Mag¬ 
nificent cut-flower species, or decorative in the border. Great 
one-sided, long-lasting spikes of bloom above crispy foliage. 
Charmingly varied; from most delicate flesh tints, through 
rich pink and deep rose, to lilac, lavender and blue-purple. 
Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON SPECTABILIS — ecbdy(3)36. Showy 
panicles, pure blue to rosy purple. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON VENUSTUS — rbdh(2)18. Many bushy 
stems, each with a terminal cluster of bright bloom, lavender, 
blue, purple or white. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON WHITEDI—Recommended species that I 
have not yet seen in flower. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 68A6—One pkt. each of the thirty-three Pent¬ 
stemons, for $4.25. 
PENTSTEMON PEERLESS BLEND—If you want all 
above, and others, but care little about namings, try this. 
Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c; Y* oz. 65c. 
PEONY—See Paeonia. 
*PERILLA FRUTESCENS LACINIATA — eobk(9)36. 
Easy annual for brilliant and exotic foliage effects. Fringed, 
crisped, undulate leaves of witje-purple, but finished with 
bronze lustre. Pkt. 15c. 
PERSIMMON—See Diospyrus. 
PETALOSTEMON VILLOSUM—ecbndx(3)30. Graceful, 
fine-leaved wands, with long-lasting flower-heads of silky 
lavender. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 35c. 
*PETUNIA AXILLARIS—eobnk(8)30. It is at dusk, or 
on moon-lit nights, that white in the garden comes into its 
own; and when, as here, the snowy or tinted blossoms are 
dusk-fragrant, the effect is doubly delightful. Sow freely, 
for great banks of evening loveliness. Pkt. 15c. 
*PHACELIA PARRYI—eok(l-3)16. Gaudy flowers, blue 
to violet, in velvet intensity. Early, and good. Pkt. 10c. 
*PHACELIA PURSHI—eonstx(2)15. Pretty little flowers, 
pale lilac to rose. Pkt. 10c. 
PHACELIA SERICEA—ry(2)15. Lilac-lavender bells sit 
closely in tapered spikes, the far-extended stamens give a 
plume-like effect to the whole, this enhanced by the silvered 
feathery foliage. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
*PHASEOLUS AUREUS—eob(9) 18. There is a sort of 
trim grace about this, that I think makes it worth growing. 
The curious flowers, though, are too small, and too dully 
hued to be beautiful; the wings, buff-tinged olive; the stan¬ 
dards, olive-tinged buff. Pkt. 10c. 
PHILADELPHUS HYBRIDS—qk 10 ft. Mock Orange. 
White blossoms, gold-centered, always with delicious fra¬ 
grance. Saved from fine named sorts. Pkt. 15c. 
HARDY PHLOX HERE 
For general beauty, long-abiding, and laid on in great 
color-splashes, Phlox, the flame-flower, stands alone. 
Sow the seed in late autumn, and it will mostly germi¬ 
nate the next spring with quite weed-like ease; or if it must 
be spring-sown, then put in the refrigerator first. 
PHLOX ADSURGENS—rstaty(2)10. The blossoms show 
exquisite blendings of pale soft pink and richest salmon rose. 
Evergreen. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
PHLOX DIVARICATA—rbnsty(2)16. In May its flowers 
of royal blue-lavender form sheets of pure color. It carries 
a dainty fragrance. Pkt. 20c. 
PHLOX LONGIFOLIA—rbsty(2)12. Clustered blossom- 
crowns of clearest pink. Pkt. 25c. 
PHLOX GLABERRIMA—rbmstaty(2-3)25. The softest of 
pinks, with silvery lavender _ overstain, or rarely it varies 
to richest Phlox-purple. If its neighbors in the border be 
either yellows or lavenders, you will be delighted with the 
effect. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 30c. 
PHLOX PILOSA—rbny(2-3)20. A showy species with 
flowers of brilliant electric purple, that seems adaptable to 
almost any reasonable condition. Pkt. 15c. 
PHLOX WILD BLEND—Various native species in gor¬ 
geous mixture. Pkt. 15c. 
PHLOX PEERLESS HYBRIDS — ecby(3-4)40. Saved 
from a particularly fine series of border kinds, being mostly 
hybrids of P. paniculata and P. maculata. Color range 
covers all possible hardy Phlox hues. Sown in fall, will 
be in bloom within a year. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 69A6—One pkt. each of the seven above for $1.10. 
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