PHOENIX RECLINATA — ehtw. Attractive and easy 
Feather Palm for house culture. Four seeds, 20c. 
PHOENIX ROEBELINI—htw. Considered finest of true 
Palms for house culture, excelling all others in elegance, 
grace and beauty. 3 seeds for 25c; 7 for 50c; 16 for $1.00. 
PHORMIUM TENAX—htw. Sword-shaped leaves, often 
variegated, and tall panicles of red and yellow bloom. New 
Zealand. Pkt. 10c. 
PHYLLOCACTUS HYBRIDS—htw. The freest bloom¬ 
ing Cactus strain. Magnificent flowers in cream, pink, 
orange, scarlet, crimson, lavender and purple. Oddly com¬ 
pressed, flanged and margined plant stems. Pkt. 10 seeds, 25c. 
PHYLLODOCE BREWERI—rasth(2)10. A dainty, fra¬ 
grant mountain heath with bright green needle-clad • stems 
and brilliant flowers of purple-rose. Pkt. 20c. 
PHYSOCARPUS OPU LIFO LIUS—qh 10 ft. Nine-bark. 
Ornamental shrubs, hardiness iron-clad, with pretty white 
blossom clusters in June. Pkt. 10c. 
PHYSOSTEGIA DIGITALIS—ecbx(3)60. Large blossoms 
of that cool lavender that has lost almost its last trace of 
pinkiness, an exquisite amethystine shade. Within, though, 
they are shot with violet streaks. Pkt. 20c. 
PHYTEUMA BLEND—rbhl6. Each stem is topped with 
a wild cluster of twisted flask-shaped flowers, translucent 
amethyst to glowing purple richness; or sometimes the 
blossoms are starry, and carried in loose spikes. Pkt. 20c. 
PHYTEUMA SCHEUCHZERI—erh(2-3) 16. Flowers like 
fairy-flasks of vitreus azure, clustered closely in fluffy, 
shimmery balls of blueness. Pkt. 20c. 
PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA—ebtdnh(2) 120. Poke-berry. 
Tall hardy native for backgrounds or naturalizing. Par¬ 
ticularly showy when long-l«aded with purple berries. Some¬ 
times cultivated for the young shoots, which are served like 
asparagus, or with vinegar. Please note, though, that 
neither roots nor berries are to be eaten, these portions of 
the plant being harmful. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c. 
PICEA ABIES—See Picea excelsa. 
PICEA ENGELMANNI—jk 150 ft. Silver Spruce. A 
pyramidal tree of singular beauty, often silvery. Fully 
hardy. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 75c. 
PICEA EXCELSA—jk 150 ft. Norway Spruce. Particu¬ 
larly hardy and quick. Used for ornamental plantings, 
windbreaks, sheared hedges, and for commercial Christmas 
Tree plantations; this last, by the way, a mighty good 
idea for making waste land pay an eventual profit. Pkt. 5c; 
54 oz. 15c; 1 oz. 50c; 54 lb. $1.50. 
PICEA GLAUCA—jk 70 ft. Canada Spruce. Dense, dec¬ 
orative pyramids. Hardy. Endures drought. Long-lived. 
Good windbreak or hedge. Silvery overcast to foliage. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
PICEA PUNGENS—jk 125 ft. Colorado Blue Spruce. 
Always symmetrical, and particularly beautiful in specimen 
plantings. A good proportion should be of the desired 
steel blue; the rest silvery; all of them handsome. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 25c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
PIERIS MARIANA—qah(2-3)72. Flowers like giant bells 
of Lily of the Valley, but pink-tinged over waxy white. 
Splendid shrub. Give Rhododendron culture. Pkt. 15c; 
54 oz. 60c. 
THE RUGGED PINES 
There is a pleasant satisfaction in the sowing of tree 
seeds, and in watching over the tree-children as they grow 
into strength and beauty. It is a very tangible way of 
making dreams come true, and it doesn’t take as long as 
one might think, either. 
PINUS ARISTATA—jk. Handsome shrubby evergreen. 
Pkt. 10c. 
PINUS CEMBRA—jk 70 ft. Swiss Stone Pine. Even 
when young, gives the effect of picturesque and rugged 
age. Edible nut-like seeds. Excellent hardy species. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 65c. 
PINUS DENSIFLORA—jk 100 ft. Japanese Pine. Hardy 
and rapid species, with handsomely irregular branches. 
Pkt. 10c. 
PINUS LAMBERTIAN A—jk 220 ft. Giant Sugar Pine. 
Splendid tree of great eventual height. Bears enormous 
cones, up to twenty inches long. Nut-like seeds of particu¬ 
larly delicate flavor, highly esteemed. The nuts are pre¬ 
pared by toasting in a frying pan. The tree, too, is some¬ 
times tapped for its sap, which congeals in the air to sugar- 
nuggets. John Muir is said to have termed it the best of 
sweets. This Pine seems hardy in Massachusetts. Pkt. 15c; 
54 oz. 35c. 
PINUS MONTANA COMPACTA — qjk. A very good 
dwarf and shrubby species for lawn or foundation planting. 
Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 75c. 
PINUS PONDEROSA—jk 200 ft. Magnificent species, 
with gnarled, twisted branches, and long fragrant needles. 
In maturity, there is no handsomer Pine than this. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 75c. 
PINUS RESINOSA—jk 100 ft. Red or Norway Pine. 
Quick in growth. Fine ornamental or timber trees. Of 
greatest hardiness. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 50c. 
PINUS STROBUS—jk 100 ft. The noble White Pine. 
Finest of timber trees, and an excellent ornamental. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 75c. 
PINUS SYLVESTRIS—jk 75 ft. Scottish Pine, Riga 
strain. Important timber tree for reforestation, or for 
windbreaks. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 75c. 
OFFER 70A6—One pkt. each of the nine Pines for 85c. 
PIPANTHUS NEPALENSIS—*cbh(3) 75. Butterfly blos¬ 
soms of mellow gold. Shrubby, south, but in north treat 
as root-hardy herbaceous perennial. Blooms freely on annual 
shoots. Pkt. 15c. 
PITCHER PLANT—See Sarracenia and Darlingtonia. 
PITTOSPORUM NIGRESCENS —qy 6 ft. Handsome 
New Zealand shrub with variegated leaves. Pkt. 15c. 
PITTOSPORUM RALPHI—qy 10 ft. Recommended New 
Zealand shrub with purple flowers; downy silver foliage. 
Pkt. 15c. 
PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS—jh 150 ft. Buttonwood- 
Most massive of American hardy trees. Silvery bark. Pkt. 
10c; 54 oz. 20c; oz. 60c. 
PLATANUS ORIENT A LIS—jh 80 ft. Oriental Plane. A 
noble hardy tree. Excellent for street or shade. Disease 
resistant. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz. 20c; oz. 60c. 
PLATYCODON NEW GIANT EARLY—*ecrbx(3-4)24. 
Immense flowers of blue violet like great bells spread to 
starry form. Pkt. 20c. 
PODOPHYLLUM EMODI—bnmsty(l)20. Bronzy um¬ 
brella leaves with pale rose flowers beneath. Showy scar¬ 
let fruits, said to be edible. Pkt. 15c. 
PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM—rnsty(1)20. May Apple. 
Large and lovely flowers of soft ivory, orange-blossom 
scent, sway below great leaf umbrellas. Then lemon-like 
edible fruits. For rich open woods. Pkt. 10c; 54 oz 25c; 
54 oz. 45c. 
POGONIA OPHIOGLOSSOIDES—rnamzh(l)24. A hardy 
Orchid with crested crimson pink flowers, raspberry scented. 
A lovely thing. Pkt. 20c. 
POGONIA VERTICILLATA — rnamzh(l)24. Here the 
blossoms have a most curious spidery formation with their 
whirling purple arms. Pkt. 20c. 
POINSETTIA— htw. Euphorbia pulcherrima, the True 
Christmas Poinsettia. Gorgeous in full glory of vivid live- 
coal flower-bracts; a splendid house plant. 10 seeds for 25c; 
50 seeds for $1.00. 
*POLANISIA TRACHYSPERMA — eodk(3-4)36. Spider 
Flower. Great heads of airy, spidery blossoms, white with 
faintest lilac suffusion. Pkt. 10c. 
POLEMONIUM or JACOB'S LADDER 
Daintily flowered, exquisitely formed Phlox cousins of full 
winter-hardiness and permanence. 
POLEMONIUM CARNEUM — erbcsth(2-3)20. Lovely 
sprays of wide bells that may be apricot-tinted cream, sal¬ 
mon pink, or even cherry rose; a sort of afterglow blending 
that is most charming. Luxuriant foliage of fern effect. 
Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 75c. 
POLEMONIUM COERULEUM ALBUM — erbcsth(2-3) 
15. Greek Valerian. A name that leads to beauty; the 
many-belled sprays filled with blossoms of a translucent 
whiteness. Pkt. 15c. 
POLEMONIUM CONFERTUM EXIMUM — rbh(2-3)9. 
Wide saucer-bells of brown-centered blue-sky vividness, in 
close cluster sprays. Musk fragrant. True alpine. Pkt. 20c. 
POLEMONIUM OCCIDENTALE—ebsth(2-3)30. Showy, 
honey-scented flowers of blue-lavender, spray out on arch¬ 
ing stems. Pkt. 20c. 
POLEMONIUM REPTANS—rbh(3) 12. Leafy stems that 
carry loose blossom showers of pendant sapphirine blueness. 
Pkt. 15c; 54 oz. 40c; 54 oz. 75c. 
POLEMONIUM RICHARDSONI — rh(2-3)12. Flower 
sprays of china blue. A good-natured, hearty plant that 
you will like. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 71A-6—One pkt. each of the Polemoniums for 85c. 
POLYGALA BRE VI FOLIA — omay(8)6. Clover-like 
clusters of mauve crimson. Long blooming. Pretty in the 
damp rockery. Pkt. 15c. 
*POLYGALA LUTEA—ornmay(8)12. Orange Brilliant. 
Thick soft clusters of vivid orange, fairly radiate waves of 
shimmery color. A long-blooming delight through the 
summer months. Pkt. 15c. 
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