LILY OF THE VALLEY—Everyone knows this 
lovely perfumed flower with its drooping bells of 
dainty waxen whiteness. It is hardy, increases 
rapidly when once it feels at home, and really 
prefers those shady corners (if the soil be not 
dry and baked) where it is hard to get other 
things to grow. Try it on the north side of the 
house, or colonize it where shrubbery arches. 
Sturdy individual pips, field grown, 10 for 40c; 
30 for $1.00; 100 for $2.65. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY PINK BELLS—In this 
truly rare variety, the blossoms are suffused with 
pink. Good pips, 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00. 
VARIEGATED BULB GRASS—A pretty orna¬ 
mental grass with striped and variegated leaves. 
Excellent for edgings, or for border clumps. 
Botanically it is Arrhenatherum elatius tubero¬ 
sum variegatum, but don’t let this linear name 
keep the very real beauty of the plant from you. 
Just call it Variegated Bulb Grass, as I do. Hardy 
18 inches. Grows from Crocus-like tubers. 8 
for 25c; 25 for 65c; 45 for $1.00. 
LEWISIA BRACHYCALYX—The Lewisias are 
hardy tuberous-rooted plants with thick succulent 
leaf-rosettes and multitudes of large and exceed¬ 
ingly beautiful flowers that remind one of Water- 
lilies. Lewisia brachycalyx is one of the rarer 
species, very early flowering, starting to bloom 
here in early April and continuing until the latter 
part of May. It is dwarf, the feathery flowers 
almost hiding the plant. The petals are a di¬ 
aphanous white, delicately suffused with lilac-lav¬ 
ender. Each 30c; 3 for 75c; 10 for $2.25. 
LEWISIA REDIVIVA—Here the blossoms are 
even larger, and tinted with a pure clear pink, 
the petals with a texture like spun silk. Flowers 
in late spring, starting when Lewisia brachycalyx 
is well over. All Lewisias like well-drained soil 
in full sun, but should not be allowed to suffer 
from dry weather. No lime. Each 25c; 3 for 60c; 
10 for $1.75. 
DODECATHEON HENDERSONI—Purple Shoot¬ 
ing-star. The blossoms look as though the plant 
should be a Cyclamen, but really it is almost a 
Primrose. Long-stemmed umbels of intensely 
fragrant flowers that may be delicate lavender, 
true rose, or rich purple. It seems to be of great 
hardiness, and you will like it when it blooms, 
but I must warn you that when you order it, 
all you will get will be a little spidery cluster 
of dry and brittle roots that look as though all 
life had departed from them. They will grow 
l’eadily enough, though, if you give them a 
chance. “Playing ’possum” thus is just the 
plant’s natural way of resting through late sum¬ 
mer and autumn. 20c each; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50. 
THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION — Two of 
Trillium ovatum, three pink Lily of Valley, five 
of the white, eight Variegated Bulb Grass, one 
Lewisia brachycalyx, two Lewisia rediviva and 
three Purple Shooting-stars, $2.53 separately, for 
TWO DOLLARS in the collection. No changes. 
PLBASB NOTE: Bulbs are not prepaid and are 
sent by express collect unless remittance in¬ 
cludes postage allowance. For postage and pack¬ 
ing, add 5% east of Pittsburgh and north of 
Potomac, 10% beyond to Mississippi, and 15% 
for destinations further west. 
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