charming holiday gifts, not only because of their own beauty, 
but also for their association with the Christmases of long ago. 
The foregoing is an extract from the December, 1929, issue 
of Better Homes and Gardens, article by Hazel Hankinson. 
Helleborus Niger (var. Altifolius) (Christmas Rose). A truly 
wonderful plant by far too little known and cultivated. From 
a clump of dark green leathery evergreen foliage that strongly 
resembles the foliage of the Peony rises a mass of flower 
stems 12 to 18 inches high. Flowers 2}4 to 3^4 in. diam. 
A well-established clump is an indescribably beautiful sight. 
The flowers do not drop their petals, but from the purest white 
they gradually turn a rosy pink and then a green; and, as the 
seed pods form, the petals become like a green calyx. Truly 
it is an astonishing plant. 
One New Jersey woman told us she had seen a clump 30 
years old, and that it was a marvelous sight. 
Plants from 35 cts. to.....$2.50 
Blooming size ._.50 
Helleborus Hybridus or Orientalis. These are most exquisite 
and so interesting; they come in shades of violet rose, white 
flushed pink or green speckled and splashed with rose and in 
maroon; the center is covered with ivory-colored anthers set 
in a colarette of little pale green tubular florets. There are 
from two to four flowers on a stem which hang somewhat in 
bell fashion; leaves are palmate, not quite as heavy as those 
of Helleborus Niger. 
Blooming size mixed ..„.$1.00 
Aurora. Mauve pink, flushed green. 
Blooming size .......$1.50 
Fascination. A wonderful blending of shades in rosy laven¬ 
der with dark veining. 
Blooming size ..._._...$1.50 
F. D. R. White shaded with a lovely clear green, resembles 
an orchid. 
Blooming size......$1.50 
Ideal. A daintily ruffled greenish white speckled maroon, 
petals beautifully pointed. 
Blooming size ...-.$2.00 
Joyce. Violet maroon on sturdy dark stems, the ivory col¬ 
ored anthers contrasting beautifully with the dark petals. 
Blooming size ........$1.50 
These exquisite and hardy plants deserve to be better known 
in this country. They are extensively cultivated in Europe, and 
we are happy to be among the first to introduce them here. 
They bloom a little later than Helleborus Niger. The seed, 
like the seed of all Hybrids, does not come true and our named 
varieties are from root division. 
All Helleborus prefer to be left undisturbed in rich, well- 
drained loamy soil and in part shade such as that of deciduous 
shrubbery. Plant them where they can be seen and enjoyed 
from your window. 
NEVILl 
PRIMROSE FARM 
POULSBO, WASH 
