THE "ANNUAL" PERENNIALS 
Of course there can be no such thing, yet this 
whimsical name does, in a way, apply, since the 
kinds listed below can be brought into bloom the 
first season, providing the seed is sown early. 
Nevertheless they are all hardy and enduring 
perennials that should live for years. 
ADENOPHORA LILIFOLIA — Swaying spire 
stems that are hung with bells of lovely violet, 
the plants spraying into veritable fountains of 
bloom. A pleasant, quick perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
CARYOPTERIS INCANA—Each of the many 
stems bears successive whorls of dense but deli¬ 
cately stamen-fluffed flowers. In the typical 
form these are the clearest of blues, but pure 
white and pearly pink variations have appeared. 
This mixture contains seeds of all three color 
forms. Blooms from August to October. Fine 
for cutting. Three feet. Protect with straw or 
leaves in winter. Pkt. 15c. 
CHERRY SUNBRIGHT—Fairy-like blossoms of 
vivid cherry rose, gold stamened, in sprays that 
seem to float in air, so thin and near-invisible are 
the carrying stems. Below are tangles of succu¬ 
lent leaves, like thick green pencils. Botanically, 
it is Talinum calycinum. Pkt. 20c. 
CODONOPSIS CLEMATIDEA —A lovely half¬ 
trailer for the rock garden. Also grown as a 
house plant, or in porch boxes. Drooping white 
bells, veined with peacock blue, and zoned within 
with buff and black. Mulch a bit with litter in 
winter I^kt 15c 
DELPHINIUM OLD ORCHARD BLEND—The 
endeavour has been to make this the very finest 
possible mixture of Giant Hybrid Delphiniums. 
It is not a single established strain, but a blend 
of many strains, the superlative results of cross¬ 
ings and selections made by eminent growers 
and hybridizers in this and other countries. 
About every possible color variation in Delphin¬ 
iums should be here; white, pale blue, mid-blue, 
ultramarine and purple; shades of lavender, opal 
and lilac pink; with daintier, lovelier color tones 
to which one can scarce fit a name. Some will 
carry fragrant flowers, many will have deeply 
marked “bees.” There will be those of full, 
compact doubleness in close and tapering spikes, 
others will flow into the sprays of graceful in¬ 
formality that are so desirable for cutting. Pkt. 
25c; Vs oz. $1.00. 
GLAUCIUM FLAVUM—Big, satiny, golden-hued 
poppies, brilliant above ornamental rosettes of 
feathery, silvery foliage. Blooms long, then 
come decorative tangles of slender, frosted seed- 
pods. Pkt. 10c. 
GRECIAN POPPY—Multitudinous slender stems, 
to three feet, carry crinkly silken blossoms of 
glowing apricot orange all summer long; autumn, 
too, until November. Blooms quickly and freely 
the first summer. This is Papaver Heldreichi, 
from the coast hills of Greek Ionia, and the 
Troad. Pkt. 15c. 
HONEY BELLS — Nothoscordum fragrans has 
been so-named because of the deliciously sweet 
and pervading fragrance of its flowers. These 
are tiny, nodding, clustered bells, white with 
lilac-pink tintings, and carried on two-foot stems. 
Beyond its exquisite perfume, it has a dainty 
prettiness, but is not spectacularly showy. 
Pkt. 10c. 
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