DO YOU KNOW MONTBRETIA? 
It will give you clumps of flaming color for 
your border, from mid-summer to latest autumn. 
Widely open flowers on tall, branching, wiry 
stems. Excellent for cutting. This mixture is 
rich in varied shades of yellow, apricot, salmon 
and orange, with brilliant scarlet. Montbretias 
soon increase to form veritable nests of bulbs. 
Fairly hardy, but in north, best dig in late au¬ 
tumn, and store in sand in cellar over winter. 
Plant bulbs immediately on receipt, or at least 
do not let them dry out. 3 for 25c; 10 for 70c. 
OLD ORCHARD OXALIS 
There is a fairy daintiness about the exquis¬ 
itely formed blossoms of Oxalis that should quite 
over-balance any handicap that might be put on 
them because of lack of size; and anyway they 
bloom with such unrestrained prodigality that 
the massed color effect of an edging of them is 
finer than that given by many a more ambitious 
flower. Beside their value for edgings, to which, 
by the way, the rich beauty of their lush foliage 
recommends them, as well as their spend-thrift 
bloom, they are particularly intriguing when 
clumped in the rock garden. Then they are 
surprisingly good for bedding effects, should 
these appeal. They are in flower for months, 
practically ever-blooming, in fact. This is a 
mixture of four color varieties, deep pink, old 
rose, violet and white. Gladiolus culture, but, 
of course, plant more closely. 10 for 25c; 25 for 
50c; 55 for $1.00. 
HOUSE PLANTS FROM SEED 
Here are attractive kinds, a bit out of the 
ordinary, that are suited for pot culture in a sunny 
window. Seeds of house plants, of course, may 
be sown at any season of the year. 
STAPELIA BLEND—For an easy, but bizarre, 
house plant, try Stapelia. Thick leafless stems, 
green, or purple-shaded, with flanged and jagged 
corners. Gigantic thick-petalled flowers in gro¬ 
tesque starfish simulations, cream or ochre, with 
weird embossings and variegations of violet- 
tinged brown. Pkt. 25c. 
PELARGONIUM APPLE-BLOSSOM—Big blos¬ 
soms of an exquisite shade of soft clear pink. A 
very lovely hybrid Geranium. Pkt. 20c. 
ASCLEPIAS CURAS S A VIC A — Butterfly Flow¬ 
er. A quick and sure pot plant. The flower cor¬ 
olla is brilliant scarlet, the hood rich golden 
orange; with buds of coral. Tends to be ever- 
blooming. Pkt. 10c; y 8 oz. 25c. 
LACHENALIA BLEND — Handsome winter¬ 
flowering bulbs for the window-garden, with 
spikes of pendant blossoms in cream, rich yel¬ 
low, crimson, rose, blue and iridescent opal-like 
tones. Will flower within eight months from 
seed, and for a long time each following winter. 
Adapted to pot culture in any sunny window of 
a fairly cool room. Pkt. 15c; & oz. 40c. 
PINK CALLA LILY—This pretty species, Zan- 
tedeschia Rehmanni, is dwarfer and more com¬ 
pact than the usual white Calla, thus particularly 
fitted for pot culture. The flowers may be white 
with just the faintest hint of blushing, they may 
be soft pink, rose pink or even rosy purple. It 
is a color lottery, but every one of them has an 
alluring beauty. 6 seeds for 25c. 
OFFER 5X5—One pkt. each of above for 85c. 
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