THE ORNAMENTAL ALLIUMS 
For border or rockery, nothing can be more delightful 
and unusual, than the bloom from these hardy bulbs and 
bulb-like plants. They are easily grown from seeds, flower¬ 
ing surely the next season, and endviring for years. Many 
Alliums are effective for cutting, and many florists are find¬ 
ing them profitable. 
ALLIUM ALBUM—erbch(4)20. Daintily fragrant, clus¬ 
tered white stars, up-looking. Blooms very late, September, 
and on. Pkt. 15c. 
ALLIUM AMMOFHYLLUM—ecrbh(2-4)20. Earliest of 
the dome-type Alliums, with big fluffy balls of lavender-opal, 
blue-anthered. Meritorious. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 40c. 
ALLIUM AZUREUM—erbch(2)25. True, clear, azure 
blue; no lavender or purple about this. It is pure and 
unmatched among the blues of the garden. The starry 
flower clusters remain open and lovely for many weeks. 
See illustration, page 9. Pkt. 25c. 
ALLIUM FARRERI—erh(2)10. Rich tyrian purple bells, 
nodding and pretty. No better rock-garden Allium than 
this. Everyone likes it. Pkt. 20c; ]V oz. 75c. 
ALLIUM FLAVUM—erbh(3)18. Clustered flower-bells in 
oddly explosive form, rich and glossy yellow within, but 
tawny buff in reverse. Thread-leaved. Rare species' of 
daintiest beauty. Pkt. 25c. 
ALLIUM KARATAVENSE—ecrbh(3)14. This is the strain 
usually distributed under the name, but it is not, I fear, 
the true species. Nevertheless it is horticulturally good, 
sort of an Allium oreophilum in clear rosy lavender. Pkt. 
10c; Ys oz. 30c. 
ALLIUM MOLY—rzy(2)16. Showy masses of golden 
bloom, just at Iris time. Please note that this Allium takes 
“y” culture; also it requires one year longer than other 
Alliums to reach blooming size. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM MONTANUM—ercbh(3-4)25. Great flower-clus¬ 
ters in fluffy, globe-like form, made up of countless blos¬ 
som-stars. The color range is variably amethystine and 
opalescent; from silvered lavender, through mauve and 
lilac, to purple and violet. Blooms from early July until 
late August; by then Allium senescens will be well under 
way, to carry on the succession through September. One 
needs both of them. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 35c; Ya oz. 60c. 
ALLIUM OBLIQUUM — ebh(2)30. “New art” flower 
globes of yellow and green. Bizarre. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM ODORUM—ecbh(2)36. Clusters of, often, one 
hundred sky-facing, airily placed, white stars, each striped 
with lilac in reverse. Sweetly fragrant. Recommended for 
border planting, or for cutting. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 50c. 
ALLIUM OREOPHILUM — ecrbh(3)16. The Mountain- 
lover. Clustered domes of opalescent lilac, to shimmering 
purple. An easy, sure and most charming species. Pkt. 15c; 
Ys oz. 40c; Ya oz. 75c. 
ALLIUM PULCHELLUM—erbch(3)20. Heads of irregu¬ 
lar blossoms, like exploding bombs. Carmine to vivid tyrian 
purple. Highly visible. Good. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM PYRENAICUM—erh(4)8. A miniature of Allium 
oreophilum, just as fine, but built to a smaller scale. Rockery 
or edgings. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM RETICULATUM—erh(l)18. Earliest of all. 
Lovely clustered bells of silvery rose, in April and May. 
Pkt. 20c; oz. 60c. 
ALLIUM ROSENBACHIANUM — ecbh(3)4S. A giant 
species, carrying great bloom-clusters, lavender with ame¬ 
thystine lights, on four-foot stems. Pkt. 25c. 
ALLIUM SENESCENS — ecbh(3-4)28. Compared with 
Allium montanum, to which it is closely related, this spe¬ 
cies shows even a greater variability; the big flower 
clusters may be anything from pink-tinted white to 
deepest violet, but alv/ays they are of spectacular beauty. 
The foliage shows often a silvery canescence, and the blos¬ 
som stems are long. Very good for cutting, or for border 
show. Pkt. 10c; Y& oz. 35c. 
ALLIUM SPECIOSUM—ecrbh(2-3)30. Great fluffy globes 
of pure lavender. Foliage fountains. Pkt. 15c. 
ALLIUM SPHAEROCEPHALUM—ecbh(3)36. Mulberry- 
purple florets, from which dark anthers push out until the 
whole is a fluffy ball of velvety richness, topping each 
slender, swaying stem. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM STELLATUM—erbcdnh(4)20. Stars of glorious 
rose pink, with golden anthers, spray out shower-like from 
nodding umbels. October. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM STRICTUM—ecbh(2)25. Pretty Japanese alpine, 
with flower-clusters, close-packed up-facing bells, that come 
close to pure rose. Pkt. 15c. 
ALLIUM VILLARSI—ecbh(2-3)30. Splendid flower globes, 
pale lavender to rich purple. Pkt. 15c. 
ALLIUM WINKLERIANUM — erbndh(l-2)20. Profuse 
blossoms like giant clovers, silver, lavender and deep lilac. 
Showy in mass plantings. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 50c. 
OFFER 4B7—One pkt. each of above, for $3.25. 
OFFER 5B7—One pkt. each of eight representative Alliums, 
being Azureum, Farreri, Flavum, Odorum, Pulchellum, 
Senescens, Sphaerocephalum and Strictum, for $1.25. 
ALLIUM ORNAMENTAL BLEND—eerbh. I make up 
this blend myself, and it contains at least a little of all the 
Alliums I offer; not very much of some scarce kinds, of 
course, and quite a good deal of certain others that seed 
more plentifully, but altogether it is a mighty interesting 
mixture. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 35c; Ya oz. 65c; 1 oz. $2.35. 
THE SUCCULENT ALOES 
Decorative pot or tub plants of rugged habit and easy 
culture. Always attractive. 
ALOE BREVIFOLIA—ehtwlS. Thick glaucous leaves with 
brown marginal teeth. Clustered showy flowers, deep red 
with recurved green tip segments. Pkt. 20c. 
ALOE FEROX—chtw. Particularly satisfactory species, 
with short, but very thick, triangular leaves, that gradually 
build up, one above another diversely, until a true stem 
appears. Often they are margined or tinted with purple 
smoke, and they have brown marginal teeth. Yellow in¬ 
florescence. Pkt. 20c. 
ALOE STRIATA—ehtw. Thick leaf-spikes, white margined. 
Flowers, buff to cinnabar. Pkt. 25c. 
ALOE VARIEGATA — ehtw. Triangular serrate leaves, 
thick and solid, silver-marbled. Fine red tubular flowers. 
Dwarf. Called Tiger Cactus. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 6B7—One pkt. each of above, for 80c. 
ALOE FINEST MIXED—ehtw. Excellent blend of many 
decorative species. Pkt. 20c; tV oz. $1.00. 
fALONSOA MERIDIONALIS—erbcx(htw) (8) 18. Charm¬ 
ing, quick and easy, annual, with airy blossoms of loveliest, 
richest salmon-pink. Blooms early and late. Garden flower 
or pot plant. Pkt. 15c. 
ALSINE VERNA—erltx(l-3)6. Myriad sprays of daintiest 
white blossoms, carried in breeze-rippled airiness above 
mounds of green fur. Months of delight here. Pkt. 20c. 
ALSTROEMERIA or LILY OF PERU 
Tuberous-rooted plants of the Amaryllis family, with 
flowers that are gloriously beautiful, spectacular in the 
massed clusters, and interesting in the markings of the in¬ 
dividual bloom. Hardy to about Washington. Further 
north, either grow in cold-frames, or plant deeply and 
mulch heavily. The tuberous roots may also be dug in 
late autumn and stored in dry sand in cellar over winter. 
May be grown in pots, too. Seed needs cold to start it. 
Give “y” culture. See illustration, page 45. 
ALSTROEMERIA AURANTIACA—uftcbsty(2-3)30. Blos¬ 
soms of deepest yellow, inner segments brown-spotted. 
Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 40c; Ya oz. 75c; 1 oz. $2.75. 
ALSTROEMERIA CHILENSIS—uftcby (2-3)40. Variable, 
in the range from pink to blood red, with orange for full 
measure. Pkt. 20c. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND-uftcbsty(2-3)30. A mixture 
of varied species. Glossy yellow, pink, rose, carmine, blood- 
red, apricot-orange, and tawny lilac are likely to appear. 
Usually inner segments show contrasting markings. Pkt 
15c; Ys oz. 50c; Ya oz. 90c; 1 oz. $3.25. 
RARE RUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS. See back 
of catalog for full descriptive offerings of such 
unique garden bulbs as Acidanthera, Gloriosa, Bes- 
sera, Chlidanthus, Milla, Crinum and the like. 
ALTHEA PALLIDA—ebx(2-3)42. Hungarian Hollyhock. 
Many stems branching from base. Large satiny blossoms 
in the softer colors, lemon, apricot, pale pink and the like. 
Dwarfer and more informal than the regular Hollyhock, just 
right for the mixed hardy border. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c» 
*ALYSSUM DWARF COMPACT—eox(2-4)3. This, Alys- 
sum minimum, is the very dwarfest of white edgers. Pkt. 10c. 
ALYSSUM SERPYLLI FOLIUM—erltx (3)3. Soft yellow 
flowers in mid-summer, above spreading mats of silvery 
leaves. Evergreen. Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 40c. 
ALYSSUM SPINOSUM—rdlth(2) 14. A woody shrublet, 
much-branched, with leathery gray leaves mingled with 
spine-like twigs. Racemes of creamy white, or rarely rosy, 
flowers in profusion. Pkt. 20c. 
