ALTHAEA 
A group of robust growing and showily flowering hardy 
plants, all of easy culture from seed. 
ALTHAEA CANNABINA—ebx(3)40. Bushy plants, well- 
foliaged, set with many salver flowers of rose-striped pink. 
Also valued for fibre. Pkt. 15c. # 
ALTHAEA FICIFOLIA HYBRIDA—€b.x(3)80. Fig-leafed 
Hollyhock. Varied brilliant color forms, often showing 
tingeings of yellow or orange. Pkt. 10c. # 
ALTHAEA HELDREICHI — ebx(3)90. Grecian Hollyhock. 
Many stems, set with many big flowers of vivid lemon. 
Exceedingly uniform. Bright. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c. # 
ALTHAEA PALLIDA—ebx(2-3)50. True Hungarian Holly¬ 
hock. Flowers always of purest pink, slightly campanulate, 
with silken, deeply notched petals. Distinctive border species 
of high merit. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c. # 
ALTHAEA ROSEA — Look under Hollyhock. This is the old- 
time kind. 
ALTHAEA SP. — ebx(2-5)60. Graceful canescent-leafed spe¬ 
cies of uncertain identification. Many pretty little flowers 
of velvety FVench-purple. Pkt. 20c. # 
ALTHAEA SULFUREA—ebx(3)80. Enormous “Hollyhock” 
flowers, from primrose purity to lemon with apricot suf¬ 
fusions. A sunrise in pastel. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. # 
ALTHAEA TAURINENSIS—ebx(2-5)60. Slender branches, 
with twisty, quirky upright tendencies, leafed in downy 
silver-ash, and set for months with inch-wide saucer-bells 
of dusty violet. Different, in friendly fashion. Pkt. 15c. 
ALTHAEA SYRIACUS — eqx(4) 10 ft. Tall summer-bloom¬ 
ing shrub. Seedlings will show varied colors. Pkt. 10c ; 
% oz. 25c. 
OFFER 9A8 — One pkt. each of 8 above, for 90c. 
At our Old Orchard Seed Gardens we have several 
acres of unusual and interesting hardy flowers, in all 
some three thousand separate kinds, each under label. 
They are there to produce the seeds that we sell, 
or of as many of them as may be produced under 
our growing conditions. In addition, we test out 
hundreds of other kinds, each year for adaptability 
to American climate, and for determination of horti¬ 
cultural value. Visitors, by the way, are welcome 
at the Gardens, these located on Bridgeboro Road, 
% mile beyond Airport Road, at Moorestown, N. J. 
Not open Sundays. 
ALYSSUM CONDENSATUM—erk(2)6. Spreading plants 
with leafy upright stem-lets, topped with wide clusters of 
pale lemon, the individual florets rather large. Pkt. 15c. # 
ALYSSUM MARKGRAFI—erx(2)9. Upright bushlet. Um¬ 
bels of bright lemon. Pkt. 15c. # , 
ALYSSUM MONTANUM—erdx(2)8. A low, tufted, half¬ 
shrub, all of gray frostiness. Yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE COMPACTUM—erx(l-2) 12. Basket 
of Gold. Brilliantly showy. Pkt. 6c ; % oz. 25c. # 
ALYSSUM SERPYLLIFOLIUM—erltx(3)3. Soft yellow flow¬ 
ers in mid-summer, above spreading mats of silvery leaves. 
Evergreen. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
ALYSSUM SPINOSUM—rdlth(2)14. Branching shrub-let 
with profuse creamy to rosy flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
ALYSSUM WULFENIANUM—erdx(2-3)6. Rippled mats of 
silver-shimmering leaflets. Clustered flowers of clear soft 
yellow. Excellent species. Pkt. 16c. # 
The wealth of plant material that may become avail¬ 
able has scarce as yet been touched. There are likely 
a thousand species worthy of cultivation, for every 
one that is already in garden use. Smug complacency 
sets ill on any of us, when we consider how little we 
really know about the materials of gardening, and 
how much there is to know. 
*AMARANTHUS MOLTEN FIRE—eob(8)50. Rich, dark fol¬ 
iage, the plants topped with a final flare of fiery Poinsettia- 
like brilliance. Spectacular. Pkt. 10c. 
* AMBROSIA MEXICANA—eocx(3-4)20. Aromatic, graceful 
green plumes for cutting. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c. # 
AMELANCHIER OBLONGIFOLIA—qy(l) 12 ft. June- 
berry. Scented white blooms ; then sweet blue berries. Pkt. 
10 c. # 
I AMORPHOPHALIUS MOZAMBIQUANA utw(7)15. Velvety 
maroon Calla-flowers in late winter. Unusual. Zanzibar to 
Uganda. 5 seeds for 20c. 
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHI — vy 30 ft. Hardy Japanese Ivy. 
Clings unaided to walls. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
AMARYLLIS 
A name applied to divers bulb groups, alike only in being 
of most satisfactory beauty in flower. All are worthy. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA- —■ utw. Sweetly fragrant 
trumpet-clusters, pure pink to deep rose. Makes delightful, 
enduring pot plant. Also garden-hardy, with protection, to 
about Philadelphia. Large bulb-like seeds, rather sure to 
grow if planted promptly upon receipt. 10 seeds for 25c; 
25 for 50c; 100 for $1.50. 
AMARYLLIS PORMOSISSIMA—euftk(w) (1-2)16. Enorm¬ 
ous, fantastic flowers of brilliant, glowing crimson. Blooms 
freely in May and June in the garden, and the bulbs may 
be stored in winter like the Gladiolus. Forces readily. An 
attractive cut flower. See illustration, page 4. Seed grows 
strongly. Pkt. 15c. # 
AMARY'LLIS HALLI—Magic Lily. See Lycoris squamigera. 
AMARYLLIS PRATENSIS — ♦euftk(htw) (6-7) 16. Chilian 
bulb. Clustered scarlet trumpets with yellow basal feather. 
Pkt. 15c. 
AMARYLLIS PEERLESS HYBRIDS—uftw. Seeds saved 
only from giant-flowering plants in a particularly fine col¬ 
lection of hybrid Hippeastrums. Should give blooms of mar¬ 
velous colorings and markings, including many in the tinted 
white and pink range, as well as rose, red and crimson. 
10 seeds for 25c; 50 seeds for $1.00; 100 for $1.75; 250 for 
$4.00. 
OFFER 10A8 — Above 4, one pkt. each, 65c. 
AMSONIA CILIATA — ebnsth(3)12. Spreading, narrow- 
leafed plants, each stem ending in a cluster of pale blue 
stars. Very good. Pkt. 15c. 
AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA—ebnsth(2)20. Star of 
Texas. Excellent perennial of full winter hardiness. Pani¬ 
cles of pretty steel-blue stars. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c. # 
ANACAMPSEROS TELEPHIASTRUM—htw. Love-plant. 
Pretty little succulent with bright rose-red flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
ANACYCLUS RADIATUS — erfdh(2)12. Radiating daisies, 
cream to pure yellow. Pkt. 15c. # 
ANAPHALLIS MARGARETACEA—cbn(2)24. The pretty 
pearl-ever-lasting. Drys well. Pkt. 16c. 
ANARRHINUM BELLIDIFOLIUM—*erbcx(2-3)20. Many 
tall sprays of myriad midget snapdragons. Pure blue. 
Dainty, yet strikingly effective. Pkt. 15c. # 
ANARRHINUM CRASSIFOLIUM—Only technical distinc¬ 
tions between this and last. Good. Pkt. 15c. # 
ANCHUSA or ALKANET 
For easy and ecstatic blues, together with melting delights 
in cream and rose, one must seek the Anchusas. Though 
perennially persistent, most of them will flower first season 
if sown early'. 
ANCHUSA AFFINIS—*ebk(8)40. Beauty in gracious curves. 
Uncurling racemes, studded with stars of indigo, white- 
centered. High Alps. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 oz. 30c. # 
ANCHUSA AFFINIS PINK STAR—Like last, but blossoms 
of soft pink, re-starred with carmine. Pkt. 20c. # 
♦ANCHUSA CAPENSIS BLUE BIRD—eocx(3)30. Quick 
annual, table-topped with cloudy turquoise in one wide burst. 
Pkt. 10c. # 
ANCHUSA INCARNATA—*ebx(3-4)26. Here the flowers 
are rose-colored, but with lighter border. Pkt. 15c. # 
ANCHUSA ITALICA DROPMORE—cstbh(8)65. Tall sprays 
of purest blue-gentian. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. # 
ANCHUSA NEW AVALON HYBRIDS—*ebx(8)30. Grace¬ 
fully irregular, with crosier-sprays of mellow cream, soft 
primrose, palest blue suffusions, azure, indigo, rose, pink 
and even carmine in re-starring. Scarce two with flowers 
alike. Pkt. 20c. # 
ANCHUSA OCHROLEUCA—*ecrbx(8)30. Rather like An- 
chusa affinis in form and habit, but with blossoms just the 
color of rich cream. Rare. Pkt. 20c. # 
♦4NCHUSA RIPARIA—eocbx(3-4)40. Erect plants spray¬ 
ing outward like great fountains of ultramarine. I recom¬ 
mend this highly. Pkt. 20c. # 
OFFER 11A8 — One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
