AKABlS ALPINA — erx{2)8. Pretty rock garden or edging 
plant with profuse white flowers. Pkt. 5c. 
ARABIS BILLARDIERI ROSEA-erx(2) 10. Upright clus¬ 
ters of pleasant rosy blossoms. Lebanon. Pkt. 15c. # 
ARALIA CORDATA- -Udo. Young shoots are blanched, and 
used like asp>aragus, or in salads. Pkt. 10c. 
ARAUJIA SERICOFERA--*evk 10 ft. Cruel Vine. Ex¬ 
quisitely formed pink-tinted flowers. Long in bloom. Hardy 
south, but north may be grown satisfactorily as an out¬ 
door annual by starting early. Cuts well. Pkt. 15c. 
ARCHANGELICA OFFICINALIS—Tall plants, of individual- 
if:ed ornamental value as groui)-planting culminations. Also 
stems often candied as an attractive sweetmeat, and essen¬ 
tial oil of seeds is valued for certain flavoring purposes, 
and in perfumes. Sow seeds outside in late fall, or very- 
early spring. Pkt. 10c. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI—rstatngy(l)6. Bear Berry. 
Hardiest of evergreen trailers, making wide-spreading carpets 
of dense evergreen leaves. In spring, cherry-scented pink 
blossoms; later the plants are loaded with gleaming ruby 
berries. No better ground-cover where suited, but that 
m.eans good drainage, a soil not too heavy, and slight acidity. 
It prefers scattering shade, but grows in sun when other 
conditions are right. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.25. # 
ARCTOTIS or AFRICAN DAISY 
Delightful daisies, mostly of largest size, effective for 
garden decoration, or for cutting. All may be treated as 
annuals by sowing early under glass, and transplanting, 
but A. grandis may be sown directly in garden. 
ARCTOTIS ACORUS—*erbx(4)20. Worth growing for the 
architecturally piled, silver-sparkling, undulate and crispy 
foliage. Flowers of “grandis” coloring. Uganda and Kenya. 
Pkt. 15c. 
♦ARCTOTIS GRANDIS—eocbx(3-4)28. Blue-eyed African 
Daisy. Pearl-white flowers with blue centers and lilac re¬ 
verse. Easy, profuse, and of excellent effect in garden or 
as a cut flower. Sow late after soil is warm. Pkt. 5c; 
Ya oz. 20c. # 
ARCTOTIS LAEVIS—*ecbx(4)20. Big cup-daisies of orange 
buff, washed with scarlet, and with black centers. Rosettes 
of silvery pinnate foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
ARCTOTIS SPECIOSA—*erbfh(3-5)18. Pleasing apricot, 
brilliant tangerine, and bronzed carmine. Pkt. 20c. # 
ARCTOTIS STOECHADOFOLIA—♦ erx(3)10. Claret-colored 
flowers over silvery foliage. We are assured by our South 
African seed-source that this is altogether distinct from 
Arctotis grandis. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 19A8 —One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
ARCTOTIS BLEND -The five kinds above, with others. 
Surpriseful variations. Pkt. 10c. 
Nothing is more deadly, monotonously boresome than 
complete consistency, whether it be in gardener or 
garden. Let your garden express at least a healthy 
whimsy, a prejudice hearty enough for accent. It 
should fulfill your individuality, rather than be fitted 
to a book pattern. 
ARENARIA 
Gro'and-hiding treasures. Solid pavements, or waving 
thickets of bloom. 
ARENARIA BALEARICA—erph(2-3)3. Delightful rock- 
mantler, with a thousand tiny white stars, studded over 
greenery. Walls, pavements, crevices. Pkt. 25c. 
ARENARIA CAROLINIANA •— ernatdh(2)6. Plants like 
dwarf tufted Heather, with myriads of delicate white flow¬ 
ers, on almost invisible stems. Pkt. 15c. # 
ARENARIA FORMOSA- -erx(2)8. A beauty from the Alta:, 
with rather large flowers of shining white, on branching 
thread-like stems. Pkt. 15c. 
ARENARIA LEDEBOURIANA — erh(2-3)6. Foliage of blue- 
gray airiness, white sprays above. Pkt. 20c. # 
ARENARIA MACRADENIA—rh(2) 10. Like a larger A. 
caroliniana, but less heathery. Pkt. 15c. 
ARENARIA MONTANA—rndh(2)5. Mats of grey leaves, 
with large white flowers above. A species quite indispensable 
to any* real rock garden satisfaction. Likeable and depend¬ 
able. Pkt. 15c. # 
♦ARENARIA PATULA — eorh(2)8. Good little annual Aren- 
aria for filling rock garden blanks. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 20A8 One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
ARCEMONE 
Easy annuals that tend to be ever-blooming, and are at¬ 
tractive and distinctive in foliage as well as in flower. 
Highly recommended for dry, feunny positions. 
♦ARGEMONE GRANDIFLORA—eodbx(3-4;30. Large poppy¬ 
like flowers, in this strain rich yellow. Foliage of blue- 
green, with white marblings. Pkt. 10c. # 
♦ARGEMONE INTERMEDIA—eobdx(3)20. Prickly, marbled 
leaves. Largo pale lemon flowers. Pkt. 10c. # 
♦ARGEMONE NEW DOUBLE HYBRIDS -eodk(8)36. Great 
silken blossoms in white, cream, soft yellow and shades of 
rose, above blue-toned, holly-spined foliage. A good per¬ 
centage of the blossoms will be fully double, others pleasingly 
semi-double, or single. Pkt. 20c. # 
♦ARGEMONE PLATYCERAS--ebdx(3)40. Splendid snowy 
white flowers with satiny petals. Green and white spiny 
folia.ge, decorative in itself. This is a giant-flowered selec¬ 
tion, and, I think, the most effective of the Argemones if 
but one is to be grown. There are, indeed, but few annuals 
that will give as fine, and long, a showing in a hot, dry 
place. Full sun. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. # 
♦ARGEMONE PLATYCERAS ROSEA-eodbx(3)40. A color 
variant of the above, with silken blossoms of rose to tyrian 
purple. Pkt. 15c. # 
OFFER 21A8 — One pkt. each of above for 55c. 
♦ARGEMONE BLEND — All kinds together. A superb mix¬ 
ture. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 20c. # 
ARISAEMA or SNAKE LILY 
There is a weird attract!: eness about them, a grotesque, 
cold-blooded lurement, like that of a bird-charming serpent; 
yet actually snakes seem not to like them, nor to be found 
in their neighborhood. The Arisaemas fit particularly cool- 
soiled, none-too-dry shade. All, save A. triphyllum, are 
Himalayan. 
ARISAEMA GRIPFITHI—ubstmy(2)24. Handsome velvety 
violet spathe, chocolate streaked. Pkt. 15c. 
ARISAEMA HIMALAYAN BLEND—ubmsty(3)24. Arum 
Lilies, amazingly varied, and often surprisingly beautiful. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c. 
ARISAEMA SPECIOSUM — ubmsty(3)25. Spathe, glossy 
purple and cream ; leaves, red-marbled. Pkt. 15c. 
ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM — urnstmy (2)25. Jack-in-the- 
Pulpit. Purple-green chocolate-marked spathes, like hooded 
Callas, followed by clustered berries, jewel-like and red- 
glowing. Pkt. 10c: 1/4 oz. 40c. # 
OFFER 22A8—One pkt. each of above for 40c. 
ARISTEA or BLUE-BRILLIANT 
Even in the north we may enjoy the vivid coerulean in¬ 
tensities of these rather easy South African irids. Unlike 
their cousins. Gladiolus and Watsonia, they are :iot bulbs, 
and so, to eliminate storage difficulties, are perhaps best 
grown in pots. They may be give:: year around window 
culture, or they may be plmiged in the garden for summer 
flowering, the pots being carried to a light cellar in late 
autumn, and the plat:ts carried over winter there in a semi- 
dormant state, with just an occasional scant watering. 
ARISTEA CAPITATA — ebfk(htw)50. Big flowers of rich 
deep indigo. Splendid species. Pkt. 15c. 
ARISTEA ECKLONI — emstk(htw) 16. Panicled blossoms, 
blue-gentian to ultramarine. Shade tolerant. Pkt. 15c. 
ARISTEA LUCIDA — ebfk(htw)25. Flowers of wedgewood- 
blue delight, in open sprays. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 23A8—One pkt. each of above for 40c. 
Don’t be afraid of breaking a (horticultural) rule 
now and then. Naught that man has made is final, 
nor i::fallible, and treasures are often found am:d 
ruins. I have shattered many a rule of gardeni::g, 
and of catalog-making, but I am still growing species 
that the compilers say are impossible here, and as to 
this catalog, it now takes 27,000 copies a year just 
for my actual customers, and for those others who 
make individual written request for it. 
ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS—♦ehtw. Graceful, free-bloom¬ 
ing vine for pot culture; not hardy. Attractive flowers, 
purple, white and yellow. Brazil. Pkt. 15c. 
