RHODODENDRON 
Rhododendron, the Rose Tree of the Ancient Greeks, like 
good wine “needs no bush.” Just a word, though, to em¬ 
phasize the family need for acid soil, for with practical 
unanimity the Rhododendrons are lime-haters. Sour the 
soil about them by adding leaf mould, peat, old sawdust, 
or that low-priced chemical, aluminum sulphate, and you 
will have no trouble with them, qcsty. 
RHODODENDRON ANTHOPOGON — Spreading foot-high 
evergreen, with fragrant flowers, white, cream or pink- 
tinged buff. Aromatic foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM—This is one of the few 
tree Rhododendrons, growing eventually, in its Himalayan 
homeland, to a height of seventy feet. Big blossoms of 
brilliant scarlet. Pkt. 20c. 
RHODODENDRON CAMPANULATUM — Bells of enamel 
whiteness, spotted contrastingly with deep crimson. Rare, 
hardy, beautiful. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON CAROLINIANUM—Large flowers of 
carmine purple. Six feet. Good. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE — Big clustered blos¬ 
soms in cool, translucent lavender. Massachusetts hardy. 
Very beautiful. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM — Rose of the Alps. 
Delightful carmine bloom-clusters in early summer. Hardy 
evergreen. Three feet. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON FULGENS — Bells of blood-red, with 
black spot at base. Evergreen. 6 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON KEISKEI — A low-spreading evergreen 
with primrose yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM — A giant, growing to thirty- 
five feet, and hardy to Quebec. Showy blossoms of rosy 
carnelian, but sometimes white or violet. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON SETOSUM — Dwarf spreading shrub, 
only a foot high, flower-loaded in royal purple. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON THOMSONI — Bell flowers that vary 
from pink-suffused white, through rosy salmon, to blood 
red. 8 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
RHODODENDRON WASHINGTONIANUM-The deep rose 
blossoms in undulate bell form, are marked with golden 
brown. To ten feet. Pkt. 15c; A oz. 50c. 
RHODODENDRON WIGHTI — Yellow bells, red-spotted. Ev¬ 
ergreen Himalayan. 12 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 133A8 — One pkt. each of above for $1.85. 
RHODODENDRON BLEND--In addition to all of the spe¬ 
cies here listed, and many others, the blend includes seeds 
of splendid hybrid varieties, collected in English gardens. 
Pkt. 15c; jig oz. 60c. 
ROBINIA HISPIDA — eqcbk(2)30. Rose Acacia. Shrublet of 
exquisite beaiity, with great racemes of charming, rose- 
colored flowers. Dwarf, free-seeding variety. Pkt. ISc. 
ROBINIA PSEUDACACIA — jk 80 ft. Black Locust. Sturdy 
timber and ornamental tree. Makes good posts. Also 
recommended for planting on slopes to prevent erosion, 
the net of fibrous roots holding the soil. A legume, and 
restores nitrogen. Sprays of sweet-scented creamy bloom in 
May and June. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
ROCHEA COCCINEA—-htw. Desirable showy succulent, 
with fragrant flowers of brilliant scarlet. Pkt. 26c. 
ROCK SPRAY — qh 10 ft. Holodiscus discolor. Swaying 
branches that carry drooping panicles of ivory-tinted fra¬ 
grant laciness. Pkt. 15c. 
SPECIAL ROCK GARDEN BLEND 
A mixture in varied proportions of seeds of more than 
one hundred distinct and interesting perennial flowers that 
are right for the rock garden. Please note that some kinds 
will come up quickly, while others are slower to germinate. 
Transplant young seedlings with little soil disturbance, for 
likely there are kinds still to sprout. Special large pkg. 25c. 
ROMANZOFFIA SITCHENSIS—rmsh(2-3)8. Mist Maiden. 
A delight in any rockery, green as an emerald after months 
of winter. Creamy star-sprays. Pkt. 15c. 
ROMNEYA COULTERI — (q)bdzy(2-3)96. Matilija or Shrub 
Poppy. Great blossoms of purest whiteness and silken 
crepe-like texture, to eight inches across, above tangles of 
blue-powdered leaves and gray-green stems. Magnificently 
beautiful. Hardy to Philadelphia. May be grown much 
further north if given sheltered position and mulching. 
Sow seed in outdoor beds in late autumn or winter and it 
will germinate strongly in spring. Sow at any other time, 
and it will be slow and difficult to sprout. Pkt. 15c. 
ROMULEA 
Quick bulbs of highest merit for pot culture, blooming 
often within ten months from seed. Jewel-like flowers open 
in long succession for many weeks. There will be rose, lilac, 
cinnabar and bright red, often with black or buff mark¬ 
ings. Rarely white forms appear. Pkt. 20c. 
THE ROSES 
No need to paint the rose, surely not the garden roses ; 
but a word may be in order for those that have not yet 
awakened to the delicate charm and varied uses of the wild 
or species roses. They will add brightness to the border, 
the taller kinds for backgrounds, or they may be used for 
edgings, or in the mixed shrubbery planting. Certain of 
them will sprawl, gloriously wreathed in bloom, later with 
vivid autumn leaf-tints, in the rockery. And of course 
they may be naturalized; and all Roses cut well. Sow 
seedsi as directed under “y” key on page one, and you will 
find them rather easy. 
ROSA ALPINA — Handsome rose, growing in arching, 
graceful fountain form. Big crinkly flowers of clear pink, 
then fruits of glossy scarlet until well into winter. Makes 
a splendid shrub for mixed plantings, or will fit the larger 
rock garden. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c. # 
ROSA ALTAICA — Makes compact, leafy plants to three feet 
mantled with flowers of creamy white. Then come polished 
fruits of black-maroon. Pkt. 15c. # 
THE BABY ROSE — Multitudes of tiny roses in varied lovely 
colorings, single to fully double. Long blooming. Very 
dwarf. Quick from seed. Recommended for edgings, bed¬ 
ding, or rockery. A wonderful window plant, too. The 
delightful and mysterious Rosa Rouletti is likely simply a 
selected seedling of this. Some new seedling might just 
possibly be even better. Pkt. 15c. # 
ROSA BLANDA — A charming Wild Rose, with big single 
blossoms of purest pink, followed by winter-showy scarlet 
fruits. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c. 
THE BURNET ROSE—^Will thrive in poor soil. Pretty 
blossoms, single to double, in white, cream, primrose, buff 
and even butter-yellow, or sometimes pink and rose. Tiny 
leaflets and diffuse twigs, giving fern-spray effect to foliage. 
Seedlings vary from 12 to 40 inches in height. Try the 
dwarfer in the rockery; the taller will do nicely in the 
border, or as a low hedge. Rose spinosissima. Pkt. 15c. # 
ROSA FOLIOLOSA — A delightful little rose that will fit 
the rock garden, sixteen inches its highest ambition. Usually 
the dainty single blossoms are snowy white, with golden 
stamens. Sometimes it is rosy pink. Pkt. 15c. 
NEW GARDEN ROSES — Seeds saved from splendid named 
sorts of Garden Roses, chiefly of the Hybrid Tea and Hy¬ 
brid Perpetual Groups, Color spread will be from while 
and palest blush, through all the shades of pink and rose, 
to red, crimson and maroon ; with yellow and tawny buff, 
together with tones of apricot, salmon, copper and orange. 
Not difficult, if seed is handled according to “y” directions, 
page 1, and a large part of the plants will bloom sec¬ 
ond year, occasionally one even the first. A fair propor¬ 
tion should be double; some should be worth naming; all 
should be pretty and interesting. Pkt. 16c. 
ROSA HUGONIS — Handsome arching shrub, each branch 
a wreath of glorious soft yellow in late spring. Excellent 
hedge or screen. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. # 
ROSA MOYESI — A gorgeous shrub, with flowers of ruby- 
crimson, followed by glossy pendant fruits of “sealing-wax” 
red. Pkt. 20c. 
ROSA NITIDA — Splendid rose for the larger rockery. Stems 
hidden, with crimson bristles, bear blossoms of bright pink, 
rose, or red. Showy bloom-thickets. Pkt. 10c. # 
ROSA RUBRIFOLIA — The scarlet-painted foliage from 
early until late, makes the whole shrub into one great all¬ 
summer bouquet. Closely clustered rosy pink blossoms with 
white centers. Five feet. Pkt. 10c. # 
ROSA RUGOSA — Splendid shrub for hedges or screens. 
Bears, more or less all summer, big single flowers in white, 
pink or rosy red. Pkt. 10c ; % oz. 30c. # 
ROSA SETIGERA—Prairie Queen. Vigorous and attractive 
climber, with big single flowers in July, deep pink or pure 
white. No better climber. Pkt. 10c ;•% oz. 20c. # 
OFFER 134A8 — One pkt. each of above for $1.60. 
ROSE SHRUB BLEND — All the above, except Garden and 
Baby Roses, with many others. Make plentiful sowings 
for informal grace and cheerful color. There are no love¬ 
lier shrubs. Pkt. 10c; i/4 oz. 20c. # 
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