CALL THEM BULBS 
Even though the intriguing kinds offered here may not be 
truly bulbs, we might well call them so, for they are handled 
and planted in the dormant or semi-dormant state in pre¬ 
cisely the way of bulbs. They are really good. 
HELLEBORUS NIGER—Called Christmas Rose. Big single 
flowers, white or rose-tinted, open whenever the winter 
weather moderates for a few days. Full hardiness, but needs 
a year to take hold. Each 90c ; 5 for $4.25. 
BLACKBERRY LILY—This most interesting plant, Bel- 
amcanda chinensis, seems to be a sort of connecting link 
between Ixia and Iris. The foliage and the root habit are 
Iris-like, but the blossoms, carried high on slender branching 
stems in informal sprays are those of Ixia, yet the coloring 
would be odd in either family, for it is an apricot-tinged 
orange, spotted freely wth rich' crimson. After the flowers 
come ornamental seed clusters, like great glossy blackberries. 
These are often cut, then dried to use in winter decorations. 
The blossoms, too, make a nice cut flower. The Blackberry 
Lily is winter-hardy. 40 inches. 20c each ; 3 for 50c; 7 for 
$1.00; 25 for $3.15. 
TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM—It is, I think, the most beau¬ 
tiful of the Trinity Lilies, with flowers that open snowy 
white, but soon suffuse with a rich pink that finally deepens 
to a royal rose. It loves rich moist woodlands, but will 
thrive in the garden if a bit of peat or of leaf mold be 
added to the soil. If possible, it should have a position 
that is shaded at least part of the day. Don’t let it 
suffer from drought, 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50. 
TRILLIUM LUTEUM—Really a yellow Trillium, flowers of 
lemon and buff. Marbled leaves. Hardy and easy in any 
rich shade. Particularly long blooming season. Each 25c; 
3 for 65c; 10 for $1.75. 
WINE-CUPS—This is Callirhoe involucrata, a magnificently 
showy half-trailer for the front of the border, the rockery, 
the terrace, or to carpet a dry bank. Big cups of showy 
wine-crimson for months. Revels in heat and drought. Good 
solid tubers, each 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1,00. 
ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA—The brilliant Butterfly Flower. 
Clustered blossoms, varying from sulphur, through gold and 
flaming orange, to an occasional vivid scarlet. It gives 
masses of living, breathing color for sunny places. Good cut 
flower. Fully hardy. Two feet. Sound, blooming-size 
tubers. 2 for 25c; 6 for 70c; 25 for $2.65. 
BLEEDING HEART—The true Bleeding Heart Dicentra 
spectabilis, with its sprays of rosy pink, white-tipped hearts, 
is the Queen-perennial of late sprng. Of full hardiness. 
Each 35c ; 3 for $1.00. 
LIRIOPE GRAMINIFOLIA—Another name for it is Lily 
Turf, It makes attractive fountains of ribbon leaves. The 
flowers are spikes of blue stars; then come berries, pale 
pearls at first, becoming violet, and so remaining over 
winter. Recommended for terraces, walk-corners, beneath 
trees, or for terrace-edge accents or urn plantings. Each 
20c ; 3 for 60c; 10 for $1.75. 
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