IRIS DICHOTOMA 
Very different from other Irises, with blossoms of ex¬ 
quisite daintiness, cool translucent lavender, with rich 
brown markings. The flowers are carried in tall sprays, 
to four feet, slenderly branching, and come in late July 
and August, after other Irises are done. Fragrant. Likes 
full sun. Seed germinates quickly and strongly, without 
special care. It is the one Iris that often blooms the first 
year from seed. Pkt. 15c; J4 oz. 40c; \\ oz. 75c; 1 oz. $2.50. 
♦ANODA, the OPALCUP 
Anoda lavateroides, the Opalcup, is an annual of easiest 
culture, likely to show blossom the first week in June 
from April sowings. Then there will be continuous flower¬ 
ing until hard late freezes in autumn. Here I have counted 
as late as November 15th, fifty perfect blossoms open at 
once on a single plant. The flowers arc shallow chalices, 
to three inches across, built of crinkly, lustrous petalage 
of just that delightful opaline coloring that lies between 
blue and pink; in sun, called pink; in shadow, blue. Big, 
bushy plants. Sow any time from April to August. Will 
cut. Illustration opposite. Pkt. 15c; *4 oz. 35c. 
♦RAPID CELANDINE 
Among the treasures of the Celandine Poppy group, this, 
the Rapid Celandine, (Dicranostigma Franchetianum), is, I 
think, the most precious. Quite surely none of them is 
easier, none more beautiful or larger flowered, and none can 
come into bloom quite as quickly from spring-sown seed 
It is truly the “Rapid” Celandine. Above jagged pinnate 
leaves, white marbled on pale green, come slender branching 
stems that bear repeated showers of four-petaled blossoms, 
crinkled and silken Week after week the flowers appear, 
large indeed for a Celandine Poppy, an inch and a half, and 
more, across. Easiest culture, full .an or light shade. 24 
inches. Mildly perennial, but best handled as annual. Sow 
seeds where plants will stand. Illustration opposite. Pkt. 20c. 
JAPANESE SILVER VIOLET 
A dainty exquisite from mountains of Japan. Blossoms 
are pink in effect, but actually it is a netting of rose over 
cream. Foliage densities, cleft and re-cleft, gleam as though 
over-laid with thin silver-plating. Blooms freely in spring, 
and again in late autumn Of fullest hardiness, “h” culture. 
The Silver Violet is Viola Sieboldiana. Pkt. 20c. 
THE ORIENTAL LARKSPUR 
A rare and highly distinct annual species from Kurdistan, 
botanically Delphinium orientalis. It makes broad bushes 
of plants, to a height of 28 inches, long loaded with bloom. 
The blossom color is a strikingly rich and unusual shade of 
true Tyrian purple, deep and velvety. It is hard to describe 
the precise effect of the plant, but it attracts a vast deal 
of attention from trial ground visitors when it is in flower. 
Few connect it with the usual annual Larkspur, to which, 
indeed, it is not very closely allied. As with all Larkspurs, 
seed germinates best if sown while soil is cool. Pkt. 20c. 
THE WHITE LIATRIS 
Loose multi-flowered spikes, filled with great lace-fringed 
blossom tassels of swansdown whiteness. Well grown plants 
are towers of bloom, varying branch heights giving the 
modern step-back effect to the architecture. A particularly 
satisfactory perennial for late summer effects, and it cuts 
splendidly. Seed saved only from plants with white flowers. 
There are always a few purples, though. Pkt. 25c. 
* CORAL FLOWER 
A new annual flower of exquisite, jewel-like daintiness 
and vivid colorings Even the foliage is decorative; spoon- 
shapeti leaves of thick, rich succulence. There are many 
stems, growing to some thirty inches, and bearing in loose 
alternate clusters, little five-pointed blossom stars of lumi¬ 
nous pink rosiness. Then come airy, long-hanging capsules, 
each like a bead of coral, polished to brilliancy, hundreds 
of them on each spire-like stem. The plant is of easiest 
culture in full sun. Good for cutting, giving unique decora¬ 
tive effects. Illustration above. Pkt. 20c. 
HOUSE PLANT SURPRISE 
Here you are due for delightful amazement. Seeds of 
very many different house plants in one great mixture, some 
of them decidedly unique. Better separate the fine seeds 
from the coarse, since the latter will need deeper covering. 
Give them all a fair chance and ample time. Sold only in 
extra-size packets at 25c each. 
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