CODONOPSIS CLEMATIDEA 
Charming white bells, veined with peacock blue, are car¬ 
ried on spreading, half-decumbent stems. Within, the bells 
are zoned with violet, above a basal blotch of orange and 
black. A pretty, and most interesting, tuberous-rooted 
species, hardy in the rock garden if given a winter mulch 
of straw or litter. Sometimes it is grown as a pot plant; or 
again used in hanging baskets or window boxes. Blooms 
first year from seed, sown early. Flowers almost continu¬ 
ously. Pkt. 15c. 
MECONOPSIS VSOLACEA 
The Great Violet Poppy of the Himalayas. From spread- 
ingly decorative rosettes of feathery sea-green leaves, mantled 
in down of yellow silk, rise stems that will reach six feet 
where growing conditions are right. The stems, set in alter¬ 
nate ladder fashion with long leaf-plumes, break above into 
loose showers of splendid orange-anthered violet blossoms. 
Often thirty to forty of them open on a single plant. A 
noble species, discovered but a few years back, growing in 
thin woodlands ten thousand feet up, on the mountains that 
divide Burma from Thibet. It should be noted that seed is 
slow in germinating, also the young seedlings are susceptible 
to attacks of the “damping-off” fungus. The reward, though, 
will be worth any expenditure of care and patience. Pkt. 25c; 
n *2 oz. 75c. 
DODECATHEON or SHOOTING STAR 
If, as the name implies, this flower was fashioned by the 
Twelve Gods of Greece, then their workmanship was of an 
exquisite perfection. One wonders, though, what Olympian 
escapade may have brought Grecian Gods to even short 
exile in our hemisphere, since Dodecatheons are altogether 
American. Sweetly perfumed flowers with reficxed petals, 
pink, mauve, rose or crimson, often with yellow eye. crysty 
(2)16. Illustrated above. Splendid mixture. Pkt. 15c. 
SCABIOSA WEBBIANA 
A desirable and enduring perennial for either rock garden 
or hardy border. Large fluffy flowers of pure, true cream, 
neither white nor yellow, but a really rich and attractive 
shade between. This is our favorite of hardy Scabiosas, 
always in bloom, always good. Cuts well. Silvery pinnate 
foliage. ecrbx(8)20. Pkt. 15c. 
EREMURUS OR FOXTAIL LILY 
This majestic Desert Lily, with magnificent flower spikes 
that bear hundreds of bright star-shaped blossoms, pink rose, 
primrose, orange, yellow or copper. Grows eventually four 
to eight feet tall. Fully hardy, but mulch a bit to prevent 
too early growth in the spring. Spectacular in the border 
Fine mixture in full color range. Give “y” culture, (see 
page 2). Mulch in late autumn with loose litter, to prevent 
winter frost-heaving, and too early starting in spring. Illus¬ 
trated above. 25 seeds for 20c; 100 seeds for 65c; 500 seeds 
for $2.50. 
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