21 SPECIAL ROCK CARDEN BLEND 
Near to 300 of the world’s most delightful rock garden 
flowers are hiding in this blend, waiting call to your 
garden. We put into the mixture a bit of seeds of almost 
every perennial we offer that is of temperament and figure 
to neighbor pleasantly with rocks or stony ledges. We 
have put a lot of pride into it, too, and we have a 
feeling that you are going to be very glad that you 
have made a liberal sowing of our Special Rock Garden 
Blend. Caution, remember that some kinds will come 
quickly, while others assort from mid-speed germinaters, to 
slow or very-very slow. Transplant, then, young seedlings 
will scant soil disturbance, so that the to-be-late arrivals may 
have a chance to do their turn. Special large pkg., 25c; 
oz. 75o. 
21 ROMANZOFFIA SITCHENSIS — rmskt(2-3)8. Mist 
Maiden. A delight in any rock garden, green as an 
emerald after months of winter. Creamy star-sprays. Pkt. 
15c. (Romanzoffia unalaschkensis, same rate.) 
22 ROMNEYA COULTERI—bdy(3-4) 60. Matilija or Shrub 
Poppy. Great blossoms of silken whiteness, with golden 
tassels. Blue-silvered foliage, green mounds of plants. A 
splendid beauty. Needs sheltered position north. Has win¬ 
tered for several years at Old Orchard, here in South 
Jersey, with loose straw mulching about it. Seed usually 
germinates strongly in spring if sown in outside seed-beds 
in late autumn or winter, otherwise slow. Pkt. 15c. 
35 ROMULEA HARTUNGI—ew(7)6. Pretty flowers of rosy 
lilac, ringed with black, and with touch of tawny buff in 
deep throat. An excellent and easy bulb for winter win¬ 
dow culture. From seeds sown in pots in late spring, 
there will be a continuous succession of flowers from 
January to March. Canary Island species. Pkt. 20c. 
THE ROSES 
SHRUB-ROSE BLEND—by(2-4). The Shrub-Roses will add 
summer and winter brightness to the border, a delicate 
charm of blossom-tints, then a glorious decoration of glow-r 
ing fruits. The taller species will do for the mixed 
shrubbery border: the lower ones for edgings, or to spray 
out trailing wreaths of bloom to cover bank or terrace. 
Sometimes, too, they are naturalized; and of course all 
roses, including these, make delightful cut flowers. We 
offer here a superb blend, flowers mostly single, in pure 
white, cream, primrose, lemon, yellow, blush, pink, rose, 
red, and crimson, with others white centered with rose 
and the like. Nor does beauty end with bloom, for many 
have highly ornamental foliage, fern like, bronze-tinted, 
or even near to maroon. Then the shining, winter-hang¬ 
ing fruits continue the showing. A mixed Shrub-Rose 
border is synonym for long pleasure. Easy and sure from 
seed, “y” culture. Sow in quantity. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; 
% oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
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 white 
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. 15c. 
THE BABY ROSE—Multitudes of tiny roses in varied 
lovely colorings, but largely in White, blush or delicate pink. 
Flowers single to fully double. More or less everblooming. 
Quick from seed, and from earliest spring sowings, plants 
will be in flower by June, midgets but four inches high. 
Height variable, but always low-growing and compact, some 
seedlings decidedly natural dwarfs. Recommended for 
edgings, rock gardens, or just for bank-masses of long de¬ 
light. Though fully winter-hardy, the Baby Rose makes 
a splendid pot plant. The famed and mysterious Rosa 
Rouletti is likely but a seedling variant of this. Some 
new seedling may be even better. Culture “yt”. Pkt. 15c; 
special over-size pkg. 50c. 
OFFER 114A9—One pkt. each of above three for 35c. 
SHRUB-ROSE SPECIES—Each at 10c the pkt. Many can 
be supplied by weight. Ask for bulk quotation. Alpina, 
Altaica, Blanda, Coriifolia Froebeli, Davurica, Foliolosa, 
Hugonis, Jundzelli amoena, Moschata floribunda, Moyesi, 
Nitida, Omeiensis, Pomifera, Rubrifolia, Rugosa, Setigera, 
Spinosissima, Wichuriana. OFFER 115A9—One pkt. each 
of the 18 for $1.60. 
22 ROSCOEA CAUTLIOIDES—rstkt(2-3)18. Blossoms of 
crumpled loveliness, the weird grace of the Orchid with 
the shell-daintiness of the Gladiolus. The color is clear 
and luminous citron. Pkt. 20c. 
51 RUBUS ORNAMENTAL 
Shrubs that arch gracefully, the tips trailing. Showy 
spring blossoms, big white or purple single roses, then 
fruits, yellow, red or black, these mostly edible, some 
of them really delicious. Certain of the species have stems 
that are ivory white. Recommended to mingle in the 
wilder shrub-border, or for woodland under-plantings. 
Excellent mixture, “y” culture. Pkt. 15c. 
RUBUS SPECIES—At 15c the pkt. Deliciosus, Parviflorus, 
Parvus, Spectabilis. 
21 RUDBECKIA HIRTA — ecbnx(3)36. Black eyed Susan. 
Flowers of brilliant golden orange, the centers chocolate. 
Splendid naturalizer. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
21 RUDBECKIA HIRTA AVALON SELECTION—Starry 
blossoms carry shadings of mahogany, or they may be 
powdered with ruddy brown over soft yellow. Others will 
be yellow on the face, but autumn-tinged in reverse, or 
of deepest orange-gold, with tints of lemon or shades 
of ochre. Pkt. 20c. 
21 RUDBECKIA MOSCHATA—ebdnx(3)60. Showy yellow 
blossoms. Tall enduring border perennial. Pkt. 10c. 
21 RUELLIA CILIOSA 
Few flowers bloom more continuously than this. It 
starts in June, and lasts till September is done; each day 
a new display of silky blossoms, long-tubed and flaring. 
In form and coloring the flowers remind one of Petunia, 
Heavenly Blue variety. There is the same silvered sky- 
blue, with lavender reflections. Ruellia ciliosa, though, is 
a thoroughly winter-hardy and enduring perennial, belong¬ 
ing to the Acanthus family. It likes full sun and hot, dry 
places. Sown in latest autumn or very early spring, it 
will often bloom first year. erbkt(2-5)17. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
40c. (Plants, each 30c ; 3 for 85c.) 
21 RUELLIA SPECIES—Strepens 15c; Pedunculata 15c. 
31 RUMEX VENOSUS—ecbdltyt(3)25. Spectacular. Seed- 
pods are translucent flakes of rose-flushed silver. Winter 
bouquets. Pkt. 15c. (Tubers, 3 for 40c.) 
21 RUTA PATAVINA—rbfyt(2)20. Blue-silver foliage air¬ 
iness. Flowers yellow; untasseled Hypericum reminder. 
Pkt. 15c. 
*SABATIA ANGULARIS—cryt(3-4)20. Blossoms of allur¬ 
ing loveliness, in the clearest and purest of pinks, some¬ 
times a hundred open at a time on one plant. Perfumed. 
Perhaps best handled by sowing seeds in open in latest 
autumn ; if sown in spring, then at first possible moment. 
Not easy, but there are few more beautiful flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
*OTHER SABATIAS—Same culture. Exquisite. Paniculata, 
tall, white, 15c; Stellaris, pink with star, 15c. 
SALMAGUNDI—Turn to page 64. 
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