51 BUDDLEIA PEERLESS BLEND—ex. Butterfly Bush. 
Flowers in long massive racemes, showy blue to rich violet, 
often with orange eye. Then there will be pink, crimson 
and white, for the blend includes seeds of rare species in 
diverse and unusual colorings. While we have marked this 
as “51”, a hardy shrub, it must be understood that not all 
of the seedlings, because of certain unique species included, 
will be of equal hardiness. Even those that are not stem- 
hardy north, will be root-hardy if well-mulched, and since 
they bloom on new wood, they will give excellent flower 
showing. Buddleias make splendid cut flowers. Pkt. 15c; 
1*6 oz. 30c. 
THE CACTUS CARDEN 
Cacti are easily raised from seed, and fit well into the 
window garden, requiring less care, and attracting more 
attention than other house plants. Everywhere, north or 
south. Cacti may be used with striking effect for summer 
bedding, in the rock garden, or on a dry sunny bank. When 
hard freezes come, the plants may be potted up and carried 
over winter in the house. Even a sunny cellar window will 
suffice. It should be noted that several of the Cactus species 
offered here are fully winter-hardy perennials, that may 
be used in rock garden, or to accent a border. 
45 CEPHALOCEREUS SENILIS—w. Old Man Cactus. Fan¬ 
tastic, covered with shaggy white hair. 10 seeds, 25c. 
45 CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS—w. Famed night-bloomine 
Cereus. Magnificent twining Cactus with vanilla-scented 
white blossoms a foot across. 10 seeds for 25c. 
42 ECHINOCACTUS POLYANCISTRUS — kt. Cylindrical 
ribbed stems in shining white armor of dense spine-netting. 
Clustered flowers open purple, changing to crimson. Red 
fruits. Hardy to zero. 15 seeds for 20c. 
42 ECHINOCEREUS REICHENBACHI—Merry Widow Cac¬ 
tus. Enormous flowers of feathery pink. Branching, spread¬ 
ing globose columns of white spiny laciness. Easy and sat¬ 
isfactory for pot culture, but near-hardy, too. 20 seeds 
for 15c. 
42 ECHINOCEREUS RIGIDISSIMUS—kt. Rainbow Cactus. 
Ridged cylinders, layered with dense and interlocking lat¬ 
eral spines, these in bands of yellow, rose, purple and 
maroon. Big violet blossoms. Hardy to zero. 20 seeds, 15c. 
41 MAMMILLARIA VI VIP AR A—kt. Fully winter-hardy 
Cactus for the rock garden. Makes pink knobby cushions 
that group to form big mounds. Blossoms of vivid, radiant 
rose in mid-summer. 10 seeds for 15c; 50 for 60c. (Plants, 
small cushions, each 25c.) 
45 MELOCACTUS MIXED—w. The Turk’s Head or Turban 
Cactus. Big ridged globes, bearing at the center summit a 
cylindrical crown that may itself be four inches to a foot 
high, this built of densely packed cotton-wool on a frame¬ 
work of long red spines. Succulent flowers, red or rose. 
This is a mixture of many species from Curacao, Haiti, 
Turk’s Island and the like. Pkt. 20c. 
41 OPUNTIA COMPRESSA—kt. Corrected name for ma¬ 
terial that was formerly known as Opuntia opuntia. This 
species is of fullest winter-hardiness, wintering without pro¬ 
tection in Quebec. Attractive tangles of glossy green branch¬ 
ing pads, almost spineless. Big flowers of a particularly 
bright lemon yellow. A row of this Cactus at our Old 
Orchard Seed Gardens is a wide band of burnished lemon- 
gold for many weeks, accented here and there by the warm 
winecup crimson of Callirhoe, strayed over from a planting 
nearby. The buds remind one of roses about to open. Pkt. 
10c; y 8 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. (Plants, each 15c: 3 for 40c; 
9 for $1.00.) 
42 OPUNTIA IMBRICATA—brkt 5 ft. Devil’s Rope. Rope¬ 
like spiny stems in branching tree form. The stems are 
sometimes made into canes. Flowers of brilliant purple. 
This is the tallest of the relatively hardy species. Safe out¬ 
side to about 20 degrees below freezing; in sheltered posi¬ 
tions will stand more. Pkt. 15c; Y 8 oz. 30c. 
41. OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA—kt. Big branching pads, 
thick, wide,. high-piled. Large flowers of creamy yellow, 
each petal with a widely spreading coppery orange stain. Ex¬ 
cellent species of much hardiness. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, single 
pads, each 25c.) 
41 OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA—kt. Branching blue-green 
pads, set with long silvery spines. Flowers of pale lemon, 
with red tinge. Very good species for rock garden or ter¬ 
race. Stands 40 degrees below zero. 10 seeds for 15c; 60 
seeds for 50c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00.) 
45 PHYLLOCACTUS PEERLESS HYBRIDS—w. Here is 
a splendid strain of this freest in blooming of all Cactus 
groups. Magnificent flowers in cream, pink, orange, scarlet, 
crimson, lavender and purple. Oddly compressed, flanged 
and margined plant stems. Our Phyllocactus seeds come 
from a famed European grower. Recommended fully. 8 
seeds for 25c; 18 seeds for 50c; 40 seeds for $1.00. 
OFFER 31A9—One pkt. each of the 12 Cactus listings above, 
for $1.90. 
CACTUS HARDY BLEND—kt. Many Cactus species are 
thoroughly winter-hardy, even into Canada. Others are so 
nearly hardy that they may be easily wintered out of doors 
in the North with but slight protection. Here is a splendid 
mixture of fully hardy and almost hardy kinds. 20 seeds 
for 15c; 50 seeds for 35c; 100 for 65c; 500 for $2.75; 
1000 for $5.00. 
CACTUS ORNAMENTAL BLEND—w. For pot culture, 
being mostly not hardy outside. Weird and curious stem 
formations, with richly hued and feathery flowers, followed 
by “jewel” fruits. Wonderfully diverse blend, including 
seeds of a vast number of decorative species not described 
separately here. 20 seeds for 15c; 50 seeds for 35c; 100 
for 65c; 500 for $2.75; 1000 for $5.00. 
PLEASE NOTE. Seeds of different Cactus species vary 
greatly in both size and color. Some are almost dust-like, 
others as large as a small pea. Mixtures include all sizes. 
Watch out in sowing, for the tiny ones. 
CALCEOLARIA 
One pleasing theme in three variations, annual, hardy 
perennial, and tender pot plant. They are all Lady-slippers, 
and each, for its own place and purpose, good. 
22 CALCEOLARIA BIFLORA—erx(2)6. A rare perennial 
of the Andes, reasonably winter-hardy in the rock garden. 
(Put a good dab of that new glass-fibre mulching over it 
next November and you should have no trouble with it.) 
The flowers are pretty little lady-slippers of golden yellow, 
always in twins (as indeed slippers should be.) Rosettes of 
prostrate leaves. Pkt. 25c. 
25 CALCEOLARIA PEERLESS HYBRIDS—w. A splendid 
pot plant, or may be plunged outside in summer. Giant 
slipper or purse-shaped flowers in a continuity and freedom 
of blooming almost beyond belief. Colors vary from lemon, 
through gold and brown, to copper and crimson, often 
splashed or tigred contrastingly. There is, we believe no 
larger-flowered, or more variably and brilliantly colored, 
Calceolaria strain than this. Pkt. 25c. 
*CALCEOLARIA SCABIOSAEFOLIA — ek(3-4)16. Gold- 
pocket. Glossy, golden, moccasin blossoms in Midas-profu- 
sion all summer long. Flowers smaller than in the Peerless 
pot-plant strain, but vastly more of them. A rather easy 
annual that is both pretty and intriguing. Dust-like seed, 
don’t cover it much, nor let it wash out or dry out. Though 
annual, not out of place in rock garden. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER ZlYzAS —Why not try all three, (not automobiles 
this time) ? One pkt. of each for 60c. 
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