21 LEPACHYS MAROON AND COLD 
An extraordinary plant, decidedly attractive, and inter¬ 
esting also because of its diversion from commonly accepted 
lines of form and coloring. The flowerheads are little silky 
columns set successively with tiny blossoms, and guarded 
at the base by wide petal-rays of richest maroon, gold- 
edged, or rarely all of bronzy gold. The blooms are mul¬ 
titude, carried on long slender stems all through late spring 
and early summer. This Lepachys will blossom freely the 
same season that the seed is sown, but it is, nevertheless, 
a long-enduring and fully hardy perennial. 36 inches, “x” 
culture. Botanically it is Lepachys columnifera pulcherrima. 
Pkt. 15c; 3^ oz. 25c; Vs oz. 40c. (Plants 25c each; 3 for 70c; 
10 for $2.00.) 
PINE LILY or BLUE TICRIDIA 
Eustylis purpurea is not a Tigridia, though rather a close 
relative, and often so-called. The blossoms are formed in 
true shell-like Tigridia fashion, but a bit smaller, and 
more gracefully spreading. The petal-coloring is a rich 
blue-violet, marked with mahogany and patched with gold. 
Sown in late autumn or very early spring (while soil is 
cool), it will flower nicely first year. The bulbs should 
be dug in October and stored in sand over winter, just as 
one would care for Tigridias. Flowering season covers 
many months. Illustrated, page 8. Pkt. 25c. (Bulbs 35c each.) 
22 THE GORGEOUS BROOM 
Sometimes it’s hard to tell just where herbaceous peren¬ 
nials leave off and shrubs begin. That’s more or less the 
case with these gay-flowered Cytisus Hybrids, Scottish 
Brooms in new and rare color combinations. In positions 
where they are very happy, the stems will persist, become 
woody, and bring them into the shrub group. Elsewhere, 
and particularly toward their northern limits, they are 
simply root-hardy, making new stems each season in the 
manner of Phlox or Peony. At Philadelphia the plants are 
evergreen, decorative the year around. Of exceeding flori- 
ferousness. Through April and May the Brooms are perhaps 
the showiest of the taller perennials at our Old Orchard 
Gardens, and visitors then all exclaim over their rich color 
display. The range is from creamy yellow, through lemon, 
to golden orange with red shading, and dark velvety crim¬ 
sons. Incidentally the green whip-like stems of Broom cut 
in late autumn, will hold their coloring all winter long. 
Sprays of rose-fruits, mingled with Broom and Furze (Ulex) 
branches will pleasantly fill a vase for the dull months. 
Culture “yt”. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. 
21 SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS 
"The” blue-violet of late summer, mid-July through Sep¬ 
tember. Stems and foliage of deep, dark green in tumbled 
informal masses, with one-sided spikes of big blossoms 
carried in vast numbers above. The flowers are rather 
helmet-shaped, a violet indigo that is just a shade too rich 
for sky blue. Here is a quick perennial of real beauty, so 
quick indeed, that it will give bloom the first year if sown 
early. It grows wild about Lake Baikal in Siberia, so 
should endure any climate without our limits. This is the 
Coelestina variety. 16 inches, “x” culture. Exceedingly easy. 
Pkt. 15c; rg oz. 35c. (Plants, 25c each, 3 for 70c; 10 for 
$2.00; 25 for $4.50.) 
* CORAL FLOWER 
A new annual flower of exquisite, jewel-like daintiness 
and vivid colorings. Even the foliage is decorative; spoon¬ 
shaped 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 lumin¬ 
ous 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. Full sun. Easy, but seed 
waits until soil is warm, before sprouting. A species of 
Talinum. Illustrated, page 6. Pkt. 15c. 
21 POTENTILLA MECALANTHA 
Big blossoms of soft yellow, perhaps the largest in the 
Potentilla genus, so it’s well-named. Though it carried never 
a bloom, we ought still to have it, then just for the decora¬ 
tive rosettes of silver-frosted and scalloped leafage. May 
and June, “kt” culture. Rock garden. Pkt. 20c. (Good young 
plants, that may, or may not, be large enough to flower 
first year, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
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21 LAVATERA CACHEMIRIANA 
Here is a Lavatera for the hardy border, a durable 
perennial, fully winter-hardy at Philadelphia. It grows to 
four feet, many spreading stems set with two-inch blossoms 
of purest pink. May until well into August, “x” culture. 
Easy. From Kashmir, banks of the Shalamar. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PHYSOSTECIA DIGITALIS 
A tall growing hardy perennial that we like very much. 
Compared with the more usual Physostegia virginica, this 
species is better in almost every way. Certainly it flowers 
far more freely, and the effect is of greater showiness since 
the flower stems are openly and informally branched, so 
that a single stalk may carry a bouquet by itself. The 
colorings are brighter. Mostly the blossoms are of a cool, 
clean lavender, an exquisite amethystine shade, shot always 
with streaks and dashes of rich violet. Rarely the flowers 
are white, or sometimes the ground color may be a de¬ 
lightful tone of pink-lilac. Another good point of Physos¬ 
tegia digitalis is that it stays put, never wandering about 
and taking possession of a border by mat-roots as Physostegia 
virginica sometimes will. It cuts. Five feet, “x” culture. 
Easy. Pkt. 20c. (Plants 25c each, 3 for 70c, 10 for $2.00.) 
"THE GOLDEN CLEOME 
A towering airiness of swaying golden orange from mid- 
July to late October. Gives magnificent effects, and it’s a 
new color in Cleome. The plants rise as single stems for 
the first yard of growth, then branch in wide tangles that 
a man’s reach could scarce span. Each branch ends in an 
ever-extending raceme of crowded golden blossoms, a gold 
so rich and deep that it approaches orange. The flowers 
are long-anthered, as spidery in effect as those of any 
other Cleome, and they are carried in a prodigious prodi¬ 
gality. Given space and richness, the plants will reach eight 
feet or more. If you want them lower, crowd them a bit. 
A unique and spectacular annual, strikingly different. 
Fkt. 20c. 
33 MOREA POLYSTACHYA 
Blossoms like butterflies, carried in great, branching 
yard-high sprays. The outer segments of the flowers are 
a melting mauve, with markings of yellow and of Parma 
violet. The inner segments are clear soft lavender. Sow 
seeds in cold-frame in latest autumn, or in shaded seed-bed 
in early spring. Store bulbs in winter in cool cellar, if to 
be handled for late summer bloom in garden. May also be 
forced indoors for winter flowers. Perhaps the most ad¬ 
justable to American climatic conditions of all the delight¬ 
ful African Moreas. Seed is a trifle slow in germinating, 
but quite sure. It’s very much worth trying. Pkt. 20c. 
(Bulbs, 3 for 40c.) 
33 MILLA BIFLORA 
The White Star Lily of Mexican highlands. Glossy petals 
of purest white that seem to be carved in wax. Despite 
its name, as many as nine blossoms may be carried on a 
single branching stem. The flowers are richly perfumed. 
They cut well. Grows to two feet. Makes bulbs (corms), 
that must be stored in winter like those of Gladiolus. Sow 
seed in pots or pans at any time of year, or in outdoor 
seed beds in early spring. The new seedlings will ripen off 
the first season by mid-summer, or soon after. They may 
then be dug, and kept in a cool cellar until next season. 
The first year seedlings will be very tiny, but they make 
surprising growth the second year, and most of them 
will flower the year thereafter. Illustrated, page 38. Pkt. 
20c. (Bulbs, each 40c ; 3 for $1.00.) 
Seed prices are postpaid, but on bulbs and plants, 
the postage is extra. If plants are desired by mail, 
(instead of by express) please remit for postage in 
accordance with schedule on page one. 
21 SALVIA JURISICI 
A low growing, early blooming perennial Salvia from 
the Balkans, with wide spreads of handsome feathery fei-n- 
like foliage, and spikes of excellent flowers in rich violet. 
Quite unlike other Salvias, and the only one that fits the 
rock garden. It blooms in May and June. Easy, “x” cul¬ 
ture. Pkt. 25c. (Small plants, each 25c.) 
21 PRIMULA CHERRY RIPE 
Early Richmond cherries, dead ripe, live, glowing, sun¬ 
shunting rose-cerise, that’s just the color of this vivid 
variety of Primula japonica, the blossom-clusters rising to 
some 24 inches in the usual tiered whorls. Each flower 
has a bright yellow center eye. This fine Primrose orig¬ 
inated in a famed private garden of Scotland. “kt” cul¬ 
ture. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c; oz. 90c; % oz. $1.65. 
