33 NEW FLAME IRID 
It is Rigidella flammea, var. Guatemalensis, a rare bulb 
with blossoms in Tigridia reminder, but larger and brighter, 
and with the display made by the three outer segments 
only. As the name suggests, the coloring is a vivid flam¬ 
ing scarlet, a clean pure tone, deepened and enriched by 
black throat-stripes. The flowers are carried on stems that 
may top five feet, in effect altogether spectacular. Rigidella 
may be considered as a Giant Tigridia, a Goliath of Shell- 
flowers, and suggestions under Tigridia, page 61, as to 
culture and bulb-storage, will apply. *ebk(w) (3-4)50. 
Plants from early-sown seeds will often give some flowers 
first summer. Pkt. 20c; special large pkg. 50c. We may 
be able to spare a limited amount of seed by weight. 
Write for quotation. 
STRAWBERRY HARZLAND 
Fragrant fruits of brightest carmine, long and pointed; 
and as to flavor, with just that sub-acid, sub-aromatic 
piquancy to the honey-sweetness that makes one slowly 
savor them over the tongue. They must be grown from 
seed, for the plants make no runners at all, just compact 
upright foliage clumps, sheafs from which spring out the 
many graceful fruit-sprays. The close habit makes this 
variety particularly useful in small gardens ; one may even 
with it make a fruit-garden of a window box, and often 
it is used for path margins. Seeds sown in outdoor beds in 
late autumn will produce plants that will be bearing fruits 
by June, continuing then until black freezes of late autumn. 
Seeds sown in very early spring, while the soil is still cool, 
are also likely to germinate well, and plants from them 
will be in full fruit-bearing by September. Culture “kt”. 
Pkt. 20c; 1/32 oz. 35c. 
31 ALLIUM AZUREUM 
Purest azure, blue of a deep summer sky; no lavender 
or purple here, but a clean, clear hue. Great balls of star- 
flowers, fluff-anthered, sway on slender 30-inch stems, all 
through June, and beyond. A true winter-hardy bulb, grow¬ 
ing readily from seeds sown in latest autumn, or early 
enough in spring so the soil is still cool. Blooms in one 
year, and then for many years. Illustrated, page 12. Pkt. 
20c. (Plants, 35c ea.) 
RAPID CELANDINE 
This is Dicranostigma Franchettianum, the one precious 
treasure of The Celandine group. Above jagged leaves, 
white-marbled on green, comes a tangle of airy branchi- 
ness that bears, week after week, repeated showers of big 
four-petalled blossoms in crinkled golden silkiness. Easily 
handled as an annual, seeds sown where plants are to 6tand 
in spring, early enough so that the soil is still cool. If 
you want the quickest possible flowering, then sow the seeds 
in November, where you want the plants next spring. From 
the Himalayas. Illustrated, page 6. 24 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
21 GENTIANA PORPHYRIO 
There is no lovelier Gentian than this, with its up-facing, 
ragged-edged flowers of richest ultramarine, dotted with olive 
deeply within. The plant is mostly blossom, just a few 
glossy stems, with a trace of scanty linear foliage. Sandy 
soil in full sun, without drouth or lime, suits it well. Like 
all Gentians, seed starts slowly. Best sown outside in late 
autumn, or in shaded seed-beds at earliest possible moment 
in spring. Sometimes it lies over a season before sprouting, 
but with patience it should come eventually, and it’s worthy 
all waiting. Illustrated, page 56. Pkt. 20c. 
21 CUTHBERTIA GRAMINEA 
The Victorians rather spoiled the word for us by over-use 
and mis-application, but old associations are wearing thin 
now, and perhaps it’s time that we let “elegant” out of 
Coventry. We really need it to express the combination 
of grace and prettiness that Cuthbertia graminea shows. 
There is an unmistakable air of elegance about it, a charm 
of carriage and finish of form that is most appealing. 
It makes mijpiature clumps of slender foliage, with sprays 
of triangular, rose-pink flowers carried well above, the 
whole r.ot over 9 inches of height. The blooming starts in 
May, and fresh buds open every day until late fall. It 
has a wide range of toleration, sun or shade, wet land or 
dry, but light shade where the soil is not dried excessively 
by tree roots would be the ideal combination. A hardy 
perennial. Pkt. 20c. (Plants 30c each ; 3 for 85c.) 
21 GLOBULARIA WILKOMMI 
It has a double season of ornamental display, flowers in 
early summer, foliage rosettes that all winter are a rich, 
far-showing purple-maroon, giving then a cheery glow to 
the rock garden. The blossoms. May to July, are carried on 
very many slender stems, each ending in a globe-daisy, a 
big fluff-tuffet of misty blue. erbkt(2)12. Pkt. 15c. 
(Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
41 EUPHORBIA BIGLANDULOSA 
March is its month of glory, overflowing into April, but 
all through the rest of the season, the plant with its 
many erect succulent stems, set with rows of linear blue- 
green leaves, is ornamental enough for any border. During 
early spring each stem ends in a great club of brilliant 
golden bloom, or rather of floral leaves. The effect is highly 
decorative, surprisingly showy for such a winter-chaser. 
Though Euphorbia biglandulosa comes from the sun-drenched 
Mediterranean borders, Sicily to Syria, it is, at Philadelphia, 
a thoroughly winter-hardy perennial. Bushy, yard-high 
plants. Culture “yt”. 10 seeds for 25c. 
TITHONIA AVALON EARLIEST 
For great spectacular effects, a vivid background screen, 
a flame-flecked living green wall, no annual surpasses, or 
even approaches, this gorgeous Tithonia; and it is of the 
easiest possible culture. Sow the seeds right where the 
plants are to stand, making the sowing after the soil is 
warm, and the weather reasonably settled. By mid-July 
che plants will be in bloom, full then till frost. If earlier 
blooming is desired, sow under glass and transplant. The 
plants grow to seven feet or more. The big, long-stemmed 
blossoms range from orange topaz, through tangerine to those 
with burnished oversheen of scarlet fire. This is our own 
selection, made from Tithonia tagetiflora, and our tests 
have shown it to be much quicker in coming to flower than 
the usual early strains that have been selected from Tithonia 
speciosa. Pkt. 20c ; t’g oz. 40c. 
35 LACHENALIA 
Now here is an unusual and pretty winter-flowering bulb 
that is not at all hard to grow from seeds. It comes from 
back of the Cape of Good Hope, where the seasons are the 
reverse of our own, so it shows no reluctance at all in 
gracing our winter windows with a display of delightful 
blossoming. The flowers are carried in loose spikes, semi¬ 
pendant fashion, in a reminder of both Lily of the Valley 
and of miniature Hyacinths. Remarkable color range, 
chiefly in the more delicate tones that are sometimes called 
pastel; rose and blue in opal iridescent glowings, with 
crimson, cream, rich yellow and orange. Seeds may be sown 
in large flower pots or pans at any time of year, or the 
sowing may be made in a shaded outdoor seed-bed in spring, 
the little growing bulbs being transplanted to pots and 
brought inside upon the approach of winter. Illustrated, page 
3. Pkt. 15c; A oz. 40c. 
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