22 HIBISCUS COCCINEUS 
Big blossoms of satiny rose-red, deeper within, a rich 
pure color always. Foliage particularly decorative, yet 
dominated by the bloom. A very different Hibiscus. Hardy 
to Philadelphia at least. Farther north, dig in late autumn, 
and store roots in sand over winter. ebmx(4)60. Illustrated 
front cover. Pkt. 15c. 
33 SANDERSONIA AURANTIACA 
Bell-flowers of glowing orange, wax-petaled, but finished 
with a satiny lustre. Grows to some eighteen inches, the 
glossy green of the foliage an effective foil for the many 
blossoms. Seeds sown in shaded seed-beds in spring ger- 
minate readily, and in fall there will be a harvest of 
little v-shaped tubers. Dig and store in cellar over winter. 
Planted out in early May, the plants will soon be filled 
with bloom, continuing so until September. May also be 
grown for winter window flowers, forcing gently in Freesia 
fashion. 10 seeds for 25c. (Blooming size tubers, each 75c.) 
"ANODA, THE OPALCUP 
Anoda lavateroides is a quick-growing annual of easiest 
culture. Big chalice-flowers, crinkly and lustrous, in just that 
delightful opaline coloring that lies between blue and pink ; 
in sun called pink; in shadow, blue. In continuous bloom 
from June to November. Particularly effective during au¬ 
tumn months. You will like it better and better as the sea¬ 
son progresses. Cuts well. Grows big and bushy, to four 
feet. Illustrated, page 6. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. 
"ANODA, THE SNOWCUP 
A splendid new variety, originated at our Old Orchard 
Seed Gardens. This is the very first offering of the seed. 
The blossom-cups are as white as new snow, and with the 
same gleaming, sun-shunting finish. Keep the plants well 
spaced for best effect, and wait until it gets into its full 
swing of blossoming before you judge it. Then you will 
like it. Blooms for a full five months, providing, of course, 
that hard freezing does not come. Pkt. 20c; j'g oz. 40c. 
A CARMINE PERENNIAL SCABIOSA 
It is Scabiosa lyrophylla, a dwarf species of ever- 
blooming tendencies, filled from May to November with inch¬ 
wide fluffy double blossoms of a brilliant carmine that 
carries a_ reflection of cerise flame. Plants 15 inches high 
by 20 wide, a mound profusion of low branching. Easiest 
possible culture; sow anytime from April to late August 
and plants will bloom next year. Full winter hardiness. 
Incidentally, spme botanists take this species away from 
Scabiosa, putting it instead in the closely related genus 
of Knautia, but gardeners will call it a Scabiosa. Pkt. 20c. 
21 DIGITALIS MARIANA 
Blossoms of a pleasing unsymmetry, globes, with long 
projecting lower lobes. The flowers are white, but laid 
over this is a netting of golden chestnut, all then dusted 
with a soft, sun-glinting downiness. Established plants may 
reach five feet in height of close, column-like bloom-filled 
branching. Flowers early June to September. Easy, "x” 
culture. A hardy, long-lived perennial. Though Digitalis, it 
is not “Foxglove”. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
22 LINDELOFFIA SPECTABILIS 
From foothills of th<> western Himalayas, Kashmir, and 
on into the Afghan country, comes this noble Borage cousin. 
A vast number of bud-set crosiers unroll to wide, close 
sprays of little blossoms, rosy at first, but soon becoming 
sapphire, and finally a peacock blue. It needs deep, rich 
soil, well-drained, but in long drought water it a bit, or 
mulch about it with straw, “x” culture. 20 inches. May 
to July. Pkt. 25c. 
22 PAROCHETUS COMMUNIS 
The Shamrock Pea makes a pretty trailer for a damp 
pocket in the rock garden, or to dip over a pool edge. 
There is a carpet of minute cloverings, jeweled with little 
pea-blossoms in intensities of blue, azure of the sky, along 
with subtle opalescent tones that verge on pink, or that 
may even hint of buff. Given conditions to its liking, this 
gem-flower of Himalayan meadows will come into bloom 
as quickly as an annual; indeed in severe climates it should 
be treated as an annual, since it does not run strongly 
to winter hardiness. May also be grown as a pot plant, 
or in a terrarium. Pkt. 20c, 
houstonia aconitum 
COER O LEA ! • .H ■■. ■ 1 UNCINATU M 
21 VIOLA SAXATILIS 
The blossoms are flutter-winged bits of exquisite pansy 
delight, fairyland pansies that a moment ago, before the 
wand was waved, might have been gay little butterflies. 
The flowers are myriad, carried well above the low, spread¬ 
ing plants. There will be golden-yellow, lemon, lavender, 
mauve, and rosy lilac, but perhaps most plentiful, and most 
endearing, are the two-tone flowers, where a mellow honey- 
gold melts into smoky purple velvet. Viola saxatilis comes 
from cliffs of Greece. Some call it Johnny-jump-up, but 
that name belongs by right to a small-flowered, brightly 
marked type of primitive Pansy, of Viola tricolor, and not 
to this at all. Viola saxatilis is prettier than any Johnny- 
jump-up, and with far more enduring perennial tendencies. 
From seed it is easy, blooming quickly first year. Pkt. 25c. 
21 SYMPHIANDRA FENDULA 
Wave on wave of translucent creamy bells flowing in 
veritable tumbling cascades over irregularly mounded 
foliage, like a spate of moonlight on a mountainside. About 
two months of this, July, through August, and touching 
September. Symphiandra may reach twenty inches of 
height, more across, and it is an easy, hardy and enduring 
perennial, “x” culture. Pkt. 15c. 
21 VERBENA BIPINNATIFIDA 
At Old Orchard the past two seasons few displays have 
attracted more favorable comment from our many visitors 
than have our plantings of this splendid hardy Verbena. 
From June until late November there is a constant showing 
of clustered bloom, mantling in blue-reflecting lavender the 
great piles of ferny, feathery foliage. Early, mid-season 
or late it is never dingy, never out of condition, no matter 
what the weather may be. At Philadelphia it seems to be 
of full perennial winter-hardiness, but it can be treated as 
an annual if one wishes, for it comes into flower from 
spring-sown seeds at least two weeks before the regular 
annual garden hybrid Verbenas show any touch of color. 
Whether it be handled as a perennial, or sown to compete 
with the annuals, this new Verbena is very much worth 
growing. It reaches 18 inches of height, by two feet wide. 
Give “x” culture. Seed germinates easily. Pkt. 15c; A oz. 
30c; % oz. 50c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 50c.) 
THE RADOWITZ PHLOX 
The original specialized selection of the annual Phlox 
Drummondi upon which our strain is founded, was made 
in Jugoslavia, but at Old Orchard we have been working 
for the past three years on a re-selection that has, we 
think, intensified the vivid color contrast. Blossoms of 
brilliant rose are splashed with purest white, as though 
great flakes from the first storm of winter had settled gently 
upon them. The plants are big and uprightly branching, to 
18 inches or more, and the bloom-mantling is continuous, 
June to near November. Pkt. 15c. 
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