^■ARAlIJlA SERICOPERA—Exquisitely formed blossoms of 
wax-cast texture and substance, white with suffusions of 
pure delicate pink ; in form, urn-bells that expand above to 
stars. It is a twining trailer that may be allowed to ram¬ 
ble gracefully about, or may be low-trellised as a vine. 
Cuts well. It is a perennial in the south. With considerable 
protection will winter eometimes at Philadelphia. In the 
north it will be grown cbiefly as an annual, for it gives 
two months of flowering from early .sown seeds. Also 
grown as window pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 
21 ARCHANGELICA PANCICI—€bk(2-3)72. For accents, 
or exotic decorative effects. Tall plants with interesting 
foliage, and broad heads of creamy flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
61 ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI—rqgatdsty(l)6. Bear- 
berry. Hardiest of evergreen trailers, making wide-spread¬ 
ing carpets of dense evergreen leaves. In spring, cherry- 
scented pink blossoms ; later loads of gleaming ruby berries. 
No better ground cover for light, slightly acid soils. Sun 
or open shade. Pkt. 10c ; ^ oz. 35c ; 1 oz. $1.00. 
There are indeed few annuals that will give as fine, and 
as long, a showing of bloom in a hot, dry position as will 
Argemone. Splendid large blossoms, like big, and less 
evanescent Poppies, petals silk-glistening. In flower from 
June until well into October. Foliage of blue-green, often 
with decorative white marblings. Full sun, always. 30 to 
40 inches. 
♦ARGEMONE GRANDIFLORA—Rich yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
♦ARGEMONE INTERMEDIA—Pale lemon. Pkt. 10c. 
♦ARGEMONE PLATYCERAS—Giant snow white. Pkt. 
10c ; % oz. 25c. 
♦ARGEMONE PLATYCERAS ROSEA—Rosy pink to tyrian 
purple. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 20A9—One pkt. each of the four for 35c. 
♦ARGEMONE BLEND—All the above, with others, includ¬ 
ing doubles. Splendid mixture. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 20c. 
ARtSAEMA or SNAKE LILY 
There is a weird attractiveness about them, a grotesque, 
cold-blooded lurement, like that of a bird-charming serpent; 
yet actually snakes seem not to like them, nor to be found 
in their neighborhood. The bloom is a Calla-like flower- 
spathe, usually in purple, or in violet-shaded green, and often 
with streaks of creamy yellow, chocolate, or red. Decorative 
foliage forms, sometimes tinged with crimson. Arisaemas 
like cool-soiled, none-too-dry shade. 
31 ARISAEMA HIMALAYAN BLEND — bmfstkt(3)24. 
Varied. Recommended. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
31 ARISAEMA GRIFFITHI—Violet and chocolate. Pkt. 15c. 
31 ARISAEMA SPECIOSUM—Purple and cream. Pkt. 15c. 
31 ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM—rqnmstatkt(2)25. Our own 
Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Purple-green spathes, chocolate streaked ; 
then jewel-glowing clusters of red berries. Pkt. 10c ; % oz. 
40c. 
ARCTOTIS or AFRICAN DAISY 
Delightful daisies, mostly of largest size, effective f*r 
garden decoration or for cutting. All may be treated as 
bv oowine: early under glass and transplanting, 
blit, A. grandis may be sown directly in the garden. 
ARCTOTIS ACORUS—*erbx(4)20. Architecturally piled 
foliage, silver-sparkling, crispy, undulate. Flowers like 
"grandi.s”. Uganda and Kenya. Pkt. 15c. 
♦ARCTOTIS GRANDIS—ecbx(3-4)28. Blue-eyed African 
Daisy. Pearl-white flowers with blue centers. Easy, pro¬ 
fuse, delightful. Sow after soil is warm. Pkt. 5c; % 
oz. 20c. 
ARCTOTIS LAEVIS—*ecbx(4)20. Big cup-daisies of orange 
buff, washed with scarlet, and with black centers. Rosettes 
of silvery pinnate foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
ARCTOTIS SPECIOSA—*erbx(3-5)18. Pleasing apricot, 
brilliant tangerine, and bronzed carmine. Pkt. 20c. 
ARCTOTIS STOECHADIFOLIA—♦erx(3)10. Claret-colored 
flowers over silvery foliage. Semi-trailer. This stock quite 
distinct from A. grandis, notwithstanding claimed botani¬ 
cal synonymy. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 18A9—One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
♦ARCTOTIS BLEND—The five kinds above, with others. 
Here are surpriseful, and delightful, variations. Pkt. 10c. 
ARENARIA 
Ground-hiding treasures. Solid pavements, or waving 
thickets of bloom. 
22 ARENARIA BALEARICA — erpk(2-3)3. Delightful 
rock-mantler, with a thousand tiny white stars, studded 
over greenery. Walls, pavements, crevices. Pkt. 25c. 
21 ARENARIA BAUHINORUM—erltk(2-3)8. Mat-mounds 
of green fur, with a waving, undulating airiness of myriad 
snowy stars above. Pkt. 20c. 
21 ARENARIA CAROLINIANA—erdatyt(2)6. Dwarf, ever¬ 
green heather-tufts that spray out above into a cloud of 
delicate white blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ARENARIA MONTANA—erdkt(2) 5. Mats of gray 
leaves with dense mosaics of large white flowers above. A 
species quite indispensable to any real rock garden satisfac¬ 
tion. Likeable. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 50c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
22 ARENARIA PURPURASCENS—rmstkt(3)6. Mat-masses 
of delicate rose-tinted flowers. A none too adaptable 
charmer, strayed from Catalonian mountains. Pkt. 25c. 
21 ARENARIA VERNA—erltx(l-3)6. Sprays of breeze- 
rippled white fleeciness over mounds of green fur. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 19A9—One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
OTHER GOOD ARENARIAS—Compacta 20c; Graminifolia 
15c; Koriniana 25c; Laricifolia 25c; Serpyllifolium 20c. 
If we fear mark of soil, the freedom of gardening 
can not be ours. Earth is tonic; without it we be¬ 
come didactic, dogmatic, walled in by reasonless 
rules; with it comes a certain tolerance, a falling 
away of boundaries, spiritual and physical. As with 
Antaeus of old, by touch of earth is our strength 
renewed. 
ARISTEA or BLUE-BRILLIANT 
Vivid coerulean intensities from the Cape of Good Hope, 
wedgewood blue, indigo and ultramarine. Hardy South, but 
in the North best grown in pots, the pots plunged in the 
garden-border for summer flowering. The plants may be 
carried over winter in a light cellar, keeping them in a 
half-dormant state with just an occasional scant watering. 
The Aristeas grow readily from seed, and make a striking 
showing, great sheafs of bloom. -Several species in mix¬ 
ture, Pkt. 15c. 
SEPARATE ARISTEA SPECIES—Capitata 15c; Eckloni 
15c : Lucida 15c. 
65 ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS—w. Pretty vine for pot 
culture. Attractive flowers, purple, white and yellow. 
Pkt. 15c. 
76 ARISTOTLEIA RACEMOSA—New Zealand Wineherry. 
Ornamental small tree for the south. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ARNICA CORDIFOLIA—rbstkt(3)25. Big golden dai¬ 
sies with orange centers, above heart-shaped leaves. Pkt. 15c. 
51 ARONIA ARBUTIFOLIA—cqy(l)84. Handsome hardy 
shrub. Pink-tinted flowers; bright red fruits. Pkt. 10c. 
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