ARMERIA or THRIFT 
A group of interesting and satisfactorily bright-flowered 
hardy perennials of quite undifficult requirements. Good for 
edgings, or in rock garden or hardy border. They cut well, 
and have everblooming tendencies. Nomenclature here is 
horticultural, rather than the botanical. 
21 ARMERIA CAESPITOSA—ryt(2-3)5. Ornamental foli¬ 
age cushions almost hidden by soft pink bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ARMERIA FORMOSA CARNEA—ecrbkt(2-4)18. Pretty 
flowers of soft flesh pink. Pkt. 15c, 1/16 oz. 40c. 
21 ARMERIA GIANT HYBRIDS—ecbkt(2-4)25. Largest 
flower-clusters in brilliant pink, rose, coral, violet and pur¬ 
ple ; all fine deep tones. Evergreen leaf-cushions. Par¬ 
ticularly recommended for size and vividness. Pkt. 20c. 
21 ARMERIA SPLENDENS—ercbkt(2-4)18. Excellent color 
range, from pink suffusions to rose and cerise. Large flow- 
erheads. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, mixed, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
OFFER 21A9—One pkt. each of above for 55c. 
A garden too closely pulled and pruned, will look 
just what it is, a set-piece of monstrous artificiality. 
For grace of naturalness, treat your garden to a bit 
of conscientious neglect. 
21 ARTEMESIA FRIGIDA — crbdkt(3)30. Silky, silvery, 
feather-fern foliage. In late summer, arched stems strung 
with creamy bloom. Good. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
21 ARTEMESIA STELLERIANA—ergtdf. Dune Silver. A 
hardy perennial of the seashore dunes, but it will grow 
anywhere, and in almost any soil. It makes wide undulate 
spreads of silverywhite foliage, this a bit on the feather 
form. A strikingly decorative species. Plants only, each 
20c ; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50. 
21 ARTEMESIA LACTIFLORA — cobkt(4-5)72. Great 
handsome panicles of honey-scented, creamy bloom. Fine 
for cutting. Aromatic foliage. Pkt. 10c; ^ oz. 25c. 
25 ARTHROPODIUM CIRRHATUM—ebk(w) (3)28. Great 
panicles of pure white lily-stars. Usually grown as a pot 
plant, but almost hardy. New Zealand. Pkt. 15c. 
31 ARUM DRACUNCULUS—bmstkt(2-3)32. Tall spathes, 
emerald without, claret-purple within. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ASARUM CANADENSE—grnsty(l) 6 . Indian Ginger. 
Pretty shade-creeper. Chocolate flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
ASCLEPIAS or BUTTERFLY FLOWER 
All these are of easy culture, and all, save the tender 
Curassavica, are durable and dependable perennials. They 
are recommended for the border, or for naturalizing. Ex¬ 
cellent for cutting. Sown early, will usually bloom first 
year. Note that Buddleia is also called Butterfly Flower. 
♦ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA—ecbk(w) (8)30. A quick¬ 
flowering tender perennial from Brazil that may be han¬ 
dled as a highly satisfactory garden annual. From seeds 
sown in early spring, there will be glorious bloom from 
July to November. The flower corolla is a brilliant orange 
scarlet, the hood, rich golden buff. Almost as showy are 
the buds, of a burnished coral. Makes a splendid pot plant, 
too, for any sunny window, being then in flower most of 
the year. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
21 ASCLEPIAS PULCHRA—*ecbmx(3)35. Usually a de¬ 
lightful soft pink, but may be white upon occasion, or even 
rosy crimson. Recommended. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. (Plants, 
clumps, each 50c.) 
21 ASCLEPIAS PUMILA—egrdx(3)8. A rug of green fur, 
grass-shreds of foliage, thickly piled. Flowers of silvery 
white, or with hint of lilac. Here is a ground cover plant 
of high merit, particularly for a sunny exposure with drying 
tendencies. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, small but will soon spread 
to a mat, each 20c ; 3 for 50c.) 
21 ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA—*ecrbdx(2-3)25. Gorgeous 
flower-clusters, that intensify from sulphur, through gold 
and flaming orange, to a rare and vivid scarlet. Plant in 
quantity for startling effects. Few more satisfactory hardy 
perennials than this. Illustrated, page 16. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 
30c; % oz. 50c; % oz. 85c. (Plants, good tubers, 2 for 25c; 
6 for 70c; 25 for $2.65.) 
OFFER 22A9—One pkt. each of the above, together with 
Incarnata Mixed and Halli, for 60c. 
21 ASCLEPIAS HARDY BORDER BLEND—Pink, rose, 
white, lilac, purple, yellow and orange in mixture. Pkt. 
10c; % oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. 
OTHER ASCLEPIAS SPECIES—Amplexicaulis 10 c; Grandi- 
flora 10 c; Halli 16c; Incarnata Mixed 10c; Purpurascens 15c; 
Syriaca 10c. 
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21 ASCYRIJM HYPERICOIDES—ermstatkt(3)9. St. An- 
drew’s Cross. Sparkling yellow flowers, cross-shaped, vast 
numbers of them on many spraying stems. Recommended. 
Pkt. 15c 
22 ASCYRUM STANS—ebmstatkt(3)30. St. Peter’s Cross. 
Multitudes of cross-blossoms in the subdued yellowness of 
winter butter. Rather good. Pkt. 15c. 
71 ASIMINA TRILOBA—jy. Northern Pawpaw or Michi¬ 
gan Banana. Small trees, hardy at Boston and Detroit. 
Ornamental foliage and bright red-and-yellow flowers. Edi¬ 
ble fruits, like short, thick bananas, these filled with a rich 
and sweet custard pulp. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
ASPERULA or WOODRUFF 
Pleasant little plants with rather pretty bloom. 
21 ASPERULA CILIATA—ecrbx(2-3)20. Clouds of little 
white flowers in diffusely airy sprays. Good in border or 
rock garden, but valued particularly for cutting, being used 
in same manner as Baby Breath. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ASPERULA ODORATA — erogsx(3)8. Clustered flow¬ 
ers, purest white. Dry it for fragrance of new-mown hay, 
this lasting for years. Used in Germany to flavor Maitrank, 
and diverse other summer drinks. A good, permanent car- 
peter for light shade. Pkt. 10c. 
*ASPERULA ORIENTALIS—erbx(2-3)12. Little blue star- 
flowers in fluffy clusters are carried in plant-mantling pro¬ 
fusion over a long period. A delightful and dainty little 
annual. It cuts. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 23A9—One pkt. each of the three for 30c. 
21 OTHER GOOD ASPERULAS—These three are rather like 
A. ciliata. Glauca 15c; Hexaphylla 15c; Humifusa 10c. 
THE ASPHODELS 
Exotic, but fully winter-hardy perennials, coming from 
the sun-flooded rocky hillsides that fringe the Mediter¬ 
ranean. Give them, for happiness, like place here. 
21 ASPHODELINE BREVICAULIS — erbkt(3)28. Flowers 
of largest size, deep yellow, openly spaced and starry, are 
carried in loose panicles. Syria. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 36c. 
(Plants, 30c each; 3 for 85c.) 
21 ASPHODELINE LUTEA—eckt(2-3)60. Golden Aspho¬ 
del of the ancients. Sometimes called King’s Spear. It is a 
fully hardy tuberous-rooted perennial of quite spectacular 
effect when its towering spires of crowded golden stars are 
showing. Even the twisted, silverdusted rosettes are hand¬ 
some. Illustrated, page 12. Pkt. 16c; % oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. 
(Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.40.) 
21 ASPHODELINE LIBURNICA—erkt(2)20. A miniature 
Asphodel for the rock garden. Airily graceful. Wide blos¬ 
som stars of butter yellow, with buff-green stain. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 24A9—One pkt. each of the three for 40c. 
OTHER GOOD ASPHODELS—Taurica 16c; Albus Delphi- 
nensis 20c; Tenuifolius 15c. 
25 ASTELIA NERVOSA—ow. Tufts of spreading leaves 
with purple midribs. Odd star-flowers, green with black- 
maroon shadings, are carried in spreading panicles. Fra¬ 
grant. Orange berries. Pot or conservatory plant in 
north. Called New Zealand Lily. Pkt. 20c. 
21 ASTILBE BLEND—crbmkt. Great panicles of soft 
fiuffiness in white, cream, delightful pink suffusions, rose 
and carmine. Handsome herbaceous perennials of high 
merit, decorative in foliage, and with exquisitely fashioned 
feathery flower plumes. Pkt. 16c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 
ASTILBE SPECIES—Davidi 15c ; Rivularis 15c ; Koreana 16c. 
ASTER ANNUAL GIGANTIC 
This is, I think, beyond doubt, the largest flowered of 
all the annual or China Asters (Callistephus). The blos¬ 
soms, well-grown, may reach a diameter of eight inches. 
They are of fullest doubleness, with long and airy, gracefully 
interlacing, petals, and the coloring is an exceptionally 
clear and pure shell pink. It is long-stemmed, too; a 
spectacular cut flower. This is, of course, the variety Los 
Angeles, the true superlative of Annual Asters. Pkt. 16c. 
ASTER RED IMPERIAL 
Flowers of immense size, single in form, with yellow 
centers and long, irregularly waving, petals of rich, true 
red. For all practical purposes it is an enormous crimson 
daisy, just right for cutting, but actually it is an annual 
China Aster (Callistephus) ; of easiest culture. Surprisingly 
showy. Pkt. 16c. 
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