22 NERTERA DEPRESSA—rgqutyt(w) (8)4. Foliage-films 
of vivid lettuce-green, set closely with bead-like coral ber¬ 
ries. New Zealand. Rock gardens or terrariums. Pkt. 25c. 
♦NICANDRA PHYSALOIDES—enbx(2-4)36. Salver-chalices 
of bright blue, white-centered. Robust. Easy. Pkt. 6c. 
•NICOTIANA GLAUCA—ebtfk(9) 12 ft. It is eminently 
fitting that this ensilvered plant should have reached us 
from the Argentine. Plants from seeds sown directly in 
the open ground in my trials here, have reached a height 
of 12 feet in a single summei’. Started early under glass, 
and transplanted, it would tower to even greater heights 
before winter. The plant, every part of it, is silvery blue. 
It makes a tall and branching pyramid, and by autumn 
each lower branch-tip will carry a cluster of tubular 
yellow flowers. Used rightly, as an accent, this unusual 
Nicotiana will give spectacular landscape effects. Pkt. 16c. 
♦NICOTIANA SANDERAE HYBRIDA — eobx(8)30. Bril¬ 
liantly colorful all summer long. Pink, rose, red, rosy 
lilac, and crimson. Nothing easier. Pkt. 5c. 
♦NIEREMBERGIA COERULEA—€rx(8)8. A lovely and 
dainty thing, with open chalices, skyblue to richest violet, 
produced in excessive floriferousness for many months. It 
is a natural aristocrat. Though of easiest garden culture, 
and usually grown there as an annual, it will make, if de¬ 
sired, a delightful pot plant. Actually it is perennial, 
and with care, and protection, may usually be wintered 
in open. Illustrated, page 6. Pkt. 25c. 
OTHER NIEREMBERGIAS—Hippomanica, horticulturally 
synonymous with N. coerulea above. N. frutescens, very 
good. Pkt. 10c. 
♦NOLANA BLEND—ergdx(8)6. Wide mats of crispy, suc¬ 
culent foliage, set thickly with up-facing blossoms that 
may be brilliant indigo with black pencilings. Sometimes, 
though, there is variation into pale blue, pure white or 
deep violet. A summer-long delight. It carpets the sunny 
northern slopes of Chilean hills. Pkt. 10c; % oz, 20c. 
31 NOMOCHARIS NANA—ry(2)20. One of a strange and 
lovely genus that places near Lilium and Fritillaria. 
Pretty flowers of pale purple. Pkt. 15c. 
31 NOMOCHARIS PARDANTHINA—rbsty(3)30. Splendid 
flowers of soft rose, dotted purple, and crimson ringed at 
petal base. For damp light shade, 10 seeds for 25c. 
76 NOTHOPANAX ARBOREUM—Ornamental small tree 
or large shrub from New Zealand, Pkt. 15c. 
32 NOTHOSCORDUM FRAGRANS—*eocrbkt(8)25. Honey 
Bells. Graceful stems crowned with circlets of dainty 
white bells, lilac-suffused. Sweet, rich fragrance. Quick, 
easy; blooming as soon first year as though it were 
annual. Pkt. 10c. 
45 NOTONIA, KENYA CARNATION—wl8. A strange 
succulent, allied to Kleinia, with thick juicy stems and 
foliage. The bloom-head shows that it is really a com¬ 
posite, but the close-packed disk-flowers look for all the 
world like Carnations of flaming orange scarlet. Pkt. 20c. 
NYMPHAEA or WATER LILY 
Sow in pots or pans of good soil, submerging the pot 
so that at least two inches of water is above it. Keep in 
full sun at room temperature. Transfer when large enough, 
to rich mud in outside pool. 
NYMPHAEA PEERLESS BLEND—This is a mixture of 
seeds of finest named varieties in wide color range. There 
will be pink, rose, carmine, crimson, blue, purple and white, 
in attractive variations. Varieties of this group may be 
treated as annuals, since they are not winter-hardy north, 
beginning to flower in June from early-sown seeds. If 
one wishes to save the roots, they may be dug in fall, and 
carried over winter in a warm cellar, packed in sand that 
must be kept always moist. They come so readily from 
seed, though, that most persons will perfer to start a 
new lot each spring for that year’s blooming. Unexcelled 
color range. Pkt. 15c ; ^ oz. 60c. 
TENDER NYMPHAEAS UNDER NAME. Dentata Superba, 
white; H. C. Haarstick, pink; Devoniensis, rosy red; 
Omarana, pink, red-suffused; Sturtevant, crimson; Zanzi- 
bariensis, purple; Z. Azurea, blue; Z. Rosea, rose. Each, 
20c the pkt. All eight for $1.45. Order as OFFER 95%A9. 
HARDY WATER LILIES 
These are fully hardy aquatic perennials, needing no 
special winter care. Culture from seed as above. 
NYMPHAEA HARDY PINK—Sweetly perfumed blossoms 
that vary from soft pink to coral rose. Most attractive. 
Seed supplied wet. Try to sow before it dries out. Pkt. 25c. 
NYMPHAEA TETRAGONA—A profusion of two-inch snowy 
flowers. It fits the smaller pool. Pkt. 16c. 
21 NOTOTHLASPI ROSULATUM—rkt(2)8. Rarity of 
the New Zealand Alps. Thick pearl-gray leaves, closely 
scalloped, are laid one above another in the regularly over¬ 
lapping manner of an old-fashioned pen-wiper. From this 
rosette rises a pyramid of tightly packed creamy blossoms, 
powerfully, but sweetly, perfumed. Pkt. 20c. 
*NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA—eblty(3-4)45. Evening Lily. 
Ivory white blossoms of giant size for many months. Each 
flower is decorated with a great tassel of golden stamens. 
Sow in late autumn or early winter (outside only), and 
it will bloom the summer of same year. Surprisingly spec¬ 
tacular. Sometimes likewise germinates if sown in very 
early spring, but not always. Illustrated, page 26. Pkt. 15c. 
21 OAKESIA SESSILIFOLIA — rsty(l-2)18. Charming 
shade-lover with bells of corn-yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
OENOTHERA or EVENING PRIMROSE*^ 
A highly variable group of pleasant ornamentals, some 
annual, some perennial, but mostly flowering first year 
from seed, even though the plants be winter-hardy. They 
will give a brilliant showing from early summer to latest 
autumn. Many are fragrant. Colorings run from pure 
white, through pink suffusions to occasional deep pink or 
rose, but they are richest in yellows, pale primrose silks to 
shimmering golden satins. Often the petals age to 
apricot, or a brighter touch may be given by a red calyx. 
Many kinds in mixture. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
OENOTHERA SPECIES—Acaulis 20c; Argillicola 10c: 
Bistorta 15c; Odorata 15c; Grandis 10c; Biennis 5c; 
Pilgrimi 20c; Macrocarpa. 15c; Rosea 10c; Rubricalyx 10c; 
Trichocalyx i5c. See also Lavauxia and Hartmannia. 
RUMEX FLEXUOSUS—Orient richness of springy 
mat-carpeting; warp and woof of slender copper- 
crimson foliage, with airy bronze-tinged mahogany 
lacings of bloom-stems just above. Splendid low 
perennial for the rock garden, or a turf-space. 
Plants only, each 25c; 3 for 70c. 
52 OLEARIA MIXED—kt. Daisy-shrub. Unusual shrubs 
from New Zealand and Tasmania, Ornamental foliage, 
often holly-like, with great corymbs of daisy-flowers, 
usually white, but sometimes creamy, or with tintings of 
pink or mauve. Pkt. 15c. 
52 OLEARIA SPECIES—Illicifolia 20c; Macrodonta 16c; 
Stellulata 15c, 
21 ONONIS SPINOSA—ebkt(3)25. Good perennial with 
pretty pink flowers of “Sweet pea’’ form. Pkt. 16c. 
21 ONOPORDUM ACAULIS — erx(2)6. Great silvered 
rosettes, center-set with big clustered blossoms of glowing 
purple-violet. Rare, and decidedly good. Pkt. 15c. 
11 ONOPORDUM SALTIERI—ebdx(3)96. Showy silvered 
leaves and winged stems. Spine-armored towers of plants, 
topped with great purple blossoms. Plant it against a 
background of dark shrubbery for spectacular effects. Pkt. 
10c; % oz, 20c. 
ONOPORDUM SPECIES—Acanthium, Illyricum, Sibthorpi, 
Tauricum, or General Mixture, each 10c the pkt. 
22 ONOSMA ALBO-ROSEUM—edrx(3)12. Rosedrop. Dense 
downy foliage, with flowers like nodding bugles in curling 
sprays; white as they open, but deepening to rose, and 
finally to violet. Pkt. 20c. 
21 ONOSMA STELLULATUM—erbdh(2-3)18. Golden Drop. 
Gracefully • curving sprays that end in down-pointing 
trumpet bells of waxen lemon-gold. Gray-frosted foliage, 
but for nearly two months that is hidden beneath the 
wealth of bloom. Thrives in full sun. Pkt. 20c. 
ONOSMA SPECIES—Tauricum 20c; Tubiflorum 20c; De- 
cipiens 20c. 
21 ORONTIUM AQUATICUM—Handsome aquatic. See last 
year catalog for detailed description, including food values. 
Regret that we failed to collect seed this season. Year- 
old seed offered, at purchasers risk of viability. Pkt. 10c. 
21 OSTROWSKIA MAGNIFICA—bdltyt(2)60. The flaring 
blossom bells are often six inches across, ivory white with 
pale blue shadings. In full glory of bloom, a magnificent 
spectacle. Slow germinating. The plants will not tolerate 
excess moisture. If possible, establish where tree roots will 
keep soil on dry side, but where branches will not shade. 
Not easy to get started, but worth all effort. Pkt. 25c. 
*OXALIS VALDIVIENSIS—erdx(8)15. Cloth of Gold or 
Sunshine Mirror. It mantles itself so marvelously with 
glowing golden bells, that either name is merited. Pkt. 10c. 
♦OXALIS ROSEA—erk(8)8. Pure pink. Of an exceeding 
floriferousness. A long delight. Pkt. 16c. 
21 OXYTROPIS LAMBERTI—rdltkt(3)20. Spikes of "but¬ 
terfly” blossoms in most brilliant blue-f)urple. Pkt. 16c. 
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