“PHLOX EASY ANNUAL 
As easy and as long summer-bright as ever an annual 
may be, are these gay Phlox-flowers. 
*PHLOX THE RADOWITZ—ecbx(8)18. Blossoms of bril¬ 
liant rose are splashed with purest white, as through great 
flakes from the flrst snowfall of winter had fluttered down. 
It’s tall enough for cutting, and the bloom-mantling is 
continuous, June until November. Pkt. 15c. 
♦PHLOX BEAUTY BLEND—ecbx(8)15. More than 20 col¬ 
oring and marking variations here. A splendid blend of 
the larger kinds of Phlox Drummondi. Pkt. 10c ; Vs oz. 
25c; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.25. 
♦ANNUAL PHLOX BEAUTIES BY COLOR—Each 10c the 
pkt. ; ^ oz. 20c. Apricot Pink, Ruby, Primrose, Violet, 
Giant White, Rose. One pkt. each of the six, OFFER 
125A40, for 45c. 
♦PHLOX ART GIANTS—Individual flowers of great size, 
up to 1% inches diameter, in massive trusses on nine-inch 
plants. Pastel harmonies, salmon with creamy eye, apple- 
blossom tints, soft rose, pale blue with white eye, delicate 
mauve and others as pleasing. Pkt. 15c. 
81 PINE AND SPRUCE 
There is a pleasant satisfaction in the sowing of tree 
seeds, and in watching over the tree-children as they grow 
into strength and beauty. It is a very tangible way of 
making dreams come true, and it doesn’t take as long as 
one might think, either, "k” culture. 
81 PICEA EXCELSA—k 160 ft. Norway Spruce. Particu¬ 
larly hardy and quick. Used for ornamental plantings, 
windbreaks, sheared hedges, and for commercial Christnias 
Tree plantations; this last a mighty good idea for making 
waste land pay an eventual profit. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 15c; 1 
oz. 50c: ^ lb. $1.50. 
81 PICEA PUNGENS GLAUCA—k 125 ft. Colorado Blue 
Spruce. Particularly effective in specimen plantings. Will 
not come altogether true, but a goodly proportion of seed¬ 
lings should show the desired steel-blue coloring, the rest 
being silvery, since the seed offered here has been saved 
altogether from trees with foliage of excellent metallic 
blue. It should give far better seedlings than will seeds 
saved from miscellaneous stands, without regard to foliage 
coloring. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 60c. 
PINUS ARISTATA—Usually a bushy shrub, so suited to 
mixed plantings. Handsome. Pkt. lOc. 
PINUS LAMBERTIANA—jk 220 ft. Giant Sugar Pine. 
Splendid tree of great eventual height. Bears enormous 
cones, up to twenty inches long. Nut-like seeds of particu¬ 
larly delicate flavor, highly esteemed. The nuts are pre¬ 
pared by toasting in a frying pan. The tree, too, is some¬ 
times tapped for its sap, which congeals in the air to 
sugar-nuggets. John Muir is said to have termed it the 
best of sweets. Pkt. 15c. 
PINUS STROBUS—100 ft. The noble White Pine. Finest 
of timber trees, and an excellent ornamental. Pkt. 10c; 
% oz. 25c; 1 oz. 76c. 
OFFER 127A40—One pkt. each of above for 50c. 
81 TREE EVERGREEN BLEND 
A mixture of seeds of conifers. Fir, Pine, Spruce, Hem¬ 
lock, and the like, together with Ginkgo, Larch, Yew, 
Cedar, etc., the more desirable and ornamental species of 
each. Some of the seeds naturally germinate quickly. Others 
may take months, so do not disturb seed-bed until at 
least one winter has passed. Not less than % oz. sold. 
Ys oz. 15c; % oz. 25c; 1 oz. 75c. 
51 PIERIS MARIANA—akt(2-3)72. Giant Lily-of-the-Val- 
ley bells, pink-tinged over waxy white, massed bloom. 
Should, perhaps be classed as a Lyonia. Pkt. 10c; 1*5 
oz. 40c. 
PITCHER PLANT—See Sarracenia. 
21 PLATYCODON NEW GIANT EARLY—*ecrbx(3-4) 40. 
Oriental Bellflower. Immense blossoms of blue-violet, great 
bells spread to starry form. Sometimes variants of pure 
white, or of white streaked with azure, will appear. This 
Platycodon, though soundly perennial, blooms first year 
as quickly as an annual. Pkt. 16c; 1*5 oz. 25c; % oz. 40c; 
Yi oz. 65c. (Plants, good sound tubers, 3 for 40c; 10 for 
$1.00; 25 for $2.25.) 
21 PLATYCODON MARIESI—♦ercbx(3)25. Giant salver- 
flowers in pure white, white with blue striations, soft 
violet and deep purple; often double. Mixed forms. Pkt. 
15c; ^ oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. Platycodon nomenclature here 
is horticultural rather than botanical. 
21 PODOPHYLLUM EMODl—bm8ty(l)16. Himalayan May- 
apple. Waxy rose-tinted flowers, with bron^zed umbrella- 
leaves. Showy scarlet fruits, said to be edible. Pat. I 6 c. 
21 PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM—bnsty(l)20. May-apple 
or Mandrake. Lovely perfumed flowers in ivory tints. 
Lemon-like edible fruits. Decorative foliage. Pkt. 10c. 
21 POLEMONIUM or JACOB’S LADDER 
Daintily flowered, exquisitely formed Phlox cousins of 
full winter-hardiness and permanence. 
21 POLEMONIUM CARNEUM—erbstckt(2-3)20. Lovely 
sprays of wide bells that may be apricot-tinted cream, 
salmon-pink, or even cherry rose; a sort of afterglow 
blending that is most charming. Luxuriant foliage of fern 
effect. Illustrated, page 44. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c. 
21 POLEMONIUM VAN BRUNTIAE—erbstkt(2)18. Long 
display of brilliant blue blossoms. Splendid perennial, 
rather rare. Upright grower. Pkt. 15c. , 
21 POLEMONIUM COERULEUM ALBUM—erbstkt(2-3) 18. 
A name that leads to beauty. Many belled sprays of white 
translucence. Upright sheafs of blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 
21 POLEMONIUM PAUCIFLORUM—erbkt(2-3)20. The 
flowers are little trumpets, rather than bells, long-showing 
and many (despite the name), all of an unusual color tone, 
midway, perhaps, between amber, and the rich brown-shaded 
gold of buckwheat honey, with a hint of rosy apricot 
flushing about the flare of the trumpet. Pkt. 20c. 
21 POLEMONIUM REPTANS — erbkt(2)12. Rounded 
mounds of delightful china-blue blossoms. A beauty, and 
adaptable. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
OFFER 128A40—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
21 OTHER GOOD POLEMONIUMS—Each 15c the pkt. 
Coeruleum (plants each 25c), Coeruleum himalayanum, 
Confertum eximum, Haydeni, Humilis borealis, Prima 
Donna White, Sp. as Richardsoni (good blue), Sp. as Rich¬ 
ardson! album (good white). 
21 POLEMONIUM BLEND—These pleasant hardy peren¬ 
nial cousins of the Phlox are bloom spendthrifts beyond 
compare ; blossoms of a daintiness of varied coloring and 
deftness of finish beyond those of any Phlox. Fine blend. 
Pkt. 15c: A oz. 30c. 
^^BRILLIANT ANNUAL POPPIES 
Gifted with all the gay colors of the Land of Oz, the 
Annual Poppies will make any garden, your garden, into 
a Place of Enchantment, almost by the wave of a hand. 
♦POPPY GIANT FEATHER-BALL BLEND—Immense 
fluffy, feathery balls of intensely fringed and doubled blos¬ 
soms ; blush, soft pinks, salmon, rose, scarlet, lilac, lav¬ 
ender, chocolate, mulberry and much more, color grada¬ 
tions to near infinity. 3 feet. Pkt. 10c; Yi oz. 20c. 
♦POPPY WILD SCARLET—This is the dazzling, single- 
flowered scarlet beauty that fills the grain-fields, and 
jewels the roadsides, of Europe. Sometimes offered as 
Flanders, or as American Legion Poppy. Broadcast it all 
about. It naturalizes. Pkt. 5c; Y 2 oz. 30c; 1 oz. 50c; % 
lb. $1.25. 
♦POPPY SHIRLEY SINGLE IMPROVED—Silken petals 
in delicate tintings of blush, apricot, pink and rose, with 
cherry, terra cotta and salmon tones. No matter how large 
the sowing, it will be hard to find two plants with flowers 
alike. Pkt. 10c; ^ oz. 20c. 
♦POPPY SWEET BRIAR—Exquisite rich rose-pink. Blos¬ 
soms double, the outer petals broad, the center in crest 
form of crowded narrow petalings. A delight. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 129A40—One pkt. each of above for 30c. 
21 POPPY HARDY PERENNIAL—See Papaver, page 53. 
“PROBOSCIDEA or MARTYNIA 
Easy annuals with gorgeous flowers that have been 
likened to both Orchids and Gloxinias. Blossoms shade from 
pink-tinged ivory to richest rose with burnished coppery 
barrings, or sometimes they are glossy gold, marked cin¬ 
nabar. Weird devil-claw pods. Huge downy leaves, sun- 
sparkling. Mixed colors. Illustrated, page 44. Pkt. 15c; 
Ys oz. 25c. 
♦PORTULACA DOUBLE MIXED—A^gx(8)5. Vivid little 
double “roses” all summer long, pink, red, white, salmon, 
yellow, buff, apricot, etc. A few flowers will be single. 
Succulent mats. Full sun. Pkt. 10c; ^ oz. 35c. 
♦PORTULACA SINGLE MIXED—Like last, but blossoms 
are cups. Particularly recommended for naturalizing. Pkt. 
5c ; % oz. 25c. 
POTERIUM —See Sanguisorba. 
21 PRATIA ANGULATA—rmstkt(2-3)8. Pretty blossoms 
of violet-touched white, above trailing undulate foliage: 
later, glossy purple berries. Pkt. 20c. 
21 PRATIA MACRODON—Like last, succulent foliage, and 
sweet-scented yellow flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
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