21 XEROPHYLLUM TENAX — cmstaty (2-3)50. Stately 
shafts that end in great lacy clusters of myriad ivory 
stars, sweetly scented. Long-lasting cut flower. Wintei-- 
hardy. Prefers light, somewhat acid soil, and must not 
be lot suffer from drought. Pkt. 15c. 
21 HARDY YUCCA LILIES 
Splendid ornamentals of exotic appearance, easy, showy, 
long-lived, ebkt. 
21 YUCCA BACCATA — Banana Yucca. Thick, deeply 
grooved leaves, often red-tinged. Cream colored flowers of 
great beauty. Then clusters of banana-like fruits, sweet, 
richly date-flavoured when ripe. May be eaten out of hand. 
Hardy to Boston. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
21 YUCCA FLACCIDA—Adam’s Needle. Evergreen leaf- 
swords, thread-hung. In June, great 7-foot bloom-panicles, 
inverted water-lilies carved in ivory. This is the Yucca 
usually sold as “filamentosa”, the latter species being lather 
rare in cultivation, and in any case, not, perhaps, as good. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 26c; 1 oz. 75c. 
21 YUCCA GLAUCA—Spanish Bayonet. No plant better 
named. Open rosettes of slender, blue-dusted, steel like 
leaves with bayonet points. Early-blooming, great 4-foot 
panicles of waxy, creamy bells, suffused both with rose and 
with palest elfin green. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
(Plants, fine ones, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
21 YUCCA GLORIOSA—See page 3 for full description of 
the spectacular Mound Lily. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 150A40—One pkt. each of above for 50c. 
21 YUCCA HARDY BLEND—^The above, with others, in¬ 
cluding hybrids. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c. 
THE GORGEOUS ZINNIAS 
They like full sun. Sow seed after soil is warm. Splen¬ 
did for cutting, and gay in the garden. 
*ZINNIA FANTASY RESELECTED—Shaggy ray-like pet¬ 
als twisted and interlaced to fullest doubleness, effect of 
Japanese Chrysanthemums. Color range includes every 
bright Zinnia hue, but they are richest in delicate pastel 
tones. Our reselection at Old Orchard, a particularly fine 
strain. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; ^4 oz. 40c. 
♦ZINNIA FANCY TINTS—A magnificent Zinnia of the 
Dahlia-flowered section, with blossoms of tremendous size, 
perhaps the largest of all Zinnias. Colorings shade from 
old rose on the outer petals, through gold, to a center of 
bright cerise. Wonderful exhibition flower. Pkt, 15c. 
♦ZINNIA CALIFORNIA GIANTS MIXED—The most ro¬ 
bust section, big branching plants, with fully doubled, 
flattened flowers of great size. Complete Zinnia color range. 
Pkt. 10c: % oz. 20c: % oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.25. 
♦ZINNIA ANGUSTIFOLIA AVALON—In this delightful 
selection of the highly distinctive Mexican Zinnia, made 
at Old Orchard, the blossoms have a lightsome starry in¬ 
dividuality that is quite surprising. The field of color is 
approached from a new angle, for the tapered petals show 
glowing autumn browns, sulphur, orange, gold, blood red, 
crimson and maroon, in varied imbrications, tesselations 
and odd-marginate partnerships. Branching plants to 20 
inches, flowers of medium size, semidouble to intensely 
double. No one can know Zinnias who has not seen our 
Angustifolia Avalon. Pkt. 15c. 
♦ZINNIA LINEARIS—Exceedingly florifei-ous; delightfully 
graceful. Single blossoms of burnished orange, each petal 
with yellow center stripe. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 25c. 
OFFER 151A40—One pkt. each of the above for 55c. 
SALMAGUNDI 
Salmagundi doesn’t always mean pickles. Dictionary 
gives one meaning of it as “a medley,” and that surely 
describes this particular Salmagundi. It is a niixture of a 
little, sometimes more, of about everything we list; annuals, 
rockery perennials, border perennials, bulb seeds, wild 
flowers, house plants, succulents. Cacti, Irises, Lilies, Roses, 
even tree, vine and shrub seeds. You are likely to find 
almost anything in it, and probably will. The seeds are 
year old, mostly. They won’t all grow, but a whole lot 
of them will; and if you can’t get enough out of a sowing, 
considering low price, and the rarity of many of the kinds, 
to make it worth your while, we are afraid there is not 
much hope for you as a gardener. No guarantee, though. 
Salmagundi is the answer to where old seeds go. Not less 
than % oz. sold. % oz. 20c; % oz. 35c; 1 oz. 60c; ^ lb. 
S2.00; 1 lb. $7.00. 
BULB CARDEN SPECIALS 
Summer-flowering bulbs, the kinds you plant in the 
spring, arc- offered all through the catalog, each in its 
place by alphabet. Look up the descriptions. Planting 
them is easy road to all-summer pleasure. Here are special 
assortments, delivery March to June. 
AVALON BULB OFFER—9 Amaryllis formosissima, 7 
Acidanthera bicolor, 4 Acidanthera Murielae, 3 Hardy Be¬ 
gonia, 10 Tigridia Mixed, 8 Commelina coelestis, 20 Snow 
j White Tuberose, 3 Golden Calla, 5 Calla albomaculata, 100 
Mixed Oxalis, 10 Hyacinthus Candicans, 10 Zephyranthes 
Mixed. 6 Cooperia, 10 Chlidanthus, 1 Gloriosa Rothschild- 
iana; 206 labeled bulbs, about $12.30 separately, for only 
TEN DOLLARS in the collection. No changes. 
PEERLESS BULB OFFER—4 Amaryllis formosissima, 7 
Acidanthera bicolor, 10 Snow White Tuberose, 3 Golden 
Calla, 10 Tigridias Mixed, 25 Oxalis Mixed, 5 Hyacinthus 
candicans, 10 Zephyranthes Mixed, 5 Chlidanthus; 79 
labeled bulbs, about $6.45 cost separately, for only FIVE 
DOLLARS in the collection. No changes. 
OLD ORCHARD BULB SPECIALS—5 Chlidanthus, 1 Coop¬ 
eria, 1 Acidanthera Murialae, 25 Oxalis Mi.xed, 5 Tigridias 
Mixed. 5 White Tuberoses, 2 Amaryllis formosissima, 3 
Hyacinthus candicans, 5 Zephyranthes Mixed; 52 labeled 
bulbs, about $2.65 separate cost, for only TWO DOLLARS 
in the collection. No changes. 
MOREA POLYSTACHYA—Wonderful bulb for late bloom 
in the garden, giving a spectacular autumn display, with 
great sprays of mauve and violet “butterfly” flowers. Bulbs 
for spring delivery, right time for garden planting of 
them 3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00. 
PLEASE NOTE that postage is additional on bulbs and 
plants. See page one for information. 
THE TREASURE CHEST 
We now save so many kinds of seeds at Old Orchard, 
and continually receive seeds of so many other species 
from collectors all over the world, that this catalog is 
simply not large enough to hold descriptions of all of 
them. We are supplementing it by the issue of a special 
pricelist of additional offerings, called THE TREASURE 
CHEST. This pricelist contains no descriptions, just the 
name of the species or variety, with the seed price. Being 
without descriptions, it will, perhaps, have greatest appeal 
to the advanced gardener who knows plant materials. 
Included are seeds of many rare alpines for the rock gar¬ 
den, unusual perennials for the border, spectacular exotics 
for the conservatory, seeds of trees, or aquatics and the 
like. It brings our total of offerings. Catalog and Treasure 
Chest together, to well over three thousand kinds. The 
Treasure Chest will be ready in February. Ask for it when 
you order, or separately. The Treasure Chest pricelist will 
be gladly sent to all who desire it. 
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