SPECIALS for HOLIDAY GIFTS 
T hese are rugged plants in sizes that can readily be potted. You will get much pleasure 
from watching them develop and bloom. In spring they can be planted in the garden or border; 
there they should continue to grow for many years, increasing in size and value from season to 
season. 
SARRACENIA MINOR. Hooded Pitcherplant. Rare inter¬ 
esting bog plant. Leaves 6 to 12 inches high, trumpet¬ 
shaped, broadly winged, spotted with white. Flowers 
yellowish at summit. One of our most remarkable of in¬ 
sect-trapping plants. Strong Plants 5 5<f each, 5 or more 
@ 45<i. 
CONVALLARIA MAJALIS. Lily-of-the-Valley. A dainty 
little plant and a great favorite wherever grown. Very 
hardy and thrives in any garden soil. A greatly improved 
form of the standard type, producing larger flowers. A 
cover plant having leaves 4 to 6 inches long, hearing deli¬ 
cate white flowers on a slender stalk 6 inches high. Flowers 
very fragrant. One of the finest plants for rock garden use, 
either sun or shade. Forms a wonderful ground cover in 
shady locations. Fxtra-strong plants, 5 or more at 20<f each 
GALAX APHYLLA. Galax. One of our most beautiful ever¬ 
green ground covers. Leaves broadly heart-shaped, with 
shallowly toothed borders, the exposed ones assuming bril¬ 
liant shades of bronze and red at the approach of cold 
weather. Flowers creamy white, produced in slender spikes 
in early summer. A splendid cover for beds of Kalmias and 
Rhododendrons whe/e shade and cool surroundings are 
mutually favorable. Admirable companion for the subjects 
of Fern border. Very ornamental. Strong stocky clumps, 
65^ each. 5 or more (a 45^. 
TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. Snow Trillium. XX 
largest, 5 or more (o 20«‘. 
TRILLIUM FRFCTUM. Purple Trillium. XX largest, 
6 or more (o' 18^. 
TRILLIUM STYLOSUM. Rose Trillium. XX largest. 
5 or more (/?' 22^. 
TRILLIUM UNDULATUM. Painted Trillium. XX lar¬ 
gest, 6 or more (?? 17^. 
TRILLIUM LUTFUM. Yellow Trillium. XX largest, 
6 or more 1 6<f. 
100 X BEST TRILLIUM ASSORMENT $14.75. 
MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. Sweetbay. A large evergreen shrub. 
Very hardy. Leaves oblong or oval, green and lustrous on 
upper surface, pale or nearly white beneath. Flowers 
creamy white, fragrant, cup-shaped, 2 to 3 inches across, 
blossoming for several weeks in early summer. Fruit dark 
red, with scarlet seeds. Extra quality shapely plants, 18 
to 24 inches, (o' 90(J each, 5 or more (p 80^. 
OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA. Cinnamon Fern. A stately, 
large Fern with very large creeping rootstocks. Leaves 
deciduous, produced in a circular cluster. Very ornamental 
and impressive, succeeding in rich soil in shade or partial 
shade. Extra heavy clumps (7r’ 50^, 5 or more @ 40^. 
SHORTIA GALACIFOLIA. Oconee-Bells. Rare evergreen 
ground cover. A beautiful shade-loving plant. Leaves 
bright g.een. resembling those of the Galax. Flowers white, 
nodding, borne on slender stems 3 to 6 inches tall, opening 
in early spring. One of the most noted historic American 
Plants. Stocky clumps. 60^ each, 5 or more (n 45(f. 
MERTENSIA VIRGINICA. Virginia Bluebells. A beauti¬ 
ful early-flowering plant, with large handsome blue flowers. 
Stems clustered, bearing large glaucus green leaves. Thrives 
best in moist loamy soils, low meadows and along streams. 
Extra large plants, 40^ each. 5 or more ('ll 35<f. 
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and we ship to reach you or your friends before 
Christmas. Remember, I pay transportation charges 
on these special offers. 
E. C. ROBBINS 
ASHFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 
