21 LAVENDER GLOBE-LILY 
The Lavender Globe-Lily is, of course, that glory of 
autumn, ALLIUM TANGUTICUM, illustrated opposite. ‘The 
flowers are fluffy stars, packed closely, hundreds of them, 
into great globe clusters that top two-foot stems. The 
blossoms are a pure cool lavender, a clean, clear shade. A 
soundly hardy and enduring perennial, making big clumps 
that are fountains of showy bloom in late summer and 
early autumn, giving then magnificent effects. ecrbkt(4)25. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c.; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.40.) 
“STAR OF THE DESERT 
It is Amberboa muricata, a most pleasing annual flower, 
easy to grow, in bloom for months, fine for cutting, and of 
superb decorative effect in the garden. Blossoms three inches 
across, fringed, lace-edged stars of tyrian purple, with 
lighter cushion centers. Good foliage always. Early autumn 
frosts do not harm its blooming, and it starts flowering in 
late June. Highly resistant to drought. Illustrated opposite. 
ecbk (2-4)30. Pkt. 15¢; 1/3 oz. 40c. 
“ ANODA SNOWCUP 
This is a beauty; blossom-cups as white as new snow, and 
with the same glistening, sun-shunting sheen. The plants 
grow to about thirty inches, each an oval of foliage in even, 
almost formal effect. For near five months, from early 
June until November, each plant is loaded with the pure 
white flowers. We consider this the very best of the white- 
flowered annuals for garden decoration, and one of the 
three best annuals that we have so far introduced. The 
Snowcup may be grown either as well-spaced separate plants, 
to gain the distinctive ornamental effect of individual speci- 
mens, or it may be sown in long close rows for use as an 
annual flowering hedge. Even in height, dense and regular 
in growth, handsome in bloom, quick and easy from seed, 
there can be no better annual for the purpose than this. 
erage back cover. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; 4 oz. 50c; 
oz. $1.60. 
21 THE GOLDEN BABY BREATH 
_Mats of an exquisite emerald laciness, then big sprays of 
airy, filmy golden flowerets, that is Galium vernum. It has 
very much the effect of a golden yellow Gypsophila, but it 
is really prettier, dainter, more graceful than any Gypso- 
phila. Plants vary somewhat in height, from 16 to 28 
inches. <A fully hardy perennial of many uses; in the 
mixed border, the rock garden, the cutting garden, on banks, 
to carpet terraces, or, for its delightful fine foliage, simply 
to fill a corner, or a space back of a walk, too narrow for 
lawn. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
21 AN EASY GENTIAN 
Gentiana Lagodechiana is a relatively easy species, as 
close to easy, at least, as any Gentian well may be, and 
surely no Gentian can be more charming. From the cen- 
ter root-crown, several leafy stems reach out, each curving 
_up to about a six-inch height. The stems end each with a 
single big flower, or rarely there may be two. The blossoms 
are wide-lobed, luxuriant bells of deep, rich, blue. Some- 
times there are flowers also in the leaf axils. Illustrated 
on page 2. erltkt(3-4)6. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, one-season small, 
each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
21 DIGITALIS ORIENTALIS AVALON 
It is so unlike the Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, that one 
must in his mind utterly brush away the image of that, 
before he can adequately picture this. As a “firstly,” 
Digitalis orientalis is a true perennial, easy to grow, sure 
to stop long, and of that you will be surely glad after you 
have once seen it. Then it is of erect, spire-like habit, 
reaching often five feet, one central high-pointing spike 
with several upright, lower, guarding spires in Gothic tower 
effect. The flowers are closely placed, densely, more or less 
imbricate, and the form of the individual blossom is un- 
usual, for the lower part of it protrudes far to form, per- 
haps, a bee balcony. The blossoms are white, but laid over 
this is a netting of golden chestnut, all then dusted with a 
soft sun-glinting downiness. Blooms June to August, ‘‘x”’ 
culture. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; %& oz. 
50c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
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* DAISIES BLUE AND GOLD 
Superlatives are dangerous, yet we feel safe with this 
one; here are the two best all-summer Daisies yet known to 
gardens. We rank them equally, each the best in its color. 
They will give gayety to the border for months on end, and 
for cutting there simply are no better Daisies. Not only 
are they long-lasting in water, but they go well together. 
TAHOKA DAISY (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) gives long- 
rayed flowers of pure blue-lavender, fading to rose, with 
small yellow centers that stay yellow. Foliage is ‘fine and 
fern-like. It blooms right through summer heat. JI/lustrated 
page 4. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c3; % oz. 40c. TEXAS DAISY 
(Xanthisma texanum) supplies the gold of the partnership, 
daisies of a deep, rich butter-yellow, the petals polished 
and glistening. The flowers are about two inches across, 
mostly petal, with only a tiny center disc. The petals are 
set in closely overlapping form, and at an angle with the 
disc, making a salver-shaped blossom. Like Tahoka Daisy, 
Texas Daisy is in constant bloom for months, quite indif- 
ferent to heat or cold, rain or drought. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; 
Y oz. 50c. Illustrated above. OFFER 2A1, we will send % 
oz. of Tahoka Daisy and % oz. of Texas Daisy for 45c. 
“THE TOBATY VERBENA 
New large-flowered Paraguayan variety of Verbena bona- 
riensis, introduced through the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture. First really effective garden form of this species. 
Described on page 65. Pkt. 25c. 
THE GLORIOUS CRINUMS 
We recommend these beautiful flowering bulbs of the 
Amaryllis family for outdoor growing. Illustrated on front 
Crinum fimbriatulum should, in the North, be dug in 
late autumn and carried over winter in the cellar. The bulbs 
store as readily as those of Gladiolus. The other two are 
hardier, and will usually winter safely in the open ground, 
even in rather cold climates, providing they are planted 
deeply, and, in late November,. mulched with straw or 
leaves. However they can be dug and stored instead, if one 
wishes. Crinum bulbs are rather large, and are usually 
shipped by express. No bulb suited to northern gardens will 
give more strikingly decorative and exotic effects. 
33 CRINUM FIMBRIATULUM—Whorls of very large frag- 
rant flowers that expand to stars, soft pink with rose- 
shaded stripe. Fountains of long, grooved, ribbon-like leaves. 
20 to 24 inches. Hach 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
32 CRINUM LONGIFOLIUM—Big trumpet-flowers in pink- 
and-white, sweetly scented, are carried on yard-high stems. 
Blooms freely and long in spring, and usually again in fall. 
Large blooming-size bulbs, each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
32 CRINUM POWELLI ALBUM—tThe blossoms are Lily- 
like trumpets of purest waxen whiteness. Free-blooming. 
86 inches. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
OFFER 4Al—One bulb each of the three Crinums, labeled, 
for $2.00. 

