21 PLATYCODON NEW GIANT EARLY—*ecrbx(8-4)40. 
Oriental Bellflower. Immense blossoms of blue-violet, great 
bells spread to starry form. Sometimes variants of pure 
white, or of white streak with azure, will appear. This 
Platycodon, though soundly perennial, blooms first year 
as quickly as an annual. Pkt. 15c; 1/ig oz. 25c; % oz. 40c; 
% oz. 65. (Plants, good sound tubers, 3 for 40c;.10 for 
$1.00; 25 for $2.25.) 
21 PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM MARIESI—*ercbx (3) 
25. Dwarfer than last. Particularly good. White with stri- 
ations, violet and purple in mixture. Sometimes double. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/1g 25c. (Plants each 20c; 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.50) 
PURE WHITE variety, seeds only, pkt. 15c. 
25 PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS — kt(w)(8). Clusters of big 
Phlox-like flowers in brightest azure blue. Usually grown as 
a pot plant in window or conservatory, or may be plunged 
in border for summer outdoor blooming, being then carried 
over winter, semi-dormant, in a light cellar. A showy plant. 
Scandent tendencies. Pkt. 25c. 
PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE—See Ceratostigma, page 4. 
21 PODOPHYLLUM EMODI—bmsty(1)15. Himalayan May- 
apple. Waxy rose-tinted flowers, with bronzed umbrella- 
leaves. Showy scarlet fruits, said to be edible. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM—bnsty(1)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 
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. lLuxuriant foliage of fern 
effect. Illustrated page 44. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
21 POLEMONIUM COERULEUM—erbkt(2-3)18. A name 
that leads to beauty. Many-belled sprays of blue translu- 
cence. Upright sheafs of blossoms. Pkt. 10c. (Plants, 
each 25c.) 
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 flush- 
ing about the flare of the trumpet. Pkt. 20c. 
21 POLEMONIUM REPTANS — erbkt(2)12. 
mounds of delightful china-blue blossoms. A beauty, and 
adaptable. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
OFFER 130A1—One pkt. each of above for 50c. 
OTHER GOOD POLEMONIUMS—At 15c the pkt. Amoenum, 
Cashmirianum, Coeruleum Album, Confertum, Humile, 
Prima Donna White, Sp. as Richardsoni Blue, Sp. as Rich- 
ardsoni White, Van Bruntiae. 
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; 1/ig oz. 30c. 
Rounded 
21 POLYGONUM AFFINE—Close low foliage masses from 
which rise in autumn many spikes of pink tassel-like flow- 
ers. Foliage colored in winter. Plants only, each 25c. 
*POLYGONUM CAPITATUM — ergkt(3-5)5. Fluffy little 
blossom-globes of soft pink, just over flat mats of red-and- 
green foliage. Easy, and rather good. Pkt. 15c. 
*POLYGONUM TINCTORUM—ebx(3)30. Bright rose flowers 
in many spikes. Maroon-shaded, semi-succulent foliage. An 
easy and rather good annual. <A blue dye is said to be 
made from it in China. Pkt. 10e. 
* 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. 
Scatter them lavishly. GIANT FEATHER-BALL—Blossoms 
fringed and doubled intensely until they are great fluffy 
balls. Blush, salmon, rose, scarlet, lavender, mulberry and 
the like to near color infinity. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 20c. WILD 
SCARLET—Dazzling scarlet cups. Flanders or Corn Poppy. 
It naturalizes. For wide broadcasting. 4% oz. 10¢; 1% oz. 
30c; 1 oz 50c; % Ib. $1.25. SWEET BRIAR—Exquisite 
rose pink, flowers loosely double. <A delight. Pkt. 10c; 4 
oz. 25e. SHIRLEY SINGLE MIXED—Silken petals in tintings 
of blush, apricot, pink and rose, with cherry, terra cotta and 
salmon tones. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 20c. OFFER 131A1—One pkt. 
of each for 30c. See PAPAVER, page 54, for Perennial 
oppies. 
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21 POTENTILLA or CINQUEFOIL 
Most pleasant perennials that every garden needs. Easy 
if sown when soil is cool. “kt” culture AMBIGUA— 
Himalayan. Low polished leaf-mats, golden suns of blos- 
soms. Pkt. 15c. ATROSANGUINEA—25 inches. Summer. 
Silvery foliage fountains, crimson flowers. Pkt. 15c. DEL- 
PHINENSIS—Lovely mound-sheafs of richest golden ‘‘Butter- 
cups” in early spring. Pkt. 15c; 1/ig oz. 40c. (Plants each 
25e; 3 for 70c.) MEGALANTHA—Very large soft yellow 
flowers. Silvery scalloped leaves. Pkt. 15c. (Plants each 
30c.) NEPALENSIS MIXED—Open foot-high mounded 
branchings filled with bright blossoms of salmon, raspberry 
or rosy crimson. Pkt. 15c; 1/1g oz. 40c. (Plants each 25c.) 
THURBERI — 14 inches. Upright bushlets. Flowers of 
cherry carmine with dark maroon centers. Pkt. 20c. VIS- 
ITANA—16 inches. Fountains of pinnate foliage. Bright yel- 
low flowers. Pkt. 15c. WARRENSI—20 inches. Large flowers 
in massed brilliance of richest shining gold. Particularly 
good. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. (Plants each 25c; 3 for 70c; 
10 for $2.00.) WHITE BEAUTY—16 inches. In spring, 
multitudinous high sprays of snowiest white. Foliage bronze- 
maroon in autumn. Pkt. 15¢; 1/1g oz. 25¢e. (Plants each 
30c.) OFFER 132A1—One pkt. each of above for $1.10. 
OTHER GOOD POTENTILLAS—Priced per pkt. Alchemel- 
loides 10c; Arguta 5c; Argentea 10c; Argentea calabrica 15c; 
Brennae 10c; Bucceana 10c; Calycinum 10c; 1% oz. 20¢; 
Dombeyi 10c; Effusa 5c; Engadensis 10c, % oz. 20c; Fili- 
formis 15c; Fruticosa 15c; Gibson’s Searlet 15c; Grandiflora 
10c; Goldbachi 10c; Hopwoodiana 15c; Japonica 10c, (plants 
each 25c); Knappi 10c; Leschenaulti 10c; Nepalensis Rox- 
ana 15¢c; Nepalensis Miss Wilmott 15c; Ornithpodoides 15c; 
Pulcherrima 15c; Nevadensis 20c, (plants each 30c); Pyre- 
naica 15¢; Recta 5c; %4 oz. 25c; Rupestris 10c; Siegfriedi 
15c; Thyriaca 15c; Transcaspia 10c; Verna 15c, (plants each 
25c). .Tonguei, see page 4 as P. tormentillo-formosa. Stolo- 
nifera, plants only, good carpeter, each 20c; 3 for 50c. 
21 POTENTILLAS MIXED—Splendid mixture, the better 
kinds only. Pink, rose, red, white, and multi-varied yellows. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/ig oz. 20c; % oz. 85e; % oz. 60c. 
21 POTENTILLA ROLLESTON—12 inches. Big blossoms 
of brilliant orange with scarlet suffusion are carried on 
graceful upright plants from June to late September. As 
showy as a Geum, and of fullest winter-hardiness, thriving 
in even those exposed cold positions where Geum sometimes 
fails. Plants only, each 50c. 
* 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. Jilustrated page 44. Pkt. 15¢;3 
% oz. 25c. 
*PROBOSCIDEA SPECIES—At 15c the pkt. DIANDRA— 
Softest pink with lilac hintings. JUSSEUI—Rich rose with 
copper. LUTEA—Golden, with cinnabar; spike compact. 
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