*RICINUS GIBSONI—ebx(9)60. Castor Bean. Decorative 
foliage, rich dark red with metallic lustre. Pkt. 5c. 
22 ROELLIA CILIATA—rk(w) (3-4)10. A rare and lovely 
South African, a bit tender, so perhaps best handled as a pot 
plant north. The flowers are large, bells with widely 
spreading lobes, and face straight upward. Delightful color- 
tones uniquely disposed in the flower, ring above ring. The 
bottom of the bell is creamy white, then comes a highly 
glazed circlet of deep blue-black, then a ring of pale blue 
with satiny finish. Above that is a white circle, and last of 
all an edging of silvery lavender. Branching plants, heath- 
ery foliage. Pkt. 25c. 
22 ROMNEYA COULTERI—bdy (3-4)60. Matilija or Shrub 
Poppy. Great blossoms of silken whiteness, with golden tas- 
sels. Blue-silvered foliage. A splendid beauty. Needs shel- 
tered position north. Has wintered for several years at Old 
Orchard. Seed usually germinates strongly in spring if 
sown in outside seed-beds in late autumn or winter, other- 
wise slow. Pkt. 15ce. Variety Trichocalyx, same price. 
35 ROMULEA BLEND—ew(7)6. Quick bulbs of highest 
merit for pot culture, blooming often within ten months from 
seed. Jewel-flowers like little flattened Crocuses, open 
in succession over a period of many weeks. Flowers will be 
pink, apricot-toned terra cotta, or lilac-lavender, often ringed 
with black, or with touch of tawny buff in deep throat. Pkt. 
20c; special larger pkg. 50c. 
THE BABY ROSE—Multitudes of tiny roses in varied 
lovely colorings, but largely in white, blush or delicate pink. 
Flowers single to fully double. More or less everblooming. 
Quick from seed, and from earliest spring sowings, plants 
will be in flower by June, midgets but four inches high. 
Height variable, but always low-growing and compact, some 
seedlings decidedly natural dwarfs. Recommended for 
edgings, rock gardens, or just for bank-masses of long de- 
light. Though fully winter-hardy, the Baby Rose makes a 
splendid pot plant. Culture “kt.”? Pkt. 15c. 
NEW GARDEN ROSES—Seeds from splendid Garden Roses, 
Hybrid Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals. Colorings will range 
from white and blush, through pink, rose, red, crimson and 
maroon, with yellow, apricot and salmon-orange tones; flow- 
ers single or semi-double, but sometimes fully double. y 
culture. Pkt. 10 seeds for 15c; 100 seeds for $1.00. 
ROSE SPECIES—See Treasure Chest List, sent on request. 
32 ROSCOEA CAUTLIOIDES — rstk(w) (2-3)18. Blossoms 
of crumpled silken loveliness, the weird grace of the Orchid 
with the shell-daintiness of the Gladiolus. The color is lumi- 
nous citron. May be grown readily as a pot plant in cold 
regions. Pkt. 15c. 
21 RUDBECKIA HIRTA SELECTIONS — ecbx(2-3)36. 
Starry flowers of brilliant golden orange, the centers choco- 
late. Many of the blossoms will carry shadings of mahog- 
any, or they may be powdered with ruddy brown over soft 
yellow, again lemon. Pkt. 10c. 
21 RUELLIA CILIOSA—*erbkt(2-4)17. Few flowers bloom 
more continuously than this. It starts in June, and lasts 
till September is done; each day a new display of silky 
blossoms, long-tubed and flaring. The flowers remind one 
of those of Petunia, a Petunia in silvered sky blue with 
lavender reflections. Ruellia ciliosa, though, is a thoroughly 
winter-hardy and enduring perennial belonging to the 
Acanthus family. It likes full sun and hot, dry places. 
Sow in latest autumn, or very early spring. It often blooms 
first year. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 40c. (Plants each 25c; 3 for 
70c; 10 for $2.10.) 
31 RUMEX VENOSUS—cbkt(2-3)20. A spectacular plant 
during the long period when the great plumes of decorative 
winged seeds are showing. The wings are of large size, 
translucent flakes of rose-flushed silver. Can be used for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, root-divisions, each 
25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 RUTA GRAVEOLENS—ebk(2)30. Sweet Rue. Hand- 
some “‘blue”’ foliage, aromatic. Corymbs of little honey-tinted 
flowers. Pkt. 10c. (Plants each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
“ SALPIGLOSSIS EMPEROR 
This is the Velvet Flower, wide trumpets of rich velvety 
texture; colorings of white, yellow, chamois, rose, pale 
blue, purple, violet, brown, red, darkest crimson, laid in 
odd pencilings and nettings, often veined with gold. Blooms 
early July and October. Cuts. Easy. 36 inches. Finest 
large-flowered mixed. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c, 
* ANNUAL SALVIAS 
Five fine kinds, each very different from the others. AR- 
GENTEA—rdk(9)6. Grown for the glorious silvery foliage 
rosettes, lovely beyond compare. Pkt. 15ec. CARDUACEA— 
kt(2)18. Fringed, undulate skyblue blossoms, carried in 
eushion-like whorls of thorn-set silvery gossamer. Must be 
sown while soil is cool. Pkt. 15ec. COCCINEA—ecbx (2-4) 
86. Long slender racemes of coral-tinged carmine. Sow in 
position. Pkt. 10c. HORMINIUM—erk(8)20. Floral leaves 
of richest blue-violet or of pretty rosy pink. Good. Pkt. 
10c. SPLENDENS BONFIRE—ebk(3-5)28. For months, 
great plumes of vivid fire-red blossoming. Brilliantly far- 
showy. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c.. OFFER 1385A1—One pkt. each 
of above for 55c. 
21 HARDY SALVIAS 
Pleasing rock garden and border perennials. BRACTE- — 
ATA—*eocrbx(3)20. Plumes of silvery lavender or of white. 
Spicy; aromatic; pleasant. Pkt. 10c; 1/1g oz. 30c. FARI- 
NACEA BLUE BEDDER—*erx(2-3)27. Rich deep blue. 
Foliage and stems white-powdered. Pkt. 10c; 1/i1g oz. 25c. 
GLUTINOSA—ebx(8)30. Flowers of soft yellow. Unique. 
Pkt. 20c. JURISICI—*erx(2-5)9. Splendid Bulgarian spe- 
cies for the rock garden. Feathery fern foliage, spikes of 
excellent violet flowers. Particularly good. Pkt. 20c. (Plants 
each 40c.) PITCHERI—Brilliant blue. See page 3. Pkt. 
10c. PRATENSIS ROSEA—*erbx(3)25. Delightful rose pink. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants each 25c; 3 for 70c.) VERBASCIFOLIA 
- SYRIACA—ebx(2)50. Strikingly decorative. Very large pur- 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants each 35c.) 
VIRGATA—ebx(3)40. Wide tangles of branching, filled 
with gay blue-violet flowers. Excellent long-bloomer. Pkt. 
10c. (Plants each 25c.) OFFER 136Al1—One pkt. each of 
above for 90c. See Treasure Chest for other good Salvias. 
21 SALVIA HARDY BLEND*—The kinds above that are 
ple flowers, gold-splashed. 
winter-hardy, together with others, in one fine mixture. . 
Pkt. 10c; ?/i¢ oz. 20c. % oz. 35e. 

The joy of quick surprise, the thrill of unexpected 
discovery, these things are good, but anticipation 
gives longer pleasure. Plan your garden to offer all. 

SANDERSONIA—See Gloriosa. 
21 SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS—rnmsty(1)10. Blood- 
root. Chalices of spotless white, contrasting with the 
golden center-tassel. ‘The Indians used the blood-red sap 
for war paint. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 385¢; %4 oz. 60c. (Plants, 
each 20c; 3 for 55c; 10 for $1.65; 25 for $3.75.) 
SANGUISORBA—Ask for Treasure Chest List. 
21 SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS—rbdyt(3)15. Dense 
mounds of silvery featherings, 30 inches across by half that 
height. Then in late spring and early summer come flowers 
like golden buttons, carried in a vast profusion on six-inch 
nari above. Highly decorative. Pkt. l5c. (Plants each 
c. 
21 SANTOLINA VIRIDE—rbdyt(3)15. Size and form of 
last, but here the mounds of feathered foliage are the 
richest and most intense of brilliant emerald greens (and 
it’s evergreen, too). Extraordinarily good. The pretty 
aie a cream-colored. Pkt. 15c. (Plants each 35c; 3 
or $1.00. : 
21 SAPONARIA CAESPITOSA—erltx(2)6. Large flowers 
of brightest pink unfold from red buds. Pkt. 20c. 
21 SAPONARIA OCYMOIDES SPLENDENS — erx(2)10. 
Brilliant rosy pink in wide, spraying mounds. Easy, bright, 
soundly perennial, and of a great floriferousness. Pkt. 10c; 
2 +s Son Y% oz. 35c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 
or $1.90. 
21 SAPONARIA DOUBLE BEAUTY—It grows to 20 inches, 
great masses of bloom, spicily fragrant. The flowers are 
semi-double to fully double, pure white, or with faint pink 
suffusion. A form of S. officinalis, and a splendid and 
SHU nT Oe ponder perennial. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 380c; 
or 85c. 
33 SAUROMATUM VENOSUM—Monarch of the East. Spec- 
tacular summer garden effects, enormous digitate leaf-um- 
brellas, high on marbled stems. Dig and store tubers in late 
fall. In February or March, place dry tubers in an east win- 
dow, and soon great flower-spathes will unfold, these of rose- 
tinted, purple-streaked ivory. After blooming, tubers may 
again be planted in garden. 
only, each 75c; 3 for $1.36, 
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