Miscellanso us 1B ullrs —Noots and Plants 
FALL PLANTING AND EARLY SPRING FLOWERING—FOR PERMANENT EFFECTS 
FOR PLANTING in accord with the natural surroundings of your gardens, expressive of perfect harmony and 
good taste; along the woodland path, in wildflower sanctuaries, along rivulets, brooks or wherever naturalistic plant- 
ing is wanted. For planting of banks or ground cover among daffodils, hyacinths or tulips, in the border in drifts or 
as edging for flower beds. 
ALLIUM 
These attractive bulbous plants are perfectly hardy, 
easily grown and make an excellent addition to a col- 
lection for the rock garden. The erect bare stems hold 
globular clusters of blooms, resembling the Blue Lace 
Flower or Bunch Primrose. 
ACUMINATUM. The purplish red blooms are borne 
on stems 8 inches tall. Most attractive. $0.90 for 10; 
$6.25 per 100. 
FALCIFOLIUM. Growing 3 inches tall with large um- 
bels of rosy purple flowers. Very fine. $0.80 for 10; 
$5.50 per 100. 
VALIDUM. One of the most beautiful. Very showy 
rose-colored flowers growing 114 to 2 feet tall. Abun- 
dant grassy foliage. $2.00 for 10; $17.50 per 100. 
CAMASSIA 
Natives of rich meadows, very moist in winter and 
spring, but dry in summer. They thrive in any good 
loam. Perfectly hardy, planted in fall about 5 inches 
deep and left undisturbed they readily naturalize. Ideal 
for cut flowers and most effective in mass plantings. 
ESCULENTA. Fine showy variety with flower spikes up 
to 2 feet high, bearing a cluster of star-shaped flowers 
of very fine rich purple. Extra heavy bulbs. $0.70 for 
10; $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 
LEICHTLINI] BLUE. Similar in growth to Esculenta, 
but a stronger grower and flowers are larger. Extra 
heavy bulbs. $1.50 for 10; $12.50 per 100; $100.00 per 
1000. 
LEICHTLINIT CREAMY WHITE. Same as above but 
blooms vary from creamy white to pure white. Extra 
heavy bulbs. $1.25 for 10; $10.00 per 100; $90.00 per 
1000. 
CHIONODOXA 
LUCILIAE (Glory-of-the-Snow). An extensive planting 
forms one of the most sumptuous displays of floral beau- 
ty; a mass of blue and white, intense and brilliant. They 
bloom at the time of the crocuses, producing dwarf flow- 
er spikes, bearing from 8 to 10 little blossoms of a sky- 
blue with a pure white heart, creating a lovely effect. 
They should be planted in fall 3 inches deep, about 18 
bulbs to a square foot in a sunny location or in half 
shade and in places where they can remain undisturbed 
for a number of years. The flowers will cross with one 
another and will seed themselves, forming natural 
colonies. $1.00 for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
CLEMATIS 
These European garden treasures are noted for their 
spectacular flowers. Outstanding in color and form, 
they lend dignity and charm to any garden. Easily grown 
on trellises, arbors, pergolas, old tree stumps and walls. 
They often flaunt their beauty in high places where they 
can be enjoyed from many parts of the garden. 
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LARGE-FLOWERED VARIETIES 
DUCHESS OF ALBANY. Rose-pink, deeper at the cen- 
ter of the petals, long, attractive pink anthers with yel- 
low centers. Hach, $2.00. 
DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH. Double white with at- 
tractive long yellow stamens. Each, $1.75. 
LA FRANCE. Deep cobalt-blue with dark anthers. 
Each, $2.50. 
RAMONA. Large lavender-blue flowers with dark 
anthers. Fach, $1.75. See illustration, page 38. 
VILLE DE LYON. Carmine-red with dark centers. Each, 
$1.75. 
GROGUS 
Spring-flowering varieties for planting in drifts up 
against the house or at the sides of the driveway, under 
the trees, in the orchard or anywhere in the garden to 
bring some color in earliest spring. Can be supplied in 
the following separate colors: yellow, blue, striped and 
white. Highest quality bulbs, $1.00 for 10; $7.50 per 
100. 
DICENTRA 
SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart). A charming hardy 
perennial plant of most interesting structure. The leaves 
are a fine shade of green and have much decorative value 
due to their unusual pattern. Long racemes of graceful, 
heart-shaped pink flowers, inner petals which protrude 
are white. Excellent border plants as well as a wild 
garden addition where they lend beauty and charm. 
Each, $0.75; $6.50 for 10; $55.00 per 100. 
DODECATHEON 
MEADIA (Shooting Star). The flowers have been com- 
pared to a diminutive cyclamen, for they are pendulous 
and seem to be full of motion. Truly they are never 
forgotten after their first sight. Very pretty rose-colored, 
often white flowers in May and June, thriving in rich, 
moist woods as well as in rockery or open border. Extra 
strong roots, $2.25 for 10; $20.00 per 100. 
ERYTHRONIUM - Dog’s Tooth Violet 
These are charming woodland plants, producing in 
early April small, lily-like flowers in delicate tints of 
white, pink, cream, bright yellow and rose. They thrive 
in shaded corners or crevices of rockwork. Their beauty 
is enhanced by their richly mottled leaves. They like a 
light, rather damp, but well-drained soil. Plant the 
corms upright 5 inches deep and 2 inches apart. 
AMERICANUM. Bright yellow blooms on stems 5 to 
10 inches tall. Foliage heavily mottled. $1.25 for 10; 
$10.00 per 100. 
CALIFORNICUM. Creamy white, often 4 to 5 flowers 
to a stem. Leaves are richly mottled. $0.90 for 10; 
$6.25 per 100. 
