ACHIMENES HYBRIDS—Brilliantly hued, wide trumpets 
curve gracefully in Gloxinia reminder, but the vivid color- 
ings are applied in a bizarre abandonment that would quite 
confuse any staid Gloxinia. Blue there will be, mauve, orchid, 
violet and purple, with white, pink, carmine, scarlet, and 
any one of them may be splashed, striped or feathered in 
hues sharply contrasting. Blooms freely from June on. 
Supplied as tiny tubers, to be potted up in April. After 
blooming, in autumn, may be dried off gradually, and car- 
ried over for next year’s blooming. For best effect, plant 
several tubers to a pot. Available March to May. 6 for 
85e3 25 for $1.25. 
ALLIUM—Separate section, see page 41. 
AMARYLLIS 
A name applied to diverse bulb groups, alike chiefly in 
that they are all of most satisfactory flowering beauty. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA — ecbk(w) (1-2)16. Called 
Mexican Fire Lily, or Jacobean, Lily, the last from the fleur 
de lis form of the flower. Technically it is Sprekelia, horti- 
culturally it is pure delight for all those who pleasure in 
rich depths of coloring and grace of petalage curve. Im- 
mense flowers, fantastically beautiful, velvety deep crimson 
with gold-glints in sun that are its own pollen dust. It 
blooms with full freedom in the garden, May and June, the 
bulbs being dug in late autumn and stored over winter in 
manner of Gladiolus. Actually it is easier than Gladiolus, 
both in storing, and in the garden. Sometimes it is forced 
for late winter flowers, being potted up firmly in January or 
February. Illustrated page 10. Pkt. 15¢c;.1/16 oz. 40c. (Bulbs, 
spring delivery for open garden planting, 3 for 40c; 8 for 
$1.00; 25 for $2.90.) 
AMARYLLIS BELLA- 
DONNA — w(k) (6) 20. 
The Beautiful Lady, 
that’s the name mean- 
ing, and had it not 
been applied before the 
day of the operetta, we 
should surely have 
thought The Pink Lady 
was meant, for the 
sweetly fragrant and 
elustered flower-trum- 
pets range from purest 
pink to deep rose. It 
grows rather readily 
from the large seeds, 
themselves almost bulb- 
like, and it makes a 
wonderful pot plant for 
porch, window or con- 
servatory decoration. 
Then at least as far 
north as Philadelphia, 
perhaps even higher up, 
it is reasonably winter- 
hardy in the garden, 
flowering in September. 
Sow seeds on receipt. 
10 seeds for 25c; 25 for 
50e; 100 for $1.50. 
(Dormant bulbs sup- 
plied during June, July 
and August. These 
should flower beautiful- ‘ 
ly first season, within a few weeks after planting. 
50c; 8 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00.) 
AMARYLLIS ADVENUM—ek(w) (3)12. Whorls of irregu- 
larly trumpet-shaped flowers, bright red with yellow feather- 
ings. Give it a warm, well-drained position, and winter 
mulching. Fairly hardy. From Chile. Technically an 
Hippeastrum. Pkt. 15c. 
AMARYLLIS EQUESTRE—Great trumpet-flares of flaming 
orange. Blooms in summer garden. Bulbs of this and A. 
Johnsoni always a bit flabby at planting time, but no harm. 
Bulbs, delivery November to May, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 
10 for $3.15. 
AMARYLLIS JOHNSONI—Rich crimson, each petal with 
wide white stripe. Bulbs only, November to May, each 
50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
AMARYLLIS PEERLESS HYBRIDS—w. Seeds saved only 
from giant flowering plants in a notable collection of Hybrid 
Hippeastrums. Should give blooms of marvelous diversity 
of colorings and markings, including many in the white and 
pink range, as well as rose, red and crimson. Tilustrated 
page 5. 10 seeds for 25c; 50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.75. 
(Bulbs, delivery November to May, mixed colors, fine strain, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00.) 
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AMORPHOPHALLIS, RIVIERI — (Hydrosme). Grown for 
spectacular foliage effects in summar garden, called then 
*“‘Leopard Palm”? from graceful form and oddly applied color- 
ings; but at other stages of its seasonal impact, folk-names 
given it may change. In late autumn, dig tubers and store. 
At touch of light in February or early March, they quickly, 
quite without benefit of soil, rocket forth their great curious 
flowers, spadix of maroon, tapering spathe of rose-tinged 
green, bizarre, unconventional, in varied ways. Tubers only, 
not less than three inches largest diameter, each $2.00; 3 
for $5.50. (A few extra-size tubers, not less than six 
inches’ diameter, are also available at $3.50 each, 3 for 
Likewise small planting-stock offsets 34, inch to 1 
inch, these. at 30c each, 4 for $1.00; 10 for $2.00.) Delivery, 
November to June. . 
ANDROSTEPHIUM COERULEUM—rkt(1-2)9. Narcissus- 
like flowers of rich blue in rather of Daffodil form, but 
miniature. Rare, highly desirable, fully winter-hardy at Old 
Orchard. Only seed of 1940 harvest available this year. 
We think it will grow, but can’t be sure. Offered without 
recourse or guarantee at 15c the pkt.; 4 pkts. for 50c. 
ANEMONE CORONARIA ST. BRIGID STRAIN—rkt(1-2)9. 
Flowers mostly semi-double to fullest double in white, crim- 
son, cobalt blue, lavender, heliotrope, rose, pink, or salmon. 
pia colors here, fullest range. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c; % 
OZ. c. 
ANEMONE CORONARIA SINGLE MIXED—Every bright 
coloring of the St. Brigid strain, but here the flowers are 
great cups. Tubers only, ready September through April, 
6° for 25¢; 25 for 7T5c. 
ANEMONE CORONARIA HIS EXCELLENCY—rkt(1-2)9. 
Large single flowers of most vivid scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
ANEMONELLA THALICTROIDES 
This is the Rue Anemone, exquisite in both blossom and 
foliage. Flowers of snowy white, or at times with faint 
blush suffusion, are carried airily above delicate foliage 
that is in Maiden-hair Fern reminder, but finer. Nothing 
prettier for the rock garden. Will grow in full sun, or in 
fairly dense shade. rnstyt(1-2)10. Pkt. 15c; 1/s2 oz. 30c; 
1/ie oz. 50c. (Tubers, ready April, each 20c; 7 for $1.00; 
25 for $3.00.) — 
LILY OF ST. BERNARD 
That is an old name for Anthericum liliago. Starry 
flowers of purest whiteness are carried in airy racemes. 
Very pretty, particularly so when massed. 82 inches. Long 
in bloom. Full winter hardiness. ecbltkt(2-3)32. Plant it 
with Campanula rapunculoides for chaste and lovely effects 
in white and blue.. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25e. (Plants, spring or 
fall, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
ANTHERICUM RAMOSUM—ebltkt (2-3) 35. White _ star- 
flowers fill the wide, slender, but strong branchings. Pkt. 15c. 
By mid-January, spring is here in the heart of the 
gardener. 
ANEMARRHENA ASPHODELOIDES—ebkt (3) 60. 
phodel-cousin from north China. Great decorative sheaves 
of narrow leaves, bright and shining green. Many tall 
racemes of tiny rose-purple flowers, almost in morning-mist 
effect. Winter-hardy. Root, a fibrous rhizome. Pkt. 15c; 
1/16 oz. 35c. 
ANIGOZANTHOS MANGLESI—k (w) (2-4)28. The curiously 
beautiful Kangaroo-paw of West Australia. The flowers are 
clustered downy tubes in which rich crimson ‘contrasts with 
deep, vivid green. Grows from somewhat fibrous rhizomes, 
that divide readily during the winter. It blooms in sum- 
mer, and is perhaps best grown in pots, plunged in border 
in summer, carried almost dry in cellar in winter. Pkt. 15c. 
ANOMATHECA—See Lapeirousia. 
ANTHOLYZA—See Chasmanthe and Curtonus. 
ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS—kKt. (2-4) 30 ft. In Mexico they 
name it Rosa de Montana, or Corallito, or again Flor de 
San Diego, and surely a plant with so many folk-names must 
have certain endearing qualities. It is a vine, winter-dor- 
mant, growing from a root-tuber that is said to be edible. 
Pleasant heart-shaped foliage, garlanded for months with 
pretty ‘‘Bouganvillea”’ blossoms of bright rose. Frost-tender 
North, so in autumn the tubers must be dug and stored. 
Sometimes also grown under glass. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
(Tubers, spring delivery, each 50c; 3 for $1.35.) 
An As- 
