THE RARER GLADIOLI 
The Gladiolus grows readily from seed, sometimes bloom- 
ing first year, almost certainly the second. Sow early. 
GLADIOLUS ALEPPICUS—k(3)36. Rare species with flow- 
ers of purple to rich violet, carried in one-sided spikes. 
Grass-like foliage. Seeds gathered from wild plants in 
Palestine. 4 seeds for 25c; 10 seeds for 50c. 
GLADIOLUS BREVIFOLIUS—w(k). Pretty species with 
pink flowers, marked purple maroon. Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS CALLISTUS—w/(k). Pale pink, with carmine. 
Delicate coloring, robust habit. Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS HIRSUTUS—w(k). Rich pink with yellow 
throat. Fragrant. Pkt. 25c. 
GLADIOLUS NAMAQUENSIS—w(k). Flowers brilliant 
flame. Winter-blooming. Pot culture. Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS PERMEABILIS—k(w) 25. Vivid flowers, 
orange pink to orange scarlet. Rare. Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS PLATYPHYLLUS—All we know about it is 
that our African collector sent us the seeds. Not in our 
references, but it may be treasure. Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS PSITTACINUS—k(w)48. Brilliant scarlet with 
orange lip. Showy. Pkt. 15c. 
GLADIOLUS STANFORDIAE—w(k). Rather large flowers 
of vivid pink, patched pale yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
GLADIOLUS TRISTIS—w25. Avondbloem. Cream-yellow, 
flushed brown. Evening fragrant. Pkt. 15c. 
GLADIOLUS WATERMEYERI—w(7)10. A pretty minia- 
ture that flowers in winter, so pot culture North. Upper 
petals pale lilac, lower soft cream. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 52A22—One pkt. each of above for $1.75. 
GLADIOLUS ZULULAND FLAME—Flowers of flame brilli- 
ance. Needs long, hot season to bloom. A ‘“wild’’? Gladiolus 
from Zululand, but exact species as yet undetermined. Bulbs 
only, each 15c; 3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00. 
PEERLESS GLADIOLUS BULBS 
For brilliant orchid-like blossoms, gay hues, delicate color 
tones, the Gladiolus is beyond compare, and of course it is 
of the easiest possible garden culture. Bulbs of finest bloom- 
ing size, 114 inches and up. UNIFORM PRICE, any of the 
following, 5 bulbs, all one kind, for 25c; 10, one kind, 
for 45c; 25, one kind, for 90c. Spring delivery. 
ALBATROS—Fine tall pure white. BAGDAD—Smoky old 
rose. Giant flowers, vigorous plants. BETTY NUTHALL— 
Glowing coral pink, throat salmon yellow. CARDINAL 
PRINCE—Brilliant red. CARMEN SYLVA—Desirable large 
white. CHARLES DICKENS—Tall, rich violet. COPPER 
BRONZE—Described by its name. Large. Early. DR. 
F. E. BENNETT—Showy orange _ scarlet. FLAMING 
SWORD—Like a wide jagged blade of fire. GIANT NYMPH 
—Giant soft pink, throat creamy. GLORIANA—Splendid 
_salmon-gold. GOLDEN DREAM—Pure lustrous yellow. 
HALLEY—Extra early salmon pink. KIRCHHOFF’S VIO- 
LET—Rich and dark blue-violet. LA PALOMA—Gorgeous 
orange. Big. LE MARECHAL FOCH—Early. Soft pure 
pink. MARMORA—Large gray-lavender, marked purple. 
MOROCCO—Darkest velvety red, almost black. MING TOY 
—Large golden orange. MINUET—Perhaps finest of the 
clear roseate lavenders. Large. MRS. FRANCIS KING— 
Excellent orange-tinged scarlet. MRS. F. C. PETERS— 
Fine lavendar with crimson-blotched throat. MRS. FRANK 
PENDLETON—Clear rose pink, with velvety red blotch. 
MRS. LEON DOUGLAS—Giant rose, flame-flecked and with 
lemon lip. MRS. P. W. SISSON—Creamy pink. Ruffled. 
MRS. VAN KONYNENBURG—Perhaps nearest of all to 
bright blue. PICARDY—Giant apricot pink, wax-textured. 
PELEGRINA—Rich and velvety violet. PFITZER’S TRI- 
UMPH—Flame scarlet, cherry throat. Gigantic flowers. 
- W. H. PHIPPS—Spectacular pink. 
OFFER 50A22—5 bulbs each of the above 30 kinds, 150 in 
all labelled, for $5.75; 10 bulbs each of the 30 for $10.75. 
OFFER 51A22—Five bulbs each of any ten kinds, your se- 
lection out of the above 30, separate labels, for $2.00. 
GLADIOLUS BULBS, PEERLESS BLEND—This blend con- 
tains only fine named varieties, grown separately, then mixed 
to formula, in excellent balance of color and form. Nothing 
in it was grown in mixture. Includes the 30 kinds above, 
with others as desirable. Spring delivery. 5 bulbs for 25c; 
10 for 40c; 100 for $3.25; 250 for $7.00. 
GLADIOLUS PEERLESS STRAIN—k(w)50. Seeds saved 
from named varieties, including blue sorts. Should produce 
some wonderfully fine things, and anyway it is always 
interesting to see what will come of a sowing, since each 
seedling will be different. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 60c. 
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HAEMANTHUS COCCINEUS—tThe rare and curious Blood 
Lily. Greatly showy umbels of rich red. Handle as pot 
plant. Bulbs only, autumn delivery, each $1.00. 
THE GARLAND LILY 
And it is the Ginger Lily, and the Honeysuckle Lily, but 
to botanists, Hedychium. 'The Hedychiums carry tall spikes 
of sweetly perfumed flowers over pleasing, rather decorative — 
foliage, and they gain membership in our “‘Bulb’”’ section by 
virtue of their thick, tuberous Canna-like roots. Mostly 
they bloom in late summer. Give them an early start, 
rich soil, full sun, and plenty of moisture. Dig roots in 
late autumn, and store in sand in a cool cellar over winter. 
Grown also in pots under glass, both for the ornamental 
foliage and the handsome blossoms. 
HEDYCHIUM GARDNERIANUM—cobstk(w) (4)80. Flowers 
of clearest yellow, large, perfume of intense sweetness. It 
comes from wooded mountain-sides of Nepal. So beautiful 
that the botanist, Wallich, described it as “‘species omnium 
pulcherrima.” Like those of other Hedychiums, the roots 
must be dug and given frost-proof storage. Pkt. 20c. 
HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM—Large flowers of purest 
whiteness, carried in dense terminal spikes, stems 40 to 70 
inches high. And the beauty is not only in the seeing, 
for there is a rich perfume, transmutation of sugar and 
velvet. Roots only, spring delivery, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. — 
HEDYCHIUMS MIXED—eobk(w) (4-7). Tall spikes of showy 
flowers, lemon, gold, rose or crimson, always with spicy 
fragrance. Seeds only. Pkt. 15c. 

None so poor that he may not be rich in the only 
wealth that grows sweeter and dearer as years pile 
higher, the safely memoried wealth of friendly place 
and person, of piquant experience and a thousand 
savorable little adventurings. 

HELONIAS BULLATA—rbmyt(1-2)24. From low rosettes of 
shining leafage rise slender stems that end in blossom-filled 
spikes rather on the order of a dense and fluffy hyacinth. 
The flowers are each little stars of pink-lilac, but anthered 
in pure blue, the whole melting into shimmering opaline 
lights, scented in piquant sweetness. It is naturally a 
water-lover, reveling in the moist soil of pool-edges or 
streamsides, but it has, too, a tolerance range that permits 
its use in the hardy border or the rock garden. Roots are 
somewhat tuberous. Plants fully winter-hardy, but some- 
times grown as a pot plant under glass also. Pkt. 265c. 
(Plants, fall or spring, each 75c; 3 for $2.00; 10 for $5.75.) 
HEMEROCALLIS HYBRIDS 
Georgeous Day Lilies here, those splendid giant-flowered, 
rare-toned kinds. Marvelous harmony-delights in lemon, — 
buff, gold, orange, and copper, with tawny shadings and 
ruddy overlays. Many will be fragrant, all are hardy. Seed 
is saved altogether from finest named hybrid sorts, or from 
high-quality first generation seedlings of such sorts. There 
will be wonderful variation in the plants that you will 
grow from it, each a bit different from the next, every one 
of them garden-worthy, some of them of really superb excel- 
lence. They are easy from seed, no difficulties at all when 
the seed is sown in either late autumn, or in spring before 
soil becomes too warm. Day Lilies cut well. They need 
no winter-protection, and are not bothered by diseases or 
plant pests. Sow them liberally; for years to come you 
will give thanks that you have done so. kt. Pkt. 15c; % 
oz. 35¢; %4 oz. 60c; 1 oz. $2.00. (Plants, splendid hybrid 
kinds, grown altogether from seeds of best named sorts, 
each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.50; 25 for $5.75. Supplied 
in mixture only.) . 
HEMEROCALLIS RED AND PINK—Seeds saved exclusively 
from the newer Red and Pink Hybrids. Haven’t flowered 
seedlings from it yet ourselves, so no idea as to the per- 
centage that will show pink tones or fulvous shadings, but _ 
there should be interesting variations. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 65c. 
HEMEROCALLIS MINOR—Daintiest of Day Lilies, this is 
the only one of them that really fits the rock garden. It 
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grows to perhaps 15 inches, compact clumps of narrow foli- 
age. The flowers are flaring trumpets of soft buttery cota 
each petal deepening to an orange center stripe, and slightly _ 
darker in reverse. The blossoms are sweetly fragrant, and 
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but there is hardly a day all summer when a bloom does 
come in late May. All through June they are in full flower, Zz 
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