OTHER AS-DESIRABLE LILIES—Here are good seeds of 
other fine Lilium species and strains, priced per pkt. Bol- 
-anderi 15c; Callosum 15c, 3 pkts. for 40c; Canadense 15c, 
1/36 oz. 25c; Catesbaei 15¢c, 3 pkts. for 40c; Centifolium 
Hybride 20c; Cernuum 20c; Giganteum (Himalaicum) 20c, 
8 pkts. for 50c; Grayi 15c, 3 for 40c; Hansoni-Martagon 
Hybrids 25¢c; Henryi-Havemeyer. Hybrids 20c; Kamtschat- 
kense 15c; Maritimum 20c; Martagon 15c, 1/16 oz. 40c; Max- 
will 15e, 1/16 oz. 380c; Nevadense (Parviflorum) 15c, 1/36 OZ. 
30c; Nevadense aureum 20c; Occidentale 15c; Pyrenaicum 
20c, 1/16 oz. 75¢; Pride of Charlotte 15c, 1/1e oz. 30c; Para- 
dalinum 15c, 1/36 oz. 30c, % oz. 50c, % oz. 85c; Princeps 
Creelman 15c, 144 oz. 385c; Rubescens 15c, 1/16 oz. 30c; Shel- 
burne Dark Selections 20c, 1/16 oz. 35c; Shelburne Light Se- 
lections 20c, 1/16 oz. 85c; Wilmottiae 15c, 1/16 oz. 25c, %& 
oz. 45c; %4 oz. 85¢c; Concolor racemosa 20c; Szovitzianum 
20c; Japonicum 20c (new crop for pkts. only, of Japonicum). 
OFFER 67A32—One pkt. each of the previous 56 for $8.50. 
OFFER 68A32—fFifteen of the quicker and easier Lilies. 
One pkt. each of Amabile, Callosum, Concolor, Davidi, Da- 
vuricum, Formosanum, Golden Gleam, Henryi, Longiflorum 
Takesima, Maximowiczi, Maxwill, Princeps, Sulphur-Gale, 
Tenuifolium and Wilmottiae for $2.00. 
SPECIAL LILY BLEND—Seeds of not less than fifty of the 
foregoing Lilium species and strains in one splendid mixture. 
They will not be in equal proportions, much more of some 
than of others, and in general, more of the easy kinds 
than of the hard, but at least a little of each one of the 
fifty, some 25 of them in considerable amounts. Pkt. 10c; 
1/1¢ oz. 20c; % oz. 385c; % oz. 65c; 1 oz. $2.50. 
LILIUM VARIED HYBRIDS—Seeds of the following crosses, 
involving as original species sources Liliums philadelphicum, 
Humboldti, Sargentiae, Maximowiczi, davuricum, Wilmot- 
tiae, and various others, are offered at the uniform price of 
25c the pkt. The packets will contain anywhere from 3 
seeds up to 15 or more, according to quantity of the’ :par- 
ticular cross that is available. Of certain ones that means 
mighty little. Regale x Polyphyllum, Lilian Cummings; 
Nevadense x Pyrenaicum; x Scottiae Light; x Scottiae Dark; 
Humboldti x Pardalinum; Lyla McCann; Tigermax x Kul- 
shan; Scottiae x Lilian Cummings; x Crow Hybrids x Pride 
of Charlotte; Wilmottiaex Cernuum; Candidum x Testa- 
ceum. We can also supply VARIED HYBRID BLEND, 
the above, with seeds of other excellent Lilium hybrids, not 
less than 10 seeds to the packet, at 25c the packet, 3 pkts. 
for 65c; 10 pkt. for $1.90. 
LILY SEEDS YEAR-OLD—Because of the war, or other con- 
ditions beyond our control, seeds of certain Liliums are not 
likely to be available in new crop, some of them perhaps 
not for a long while to come. Following are offered in old 
seeds, mostly year-old. They may, or may not grow. We 
believe you will get enough out of them to pay you, but if 
you order them it must be at your own risk, without re- 
course. Supplied at uniform price of 15c the pkt., 3 pkts. 
of one kind for 40c. Bakerianum, Chalcedonicum, Colum- 
bianum, Formosanum Re-selected Giant White, Cordatum, 
Japonicum (14% oz. 40c, 4 oz. 75c), Medeloides, Ochraceum, 
Polyvhyllum, Pomponium, Roezli, Sargentiae, Thomsonianum, 
Wallichianum. 
THE CACTUS GARDEN 
Plants valued alike for bizarre form and for lovely flow- 
ering. Blossoms may be primrose lemon, gold, cinnabar, 
pure red, purple, rose, pink, or in varied shadings within 
the bloom. Strikingly decorative. Some are winter-hardy. 
ZYGOCACTUS TRUNCATUS—The Christmas Cactus. . Odd 
Cactus, flattened, truncate lobes, lobe on _ lobe, branches 
forked and re-forked. The showy flowers are typically 
salmon red, but vary in shade. Reputed to bloom at Christ- 
mas or thereabout. An old-time favorite that has become 
rare. An unusual and desirable species for pot culture. 
Plants only, medium size, any season, each 35c. 
SELENICEREUS MACDONALDIAE—Queen of the Night. 
A magnificent Cactus, by far the finest Night-blooming 
Cereus. Twining plants with five-angled stems that need 
support of stakes or trellis. The flowers appear in summer 
and are the largest in the Cactus family, sometimes fifteen 
inches across, petals of purest white. Young single-stem 
plants, six inches up, each 35c. Shipment any season. 
NYCTOCEREUS SERPENTINUS—A vine cactus. Decora- 
tive, cylindrical bright green stems, bristle-set, branch, twine 
and clamber. Should be staked or have small trellis in pot. 
Showy fragrant flowers, starry, three inches across, blush- 
suffused white within, rose-shaded without. Sturdy single- 
stem plants, each 35c, any season. 
OFFER 69A42—One plant each of the three, with one pkt. 
Mixed Ornamental Cactus seed, for $1.00. 
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EPIPHYLLUM PEERLESS HYBRIDS—w.  Phyllocactus. 
The freest flowering of all Cactus groups, and perhaps show- 
jest of house plants. Magnificent blossoms in cream, pink, 
orange, scarlet, crimson, lavender, and purple. Oddly com- 
pressed, flanged and margined plant stems. A_ splendid 
strain. 10 seeds for 25c; 50 seeds for $1.00. 
CEPHALOCEREUS SENILIS—w. The fantastic Old Man 
Cactus, the plants draped in long silvery hairs. Excellent 
for pot culture. 15 seeds for 20c; 50 for 60c. 
ECHINOCEREUS REICHENBACHI—Merry Widow Cactus. 
Enormous flowers of feathery pink. Branching, spreading 
globose columns of white spiny laciness. Easy pot culture, 
but near hardy, too. 20 seeds for l5e. 
MAMMILLARIA VIVIPARA—kt. Fully winter-hardy Cac- 
tus for the rock garden. Makes knobby cushions that group 
to form big mounds. Blossoms vivid, radiant rose. 10 seeds 
for 15c; 50 for 60c. (Plants, each 35c.) 
NEOBESSEYA MISSOURIENSIS — kt. Little spine-laced 
cushions. In spring come flowers in silver and buff; ecar- 
ried at the same time, over from the previous year, are the 
fruits, these of most brilliant gleaming ruby. Fully winter- 
hardy. 10 seeds for 15c. (Plants, each 40c.) 
OPUNTIA COMPRESSA—kt. Of fullest winter-hardiness, 
wintering without protection in Quebec. Attractive tangles 
of glossy green branching pads, almost spineless. Big flow- 
ers of a particuiarly bright lemon yellow. The buds remind 
one of roses about to open. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 30c; 14 oz. 50c. 
(Plants, each 15c;-3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00.) 
OPUNTIA IMBRICATA—Drkt. 5 ft. Devil’s Rope. Rope- 
like spiny stems in branching tree form. The stems are 
sometimes made into canes. Flowers of brilliant purple. 
This is the tallest of the relatively hardy species. Safe out- 
side to about 20 degrees below freezing; in sheltered posi- 
tions will stand more. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. 
OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA—kt. Big branching pads, thick, 
high-piled. Large flowers of creamy yellow, each petal with 
a spreading coppery orange stain. Of much hardiness. Pkt. 
15e. (Plants, single pads, each 25c.) 
OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA—kt. Branching blue-green pads, 
set with long silvery spines. Flowers of pale lemon, with 
red tinge. Very good species for rock garden or terrace. 
Stands 40 degrees below zero. 10 seeds for 15c; 50 seeds 
for 50c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00.) 
OFFER 70A42—One pkt. each of the nine kinds immediately 
above, for $1.25. 
OTHER ORNAMENTAL CACTUS SPECIES—Priced per 
pkt. Astrophytum myriostigma 20c; Carnegia gigantea 15c; 
Cleistocactus Baumani 15c; Coryphantha cornifera 20c; 
Coryphantha macromeris 15¢c; Coryphantha Muehlenpfordtii 
15c; Coryphantha Nickelsae 20c; Coryphantha Schwarziana 
20c; Denmoza erythrocephala 20c; Dolichothele sphaerica 
20c; Echinocactus Grusoni 15c; Echinocactus ingens 15c; 
Echinocereus conoideus 20c; Echinocereus dubius 25c; Echin- 
ocereus Rosei 20c; Echinocereus Engelmanni 20c; Echinoce- 
reus_ triglochidiatus 20c; Echinocereus viridiflorus 20c; 
Echinofossulocactus Lloydi 20c; Echinopsis campylacantha 
20c; Eriocereus Bonplandi 20c; Eriocereus Martini 20c; 
Ferocactus hamatocanthus 15c; Ferocactus uncinatus 15c; 
Ferocactus Wislizenni 15c; Hamatocactus setispinus 15c; 
Mammillaria carnea 20c; Mammillaria centricirrha 20ce; Mam- 
millaria dolichocentra 15¢c; Mammillaria Karwinskiana 20c; 
Mammillaria rhodantha 20c ; Mammillaria uncinata 20c; Melo- 
eactus intortus 20c; Myrtillocactus geometrizana 20c; Opun- 
tia Engelmanni 20c; Opuntia leptocaulis 20c; Opuntia macro- 
ecentra 15c; Opuntia basilaris 15c; Opuntia erinacea 15c; 
Opuntia phaecantha 15c; Opuntia tenuispina 15c; Opuntia 
tortispina 15c (pads each 15c, 3 for 40c) ; Opuntia Toumeyi 
15c; Pachycereus marginatus 15e. OFFER 71A42—One pkt. 
each of the 43. in this group, $7.75 separate totals, for $6.40. 
CACTUS HARDY BLEND—kt. Many Cactus species are 
thoroughly winter-hardy, even into Canada. Others are so 
nearly hardy that they may be easily wintered out of doors 
in the North with but slight protection. Here is a splendid 
mixture: 25 seeds for 15c; 50 for 25c; 100 for 45c; 500 for 
$2.00; 1000 for $3.75. 
CACTUS ORNAMENTAL BLEND—w. For pot culture, 
being mostly not hardy outside. Weird and curious stem 
formations, with richly hued and feathery flowers, followed 
by ‘‘jewel’’ fruits. Wonderfully diverse blend, including 
seeds of a vast number of decorative species not described 
separately here. 25 seeds for 15c; 50 for 25c; 100 for 45c; 
500 for $2.00; 1000 for $3.75. 

OTHER SUCCULENTS—For an offering of other 
Succulents, some 60 kinds of them, turn to page 68. 
House Plants begin on page 65. 

