THE ORNAMENTAL ALLIUMS 
For hardy border or rock garden, nothing can be more 
fascinating and unusual than the bloom from these hardy 
bulbs and bulb-like plants. They are easily grown from 
seeds, flowering the next season and enduring for years. 
ALLIUM ACUMINATUM—rkt(1-2)9. Flowers of a rich red 
that tends toward plum. Pkt. 15c. 
ALLIUM AMMOPHILUM — ecrbkt(2-4)20. Lavender-opal 
are the big fluffy flower balls that appear in constant suc- 
cession from early June until late September. Pkt. 15c; %& 
oz. 85c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 50c.) 
ALLIUM AZUREUM—erkt(2)30. A clean pure azure, no 
lavender or violet, but clearest blue of deep summer skies. 
Great balls of star-flowers, fluff-anthered, all through June, 
and beyond. One of the three “bluest” flowers. Illustrated 
page 10. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 40c.) 
ALLIUM CERNUUM—ebnkt(3)20. Nodding starry flowers 
in palest pink suffusions. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c. (Plants, 
each 20c; 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) 
ALLIUM CYRILLI—erbkt(2)20. Deep blue-purple, rich and 
dark. Good. Early. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. (Plants, each 
25c; 8 for 65c.) 
ALLIUM FARRERI—erkt(2)10. Pretty bells of richest 
purple in nodding, one-sided clusters. No better rock gar- 
den species. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
ALLIUM FLAVUM—erkt(2)10. Flower-bells of deep glossy 
yellow, buff-tawny in reverse, are carried in loosely spraying 
informal clusters. Good in rock garden, or for edgings or 
bedding, Pkt. 10c; 11/6 oz. 25c; 1% oz. 40¢. (Plants, each 
15¢e; 8 for 40c; 9 for $1.00.) 
ALLIUM FLAVUM MAJOR—Like last, but taller, larger, 
later. Pkt. 20e; 3 for 50c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
ALLIUM MOLY—rstyt(2)10. Splendid golden yellow, clus- 
ters flat, upfacing. Exceedingly showy. Seed should be 
sown very early. Pkt. 15c. (Bulbs, naturally small, but 
full blooming size, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
ALLIUM MT. CENIS SPECIES—erkt (2-3) 8. 
dems of rosy amethyst. A rock garden delight. 
(Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
ALLIUM NEAPOLITANUM—eckt(w). Big clusters of pure 
white flowers on slender stems. Needs winter protection 
outside. More usually handled as a pot bulb for winter 
forcing. Cuts well. Pkt. 15c; 11/6 oz. 30c. (Bulbs, Sep- 
tember-November only, 3 for 25c; 10 for 70c.) 
ALLIUM OREOPHILUM—ecrbkt(3)16. Great airy dome- 
clusters, opalescent lilac to shimmering purple. The Moun- 
tain-lover of Daghestan is an easy, sure and charming 
species. TIilustrated page 29. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c; ™% oz. 
60c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
ALLIUM PULCHELLUM—ecrbkt(3)20. More or less it is 
an Allium flavum major that has been dipped in raspberry 
jam. It’s a highly visible, and highly attractive, tone of 
raspberry purple. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
ALLIUM ROSEUM—erkt(3)10. Star clusters in melting 
buff rose, a delightful tone. Splendid rock garden plant. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
ALLIUM PYRZEWALSKIANUM—erkt(2)9. Rock garden 
species of highest merit. Loosely clustered, exquisitely 
Dainty dia- 
Pkt. 20c. 
formed star-flowers of richest indigo violet. Pkt. 20c; 3 
for 50c. (Plants, each 40c.) 
ALLIUM SPHAEROCEPHALUM—ecbkt(3)36. Decorative, 
anther-fluffed globes, mulberry to violet-maroon. Pkt. 10c; 
¥g oz. 30c. (Plants, each 20c; 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) 
ALLIUM TANGUTICUM—eerbkt(4)25. Lavender Globe- 
Lily. Hundreds of fluffy stars in clear, cool lavender, packed 
into each great globe-cluster. Spectacular effects in late 
summer. Iilustrated page 24. Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 35¢; % 
oz. 60c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.40.) 
ALLIUM TRIQUETRUM—erbckt (2) 20. Pretty, nodding 
white bells. Needs winter protection, or grow as pot plant. 
Forces well. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
ALLIUM TUBEROSUM—ecbkt(3)36. Sweetly fragrant 
flower-clusters, upfacing snowy stars, top each spiraling 
yard-high stem. Cuts excellently. Makes big, showy border 
clumps. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c; %4 oz. 60c. (Plants, each 25c; 
8 for 70c.) 
OFFER 78A52—One pkt. each of the 19 for $2.35. 
OTHER GOOD ALLIUMS—Some mighty fine things here. 
Wish we had room to describe them all. Priced per pkt. 
Albidum 15c; Albopilosum 15¢; Album (definitely not 
Tuberosum) 15c, %& oz. 30c (plants, each 25c); Angusto- 
prasum (resembling Schoenoprasum, but twice size and 
lilac-pink) 10c; Bulgaricum (poor relation of Cyrilli) 15¢; 
Chamaemoly, (horticulturally worthless) 10c; Controversum 
(whether rightly named or not, a jewel, apricot flowers) 
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kt. 20c, (plants each 40c); Darwasicum, white to lilac, 
ibe : iat te: ate. 15c; Fistulosum 10c; Galanthum 10c; — 
Huteri 15c; Japonicum (Thunbergi) 10c; Libani 15c; Mar- 
garitaceum (splendid mulberry) 15c, 1/1g oz. 25¢; Monadel- 
phum 15c; Montanum 10c, % oz. 380c, % oz. 50c, (plants 
each 20c, 3 for 50c, 10 for $1.50); Moschatum 1lbdc, 1/16 Oz. 
25c, (plants, each 25c); Mutabile 15c; Nutans 15¢e (plants 
each 25c); Pallens 15c; Rotundum 15c; Rubens 15c; 
Schoenoprasum 10c, (plants, each 20c; 3 for 50c) ; Senescens 
15¢e, (plants, each 25c); Speciosum (nigrum or magicum) 
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15c, 1/16 oz. 25e, (plants, each 25c, 3 for 70c); Splendens — 
15¢; Stellerianum album 10c; Stellatum (splendid late pink) 
20c, (plants, each 30c); Strictum 15c, 1/16 oz. 25c, (plants, 
each 25c); Tataricum 15c, (plants, each 25c) ; Thibeticum 
20e, (plants, each 30c); Unifolium 15c, 1/16 OZ. 25¢ ; Urceola- 
tum 15c, 1/16 oz. 25c, (plants, each 25c) ; Validum (good 
rose-purple) 15c, 1/16 oz. 25c, (plants each 25c);. Winkleri- 
anum 10¢, % oz. 20c, (plants, each 20c, 3 for 50c); Yun- 
nanense 15c; Hymenorrhizum 15c; Cyaneum (exquisite min- 
iature “blue-bell’) plants only, each 35c; Textile (earliest, 
pretty, rose-colored) 15c, 1/16 oz. 35¢; Cernuum Pink De- 
light (deeper color than type), plants only, each 25c; Tan- 
guticum Avalon (earlier and taller than type), plants only,- 
each 35c, 3 for $1.00; Pyrenaicum (excellent edger) 15c, 
(plants, 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50). OFFER 79A52—One pkt. 
each of the 40 for $4.60. 
ALLIUM BLEND—A bit of every garden-worthy Allium in 
our list. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 35c; %4 oz. 60c; 1 oz. $2.25. 
HARDY BORDER ALTHAEAS 
ALTHAEA TAURINENSIS—ebx(2-5)70. Slender stems, 
graceful sheafs of them leafed in silver-ash, and set for 
months with inch-wide saucer-bells of dusky violet. Pkt. 
15¢c; special large pkg. for 85c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
ALTHAEA ROSEASH BLEND—Pleasing variations in 
color-tone and plant form. Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
ALTHAEA SPECIES—At 10c the pkt. unless otherwise 
stated. Armeniaca 15c, % oz. 35c; Heldreichi; Hohenackeri; 
Kragujevacensis 15c; Narbonensis 15c; Nudiflora; Pallida; 
Pontica, Sulphurea, 14% oz. 25c; Tournefortiana. 
ALYSSUM FOR SILVER AND GOLD 
ALYSSUM ARGENTEUM—erx(2-3)12. 
mounds, mantled with pretty flake flowers of citron yellow. 
rd 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c; 14 oz. T5e. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 
70c. 
ALYSSUM CONDENSATUM—erx(1)6. A blossom spend- 
thrift in an amazing degree. Little spikes, filled tightly 
with Jarge lemon flowers rise-.in early spring from flat 
mats of silver-leafed plants, bloom-spikes crowded closely. 
Pkt. 15¢; 3-pkts. for 40c. 
ALYSSUM ALPESTRE—erltx(2)8. Trailing mats of sil- 
very leaves. Loose flowerheads of softest yellow. Pkt. 15c; 
¥% oz. 30c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
ALYSSUM FLORIBUNDUM—erx(2)8. Our favorite. <A 
gracefully irregular shrublet, fine leafed, silver-glistening, 
spread with amazing profusions of soft yellow flowers. 
Foliage holds well into winter. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE—erbx(1-2)10. Basket of Gold. Bril- 
- liantly showy. Massed plantings, rolling golden prairies 
to golden mountains. Good silvered foliage. Pkt. 10c; % 
oz. 30c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) : 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE CITRINUM—Like Basket of Gold in 
every way save that the flowers are pale citron or sulphur. 
Foliage silvery. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 4% oz. 40c. (Plants, 
each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.40.) , 
OTHER HARDY ALYSSUMS—Arduini, pkt. 10c, % oz. 
20c, 144 oz. 35c, (plants, each 20c); Hirsutum 20c; Gemo- 
nense l5e, (plants, each 25c) ; XIdaeum 25c; Moellendorfianum 
20c; Markgraffi 15c; Murale 15c; Umbellatum 15¢c; Wulfen- 
ianum 15c; Spinosum roseum (white with pink suffusion) 15c. 
HARDY ALYSSUMS MIXED—The above in blend. Pkt. 
10c; 4/16 oz. 20c; 1% oz. 30c. 
BLUE STAR OF TEXAS 
It is AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA, the true and_ 
original Star of Texas. Amsonia is soundly hardy, graceful 
in form, attractive in foliage. In early summer come big 
panicles of blue star-flowers. Does equally well in full sun 
or part shade. Will often naturalize, just through broad- 
casting and then raking in the seed. Illustrated page 42.— 
enbstx(2-3)25. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 4 oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.25. 
(Plants, each 25¢; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
Spreading silvery 
