VERBASCUM PHOENICEUM HYBRIDS — erbcdstx(8) 25. 
Hyacinth Mullein. Slender spikes in cream, apple-blossom 
pink, lavender and violet. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
VINCA MINOR —Trailing Myrtle. Hardy trailing ground 
cover for sun or shade. Good foliage, pretty flowers of 
bright blue. Plants only, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for 
$2.00. Variety RUBRA—Rich rosy violet, blossoms semi- 
double. Plants, each 30c. ~ 
XEROPHYLLUM ASPHODELOIDES — cmstaty(2-3)50. 
Stately shafts that end in great lacy clusters of myriad 
ivory stars, sweetly scented. Long-lasting cut flower. Win- 
ter hardy. Prefers light, somewhat acid soil, and must not 
suffer from drought. Pkt. 15c; 4/1¢ oz. 35c. 
THE PANSY-VIOLETS 
Flowers in Pansy approach, but in a more endearing 
gracefulness, a greater freedom of yield, and above all, in a 
heartier vigor that lets them disregard weather and adver- 
sity. The plants are of perennial endurance. Sow in spring 
or fall. CALCARATA—Long-stemmed, long-blooming beauty 
from the Dolomite Alps. Dense cushions that widen year 
by year. Royal indigo usually, but varies into cream. Pkt. 
20e. CALCARATA OLD ORCHARD—Richest deep indigo. 
Robust. Plants only, each 30c. CORNUTA PURE WHITE 
Fine bedder. Pkt. 10c. HYBRIDA APRICOT—Lustrous 
apricot, shading to velvety orange. Pkt. 20c. HYBRIDA 
ARKWRIGHT RUBY—Ruby crimson, maroon on buff at 
center. Pkt. 20c. HYBRIDA AVALANCHE—Large flowers, 
snowy white. Pkt. 20c. FLORAIRENSIS—Longest and 
most continuous bloomer of all, almost the year around. 
Lavender-lilac, marked rich purple. Highest recommenda- 
tion. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. LUTEA—Elfin blossoms 
in lemon yellow. Long in bloom. Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 85c. 
(Plants, each 20c; 8 for 55c.) OFFER 162A52—One pkt. 
each of the 7 for $1.00. BLEND OF PANSY-VIOLETS— 
The above, with others. Good. Pkt. 15c; 1/i6 oz. 35c. 
FRIENDLY BUTTERFLY-VIOLETS 
Here are happy and lovable flowers for rock garden, 
woodland, garden path or meadow. They greet the spring - 
with their blossoms, but in latest autumn one may still 
find an occasional bloom braving the cold winds. Flower 
in this Violet section not at all like Pansy. ‘kt’ culture. 
BRITTONIANA—Long-stemmed, deep purple blossoms. 
Slashed foliage. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25ec. LABRADORICA 
—Blossoms of alluring blue-lavender. MHalf-trailer, blooming 
long and freely. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 oz. 35c. (Plants, each 20c; 
3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) PATRINI—Exceptionally vigorous 
Chinese Violet. Large lavender flowers on upright plants. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 1/32 oz. 25c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 55c; 10 
for $1.60.) PEDATA—tThe brilliantly colored Birdsfoot Vio- 
let. Very large blossoms of blue-lavender to purple, or 
sometimes bicolor, purple velvet above, suffused white below. 
Prefers acid soil. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. (Plants, con- 
color blue, each 20c; 3 for 55c; 10 for $1.65. Bicolors, each 
25¢c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.10.) STRIATA—Excellent car- 
peter, desirable under Roses, Lilies, over bulbs, etc. Creamy 
flowers. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 
55e; 10 for $1.65.) SYLVESTRIS ROSEA—Blossom-prilli- 
ants of gleaming rose. In bloom for months. Pkt. 15c; 
1/32 oz. 385c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c.) SWEET 
DOUBLE RUSSIAN. Fully double, richly fragrant, deep 
purple form of Odorata. Plants only, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
JOOI—Lovely Violet, spendthrift of bloom, wide cushiony 
mounds of pink-lilac in April before its leaves appear. Re- 
blooms in autumn, amethystine lavender then. Pkt. 15c; 
1/32 oz. 85c. OFFER 163A52—One pkt. each of the 7 for 90c. 
BUTTERFLY-VIOLET BLEND — The above, with many 
others as fine. Pkt. 15c; 14/16 oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50e. 
SA 
TREES and SHRUBS grow about as readily from 
seeds as do other plants, and it doesn’t take long to 
bring them to fair size. It offers a way in which 
you_can get together a splendid collection of rare 
kinds at rather low cost—and have a lot of pleas- 
ure. in the doing of it. Our TREASURE CHEST 
FOLDER, sent to those who ask for it, lists seeds 
of very many shrubs and trees, as Azaleas, Rhodo- 
dendrons, New Lilacs, Magnolias, Roses, Pines, Blue 
Spruce, Beauty Bush, Cotoneasters and the like. Be 
sure to ask for THE TREASURE CHEST, for it 
goes only to those who wish it. 
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FASCINATING SUCCULENTS — 
Fantastic in form and life-scheme; exotic in appearance 
and fact, color-toned throughout in harmonies of sheer de- Re 
light, these are the true wonder-plants. Add to that the 
attractive flowers that many of them yield, their ease of cul- 
ture, their adaptability to window gardening and small 
spaces; and so the great and increasing interest in them 
becomes understandable—and _ desirable. The succulents 
offered here are not winter-hardy save in the mildest of 
climates, and are intended for pot culture. 
AEONIUM HAWORTHI—Many crooked branches that end 
in rosettes of thick delta-shaped leaves, all of a rich suc- 
culence, and a finish as of silver powder laid over blue-green 
glossiness. Pkt. 20c. (Young, single-rosette plants, each 25c.) 
AEONIUM ARBOREUM ATROPURPUREUM—Rosettes are 
larger and more open than last, deeply shaded in bronze- 
purple, plants built of rosettes piled high in picturesque 
irregularity. Flowers in golden racemes. Plants, each 25c. 
ADROMISCHUS CRISTATUS — Odd fat leaves, pinched 
erinkly and wavy at one end in fried pie form. Eventually 
these top short, hair-covered stems. . Particularly good. 
Plants, each 25c. 
ALOE BREVIFOLIA — Short and thick gray-green leaves, 
near triangular and piled in close vertical plane. Red 
flowers. An Aloe miniature. Pkt. 15c. (Plants each 25c.) 
ALOE CILIARIS—Vivid green, leaves thinner than in other 
Aloes, ciliate-margined, widely spaced. Semi-climber. Red. 
flowers. Plants, each 25c. 
ALOE VARIEGATA—tTiger Aloe or Partridge Breast. Tri- — 
angular serrate leaves, thick and solid, are marbled and 
margined silver on deep, dark green. Tubular red flowers. 
Pkt. 25e. (Young plants, each 40c.) 
ALOE BLEND—Few succulents are more satisfying for pot 
culture. Always attractive, particularly so in rare flower. 
Wide variations in plant form and coloring, from triangular 
pie-wedges of leaves in dense rosettes, to long, curving, 
serrate swords. Sometimes fat leaves are stacked like a 
child’s pile of blocks, but again they may be so widely 
spaced on drawn-out stems that climbing habit is ap- 
proached. Often they are marbled, stained, silver-powdered, 
color-edged, or blued like tempered steel. Panicled inflores- 
cence, usually in buff, red, or cinnabar. Fine mixture. Pkt. 
15¢c; 1/16 oz. 45c; 4% oz. 80c; % oz. $1.35. 
ANACAMPSEROS TELEPHIASTRUM—Thick leaves of an 
odd deep olive tone with hint of purple suffusion, these 
irregularly piled and compressed. Bright flowers of deep 
rose. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
ARGYRODERMA BLEND—Living Stones. Odd succulents, 
each usually with two half-buried leaves that simulate in > 
amazing exactness, small smooth rocks. Then from the 
fissure between rise big feathery flowers in white, cream, 
yellow, rose or purple. Pkt. 25c. 
BRYOPHYLLUM FEDTSCHENKOI— The erinkly edged 
leaves have been compared to flattened shells. They are of 
an enpurpled silveriness, and the flowers are rose purple. 
Desirable. Plants, each 30ce. : 
BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM—Air-plant. Interesting tall 
succulent with thick, polished foliage and purple-green flow- 
ers in pendulous terminal panicles. Young plants, each 20c. | 
BRYOPHYLLUM TUBIFLORUM—Slender pencils of leaves, 
marbled chocolate on ground of pale roseate olive, are car- 
ried along high stems. Terminal, tubular, drooping orange 
red flowers. Plants, each 25c. sare : 
CARPOBROTUS CHILENSIS—Trailer with glossy green 
leaves, slender, triangular in cross-section. Quite showy 
rose-purple flowers, fragrant. A trailer. Pkt. 15c. 
CHAMAEALOE AFRICANA—A rare succulent, rather like 
a miniature Aloe in both foliage and creamy flower, the 
whole not over six inches high. A fascinating little plant, 
easy to bloom. 10 seeds for 15c. 
CONICOSIA PUGIONIFORMIS — Tapering, glaucous, three- 
edged leaves along tall stems, all topped with showy in- 
florescence of bright yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
CRASSULA ARGENTEA—Jade Plant. Leaves ovate, very 
thick, green and shining. Plants robust, branching. Flowers 
deep rose.’ Plants, each 25c. 
CRASSULA CULTRATA—Attractive plants with thick 
green leaves, each turned at a different angle to the stem. A 
Panicles of little green flowers. Plants, each 25c. | 
CRASSULA PERFORATA—The thick rounded leaves ap- 
pear to have the twisting stem threaded through them. 
Dainty pink blossoms. Plants, each 25c. : 
CRASSULA TETRAGONA—Thick spike-leaves of rich emer- _— 
ald green. Plants are like little evergreen trees. Plants, 
each 25c. : 
