THE MAIN LIST 
Here is the real heart of this catalog, the center of our 
own and our gardening friends’ interest. Annual flowers 
of course we must have, and vegetables in these war days, 
but it is over here among the bulbs, the border perennials, 
the tender window and conservatory plants, the hardy 
alpines, the shrubs and the trees, that real gardeners will 
wander. For several late years we have, you know, en- 
deavored to set off one from another, each in its own 
fenced department, the bulbs, the house plants, herbaceous 
perennials and the like, but we found that it didn’t work 
very well. Nature hadn’t co-operated, for there was nothing 
to prevent a species from belonging in two or three 
divisions at once, nothing to keep a bulb from being also 
a pot plant, or it might even be a rock garden perennial, 
too, all at one and the same time. Again a plant might 
be safely, and usually, grown out of doors in one part of 
the country, and quite as usually considered and treated 
as a pot plant in a colder area. We have decided, then, to 
put all these things that belong neither in the annual nor 
in the vegetable garden, together in one big section of the 
’ eatalog, arranged in near to alphabetic order. Thus arrives 
our MAIN LIST. 
PLANT FINDER 
As a rough aid in picking out species of a particular 
nature, or suited for a particular purpose, we are using a 
series of numerals before species names. These numerals 
have nothing to do with the key letters and numerals that 
appear after names, and that are explained in detail on 
page 66. Please don’t confuse the two. Here is the mean- 
ing of the numerals before names. 
1—An herbaceous perennial, winter-hardy. 
2—An herbaceous perennial, tender. 
38—Bulb or bulb-like plant usually grown in garden. 
4—Bulb or bulb-like plant usually grown under glass, 
as in window, or conservatory. 
5—Shrub, woody-stemmed plant, hardy. 
6-—Shrub, woody-stemmed plant, tender. 
7—Vine, hardy. 
8—Vine, tender. 
9—Tree, hardy. 
10—Tree, tender. 
HARDY, as used above, signifies that plants can be grown 
out of doors at Philadelphia. Most such plants, can of 
course, be also grown outside in climates much more 
severe. 
TENDER, as used above, signifies that the species is us- 
ually grown under glass in climate of Philadelphia, as a 
pot plant in windows, or in greenhouses and conservatories. 
Further south many of these species become easy garden 
plants. Those gardening in mild climates, as the Gulf 
states, or California, should scan this group with care. It 
holds treasures. 

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COLCHICUMPHYACINTHUS 
AUTUMNALED-PLUMSSUS 
2 ABUTILON PICTUM—ew(8). 
golden orange, veined crimson. Foliage maple-like, often 
variegated. Makes handsome, free-blooming pot plant if 
pinched back. 6 seeds for 20c. 
2 ABUTILON MEGAPOTAMICUM—ew(8). Brightly col- 
ored bells, calyx bright red, petals lemon yellow. Habit 
somewhat decumbent. Excellent for hanging baskets, urns, 
boxes. 6 seeds for 20c. 
6 ACACIA BLEND—Flowers usually fluffy balls in widely 
varied yellows, from very pale to shades of rich intensity. 
In North, handled as tub or large pot plants, in Seuth, 
grown in open. Fine mixture. Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c. 
6 ACACIA SEPARATE SPECIES—We have several, offered 
in the TREASURE CHEST. Ask for a copy. 
1 ACAENA GLAUCA—rgkt(9)3. Lovely mat-trailer with 
silvery foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ACANTHOLIMON GLUMACEUM—rlkt(2-3) 10. 
spray-plumes of delicate pink over wide, 
cushions. Cliffs of Mount Ararat. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ACONITUM UNCINATUM—bstaty (4-6)60. Oddly formed 
flowers of ultramarine, helmets decorated with flowing 
ribbons. Half-vine, let it clamber over shrubs. Illustrated 
page 61. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ACONITUM WILSONI—by(4-5)80. Blossoms of imperial 
violet in splendid profusion on sky-reaching plants like 
slender towers. September and October. Pkt. 20c. 
3 ACHIMENES HYBRIDS—Brilliantly hued trumpets curve 
gracefully in Gloxinia reminder, but the vivid colorings are 
applied in a bizarre abandonment that would confuse any 
staid Gloxinia. Blue there will be, mauve, orchid, violet 
and purple, with white, carmine, scarlet, and any one of 
them may be splashed, striped or feathered in hues con- 
trasting. Blooms freely from June on. A window bulb. 
Use several of the tiny tubers to a pot. Ready March to 
May. Tubers only, 3 for 40c; 7 for $1.00. 
1 ACHILLEA 
Achillea, flower of Achilles the Greek, has values in rock 
garden, pavement or terrace, and it cuts. “kt’’ culture. 
RUPESTRIS—Packed cushions, drifts of white above. 6 
inches. Pkt. 15c. AGERATUM—Sweet Golden Yarrow. 
Fluffily dense rich yellow. 14 inches. Pkt. 10c. AGERATUM 
CLOTH OF GOLD—Like last, but larger and height 40 
inches. Pkt. 15ec. NANA—Foliage like aromatic green fur. 
Silvery flowers. Fine pavement plant. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 
40c. (Plants, divisions, each 25c; 3 for 70c). BOULE DE 
Pendant ‘flower-bells of 
Graceful 
dense mat- 
NEIGE—15 inches. Clusters of little white flowers like 
tiny snowballs. Long in bloom. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 
30c). UMBELLATA—9 inches. Greek species with white 
flowers and silvery foliage. Pkt. 20c. TOMENTOSA 
AUREA—Wooly foliage mats of super-ferniness. Bright 
golden flower-clusters. 8 inches. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 
30c; 3 for 85c). TOMENTOSA SULFUREA—Here the 
flowers are soft primrose yellow. Pkt. 20c. SERBICA—9 
inches. Highly attractive in both foliage and _ flower. 
Silvery rosettes, mat-packed, are set over with myriads of 
pure white daisies. Edger, or in rock garden. Pkt. 15e. 
(Plants, each 30c; 8 for 85c). OFFER 42A54—One pkt. 
each of above for $1.25. 
3 THE ACIDANTHERAS 
They stand in resemblance, and relationship, between 
Freesia. and Gladiolus, yet of appearance quite distinctive. 
Like Gladioli they thrive in the garden, and may be dug 
and-stored in same manner. Attractive and long-blooming. 
Ethiopia. Illustrated opposite. 
BICOLOR—18 inches. Graceful blossoms in late summer, 
rich-cream with patch of chocolate. Bulbs firm, resembling 
those of Freesia. Bulbs only, spring delivery, 3 for 40c; 9 
for $1.00; 25 for $2.50. 
MURIELIAE—24 inches. Like last but larger, flower pure 
white, blotch maroon black. Bulb not firm (by nature), 
rather like that of Gladiolus. Indeed some botanists make 
Murieliae a Gladiolus. Fullest recommendation. Bulbs only, 
spring delivery, 4 for 35c; 10 for 80c; 25 for $1.85. 
