1 ACTAEA ARGUTA — rstkt(2)28. In spring, feathery 
white blossoms; later, red berries. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ACTABA PACHYPODA—rstkt(2)24. Like last, but here 
the berries are as of white enamel. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ACTINEA HERBACEA—rltkt(8)15. Highly attractive 
flowers ef tawny yellow over a long season. Will even 
bloom jin mild periods of winter. Desirable rock garden 
or border perennial. Called Lakeside Daisy. Pkt. 15c. 
(Plants, each 35c). 
8 ACTINIDIA ARGUTA — ekt(2)100. Tara Vine. Attrac- 
tive hardy trellis climber. Clustered white flowers, then 
inch-long yellow fruits, these sweet, edible. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ACTINOMERIS ALTERNIFOLIUS — enbx(3-4)80. We 
like this one. A tall perennial, in bloom through late 
summer, great corymbs of honey-yellow blossoming. Showy ; 
long-lived. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 25c. (Plants, each 30c). 
6 ADENOCARPUS FOLIOLOSUS—w(k). Low, dense 
shrub from the Canaries. Racemes of bright yellow flowers. 
Pot culture North, outside in South. Pkt. 15e. 
2 AEONIUM HAWORTHI—ew. Desirable pot plant from 
the Canaries. Many crooked branches that end in rosettes 
of thick, delta-shaped leaves, all of a rich succulence, and a 
finish as of silver powder over blue-green’ glossiness. 
Eventually big panicles of little pale yellow flowers, flushed 
rose. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 30c). 
2 AEONIUM ATROPURPUREUM — Picturesque, rugged 
plants, each thick branch ending in a big, loose rosette of 
deep green leaves shaded bronze-purple. Finally, golden 
yellow flowers. Plants only, each 35c. 
2 AECHMEA MEXICANA—w. Interesting Bromeliad for 
pot culture. Long, tooth-edged leaves. Lax panicles of rich 
erimson flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
6 AESCULUS GEORGIANA — y(2)72. Handsome, fully 
hardy shrub species of Horse Chestnut with showy red and 
yellow flowers. Big seeds, 3 for 25c. 
1 ADENOPHORA or SPIRE BELL 
Tall campaniles filled with swinging bells. In bloom for 
months. Illustrated page 48. Sown early, these sometimes 
bloom first year. 
FARRERI (Confusa)—ebx(3-4)36. Sky-blue bells with sil- 
very overtones. From valley meadows of Tibet. Pkt. 20c. 
ORNATA—ebx(3-4)25. Bells china blue without, silvery 
within. Slender and graceful. Pkt. 20c. 
1 THE AETHIONEMAS 
They grow on sunshot cliffs of the Lebanon, on hillsides 
of Armenia, in creviced ruined wall of Persia, jewelling 
column-strewn terraces where ancient kings were proud. 
rltk(2-3) 6 to 10 inches. Foliage fine, semi-succulent, 
silvery to blue-gray. CORIDIFOLIUM—Flowers pure pink in 
wide, dense, dome-clusters. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 40c. (Plants, 
each 40c).. PULCHELLUM—Mounded blossoms of attrac- 
tive rose. Pkt. 20c. SHISTOSUM—Clusters of purest pink, 
individual florets relatively large. Pkt. 20c. STYLOSUM— 
Rather large pink florets, styles long, curved. Lebanon. 
Pkt. 25c. OFFER 438A54—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
See EN Nes BLEND—Above, with others. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. 50c. 
3 AGAPANTHUS 4 
Glorious umbels of trumpet-flowers, spread and split to 
starry form. The petals are waxy, coloring anything from 
amethyst to indigo, or sometimes enamel white. The bloom 
is high-held, stems that vary from 18 to 60 inches. Fra- 
grant. Illustrated page 30. First year of blooming there 
may be only a few flowers in a cluster, but on older 
plants of special strains at Old Orchard, we have had as 
many as 160 blossoms open at once in one great umbel. 
Agapanthus grows readily from seed. In the North it is 
usually handled in large pots or tubs, out of doors in 
summer, but carried over winter in a _ half-dormant state 
in a light cellar or similar position. Water sparingly in 
winter, freely in summer. Offered in mixture, lavender 
to indigo, with a bit of the white. Pkt. 15c; 4; oz. 30c; \% 
oz. 50c; %4 oz. 90c. (Plants, supplied as semi-dormant, 
bulb-like divisions from November to June, but as actively 
growing plants during balance of year, each $1.00). 
AGAPANTHUS PURE WHITE—Fine enamel white, rarely 
varying to blue. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. 
AGAPANTHUS GIANT WHITE—Seeds saved from variety 
“Frank J. McCoy,” a giant white of notable excellence. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
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1 ORNAMENTAL ALLIUMS 3 
Fascinating, and often very showy, hardy rock garden 
and border plants, some of them bulbous, others fibrous- 
rooted, or with Iris-like rhizomes. They make decorative, 
long-lasting cut flowers, and they are easily grown from 
seed, blooming at one year but enduring for many years. 
ACUMINATUM—(2)10. Upfacing umbels of flowers in a 
rich rose-purple that is close to red. Pkt. 15c. AZUR- 
EUM—(3)30. Clearest blue, azure of summer skies, are 
the closely clustered, anther-fluffed star-flowers. llustrated 
20c; 
below. Pkt. 3 for 50c. AMMOPHILUM—(2-4) 20. 
Close to everbloom- 
ing. Fluffy lavender 
flower -globes. Pkt. 
15ce. (Plants, each 
30c). CERNUUM 
(3)20. Nodding clus- 
ters of pale pink 
flowers: Pkt; 15¢; 
3 tor 40e. CY RILLI 
(2)20. Clover- 
heads in a rich and 
dark purple violet. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. 
(Plants, each 25c). 
FLAVUM MINOR— 
(2)10. Bells of glossy 

yellow, buff - tawny 
in reverse, in loose 
informal clusters. 
AMARYLLIS G ] lorifer 
AZUREUM [ff FORMOSISSIMA ff PEDUNCULATA reatly _floriferous. 
coe Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. 
(Plants, each 25c; 
8 for 70c). FLAVUM MAJOR—Like last, but taller, larger, 
later. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. (Plants, each 30c). MT. CENIS 
SPECIES—(2-3)8. Dainty diadems of rosy amethyst. Pkt. 
20c. (Plants, each 30c). NUTANS — (8)28. Vigorous, 
large-clustered lavender. Good. Pkt. 15c. MARGARITA- 
CEUM—(3)30. Decorative fluffy globes of mulberry ma- 
roon. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. (Plants, each 30c). MON- 
TANUM—(8)20. Big, round, star-clusters of varied lavender 
and violet tones. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c). 
NEAPOLITANUM—16 inehes. Clustered, pure white bells. 
Not as hardy as the others, and usually handled as a 
window pot bulb. It forces. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. OREO- 
PHILUM—(8) 16. Great airy dome-clusters; opalescent 
lilac to shimmering purple. From mountains of Daghestan. 
Illustrated page 21. ‘Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c. PULCHEL- 
LUM—(3)20. Showy clusters in form that suggests a 
bursting bomb. Vivid raspberry purple. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
(Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c)k PYRZEWALSKIANUM— 
(2)9. Rock garden charm from China. Exquisite star- 
flowers of rich violet, loosely clustered. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
(Plants, each 30c). RETICULATUM (Textile)—(1)7. First 
to bloom in spring. Upfacing clusters of bright rose, these 
before the leaves. Pretty. Pkt. 15¢. ROSEUM—(3)10. Little 
star-clusters in melting buff-rose. Pkt. 30c. (Plants, each 
30c). ROSE-TAWNY—18 inches. Soft rose with hint of 
buff. Very pretty. Species identification in controversy. 
Pkt. 380c. SPHAEROCEPHALUM—(3)30. High, globe- 
shaped clusters of deep red-maroon. Pkt. 15e. (Plants, 
each 25c). STELLARIANUM ALBUM—(4)20. Clustered 
white stars, sweetly scented. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c (Plants 
each 25c). STELLATUM—(4)20—Starry flowers in loose 
round clusters. Vivid rose pink. Particularly good, bloom- 
ing September-October. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. TANGUTICUM 
—(3-4)25. Lavender Globe-Lily. Glory of late summer 
and early autumn. Big, fluffy globes of closely packed 
stars in pure clean lavender. Excellent for cutting. Showy 
border perennial. Illustrated page 19. Pkt. 20c; + oz. 
35c. (Plants, either variety Avalon, early tall, or Crown- 
lake, lower late, at each 30c; 8 for 80c). TUBEROSUM— 
(3)36. Sweetly fragrant, upfacing snowy stars. Pkt. 15c; 
ts oz. 25c. (Plants, each 25c; 8 for 70c). UNIFOLIUM 
(2)15. Rosy stars in flat umbels. Blooms mostly before 
the leaves. Pkt. 15c. VALIDUM—(3)16. Big clusters, bright 
lavender violet. Foliage good, too. Thrives in either dry 
or wet places. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c). OFFER 44A54 
—One pkt. each of the 25 for $3.75. OFFER 45A54—One 
pkt. each of Azureum, Flavum, Cyrilli, Nutans, Stellatum, 
Tuberosum, Tanguticum and Pulchellum for $1.15. OFFER 
46A54—One plant each, with labels, of the 16 kinds offered 
above in plant form, for $3.90. 
ALLIUM ORNAMENTAL BLEND—Includes seeds of every 
garden-worthy Allium that we have or grow, those above 
with others from the Treasure Chest. Pkt. 15¢; 3; oz. 25c; 
oz. 40c; %4 oz. T5ce. 

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