3 ALSTROEMERIA 4 
The flowers are spec- 
tacular in massed beau- 
ty, interesting in in- 
dividual blossom. At 
Old Orchard we have 
no trouble in carrying 
over winter Auranti- 
aca, pulchella and Lig- 
tu. The others we have- 
n’t tried there, but be- 
lieve they are as hardy. 
We cover the planting 
with straw or salt hay 
in winter, parting this 
in spring to allow the 
stems to come through, 
but leaving it about 
the roots to serve as 
mulch. In areas of 
severe winters, the 
roots may be dug in 
fall and carried over 
winter in~-a_e cellar, 
packed in slightly 
moistened sand, or 
they may be handled 
altogether in pots, be- 
ing placed out of doors 
in summer. Seed us- 
ae gas 
ually germinates i 
NB, Reig 
strongly first year, but ALSTROEMERIA AURANTIACA 
upon occasion goes ; 
temperamental and lies over until the second spring before 
sprouting. Sowing may be in frames or ourdoor beds any 
time from early August until into the following April. 
Illustrated above. AURANTIACA—36 inches. Showy 
flowers, soft yellow to rich orange, upper petals streaked 
carmine. Pkt. 15¢; %& oz. 40c. CHILENSIS—35 inches. 
Flowers brilliantly colored, pink, rose or red, often with 
orange tone. Pkt. 20c; zg oz. 30c. HAEMANTHA—35 
inches. Handsome species with large flowers, the outer 
segments red with green tips, the inner red-shaded yellow 
in orange effect, purple-spotted. Pkt. 25¢. HOOKERI— 
14 inches. Dwarfest species here, effective in rock gar- 
den. Flowers a lovely shrimp-pink. Pkt. 25c. LIGTU HY- 
BRIDS—24 inches. The dainty blossoms may be white, soft 
pink, rose, or again violet splashed. Exceedingly, and de- 
lightfully, variable. Pkt. 25c. PELEGRINA—16_ inches. 
Flowers lilac-rose, inner segments spotted purple. Pkt. 20c; 
3 for 50c. PULCHELLA—45 inches. Parrot Lily. Whorls 
of uneven trumpets (Illustration op- 
posite.) in parrot colorings, deep, bright 
red with emerald green tips. Blooms May 
to October. Exceptionally hardy and vig- 
orous. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. VIOLACEA— 
22 inches. Rare species from the Ata- 
eama Desert with umbels of rather large 
flowers in bright lilac, with hint of tawn- 
iness and showing rich violet flushings. 
Pkt. 30c. OFFER 47A54—One pkt. each 
of the 8 for $1.50. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—Fine mixture, many color forms, 
the above with others. Pkt. 15ec; 1% oz. 40c; 4 oz. Thc. 


The price of anything is not what it takes from our 
pocket-books, but what it takes from our lives. 

1 AGASTACHE ANETHIODORA—*ebx(2-4)385. Many dense 
spikes of fluffy purple, pleasantly anise-scented. Pkt. 15c. 
1 AGASTACHE VERTICILLATA—*ebx(3)35. Here the 
fluffy spikes are longer, more slender, and a striking ori- 
ental red. Plant base-branching, upright. Pkt. 20c. 
2 AGAVE MARMORATA—Deep green, out-curving, semi- 
succulent leaves that eventually show marble-like gray 
bandings. Inflorescence golden yellow, flowers good size. 
Slow, but finally spectacular. Young plants, each 50c. 
1 AGAVE VIRGINICA (Manfreda)—ebk(3)80. Blue-green 
basal rosettes from which rise fat stems that bear rather 
decorative, but not showy, inflorescence of russet yellow. 
Pkt. 15c: 
2 AGERATUM SCABRISCULUM — k(w)(5-7)24.  Flufly 
flowers, usually pure white, sometimes pale blue. Foliage 
shining, evergreen. Fine Costa Rican species for pot cul- 
ture North. or outside South. Pkt. 25c. 
1 AGRIMONIA ODORATA—ceobstk(3)36. Long racemes of 
sweetly scented star-flowers, lemon to gold. Pleasing hardy 
perennial for shady places. Pkt. 1l5c. (Plants, each 30c). 


2 ALOE VARIEGATA—w. Tiger Aloe or Partridge Breast 
Triangular serrate leaves, thick and solid, are marbled ana 
margined silver on deep, dark green. Tubular red flowers. 
Pkt. 25c. (Plants, each 40c). 
ALOE BLEND — Few succu- 
lents are more satisfying for 
pot culture. 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 climb- 
ing habit is approached. 
Often they are marbled, 
stained, silver-powdered, col- 
or-edged, or blued like tem- 
pered steel. Panicled inflor- 
escence, usually in buff, red, 
or cinnabar. Fine mixture. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c: 10 
pkts. $1.25. 
1 ALTHAEA ROSE-ASH BLEND—ebx(3-4)70. Excellent 
long-lived perennials for the hardy border with blossoms to 
14% inches across that may be axillary and spaced, or car- 
ried in dense spikes terminating each branch. Plants de- 
velop several branching stems. Foliage is usually lobed, 
tomentose, grayish, the flowers anything from bright rose 
pink to dusky violet, but always in the general rose-ash 
range. Included in this blend are Narbonensis, Armeniaca, 
Taurinensis and Kragujevacensis, often with others. Pkt. 
lic; 7s oz. 25c. (Plants, Althaea Armenica, each 30c). 
5 AMORPHA CROCEO-LANATA—ebkt(2) 10 ft. Decora- 
ive, pinnate-leafed shrubs that carry a vast number of 
slender flower spikes. Blossoms are purple, with golden 
anthers. Easy, good. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
3 AMARYLLIS 4 
A nante applied to diverse bulb groups, alike in that they 
are all of most satisfactory flowering beauty. 
FORMOSISSIMA—ecbk(1-2)16. Called Mexican Fire Lily, 
or Jacobean Lily. An Amaryllis for the open garden, bulbs 
to be dug in fall and stored in winter, fashion of Gladiolus. 
Planted in spring, it will be in bloom within two weeks, 
immense, fantastically formed blossoms of velvety crimson, 
gold-glinting from its own pollen dust. See illustration 
page 31. It may also be forced for late winter flowers. 
Botanically Sprekelia. Pkt. 15c; 7; oz. 40c. (Bulbs, 3 for 
40c; 8 for $1.00; 25 for $2.90). 
GIANT HYBRIDS—Seeds saved from 
giant-flowering plants. Magnificent 
flowers that may be rose, scarlet, crim- 
son, one color or splashed against 
’ white. IJllustrated above. 10 seeds 
for 25c; 50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.75. 
(Bulbs, available most of the year, 
each 60c; 3 for $1.65; 10 for $4.90. 
Supplied mixed colors only.) Hippea- 
strum. 
BELLADONNA — w(k) (4)22. T he 
Beautiful Lady, so the name trans- 
lates, and a Lady in Pink is this one, 
for the perfumed, clustered flower 
trumpets range from soft pink to deep 
rose. It grows readily from the large 
succulent seeds, and makes a fine win- 
dow or porch plant. It will winter in 
the garden as far north as Philadel- 
phia, even in colder areas if protected. 
Sow at once upon receipt. 10 seeeds 
for 25c; 25 for 50c. (Dormant bulbs 
supplied June to September. These 
will often flower first season. Each 
60c; 3 for $1.55; 10 for 4.85). Illus- 

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AMARYLLIS HYBRIDS 


trated above. 
3 AMORPHOPHALLUS 4 
AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI—(Hydrosme). In the sum- 
mer garden it is called Leopard Palm, from the graceful 
form and odd spotting. Dig the tubers in late autumn and 
store. At touch of light in February or March, without 
benefit of soil, they rocket forth curious flowers, spadix of 
maroon, spathe of rose-tinged green; bizarre, unconven- 
tional. Tubers only, not less than 3 inches largest diameter, 
each $2.00; 3 for $5.50. 
