1 THE BLACKBERRY LILIES 3 
Hardy and enduring perennials for sun or shade, some- 
times blooming first year from seed. Iris-like foliage fans. 
Botanically BELAMCANDA (syn. Pardanthus). 
BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS — *ecbstk(3-4)48. Showy 
orange-and-crimson blossoms, then glossy “blackberry” seed- 
clusters that may be dried for winter bou- 
quets. An ornamental for the mixed bor- 
der, or to colonize in light woodland. In- 
teresting effects when planted with Tris 
dichotoma. Illustrated page 36. Pkt. 
15c; %4 oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.40. (Plants, each 
25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00). 
BELAMCANDA AVALON HYBRIDS — 
Delightfully varied _ strain, 
crossed on Chinensis. See page 2 for 
description and illustration. Pkt. 25c; 3 
Z pkts. T0c. 
BELAMCANDA DWARF ORIENTAL — 
*erk(3-4)15. Dwarf and, compact, the 
close flower clusters coming just above 
the tight leaf-fans. Blossoms of pale buff- 
apricot, shot with madder red splashes. 
Botanic position undetermined. Pkt., 10 
seeds, 25c. 
2 BILLBERGIA NUTANS 
for pot culture,. distantly in the 
The leaves are rich green, many, 
and thick to be grass-like. 
bright red, petals 
Long in bloom. Tolerant of 
Plants each 35c; 

Delightful, easy plants 
Pineapple relationship. 
arching, just a bit too wide 
Clusters of pretty pendant blossoms, bracts 
green, edged with vivid blue. 
Illustrated above. 
adverse conditions. 
8 for $1.00. 


GARDENING IN THE RAIN—After long drought, come 
rain, a kind, firm rain that has set its mind to a pur- 
pose, and decided to stay the day. Then while panes 
splash and gardens delight, we shall enjoy our plant 
books, look over old catalogs, remember last spring and 
plan for the next, sort seeds and bulbs, write out long 
wish-lists. It’s a lazy, dreamy sort of gardening that 
rests and renews. 
DS 
5 BERBERIS THUNBERGI ATROPURPUREA—True Red- 
leaf Japan Barberry, the brilliantly colored foliage varying 
from bright red to black-maroon, always richest in sun. It 
comes true from seed, and seedlings grow rapidly. Splendid 
for informal hedges, for foundation plantings, or as speci- 
mens for accent. Fullest winter hardiness. The shining 
red berries make long, gay showing after the leaves have 
fallen. Pkt. 15c; %& oz. 30c; %4 oz. 50c. 
BERBERIS SPECIES—For seeds of several other desirable 
Barberries, together with Mahonias, see TREASURE 
CHEST. Note, please, that Berberis Thunbergi, offered 
above, is not a host to wheat rust. 
2 BESCHORNERIA YUCCOIDES — w(x) (3)50. Decorative 
Amarylliad with rosettes like nests of aroused sword blades 
from which rise red-stemmed panicles of rose-bracted flow- 
ers. Usually grown as large pot plant, 
though with protection will winter at 
Washington. Pkt. 20c. 
3 BESSERA ELEGANS—Lady’s Eardrop. 
An unusual but garden-easy bulb. Intri- 
cately formed blossoms of bright coral 
with orange suffusions, striped creamy 
within, and with blue anthers, are carried 
in nodding, swaying umbels. Illustrated 
opposite. Give bulbs handling of Gladi- 
olus, save that a covering of dry sand 
while in winter storage, fis advisable. 
Bulbs, spring delivery, each 40c; 3 for 
$1.10; 10 for $3.10. 
1 BETONICA—See Stachys. 
9 BETULA or BIRCH — See Treasure 
Chest. 
1 BOSCHNIAKIA HOOKERI—k5. Red Ground-cone. Plants 
that seem red cones, rich red leaves closely imbricated, an 
urn-like red flower in the axil of each leaf. This oddity is 
a thief-plant, no chlorophyll of its own, its roots tapping 
for sustenance the roots of some nearby member of the 
Ericaceae, that great family to which Azalea, Kalmia, 
Rhododendron, Heather and many another desirable culti- 
vated plant belongs. Sow only near one of them. Pkt. 25c. 

Flabellata 
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2 BLANDFORDIA FLAMMEA—w(2) 28. Australian Christ- 
mas-bell. Cirelets of trumpet-bells that shade from orange 
to mahogany red, are carried on tall stems. Delightful, 
unusual pot plants, but seed is slow in germinating, s0 
have patience. Pkt. 20e. 
1- BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA 
nodding pink bells. Foliage of evergreen files 
3 AN EASIER ORCHID 4 
It is BLETILLA HYACINTHINA, likely easiest of Or- 
chids to grow from seed, and the quickest to flower, three- 
year-old seedlings often blooming freely. Remember, though, 
that Orchids to be grown from seed need patience and 
skillful attention, but we give pretty explicit directions in 
the circular we send with each order, and very many of 
our customers do succeed, and have so written us. Bletilla 
is an attractive Orchid, carrying several fairly large flowers 
of delightful amethystine purple on 15-inch stems. It is 
fully winter-hardy out of doors here at Old Orchard, and 
probably much further north, though in cold positions it 
would be well to protect with straw or leaves. It likewise 
makes an excellent pot plant,.forcing well under ordinary 
window conditions, blooming long and freely. When forced, 
bulbs should be carried in summer in a semi-dormant state, 
watering gradually lessened after flowering. Pkt. 25c; 3 
for 70c. (Bulbs, October-November delivery only, each 90c; 
8 for $2.50). 
FOR OTHER ORCHIDS—See Orchid heading, page 37. 
6 BORONIA MEGASTIGMA 
Called the ‘“‘world’s sweetest flower”’ 
from the delightful and pervasive per- 
fume. Bell-shaped blossoms, rich brown- 
maroon outside, yellow within, make a 
pleasant showing for some three months. 
It cuts well. Fairly quick in coming into 
bloom. A superb pot plant for the cool 
house. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 25c. 
5 BUDDLEIA or BUTTERFLY 
BUSH 
The Buddleias grow with ease from 
early-sown seed, sometimes even blooming 
first year. 
BUDDLEIA ALTERNIFOLIA — Garland 
Butterfly Bush.. A_ fully winter-hardy 
shrub, wood never killing back. The handsome lilac flowers 
are borne in close, spaced clusters along the slender whip- 
like branches in garland effect. Grows to 10 feet eventual- 
ly, but always in good leafy, graceful form. Pkt. 25c. 
BUDDLEIA GLOBOSA—This Chilean species needs careful 
root protection North. Stems will kill back, but since it 
blooms on new wood of current season (also true of two 
following species), it, becomes then, in its northerly 
reaches, practically an herbaceous perennial. The flowers 
are fragrant, a showy orange yellow, and are carried dense 
axillary clusters toward the branch ends. Pkt. 20c. 
BUDDLEIA DAVIDI NANHOENSIS — This particular 
strain of the fine Chinese species usually gives dwarf 
plants that bear long, full spikes of handsome rose-colored 
— rkt(2)10. Little. 
Pkt. 20c. 
flowers. Of course some variation must be expected in 
seedlings. Pkt. 25c. 
BUDDLEIA CURVIFLORA—Six feet. The flowers, in a 
soft blue-lilac that is pretty close to sky blue, are carried 
in many dense terminal racemes that curve downward with 
their own weight. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 61A54—One pkt. each of the four for 70c. 
BUDDLEIAS MIXED—Above, with likely others as fine. 
Pkt. 20c: 
BUDDLEIA FALLOWIANA—A fine Chinese species, still 
rare. Low, arching plants set with gray-silvered tomentose 
foliage. Close, tapered spikes of lavender flowers with 
orange eyes. Plants, each 50c. 
3 BRODIAEAS FOR DELIGHT 
We like their swaying grace, the soft colorings of their 
trumpet flowers that sometimes are in airy umbels, but that 
may again be gathered into tight capitate clusters. There 
will be pure and suffused white, lavender, mauve, indigo 
purple, with others in rosy pink or salmon-toned yellow. Of 
about same winter hardiness as the Tulip. Illustrated 
page 30. 12 to 20 inches. “kt? culture. Mixed. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. 385c. (Seeds of separate species in TREASURE 
CHEST). 
