1 ERYNGIUM BLEND—Many ornamental flower-heads in 
azure blue. For bizarre decorative effects in garden, or to 
eut for winter bouquets. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c. (Plants, 
each 80c; 8 for 85c). ; 
1 ERYNGIUM LEAVENWORTHI—ecbkt(3-4)48. Striking 
effects here. Showy flower-heads of richest, glowing purple- 
violet are subtended by jagged bracts in the same deep 
glorious shade. Not included in Blend above. Pkt. 20c. 
2 ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI—Ew/(3-4)60. Great flares 
of lucent coral rose. Pleasing foliage. An attractive plant. 
May be handled in tub or large pot year around, but more 
usually grown in summer garden, the enlarged, somewhat 
tuberous roots being carried over winter stored in dampish 
sand in a cool cellar. Large bean-like seeds, 5 for 20c; 
15 for 50c. 
4 EUCHARIS GRANDIFLORA—Lily of the Amazon. Blos- 
soms in suggestion of Daffodil, pure white, wax-like, spark- 
ling. Sweetly fragrant. Handle as a pot bulb, giving ample 
water and keeping from too much sun. May be flowered 
several times each year, being given a short semi-rest, 
with scantier watering, between bloom-bursts. Shipped 
any time. Bulbs each $1.25; 3 for $3.25. 
1 EUPATORIUM—kt. Attractive fluffy flowers, valued for 
cutting, in the mixed border, or for naturalizing. All thrive 
in full sun, but all will tolerate light shade. RUGOSUM 
—Fluffy pure white. Fraseri and Ageratoides are synonyms. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. COELESTINUM—Mist Flower, or 
Perennial Blue Ageratum. Airy daintiness in pure sky 
blue, a delightful flower. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c (Plants, each 
30c)hk MACULATUM WHITE—Pkt. 15¢c. PURPUREUM— 
Rose magenta. Showy naturalizer. Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c. 
PURPUREUM WHITE—Pkt. 15c. VERBENIFOLIUM—10c. 
OFFER 84A54—One pkt. each of above for 65c. 
3 ERYTHRONIUM or TROUT LILY 
Dainty little lily-blossoms for the shaded corner, spring 
pleasure for countless years once you have them estab- 
lished. Full hardiness. Recurved flowers in cream, lemon, 
gold, lavender, purple, rosy pink. 5 to 10 inches. “y’” cul- 
ture. Illustrated page 39. Mixed. Pkt. 20c; 7 oz. 30c; 
1% oz. 50c. (Bulbs usually available for autumn delivery). 
3 THE PINE-APPLE LILY 4 
From South Africa comes Eucomis undulata, an easy 
bulb of threefold delight; in foliage, wide, succulent, 
crimped and frilled at edge, flaring in graceful simulation 
of Birdsnest fern; in the tight, thick spikes of flowers, 
cream with suffusion of elfin green; finally the same 
spikes in seed, crowded capsules hidden in foliage-bracts, 
crowned with a big leaf-rosette, the whole looking for all 
the world like a green pine-apple. May be grown as Gladi- 
olus, storing bulbs in winter, or handled as a pot plant. 
ek(w) (3)14. Pkt. 20c: 3 pkts. 50c. (A limited number of 
three-year bulbs available at 40c; 3 for $1.10. These bulbs 
average just under blooming size. An occasional one may 
flower this year. All should surely bloom next year). 
1 THE HARDY EUPHORBIAS 
They are among the more desirable hardy perennials. 
“kt” culture. POLYCHROMA—In spring the plants are 
16-inch globes of golden floral leaves, then a brilliance of 
red seed-capsules. In fall the foliage becomes crimson. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. 50c. (Plants, each 35c). NICAENSIS—Much 
same bright effects as last, but later in season, always a 
step behind. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. MYRSINITES—Low 
decumbent with fat spraying stems set with blue-green 
leaves. In spring each stem ends in a crown of gold. 
Tolerates heat and drought. Illustrated page 33, Pkt. 
15c; % oz. 35c;.% oz. 60c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c). 
SOONGARICA—50 inches. In spring bright golden floral 
clubs end each of the many tall leafy stems. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 85A54—One pkt. each of above for 55c. EUPHOR- 
BIA COROLLATA—Flowering Spurge. Airy panicles of 
little white flowers. Excellent for cutting. Attractive in 
border. 30 inches. Plants only, each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
2 TWO TENDER EUPHORBIAS 
Though very different one from another, they are both 
excellent pot plants, thriving in any sunny window. 
SPLENDENS—Crown of Thorns. Brilliant orange-scarlet 
flowers on twining, spiny stems. Usually loses foliage when 
shipped, but recovers within a short time. Plants only, 
each 50c. CEREIFORMIS—Though quite unrelated to the 
Cactus group, the plants, spiny, ribbed columns or cylin- 
ders, are near to perfect simulates of certain Cereus species. 
Plants, each 35c. 
5 VARIEGATED EUONYMUS—Ornamental hardy shrub of 
upright habit. Decorative evergreen foliage, the emerald 
glossiness splashed and marbled with white. Young plants, 
running 8 inches up, at each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
5 EXOCHORDA RACEMOSA—kt100. Pearl-bush. Grace- 
ful Chinese shrub, showy in massed white bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
3 EUSTYLIS PURPUREA—Withdrawn for increase. 
ye FAUCARIA TIGRINA—The Tiger’s Jaw, named from the 
thick, triangular, opposed leaves, edge-set with curved, 
interlocking teeth. A curious, but attractive little pot plant, 
with rather showy yellow flowers. Plants, each 35c. 
1 THE HARDY FERNS 
Here, without grace of bloom, we enter an older world 
of plant beauty, a charm of form and foliage with gaudy 
color adornment deleted, a restful world in suggestion of 
ane shade, moss-damp rock trickles, and cool forest 
pools. 
Ferns are not difficult to grow from the _ seed-spores. 
Simply dust the spores on the surface of clean friable soil 
in flats or pots. A mixture of screened sand and peat or 
leaf-mold would be ideal, though not altogether necessary. 
Cover with panes of glass until germination takes place. 
We offer a mixture of spores from several good hardy 
Fern species. Order as HARDY FERN BLEND. Per pkt. 
20c; 3 for 50e. 
SSS 
NAMES OF FRIENDS—We would like your garden- 
loving friends to have our catalog. Won’t you please 
send us their names and addresses? We really need 
them this year, for garden magazines and other period- 
icals have been limited in their paper supplies by gov- 
ernment directives, and in turn are limiting the amount 
of advertising they can accept. Seed and Nursery cat- 
alogs are distributed through advertising, and the busi- 
nesses of such firms cannot be long maintained without 
it. You can help by sending in a few good names, 
just of those who have some direct garden interest. No 
material reward for this save that having the names 
will insure continuance of our operations as a source of 
supply for many rare plant materials not otherwise 
available. Further,—we shall be most grateful. 

1 FESTUCA GLAUCA OLD ORCHARD—In this named 
variety the foliage, whole plant, is steel blue, dense, formal, 
almost plush-like in its close packing. Six inches high and 
through. Rock gardens or edgings. Plant divisions, each 
25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.10. 
THE FIG TREE—k. Ficus carica. You can grow your own 
figs in the North, for the trees are almost hardy, and 
usually need only a position south of a building or wall 
where cold winds are broken, together with a protection of 
cornstalks or other material in winter. There are hundreds 
of fruiting fig trees in most of our larger cities, growing 
in the restricted yard spaces of the areas where our people 
of south European origin live. We offer seeds saved from 
good fruiting varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
1 FILIPENDULA HEXAPETALA—Meadow-sweet in a de- 
lightful double-flowered form. Above fern-foliage 12-inch 
stems bear sprays of blossoms that might be frozen sea- 
foam, were sea-foam snowy white. They cut. Full hardi- 
ness. Plants only, each 45c; 3 for $1.25. 
2 FORSYTHIA or GOLDEN-BELL—Handsome hardy shrub, 
first glory of spring with its slender branchings outlined in 
golden flowering before leaves appear. Very young plants 
bloom. Seeds, pkt. 20c. One-year plants (about 8 inches), 
each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
1 FRANCOA RAMOSA—cbkt(3)30. Long racemes of pure 
white blossoms. Decorative perennial from Chile, valued in 
border and for cutting. Needs winter protection in climates 
eolder than that of Washington, D. C. Pkt. 15ce. 
5 FRANKLIN TREE—k. Gordonia alatamaha. Large wax- 
white flowers in autumn, each centered with a_ golden 
stamen-tassel. Later foliage becomes scarlet. Large shrub 
or smal] tree. Rare. Full hardiness. Needs Rhododendron 
soil conditions. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
4 FREESIAS FROM SEED 
Freesjas often flower in six months from seed. Few bulbs 
for the window are more satisfactory. The hues cover the 
rainbow, primrose to rich gold-orange, lavender and true 
blue, soft pink to carmine, together with rare “sunset” 
shades. A splendid blend. ecw(7)16. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c 
(Bulbs available September). 
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