LE PHILIA 
CILULATA 
1 TRUE or HARDY GERANIUM 
With long display of sparkling bloom, the hardy Gerani- 
ums are of pleasantly satisfying dependability. Don’t con- 
fuse with the tender ‘‘Geraniums’”’ that are really Pelar- 
goniums. ‘kt’ culture. BLUE BEAUTY—(2-3)24. Bushy 
plants mantled with big blossoms of blue-lavender from 
early June to mid-August. Highly effective hardy perennial 
for sun or shade. Pkt. 20c 7s oz. 45c. (Plants, each 35c; 
3 for $1.00). ALBANUM—(2-3)12. Pretty pink-flowered 
rock garden sprawler. Persian, despite the name. Pkt. 20c. 
CAESPITOSUM—(2)16. Pretty mauve flowers. Blooms 
very early. Pkt. 20c. ENDRESSI—Splendid  rose-pink, 
blooming July to freeze-up. 8 seeds for 25¢c. MACULATUM 
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—(2)28. Large flowers that range from lilac pink to purest 
lavender. Pkt. 15c; 7; oz. 25c. PRATENSE MIXED—(2-3) 
25. Showy blossoms of blue, pure white, or white with 
blue splashes. Pkt. 15c; 7s oz. 35ec. SANGUINEUM—Long 
and gorgeous blossoms in a shade not far from’ blood red. 
Variable in height, season and color, but always good. 
Foliage red in autumn. Illustrated page 22. Pkt. 15c; 
ys oz. 40c. (Plants, each 35c), SANGUINEUM NANUM— 
Wide, spreading cushions, rich for months with rosy purple 
eae Pkt. 20c. OFFER 94A54—One pkt. each of above 
for $1.25. 
GERANIUM HARDY BLEND—The above, with others, all 
shade-tolerant. Pkt. 15c; 75 oz. 35c; 1% oz. 55c 
GERANIUM LANCASTER—Low mats with fiowers of 
pure pink, veined rose. A rare and lovely variety of San- 
guineum for the rock garden. Plants only, each 60c. 
GERANIUM AVALON JEWEL—Another fine rock garden 
Sanguineum. Wide, low foliage plaques, set with blossoms 
that glow in purple fire Plants, each 50c. 
TENDER GERANIUM (PELARGONIUM) 
ZONALE HYBRIDS-—The usual house Geraniums. They 
flower quickly from seed, and seedlings will show amazing 
range of colorings, white, pink, rose, salmon, scarlet and 
crimson. Geraniums tend to be ever-blooming, and _ will 
give wonderful effects for a sunny window; a porch box, 
or to edge gaily a garden path. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
We make our lives so needlessly complicated. 
1 GILIA AGGREGATA—bkt(3)30. Many graceful stems, 
hung with flaunting scarlet and buff banners. Effulgent 
splendor here. Pkt. 20c. 
1 GILIA RUBRA—ebkt(4)40. Skyrocket Flower. Tawny- 
throated coral blossoms in great spikes. lLace-like foliage. 
Magnificently showy. Sometimes behaves as biennial, best 
sow early. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 40c. 
1 GLOBULARIA WILKOMMI—erbkt(2)12. Globe or Fluff 
Daisy. Big downy flower-tuffets of soft blue, very many of 
them, on slender foot-high stems. The foliage rosettes be- 
come maroon in winter. Illustrated above. Pkt 10c; % 
oz. 30c. 
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1 GILLENIA STIPULATA—cbstkt (3-4) 30. 
stars, white or palest blush, in graceful 
tolerant, but stands well. It cuts. Pkt. 
(Plants, each 35c) 
3 THE SPECIES GLADIOLI 
Gladioli grow with fair readiness from seeds sown very 
early while soil is cool. Here are rare botanic species. 
Number of seeds in a pkt. varies from 6 to 25 or more, 
according to relative scarcity. UNIFORM PRICE, 20c the 
Loose blossoni- 
showers. Shade- 
15c; 3 for 40c. 
pkt. CALLISTUS—6 inches. Pale pink with carmine. 
HIRSUTUS—25 inches. Deep pink, throat yellow PSIT- 
TACINUS—42 inches. Showy scarlet, lip orange. STAN- 
FORDIAE—20 inches. 
TRISTIS—25 inches. 
MEY ERI—Pale lilac 
inches’ Brilliant flame. 
above for $1.00. 
3 PEERLESS GLADIOLUS BULBS 
Bright pink, patched pale yellow. 
Deep cream, brown-flushed. WATER- 
and cream. NAMAQUENSIS—25 
OFFER 96A54—One pkt. each of 
For brilliant orchid-like blossoms, gay hues, delicate 
color tones, the Gladiolus is beyond compare. And of 
course it makes one of the best of cut flowers. We offer 
bulbs of a mixture made up altogether of named garden 
varieties. It includes Minuet, Bagdad, Golden Dream, Mr. 
W. H. Phipps, Pelegrina, Picardy, Dr. F. E. Bennett, 
Carmen Sylva and very many more, through pretty much 
the entire range of Gladiolus colorings, and that is really 
coverage, for Gladiolus encompasses the rainbow. We are 
pretty sure you won’t find a better, finer balanced Gladi- 
olus mixture than this. Our blend is worth all that we ask 
for it. Spring delivery. 10 bulbs for 50c; 25 for $1.10; 
100 for $3.85; 250 for $8 50. 
SEEDS GLADIOLUS PEERLESS BLEND—k. Saved from 
better named sorts. Should produce fine things. Pkt. 15c. 
1 GLAUCIUM PEERLESS HYBRIDS 
Delightful plants, treasured for exquisitely silk-textured 
blossoms of lemon, orange or scarlet, and for tangles of 
silver-frosted leafage. *cbx(2-3)30 Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. 
3 GLORIOSA 4 
The Glory Lilies grow with fair readiness from seed 
sown in open ground beds in early spring. Dig tubers in 
autumn and store over winter in sand in a cool cellar. Two- 
year old tubers should bloom. May be treated either as a 
summer-flowerig bulb, Gladiolus fashion, or it may be 
grown as a pot plant. Illustrated page 65. PLANTI— 
-Wavy blossoms, rich in those delightful tones that lie be- 
tween golden orange and rose. Pkt. 20c. ROTHSCHILDI- 
ANA—Big blossoms in iridescent crimson, something gold- 
edged or rose-tinted Pkt. 25c. (Tubers, spring delivery, 
each 75c). SUPERBA—Exceedingly showy. Easily handled. 
Blossoms recurved and frilled; varied rich combinations, 
and even interminglings, of red and gold. Pkt. 15¢e; ¥ oz. 
25e. (Tubers, spring delivery, each 60c; 3 for $1.65; 10 for 
$4.90). OFFER 97A54—One pkt. each of the three for 50c. 

No earth-pattern can be so scorched that peace is not 
still in it; for green things will come again, soft 
rains fall, spring suns flow warmly, winter snows 
whiten. The pattern is not lost, for it is earth itself, 
sun itself, the long instincts of nature. 
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4 GLOXINIA SUPERB MIXED—w. Deep, wide bells, up- 
facing, each on its own stem. Colorings rich and varied, 
sometimes flowers all one tone, again dot-sprinkled, marbled 
or splashed with some darker contrasting, shade. A showy 
pot plant. Technically Sinningia. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
(Tubers, spring, each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.90). 
2 GRAPTOPETALUM PARAGUAYENSE—Desirable, and 
unusual, succulent pot plant, the drooping branches _end- 
ing in great rosettes of thick, polished leaves, pink-suffused 
silver effect of mother-of-pearl. Upon rare occasion there 
may be graceful cymes of little white star-flowers, red- 
dotted. Plants, each 35c. 
6 GREVILLEA ROBUSTA—w. Silk Oak. Grown as a 
decorative pot plant for the feathery, silky, fern-like foli- 
age. In the South it becomes a large outdoor shrub with 
showy golden flowers. Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c. 
6 GUAVA MIXED—vw. Psidium Cattleianum. Outdoor fruit- 
bearer South; unusual large pot plant North. Sometimes 
fruits within two years from seed. Perfumed snowy flowers, 
glossy leaves; edible, spicily sweet fruits of maroon or of 
lemon yellow. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c, 
