2PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES— 
Called Red-bird Cactus, from the odd, ob- 
lique inflorescence of deep red-violet. Succu- 
lent, zigzag stems. A Euphorbia-segregate, 
not a Cactus. Good pot plant. Plants, each 
35c. 
PENSTEMON DESIRABILITIES 
Showy perennials for border or rock gar- 
den. Long-lasting cut flowers. “kt” culture. 
ACUMINATUM—(2)40. Yard-long racemes 
of flowers indigo without, opaline lavender 
within. Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 35ec. ANGUSTI- 
FOLIUS— (1-2) 12. Early. Blue, brilliant, 
shining. Pkt lbe: AUSTRALIS—(2-3) 30. 
An easy one, with blossoms of silver-veiled 
pink-lavender. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25c. (Plants, 
each 30c; 8 for 85c). CALYCOSUS—(3)50. 
Big purple panicles. Good. Pkt. 15c. CEN- 
TRANTHIFOLIUS—(38)35. Bright red bugle- 
shaped blossoms. Needs some winter pro- 
tection. Pkt. 15¢. COBAEA—(3)28. Blos- 
soms of extraordinary size, soft lavender 
with purple markings. Great sheafs of bloom. 
Illustrated page 22. Pkt. 15c; zy oz. 25c. 
(Plants each 30c; 3 for 85c). COBAEA OZ- 
ARK—-Like last, but all deep, glowing royal 
purple. Pkt. 20c. CONFERTUS BLUE—(3) 
28. Showy clusters of rich blue, carried well 
above foliage. Long-lived. Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 
30c. (Plants, each 30c). CRANDALLI—(1)3. 
big deep blue flowers set on flat mats of leafage as though 
carelessly strewn about. Our dwarfest and earliest. Plants 
only, each 30c. DIFFUSUS—(3)15. Loosely clustered trum- 
pets of white or blue-purple. Rather good. Pkt. 15c. ERI- 
ANTHERA—(3)14. Good dwarf with violet purple flowers. 
Pkt. 15c. GLABER MIXED—(3)20. Big blossoms that vary 
through the brightest of blues, lilac, lavender, pink and 
rose. Blue-glaucous foliage. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. (Plants, 
each 30c). GORMANI—(3)12. Bushy plants. Very good 
flowers in violet tones. Long-lived and adaptable. Pkt. 
15ec. GRANDIFLORUS—(3)40. Big trumpets, pure blue to 
orchid lavender in towering spires of serried clusters. 
Leaves blue-crispy, perfoliate. An altogether satisfactory 
species. Illustrated above. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. (Plants 
each 30c; 3 for 85c). GRANDIFLORUS PURE WHITE. 
Pkt. 20c. HETEROPHYLLUS—(2-4)20. Exquisitely formed 
trumpets, lilac to amethyst. Pkt. 15¢c. HIRSUTUS—(3)30. 
Downy, bearded blossoms in purple violet. Pkt. 15c. LAE- 
VIGATUS AVALON VAR.—(2)28. Pretty flowers in sil- 
very, roseate lavender. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. (Plants each 
30c). MURRAYANUS—(2-4)50. Towering panicles of radi- 
ant scarlet. Blue-glaucous. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. NEW 
PURPLE SEEDLINGS—(2-3)20. English hybrid strain that 
shows desirable rich purples Pkt. 15c; 7; oz. 25c. NITIDUS 
—(1-2)6. Extra early. Dwarf. Most vivid of blues. Good 
foliage. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. OVATUS—(3-4)30. 
High-held, attractive blue-lavender clusters. In late fall 
the foliage becomes copper-crimson. Long-lived. Pkt. 15c; 
vs oz. 25c; 14 oz. 40c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c). RICH- 
ARDSONI—(3)25. Bright red flowers, pinnatifid foliage. 
Distinct, and good. Pkt. 25¢. RUPICOLA—(2)7. Silver- 
leafed evergreen tumbler set with blossoms in rose to ruby. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. RYDBERGI—(2)20. Silvery blue to 
violet. Pkt. 15¢c. SCOULERI—(2)12. Bushy, wide low 
plants with rather large lilac to purple blossoms. Pkt. 20c. 
(Plants, each 40c). SECUNDIFLORUS—(3)30. Exquisite 
blossoms in pastel tones of pink, lilac, mauve and blue. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 7. 0z. 30c. PINK BEAUTY—(8)40. Airy sprays 
of bright pink. Perhaps a variety of P. barbatus. Plants 
only, each 40c. SERRULATUS—(3)35. Long-lived laven- 
der-violet. Pkt. 15c. SPECIOSUS—(2-3)35. The Showy 
Penstemon. Delightfully varied colorings. Illustrated page 
44, Pkt. 25¢. WATSONI—(3)18. Silvered purple-violet. 
Pkt. 15c; 75 oz. 25c. WHITE HYBRID—(2-3)50. High-held 
sprays of very good white flowers. Tubiflorus x Digitalis. 
Pkt. 15c; +; oz. 30c. (Plants, each 30c). WESTERN GLOW 
—(8)60. Loose sprays of pretty coral pink flowers, filled 
with yellow down. A variety of P. barbatus. Pkt. 25¢e. 
(Plants, each 40c). . OFFER 130A54—One pkt. each of all 
above offered in seed form for $4.25. 
PENSTEMON BLEND—Seeds of not less than 30 Penstem- 
ons in unsurpassed mixture. Pkt. 15c; 7s oz. 30c; 44 oz. 50c. 
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7 PASSIFLORA INCARNATA kt. The 
Hardy Passion Flower, a vine or trailer with 
big, oddly formed, fringed flowers of white 
and soft blue, really beautiful. Root-hardy at 
Philadelphia. In colder areas roots should be 
protected with good mulching of straw or 
leaves. Pkt. 15c. 
1 PATRINIA or GOLDEN VALERIAN —At- 
tractive, easy perennials that cut well. “x 
culture. INTERMEDIA—20 inches. Summer. 
Richest yellow in close, flat corymbs. Thor: 
oughly desirable. Pkt. 15c; js oz. 30c; % 
oz. 50c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c). SCABI- 
OSAEFOLIA—50 inches. Late summer and 
early autumn. High, loose sprays of butter- 
yellow. Pkt. 15c; 7s 02. 30c. 
1 PENTAGLOTTIS SEMPERVIRENS — ebx 
(3)25. Starry ‘‘Anchusa”’ flowers in a par- 
ticularly vivid blue. Pkt. 15c. 
1 PETALOSTEMON VILLOSUM—cbkt (3) 28. 
Many graceful stem wands, topped with 
elongated flowerheads of silky violet. Pkt. 
15c; 7 oz. 25c. 
1 PHACELIA SERICEA — rkt(2)15. Closely 
clustered blue-violet bells with long stamens 
and orange anthers. Rosettes of deeply cleft 
foliage in silvery velvet. Pkt. 20c. 
5 PHILADELPHUS MIXED—kt. Syringa or 
Mock Orange. Hardy shrubs apes bear Beene 
ses of snowy or creamy white blossoms in June, mostly 
mecneelys sweetly fragrant. Pkt. 15c; 38 pkts. for 40c. 
(Separate Philadelphus species in Treasure Chest). 
—Foli ful 
PHILODENDRON CORDATUM -Foliage plant, graceful, 
lee green, for pot culture. Semi-trailer or low climber. 
Will even thrive for a time in water-filled wall vases. 
Plants, each 35c; 3 for 85c. 
1 PHLOMIS TUBEROSA — ebx(3) 50. Purple flowers in 
whorl above whorl. An easy, showy, long-lived perennial. 
Pkt. 10c; ™% oz. 25c. (Plants, each 30c). 
2 PHOENIX ROEBELENI — w. Feather Palm. A_ true 
Palm, and a particularly good one for pot culture, hand- 
some in form and foliage. Rarely reaches more than 24 
inches, being a natural dwarf. 6 seeds for 25c. 
2 PHORMIUM TENAX VARIEGATUM — w. Rosettes of 
long ribbon-leaves, light green, striped creamy white. 
Panicles of yellow to red flowers. Large pot or tub plant, 
north. Pkt. 25c. 
1 PHYGELIUS AEQUALIS — k(w) (4)30. Cape Fuchsia. 
Uniquely fashioned blossoms of brilliant coral rose are car- 
ried in closely panicled inflorescence. Foliage deep green, 
glossy. With winter protection of straw or leaves, carries 
outside to Philadelphia and New York, but also makes a 
good pot plant. Pkt. 25c. 
1 PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS—Somewhat curved blossoms of 
glowing but silver-veiled, rose are carried in open, ex- 
cecdingly graceful panicles. Same hardiness range and uses 
as last. Winters well at Old Orchard. Plants, each 60c. 
5 PHYLLODOCE EMPETRIFORMIS—ratmtstkt(2)8. Tiny 
shrub for the dampish, somewhat shady rock garden. Bell- 
shaped flowers of rosy purple. A gem. Pkt. 25c. 
2 PHYSOSTEGIA VIVID—ecbx(2-3)30. A particularly fine 
Physostegia virginica, dwarfer and later than the type, 
more free in bloom, flowers larger, and a brighter pink. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.50). 
1 PEROVSKIA 5 
The Silver Sage is handled as an herbaceous perennial 
from climate of Philadelphia north, fully root-hardy, mak- 
ing rapid growth each spring, and blooming freely on 
new shoots. South of Philadelphia it becomes a_ shrub. 
“k’? culture. 
ABROTANIFOLIA—(3)65. The foliage is silvered, fern-cut, 
habit open, arching. The flowers are deep violet, with hint 
of silvering. This species may act as a shrub in southern 
New England, but in colder areas becomes herbaceous. 
Pkt. 25c. 
ATRIPLICIFOLIA — (38-4)60. Afghanistan Sage. A most 
charming plant. Foliage is more profuse and more finely 
cut than in Abrotanifolia, and silveriness here merges into 
a snowy downiness. Flowers blue-lavender in a silver haze. 
Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 50c). 
