1 PRATIA ANGULATA—Pretty New Zealander for rock 
garden or terrarium. Mats of tiny, overlapping leafage, 
set with little white blossoms, followed by olive-purple 
berries, the whole not over 2 inches high. ‘‘x” culture. 
Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 30c). 
6 PROTEA CYANAROIDES—w. Enormous flowers, to 8 
inches across, deep pink with crimson tips. Spectacular. 
Glass culture, north. Large seeds, 6 for 25c. 
1 PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA ALBA—eregx(2-3)8. Flat 
foliage mats set with hyacinth-like spikes of white flowers. 
Pkt. 15c. 
9 PSEUDOTSUGA TAXIFOLIA—kt. The Douglas Fir. A 
massive, hardy conifer. Mixed foliage color forms, green, 
steel-blue and gray. Pkt. 15c. 
1 PULMONARIA MONTANA—12 inches. An exceedingly 
early bloomer; in some seasons the rich plum-colored blos- 
soms begin in March. Greatly floriferous. Plants only, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.00. 
1 PULMONARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA AZUREA —7 inches. 
Called April Opals. Blossoms of dazzling Gentian blue open 
from rosy pink buds in opaline color sequence. Plants only, 
each 40c; 8 for $1.10. 
1 THE PRIMROSE GARDEN 
To enrich your garden with Primroses, give them coolness, 
a touch of shade if you can, and a rich, moist soil. Mulch- 
ing betwcen the plants with grass clippings or the like, will 
help. “kt” culture. Illustrated page 44, AURICULA— 
In early spring, fragrant flowers in rounded umbels. Colors 
are bright, varied, often showing light center eye. Pkt. 20c; 
3 pkts. 50c. BRISCOEI—Tiers of high-held flowers in vivid 
red. Hybrid of Bulleyana and Japonica. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 
oz. 40ec. BULLEYANA—Fragrant flowers of red-orange. 18 
inches. Pkt. 20c. BULLESIANA HYBRIDS—Crossings of 
Bulleyana and Beesiana. Amazing variability; orange to 
purple, with pink, cream, carmine and violet. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. 50c. CHIONANTHA—Large and _ lovely flowers of 
perfumed white, in storied umbels. Pkt. 20c. COCK- 
BURNIANA—Whorls of showy copper orange. Pkt. 20c. 
CORTUSOIDES—Clustered rose-colored blossoms. Pkt. 15c; 
3 pkts. for 40c. DENTICULATA—Dense clusters, lilac to 
blue, in early spring. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. DENTICU- 
LATA CACHEMIRANA—Flowers rich purple, yellow-cen- 
tered, foliage somewhat powdery. Pkt. 20c. FLORINDAE 
—Striking, tall Primula from Tibet, with sulphur yellow 
flowers in big, terminal umbels. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. for 60c. 
JAPONICA ALBA—The desirable Japanese Primrose in the 
pure white form. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 30c. JAPONICA 
BLEND-—Towering sprays, white, rose, cherry, rose-scarlet, 
copper red, crimson. Beautiful, and easy. Pkt. 15c; 7s oz. 
35c; % oz. 60c. JULIAE WANDA—Dainty mat-forming 
cr-eper, ] king shade and moisture. Claret to purple, with 
yellow eye. Plants only, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. MICRO- 
DONTA VIOLACEA—From violet suffused primrose to near 
purple. Pkt. 20c. POLYANTHUS FINE MIXED—Large 
flowers in heavy, up-facing clusters. Gorgeous colorings ; 
variations in cream, yellow, rosy orange, mahogany, crim- 
son, violet. Hardy and adaptable, a Primula ‘strain for 
anyone’s garden. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. (Plants, good, 
small one-year sizes, each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00). 
PULVERULENTA—Showy Primula in_rose purple to red. 
Pkt. 15c. PULVERULENTA BARTLEY HY BRIDS—Here 
colorings include white, blush, varied pinks, with violet and 
red. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. RED HUGH—A particularly 
vivid red. Pkt. 25c. VERIS YELLOW—tThe lovable little 
Yellow Primrose of English meadows. Easy and good. 
Does well in the difficult climate of our eastern coastal 
plain, giving long spreads of rich yellow. Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 
40c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.50). OFFER 
188A54—One pkt. each of above (except of Juliae Wanda) 
for $2.75. (Other Primulas in Treasure Chest). 
PRIMULA AVALON BLEND — Above in mixture, 
other hardy species. Pkt. 20c; 1/32 oz. 70c. 
2 TENDER PRIMULAS 
House plant kinds, intended for growing in pots under 
glass in window, or greenhouse. It should be noted that 
the hardy Polyanthus Primrose also forces well. 
MALACOIDES—w. Baby Primrose. Whorls of pretty lilac- 
eolored flowers. An easy sort. Pkt. 20c. 
OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA MIXED—Big clusters and bir: 
flowers in many choice colorings. Profuse, long bloomers. 
Pkt. 25c. 
SINENSIS FIMBRIATA — w. 
Wide range of pleasing hue and tint. 
with 
Chinese Fringed Primrose. 
Pkt. 50c. 
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6 PUNICA GRANATUM NANA—w. Dwarf Pomegranate. 
A good pot plant with flowers of brilliant orange scarlet. 
Pkt. 15c. 
2 SAPPHIRE FLOWER—ew(6-7)30. Fine large pot plant. 
Dense, tapered spikes of luminous, sapphire blue blossoms 
end each of many branchings. Pycnostachys urticifolia. 
Pkt. 25c. 
1 PYRETHRUM SINGLE RUBY—ecbkt(3)28. Long-stem- 
med daisy-flowers that typically are rich ruby red, but seed- 
lings will show some color variations. Botanically Chrys- 
anthemum coccineum. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. (Plants, 
each 35c). 
1 RANUNCULUS or BUTTERCUP—kt. Splendid peren- 
nials of many uses in rock garden and border, or they can 
be naturalized. FASICULARIS—8 inches. Silvery tuffets 
with spraying flowers of soft yellow. Pkt. 15c. BULBOSUS 
—16 inches. True golden Meadow Buttercup. Pkt. 15c; 
as oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. NELSONI—28 inches. High, open 
yellow sprays. Long in bloom. Pkt. 15e. ACRIS DOUBLE 
—6 inches. Spreading mats set with fully double, rich 
yellow flowers. Good ground cover. Plants, each 25c; 3 
for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
4 RANUNCULUS IMPERIAL—rcbkt(w) 20. (Ranunculus 
asiaticus). Magnificent double and _ semi-double flowers, 
primrose to gold, orange, scarlet, and crimson, with pink 
tones, and often petal-tip contrasts. Much used for winter 
forcing, but can also be planted in garden in earliest spring, 
tubers to be dug in late fall and winter-stored in some dry, 
frost-proof place. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. (Tubers, spring 
or fall, 4 for 25c; 18 for $1.00). 
1 RHEUM ORNAMENTAL MIXED—bk(2)50. Big leaves. 
High, creamy flower-sprays that remind of a larger Astilbe. 
Pkt. 10c; 44 oz..20ce. 
1 RHEXIA MARIANA—rbkt(3)16. Meadow Beauty. Multi- 
tudes of silvery pink-lilac blossoms, each with four petals. 
Long in bloom. Desirable. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. (Plants, 
each 30c). 
5 RHEXIA VIRGINICA—rbmkt(3-4) 16. Blossoms of glori- 
ous encarmined purple, set with swinging golden anthers. 
Long blooming, and still decorative in the seed and autumn- 
leaf stage. Of full hardiness, thriving in any good garden 
an ie forces readily as a pot plant. Illustrated above. 
: c. 
1 RHEXIA WHITE FORMS—Botanically unidentified. Al- 
b'nos of more than one Rhexia species are likely included. 
Highly attractive. Pkt. 15c. 
> RHODODENDRON 
Rhododendron, the Rose Tre2 of ancient Greece, like 
good. wine “needs no bush”. Just a word, though, to em- 
phasize the family need for acid soil, for by large majority 
the m:mbers vote aga’nst lime. Sour the soil about them 
by adding decaying oak leaves, rotten wood, peat, old saw- 
dust, or that low-priced chemical, aluminium sulphate, and 
you should then have few troubles in growing them. ‘kt’ 
culture. We offer here a splendid mixture, largely of 
hybrid forms, but with a bit of the seeds of several of 
the more desirable species, too. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
