3 ALSTROEMERIA 4 
Spectacular in their gay brilliance are the clustered, 
oddly formed blossoms of these fairly hardy Amaryllis- 
cousins. At Old Orchard 
we carry them over win- 
ter in the open ground. 
In late autumn we cover 
the plants with straw 
or salt hay, parting this 
in spring to let the 
stems through, but leav- 
ing it on through the 
summer when it serves 
to insulate the soil from 
too much sun heat. So 
handled, our colonies of 
Alstroemeria have thriv- 
ed and spread. Some- 
what heavier winter 
mulching will naturally 
be needed in colder 
areas, and in regions of 
great winter tempera- 
ture extremes it may be 
best to dig the brittle, 
rather tuberous roots in 
late autumn and carry 
them over winter packed 

in dampish sand in a 
cool cellar. Alstroeme- 
rias bloom the second \ 
year from seed, but | Ww \ a ae Ay cave: 
sometimes will give a SSUES \ : : 
few blossoms the first ALSTROEMERIA AURANTIACA 
summer. The seed usual- 
ly germinates strongly the first year, but upon occasion 
goes temperamental and lies over until the second spring 
before starting. Sowing may be in cold-frames or outdoor 
beds any time from August to the following April. AU- 
RANTIACA—36 inches. Showy flowers, soft yellow to rich 
orange, upper petals streaked carmine. Illustrated above. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. CHILENSIS—35 inches. Brilliantly 
colored blossoms, pink, rose or red, often with hint of 
orange suffusion. Pkt. 20c; 7; oz. 30c. HAEMANTHA—35 
inches. Handsome species with large flowers, the outer seg- 
ments red with green tips, the inner red-shaded yellow in 
general orange effect, but dotted purple. Pkt. 25c. 
HOOKERI—14 inches. The lowest growing of our species, 
effective in rock garden. Flowers of dainty shrimp pink. 
Pkt. 25c. LIGTU HYBRIDS—24 inches. Exceedingly, and 
delightfully, variable, blossoms that may be white, soft 
pink, rose, sometimes with violet splashings. Pkt. 25c; 3 
for 70c. PELEGRINA—16 inches. Lily of the Incas. Flow- 
ers usually lilac rose, inner segments spotted purple, but 
sometimes all of unmarked snowy whiteness. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. 50c. PULCHELLA—Parrot Lily. 
Whorls of uneven trumpets, illustration 
opposite, in parrot colorings, deep, bright 
red with emerald green tips. Blooms May 
to October. Exceptionally hardy and vig- 
orous. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts..40c. (Tuber clus- 
ters, spring delivery, each 30c; 3 for 85c). 
TRICOLOR—A rare species said to be 
brightly marked and very beautiful, but 
we haven’t grown it, nor have we seen it 
Pkt. 25c. VIOLACEA—22 inches. Rare species 

growing. 
from the Atacama. The rather large flowers are of bright 
lilac, but with hint of tawniness, and at times decidedly 
flushed with rich violet. Pkt. 25c. 
each of the nine for $1.90. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—Fine mixture, 
OFFER 17A25—One pkt. 
many color 
cae including all the above. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c; %4 
5e. 
OZ. 






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. 
An attractive little 
3 ALOPHIA PULCHELLA—x(1)6. 
bulb-flower from Uruguay, blooming in fairly early spring. 
A 
good pot bulb, or if grown in garden, dig in autumn and 
store over winter in dry sand. Pkt. 25c. 
Upfacing flowers of deep indigo, with hint of violet. 
2 ALSOPHILA AUSTRALIS—Tasmanian Tree-fern. Decor- 
ative conservatory plant with deeply pinnatifid foliage. 
Spores, pkt. 25c. 
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1 ALTHAEA ROSE-ASH BLEND—ebx(3-4)70. Excellent 
perennials for the hardy border. The flowers, carried free- 
ly on the several branching stems, will run up to 1% 
inches diameter, and may be anything from bright rose 
pink to dusky violet, usually well within the rose-ash 
range. Included are Narbonensis, Armeniaca, Taurinensis, 
Kragujevacensis. Pkt. 15c; yy oz. 25c. 
1 ALYSSUM FOR SILVER AND GOLD 
Here are perennial kinds of fullest winter hardiness. 
“XxX” culture. FLORIBUNDUM—Our own favorite. Grace- 
fully irregular 9-inch mounds, spread with a spring profu- 
sion of soft yellow blossoms. Silvered foliage, silveriness 
intensifying in early winter, but then with a roseate tinge. 
Near to evergreen. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. ALPESTRE 
(Serpyllifolium)—5 inches. Low, spreading mats. Soft 
yellow flowers in late spring. Good. Pkt. 15¢. MURALE—9 
inches. A pretty fine-flowered species with soft yellow blos- 
soms. Rather like a somewhat larger Alpestre. Pkt. 15c. 
GEMONENSE—9 inches. Everbloomer, fine-branched bush- 
lets of lemon yellow flowering, seedpods somewhat inflated. 
Pkt. 15e. SAXATILE COMPACTUM—10 inches. Basket of 
Gold. Brilliant golden showiness. Foliage silvered. Pkt. 10c; 
% oz 25c. SAXATILE CITRINUM—Like last, but the 
blossoms of a soft sulphur yellow. Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 30c. 
ARGENTEUM—12 inches Silvery mounds are mantled with 
flake-flowers of citron yellow. Good. Pkt. 10c; 7 oz. 25c; 
1 oz. 40c. OFFER 18A55—One pkt. each of above for T5c. 
ROCK GARDEN ALYSSUM BLEND—The above, with 
others. Pkt. 10c; x oz. 20c; 1% oz. 30c; %4 oz. 50c. 
* SWEET ALYSSUM 
The Sweet Alyssums (Lobularias) are free-blooming, long- 
blooming annuals of about the easiest possible culture, 
valued for edgings, borders, pot culture, rock gardens, 
window boxes, bedding. 
ALYSSUM CARPET OF SNOW—eik(2-4)4. A _ veritable, 
fragrant, snowy carpet for months on end. Pkt. 10c; 4 
oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
ALYSSUM VIOLET QUEEN—eik(2-4)6. A row of it is a 
honey-scented ribbon of rich, deep violet. Practically ever- 
blooming. The more we grow it, the better we like it. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
Know men by their gardens, for gardens are mirrors. 
AMAKANTHUS MOLTEN FIRE—ebx(3)48. Each branch 
ends in a flaming radiation of fiery crimson floral leaves, 
rather in effect of a giant Poinsettia. Pkt. 15c. 
* AMBROSIA—ecox(3)18. Graceful, aromatic green ‘‘ostrich 
plumes” for cutting. Chenopodium Botrys. Pkt. 10c. 
5 AMORPHA CROCEO-LANATA—ebkt(2) 10 ft. Decora- 
tive, shrubs that carry a vast number of slender flower- 
spikes. Blossoms are purple, with golden anthers. Easy. 
Good. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. 
* STAR OF THE DESERT 
AMBERBOA MURICATA is the name, but Star of the 
Desert it is called, for it comes from arid backlands of 
north Africa and of Spain, thriving in hot, dry places. 
The blossoms are three-inch lace-stars, Tyrian purple with 
lighter cushion centers, and they are carried on a myriad 
slender stems well over an upright bushy roundness of 
foliage. In bloom for months. A good cut flower. Of 
easiest possible handling. Illustrated page 11. ecbdx(2-4) 
30. Pkt. 15c; yy oz. 25¢; 1% oz. 35c. 
3 AMORPHOPHALLUS 4 
AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI (Hydrosme)—A bizarre- 
ly decorative plant for the summer garden, called there 
Leopard Palm, from the graceful form and odd spotting 
of it. Dig the tubers in late autumn, and store. At touch 
of light in February or March, without benefit of soil, they 
will rocket forth curious flowers, spadix of maroon, spathe 
of rose-tinged green; exotic, unconventional. Tubers only, 
two-inch diameters and up, each $1.50; 3 for $4.00. This 
size will need at least another year of growing before 
blooming, but they are meanwhile quite well worth their 
cost in the curious and decorative effects yielded by the 
plant and its strange foliage. 
