2 BILLBERGIA NUTANS—Delightful pot 
plants, illustrated opposite. Pretty, 
pendant blossoms in tricolor effect, the 


bracts bright red, the petals green, edged 
with vivid blue. Each 40c; 3 for $1.10.. 
1 BOCCONIA CORDATA — ebx(3-4)70. 
Plume Poppy. Sprays of feathery, chamois- 
toned flowers, followed by tan-colored seed- 
\4 plumes. Botanically Macleaya. Pkt. 15c. 
Z1BOLTONIA LATISQUAMA — ebx(4)60. 
Airy ‘‘Aster-blossoms”’ near to two months 
of them in blush white to pale pink. Ex- 
cellent perennial. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35c. 
3 BOWIEA VOLUBILIS (Schizobasopsis) 
—ek(w)(9). These odd bulbs send up 
curious tangles of succulent, green-trans- 
lucent, leafless stems. Little buff-green 
flowerstars. Gladiolus storage and winter culture, or may 
be grown in pots. Pkt. 15c. 
1 BOYKINIA JAMESI—rstkt(2)6. Clustered flowers of 
pink-carmine in clusters on 6-inch stems above shining, 
toothed foliage. An exquisite alpine. Pkt. 25c. 
* BRACHYCOME MIXED—erx(3)10. Swan River Daisy. 
Pretty Australian annual daisy that will give all-summer 
bloom in blue, rose, and white. Pkt. 10c. 
3 BREVOORTIA IDA-MAIA—ebkt(2)i0. A hardy bulb 
called Firecracker Flower from the several tubular blossoms 
of brilliant, emerald-tipped scarlet that top each slender 
stem. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
* BROWALLIA ELATA MIXED—ebx(8)25. Blossoms of 
deep rich blue, or rarely white. Attractive, long-blooming 
annual. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
* BROWALLIA SAPPHIRE—erx(38-5)10. Profuse flowers 
of deepest blue-sapphire, white-centered. Splendid for pots, 
porch boxes, beds. Pkt. 25c. 
1 BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA—rkt(2)10. Tufted 
heath-like shrublet with soft needle-leaves like evergreen 
fur, pretty little pink flower-bells above. Pkt. 20c. 
5 BUDDLEIA or BUTTERFLY BUSH 1 
Flowers of soft blue, lilac, lavender, rose-violet, glowing 
wine purple, sometimes in pink, and one or two species even 
of orange, are carried in long, dense tapering, racemes over 
a period of many weeks. At Philadelphia, most of the 
Buddleias are winter-hardy shrubs. In colder climates they 
may behave as herbaceous perennials, only the roots living 
over, and new stems arising each season. Since they bloom 
on the new growth, this doesn’t lessen the number of 
flowers. In very cold areas the roots of any of them may 
need protection in winter of leaves or straw. The species 
and strains with orange or white flowers, and some of 
those with red-violet blossoms are rather less winter-hardy 
than are the 
kinds with lilac, lavender, mauve or blue 
flowers, and will need winter mulching in 
areas where the others may not. Buddleias 
grow with ease from seed, germination 
coming quite quickly. Almost always at 
least one or two trusses of bloom will ap- 
pear on seedling plants the very first sum- 
mer. There are likely to be many interest- 
ing color variations, for the seed we offer 
is saved from a mixture of species and 
hybrid strains that among them _ cover 
about the whole of the Buddleia color 
range, including orange, with pink and 
rose, but expect highest proportion blue, 
lavender and violet. See Treasure Chest 
for separate species. Pkt. 20c; 38 pkts. 
for 55c; 6 pkts. for $1.00. 
BUDDLEIA PINK CHARMING—Near to 
an pink. Small plants, each 55c; 3 for 
BUDDLEIA ALTERNIFOLIA—Garland Buddleia. Lilac 
flowers carried along slender branches in wreathe effect. 
Limited number of small plants, each 60c. 
6 BORONIA MEGASTIGMA 
So delightful, full and pervasive is the perfume of it that 
it has been called the world’s sweetest flower. Bell-shaped 
blossoms, rich brown-maroon outside, yellow within, make 
a pleasant showing for some three months. Fairly quick in 
eoming into bloom. It makes a superb pot plant for the 
cool house. It cuts. Illustrated above, Pkt., 10 seeds for 
25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 




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3 AN EASIER ORCHID 4 
It is BLETILLA HYA- 
CINTHINA, easiest of 
hardy Orchids, and one of 
the lovelier. It may even 
be grown from seed with- 
out need of too great skill, 
three-year-old seedlings of- 
ten flowering freely. Re- 
member, though, that Or- 
chids to be grown from 
seed need patience and 
careful attention, but we 
give pretty explicit direc- 
tions in the circular we 
send with each order, and 
very many of our custom- 
ers do succeed, and have 
so written us. Bletilla is 
an attractive Orchid with 
fairly large blossoms of 
amethystine purple, sweet- 
ly fragrant. Fully hardy 
at Philadelphia without 
any special protection. 
Clumps will increase in 
size from year to year. 
This fine Orchid may alse 
be grown in pots for win- 
ter bloom, forcing readily 
under Freesia care, and 
flowering long and freely. 
Bulbs, October-November delivery only, each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
Illustrated above. 
3 BRODIAEAS FOR DELIGHT 
We like their slender, grace, their soft colorings and 
amazing diversities. Sometimes the blossoms, stars to 
trumpets are carried in loose umbels, but again they may 
be gathered in tight, capitate clusters. There will be suf- 
fused white, lavender, lilac, mauve, purple, with Others in 
rosy pink or in salmon-toned yellow. Of about same win- 
ter-hardiness as the Tulip. Illustrated back cover. 12 te 
20 inches. ‘kt’? culture. Fine mixture. Pkt. 15c; yg oz. 35e. 
*THE BUTTER-DAISY 
All of a shining, glistening butter-yellow are the wide, 
jagged, over-lapping petals of the Butter Daisy, these 
circling small, fluffy yellow centers. It grows to 40 inches, 
and it is full of bloom June until into November. A 
splendid cut flower. Iliustrated page 3. Itis VERBESINA. 
ENCELIOIDES. An easy and quick annual flower. Pkt. 
10c; % oz. 20c. 
* CALANDRINIA GRANDIFLORA—edx(2-5)30. Each blos- 
som is a two-inch width of gorgeous rose purple, and the 
blossoms are many, in succession for months on end. The 
flowers are carried high over branched rosettes of thick, 
succulent foliage, green, with slight silvered cast. A nice 
es for the sunny garden. From Chile. Pkt. 15¢e; 
OZ. c. 
1 CALANDRINIA UMBELLATA—*erdk(9)3. You may 
treat this as a rock garden perennial if you wish, giving 
it a hot dry place, with, in winter, the favor of a straw 
or leaf overcoat, and then it will each year flame anew 
for months of glowing purple blossom-fire. If you prefer 
not to bother with the trifle of extra care needed for its 
perennial bonus, then it is easy to consider, and handle it 
as an annual, for it comes into bloom in just a few weeks 
after the seed is sown. From dry coastlands of Peru. Pkt. 
15e; 38 pkts. for 40c. (Also available in the variety 
AMARANTH, an English selection of intensified eoloring 
and more compact habit, at 25c the pkt.). 
CACTUS FLOWERS 
Lovely blossoms are here, along with bizarre, decorative 
foliage forms. The flowers may be lemon, golden, cinnabar, 
pure red, purple, rose, pink, or in pastel tones, and in 
few plants are they more showy. Though mostly grown 
as pot plants, it will be noted that some of the kinds, 
with slight protection, will winter in northern gardens. 
NYCTOCEREUS SERPENTINUS—Showy fragrant flowers, 
three inches across, blush-suffused white within, rose- 
shaded without, are carried on cylindrical, bright green 
stems that twine and clamber. Should be staked. Young 
plants, 5 to 6 inches, each 45¢; 8 for $1.20. 
