3 IRID MARVELS 4 
Blended seeds of the Iridaceae. Included are Libertia, 
Hermodactylus, Geissorhiza, Morea, Homeria, Tigridia, Hes- 
peranthera, Aristea Hexaglottis, Ixia, Cypella, Nemastylis, 
Babiana, Streptanthus, Dierama, Schizostylis Belamcanda, 
Sparaxis, Crocus, Tritonia, Romulea, Freesia, Synnotia, 
and Antholyza, with others. The Irid Marvels come with 
fair readiness from seed and some are likely to flower 
within the year. Of course, they can be carried over. Pkt. 
15c; 14 oz. 40c. 
* INCARVILLEA ANNUAL 
It is INCARVILLEA VARIABILIS, a 
delightful ever-bloomer with lobed trum- 
pets in Gloxinia reminder, carried grace- 
fully in long succession. Illustrated op- 
posite, Fern-like foliage. Blossom color- 
ings may be cream, blush pink, soft, pure 
pink, or blended suffusions of cream into 
palest rose. Easy to handle. Will give 
good season of bloom, sown right where 
they are to stand, but may also be started 
early under glass and transplanted. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
1] INCARVILLEA PERENNIAL 
DELAVAYI — rkt(2-3)20. Called Hardy 
Gloxinia. Gorgeous carmine to rose-purple, 
usually buff-dotted at base. Pkt. 20c. 
(Plants each 45c; 3 for $1.25). 
GRANDIFLORA BREVIPES—rkt(2-3)12. Hardy Chinese 
species with large flowers, rose red to crimson. Pkt. 20c; 
3 pkts. for 50c. (Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40). 


1 INULA ENSIFOLIA—rk(8)8. Dense, low plants with 
fine, dark green foliage, are long massed with many-rayed 
golden daisies with bright yellow cushion centers. Rock 
garden, edging or bedding. Pkt. 15c; fs oz. 30c. 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10). 
1 INULA MAGNIFICA—bkt(3-4)70. 
beauty. Immense single fiowers with long, 
all in deepest yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
1 IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS—erx(2)10. Evergreen foliage, 
flowers above like heaped new snowflakes. In spring dusks 
it gives back stored light of day. Pkt. 20c. (Plants each 
40c; 3 for $1.10). 
2 IMPATIENS HOLSTII—w. Zanzibar Balsam—Excellent 
ever-blooming pot or bedding plants, the flowers mostly 
bright red, but pleasingly variable. Pkt. 25c. 
1 ISATIS GLAUCA — ebx(2-3)40. Woad. Blue-glaucous 
foliage, wide flower-canopies above, myriad little blossoms 
in bright yellow. Then come decorative seeds. Pkt. 10c; 4 
oz. 30c. (Plants, fall delivery only, each 35c). 
* IPOMOEA 
Moonflowers and Morning Glories here, all vines save for 
Crassicaulis. “kt” culture. GRANDIFLOR'A—True Moon- 
flower. Giant, fragrant white blossoms that open in eve- 
ning. Calonycton aculeatum. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
SCARLETT O’HARA — Brilliant rosy red with starred 
throat. Pkt. 15c. HEAVENLY BLUE—Splendid vine. Great 
skyblue blossoms. This is the early-blooming selection. Pkt. 
lbe; % oz 85c. WHITE MAGIC—A “Heavenly Blue” in 
fleecy white, creamy in deep throat. Pkt. 15ec. CONVOL- 
VULUS CRIMSON RAMBLER—Big blossoms of ruby 
crimson, throat white. Habit and appearance of Ipomoea. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25c. IMPERIAL GIANTS—Enormous 
flowers in white and blush, pink, rose, skyblue, purple, 
varied reds, chocolate and the like, with wondrous splash- 
ings edgings, flakings. Usually handled as a garden vine, 
but by artful pinching and training may be grown as a 
dwarfed pot plant in strangely beautiful effect. Pkt. 15¢c; 
8 pkts. 40c. CRASSICAULIS—No vine this, but a sturdily 
erect annual flower, to 40 inches. Terminal clusters of 3- 
inch funnel-trumpets in lilae pink. Specimens, or quick 
hedge. Strange, big, furry seeds, 7 for 20c. OFFER 87A15 
—One pkt. each of above for 90c. 
ANNUAL PUZZLE GARDEN 
A blend of flowers that will bloom first year. Many rare 
and unique kinds are included, along with those of general 
standard interest. Surprise your friends with sorts they 
do not know. Not less than 4% oz. sold. % oz. lic; % oz. 
25c; 1 oz. 75¢; %4 Ib. $2.65. 
Spectacular Caucasian 
slender petals, 
(Plants © 
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3 ISMENE CALATHINA—The Giant Peruvian Daffodil, 
botanically a Hymenucallis. Immense chalice flowers that 
seem of snowy wax, each cup decorated with long streamer- 
petals of the same pure whiteness. Illustrated page 2. A 
splendid summer-flowering bulb, easy to grow, and easy to 
store. Handle in winter as you would Gladiolus. Each 
85c; 8 for $1.00; 10 for $2.90. 
4 IXIA BLEND—eck(w)(1)20. Pretty blossoms of pink, 
rose, crimson, lilac, orange or cream. Usually handled as a 
winter pot bulb, but by mulching heavily with straw or 
leaves, may often be wintered outside, blooming then in 
earliest spring. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25c. 
3 IXIOLIRION MONTANUM—eryt(1-2)16. Lily of the 
Altai. A winter-hardy cousin of Amaryllis with clusters of 
star-spread blossom trumpets in amethystine blue. Particu- 
larly good. Illustrated page 21. Pkt. 20c; 1/32 oz. 30ce. 
1 JASIONE PERENNIS—ercbx(2-4)15. A Campanula rela- 
tive with rather large ‘‘blossoms’’ in Scabiosa reminder, but 
each is really a tightly packed, upfacing cluster of tiny 
sky-blue bells. The flowers are carried in almost unbeliev- 
able profuion over a long season. Illustrated page 37. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 30c. (Plants, each 35c). 
2 KALANCHOE 
Altogether pleasant and easy plants for pot culture. 
FEDTSCHENKOI—Madagascar Beauty. You will like this 
one. Leaves thick, roundish, blue-silvery, with red crenate 
margins. Pendulous flowers of rose, with coral and amber 
tones. Plants, each 35c. 
LACINIATA—Handsome species with thick, ovate leaves of 
rich and glossy brown-purple, the plants well-shaped and 
vigorous. Clustered, urn-shaped little flowers of copper- 
toned gold. Plants, each 40c. 
VERTICILLATA—Slender pencils of leaves, marbled choco- 
late on pale roseate olive, are carried along tall stems, 
these becoming crowned with a circlet of fairly large bell- 
blossoms that shade from pink-toned orange to orange scar- 
let. Plants, each 35c. 
OFFER 97A35—One plant each of above for $1.00. 
2 KALANCHOES MIXED—w. Pot plants in variety. Pkt. 
20c. 
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1 KITAIBELIA VITIFOLIA—ebx(3)72. Tall leafy pillars 
with big white flowers. Pkt. 15c; %% oz. 25c. 
2 KLEINIA ARTICULATA—Candle-plant. Truly an odd 
affair, but nevertheless attractive as a house plant. Many 
fat, cylindrical, jointed stems. Foliage of bright, polished 
green. Bizarre flowers that are white tassels set with gold- 
brown anthers. Plants, each 35c. 
1 KNAUTIA DRYMEIA—*ebx(8)40. Big Scabiosa’”’ blos- 
soms in lilac to violet. Flowers first year. Full hardiness. 
Ever-blooming. Pkt. 15c; yy oz. 25ce. 
1 KNAUTIA MACEDONICA—ebk(8)30. Very like a hardy 
Scabiosa in mulberry-maroon. Ever-blooming. Pkt. 20c. 
* KOCHIA or BURNING BUSH—ebx(9)36. Speedy annual 
in resemblance of a formally clipped evergreen. Becomes 
carmine in autumn. A quick hedging. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
1 LACTUCA TENERRIMA — rkt(2)10. Charming, long- 
blooming rock garden or border perennial with multitudes 
of soft blue star-flowers. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
2 LANTANA DWARF HYBRIDS —ew(8)18. Clustered 
flowers opening yellow or pink apricot, then suffuse with 
an orange that may deepen to scarlet. Good year-around 
pot plants, or useful for summer bedding, grown then as 
rhe in manner of Scarlet Sage. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 
0c. 
1 LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS MIXED—eck (2-3)96. A won- 
derful cut flower that should be more used. It is a fully 
winter-hardy vine for trellis, fence, or bank cover. Big 
clusters of “‘Sweet Pea’’ flowers in pure white, and shades 
of pink and rose, to rosy red. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
1 LAVANDULA VERA—erbx(2-3)16. True Lavender. Com- 
pact plants with attractive gray, aromatic foliage. Very 
many spikes of pretty and fragrant lavender flowers. De- 
sirable hardy perennial, rock garden, herb garden, -edgings 
or mixed hardy border. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 40c). 
