1 ONOSMA—rdkt(3). Nodding bugles of flowers in arch- 
ing sprays. ALBO-ROSEUM—Rosedrop. It opens white, 
deepening to rose. 8 seeds for 25c. TAURICUM—Gold- 
drop. Many narrow bells in waxen lemon gold. Pkt. 20c. 
1 OSTROWSKYA MAGNIFICA — bdltkt(3)60. Spectacular 
Campanula-cousin from Turkestan with flowers like 6-inch 
salver bells in azure-suffused ivory. Fully hardy if given 
good drainage and full sun. It is the nature of the seeds 
to be somewhat slow and irregular in germinating. 10 seeds 
for 25c; 45 for $1.00. 
* THE SOUTHERN STAR 
Blossoms that are inch-wide stars in 
many-flowered sprays. The coloring, a most 
unusual blue of silver-veiled, pastel qual- 
ity seems to have been painted on each 
petal. The plants grow to some fifteen 
inches, the stems arching so that the con- 
‘ stellations of blue blossoms face upward. 
It is OXYPETAUM CAERULEUM (or 
Tweedia) illustrated opposite. Seeds 
sown in open ground in April produce 
plants that are in ~bloom before end of 
June, constant blossoming from then until 
toward end of October. Though easily 
handled as a summer garden Annual, it 
also makes a splendid, long-blooming pot 
plant. Pkt. 20c. 

ORCHIDS 
We expect to have seeds of many Orchid species, both of 
the hardy native species and of the tender conservatory 
kinds, Cymbidiums, Vandas and the like. If interested, give 
us your name now, and we will quote on the kinds as they 
arrive. Prices per packet will range from 25c to $1.00, 
according to kind and rarity. 
*PANSY 1 
TRIMARDEAU GIANT BEDDING—Excellent mixture of 
large-flowered Pansies for mass effects. Wide color range, 
blossoms well marked. Pkt. 15c; 8 pkts. for 40c. 
MASTERPIECE RUFFLED—Flowers so heavily ruffled and 
crinkled that they sometimes appear double. Mostly rich, 
deep tones. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
SUPER-SWISS GIANTS—Flowers of very large size, on 
sturdy plants. Deep, rich shades, reds, salmon rose, purple 
velvets and the like with contrasting blotchings. Pkt. 40c; 
1/32 oz. 60c; zs oz. $1.10; % oz. $2.00. 
TRIUMPHANT BLEND—Here, if you grow it well, you 
should reach ultimate in Pansy size, with widest range in 
Pansy colorings. Vigorous, robustly stemmed plants carry 
enormous, rounded blossoms with broad, thick petals. The 
colors are brilliant and varied, and there will be a pro- 
portion with contrasting markings. Here are Pansy aris- 
tocrats. Pkt. 50c; 1/32 oz. 85c; zy oz. $1.50. 
OFFER 122A15—One pkt. each of the four for $1.10. 
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7 PASSIFLORA INCARNATA—ekt. Hardy Passion-flower. 
Quick-growing herbaceous vine with big, oddly formed, 
fringed, flowers of much beauty, white, with soft blue. 
Edible egg-shaped fruits. May be trained as a vine, or 
simply allowed to ramble about at will as a bank or ground 
cover. Winter-hardy at Philadelphia. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
1 GARDEN PEONIES FINE MIXED—yt. Seeds saved from 
named sorts of the herbaceous Garden Peony. Color range 
includes pink, rose, carmine, crimson, cream, white. Single 
to fully double. Technically each seedling is a new variety, 
and some of them may be worth naming and introducing. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; %4 oz. 40c. 
1 PAEONIA—Rare botanical species in Treasure Chest. 
4 PANCRATIUM 3 
Easy bulbs that carry clusters of wax-white fragrant 
flowers during the smmer months. Usually grown in the 
garden, bulbs stored in dry sand in cool cellar in winter, 
but they may also be handled as pot bulbs. CANARIENSIS 
—24 inches. Big umbels of 6 to 10 snowy flowers. 8 seeds 
for 25c. MARITIMUM—14 inches. Umbels of 2 to 6 pure 
white flowers, slightly different in form from those of the 
last. Illustrated page 34. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
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*GAY ANNUAL POPPIES 
Showered with bright hues of the Land of Oz, the annual 
Poppies will make your garden, any garden anywhere, into 
a Place of Enchantment, almost by the wave of the hand, 
and that quite literally if the hand scatters Poppy seeds. 
SWEET BRIAR—Exdauisite rose pink, flowers loosely double. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. SHIRLEY SINGLE MIXED—The 
original Shirley in dainty tones of blush, salmon, apricot, 
terra cotta, cherry and the like, often edged or shaded. Pkt. 
10e; % oz. 20¢c; % oz. 30c. SHIRLEY DOUBLE MIXED— 
Like last in color range and silky petalage but here the 
flowers are double. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. AMERICAN LE- 
GION—Selection of the Flanders Poppy. Brilliant scarlet, 
white cross at base. Will naturalize. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 20c; 
1 oz. 50c. OFFER 123A15—One pkt. each of above for 35c. 
1 POPPY PERENNIAL 
For brilliant, easy color, plant PAPAVER, the Poppy, in 
its hardy perennial form. ‘x’ culture. ALPINUM—(8)8. 
Rock garden daintiness, petals fringed, in white, yellow, 
orange near-scarlets. Everblooming. Pkt. 20c. ORIENTAL 
HYBRIDS—(2)36. Most gorgeous of hardy Poppies. Giant 
flowers in effulgent orange scarlet, with proportion of soft 
salmons, pinks, rose, crimson, mahogany and rarely white. 
They bloom ‘at Iris time. Sow much of them. Pkt. l5c; yz 
oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c. PILOSUM—(8)30. The Olympian 
Poppy. Loose blossom-showers of apricot-orange all sum- 
mer long. Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 25¢c. PILOSUM DOUBLE 
FLOWERED—A particularly fine Poppy long-lived, yet 
blooming first yaer. Flowers largely fully double but some- 
times semi-double, bright salmon-orange. Everblooming. 
Pkt. 20c; ps oz. 40c; 1% oz. T5e. MONANTHUM—(2)18. 
Caucasian species with solitary flowers of cinnabar red. 
Pkt. 15e. OREOPHILUM—(2)16. This hardy wide-clumped 
mountain species carries big flowers of golden salmon. Pkt. 
20c. PAUCIFOLIATUM—(2)12. Armenian species in orange 
scarlet. Pkt. 15c. LATERITIUM—(2)20. Another, very 
different, Armenian. Large clear salmon flowers that re- 
main open all day. Long-lived. Pkt. 15c; ys oz. 35c. OF- 
FER 124A455—One pkt. each of the above for $1.15. 
THE ICELAND POPPIES—A variably colored, easy and 
showy class of Poppies, Papaver nudicaule, illustrated 
on page 2 as Beauty of Belvedere. They are likely_to 
give considerable bloom first year. COONARA PINK—De- 
lightful pink tones, from blush to rose. Pkt. 15c; yy oz. 
35c. CROCEUM—Tawny orange. Exceptionally large and 
vigorous. Pkt. 15c. CARDINALE—lIt really is red, vivid- 
ly so. Pkt. 20c. EMPRESS—Very large blossoms of sal- 
mon rose, petals crinkled. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50e. SCARLET 
SUPREME—We haven’t grown this yet, but the New 
Zealand introducer states that it comes 100% true, giving 
flowers in an unusual and startling tone of brilliant scar- 
let. Pkt. 25e. ICELAND PEERLESS BLEND—All of the 
above, along with the Imperial Jewel and _ Belvedere 
strains; just about as fine a blend of Iceland Poppies as 
it is possible to make up. Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c. 
PAPAVER INCLUSIVE BLEND—All of our hardy per- 
rennial Poppies in one mixture. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
November days of blue crystal skies set with clipped 
white cloud, brown oakleaf winging over green willow 
sway, clatter of pheasant and scurry of rabbit, shining 
red rose-fruit and burnt-orange of bittersweet, fragrance 
of wood smoke—and of memory; 
hope and planning 
for the years that will come. 

2 PAROCHETUS COMMUNIS—w. Daintily trailing pot 
plant with miniature clover foliage and little pea-flowers in 
a blue that hints of buff and pink. A delight. Pkt. 25c. 
1 PATRINIA or GOLDEN VALERIAN—Attractive, peren- 
nials that cut well. ‘“x’’ culture. INTERMEDIA—20 inches. 
summer. Close corymbs of richest yellow. Desirable. Pkt. 
15c; zy oz. 30c. SCABIOSAEFOLIA—50 inches. oe sine 
te Cc. 
summer come high, loose sprays of butter-yellow. 
The pleasant Silver Sage is 
1 PEROVSKIA — ebk(8)65. 
handled as an herbaceous perennial North, fully root-hardy, 
making rapid growth each spring, and blooming freely. 
ABROTANIFOLIA—Arching branches carry silvered, fern- 
like foliage. Deep violet flowers. Pkt. 25c. ATRIPLICI- 
FOLIA—Afghanistan Sage. A most charming plant. The 
silveriness of the finely cut foliage merges into a snowy 
downiness. Flowers of lavender in a silver haze. Pkt. 25c. 
2 PHILODENDRON CORDATUM — Graceful foliage pot 
plant, semi-trailer or low vine of glossy green. Will even 
grow in water-filled wall vases in positions that sun seldom 
reaches. Plants, each 35c; 8 for 85c. 
