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* NEMOPHILA—ekt(2)8. Wide, handsome flowers. Sow 
them early. MENZIESI—Baby Blueyes. Inch-wide flowers in 
clearest sky blue. Pkt. 10c. MACULATA—Rather large and 
oes, omer: of pure white, vividly patched with purple. 
c. 
3 NERINE FILIFOLIA—One of the prettier and less usual 
bulb-flowers, blooming in autumn surprise along with the 
hardy Chrysanthemums. Airy blossoms with petals crinkle- 
erisped, are carried in open circlets on foot-high stems, 
bright carmine buds unfolding to sparkling pink. It cuts 
well. In the North, dig the bulbs in late autumn, and carry 
over winter in a frost-proof place, packed in dry sand. 
Makes a good pot bulb, too. Bulbs only, spring delivery, 
3 for 50c; 10 for $1.35. 
*NICANDRA PHYSALODES—ebx(2-4)40. Easily grown 
old-fashioned Annual, with upfacing blossoms of bright 
blue, white centered. Then come curious fruits, not edible. 
Sometimes called Shoo-fly Plant. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
*NOLANA LANCEOLATA—ergx(8)5. Chilean plant of 
decumbent habit, foliage crispy, succulent, all set with 
wide flowers of rich ultramarine, white-centered. Garden 
delight, or as hanging basket plant. Pkt. 15c. 
*NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA—kt(3)40. Spectacular, fra- 
grant bowl-blossoms of ivory white, center with golden 
tassels. Sow at first spring moment. Illustrated page 23. 
Pkt.: -15c. 
* ROSY WINGS (Othake) 
This not only one of the newer, but 
also one of the better annual flowers. The 
blossoms, each about an inch across, are 
carried in many-flowered corymbose clus- 
ters. Each flower has a densely double cen- 
ter, encircled by wing-like, three-lobed pe- 
tals in most pleasing silvery pink, petal- 
wings and the cushion center all of one 
tone. Exceedingly long blooming and free 
blooming, flowers for months. Easy to 
grow. This is OTHAKE SPHACELATA, 
illustrated opposite. Pkt. 15c. 
3 NOMOCHARIS 
Two unusual and desirable bulbs in rela- 
tionship that might be represented at first 
cousin to Fritillaria, second cousin to 
Lilium, and perhaps third cousin to Calo- 
chortus. kt. culture. NANA—16_ inches. 
Himalayan species with solitary, nodding flowers of lilac 
to purple. Pkt. 25c. MAIREI—24 inches. Flowers with 
eae pale rose petals, violet-spotted. From Yunnan. 
4 Cc: 
* NICOTIANA 
The gardens of those who delight in sweet scents will 
hold always Nicotiana. At dusk the fragrance is richest. 
The flowers are in Petunia form, but with longer tubes. 
eobx(8). AFFINIS—30 inches. Long white trumpets with 
sugar-sweet perfume. Fine border flower, or fall-sown 
seedlings may be grown as winter pot plants. Pkt. 10c. 
AFFINIS HYBRIDS—Very like last, but includes mauve 
suffusions, along with rose and red. Pkt. 10c. SYLVESTRIS 
—Stately plants, to five feet, with long white trumpets that 
remain open continuously. Pkt. 10c. SANDERAE HYBRIDS 
—28 inches. Long brightness in the rose, red and crimson 
range. Pkt. 10c. GLAUCA—A distinctive, very different 
species, grown chiefly for the decorative, exotic effect of the 
tall, pyramidal plants with their blue-glacous foliage. 
Accent or specimens. At Old Orchard plants have reached 
12 feet of height in one season. Rather small yellow flow- 
ae Pkt. 10c. OFFER 118A15—One pkt. each of the above 
or 40c. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
Charming plants for the open garden, or for pot culture. 
COERULEA PURPLE ROBE—*erx(w)(8)8. Blossoms like 
open chalices, so many that the whole plant is but a flower- 
mound of rich blue-violet. Handled as an annual, it is of 
easiest garden culture, but also it makes a delightful, long- 
lived, long-blooming pot plant. Originally introduced as N. 
hippomanica, and illustrated on page 7 by that name. 
Pkt. 20c. RIVULARIS—Exceedingly attractive, everbloom- 
ing matformer, to 4 inches. Big, snowy, silk-crinkly cups, 
upfacing in such vast population that the whole spread of 
the plant becomes an imbricated pavement of marble-white 
bloom. Winter-hardy at Philadelphia, but needing winter- 
mulching in colder areas. Rock garden, ground cover, ter- 
rarium or pot plant. Plants only each 40c; 8 for $1.10; 
10 for $3.30. 
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2 ODONTOSPERMUM SERICEUM GRANDIFLORUM—w. 
Handsome Canary Island composite for pot culture. Silky 
ete Flowers of deep yellow in the daisy fashion. 
ie Cc. 
1 ONONES—erbk(3). Attractive, low half-shrubs for dry, 
sunny ‘positions in rock garden or. border.- ROTUNDIFOLIA 
—15 inches. Little clusters of pretty pink pea-flowers. Pkt. 
20c. SPINOSA—18 inches.-: Somewhat larger solitary blos- 
soms in bright rose, like little Sweet Peas. Pkt. 20c. 
3 GARDEN OXALIS 
colorful blossoms of the Garden Oxalises 
open in long profuse succession, months 
of bloom. Gracefully formed foliage, rich 
in effect. All are good in the rock garden, 
or for edgings, bedding, porch and win- 
dow boxes. In autumn dig and store in 
manner of Gladiolus. It should be noted 
that some species naturally make tiny 
bulbs, others large ones. Fine mixture, 
old rose, white, rosy crimson, lavender. 
Illustrated opposite. 12 for 30c; 25 for 
50c; 100 for $1.80; 250 for $4.00. 
LATIFOLIA—9 _ inches. Lavender-violet 
flowers in enormous profusion. 12 for 
80c; 25 for 50c; 100 for $1.80. 
DIEPPI ALBA-—-9 inches. This delightful 
species is very like the last save that 
blossoms are pure white. 12 for 30c; 25 
for 50c; 100 for $1.80. 
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THE FLORIBUNDA OXALIS' (Oxalis lasiandra)—18 
inches. Rather large and showy blossoms of a rose so deep 
that it approaches crimson. A continuous bloomer, and the 
only Oxalis here that will force for winter bloom. In the 
summer garden it is large enough so that it can be showily 
effective when planted in scattered clumps at the front of 
the hardy border. Oddly radiating leaflets. Illustrated 
page 49. 8 for 30c; 25 for 75c; 100 for $2.75. 
OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) * 
The big, silky blossoms unfold at dusk, mostly remaining 
open until well into the next day. All bloom first year, 
and the first three are perhaps best treated as Annuals, but 
Missouriensis and Speciosa are soundly hardy perennials. 
“x”? culture. Rock garden or border. CAESPITOSA—(2)5. 
Low foliage rosettes set with satiny 3-inch blossoms in 
softest of pinks. Pkt. 20c. TRILOBA—(8)6. Slash-leafed 
rosettes carry big flowers of soft primrose yellow that be- 
come apricot by next morning. Pkt. 15c. TRICHOCALYX 
(8)15. Enormous flowers of diaphanous, silky whiteness, 
the petals gradually suffusing buff apricot. Pkt. 20c. MIS- 
SOURIENSIS—(3)10. A particularly satisfactory low peren- 
nial, spectacular in bloom. Immense flowers of glossy yel- 
low, sometimes 5 inches across, are followed by odd, widely 
winged seed pods. Illustrated on front cover. Pkt. 15c; 
3 for 40c. (Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00). SPECIOSA— 
(8)18. Wind-primrose. Big blossoms open pure white, grad- 
ually taking on faint blush suffusions. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 
119A55—One pkt. each of above for 80c. 
4 ORNITHOGALUM 3 
Showy bulbs, easy from seed, some for the garden, others 
for pot culture under glass. Illustrated page 34. SAUN- 
DERSIAE—cbx(3-5)70. Spectacular summer bulb of easy 
garden handling. It makes big, upright rosettes of wide, 
thick, channeled leaves that stay glossily green, season 
through. From these rise sturdy stems to five feet or six 
feet, capped with great flower clusters that lengthen and 
open buds successively over a period of several months. 
The flowers are larger than in other Orinthogalums, five 
wax-like cream-white petals about a center-boss of an 
olive green so dark that it nears black. Makes a fine, 
long-lasting cut flower, and in the garden no other bulb- 
flower is more strikingly decorative Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 
The dainty, 


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70c. SPECIOSUM—wl16. Clusters of white, bell-shaped 
flowers, each vnetal with a purple tip. A very good one. 
Pkt. 25c. THYRSOIDES—*ecx(w)18. Clustered, fragrant 
blossoms of pure white. A long-lasting cut flower. A win- 
ter-flowering pot bulb. This will bloom within 9 months 
from seed. Pkt. 15c; 1/82 oz. 35¢c. AUREUM—Flowers of 
rich golden orange, and stems a trifle shorter. Otherwise 
like Thyrsoides. Pkt. 20c. SPIRALE—x(3)20. Tall spires of 
little white flowers, green-striped, all summer long in the 
garden. Also sometimes grown in pots. Pkt. 15¢c. (Bulbs, 
spring delivery, 2 for 35c). OFFER 121A55—One pkt. each 
of above for $1.00). 
