1 ORNAMENTAL ALLIUMS 3 
Always fascinating are these hardy rock garden and border 
perennials. They make decorative cut flowers. Culture “kt.” 
ACUMINATUM—(2)10. Rich rose-purple, close to red, are 
the upfacing flower 
clusters. IPKtigeeLbe: 
AZUREUM — (3)30. 
Clearest, purest of 
blues are the big ball- 
clusters, the azure of 
deep summer = skies. 
Illustrated opposite. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 
85c; 3 for $1.00. AM- 
MOPHILUM — (2-4) 
20. Good species of 
light soils and long 
blooming. Pretty lit- 
tle lavender stars in 
globe - clusters. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 35c. 
CERNUUM — (3)20. 
Nodding clusters of 
dainty, pale pink flow- 
ers. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 35c. CYRILLI—(2)16. Dense blossom-heads of bright- 
est rose in fairly early spring. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c. 
ALLIUM FLAVUM—(2)10-16. Bells of glossy yellow, buff- 
tawny in reverse, are carried in many, loose, informal clusters. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. THE MT. CENIS 
VARIETY—An 8-inch rock garden jewel. Many dainty dia- 
dems of rosy amethyst. A most attractive little plant. Long- 
lived. Plants only, each 40c. THE MULBERRY ALLIUM— 


ALLIUM 
AZUREUM 
FORMOSISSIMA ff PEDUNCULATA 
(3)30. Decorative, fluffy globe-clusters of a rich mulberry 
maroon. Striking, and unusual. Pkt. 20e. Plants, each 40c. 
MOLY—(2)12. In June come massed clusters of upfacing 
bell-flowers in deepest golden yellow. Leaves die after bloom- 
ing, and there is no-sign of the plant until the next spring. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. MONTANUM—(3)20. 
Big, round star-clusters, lavender to violet. Variable, but 
good. Will make wide clumps with time. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. NEAPOLITANUM—16 inches. 
Clustered stars of pure white. Splendid forcing or pot give 
bulb. If you try it in the garden, be sure to give ample 
winter protection. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. NUTANS—A vigorous 
and good large-clustered lavender. Pkt. 20c. OREOPHILUM 
—(3)16. Great, airy dome-clusters, opalescent lavender to 
shimmering purple. Particularly good. From mountains of 
Daghestan. Illustrated page 26. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; % 
oz. 60c. Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.90. PYR- 
ZEWALSKIANUM—(2)9. Rock garden charm from China. 
Exauisite star-flowers of rich violet, loosely clustered. Pkt. 
20c; 3 for 50c. Plants, each 40c. PULCHELLUM—(3)20. 
Showy clusters in form that suggests a bursting bomb, but 
from the color of it, ’*twould be a bomb filled with raspberry 
jam. A good one. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. Plants, 
each 35c; 3 for $1.00. RETICULATUM (Textile)—(1)7. Our 
very earliest. It blooms before the leaves of it appear, show- 
ing upfacing clusters of pretty, rose-colored stars. Pkt. 15c; 
8 for 40c. SPECIOSUM TORTUOSUM—(8)20. Big loose 
globes of pale mauve flower-stars on high, slender stems, each 
stem with an odd twist or half-spiral just below the blossom 
cluster. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 35c. STELLARIANUM 
ALBUM—(4)25. Upfacing umbels of pure white stars, these 
with a faint, pleasing fragrance. Blooms late. Makes fine, 
large clumps. Pkt. 15ce. Plants, each 35e. STELLATUM— 
(4)20. <A particularly showy late-bloomer, September and 
October. Fine flower-globes in rich rose pink. A _ beauty. 
Pkt. 25e. STRICTUM—(1-2)20. An early bloomer from 
Asiatic mountains. Silvery pink. Pkt. 20c. TANGUTICUM 
—(3-4)25. The showy Lavender Globe-Lily. Glory of late 
summer. Big, fluffy globes of closely packed stars in pure, 
clean lavender. Desirable in the mixed perennial border, the 
larger rock garden, for bedding, edging or cut flower work. 
Tilustrated back cover. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35c. Available 
in plant form in two varieties; Tanguticum Avalon, early 
and taller, and Tanguticum Crown Lake, later and slightly 
lower, either sort at each 35c; 3 for $1.00. TARTARY PUR- 
PLE—(3)20. Star-filled globes in rather deep violet purple. 
Plants, each 35c. THE PYRNIE EDGER—(2-3)8. Low dense 
plants, short, upright ribbon leaves of bright green, with 
dense, but somewhat flattened flower-clusters in mauve to 
lavender-purple. A good low edger, or a satisfactory rock 
garden plant. Each 30c; 3 for 80c; 10 for $2.00; 25 for $4.50. 
THUNBERGI—(3)25. An exceedingly floriferous species, very 
many handsome blossom clusters in mauve-lavender. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, each 35c. TUBEHROSUM—(3)36. Snowy stars in big, 
flat, upfacine clusters on yard-high stems. The blossoms are 
sweetly fragrant. Will make fine clumps for the mixed 
perennial border. It cuts nicely. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
Plants each 35ec. TRIQUETRUM—18 inches. Loose umbels 
of rather bell-shaped flowers, pure white save for a faint 




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center line of elfin green. Forces well as a pot bulb. If grown 
outside, give some winter protection. Pkt. 20c. UNIFOLIUM 
—(2)15. Rosy stars in flat umbels, blooming before the leaves. 
Really a very pretty species. Pkt. 20c. VALIDUM—(3)16. 
Big clusters in bright lavender-violet. Good foliage. Thrives 
in either dry or wet positions. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 35c. 
YUNNANENSE—(2)10. A rather dainty and attractive rock 
garden plant with excellent low foliage and small white flow- 
ers. Plants, each 35c. OFFER 11A56—One pkt. each of the 
25 kinds offered in seed form, for $3.75. OFFER 12A36—One 
plant each, with labels, of the 21 Alliums offered here in plant 
form, for $6.50. 
ALLIUM ORNAMENTAL BLEND—Seeds of those so offered 
above, with others. Pkt. 15c; 1/16'0z. 25c; % oz. 75c. 
GARDENING IN THE RAIN—After long drought, come 
rain, a kind, firm rain that has set its mind to a purpose, 
and decided to stay the day. Then while panes splash and 
gardens delight, we shall enjoy our plant books, look over 
old catalogs, remember last spring and plan for the next, 
sort seeds and bulbs, write out long wish-lists. It’s a lazy, 
dreamy sort of gardening that rests and renews. 
2 ALOE VARIEGATA—w. Tiger Aloe or Partridge Breast. 
The thick and solid triangular leaves are marbled and mar- 
gined silver on deep, dark green. Eventually tubular red 
flowers. An easy and satisfactory house plant, long-lived, 
getting bigger and finer year after year. Needs water but 
once.a week. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. (Plants, each 40c.) 
2 ALOE BREVIFOLIA—The decorative Pearl Aloe. Thick, 
deep leaf-rosettes of an attractive pearl-like tone, a silvery, 
pale blue-gray, set with blunt white teeth. Red flowers. Plants 
only, each 40c 
2 ALOE BLEND—Few more satisfactory pot plants than 
the Aloes among the succulents. Widely variable forms will 
appear from this blend, both in form and in coloring, from 
triangular pie-wedges of leaves in dense piled rosettes, to 
long curving serrate swords. Sometimes fat leaves are stacked 
as a child’s pile of blocks, but again they may be so widely 
spaced on drawnout stems that climbing habit is approached. 
Often they are marbled, stained, silver-powdered, color-edged, 
or blued as tempered steel. Panicled inflorescence, usually in 
buff, red, or cinnabar. Fine mixture. Pkt. 15c; 8 pkts. 40c; 
10 pkts. for $1.25. 
1 ALTHAEA ROSE-ASH BLEND —ebx(3-4)70. Excellent 
perennials for the hardy border. The flowers, carried freely 
on the several branching stems, will run up to 114 inches 
diameter, and may be anything from bright rose pink to dusky 
violet, usually well within the rose-ash range. Fine mixture, 
see Treasure Chest for separate species. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 oz. 
30c. (For the shrub called Althaea or Rose of Sharon, see 
Hibiscus syriacus.) 
* AMARANTHUS MOLTEN FIRE—Each branch ends in a 
flaming radiation of fiery crimson floral leaves, rather in effect 
of a Poinsettia. Pkt. 15c. 
* AMARANTHUS MIXED—ex. 
forms and colorations. Pkt. 15c. 
* AMBROSIA—ecofx(8)20. Graceful green ‘ostrich plumes’’ 
for cut flower effects. Decorative; pleasingly aromatic. Called 
Feather Geranium, but botanically a Chenopodium. Effective 
annual edger. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. 
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; % oz. 25ce. 
3 ARUM ITALICUM—bmstkt(2)12. Creamy spathes, followed 
by scarlet berries. Channel Islands to Italian Riviera. Hardy 
at Philadelphia, but may need mulching in colder areas. Pkt. 
15¢. 
Includes many interesting 
*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; 1% oz. 50e. 
ALYSSUM VIOLET QUEEN —eik (2-4) 6. 
honey-scented ribbon of rich, deep violet. Practically ever- 
blooming. The more we grow it, the better we like it. Pkt. 
1bes 1/16 02. 25 
A row of it is a 
