

1 ALYSSUM FOR SILVER AND GOLD 
Here are perennial kinds of fullest winter hardiness. ‘‘X”’ 
culture. FLORIBUNDUM—Our own favorite. Gracefully 
irregular 9-inch mounds, spread with a spring profusion of 
soft yellow blossoms. Silvered foliage, silveriness intensifying 
in early winter, but then with a roseate tinge. Near:to ever- 
green, Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. ALPESTRE (Serpyllifolium) 
—b5 inches. Low, spreading mats. Soft yellow flowers in late 
spring. Good. Pkt. 15ec. GEMONENSE—9 inches. Ever- 
bloomer, fine-branched bushlets of lemon yellow flowering, 
seedpods somewhat inflated. Pkt. lic. SAXATILE COM- 
PACTUM—10 inches. Basket of Gold. Brilliant golden show- 
iness. Foliage silvered. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 20c. Plants, each 
40c. SAXATILE CITRINUM—Like last except that blossoms 
are of a most attractive soft, sulphur yellow. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 
oz. 30c. ARGENTEUM—(2)12. Silvery mounds are mantled 
with flake-flowers of citron yellow. Distinct, and good. Pkt. 
15¢; 1/16 oz. 30c. OFFER 15A56—One pkt. each for 75c. 
ROCK GARDEN ALYSSUM BLEND—All hardy perennials, 
above with others. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c; % oz. 65c. . 
3 AMARYLLIS 4 
Amaryllis is a name of horticultural memories, still given 
by gardeners to several diverse but allied bulb groups, alike 
in that they are all of most satisfactory flowering beauty. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSIS- 
SIMA — ecbk(1-2)16. An 
Amaryllis for the open gar- 
den. Within two weeks 
after spring planting of it 
the immense, fantastically 
formed blossoms, velvety 
erimson all. gold - glinting 
with pollen dust, will be 
appearing. In autumn, dig 
and store in fashion of 
Gladiolus. May also. be 
forced for late winter flow- 
ers. Sometimes it is called 
Mexican Fire Lily, or Ja- 
cobean Lily, but botanically 
it is Sprekelia. Jllustrated 
page 5. Pkt. 25c. Bulbs, 
each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for 
$2.75. 
AMARYLLIS GIANT HYBRIDS—w. No more spectacular 
pot bulb than this. Magnificent flowers, great expanded trum- 
pets in rose, scarlet, crimson, all one color, or splashed against 
white. Jllustrated above. . Seeds saved from fine selected 
plants. 10 seeds for 25c; 50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.75. Bulbs 
available most of the year, each 65c; 3 for $1.80; 10 for $5.25. 
Supplied in mixed colors only. Technically Hippeastrum. 
NEW AMARYLLIS—We have just received from a botanical 
correspondent in the highlands of Central America, seeds of 
what he believes to be a new Hippeastrum species. It has 
been tentatively named Hippeastrum costaricensis, pending 
further research. As this goes to press, we have not yet 
received description. We offer a limited number of seeds at 
‘ mummneres § Seeds for 25c. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA — w/(k) (4) 
#20. Perfumed, clustered flower trumpets 
range from soft pink to deep rose. ‘The 
f name translates to The Beautiful Lady, 
fay and it is well named. It grows readily 
from the large succulent seeds, and makes 
a delightful window or porch plant. As 
far north as Philadelphia it will usually 
winter in the open garden, is indeed safe 
in much colder areas if heavily mulched in 
late autumn. Bulbs available from June to 
October. These will often flower first sea- 
son. Hach 65c; 3 for $1.80; 10 for $5.25. 
F Technically Callicore rosea. Itlustrated 
opposite. 
ARGENTINE AMARYLLIS—We expect to receive a few seeds 
of a new and rare Argentine species, HIPPEASTRUM CAN- 
DICANS. Flowers are said to be medium size, snowy white, 
fragrant, altogether lovely. 25c per single seed; 5 seeds (cus- 
tomer limit) for $1.00. 
1 PEERLESS HARDY BORDER BLEND 
Seeds of unusual and showy flowers, a blend of more than 
100 perennials that are tall, vigorous, and handsome enough 
to grace the most particular of permanent plantings. In- 
cludes many rare kinds. Winter-hardy. 1/16 oz. 25c; \% oz. 
40c; % oz. 75c; 1 oz. $2.70. 

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1 BLUE STAR OF TEXAS 
It is AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA, the original Star 
of Texas. An easy perennial with mighty attractive flowers, 
but not only that, for the foliage is good, never unsightly 
during the growing season. Will tolerate considerable shade, 
or full sun. The many willowy stems end each in a big panicle 
of starry blossoms in soft blue. Illustrated above. enbstx 
(2-3)25. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 30c; %4 oz. 50c. Plants, each 35c. 
By shadow must always be light; less than a step between. 

* AMBERBOA MURICATA—ecbdx(2-4)30. This easy, long- 
blooming, free-blooming annual is called Star of the Desert, 
for it comes from dry, hot wastelands of Spain and North 
Africa. The blossoms are 38-inch lace-stars of pale purple, 
with creamy centers, and they are carried in host-profusion on 
myriad slender stems above the rounded bushiness of the 
plants. In constant bloom for months. It cuts well. Pkt. 15c; 
1/16 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Illustrated page 18. 
5 AMELANCHIER OBLONGIFOLIA—kKt(1)60. It is the 
Juneberry, a two-purpose shrub. In early spring come pani- 
cles of snowy bloom,. followed in due course by big luscious 
berries, like cultivated blueberries, but darker in color, and 
rather sweeter and richer in flavor. A really desirable orna- 
mental that is worthwhile also for its edible fruit: Pkt. 15c¢; 
8 for 40c. 
3 AMOREUXIA WRIGHTI—&(8)10. A rare plant. The fairly 
large flowers of brilliant yellow with purple, appear for 
months, new crop each morning. It likes ample moisture, 
and should be watered in drought, else there will be a cessa- 
tion of blooming until rains come again. It makes a root 
tuber, this formed at a considerable depth. Mulch Amoreuxia 
in the same manner that we suggest for Alstroemeria, and you 
should have no difficulty either in wintering it, or in getting 
long summer bloom. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
1 ANARRHINUM BELLIDIFOLIUM—“*erx(2-3)20. Multi- 
tudinous miniature Snapdragon blossoms in misty soft blue. 
Tall sprays. Illustrated above. Pkt. 15c. 
3 AMORPHOPHALLUS 4 
AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI (Hydrosme)—A bizarrely 
decorative plant for the summer garden, called there Leopard 
Palm, from the graceful form and odd spotting of it. Dig the 
tubers in late autumn, and store. At touch of light in Febru- 
ary or March, without benefit of soil, they will rocket forth 
curious flowers, spadix of maroon, spathe of rose-tinged green; 
exotic, unconventional. Tubers only, two-inch diameters and 
up, each $1.50; 3 for $4.00. This size will need at least another 
year of growing before blooming, but they are meanwhile quite 
well worth their cost in the curious and decorative effects 
yielded by the plant and its strange foliage. 
