
1 ANEMONELLA THALICTROIDES—rstyi(1-2)9. The airy 
Rue Anemone. Exquisite flowers, snowy white or with faint 
hint of blush, above Maiden-hair Fern foliage. Tolerates sun, 
likes shade. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
ANOMATHECA—See Lapeyrousia. 
1 ANTENNARIA DIOICA ROSEA—rgkt(2)4. Silvery-leafed 
mat-carpeter for dry places, or it will fit the sunny rock 
garden. Pretty fluff-flowers of silvery pink. Pkt. 15c. . Plants, 
each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
*ANODA or AMAPOLITO 
Quick, long-blooming Annuals of easy growing and a high 
attractiveness. Sow early and you will have blossoms by first 
week of June, continuing then until late autumn freezes. It 
is in late summer and early autumn that it reaches its best 
effect. Anoda lavateroides. 
ANODA OPALCUP—ecbx(8)48.  Crinkly, lustrous chalice- 
flowers in that delightful opaline borderland that lies between 
blue and pink. At bright noon you will swear they are blue, 
but let your viewing be at day’s end, when blossoms glow 
in long rays of a downing sun, and it is a warm and lovely 
rose pink they will be to you. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c. Illustrated 
page 22. 
ANODA SNOWCUP—ecbx(8)35. Blossoms of glinting new- 
snow whiteness. Plants grow in even, oval, formal effect, as 
though they had been trimmed into shape. Good as spaced 
specimens, or as a hedge. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. 
To see your neighbor weeding before breakfast is not proof 
that he is a garden-lover. Sometimes it only indicates a 
strong-willed wife. 

1 ANTHEMIS KELWAYI—*ecbx(2-3)25. Golden Marguerite. 
The branching, fern-leafed plants carry a long profusion of 
deep yellow daisy-flowers. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 25c. 
1 ANTHEMIS MONTANA—*erbx(8)10. Cut foliage, silky and 
silvery, under mounded white flowers. Rather good. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ANTHEMIS NOBILIS—rgkt(2)8. Aromatic fern foliage of 
soft green in low, ground-spreading ripples. Little white 
daisies. Useful in rock garden; also valued as a grass sub- 
stitute for lawns in difficult places. Called Lawn Chamomile. 
Plants only, little rooted divisions that will mat-spread rapidly, 
20 for $1.00; 100 for $4.00; 250 for $9.00. 
1 ANTHYLLIS DILLENI—erk(2-3)10. Many tufted heads of 
little pea-flowers in blendings of soft yellow and downy red. 
Pinnate foliage. Valued for rock garden variety. Syn. A. 
Vulneraria. Pkt. 15c. 
3 ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS—kt(2-4)30 ft. Rosa de Montana 
or Corallito. A quick vine, dormant. in winter but growing 
rapidly in the spring from the root tubers. Heart-shaped 
foliage, garlanded for months with ‘‘Bougainvillea’’ blossoms 
of bright rose. North, dig and store tubers in sand in frost- 
proof place. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
3 APIOS TUBEROSA—emtk(3). A pretty and hardy herba- 
cous vine that grows quickly from an (edible) tuberous root. 
Clustered flowers in odd chocolate tones that remind of Wis- 
teria. The plant, indeed, is sometimes called Tuberous Wis- 
teria. Pkt. 20c. Tubers, spring or fall, each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
1 APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM—rbdk (2-3)25. Pink 
Lily-of-the-Valley flowers fill the airy branchings. Desirable 
perennial, thriving even in dry, sandy positions. Pkt. 15c. 
1 LILY OF ST. BERNARD 3 
ANTHERICUM LILIAGO, but the old folk-name for it is 
Lily of St. Bernard. Starry flowers of purest whiteness are 
carried in airy racemes. Pretty always, particularly so when 
massed. For lovely effects in blue and white, plant it with 
Campanula rapunculoides. Fully hardy and long-lived. ecbltkt 
(2-3)82. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.40. Illustrated as Paradisea on page 54. 
SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEE—Safe arrival of seeds is 
guaranteed throughout the year. Arrival of plants in good, 
growable condition is guaranteed during period from April 
15th to November 20th. During the remainder of the year, the 
general winter season, bulbs and plants are guaranteed as to 
arrival only, and not against freezing in transit, so if you order 
bulbs or plants for winter shipment, bear in mind that freezing 
risk is yours. We shall, though, pack carefully and warmly. 
Please report losses under the guarantee promptly. Delayed 
claims cannot be entertained. 
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BOOKS ON GARDENING 
Our Book Department can supply books on ornamental 
gardening, house plants, fruit and vegetable growing, farming, 
wild flowers, botanical manuals, horticultural reference works, 
natural history, krafts, Americana and the like. The books 
are listed, priced, and briefly described in our SPECIAL BOOK 
OFFER. Ask for your copy. 
1 AQUILEGIA or COLUMBINE 
For soft tones and subtle tintings, along with swaying airi- 
ness of bloom, we go to Columbine. “x” culture. All will 
tolerate sun, but do well in shade, too, if it be not too dense, 
nor the soil too dry. AKITENSIS 
—(1-2)12. A lovely alpine with 
silvered foliage. Flowers soft 
blue, marked olive, with creamy 
white. Early. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. AVALON DOUBLES— 
(3)36. Blossoms mostly double, 
and without spurs. Doubling 
sometimes so intense that the 
flowers remind of roses, Exquis- 
ite pink, rose, red, white and 
violet, Pkt. 20c. ALPINA—(2) 
20. Fine rock garden or border 
species of the medium-spur 
group. Flowers all powder-blue, 
sheafs of them open at once in 
excellent effect. Pkt. 20c. BUER- 
GERIANA—erbx(2-3)20. Flow- 
ers buff, stained chocolate, and 
merging into amaranth. Rare 
oriental species. Pkt. 20c. CANADENSIS—(2)36. Old rose 
and gold are the flowers of this pretty species. It does well 
in full sun, or it will tolerate some shade providing soil is not 
overly dried by tree roots. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 14 oz. 45c. 
CHRYSANTHA—(3)36. Airy, long-spurred blossoms of palest 
gold. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. COKRULEA—(2)30. A very good 
blue-and-white long-spurred species, few as pretty. Pkt. 20c; 
3 for 50c. CRIMSON STAR—(2-3)30. Velvet crimson with 
white center cups. Fully long-spurred. Illustrated page 11. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. ECALCARATA—(2)10. A delightful and 
rare oriental alpine with airy little blossoms altogether with- 
out spurs, coppery apricot to chocolate and claret. Some 
botanists put this in a separate genus as Semiaquilegia 
simulatrix. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. FLABELLATA NANA 
—(1)10. One of the earlier, blooming with Akitensis. Big, 
milk-white flowers with faint suffusions .of creamy lilac. 
Foliage blue-silvered and attractive. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35c; 
¥% oz. 60c. FORMOSA (eximea)—(2)25. Bright flowers, rosy 
red with touch of soft yellow. Airily carried. Pkt. 20c. 
JUCUNDA (glandulosa vera)—Close sheafs of uplifted blos- 
soms in rich blue, white centered. Pkt. 25c. HELENAE— 
(2-3)24, Desirable hybrid, showy and long-lived, with big 
flowers of vivid blue, white-cupped, spurs medium length. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. LONGIS- 
SIMA—(2-4)36. Longest spurs 
of all, airiest of all in effect. Blos- 
soms of soft canary yellow, some- 
times with roseate’ shadings. 
Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 20c; 
3 pkts. for 50c. ROSE QUEEN 
—(2-8)30. Fine long-spurred 
selection in the pink and rose 
range. Pkt. 20c. SKINNERI 
HYBRIDS — (2-3)60. Long- 
spurred bell-like blossoms, soft 
through lemon, to rosy red. Tallest of Columbines. 
Pkt. 
25e. SUAVEOLENS—(3)25. Flowers soft cream, but vary- 
ing into other tones, always with delicate, elusive Sweetpea 
fragrance. Jllustrated page 9. Pkt. 35c. OFFER 21A56— 
One pkt. each of the above for $3.15. 
AQUILEGIA LONG-SPURRED AVALON—(3)36. Selected 
for length of spur and extended range of hue and tone. Lemon, 
copper, orchid, buff, rose, lavender, blue, pink, cream, crimson, 
all in contrasting placements and mellow blendings. IIlus- 


yellow 
Skinneri is native to Guatemala, yet is fully hardy here. 
trated at top of this page. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 50c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
AQUILEGIA PEERLESS SHORT-SPURRED. This group, 
made up of races, varieties and allies of the European Colum- 
bine, Aquilegia vulgaris, has merits of high order. The plants 
grow into big, many-stemmed sheafs of bloom, and are more 
likely to be permanent additions to the border than are the 
plants of the Long-spur section. Color range is good, violets 
dominating, but including white, pink, rose, and blue, lavender 
and bicolors. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c; %4 oz. 90c. | 
AQUILEGIA OLD ORCHARD BLEND—A general mixture. 
At least a little of every Columbine we have, whether spurs be 
short, medium or long. Pkt. 15c;.1/16 oz. 30c; %& oz. 50c. 
