

1 ASTRANTIA CARNIOLICA—rstkt(2)12. Pretty little per- 
ennial with umbels of flowers in white to pale rose. Pkt. 20c. 
Feathery flower-plumes, exquisitely fashioned, in white, 
cream, many a delightful pink, rose or carmine. Handsome 
winter-hardy perennial for either garden planting or forcing 
in pots. ‘‘kt” culture. Mixed colors. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 
70c. See Treasure Chest for separate species. 
ASTILBE PLANTS—Plants are available, both spring and 
fall, of several Astilbes. GRANAT—Pomegranate crimson 
with salmon reflections. Each 65c. PINK PEARL-—Big, 
somewhat spreading panicles of fluffy, soft pink. Each 65c. 
FANAL (Lighthouse). Fairly tall spikes of a glowing red 
that is close to fire scarlet. Each 75c. NEWPORT PINK— 
High, airy sprays of melting salmon pink. Each $1.00, 
1 AUBRIETA or ROCK-PURPLE 
AUBRIETA PEERLESS 
HYBRIDS—erx(2)8. Splen- 
did low perennials for the 
rock garden, front of bor- 
der, or massing. Easy to 
grow and to delight in. 
Rose, lilac, mauve, purple, 
violet, crimson in vivid, 
rich blendings. Iliustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 20c; 1/32 
oz. 35c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 3 Ae 2 
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5 THE GAY AZALEAS 
They are not difficult from seeds sown in early spring or late 
autumn, Make the sowing in a sandy seed bed, or far better, 
in a bed, pot or flat filled with a mixture of sand and leaf 
mold or untreated peat. Shade the seed-bed a bit. Line the 
seedlings out into soil that is on the acid side. If yours isn’t 
already that, you can make it so by treating with aluminum 
sulphate, or by adding decayed oak leaves, peat, old sawdust 
or like acid material ALTACLARENSIS—Fine deciduous 
hybrid large yellow and orange flowers. Pkt. 20c. CALEN- 
DULACEA—Salmon orange to orange scarlet. Deciduous. Pkt. 
20c. JAPONICA—Bells in rose-salmon, orange, or scarlet. 
Pkt. 20c. KAEMPFERI—Torch Azalea. Bright red, rarely 
varying to pink or rose. Evergreen. Pkt. 20c.. MOLLIS— 
Before the leaves, bell-blossoms from soft yellow, through gold, 
to rose-salmon. Pkt. 20c. NUDIFLORA—Pinxterbloom. 
Usually pink, sometimes blush or white. Pkt. 20c. OCCI- 
DENTALIS—Blossoms blush-pink with _yellow blotch. Frag- 
rant. Pkt. 20c. SCHLIPPENBACHII—Big pink flowers, spot- 
ted rich brown. Fragrant. Pkt. 20c. VASEYI—Clustered 
flowers shell pink to rose. Blooms at early age. Pkt. 20c. 
VISCOSA—Sparkling blossoms, wax-white to blush. Young 
plants only a few inches tall will bloom. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 
30A76—One pkt. each of the above for $1.75. 
AZALEA HARDY BLEND—Seeds of above, with others, in 
mixture. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
AZALEA KURUME HYBRIDS—A splendid strain of low 
Azalea, immensely varied as to color, and often with semi- 
double flowers. Very young plants just a few inches high will 
bloom heavily. Fully winter-hardy at Philadelphia, but in 
much colder areas will require winter protection. Often grown 
as a pot plant. Seeds in mixture from named sorts. Pkt. 35c. 
AZALEA KURUME PLANTS—Here are young plants that 
run from 4 to 6 inches of height. They will give a few nice 
flowers this spring and very many by next spring. Suitable 
for outdoor planting in many areas of not too severe winter 
climate, or excellent pot plants. Three varieties at uniform 
price of each 55c; 8 for $1.50. PINK PEARL—Deeply tinted 
pink. SNOW—Purest of whites; flowers host-in-hose. 
ODEGIRI—The most vivid of scarlets. 
blooming. 
HIN- 
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4 BABIANA 3 
Bright-hued South African bulb-flowers that grow rather 
easily from seed, usually blooming within the year. North, 
grow in pots (Freesia handling), or if well enough protected 
with straw or leaves they are likely to winter outside. If they 
are close to the wall of a heated basement, south side of the 
house, they should live and thrive for years, for such a posi- 
tion gives them about the winter climate that exists in the 
open some 300 miles to the south of you. Mixed colors, indigo, 
pansy purple, white, mauve, cream, yellow. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 
oz. 40c. Illustrated page 16. 
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* BAILEYA MULTIRADIATA—ecdk (2-5)18. Well called the 
SUNLIGHT FLOWER, for the blossoms are living embodiment 
of warm sunshine gold, each with its double ruffle of glossy 
yellow petalage about the little golden center cushion. Foliage 
silvery. Long-stemmed flowers from late May to November. 
Drought resistant. Sow early. Pkt. 25c. 
* BALLOON VINE—Cardiospermum. Quick and easy annual 
vine for fence, screen or trellis. Sprays of little white flowers 
are followed by large, inflated, ballon-shaped seed pods. Pkt. 
10c 
3 ORNAMENTAL BANANA 4 
The true Banana (Musa) may be used effectively for exotic, 
decorative foliage displays out of doors in the North. At Old 
Orchard we have had them reach full ten feet of height in 
a summer, great sweeps of arching, swaying leaf-fans. In 
late autumn the plant may be dug, cut off a few inches above 
the ground, and the enlarged root or “bulb’’ packed upright 
in sand and kept in a frost-proof, dry place until spring. Easy 
from seed. 6 seeds for 25c. : 
BANANA BULBS—We also offer Ornamental Banana in bulb- 
like, near-dormant plants, each of which will look, when you 
receive it, like a big roll of dead leaves, but plant it out, 
nevertheless, and you will get a Jack-and-the-beanstalk sur- 
prise, so speedily aspiring will be. its growing. Not truly 
a bulb, but it handles as one. Offered for late, April and May 
shipment. By mail postpaid, each $1.55; 3 for $4.40. If desired 
by express, collect for shipping charges, price will be each 
$1.30; 3 for $3.70. 
DWARF BANANA—Musa velutina. Strikingly decorative, 
exotic foliage plant for tub or garden. Though it grows to 
only 4 feet, it carries great foot-wide leaves to 344 feet of 
length. Grown under glass it will often bloom, a rather showy 
inflorescence of velvety yellow, spadix purple. 7 seeds for 25c. 
1 BAPTISIA FOR VARIETY 
The Baptisias are fully hardy, long-lived perennials of much 
real beauty. They are, most of them, rather easy to grow, 
thriving in full sun, though tolerating some light shade. Few 
perennials show greater variety in form and coloring than 
do the different Baptisia species among themselves. AUS- 
TRALIS—40 inches. Leafy, branching plants, crowded with 
big and showy spray-spikes. of flowers in rich, deep, indigo 
blue. Splendid in the border, or as a cut flower. Closely 
spaced plants make a very satisfactory, quick-growing her- 
baceous hedge. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; %4 oz. 45c; 1 oz. $1.60. 
BRACTEATA—14 inches. ‘The lovely flowers of creamy yel- 
low are carried in enormous, wide-based, tapered clusters like 
those of the better Wisterias. The great flower clusters bow 
over until their points touch the ground. A beauty for the rock 
garden, or the front of the border, or try it at the top of a 
terrace wall. Blooms in May, and early June. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 
oz. 40c. VILLOSA—20 inches. A handsome species when 
in glory of bloom, the flowers of pure golden yellow being 
carried in massive, bunch-of-grape clusters. June. Pkt. 20c; 
8 pkts. for 50e. LEUCANTHA—60 inches. In mid-summer 
come tall, tapering spires of white blossoms in Lupine sugges- 
tion. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 40c. OLD ORCHARD HYBRID—35 
inches. A chance form found in our Nursery, apparently a 
natural or fortuitous hybrid. General effect is that of Aus- 
tralis, although plants are a trifle lower and rather more com- 
pact. The flowers, carried in long, heavy racemes, are of an 
odd tawny violet, with hints of buff and of coppery rose. Pkt. 
25¢c: 3 for 70c. TINCTORIA—45 inches. The many slender, 
tangled branchings are each tipped with little golden flower 
clusters. Will naturalize. Shows wide range of soil tolerance, 
thriving in even light near-sand. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. OFFER 
82A56—One pkt. each of the six for $1.00. BAPTISIA 
BLEND—The above, with others. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 30c; % 
oz. 50c; 4 oz. 85c, 
