

3 AN EASIER ORCHID 4 
It is BLETILLA HYA- 
™ CINTHINA, easiest of 
M the lovelier. It may even 
be grown from seed with- 
out need of too great skill, 
@ three-year-old seedlings of- 
ten flowering freely. Re- 
member, though, that Or- 
™ chids to be grown from 
m seed need patience and 
A careful attention, but we 
5 give pretty explicit direc- 
tions in the circular we 
send with each order, and 
very many of our custom- 
ers do succeed, and have 
so written us. Bletilla is 
fan attractive Orchid with 
fairly large blossoms of 
amethystine purple, sweet- 
ly fragrant. Fully hardy 
4 at Philadelphia without any 
special protection. Clumps 
¥ will increase in size from 
f year to year. This fine 
Orchid may also be grown 
in pots for winter bloom, 
forcing readily under Free- 
sia care, and flowering long 
and freely. 
ANN 
HE EASIEST O 
RC 
HID 

Seeds, either Purple Form or White Form, state which, per 
pkt. 35c. Bulbs, Purple Form only, delivery October-November, 
each 75c; 3 for $2.10. Illustrated above. See also ORCHID 
and EPIDENDRU\M, this catalog. 
One must first have the dream. 
* BLUE LACE FLOWER—ex(3)20.  Didiscus. Pretty 
clusters of exquisite blue lace. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
1 BOENNINGHAUSENIA ALBIFLORA—bstkt(4)18. Hima- 
layan Rue. A flower must be beautiful to overcome the handi- 
cap of such a name as Boenninghausenia, and this one is 
daintily so. Above glaucous foliage are nodding aura like 
t. 20c. 
white lace. May need protection in cold areas. 
2 BILLBERGIA NUTANS—Delightful pot 
plants, illustrated opposite. Pretty, 
pendant blossoms in tricolor effect, .the 
bracts bright red, the petals green, edged 
with vivid blue. Each 40c; 8 for $1.10. 
1 BOCCONIA CORDATA — ebx(38-4)70. 
Plume Poppy. Sprays of feathery, chamois- 
toned flowers, followed by tan-colored seed- 
plumes. Botanically Macleaya. Pkt. 15c. 
1 BOLTONIA LATISQUAMA — ebx(4)60. 
Airy ‘“‘Aster-blossoms”’ near to two months 
of them in blush white to pale pink. Ex- 
cellent perennial. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
3 BOWIEA VOLUBILIS (Schizobasopsis) 
—ek(w) (9). These odd bulbs send up 
curious tangles of succulent, green-trans- 
lucent, leafless stems. Little buff-green flow- 
erstars. Gladiolus storage and winter culture 
or may be grown in pots. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
6 BORONIA MEGASTIGMA—w. So delightful and pervasive 
is the perfume of it that it has been called the world’s 
sweetest flower. Bell-shaped little blossoms, brown-maroon 
outside, yellow within, make a pleasant showing for some 
three months. A splendid pot plant for a cool house. Pkt., 
10 seeds, for 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. ~ 
1 BOUVARDIA ALBATROS—Desirable evergreen pot plants 
of much beauty. Clusters of waxy snowy white blossoms, 
deliciously perfumed, a pervasive orange-blossom fragrance. 
Not difficult to handle under house conditions, and the 
blooming season is a long one. Will cut.. Plants, each 75c. 
1 BOYKINIA JAMESI—rstkt(2)6. Clustered flowers of 
pink-carmine on 6-inch stems above shining, toothed foliage. 
An exquisite alpine. Pkt. 25c. 
* BRACHYCOME MIXED—erx(3)10. Swan River Daisy. 
Pretty Australian annual daisy that will give all-summer 
bloom in blue, rose, and white. Pkt. 10c. 


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3 BRODIAEAS FOR DELIGHT 
We like their slender grace, their soft colorings and 
amazing diversities. Sometimes the blossoms, stars to 
trumpets, are carried in loose umbels, but again they may 
be gathered in tight, capitate clusters. There will be suf- 
fused white, lavender, lilac, mauve, purple, with others in 
rosy pink or in salmon-toned yellow. Of about same winter 
hardiness as the Tulip. Illustrated page 61. 12 to 20 inches. 
“kt”? culture, Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c. 
*AMETHYST-FLOWER 
Amethyst-flower is an old name for Browallia, though 
really the flowers are a deeper, richer blue than amethyst. 
ELATA MIXED—ebx(8)25. Blossoms of deep indigo blue, 
or at times of white. Particularly long blooming season. One 
of the easier and more attractive annual flowers. Pkt. 15c; 
3 pkts. for 40c. VISCOSA SAPPHIRE—erx(3-5)10. Big 
flowers of deepest blue-sapphire, white-centered. Makes 
rounded, compact plants, and blooms long and profusely. 
Suited to pot culture and poreh box work, as well as to 
bedding and garden planting. Pkt. 25c. 
5 BUDDLEIA or BUTTERFLY BUSH 
Flowers of soft blue, lilac, lavender, rose- 
violet, glowing wine purple, sometimes in 
pink, and one or two species even of orange, 
are carried in long, dense tapering racemes 
over a period of many weeks, At Philadel- 
phia, most of the Buddleias are winter-hardy { 
shrubs. In colder climates they may behave § 
as herbaceous perennials, only the roots § 
living over, and new stems arising each 
season. Since they bloom on the new growth, 
this doesn’t lessen the number of flowers. 
In very cold areas the roots of any of them § 
may need protection in winter of leaves or # 
straw. Buddleias grow with ease from # 
seed, usually giving a truss or two of bloom § 
first year from early sowings. We offer a Hv 
mixture of seeds of both hybrids and species 
in full color range, including orange, pink 
and rose, but there are always more of the 
blues, lavenders and violets. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. Illustrated opposite. 
BUDDLEIA SPECIES AND HYBRIDS—AlI]l these are safe 
outside in the North unless description states otherwise. 
FALLOWIANA—Fine Chinese species. Low, arching plants 
with gray-silvered, tomentose foliage. Slender, tapered spikes 
of lavender flowers with orange eye. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 55c. ASIATICA—Flowers pure white in drooping 
panicles. Deliciously fragrant. Frost-tender, and naturally 
a winter bloomer, so best handled as a pot or greenhouse 
plant in the North. Pkt. 25c. NIVEA (Macrostachya)— 
Notable for the white, woolly fluff that covers the branches 
and leaf reverses, and even the flower-spikes, the little lilac 
flowers being more or less imbedded in it. Give protection 
North. Pkt. 20c. STENOSTACHYA—A relative of the last, 
but of much greater winter hardiness. Also much less 
tomentose. Good spikes of lilac-lavender flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
COLVILLEI—tThis rather tender species is called most hand- 
some of the Buddleias. The flowers, carried in broad, pen- 
dulous panicles, vary a bit in coloring, but usually come in 
tones of crimson. Pkt. 25¢. INTERMEDIA—Handsome 
garden hybrid of good hardiness under northern conditions. 
Flowers of blue-violet to rosy violet in slender, arching 
racemes. Pkt. 20c. GLOBOSA—A Chilean species with 
fragrant flowers in an unusual color, a showy orange yellow. 
Blossoms are carried in dense axillary clusters. Dies back 
to the roots each year in the North, but blooms freely on 
the new stems, behaving more or less as an herbaceous 
perennial. Give the roots winter protection of mulching. 
Pkt. 25ec. OFFER 35A56—One pkt. each of the above for $1.45. 
BUDDLEIA PINK CHARMING—Near to pure pink, a lovely 
tone. Fine large spikes. Offered as small plants, that will, 
however, grow rapidly and throw many flower spikes first 
year. Each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
BUDDLEIA ILE DE FRANCE—Not excelled in the deeper 
poloeere ners a rich, glowing claret-purple. Small plants, 
eac c. 
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And the greatest of blessings is this,—pleasant, need- 
ful work for hand and mind to do, that so we may 
know full joy of good accomplishment. 

1 BULBINELLA ROBUSTA—*ebk(2)20. Odd South African 
Liliad with spike-racemes of little golden yellow flowers. 
Needs protection in cold climates, but starting early may be 
grown as an Annual. Pkt. 20c. 
