1 HOUSTONIA COERULEA—eratx(1-3)6. Myriads of ex- 
quisite little blue stars. Spread in great azure drifts, it re- 
flects April skies. Illustrated page 3. Pkt. 15c. 
2 HUMEA ELEGANS—vw. Striking ornamentals with loose, 
drooping panicles of little flowers in pink, rose or red. To be 
grown as a large pot plant. Pkt. 30c. 
* HUNNEMANNIA FUMARIAEFOLIA SUNLITE—ex(3)24. 
Santa Barbara Poppy. Tulip-shaped blossoms of satiny yellow. 
Easy and showy. Full sun. Pkt. 15c. 
4 HYPOXIS STELLATA ELEGANS—k(w) (2)9. Tender South 
African for pot culture. Flowers glistening white, blue-violet 
at base. Pkt. 20c. 
1 IBERIS GIBRALTARICA—erk(2)15. Perhaps showiest spe- 
cies of perennial Iberis is the Gibraltar Candytuft, with its 
big, flat clusters of lilac to purple flowers, the foliage evergreen. 
Less hardy than Sempervirens, and should have some winter 
protection. Pkt. 20c. 
1 IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS—erx(2)10. 
flowers above like heaped new snowflakes. 
gives back stored light of day. Pkt. 20c. 
3 for $1.20.) 
1 HYPERICUM BRILLIANCE 
Living gold, long spreads of it here. ‘‘x’’ culture. OLYMPI- 
CUM—(2-3)12. Blue foliage mounds set with sparkling golden 
sun-blossoms, each attractively center-tasseled. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.20. APOLLONIS—Very like the last in 
effect, a trifle lower, and with fewer, larger flowers. From 
limestone crags of Helikon and Parnassus. Pkt. 25c. CORIS 
—12 inches. None more beautiful, with its loose cymes of 
golden blossoms, but it is a bit tender, and in the North needs 
sheltered position and much care, Pkt. 20c. TOMENTOSUM 
—(3)18. A host of slender stems topped with clustered yellow 
flowers. Ashy-tomentose foliage mats. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
FRAGILE—(3)6. A pretty little species, fine-leafed in gray- 
green, blossoms bright yellow. From rocks of Euboea. Pkt. 30c. 
RUMELICUM—(3)25. Many leafy branches with soft yellow 
flowers in big terminal cymes. Easy and good. Pkt. 15c. 
REPTANS—(8-4)7. Verdant carpet-densities of fine leaves, 
set with great golden flowers that open from mahogany buds. 
Pkt. 25c. PYRZEWALSKI—(8-4)36. Fairly large flowers of 
pale yellow are carried in high cymes. Pkt. 15ec. RHODO- 
PEUM—6 inches. A low, spreading drapery of silvery-tomen- 
tose foliage, decorated with a close application of fairly large 
flowers in soft yellow. Pkt. 20ec. POLYPHYLLUM—(2-3)6. 
Fine-leafed cascade-mats in silver-verging effect, are set with 
burnished buds that open to blossoms of polished golden rich- 
ness. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c. LANUGINOSUM—(2-4) 20. 
In bloom for months, fluffily tasseled blossoms of butter yellow 
in terminal panicles, calyces oddly black-dotted, foliage wool- 
silvered. From the Alexandrettean Musa Dagh. Pkt. 15c; 3 
for 40c. Plants, each 40c. PROLIFICUM—(3)50. Pleasant 
hardy shrub with bright yellow flowers well-tasseled, in long 
profusion. Pkt. 15¢c. PATULUM FORRESTI—(3-4)36. Ever- 
green shrublet with large flowers of deep golden tone. Pkt. 
20c. VIRGINICUM (Triadenum)—(38-4)15. Silvery pink flow- 
ers are followed by maroon-red seed capsules. Likes wet feet, 
so suitable for pool edge or bog garden, but does quite well, 
too, in the drier soil conditions of the ordinary garden border. 
Pkt. 15c. OFFER 98A56—One pkt. each of the above for $2.30. 
* MOONFLOWER and MORNING GLORY 
All here are quick, showy annual vines, save Crassicaulis 
which has no vine-like tendency. Mostly they are Ipomoeas. 
“kt” culture. GRANDIFLORA—True Moon-flower. Giant, 
fragrant white blossoms that open in evening. Calonyction 
aculeatum. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. SCARLETT O’HARA— 
Brilliant rosy red with starred throat. Pkt. 15c. HEAVENLY 
BLUE—Splendid vine. Great skyblue blossoms. This is the 
early-blooming selection. Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 35c. WHITE 
MAGIC—A “Heavenly Blue” in fleecy white, creamy in deep 
throat. Pkt. 15¢c. CONVOLVULUS CRIMSON RAMBLER— 
Big blossoms of ruby crimson, throat white. Habit and ap- 
pearance of Ipomoea. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25e. PEARLY GATES 
—Enormous flowers of purest white in great profusion from 
mid-summer on. Pkt. 15c. ROSE MARIE—Double flowers 
of fine deep rose. The only good double variety we have seen. 
Pkt. 15e. IMPERIAL GIANTS—Great flowers in white and 
blush, pink, rose, skyblue, purple, varied reds, chocolate and 
the like, with wondrous splashings edgings, flakings. Usually 
handled as a garden vine. but by artful pinching and training 
may be vrown as a dwarfed pot plant in strangely beautiful 
effect. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 40c. CRASSICAULIS—No vine this, 
but a sturdily erect annual flower, to 40 inches. Terminal 
elusters of 3-inch funnel-trumpets in lilac pink. S»vecimens or 
quick hedge. Odd seeds, big and furry. 7 for 20c. OFFER 
100A16—One pkt. each of the above for $1.10. 
Evergreen foliage 
In spring dusks it 
(Plants, each 45c; 
1 ISATIS GLAUCA—ebx(2-3)40. Woad. Blue-glaucous foliage, 
wide flower-canopies above, myriad little blossoms in bright 
yellow. Then come decorative seeds. This is a plant that should 
be more widely known, and grown. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25c; VY, oz. 
* 40c. 

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’ -1 THE IRISES 
They are easy enough from seed. All you need is a bit of 
patience. Seeds germinate slowly, but most of them are pretty 
sure to come eventually. So far as the species Irises are con- 
cerned, this is the lowest cost way to get them in quantity. 
In the Hybrid Irises, each seedling is technically a new variety, 
and you are rather likely to produce some that may be worth 
naming and introducing. Iris seeds need low soil temperatures 
before germinating, so sow outside in either early spring or 
late autumn. For many other Irises, see our TREASURE 
CHEST list. By the way, Iris plants may be put out spring, 
summer or autumn with pretty much equal certainty of suc- 
cessful start. 
ARENARIA (Flavissima)—rkt(1-2)8. In early spring bronzed 
buds open to yellow vividness. Jllustrated above. Particu- 
larly good in sunny rock garden. Plants, each 45c. 
ATROFUSCA—yt(1-2)15. A dusky ground color of silver to 
buff, is veiled with a netting of black maroon. An unusual 
Palestine oncocyclus. 7 seeds for 25c. 
BRACTEATA—=styt(2)15. Pretty little western species with 
yellow flowers, veined mahogany. Pkt. 15c. 
BREVIPES—yt.(3)7. Big flat blossoms of gold-patched indigo. 
A dwarf ‘“Delta.”’ Begins flowering as the Japanese Irises end. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 75c. 
BUCHARICA—yt(2)18. An odd Turkestan bulb-Iris that sends 
up stems like little cornstalks with satiny yellow flowers in the 
leaf-axils. Pkt. 20c. 
CHRYSOPHYLLA—styt(2)10. Undulate, orchid-like flowers of 
creamy primrose, orange-blotched, with pencilings of violet 
sepia. Pkt. 15c. 
CHRYSOFOR—yt(2)28. A rare race of beautiful, though 
bizarre, hybrid Irises, Chrysographes crossed on Forresti. Col- 
orings range from sulphur and gold to rich bronze, from 
blue-lavender to purple violet, and often there are oddly con- 
trasting pencilings, nettings and splashings. 8 seeds for 25c. 
CRISTATA—stat(2)8. Exquisite blossoms like crumpled silk 
of palest blue, gold-patched, and with snowy fringed crest. A 
delightful low species. Jllustrated above. Plants only, each 
45c; 3 for $1.20. 
DICHOTOMA—“*ecbkt(4)50. Vesper Iris. Great, high sprays 
of perfumed flowers from late July to early September. Most 
often the blossoms are translucent lavender, but may range 
from creamy white to violet purple, with markings of mahog- 
any, buff or copper. Quickest and easiest of Irises from seed.. 
Illustrated page 29. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 80c. (Plants, each 25c; 
3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
