6 MELIANTHUS MAJOR—w. Honey Flower. Fine large 
pot plant with decorative evergreen foliage and long racemes 
of honey-filled red-brown flowers. In the South it may be 
grown outside. Pkt. 20c. 
* NEMESIA—erk, Easy annuals of much beauty. GAYETY 
BLEND—(2-3)12. Large, oddly formed flowers of white, 
pale yellow, pink, rose, crimson, orange and lilac, carried in 
long and great freedom. Pkt. 15c. THE EVERBLOOMING 
NEMESIA—(8)18. Pretty flowers of white or blush, always 
with touch of gold, carried in continuous succession for 
months. Nemesia foetens. Pkt. 15c. 
1 NEPETA MUSSINI—ergx(2-4)10. Blue-lavender flowers in 
spraying panicles over wide mounds of silver-gray foliage. 
Excellent, long-blooming rock garden or edging perennial. 
Sometimes used, too, as under-cover for bulb plantings. Pkt. 
16c; 1/16 oz. 30c. Plants, each 40c. 
3 NERINE FILIFOLIA—One of the prettier bulb-flowers, 
blooming in autumn surprise along with the Chrysanthemums. 
Airy blossoms with petals crinkle-crisped, in open circlets on 
foot-high stems, bright carmine buds unfolding to sparkling 
pink. It cuts well. In the North, dig the bulbs in late autumn, 
and carry over winter in a frost-proof place, packed in dry 
sand. Makes a good pot bulb, too. Bulbs only, spring delivery, 
3 for 50c; 10 for $1.35. 
A NICANDRA PHYSALODES—ebx (2-4)40. Easily grown old- 
fashioned Annual, with upfacing blossoms of bright blue, white 
centered. Then come curious fruits, not edible. Sometimes 
called Shoo-fly Plant. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
* NASTURTIUM 
From cream, through lemon, chamois, salmon, rose, orange, 
cerise, scarlet, maroon and mahogany, in many a blending 
shading or bizarre splashing. ‘‘x’’ culture. DWARF DOUBLE 
GIANTS—Compact plant-globes massed with fragrant blos- 
soms, semi-double and double. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. DWARF 
SINGLE MIXED—tThe old-fashioned single-flowered bush Nas- 
turtium in superb color range. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30c; 4 lb. 
$1.00. DOUBLE GLEAM HYBRIDS—Semi-dwarf, may be 
grown on low trellis, or as mat-trailer. Fragrant double and 
semi-double flowers in full color range. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 35c; 
Y% lb. $1.10. TALL MIXED—Big, varied single flowers. Vine 
for trellis or fence. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. OFFER 129A16— 
One pkt. each of the above for 35c. 
* NICOTIANA 
The gardens of those who delight in sweet scents will hold 
always Nicotiana. At dusk the fragrance is richest. The flow- 
ers are in Petunia form, but with longer tubes. eobx(8). 
AFFINIS—30 inches. Long white trumpets with sugar-sweet 
-perfume. Fine border flower, or fall-sown seedlings may be 
grown as winter pot plants. Pkt. 10c. AFFINIS HYBRIDS— 
Very like last, but includes mauve suffusions, along with rose 
and red. Pkt. 10c. SANDERAE HYBRIDS—28 inches. Long 
brightness in the rose, red and crimson range. Pkt. 15c. 
CRIMSON BEDDER—Rather dwarfer and more compact than 
the others, with an even greater profusion of flowers, these all 
in shades of rich crimson. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. GLAUCA 
—A distinctive, and very different species, grown chiefly for 
the decorative, exotic effect of the tall, pyramidal plants with 
their blue-glaucous foliage. Accent or specimens. At Old 
Orchard plants have reached 12 feet of height in one season. 
Rather small yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. OFFER 
130A16—One pkt. each of the above for 55c. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
COERULEA PURPLE ROBE—*erx(w)(8)8. Blossoms like 
open chalices, so many that the whole plant is but a flower- 
mound of rich blue-violet. Handled as an annual, it is of 
easiest garden culture, but also it makes a delightful, long- 
lived, long-blooming pot plant. Originally introduced as N. 
hippomanieca, and illustrated on page 22 by that name. 
Pkt. 20c. COERULEA SOFT BLUE—Like Purple Robe, but 
in a lighter, softer tone of coerulean blue. Pkt. 15c. FRUTES- 
CENS—ebx(8)20. Cup-flower. White blossoms with blue vein- 
ings and yellow throat. May be grown as a garden Annual 
or as an everblooming pot plant. Pkt. 15e. RIVULARIS— 
River-snow. Attractive ever-blooming matformer, to 4 inches, 
set so closely with snowy, silk-crinkly, upfacing blossom cups 
that the whole plant spread shows as a marble-white pave- 
ment. Winter hardy at Philadelphia, but protect in colder 
areas. Rock garden, terrarium, ground cover. Plants, each 
40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.30. 

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* NEMOPHILA MIXED—ekt(2)8. 
sky blue, pure white, or white with purple splashes. 
showy if sown early. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25c. 
Wide, handsome flowers, 
Easy and 
* NIGELLA MISS JEKYLL—ex(3)18. Love-in-a-Mist. Double 
flowers of rich Cornflower blue peer from the fine, feathery 
foliage. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
* NOLANA LANCEOLATA—ergx(8)5. Chilean plant of de- 
cumbent habit, foliage crispy, succulent, all set with wide 
flowers of rich ultramarine, white-centered. Garden delight, or 
as hanging basket plant. Pkt. 20c. 
* NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA—kt(3)40. Spectacular, frag- 
rant bowl-blossoms of ivory white, centered with golden tas- 
sels. Sow early in spring. Jllustrated page 25. Pkt. 1b5c. 
1 OMPHALODES VERNA—(1)5. Lovely flowers of rich, deep 
blue, reminder of Forget-me-nots, are set all about on the 
short, straying stems of this delightful low perennial. Right 
for the rock garden. One of the earlier spring bloomers. 
Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. Also can supply plants of even 
more delightful, rare PURE WHITE form, at each 50c; 3 
for $1.40. 
4 ORTHOSANTHUS CHIMBORACENSIS — ew. Morning 
Flower. A profusion of inch-wide clear blue flowers above 
masses of grass-like foliage. An altogether pleasant pot plant. 
Seeds, pkt. 20c. 
OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose)* 
The big, silky blossoms unfold at dusk, mostly remaining 
open until well into the next day. All bloom first year. Mis- 
souriensis, Speciosa and Tetraptera are hardy perennials, but 
the others are best treated as Annuals. ‘‘x’’ culture. Rock 
garden or border. CAESPITOSA—(2)5. Low foliage rosettes 
set with satiny 3-inch blossoms in softest of pinks. Pkt. 20c. 
TRILOBA—(8)6. Slash-leafed rosettes carry big flowers of 
soft primrose yellow that become apricot by next morning. 
Pkt. 15e. ACAULIS — Rosettes of 
Dandelion-like leaves from which 
rose long-tubed, wide (to 4 inches) 
blossoms of blush white. Pkt. 20c. 
ROSEA—20 inches. Low, diffuse 
branchings filled with small flowers 
of deep rose coloring. Usually grown 
as an annual. Pkt. 15c. TRICHO- 
CALYX—(8)15. Enormous flowers 
of diaphanous, silky whiteness, the 
petals gradually suffusing buff apri- 
cot. Pkt. 20c. MISSOURIENSIS— 
(3)10. A particularly satisfactory 
low perennial, speetacular in bloom. 
Immense flowers of glossy yellow, 
sometimes 5 inches across, are fol- 
lowed by odd, widely winged seed 
pods. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
SPECIOSA—(8)18. Wind-primrose. 
. Big blossoms open pure white, grad- 
ually taking on faint blush suffu- 
sions. Pkt. 20c. BISTORTA 
VEITCHIANA — 16 inches. Easy, 
showy annual, the inch-wide flowers 
of bright yellow being spotted pur- 
ple at center. Pkt. 20c. 
Large flowers of semi-cup shape, 
Pkt. 25c. OFFER 

TETRAPTERA—r(8) 15. 
soft pink, veined rose. Illustrated above. 
131A56—One pkt. each of above for $1.55. 
3 NOMOCHARIS 
Three unusual and desirable bulbs in the Lilium-Fritillaria 
relationship. ‘‘kt’? culture. NANA—16 inches. Himalayan 
species with solitary, nodding flowers of lilac to purple. Pkt. 
25c. MATIREI—24 inches. Satiny blossoms with pale rose, 
violet-spotted petals. From Yunnan. Pkt. 30c. PARDANTH- 
INA—24 inches. Petals with heavier violet shading, otherwise 
differs from last only in technical botanical characters. 
Pkt. 30c. 
6 THE OLEANDER 
The Oleander, NERIUM, is an old-fashioned plant of much 
beauty. We offer a variety with fully double flowers of rich 
pink, foliage evergreen. The Oleander is grown in the North 
as a large pot or tub plant, set outside on open porch, terrace 
or lawn for summer blooming, and wintered in light cellar, 
cool greenhouse or the like. Young plants, 10 inches up, 
each 90c; 3 for $2.60. 
