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2 STRELITZIA REGINAE—w. Bird of Paradise. Great, 
oddly poised blue-and-gold flowers, illustrated above. Not 
hard from seed, given needed patience, and the plants are 
of easy culture once they get a start, tolerant even of neglect. 
Give pot in which seed is sown, some heat from below. Large 
seeds, 8 for 40c; 8 for $1.00; 25 for $2.25. 
1 SWEET WILLIAM—ebx(2)20. Dianthus barbatus. Amazing 
bright coloring and marking variation. NEWPORT PINK— 
Clear salmon pink. Pkt. 15¢c. PURE WHITE—Needed for con- 
trast. Pkt. 15c. CRIMSON BEAUTY—A rich crimson. Pkt. 
15c. HOLBORN GLORY—Varied colorings, always with 
white center. Pkt. 15c. PEERLESS SINGLE MIXED—Fine 
strain. Pkt. 10c; \% oz. 20ec. DOUBLE MIXED—Wide color 
range. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 30c. DWARF MIXED—5 inches. 
Edgings, beds, rock garden. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 161A56—One 
each of above for 90c. 
3 CHERRY SUNBRIGHT—“*erkt(8)15. For display of sum- 
mer-long blossoming in luminous cherry-rose in your rock 
garden or other sunny place, use TALINUM CALYCINUM, 
the Cherry Sunbright. The vivid flowers are carried on near- 
invisible stems above attractive, succulent foliage. Winter- 
hardy. Illustrated page 48. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. (Tubers, 
each 20c; 3 for 50c.) : 
* SWEET PEA FRAGRANCE 
Nothing else will quite replace the Sweet Peas. ‘They are 
the most’delightful of annual flowers. A garden without them 
is a garden without savor. And they are really not hard to 
grow. All there is to it is to get the seed in the ground early, 
first possible spring moment. In drought, give them a hose- 
soaking now and then. If you can, mulch about them with 
leaves or straw to give the cool root-run that delights them. 
FRILLED GIANT BLEND—The Orchid-flowered or Giant 
Spencer Sweet Peas in about every possible hue or tone, but 
with careful balance. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 1 oz. 40c; % Ib. 
$1.50. EARLY SPENCER MIXED—Early blooming, for first 
garden show, or for forcing. Big, waved flowers in full color 
range. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; 1 oz. 50c; 4 lb. $1.75. CUPID 
SPENCER MIXED—Dwarf trailers to 9 inches, support not 
sg oe Fine mixture. Full sun. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; 1 
oz. 50c. 
3 TIGRIDIA or SHELL-FLOWER 
Brightly color-lighted shells of blossoms in white, blush, 
pink, rose, canary, orange, lilac, rich reds, with many a con- 
trasting blending, splashing and suffusion. Tigridias are bulbs 
for the summer garden, blooming continually, vividly, early 
and late. They are easy enough to grow from seed. .Sowings 
made in very early spring will sometimes give a few blossoms. 
first season. In autumn the bulbs should be dug and stored 
over winter in a dry, frostproof place. Illustrated page 54. 
Splendid mixture. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c; % oz. 75e; \% oz. 
$1.40; 1 oz. $4.25. BULBS, spring delivery, 8 for 40c; 9 for 
$1.00; 25 for $2.50. 
TIGRIDIA SEPARATE COLORS—Six separate color varie- 
ties, with names, one pkt. of each, for $1.35. OFFER 163A26. 



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1 THALICTRUM—bkt(3)50. Good border perennials with 
Aquilegia-like foliage. DIPTEROCARPUM—Aijiry, showy 
purple tassels. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c; 4 oz. 60c. GLAUCUM— 
Fluffily dense yellow flower clusters. Silvery foliage. Pkt. lbc. 
* THUNBERGIA ALATA MIXED—ex. Pretty trailer or 
climber, with white, buff or orange flowers, black-centered. 
Ground cover, porch boxes, hanging baskets. Pkt. 10c. 
* TORENIA FOURNIERI — erk (4-5) 12. Velvety blossoms, 
blue purple, touched gold. Beds, borders, pots. Pkt. 15c. 
1 TRAILING ARBUTUS—rstakt. Perfumed pink-and-white 
blossoms over evergreen foliage. Epigaea repens. Jllustrated 
page 58. Difficult but possible. Pkt. 25c. 
TRILLIUM BLEND—ryst(1). The Trinity Lilies are the de- 
light of shady places. Three-petal blossoms in white, blush, 
rose, red, plum, purple, even lemon-buff. Illustrated page 48. 
Mixed species. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
* TRIPTERIS HYOSEROIDES—ebk (2-3)25. Pretty and airy 
South African Daisy. Large buff-yellow blossoms for months. 
Easily grown. Pkt. 15c. 
3 TRITELEIA UNIFLORA COERULEA—rkt(2)7. The Blue 
Star-flower makes a wonderful rock garden plant, easy, long 
in bloom. Multitudes of inch-wide, upfacing blossoms, pale 
china-blue to near indigo. Can be forced for winter blos- 
soms, too. Pkt. 15c. Growing plants, small clumps, spring 
delivery, each 45c; 3 for $1.10. 
4 TRITONIA BLEND—ew(7)12. Sprays of salmon, pink, 
rose, orange, flame scarlet. Winter bulb for Freesia handling. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 80c; 4% oz. 50c. 
1 TROLLIUS BLEND—bkt(2-3)30. The Globe-buttercups, 
with big flowers of golden yellow to burnished orange, are 
among the showier perennials for mid-summer bloom. We 
offer here a mixture that includes seeds of both the kinds 
with wide or spreading petalage, and those with flowers in 
curved to ball-like form, Chinensis, Europaeus, Ledebouri and 
likely others. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. Plants, each 40c; 
3 for $1.10. 
* TAHOKA DAISY 
It is the best of the Blue Daisies for all-summer bloom, 
mid-June until November. Big blossoms of pure blue-lavender 
with little golden centers, flower stems of good length, cutting 
and lasting qualities excellent. The foliage is fine, fern-like. 
Iliustrated page 22. Our introduction. Machaeranthera 
tanacetifolia. eck(2-4)20. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
* TITHONIA AVALON EARLIEST 
The big, long-stemmed blossoms range from orange topaz 
to those with burnished over-sheen of scarlet flame. Sowings 
of it will give green walls set with living fire. Earliest strain, 
direct open ground sowings usually giving some blossoms by 
late June,..and: from then until after autumn freezes. Illus- 
trated page 22. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 80c; %4 oz. 50c. 
1 TRADESCANTIA BEAUTY 
Spendthrifts of bloom are the Tradescantias, spreading their 
prodigal flowering over many weeks, in some sorts over many 
months. Colorings include all below. Illustrated page 29. 
“kt” culture. A blend. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c: % oz. 50c. 
TRADESCANTIA VARIETIES—We offer good plants of the 
better named Tradescantias. KOBOLD—6 inches. Tight 
clumps of pretty rose pink. Each 40c. SUMMER SNOW—22 
inches. Everblooming snow white with blue anthers. Each 
40c. PAULINE—22 inches. Delightful rosy mauve. Each 45c. 
PURPLE DOME—18 inches. Dome clusters of richest deep 
purple. Each 45c. IRIS PRITCHARD—18 inches. White, 
suffused azure. Each 45c. J. C. WEGUELIN—18 inches. 
Everblooming sky blue. Each 40ec. APPLE BLOSSOM—12 
inches. Softest pink. Each 50c. OFFER 165A56—One plant 
of each, with names, for $2.70. 
3 FRAGRANCE OF TUBEROSE 
Easy summer-blooming bulbs with richly fragrant blossoms 
that might have been carved from white wax. Splendid cut 
flower of simple garden culture. Store the bulbs in dry, frost- 
proof place in winter. EARLY MEXICAN—%5 inches. The 
earliest. Lovely snow-white, single, flowers with perfume 
of orange blossoms. Jllustrated page 2. 3 for 30c; 10 for 
85c; 25 for $1.90. SPECIOSA—50 inches. High spikes of 
sweetly scented single white blossoms, petals thick and crispy. 
Even the foliage rosettes are decorative, for each narrow 
ribbon-leaf has a white edging. 3 for 30c; 10 for 85c; 25 for 
$1.90. DOUBLE PEARL—30 inches. Flowers fully double 
and pure white, except in warm weather when they may 
become blush-suffused. 8 for 35c; 10 for $1.00. 
