CONDITIONS OF SALE 
SEEDS and other materials are forwarded as ready, and 
are offered subject to arrival or harvest. Minimum size 
acceptable order is One Dollar on seeds or Two Dollars on 
plants and bulbs. Remittance should be by money order 
where possible. Personal checks will be accepted if 10 
cents (not 10%) be added to the amount to cover our costs 
in connection with them. If actual currency, cash, is sent, 
register it. All seeds are quoted postpaid, but plants and 
bulbs are offered for express shipment, collect for ship- 
ping charges. If you want plants or bulbs by mail, add to 
your remittance for postage and mail packing on basis of 
5% for shipments to points east of Pittsburgh and north of 
the Potomac, 10% for points beyond these limits but still 
east of the Mississippi, and 15% for destinations west of 
that river. Safe arrival in good, growable condition is 
guaranteed of bulbs and plants during period from April 
15th to November 20th. During the remainder of the year, 
the general winter season, bulbs and plants are guaran- 
teed as to arrival only, and not against freezing in transit, 
so if you order bulbs or plants for winter shipment, bear 
in mind that freezing risk is yours. We shall, though, pack 
carefully and warmly. 
REX. D. PEARCE 
MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY 
AUTUMN SEED-SOWING 
Seeds of certain hardy perennials, and of many bulbs, 
shrubs and trees, seem to need a period of exposure to 
low soil temperatures in order to put them in shape to 
germinate. The best way to handle such seeds is to sow 
them in open ground seed-beds, or in cold-frames, in late 
autumn, October or November, but in regions with mild 
winters, or elsewhere whenever the ground thaws for a 
few days, the sowings may continue during December, 
January and February with excellent results. Of course 
seeds of house plants may be sown any time of year, usu- 
ally under glass in a sunny window or greenhouse. Seeds — 
in wide variety are listed in our GENERAL CATALOG, | 
the latest being Offer 45, issued in January, 1946. Old cus- 
tomers will already have the catalog. We shall be very 
glad to send it to any others upon request. 
GAY ORCHIDS 
Here are two of the easier Orchids, pretty sure to bloom 
freely as window pot plants. THE SCARLET ORCHID— 
Brilliant scarlet blossoms in big spray-clusters, lips touched 
with orange yellow. A gay beauty for any window. Pinch 
plants back occasionally to keep them bushy. It is Epiden- 
drum Obrienianum, illustrated below. Each $1.00° 3 for 
$2.75. THE HYACINTH ORCHID—A delightful and easily 
with fairly large blossoms of amethystine 
purple, these sweetly fragrant, carried 
gracefully on 15-inch stems. Grown in pots 
with just ordinary house-plant care, it 
blossoms freely in the winter window. See 
further description under Bletilla hyacin- 
thina, page 5. Each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
HOUSE PLANT SURPRISE 
Delightful amazement here. Seeds of 
perhaps a hundred different kinds of or- 
namentals suitable for pot culture have 
j gone into this blend, many of them un- 
usual. Better separate the coarse seeds 
from the fine, since the latter will need 
less covering. Also remember that some 
kinds will germinate much quicker than 
will others. Sold only in packets at 25c 
each; 3 for 70c. 
JACOBINIA CARNEA 
This truly handsome pot plant is illustrated in the front 
cover drawing. The pure pink blossoms with delightfully 
curled lower petals are carried in dense but graceful 
trusses, in effect almost airy, never heavy. Jacobinia is 
not at all common, yet it is a pot plant of easy handling, 
long-lived, and usually in bloom for some six months of 
the year. As the plants grow, each branch ends in a new 
flower cluster. “Another name for it, is Justicia magnifica. 
Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. (See page 14 for other house 
plants.) 
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