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5 ABELIA CHINENSIS—k(3)50. Shrub, hardy to Philadel- 
phia. Profuse panicles of white summer flowers. Pkt. 15¢; 
Vig oz. 40e. 
5 ABELIA GRANDIFLORA—70 inches. Shrub with panicles 
of pink-white flowers all summer. Hardy to Boston. Young 
plants, to 12 inches, each 40c. 
9 ABIES CONCOLOR—kt. Perhaps best of the Fir Trees for 
eastern planting. Handsome, the needles glaucous with faint 
bluish tinge. Eventually reaches great size. Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 
30c; % oz. 50c. 
2 ABUTILON BELLS 
2 ABUTILON—ew(8). Handsome, free-blooming, large pot 
plants of easy culture. Pinch back occasionally to permit 
freer branching. Called Flowering Maple from leaf shape, 
but otherwise quite un-Maplelike, and unrelated. LARGE- 
FLOWERED MIXED—Bell-like blossoms that may be yellow, 
orange, apricot pink or near red, usually with darker vein- 
ings. As easy as Geranium or Fuchsia. /llustrated opposite. 
Seeds, Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. MEGAPOTA- 
MICUM—Bright bell-flowers in combinations of buff, orange 
shadings, lemon, scarlet. Tassel-like stamens. Distinctive. 
Pkt. 25c. SOUVENIR DE BONN—Vivid orange blossoms. 
Attractive “Maple” foliage, each leaf broadly white-edged. 
Plants only, each 70c. VITIFOLIUM—Cup-shaped flowers of 
blue-lavender. With protection will winter outside in middle 
to upper south. Farther north, grow as pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 5A7—One pkt. each of the three so offered, for 60c. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS—We have them, the better kinds. 
They start on page 58. For WILDFLOWERS, see back 
cover. 

* ABRONIA—erogdx (3-5)5. Sand Verbena. Trailing mats 
of crispy foliage. Likes heat and drought. LATIFOLIA— 
Fragrant lemon-yellow blossoms. Pkt. 20c. UMBELLATA— 
Rosy pink clusters. Perfumed. Pkt. 15¢c; % oz. 30c. 
6 ACACIA BLEND—wj. Flowers usually fluffy balls in yel- 
lows that range from palest primrose to richest golden shades. 
North, grow in large pots or tubs. South, open ground. Pkt. 
10c; 3 for 25c. - 
1 ACANTHOLIMON GLUMACEUM—rlkt(2-3)10. Plumelike 
sprays of soft pink over dense, wide mat-cushions. Cliffs of 
Mt. Ararat. For the sunny rock garden. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ACANTHUS MOLLIS—ktz40. The decorative motif of the 
capital of the Corinthian column is said to have come from 
the attractive foliage. Spikes of dense, rose-purple flowers. 
Full sun. 6 seeds for 2Z0c. : 
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1 ACHILLEA 
Homeric Achilles is said to have discovered the remedial 
virtues of it, but we who plant it now hold higher its values 
for rock garden, pavement, terrace, ground cover, and for 
cutting. AGERATUM—Sweet Golden Yarrow. 14 _ inches. 
Wide heads of deep yellow, fluffily dense. Pkt. 15c. NANA— 
Silvery flowers above aromatic green fur. Pavement or 
terrace. Pkt. 15¢c. BOULE DE NEIGE—15 inches. Plants 
long flower filled, blossoms like little white snowballs. Edging, 
rock garden or cutting. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c:; 3 for 
$1.10; 10 for $3.00; 25 for $6.25. PTARMICA THE PEARL— 
Double snowy flowers like those of the last, but grows taller, 
so fits mixed perennial border plantings. It cuts. Pkt. 15c. 
Plants, each 40c. FILIPENDULINA CLOTH OF GOLD—45 
inches. Great, flattened, golden clusters above fern-like 
foliage. Striking plant for the taller mixed border. Pkt. 15c. 
Plants each 45c. TOMENTOSA AUREA—7 inches. Dense, 
flat, woolly mats of finely cut and curled silvery foliage. 
Clusters of little golden flowers. Splendid plant for sunny 
rock garden, valued, too, for edging and carpeting. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.40. TOMENTOSA SUL- 
FUREA—rk(3)9. Woolly, gray-green foliage with many 
clusters of pretty, sulphur-yellow flowers. Quite different 
from last, less flat and dense, but decidedly good in the 
rock garden. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45¢e. ROSE BEAUTY— 
25 inches. A really handsome border plant, with its wide, 
flat clusters of bright, rose-pink flowers. Seedlings will show 
some color range. It cuts. Pkt. 15c. Plants, true rose pink 
form, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. SERBICA—k(2)9. One of the 
more desirable rock garden or edging plants. Decorative 
rosettes of silvery foliage are packed to springy, even close- 
ness. In June they are long set with sprays of tiny white 
daisies. Try it in association with Phlox divaricata for 
pleasant surprise. Pkt. 15¢c. Plants, each 45e; 3 for $1.20. 
OFFER 6A7—One pkt. each of the 8 for $1.30. 
3 THE ACIDANTHERAS 
From Ethiopia come these decorative 
summer-flowering bulbs, to be handled in 
garden and in storage exactly as one would 
Gladio!us. The long-tubed flowers are deli- 
cately fragrant. Illustrated above. 
BICOLOR—18 inches. Rich cream with 
patch of chocolate are the gracefully car- 
ried blossoms, these beginning in late sum- 
mer and continuing through autumn. Bulbs 
firm, resembling those of Fressia. Svring 
delivery. 3 for 40c; 10 for $1.00; 26 for 
$2.30; 100 for $8.00. 
MURIELIAE—24 inches. This differs from 
the last in being a bit larger in both plant 
: . <) and flower. The blossom is pure white here, 
oo = si and the starry throat-blotch is black ma- 
roon. From western Abyssinia. A valuable addition to bulb 
garden materials. Spring delivery. Each 25c: 3 for 60c. 
4 ACHIMENES 3 
Brilliantly hued blossoms rather in the Gloxinia reminder, 
but with intensification of rich, velvety coloring. Purple 
dominates, but there will be crimsons, with an occasional 
mauve. Achimenes is one of the summer-blooming bulb-flow- 
ers, usually grown in large pots, several of the little tubers 
being planted in each pot if finest effect is desired. A pot of 
Achimenes will be a thing of blooming beauty all summer 
long. Achimenes can be grown in the garden, too, if not 
allowed to suffer from drought. It likes a trifle of shade, but 
even without it will make a bright garden showing. Tubers, 
3 for 35c; 9 for $1.00; 20 for $2.00; 50 for $4.65. 
Know men by their gardens, for gardens are mirrors. 
1 ACIPHYLLA SQUARROSA—bdkt(3)40. Gray Spaniard. 
Odd New Zealand perennial with leaves like a clump of big, 
sharp needles. High spikes of gray flowers. Looks more like 
an Alce or Yucea than the Umbellifer that it actually is. 
Pkt. 20c. 
9 ACER PALMATUM ATROPURPUREUM—Kt. True Japa- 
nese Maple. Exceedingly variable in decorative leaf form. 
Seedlings will run through green and attractive bronzings 
to brilliant red and purple-maroon. All will be interesting 
and worthwhile, some will be excellent. Soak seed before 
sowing. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.40. 
