1 ORNAMENTAL ALLIUMS 3 
Always fascinating are these hardy rock garden and border 
perennia.s. They make decorative cut flowers. Culture “kt.” 
ACUMINATUM—(2)10. Rich rose-purple, close to red, are 
the upfacing flower 
clusters. Pkt.  15c. 
AZUREUM — (8)30. 
Clearest, purest of 
blues are the big ball- 
clusters, the azure of 
deep summer § skies. 
Illustrated opposite. 
Pkt. 25c. Plants each 
40c; 8 for $1.15; 10 
for $3.30. AMMO- 
PHILUM — (2-4)20. 
Desirable long bloom- 
ing species that 
thrives on light soils. 
Loose’ globe-clusters 
of pretty lavender 
stars, Ektadoc: Be etalon 
oz. 45c. Plants, eac 
40e; 3 for $1.15; 10 Sathudidy ' 
for $3.30. ALBOPILOSUM—(3)36. Handsome, robust Persian 
species with lilac flowers in great clusters that may be 8 
inches wide. Pkt. 20c. HYBRIDUM AUGUST BEAUTY— 
Rather dense heads of luminous lilac blossoms all through 
August. Particularly good. 16 inches. Plants only, each 45c. 
BEESIANUM—10 inches. Few-flowered clusters of nodding 
blossoms in glowing blue violet. Summer. Chinese species of 
fine rock garden effect. Plants only, each 40c. CORYI—This 
rare mountain species produces showy umbels of bright 
yellow flowers. Pkt. 30c. CYRILLI—Dense blossom-heads 
of brightest rose in fairly early spring. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.15. FARRERI—(8)9. Nodding clusters of 
deep purple bells. Narrow, tufted foliage. Good. Plants only, 
each 45c. FLAVUM—(2)10-16. Bells of glossy yellow, buff- 
tawny in reverse, in many loose, informal! clusters. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. KANSUENSE—(3)10. Tufted 
plants that carry clusters of delightful blue-violet on slender 
stems. Rare. Plants only, each 40c. KARATAVIENSE— 
(2)12. Dense elusters of pink-white flowers above wide leaves, 
metallic, glaucous, red-tinged. Bulbs, each 40c; 83 for $1.10. 
THE MT. CENIS VARIETY—An 8-inch rock garden jewel. 
Many dainty diadems of rosy amethyst. A long lived and 
most attractive little plant. Plants only, each 40c; 3 for 
$1.10. MOLY—(2)12. In June come massed clusters of up- 
facing bell-flowers in deepest golden yellow. Leaves die after 
bloom-time, and there is no more sign of the plant until the 
next spring. Pkt. 20e. NEAPOLITANUM— 
16 inches. Clustered stars of pure white. 
Splendid forcing or pot bulb. Needs winter 
protection in garden. Pkt. 20c. OREOPHIL- 
UM—(3)16. Great, airy dome-clusters, opal- 
escent lavender to shimmering purple. 
Mountains of Daghestan. Particularly good. 
Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30¢e; 
Ye oz. 55¢c. Plants, each 40c; 8 for $1.10; 
10 for $3.20. PYRZEWALSKIANUM—(2)9. 
Rock garden charm from China. Exquisite 
star-flowers of rich violet, loosely clustered. 
Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c. PYRNIE EDG- 
ER—(2-3)8. Low plants packed to dense- 
ness with short, upright, narrow leaves of brightest green. 
Above are carried on short stems rather flattened clusters in 
mauve to lavender-purple. Rock garden, or makes a good, 
low edger. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 30c; 3 for 80c; 10 for $2.00; 
25 for $4.50. PULCHELLUM—(3)20. Showy clusters in form 
that suggests a bursting bomb, in color a bomb filled with 
raspberry jam. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c. Plants, each 35c; 3 
for $1.00. RAMOSUM—(2-3)36. Sweetly fragrant, snowy 
stars in big, flat, upfacing clusters. Makes fine clumps for 
the mixed perennial border. It cuts. Pkt. 15c: 1/16 oz. 30c. 
Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.20. RETICULATUM 
(Textile)—(1)7. Our very earliest. It blooms before the 
leaves of it appear, showing up-looking clusters of pretty, 
rose-co ored stars. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. ROSENBACH- 
IANUM—(3)30. This splendid border species comes from 
Bo' hara. Big clusters of violet purple star-flowers. Pkt. 30c. 
SENESCENS (Montanum)—(2-3)20. Big, round star-clusters, 
lavender to violet. Variable, but always good. Will make 
wide clumps with time. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; \% oz. 50c. 
Plarts. each 85c; 8 for $1.00; 10 for $2.90. SPHAEROCE- 
PHALUM—(3)27. Decorative, fluffily dense globes of mul- 
berry maroon in unusual effect. Pkt. 25¢. STELLATUM— 
(4)20. Showy flower clusters in most vivid rose tone. Desir- 
able late-bloomer, September into October. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.20. TANGUTICUM—(3-4)25. The showy 
Lavender Globe-Lily. Glory of late summer. Big, fluffy globes 
of closely packed stars in pure, clean lavender. Desirable in 
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the mixed perennial border, the larger rock garden, for 
bedding, edging or cut flower work. Fine garden species. 
Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35c. Available in plant form in two 
varieties; Tanguticum Avalon, early and taller, and Tanguti- 
cum Crown Lake, later and slightly lower, either sort at each 
40c; 3 for $1.10. TATARICUM (Linnaeus) ROYAL PURPLE 
—(2-3)20. Star-filled globes in rich violet-purple. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, each 45c. TUBEROSUM—(4)25. Upfacing umbels of 
pure white stars, these with a faint, pleasing fragrance. 
Blooms late. Makes fine large clumps. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
Plants, each 40c. UNIFOLIUM—(2)15. Rosy stars in flat 
umbels, these appearing before the leaves. Pretty, easy, dainty. 
Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c. OFFER 9A7—One pkt. each of the 
above as offered in seed form, for $4.00. OFFER 10AN7— 
One plant each of the above as offered in plant form, for 
$7.25. 
ALLIUM ORNAMENTAL BLEND— Seeds of those so offered 
above, with others. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; 44 oz. 75c. 
He lives who sees lace-silver in Beech against winter 
sky, spring in furred bud of October Magnolia, flow of 
willow-banners, sea;waves in breeze swung grain of June. 

2 ALOE—The Aloes make handsome, long-lived pot plants 
that get bigger and finer year by year. BREVIFOLIA—The 
Pearl Aloe. Deep-piled and thick rosettes of triangular, pearl- 
gray leaves with blue overcast. Red flowers. A good one. 
Plants only, each 45ec. VARIEGATA—Tiger Aloe or Partridge 
Breast. The thick, three-cornered leaves of darkest green are 
contrastingly white marbled and edged. Tubular, orange 
scarlet flowers. Seeds, pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c. CILIARIS— 
Here the thick green leaves are widely spaced on the 
straying stems in quite un-Aloelike fashion. A free, easy and 
colorful annual bloomer, blossoms like clusters of red fire- 
crackers. Plants only, each 45ec. OFFER 12AN7—One plant 
each of the three for $1.20. 
2 ALOE BLEND—w. Few more satisfactory decorative pot 
plants than these, and the variation in form and color tone 
among them is rather amazing. Some of them have bright 
flowers. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
* ALONSOA MIXED—ex(3-4)25. Pretty South American 
Annuals, slenderly branching plants, filled for ‘months with 
showy, irregularly formed flowers in tones of salmon, orange, 
and scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
4 ALOPHIA PULCHELLA—ek(1)5. Pretty little bulb-flower 
from low hills about Montevideo, to be grown in pots in the 
North. Three-petal, upfacing flowers of blue-violet from late 
winter through early spring. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c. 
1 ALSINE—Pretty little tufted or mat-forming rock garden 
perennials, placed by some botanists in Arenaria. BAUHINO- 
RUM—4 inches. Fine leafed mat-mounds are set over with 
little, starry white flowers through late spring and early 
summer. Arenaria liniflora. Plants only, each 45c. VILLARSI 
—Gray-green narrow foliage pads are set with a myriad white 
pons Late spring and early summer. 4 inches. Plants only, 
eac 5e. 
1 ALTHAEA ROSE-ASH BLEND—ebx(3-4)70. Excellent 
perennials for the hardy border. The flowers, carried freely 
on the several branching stems, will run up to 1% inches 
diameter, and may be anything from bright rose pink to dusky 
violet, usually well within the rose-ash range. Fine mixture, 
see Treasure Chest for separate species. Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 
30c. (For the shrub called Althaea or Rose of Sharon, see 
Hibiscus syriacus.) 
* AMARANTHUS MOLTEN FIRE—Each branch ends in a 
flaming radiation of fiery crimson floral] leaves, rather in effect 
of a Poinsettia. Pkt. 15c. 
* SWEET ALYSSUM 
The Sweet Alyssums (Lobularias) are free-blooming, long- | 
blooming annuals of about the easiest possible culture, valued 
for edgings, borders, pot culture, rock gardens, window boxes, 
bedding. 
ALYSSUM CARPET OF SNOW—eik(2-4)4. A _ veritable, 
fragrant, snowy carpet for months on end. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 
30c; 1% oz. 50c. 
ALYSSUM VIOLET QUEEN—eik(2-4)6. A row of it is a 
honey sented ribbon of rich, deep violet. Practically ever- 
blooming. The more we grow it, the better we like it. Pkt. 
15c; 1/16 oz, 25c, 
