* ANODA or AMAPOLITO 
Quick, long-blooming Annuals of easy 
growing and a high attractiveness. Sow 
early and you will have blossoms by 
first week of June, continuing then until 
late autumn freezes. It is in late sum- 
mer and early autumn that it reaches 
its best effect. Anoda lavateroides. 
ANODA OPALCU P—ecbx (8) 48. Crinkly, 
lustrous chalice-flowers in that delight- 
ful opaline borderland that lies be- 
tween blue and pink. At bright noon 
you will swear they are blue, but let 
your viewing be at day’s end, when 
. blossoms glow in long rays of a down- 
“Ning sun, and it is a warm and lovely 
rose pink they will be to you. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c. Illustrated opposite. 
ANODA SNOWCUP—ecbx(8)35: Blossoms of glinting new- 
snow whiteness. Plants grow in even, oval, formal] effect, as 
though they had been trimmed into shape. Good as spaced 
specimens, or as a hedge. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 25c. 
1 ANTHEMIS 
A race of easy and satisfactory daisy-flowers for rockery 
or border. Mostly they cut well. 
BIEBERSTEINIANA—(2-3)12. One of the better, and rarer, 
hardy rock garden perennials. Above low foliage that might 
be silver filigree sprinkled with diamond dust, rise blossoms 
of orange-gold, each on its own slender stem. Plants, each 60c. 
KELWAYI—*ecbx(2-3)25. Hardy Golden Margurite. The 
branching, fern-leafed plants carry a long profusion of deep 
yellow daisies. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c; %4 oz. 40c. 
MONTANA—erix(3)10. Rather good mounded white flowers 
above shredded foliage, silky, silvery. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
NOBILIS—rekt(2)8. Aromatic fern foliage of soft green in 
low, ground-spreading ripples. Little white daisies. Useful in 
rock garden; also valued as a grass substitute for lawns in 
difficult places. Called Lawn Chamomile. Plants only, little 
rooted divisions that will mat-spread rapidly, 20 for $1.00; 
100 for $4.00; 250 for $9.00. 
SANCTA-J OHANNIS—*ecbx( 8)20. Rather large daisy-flowers 
in a gold so deep that it might be called orange. Neat, com- 
pact habit. Pkt. 15c. 
1 LILY OF ST. BERNARD 3 
ANTHERICUM LILIAGO, but the old folk-name for it is 
Lily of St. Bernard. Starry flowers of purest whiteness are 
carried in airy racemes. Pretty always. For lovely effects in 
blue and white, plant it with Campanula rapunculoides. Fully 
- hardy. ecbitkt (2-3)32. Pkt. 20c; \%& oz. 50c. Plants, each 60c. 
Ulustrated as Paradisea on page 56. 
*THE PINK-AND-WHITE DAISY 
The flowers are purest white above, but pink-suffused in 
reverse, and the buds are a clear, soft pink. The blossoms are 
an inch across, tiny yellow centers from which radiate many 
narrow, overlapping petals in horizontal plane to make the 
flat, upfacing blooms. The foliage is narrow, scanty, flower- 
obscured. Plants are in continuous bloom from early June 
on through September. This dainty and pleasant newer ane 
nual is botanically APHANOSTEPHUS SKIRROBASIS, but 
you may order it if you wish as THE PINK-AND-WHITE 
DAISY. It lasts well as a cut flower. eck(2-4)20. Pkt. 20c; 
1/16 oz. 40c. 
GOOD GARDEN BOOKS 
We offer them in wide assortment. Our SPECIAL BOOK 
LIST, sent on request, gives prices and brief descriptions. 
Here are a few, selected from the many. PLANT PROPA. 
GATION—Hottes. Old and new ways of multiplying plants. 
Clearly written. $2.00. GARDENING IN THE SHADE- 
Morse. How to do it. Detailed list of some 500 shade-tolerant 
kinds. Illustrated. $3.00. PLANTS IN THE HOME—Balthis. 
Everything to do with house plants. Illustrated. $3.50. 
GREENHOUSE GARDENING FOR EVERYONE—Chabot. 
Covers building of small greenhouse, care soils, cuttings, 
sowings, bulb forcing, flowers for cutting. Illustrated. $3.00. 
GERANIUMS—Wilson. All about the varied Pelargoniums 
for window and garden. Illustrated. $2.75. LILIES FOR 
AMERICAN GARDENS—Slate. A common-sense book on 
Lily growing. $3.50. 
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3 ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS—kt(2-4)30 ft. Rosa de Montana. 
A quick vine, growing rapidly in the spring from root tubers. 
Heart-shaped foliage, garlanded for months with ‘‘Bougain- 
villea’’ blossoms of bright rose. North, dig and store tubers 
in sand in frost-proof place. Pkt. 15c. 
3 APIOS TUBEROSA—emtk(3). A pretty and hardy herba- 
ceous vine that grows quickly from an (edible) tuberous root. 
Clustered flowers in odd chocolate tones that remind of Wis- 
teria. The plant, indeed, is sometimes called Tuberous Wis- 
teria. Pkt. 20c. Tubers, spring or fall, each 85c; 8 for $1.00. 
5 ARONIA ARBUTIFOLIA—y100. Handsome hardy shrub. 
Clusters of white flowers followed by red berries. Pkt. 15¢ 
1 AQUILEGIA or COLUMBINE 
For soft tones and subtle tintings, along with swaying airi- 
ness of bloom, we go to Columbine. ‘‘x” culture. All will tol- 
erate sun, but do well in shade, too, if it be not too dense, 
nor the soil too dry. AKITENSIS 
—(1-2)12. A lovely alpine with 
silvered foliage. Flowers soft 
blue, marked olive, with creamy 
white. Early. Pkt. 20c. AVALON 
DOUBLES—(3)36. Blossoms 
mostly double, and without spurs. 
Doubling sometimes so intense 
that the flowers remind of roses. 
Exquisite pink, rose, red, white 
and violet. Pkt. 20c. ALPINA— 
(2)20. Fine rock garden or bor- 
der species of the medium-spur 
group. Flowers all powder-blue - 
sheafs of them open at once in 
1 exellent effect. Pkt. 20c. BUER- 
GERIANA—erbx (2-3)20. Flowers 
buff, stained chocolate, and merg- 
ing into amaranth. Rare oriental 
species. Pkt. 20c. CANADENSIS 
—(2)36. Old rose and gold are the flowers of this pretty 
species. It does well in full sun, or it will tolerate some shade 
providing soil is not overly dried by tree roots. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 
oz. 30c; % oz. 45e. CHRYSANTHA—(3)36. Airy, long-spurred 
blossoms of palest gold. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. COFRULEA— 
(2)30. A very good blue-and-white long-spurred species, few 
as pretty. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. CRIMSON STAR—(2-3)30. 
Velvet crimson with white center cups. Fully long-spurred. 
Illustrated page 9. Pkt. 20c; 1/32 oz. 40c. DISCOLOR—(2)6. 
Pretty little rock garden species from mountains of Spain. 
Low, compact plants. set with blue-centered white flowers. 
Pkt. 80c. ECALCARATA—(2)10. A delightful and rare orien- 
tal alpine with airy little blossoms altogther without spurs, 
coppery apricot to chocolate and claret. Some botanists put 
this in a separate genus as Semiaquilegia simulatrix. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. FLABELLATA NANA—(1)10. One of 
the earlier, blooming with Akitensis. Big, milk-white flowers 
with faint suffusions of creamy lilac. Foliage blue-silvered 
and attractive. Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 85e. FORMOSA (eximea) 
—(2)25. Bright flowers, rosy red with touch of soft yellow. 
Airily carried. Pkt. 20e. HELENAE—(2-3)24. Desirable hy- 
brid, showy and long-lived, with big flowers of vivid blue, 
white-cvr 4. spurs medium length. Pkt. 15¢; 3 for 40ce. 
LONGISSIMA—(2-4)36. Longest 
spurs of all, airiest of all in 
effect. Blossoms of soft canary 
yellow, sometimes with roseate 
shadings. Illustrated opposite, 
Pkt. 20e; 3 pkts. for 50c. ROSB 
QUEEN — (2-3)30. Fine long- 
spurred selection in the pink and 
rose range. Desirable. Pkt. 20c. 
PYRENAICA—(2)12. Large flow- 
ers of rich, royal blue are care 
ried on foot-high stems above 
low, lacy foliage. Pkt. 25c. SKIN. 
NERI— (2-3)60. Bell-like blossoms of soft yellow with red 
spurs. Tallest of Columbines. Though native to Guatemala, 
it has full northern hardiness. Pkt. 20c. SKINNERI HYBRIDS 
—Like last, but of extended color range in the series through 
lemon, yellow and rosy red. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 20A7—One 
pkt. each of the above for $3.00. 












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AQUILEGIA LONG-SPURRED AVALON—(3)36. Selected 
for length of spur and extended range of hue and tone. Lemon, 
copper, orchid, buff, rose, lavender, blue, pink, cream, crimson, 
all in contrasting placements and mellow blendings. Illustrated 
at top of this pege. Pkt. 20c.; 1/16 oz. 40c¢; % oz. Tbe. 
Plants, each 50c, mixed only. 
AQUILEGIA OLD ORCHARD BLEND—A general] mixture. 
At least a little of every Columbine we have, whether spurs be 
short, medium or long. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 830c; %& oz. 50c. 
