9 DAVIDIA INVOLUCRATA—kt 60 feet. Dove Tree. Rare 
and handsome hardy tree from central China. Great, showy 
flower-bracts of creamy white that resemble resting doves. 
Large, nutlike seeds, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
5 DENDROMECON RIGIDUM—yt(3)84. Tree Poppy. Ever- 
green shrub that bears attractive, golden Poppy blossoms. 
Careful protection, North. Pkt. 20c. 
THE ANGEL-TRUMPETS 
DATURA—ek(w). Angel-trumpet. METELOIDES—Easy an- 
nual. Big trumpets of palest roseate lavender. Pkt. 10c; \%& 
oz. 20c. TRUMPET-IN-TRUMPET. Blossoms intensely double- 
ruffed, usually soft yellow or rarely cream-white. Easy and 
showy long-blooming Annual. Pkt. 20c. SUAVEOLENS—w. 
Brugmansia arborea or Great White Angel-trumpet. Very 
many pendant, snowy trumpets to a foot of length. Fragrant. 
Spectacular plant for large pot or tub culture. May be 
plunged in outdoor border in summer. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 35c. 
Plants, each 65c. METEL—HEasy, long-blooming Annual with 
attractive trumpet-flowers, pure white or violet flushed. 
Pkt aoc: 
* DAHLBORG DAISY (Golden Fleece) 
Delightful everblooming low plant, grown in the garden as 
an Annual, and unsurpassed for close edgings, bedding, or 
as a rock garden filler. Myriads of tiny daisy-blossoms in a 
24-carat gold tone, over mounds of aromatic fern-foliage. 6 
inches. Sow early. May also be grown as a pot plant, behav- 
ing then as a perennial. Thymophylla tenuiloba. Pkt. 20c. 
1 THE HARDY DELPHINIUMS 
AVALON BLEND—*ecbx (2-4)60. Widest range of color and 
form of any of. our blends of Giant Delphinium. Includes 
Hollyhock Strain, Blackmore and Langdom selections, Lamar- 
tine, Giant Pacific Hybrids, with, for informal cut flower 
delight, a modicum of Garland types. Among the Avalons 
you may enjoy varied beauty to the fullest extent of the 
Delphinium heritage. Pkt. 30c; We oz. 45¢e; Yg oz. 80c; % 
oz. $1.85; %4 oz. $2.85. Plants, spring only, young single- 
crown from sowings July 1946, each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for 
$2.90. All should bloom first year. 
WREXHAM HOLLYHOCK 
STRAIN — ebx(2-4)65. Large 
flowers, mostly fully double, 
carried in dense, wide spires. 
Full color range. Pkt. 25c; Wo 
oz. 40c; Ye oz. T0c. 
BELLADONNA — *ecbx (2-4) 50. 
This is Cliveden Beauty, a 
Cheilanthum of particular value 
for cutting. Large single flowers, 
of exquisite blue-turquoise in 
loose, graceful spikes. Pkt. 15c; 
Wg oz. 80c; % oz. 50c. 
CARDINALE — bkt(3)40. Blos- 
soms of glowing scarlet, helmet 
shaped. Full sun. Needs winter 
protection. Slow germinator. Pkt. 
20c; 3 for 50c. 
GIANT PACIFIC HYBRIDS—‘*ecbx (2-4)60. Flowers of great 
individual size, practically all double, well-placed on the sev- 
eral branching stems. The range of colorings is inclusive, 
delicate pastels showing along with rare hue and tone. A 
West Coast selection. Illustrated above. Pkt. 35c; Ye oz. 
90c; Ye oz. $1.65. 
GIANT PACIFIC WHITE—A selection from the last. Very 
ree flowers fully double, pure white. Fine spikes. Pkt. 35c; 
leo oz. 90c. 
VESTITUM—cbkt(3)60. Himalayan Delphinium. Tall spires 
of soft blue to violet, downy, and with white eye. Pkt. 20c. 
TATSIENENSE—*erbx(8)24. Airy, loosely bushy plants bear 
big blossoms that may be ultramarine blue or pure white. 
Near to everblooming. Informal habit. Pkt. 20c. 
NUDICAULE—rkt(3)25. Loosely swung blossoms that may 
come in buff, peach or scarlet. Slow germinator. Pkt. 25c. 
MACROCENTRON—ecbkt(3)70. The Emerald Delphinium. 
Big-centered blossoms that are usually sea-green with cobalt 
shadings, but there may be variations from emerald to violet, 
sometimes in those ‘‘peacock” tones that lie between green 
and blue. Distinctive species from African mountains. Pkt. 
50c. 
OFFER 61A7—One pkt. each of the above for $2.50. 

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* THE ANNUAL DELPHINIUMS 
Distinct from Annual Larkspur. ‘‘k’’ culture. CARDIO- 
PETALUM—tLoose spire-spikes of green-tipped violet blos- 
soms. A 16-inch beauty. Pkt. 15e. ORIENTALE—=%5 inches. 
Kurdistan. Blossoms: of richest Tyrian purple. Pkt. 15c. 
PANICULATUM—=35 inches. Loose, airy panicles of dark- 
blue midget flowers. Ever-blooming. Pkt. 15¢c. GRANDI- 
FLORUM CAMBRIDGE BLUE—385 inches. Chinese Lark- 
spur. Blossoms of belladonna-blue on much branched plants. 
Pkt. 15¢c. GRANDIFLORUM WHITE BUTTERFLY — 12 
inches. Low, branched plants with pure white flowers. Pkt. 
15e. GRANDIFLORUM BLUE BUTTERFLY—12 inches. Like 
last, but in deep, intense blue. Pkt. 15ec. GRANDIFLORUM 
AZURE FAIRY—12 inches. Another fine dwarf, in a tone 
of lighter, brighter blue. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 65A7—One pkt. 
each of the above for 90c. 
1 HARDY DIANTHUS 
The delightful Garden Pinks, 
hardy. ‘x’? culture. 
Clove Pink. Colorings widely variable. 
single to double. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 40ce. 
Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. ALPI- 
NUS — (2)3. Delightful dwarf with 
blue-green foliage and unusually large 
flowers of rosy crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
ARENARIUS—(2)6. Foliage densities 
like rumpled, _ silver-green velvet. 
Fringed, creamy flowers with the 
richest, sweetest fragrance found in 
Dianthus. Pkt. 20c¢; tg oz. 3865c. 
Plants each 40c; 3 for $1.10. Illustrated above. ARENARIUS 
AVALON PINK—Like the last, and as delightfully perfumed, 
but with fringed blossoms of creamy pink. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 50c. ARVERNENSIS—(2)5. Mossy mats are set with 
little, dentate, rose pink flowers. An exquisite for the rock 
garden. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 45¢c. HYBRIDUS AVALON 
ROSE—A_ splendid double-flowered variety with  spicily 
fragrant blossoms of a delightful silvery rose tone. It makes 
spectacular wide mounds of bloom. Plants only, each 55c; 
3 for $1.50. BEATRIX—An everblooming double sort with 
fragrant blossoms of purest shell pink, rather Carnationlike. 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. CAESIUS (Gratianopolitanus). 
A pretty mounder, mantled with perfumed flowers with 
jagged petals. Varying tones of rose and pink. Pkt. 15c; 
lg oz? 25c. Plants each 40c; 3 for $1.10. CARTHUSIAN- 
ORUM GIGANTEUS—(3-4)40. Tallest of Dianthus species. 
Clusters of shining, mahogany-toned buds open to rose- 
colored blossoms. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 35¢c. Plants, each 40c. 
DELTOIDES MONTANUS—(2)6. Maiden Pink. Dense, bright 
green mats are thickly set with vivid little filowers, deep 
rose to deep red. Rock garden, bedding, or ground cover. 
Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 35c. Plants, each 40c; 8 for $1.10; 10 for 
$3.10. DELTOIDES WHITE—Pretty form of the Maiden 
Pink ‘for the rock garden, flowers usually purest white. 
Plants only, each 45¢c. DELTOIDES MIXED—(2)6. Includes 
white, blush and pink, along with rose and red. Pkt. 15c; 
yg oz. 380c. HIGHLAND HYBRIDS—(2-4)12. Magnificent 
strain of hardy Pinks, the flowers of particularly large size, 
and coming in wide assortment of beautiful forms, delicate to 
richly vivid colorings, selfs or zoned, varied pink and rose 
tones dominating. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 35c. Plants, each 45c; 
3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.35. HYBRIDA FLORIBUNDA—(2)7. 
A delightful rock garden strain, the flowers, single to double, 
in many delicate, pastel tones. Perfumed. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 
40c. KNAPPI—(2-4)18. Really lemon yellow, a _ coloring 
unique in Dianthus. Long in bloom, and very much worth 
having. Grow it with Jasione perennis for delightful effects 
in blue and yellow contrast. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.40. LATIFOLIUS ATRO- 
COCCINEUS— (2-4)12. Erect plants with deep green foliage, 
bear big double flowers in rich and glowing dark red. Blooms 
all season. Pkt. 15ce; Ye oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. LONGICALY- 
CINUS—(8-4)25. Diffuse plants with pink to rose blossoms, 
fringed in extravagant laciness. Blooms summer to early 
autumn. Pkt. 15c; 4g oz. 25ce. Plants, each 40c. MONSPES- 
SULANUS—(2-3)12. A free-blooming and decidedly showy 
species of highest garden merit. The rather large flowers in 
varied pleasing tones of pink and rose, or white markings, 
are deeply, finely slashed and fringed. Long-lived. Pkt. 15c; 
Yg oz. 25c; % oz. 40c; % oz. T5e. Plants, each 50c. 
NEGLECTUS—(2-3)5. An aristocrat of the rock garden. 
Low, close, tufted grower with blossoms of brilliant cherry 
rose buff in reverse. A delight. 20 seeds for 25¢c; 100 seeds 
for $1,00. OLD SPICE—Hybrid Dianthus with double 
flowers of rich salmon pink that are rather in Carnation 
reminder. A long, free bloomer, altogether lovely. (U.S. 
Plant Patent 499.) Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. PLUM- 
ARIUS IPSWICH STRAIN—(2-3)12. The delightfully per- 
fumed Clove Pink, an old garden favorite with flowers 
all perennial and winter- 
ALLWOODI—Carnation crossed with 
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