1 HELLEBORUS NIGER—yt(1)12. The Christmas Rose of 
story. Exceedingly hardy. Blooms very early, normally in 
March, but buds may open during any mild period of winter, 
even in January. The big, shallow blossom-cups are white, 
though often with soft pink suffusion. Attractive foliage. 
Long-lived, though a bit slow in getting a start. Pkt. 15c; 
1% oz. 35c. Plants may be available. Inquire in spring. 
6 HONCKENYA FICIFOLIA—k. Handsome shrub for the 
lower South. Showy blue-violet flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
* HELICHRYSUM or STRAWFLOWER 
By many thought most beautiful of the ‘‘Everlastings,” 
and surely it is the one showing greatest color variety, for 
scarlet, canary, rose, salmon, silvery, white, soft pink and 
violet are all in this blend. Pretty in the garden, or as a 
fresh cut flower, as well as for drying. Sow early. 36 inches. 
Pkt. 10c; Ye oz. 20c; % oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. 
1 HARDY HELIANTHUS 
Here are the perennial Sunflowers. They are 
good, better likely than you expect them to be. 
“x” culture. ORGYALIS (Salicifolius)—(4)96. 
Column Flower. Illustrated opposite. The 
several stems are each foot-wide pillars of un- 
dulating greenery, reaching about 4 feet by 
mid-August. Then of a sudden they shoot up 
another 4 feet, but this new extension is all 
a long panicle of pretty little yellow, brown- 
centered blossoms in quarter-dollar sizes. A 
strikingly decorative perennial. Pkt. 15c; Ye 
oz. 25c. Plants, divisions, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
MOLLIS—endbx(3)50. Flowers 38-inch, lemon 
yellow petals with pale lemon centers. Many 
stems loaded with ashy, downy leaves in per- 
foliate effect. Good decorative effect, and it 
will thrive in even dry, sandy soils. Pkt. 15c. 
Plants, divisions, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. (For 
Annual Helianthus, see Sunflower.) 
1 BEAUTY BY DAY 3 
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In a free translation, HEMEROCALLIS l 
might mean Beauty by Day, though more usu- Hi 
ally it is called the Golden Day Lily, a name (| 
no longer accurate since the color range has 
been extended so gloriously into the rose to 
maroon range. Hemerocallis is always fully 
winter-hardy and easy, thriving in full sun, but tolerating 
shade. Seeds germinate readily. ‘‘kt.’’ 
HEMEROCALLIS PEERLESS HYBRIDS—Seeds from red 
and rose-toned varieties, from those with dark shadings, along 
with bicolors that contrast light and dark in the same flower, 
have been added to this blend. And it still contains those 
marvelous harmony-delights in lemon, buff, gold, orange and 
copper, often with tawny shadings or ruddy overlays. Many 
will be fragrant. Seeds are all from fine, large-flowered 
hybrids. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. Plants supplied in mix- 
ture, not under name, but including only good hybrid seed- 
lings and named sorts at each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
NAMED DAY LILIES—Seven selected kinds of high garden 
merit. DAWN—Fine English variety in pleasing rosy buff 
effects. Plants, each 75c. HYPERION—Immense, lemon yel- 
low flowers with an exquisite fragrance. Blossoms often 
reach 17-inch diameters. Each $1.00. KWANSO—Here the 
flowers are double, and in rich blendings of bronze and cop- 
per tones. Plants, each 60c. MARGARET PERRY—Dusky 
earnelian, with a bright yellow, long-pointed throat star. 
Plants, each 65c. MIKADO—Great, handsome flowers of 
richest orange, each petal marked with mahogany red patch. 
Fragrant. Each 60c. SUNSET—Velvety crimson with con- 
trasting, bright yellow throat. Each 75c. SERENADE—Soft 
coral pink with touch of buff. Each 65c. OFFER 93AN7— 
One plant each of the 7, with names, for $3.65. 
HEMEROCALLIS FINE MIXED—Saved from mixed species 
of Day Lilies, some from hybrids. Will show variation in 
the yellow to orange range, but only rarely will red tones 
appear. Excellent for mass plantings and landscape effects. 
Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 80c. Plants, 8 for $1.10; 10 for $3.10; 
25 for $7.10. 
HEMEROCALLIS MINOR—A dainty smaller Day Lily with 
fragrant butter-yellow trumpets, center-striped orange. Main- 
ly spring blooming, but often a few flowers again in late 
summer and fall. 15 inches. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
HELIANTHUS 
LAV YTS 

1 HEPATICA—rstyt(1)7. In early spring come lovely blos- 
soms; lustrous cups in blue, purple, lilac, even buff-tinged 
pinks. No more charming flower. Pkt. 15c. 
3 HERBERTIA DRUMMONDIANA—k (2-3) 
15. Pretty little bulb-flower, hardy with 
protection in the middle states, or in colder 
areas may be dug and stored over winter 
in sand. Blossom is on order of a smaller 
blue Tigridia. Pkt. 20c. Can also supply 
HERBERTIA WATSONI at same price. 
2 HEREROA NELI—An attractive little 
pot plant, with open rosettes of succulent 
leaves, in shape between blunt hatchets and elks’ horns. 
Bright, fluffy, golden yellow flowers. Illustrated opposite. 
Plants, each 40c. 
1 HESPERALOE PARVIFLORA—k(w) (3)50. Called Red 
Yucca. Rose to red flowers. Needs. sheltered position, and 
winter protection, when grown outside north. Sometimes 
handled as large pot or tub plant. Pkt. 15c. 
4 HESPERANTHERA—k(w) (1-7)10. Pretty bulb-flowers that 
place between Ixia and Schizostylis. BUHRI—Pink buds open 
at dusk to fragrant white blossoms. Pkt. 20c. STANFORDIAE 
—Spikes of bright yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
1 HESPERIS MATRONALIS—ebnx(3)35. It is Sweet Rocket 
or Dame’s Violet, and it can be very gay in its bright, Phlox- 
like manner, vivid in the border, or rich color when allowed 
to naturalize. Scatter it about widely, and all who see it will 
be glad you have done so. Pkt. 10¢c; %& oz. 20c; %4 oz. 35c. 
1 -HESPERIS NIVEA—erx(2)10. Dense, branching raceme- 
spikes of snowy white. Desirable horticulturally, though of 
uncertain botanic position. Pkt. 15c. 
1 HESPEROYUCCA WHIPPLEI—bdk(3)130. Our Lord’s 
Candle. Massive white-belled spires above blue-green leaf- 
swords. Beautiful beyond belief of those who have not seen 
it. Close to Yucca, but more spectacular than any true Yucca. 
Needs protection. Pkt. 20c. 
4 HEXAGLOTTIS LONGIFOLIA—Blossoms rather like 
smaller Tigridias of bright yellow. May be grown in pots, or 
handled in garden in fashion of Tigridia. Pkt. 20c. 
* THE PERFUMED HELIOTROPE 
Heliotrope is valued as much for its fragrance as for its 
beauty, indeed for both. For summer garden use it is usually 
grown as an annual from early spring sowings, but also it 
may be sown in late summer, handled then as a _ long- 
blooming, winter pot plant. Wide, dense sprays, from mauve 
to deepest black-purple. Pkt. 15c; We oz. 30c. 
1 HEUCHERA or CORAL BELL 
SANGUINEA SPLENDENS—ecrkt(2-3)20. Deep crimson, a 
rich shade, are .the sprays of gracefully carried flowers. 
Pkt. 20c; Yo oz. 35c. Plants, each 55c. 
UNDULATA—erbkt(9)30. Foliage as lovely as Galax, un- 
dulate, rose-bronze at cool ends of season. Airy racemes of 
tiny white flower-bells, suffused elfin green. Pkt. 20c. 
CORAL BELL HYBRIDS — eerkt(2-3)25. Lithely graceful 
sprays. Called Coral Bells, but flowers are likely to be mostly 
bright red to crimson, with occasional plants in rosy pink to 
coral. Pkt. 20c; 142 oz. 35c. 
OFFER 94A7—One pkt. each of the three for 50c. 
1 HEUCHERA ROSAMUNDI—A dainty, long-blooming va- 
riety with airy blossoms in a lacelike profusion, enchanting 
pink to rosy coral. Plants, each 55c. 
1 HEUCHERA RAIN OF FIRE—Brilliant red, truly in effect 
of showers of fire, are the graceful sways of blossoming. 
Long-lived; long blooming. Plants, each 60c; 8 for $1.50. 


The past, by being past, is not necessarily to be con- 
demned, nor the future, by being future, therefore to 
be praised. Too swiftly future becomes past. 

3 HOMERIA COLLINA — *ek(w) (3)20. Tigrida-like flowers 
in salmon orange. Easy; quick. Pkt. 15¢; 6 oz. 40c. 
3 HOMERIA LILACINA—ek(w)(3)10. Rather like the last, 
but a finer grower. Here the blossoms are lilac, veined purple, 
and with yellow-dotted purple patch. Pkt. 25c. 
HONESTY—ecx(3)30. Lunaria. Purple flowers, followed by 
pods having translucent partitions that make attractive winter 
decorations. Sown early, will usually bloom first season. 
Pkt. 15c; %4 oz. 25c. 
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