1 HIERACIUM—Good hardy perennials for varied uses. 
ELEGANS—(8)20. Flowers brilliant red-orange. Mat-forming 
cover for sunny position. Pkt. 15e. VILLOSUM—(2-3)15. Sil- 
ver Shag. Showy rock species. Immense golden flowers over 
silky, silvery foliage. Pkt. 20c. HELDREICHI — (3-4)20. 
Handsome border perennial. Loose, globose panicles of golden 
yellow flowering. Foliage blue-green. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 
40c. OFFER 97A7—One pkt. each of the three for 40c. 
* HOLLYHOCK INDIAN SPRING—ebk(3)70. From February 
sowings there will be free blooming by early August, big 
semi-double blossoms in varying tones from rosy pink to 
carmine, Pkt. 15c. 
1 HOLLYHOCK PEERLESS DOUBLES—ebx(2-4)60. We 
think we have here about as fine and varied blend of Double 
Hollyhocks as it is possible to produce. Many of the flowers 
will be five inches across, usually charmingly frilled and 
fringed. All the oldtime Hollyhock colorings, along with new 
pastel tones, soft apricots and oranges, others with contrast- 
ing blotchings. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c. Plants, one-year, each 
40¢: 3. for, $1210* 10efor o3.003 
1 HOLLYHOCK FINE SINGLE MIXED—ebx(2-4)80. The 
Hollyhock of nostalgic memories. Crinkled, silken petals. 
Many showy colorings. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
10 HOVENIA DULCIS—k 30 ft. Japanese Raisin Tree. De- 
ciduous tree, hardy to Boston, grown both for its ornamental 
foliage, and for the odd, edible “‘fruits,’? supposed to have 
flavor of raisins. Pkt. 20c. 
1 HIBISCUS or ROSE MALLOW 
Gorgeous blossoms here, exceeding brilliance of coloring. 
There are few more satisfactory perennials. COCCINEUS— 
ebk(4)60. Rich, pure color, great flower-chalices of satiny 
rose-red, deeper within. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 35e. MILITARIS— 
ebk(2-3)50. Campanulate flowers in striate pink. Halberd 
shaped leaves. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for 
$3.25. AVALON HYBRIDS—ebk(3-4)50. New hybrid strain, 
Militaris crossed on Coccineus. Different in flower-form, 
foliage, season, plant habit and blossom colorings. The flowers 
have hint of bell shape, and vary from palest blush through 
many a tone of pink, then rose, culminating in reds of rich 
vividness never before seen in hardy Hibiscus. Center eyes 
are rare, but oddly rotate, unsymmetrical stainings of deeper 
color often appear. Particularly long blooming season. Pkt. 
20c; Ye oz. 35c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.65. 
GIANT MALLOW MARVELS—ebx(3)50. Magnificent flower- 
bowls, from palest blush through pure pink, to rose, with 
snowy white and pure crimson. Center eyes often appear, 
but not the odd color-stainings of the Avalon strain. Pkt. 15c. 
Plants, no color choice, each 40c; 3 for $1.19; 10 for $3.65. 
SYRIACUS—ebk(4). This is the shrub or small tree com- 
monly called Althea. Flower colorings of white, blush, diverse 
pinks, rosy red, blue-violet and the like. Pkt. 15¢c; 4% oz. 
25¢e; 4 oz. 40c. PARAMUTABILIS—bkt(8)150. Rare shrubby 
Hibiscus from central China, fully hardy at Old Orchard. 
Big flower-bowls with silky, somewhat fiuted petals, pure 
white with dark crimson center, appear continually for 
months. Great, downy leaves, sometimes a foot across. Pkt. 
20c; Ye oz. 35e. MUTABILIS—bk (3-4)150. Confederate Rose. 
Handsome Chinese species for the South. They open pale 
blush, deepening to red by nightfall. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 95A7 
—One pkt. each of the above for $1.00. 
1 HIBISCUS AVALON RED—This most vivid of hardy 
perennials was too good a seller. Stock is now reduced to a 
point where we must withdraw it for a time to permit 
further increase. 
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2 HIBISCUS HUEGELI—A delightful Australian species that 
makes a charming pot plant, giving first flowers when less 
than six inches tall. Blossoms are slightly flaring trumpets of 
lovely mauve pink. Excellent lobed, deep green foliage, leaves 
much smaller than in other kinds. Plants, each 70c. 
HIBISCUS DOUBLE CRIMSON—This tender sort, a variety 
of H. rosa-sinensis, blooms freely as a house plant North. 
Flowers are intensely double, deep rich red. Easily kept 
within pot plant bounds. May also be plunged in summer 
border. Plants, each 60c. 
* HIBISCUS ANNUAL 
HIBISCUS TRIONUM—ex(2-4)30. Ivory-toned cup blossoms, 
with violet patches and golden center tassels. You are pretty 
sure to like it. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
HIBISCUS MANIHOT—ebk (4-5)90. Golden Bowl. Towering 
spires of big lemon-yellow bowl-blossoms, blotched purple- 
maroon. Exceedingly showy. Valued for spectaeular accents 
or backgrounds. May also be used effectively to fill a vacant 
spot in the mixed hardy border. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. 
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2 HUMEA ELEGANS—vw. Striking ornamentals with loose, 
drooping panicles of little flowers in pink, rose or red. To be 
grown as a large pot plant. Pkt. 30c. 
2 HYPOCYRTA NUMM™MULARIA — w. 
Rare evergreen Gesneriad for growing 
under glass. Searlet flowers, then orange 
seed capsules. Give wood-mould in soil. 
Pkt. 40e. 
3 CROWN-BEAUTY 
Hymenocallis, the Crown-beauty, shows 
many a desirable and lovely form, but 
most of the species are rather on the 
tender side and require special cultural 
conditions. This one, though, HYMENO- 
CALLIS OCCIDENTALIS, is of full year- 
around winter hardiness here, needing 
no digging. The stems grow to 20 inches, 
each crowned with an airy cluster of rib- 
bon-draped white chalice blossoms. Jllus- 
trated opposite. Bulbs, each 25c; 3 for 
70c; 10 for $2.00. 
1 PLANTAIN LILY (Hosta) 
Pleasant, fully hardy perennials with tuberous roots, called 
Plantain Lily from the wide, decorative leaves. Also known 
as Funkia. PLANTAGINEA—Snowy Day-lily. In late sum- 
mer come fragrant waxy trumpet-blossoms of purest white- 
ness, these above formal, packed foliage mounds. Plants, 
divisions, each 65c; 3 for $1.80. COKERULEA—3%6 inches. Blue 
Day Lily. Wide and handsome bells of bright blue all through 
the mid-summer season. An altogether attractive border 
perennial. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 40¢c; 3 for $1.10. LANCI- 
FOLIA—25 inches. Quickly makes large clumps of formal, 
packed leafage of considerable decorative value. In. late 
summer come slender racemes of narrow trumpet flowers in 
soft lavender. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
3 GIANT SUMMER HYACINTH 
Bells of waxy white in great loose spikes in five-foot 
heights. Strikingly decorative in the border, partcularly when 
several are planted as a group. Easy to grow and keep. 
Winter-hardy to Philadelphia. In colder areas, dig and store. 
It is GALTONIA CANDICANS, formerly considered a Hya- 
cinth. Iustrated page 27. Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 35¢c. Bulbs, spring 
delivery, 3 for 35c; 10 for $1.00. 
3 ROCK GARDEN HYACINTHS—kt. Dainty little alpine or 
near-alpine true Hyacinths for the rock garden, or for 
nestling surprise-colonies elsewhere. AMETHYSTINUS—(2)9. 
A delight. Flowers of pale, translucent blue. From Spanish 
mountains. Pkt. 20c. AMETHYSTINUS ALBUS—Even more 
charming is this snowy white form. Pkt. 20c. AZUREUS— 
(1)7. Blossoms of a brilliant, intensified sky blue come in 
earliest possible spring. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 35ce. AZUREUS 
ALBUS—Like last, but in this form the blossoms are pure 
white. Pkt. 20c. CORYMBOSUS—(1)8. Rare and pretty little 
South African with pink flowers. Pkt. 20c. SAWRISICI— 
(4)9. Unique autumn-blooming species (the others flower in 
spring), with many feathery spikes of dainty and pretty 
mauve-pink. A rare hardy bulb, rather easy from seed. High 
garden merit. Pkt. 25¢; 3 pkts. for 70c. ROMANUS—(1)16. 
Slender, rather dense racemes of little bell-flowers that show 
elfin green tintings as they open, but become pure white. 
Pkt. 20c. OFFER 98A7—One pkt. each of above for $1.10. 
1 IBERIS or HARDY CANDYTUFT 
Low, free-blooming, evergreen perennials for rock garden, 
edging or bedding. “x” culture. 
GIBRALTARICA—15 inches. Flat- 
tened clusters of lilac to purple 
flowers over evergreen foliage. 
Showy, but needs some _ winter 
protection north. Pkt. 15e; % oz. 
40c; 144 oz. 75ec. SEMPERVIREN 
—10 inches. Full winter hardiness. 
Flowers like heaped white snow 
above evergreen foliage. Good. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 45c; 8 for $1.15; 
10 for $38.35. SNOWFLAKE—Like 
last, but more compact, and flowers 
slightly larger. Edgings; rock gar- 
‘gy den. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
- LITTLE GEM—Dwarfest, most com- 
pact, most densely upright. Truly a 
gem. Pure white flowers in carpet 
effect. Plants, each 55¢c; 8 for $1.50. 


