* NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA—kt(3)40. Spectacular, frag- 
rant bowl-blossoms of ivory white, centered with golden tas- 
sels. Sow early in spring. Pkt. 15c. 
6 THE OLEANDER 
The Oleander, NERIUM, is a flowering plant of much 
beauty. Blossoms may be single, usually single or semi-double 
when grown from seed, or fully double. Colorings include 
creamy white, blush, rose, copper, crimson and purple, with 
variegated forms. The Oleander is grown in the North as a 
large pot or tub plant, set outside on open porch, terrace or 
lawn or summer blooming, being wintered in a light cellar, 
cool greenhouse or the like. Seeds, mixed colors. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, fully double rich pink, each 90c; 3 for $2.60. 
OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) * 
The big, silky blossoms unfold at dusk, mostly remaining 
open until well into the next day. All bloom first year. Mis- 
souriensis, Speciosa and Tetrapters are hardy perennials, but 
the others are best treated as Annuals. “x” culture. Rock 
garden or border. CAESPITOSA—(2)5. Low foliage rosettes 
set with satiny 3-inch blossoms in softest of pinks. Pkt. 20c. 
MULTIJUGA—(2)18. Frost-stem Primrose. Much-branched 
stems are filled with showy golden yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
ACAULIS—Rosettes of cut foliage 
from which rise long-tubed, wide blos- 
soms of blush white. Pkt. 20c. ROSEA 
—Diffuse branchings filled with small 
flowers or deep rose color. Good, ever- 
blooming. annual bedder. Pkt. 15e. 
ODORATA SULPHUREA — (3)40. 
Easy Annual from Chile. Large showy 
flowers of soft yellow that become 
avricot pink next morning. Pkt. 15e. 
TRICHOCALYX — (8)15. Enormous 
flowers open silky white, suffusing 
apricot. Pkt. 20c. MISSOURIENSIS— 
(3)10. Satisfactory low perennial, long- 
lived, spectacular in bloom. Immense 
flowers of glossy yellow are followed 
by oddly winged seed pods. Pkt. 15c. 
Plants, each 40c; 8 for $1.10. SPE- 
CIOSA—(8)18. Wind-primrose. Big 
blossoms open pure white. gradually 
suffusing blush. Pkt. 20c. BISTORTA 
VEITCHIANA—16 inches. Easy, showy 
Annual. Bright yellow flowers, spotted 
purple at the center. Pkt. 20c. TET- 
RAPTERA—r(8)15. Large flowers of 
semi-cup shape, soft nink. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 135A7—One pkt. each of above for $1.60. 
THE TEXAS PRIMROSE—Lovely flowers of soft pink, deeply 
veined rose, two inches and more across, appear in profusion 
for months. Makes a splendid pot plant, of particular effec- 
tiveness in hanging baskets or porch boxes, or it may be used 
in summer rock garden. Probably not winter-hardy North. An 
unidentified Oenothera species, grow from collected seeds. 
Illustration above, though taken of another Oenothera, gives 
also very fair representation of this one. Plants only, each 
BOes 3 for $1.40. 

If our pay be only in dollars, then no matter how great 
it may be, it is indeed small. 

1 OMPHALODES VERN A—(1)5. Lovely flowers of rich, deep 
blue, reminder of Forget-me-nots, are set all about on the 
short, straying stems of this delightful low perennial. Right 
for the rock garden. One of the earlier spring bloomers. 
Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. Also can supply plants of the 
as-delightful PURE WHITE form, at each 55c; 8 for $1.50. 
1 ONOSMA—rdkt(3). Nodding bugles of flowers in arching 
sprays. ALBO-ROSEUM—Rosedrop. It opens white, deepen- 
ing to rose. 8 seeds for 25e. TAURICUM—Gold-drop. Many 
narrow bells in waxen lemon gold. Pkt. 20c. 
1 OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS—Japanese Lily Turf. Bright 
green, grass-like leaves. Spikes of little violet flowers, fol- 
lowed by blue berries. Rock gardens, edgings, or will make 
a dense turf. Plants, divisions, each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for 
$2.85. 
1 OSTROWSKYA MAGNIFICA—kt(3)60. Campanula-cousin 
with 6-inch salver bells in azure-suffused ivory. Needs good 
drainage and full sun. Slow germinating. Jllustrated back 
cover. 10 seeds for 25c. 
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2 OSCULARIA DELTOIDES—Rather good pot plant with 
deltoid, succulent, blue-green leaves and pretty rose-colored 
flowers. Hanging baskets, porch boxes, Plants, each 40c. 
1 OURISIA MACROPHYLLA—rk(2)12. Pretty New Zealand 
perennial for the rock garden. Attractive clusters of white 
flowers. Rather decorative foliage. Pkt. 20c. 
* ANNUAL OXALIS—x. These three are not bulbs, but 
fibrous-rooted, somewhat tender perennials, so quick from 
seed to flower that they are usually grown as Annuals. 
ROSEA—Pretty rose pink blossoms. Edging, bedding, porch 
boxes, or as a pot plant. Pkt. 20c. VALDIVIENSIS—Showy, 
bright yellow flowers, with brown markings. Chile. Pkt. 15c. 
CORNICULATA ATROPURPUREA—Grown for the rich, 
copper-bronze foliage, effective in beds, or as edger. Pkt. 15c. 
ORNITHOGALUM DIVERSITIES 
Showy bulbs, easy from seed, some for the garden, others 
for pot culture. 3 SAUNDERSIAE—ecx (3-4)80. The Giant 
Summer Ornithogalum, a spectacular 
garden bulb-flower to be given Glad- bY) 
iolus culture and handling through- Ne Y: ay, 
out. From handsome rosettes of Wy Aiea e <Z 
glossy, channeled leaves rise sturdy Se] eh Lae 
stems, height from 3 feet in young 
flowering bulbs to as much as 7 
feet in older ones. The stems end in : 
great flower clusters that open suc- \ 
cessive buds over a period of months. 
The blossoms are relatively large, 
waxlike petals of creamy white about 
a center-boss of olive black. Long 
lasting ne cut; appear Abbey \ y, 
tive in the garden. Seeds, pkt. 25c; RNIT f 
Yg oz. 50c; 1% oz. 90c; 14 oz. $1.70. : sil dB 
Bulbs, spring, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 6 for $2.00. 4 THYR- 
SOIDES—*ecw. Clustered, fragrant blossoms of pure white 
on 18-inch stems. An easy, beautiful bulb-flower for winter 
pot culture. Blooms within 9 months from seed. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 50c. 4 AUREUM—Fine pot bulb, a 
Thyrsoides in rich orange. Pkt. 20c. 3 REFLEXUM—rkt(1)4. 
Hardy, dwarf rock garden bulb with white flower-clusters in 
early spring. Pkt. 20c. 3 SPIRALE—bx(3-4)25. Tall, spiral 
spikes of little green-keeled white flowers. Bulbs of this will 
seem flabby, but that’s their nature. Seeds, pkt. 25c. Bulbs, 
each 35c. 3 PYRENAICUM—Hardy bulb. Dense racemes top 
2-foot stems, the flowers small, starry, white with green keel. 
Pkt. 20c. 4 LONGEBRACTEATUM—Decorative pot plants 
for rich and succulent foliage effects; leaves densely packed, 
thick, polished green. Bulbs, each 75c. OFFER 136A7—One 
pkt. each of above as offered in seed for $1.15. 
ORCHIDS 
We expect to have seeds of many Orchid species, both of 
the hardy native species and of the tender conservatory kinds, 
Cymbidiums, Dendrobiums, Vandas and the like. The seeds 
are ready at intervals throughout the year, and will be offered 
in issues of our RARE-FLOWER BULLETIN. If you are 
interested, please ask for the Bulletin. See also BLETILLA 
and EPIDENDRU\M, this catalog. 
* THE SOUTHERN STAR 
Blossoms that are inch-wide stars in 
many-flowered sprays. The coloring, a most 
unusual blue of silver-veiled, pastel quality 
* seems to have been painted on each petal. 
The plants grow to some fifteen inches, the 
stems arching so that the constellations of 
blue blossoms face upward. It is OXYPET- 
ALUM CAERULEUM (or Tweedia) IJilus- 
trated opposite. Seeds sown in open ground 
in April produce plants that are in bloom 
before end of June, constant blossoming 
from then until toward end of October. 
Also makes a pretty, long-blooming pot 
plant. Pkt. 20c; Weg oz. 385ce; % oz. 60c. 
* ROSY WINGS (Othake) 
One of the newer Annuals, and a very good and distinctive 
one it is. Inch-wide blossoms are carried in corymbose 
lusters. Each flower has a densely double center, encircled 
is wing-like, lobed petals, all in a most pleasing silvery 
pink. Easy to grow, and free-blooming; flowers for months. 
It is Othake sphacelata. Pkt. 15c. 
