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CALATHINA EARLY MEXICAN UMBELLATUS 
KEY-LETTER EXPLANATION 
a—Requires acid soil. 
at—Prefers acidity. 
b—Suitable for the hardy border. 
bt—For backgrounds or screen plantings. 
e—The flowers cut well. 
d—wWill grow in rather dry soils. 
e—Of easy culture for the beginner, if key letter and other 
directions are followed. 
f—Decorative foliage effects. 
g—Ground cover or carpeting plant. 
h—May be used as hedge. 
i—Useful for low edgings. 
j—Soak seed before sowing. 
k—Sow in early spring while soil is cool. 
kt—As in “k’”, but may also be sown in latest fall. 
1 Needs lime. 
lt—Tolerant of, or prefers, lime. 
m—Likes plenty of moisture, keep watered. 
mt—For bog garden, pool-edge or streamside. 
n—Effective for wild naturalizing. 
o—Fragrant or aromatic. 
p—-For pavements, step-crevices or walls. 
r—Of value in rock garden. 
s—Prefers shade. 
st—Tolerant of either light shade or sun. 
u—May be used for windowbox, porch or urn. 
ut—Suitable for terrariums. 
w—Sow in heat, in sunny window, frame or conservatory. 
x—Sow in spring or summer, up to September. If sown in 
heat of summer, be sure seedbed is shaded. 
y—Sow in late autumn or even in early winter, in open 
ground beds or unheated frames, germination to take 
place in spring. These are seeds that need cold to start 
them, not heat. May usually be sown in early spring 
also, providing they have been stratified, or have re- 
ceived refrigerator treatment. Cultural folder sent with 
seeds, gives directions for this. 
yt—Seeds so marked should be sown in late autumn or 
earliest spring in outdoor seedbed. If sown too late in 
spring, they may lie dormant until following year. 
z—Requires winter protection. 
NUMERALS IN PARENTHESIS indicate season and dura- 
tion of bloom, as follows: (1) early spring, (2) late spring 
and early summer, (3) summer, (4), late summer and early 
autumn, (5) all autumn, (6) late autumn, (7) winter, (8) 
tends to be ever-blooming, (9) grown for fruit, form or 
foliage, rather than flowers. NUMERAL FOLLOWING 
PARENTHESIS indicates normal mature height in inches 
(or in feet if so specified) under good culture. A STAR (*) 
after a name indicates a perennial that will bloom first year 
from early sowing. 
ANNUAL FLOWERS, one-year kinds that come into bloom 
within a few weeks after the seed is sown, are indicated by 
a star or asterisk (*) before the name. 


PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
(Being Conditions of Sale) 
Seeds and bulbs are forwarded as ready. All seeds, but not 
actual bulbs or live plants, are postpaid. Goods are offered 
subject to arrival or harvest. Because of the unstable and 
unpredictable conditions of the times, I reserve the right to 
change prices without notice. 
I try to send out only good seeds, bulbs and plants, but 
since I have no control over the purchaser’s degree of knowl- 
edge and skill, nor over the time and method of planting, 
nor over the care given the materials afterward, nor over 
climate or the weather of the particular season, I cannot be 
responsible for any results dependent on such factors. Should, 
though, stock prove untrue, or arrive in poor condition, a 
prompt report to me will bring quick adjustment. 
Please remit by postal money order if you can. It is a thor- 
oughly safe and inexpensive way of sending money. Be sure 
that clerk makes out order clearly to Moorestown, for there 
is another postoffice of similar name in the state. We will 
accept personal checks in instances where it is inconvenient 
to get a money order, providing that an additional ten cents 
(not 10%) is added to whatever amount would otherwise be 
that of the check. This ten cents covers our office costs in 
connection with receipt of check remittances, the fee that 
our bank charges for handling the check, ete. Sometimes 
actual currency is sent. That is safe if letter is registered, 
otherwise risk of loss is responsibility of the remitter. 
A minimum order size must be set, for due to fixed charges 
and packing costs, we actually lose money on the too-small 
orders. Smallest acceptable seed order is $1.00. When plants 
or bulbs are ordered, the total value of them for forwarding 
at one time must be at least $2.00. 
REX. D. PEARCE 
New Jersey 
PLANTS AND BULBS BY MAIL—Seeds are postpaid at 
catalog prices, and safe arrival of them is guaranteed. Plants 
and bulbs are not postpaid, and will normaly be sent by 
express, but we will be giad to send them by mail if you 
wil add to your remittance for them 5% for shipments to 
points east of Pittsburgh and north of the Potomac, 10% 
for points beyond these limits but still east of the Mississippi, 
and 15% for destinations west of that river. This additional 
allowance is to cover postage, and the cost of mail packing. 
Safe arrival in good, growable condition is guaranteed of 
buios and plants during period from April 15th to November 
20th. During the remainder of the year, the general winter 
season, bulbs and plants are guaranteed as to arrival only, 
and not against freezing in transit, so if you order bulbs or 
plants for winter shipment, bear in mind that freezing risk 
is yours. We shall, though, pack carefully and warmly. 
Moorestown 
PLANT FINDER 
As a rough aid in picking out species of a particular nature, 
or suited for a particular purpose, we are using a series of 
numerals before names. These numerals have nothing to do 
with the key letters and numerals that appear after names, 
and that are explained in detail in next column. Here are 
the meanings of the numerals before names. 
1—An herbaceous perennial, winter-hardy. 
2—An herbaceous perennial, tender. 
3—Bulb or bulb-like plant usually grown in garden. 
4—Bulb or bulb-like plant usually grown under glass, as 
in window, or conservatory. 
5—Shrub, woody-stemmed plant, hardy. 
6—Shrub, woody-stemmed plant, tender. 
7—Vine, hardy. 
8—Vine, tender. 
9—Tree, hardy. 
10—Tree, tender. 
HARDY, as used above, signifies that plants can be grown 
out of doors at Philadelphia. 
TENDER, as used above, signifies that the species is usually 
grown under glass in climate of Philadelphia, as a pot plant 
in windows, or in greenhouses and conservatories. Further 
south many of these species become easy garden plants. 
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