
1948 CATALOG 49A 
Rex. D. Pearce 
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5 ABELIA EDWARD GOUCHER—A delightful low shrub, 
in continuous bloom June through October. The flowers are 
clear pink with touch of pale yellow. Hardy at Philadelphia, 
but will need sheltered position in colder areas. Also makes 
a very good pot plant, in bloom then for several months of 
the year, starting in late winter. Young pot-grown stock, 
5 to 6 inches, each 60c; 3 for $1.65. 
5 ABELIA GRANDIFLORA—70 inches. Shrub, carrying 
panicles of pink-white flowers all summer. Hardy to Boston. 
Young plants; to 12 inches, each 45c; 8 for $1.25. 
* ABRONIA UMBELLATA—erogdx (3-5)5. A pretty, annual 
trailer for full sun. The flowers, clusters of fragrant, rosy 
“Verbenas’’, appear for months above mats of crispy foliage. 
Drought-resistant. Banks, ground cover, beds, rock garden. 
Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c. 
1 ACHILLEA © 
Easily grown, hardy perennials of many and varied garden 
uses. All will cut. Culture ‘kk’. AGERATUM—Sweet Golden 
Yarrow. 14 inches. Wide, dense heads of golden yellow 
flowers. Pkt. 15e. BOULE DE NEIGE—14 inches. Graceful 
plants filled long with intensely double blossoms like little 
snowballs. Edging, rock garden, cutting. Plants each 40c; 
3 for $1.15; 10 for $3.35. TAGETTEA—18 inches. Extraordi- 
narily good. Fine foliage of distinctive gray-green. Dense, 
flat sprays of pale yellow flowers, June to September. Plants, 
each 65c; 3 for $1.75. FILIPENDULINA CLOTH OF GOLD 
—A5 inches. Striking plant for the taller mixed border. Great, 
flattened golden clusters above fern foliage. Pkt. 15c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.15. SERBICA—(2)9. One of the more de- 
sirable rock garden or edging plants. Massed, decorative 
rosettes of silvery foliage, closely packed, are set with pretty 
little white daisies. Associate it with Phlox divaricata for 
pleasant surprise. Full sun. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for 
$1.15; 10 for $3.35. ROSE BEAUTY—25 inches. A really 
handsome border plant, with its wide clusters of bright, rose- 
pink flowers over foliage of emerald ferniness. Pkt. 15c; 
3 pkts. for 40c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.15; 10 for $3.35. 
TOMENTOSA AUREA—7 inches. Dense, woolly mats of cut 
and curled silvery foliage. Graceful golden flowers. Rock 
garden, edging, carpeting. Full sun. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 
45e; 8 for $1.25; 10 for $3.40. TOMENTOSA SULFUREA— 
9 inches. Here the flowers are soft sulphur yellow; the dense, 
fine foliage a woolly gray-green. Excellent rock garden or 
edging perennial. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
PTARMICA THE PEARL—27 inches. Little double white 
flowers and deep green foliage. For cutting, or the mixed 
border. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. OFFER 6A8— 
One pkt. each of the 7 so offered, for $1.00. OFFER 7N8— 
One plant each of the 8 so offered, for $3.35. 
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6 ACACIA BLEND—wj. Flowers usually fluffy balls in yel- 
lows that range from palest primrose to richest golden shades. 
North, grow in large pots or tubs. South, open ground. Pkt. 
15e; 3 for 40c. 
1 ACAENA—kt. Low New Zealand perennials, usually trail- 
ing or creeping. Rock garden or carpeting uses. GLABRA— 
Finely cut green foliage, set with clusters of red-brown 
flowers and seeds. Pkt. 20c. MICROPHYLLA—Foliage of 
red-toned bronze. Scarlet seed clusters. Pkt. 20c. 
5 ACANTHOPANAX SESSILIFLORUS—Kt60. Ruggedly pic- 
turesque hardy shrub from Japan. Good foliage. Dense 
clusters of decorative black berries. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ACANTHOLIMON GLUMACEUM—rlkt (2-3) 10. Plumelike 
sprays of soft pink over dense, wide mat-cushions. Cliffs of 
Mt. Ararat. For the sunny rock garden. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ACANTHUS MOLLIS—ktz40. The decorative motif of the 
capital of the Corinthian column was suggested by the grace- 
ful foliage. Purple flowers in dense spikes. Often grown as a 
pot plant. If grown outside, give careful winter protection. 
Pkt. 20c; 144 oz. 35c. : 
9 ACER PALMATUM ATROPURPUREUM—Kt. True Japa- 
nese Maple. Exceedingly variable in decorative leaf form. 
Seedlings will run through green and attractive bronzings 
to brilliant red and purple-maroon. All will be interesting 
and worthwhile, some will be excellent. Soak seed before 
sowing. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.40. 
1 ACIPHYLLA—hbdkt. Two strange New Zealand perennials, 
umbellifers that look like Agaves. SQQUARROSA—Big rosettes 
of leaves like giant knitting needles. High spikes of gray 
flowers. 40 inches. Pkt. 20c. MAXIMA—100 inches. Spectacu- 
lar. Big, dense rosettes of sword-like leaves. Tall spikes of 
little white flowers, orange-bracted. Called Great Spaniard 
in New Zealand. Pkt. 25c. 
2 ABUTILON BELLS 
The Abutilons are handsome pot plants 
of easy handling, blooming freely at in- 
tervals throughout the year. Sometimes 
called Flowering Maple from shape of leaf 
of some kinds, but not related to Maple. 
Illustrated opposite. Culture ‘“‘w’. ABU- 
TILON SPLENDID MIXED—tThe blossom- | 
bells may be yellow, buff, orange, apricot, 
pink, rose or red, often with darker vein- | 
ings. Easier than Geranium or Fuchsia. ~~ 
Seeds, per pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, 
sent when not in bloom, so no color choice, 
but all good, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. PICTUM |; 
—Painted Abutilon. Bells in varied tones of | 
yellow and orange, usually with overlying | 
veinings and striations of crimson. Pkt. | 
25e. MEGOPOTAMICUM HYBRIDS—Easy, 
showy strain of somewhat drooping branch **~ : 
habit, so effective in hanging baskets or as large specimens. 
Particularly free-blooming. Bells in combinations of buff, 
orange; lemon, scarlet. Tassel-like stamens. Pkt. 25c. Plants, 
no color choice, each 60c. SOUVENIR DE BONN—Attractive 
“Maple” foliage, each leaf with broad, white edge. Fine 
orange flowers. Plants only, each 75c. VITIFOLIUM—Blue 
Abutilon. Fine, cup-shaped flowers of lavender-blue. Hardy 
outside in the South, becoming there a tall shrub. North it is 
grown under glass. Pkt. 25c. OFFER 4A8—One pkt. each of 
the four so offered, for 80c. 

3 THE ACIDANTHERAS 
Decorative summer-flowering bulbs from Tanganyika and 
Ethiopia, to be handled in every way exactly as one would 
Gladiolus. The flaring, long-tubed flowers have a faint, sweet 
fragrance. Illustrated page 1. 
BICOLOR—18 inches. Rich cream with patch of chocolate 
are the gracefully carried blossoms, these beginning in late 
summer and continuing through autumn. Bulbs firm, resem- 
bling those of Freesia. Spring delivery. 3 for 40c; 10 for 
$1.00; 25 for $2.30; 100 for $8.00. 
MURIELIAE—24 inches. This differs from the last in being 
a bit larger in both plant and flower. The blossom is pure 
white here, and the starry throat-blotch is black maroon. 
From western Abyssinia. A valuable addition to bulb garden 
materials. Spring delivery. Each 25c; 3 for 60c; 10 for $1.50. 
