2 ORTHOSANTHUS CHIMBORACENSIS—w. Costa Rican 
Irid with bright blue flowers. Reminds of a blue-flowering 
Libertia. Pot culture, North. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c. 
1 PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS—Low, evergreen perennial 
that will form thick mats of glossy foliage. Sun or light 
shade. Excellent ground cover, or may be used in rock garden. 
Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00; 25 for $6.90. 
2 PANDANUS VEITCHI—Decorative pot plant that is both 
easy and handsome, with its long, narrow, tooth-edged leaves 
of shining green, margined silvery white, all in spiral ar- 
rangement. Screw-Pine. Plants, each $1.00. ra 
2 THE BLUE OXALIS —*ew. Though usually so-called, 
PAROCHETUS COMMUNIS is not an Oxalis at all, the 
flowers resembling fairy-size Sweet Peas in a blue that hints 
of buff and pink, above straying mats of miniature clover 
leafings. Usually grown as a pot plant, but in summer it may 
be set in the rock garden or by a pool. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
° 
2 PASITHEA COERULEA—w. A Chilean beauty for pot 
culture. In late winter come high, showy sprays of flowers 
in the deepest and richest of blues. Thrives best in tempera- 
tures on the cool side. Dormant in summer. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
being clusters of little tubers, each 40c. 
* 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). Illus- 
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; 46 oz. 35c; 4% 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 
clusters. Each flower has a densely double center, encircled 
by 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. 
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. 
3 GARDEN OXALIS 
The dainty, colorful blossoms of the gar- 
den Oxalises open in long, profuse succes- 
sion, giving months of bloom. All are good 
in the rock garden, or for edgings, bedding, 
window boxes. In autumn dig and store, as 
you would Gladiolus. ’ 
DIEPPI ALBA—9 inches. A _ delightful 
species excellent for edging, good in the 
rock garden, or for bedding. Attractive 
foliage densities, set over with a profusion 
of little white flowers. 12 for 30c; 25 for 
50c; 100 for $1.80; 250 for $4.00; 1000 
for $18.00. 
TETRAPHYLLA—10 inches. Old rose flow- 
ers above brown-banded giant ‘“‘four-leaf- 
clovers.”’ Illustrated opposite. 12 bulbs for 
85c; 25 for 60c. 
LATIFOLIA—9 
$ g An enormous 
profusion of little blue-lavender flowers, over good foliage. 
12 for 80c; 25 for 50c; 100 for $1.80. 
inches. A desirable species. 
LASIANDRA—18 inches. Larger blossoms of rosy crimson 
above distinctive, wheel-like foliage. A showy, everblooming 
garden bulb. May also be forced. Bulbs, spring or fall. 12 for 
45e; 30 for $1.00. 
‘OFFER 149ANS—12 bulbs each of the four kinds for $1.25. 


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OSTROWSKIA MAGNIFICA—Great Caucasian Bellflower. 
Stately, tuberous-rooted perennial to five feet, with many 
bell-blossoms of soft lilac four inches across. Needs full sun 
and good drainage. In cold areas, winter-protect with straw 
or leaves. Rare. Root-tubers, each $1.50. 
PASSIFLORA—kt. The Passion Flowers are vines, for pot 
culture under glass in the North, with the exception of | 
Incarnata. COERULEA—Handsome blue _ flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
MOLLISSIMA—Big, fringed flowers of rich rose pink. Pkt. 
25c. EDULIS—Large purple-and-white flowers, followed by 
delicious, edible fruits. Pkt. 20c. INCARNATA—Fringed 
flowers of much beauty, white and soft blue. Edible fruits. 
Winter-hardy outside at Philadelphia. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 
153A8—One pkt. each of above for 75c. 
1 PARADISEA LILIASTRUM—cbkt(3)25. Paradise Lily. A 
fully hardy perennial with many flaring trumpet blossoms in 
snowiest white, somewhat effect of Madonna Lily, size scale 
reduced. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c;.10 for $1.60. 
1 PATRINIA SCABIOSAEFOLIA—ebex (3-4)50. Golden Va- 
lerian. Fully hardy, attractive perennial for the mixed bor- 
der. In late summer come high, airy sprays of little golden 
flowers. It cuts. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
1 GARDEN PEONIES MIXED—+t. Seeds saved from named 
sorts in full color range. Technically each seedling is a new 
variety. You may get one worth naming. Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 35c. 
PEONY PLANTS—Orders received before April 30th are 
handled for spring shipment. On orders received after that 
date, shipment will be made following September. All here 
are double. JULES ELIE—Giant-flowered silvery pink. Fra- 
grant. Each 90c. INSPECTEUR LAVERGNE—A beautiful 
deep red. Each $1.15. MME. JULES DESSERT—Clear, 
creamy pink. Each $1.15. FESTIVA MAXIMA—Fragrant 
snowy white with red flecks. Each 90c. FELIX CROUSSE— 
Splendid rose-red. Each 90c. DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS—. 
Early creamy white. Each 90c. ALBERT CROUSSE—Fra- 
grant soft pink. Each 90c. CHERRY HILL—Rich garnet 
red. Each $1.15. JEANNOT—Fragrant lavender pink. Each 
$1.15. MADELON—Rich, deep rose pink. Each $1.40. OFFER 
120 AN8—One each of the 10 for $9.75. 
PEPPERS ORNAMENTAL MIXED—Grown for the showy, 
diversely shaped and colored fruits. Makes an interesting, 
vivid pot plant, bright for most of the year. A specially 
selected European strain for decorative use. Pkt. 20c. 
* PERILLA FRUTESCENS CRISPA—eobx (9)40. Easy An- 
nual, grown for the rich color effect of the foliage, big leaves 
of deep maroon with bronzed metallic sheen, the margins cut, 
erisped and undulate. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 25c. 
2 PEPEROMIA OBTUSIFOLIA—An easy pot plant, grown 
for the decorative effects of thick and shining green foliage. 
Exceedingly attractive, and needed in any group of orna- 
mental foliage pot plants. Each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
1 PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA—tThe Silver or Afghani- 
stan Sage, a most charming plant. The silveriness of the 
finely cut foliage merges into a snowy downiness. Flowers 
of lavender in a silvery haze. North, it is handled as an 
herbaceous perennial, fully -root-hardy, making a rapid 
growth each spring, and blooming freely on the new stems. 
65 inches. Plants, each 75c. 
* PANSY 1 
Our Pansy seeds are the result of long selection and care- 
ful growing. Some of it we produce ourselves. The rest of 
it comes from producers of fully proved dependability. 
TRIMARDEAU GIANT BEDDING—Excellent mixture of 
large-flowered Pansies for mass effects. Wide color range, 
blossoms well marked. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 50e; 1% oz. 90c. 
MASTERPIECE RUFFLED—Flowers so deeply ruffled and 
crinkled that they sometimes appear double. Mostly rich, 
deep shades. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 70c; %& oz. $1.25. ~ 
EARLY-FLOWERING HARDY—Hiemalis strain. Excep- 
tionally rugged. Will bloom earlier in the spring, and with- 
stand more cold weather than will most other Pansies. 
Good color range. Pkt. 2Uc; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
SUPER-SWISS GIANTS—Flowers of very large size, on 
sturdy plants. Deep, rich shades, reds, salmon rose, purple 
velvets and the like with contrasting blotchings. Pkt. 40ce; 
Yo oz. 60c; 46 oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.90. . 
TRIUMPHANT BLEND—Here, if you grow it well, you 
should reach ultimate in Pansy size, with widest range in 
Pansy colorings. Vigorous, robustly stemmed plants carry 
enormous, rounded blossoms with broad, thick petals. The 
colors are brilliant and varied, and there will be a proportion 
with contrasting markings. Here are Pansy aristocrats. Pkt. 
50c; Ye oz. 85c; 146 oz. $1.50; 1% oz. $2.70. 
