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3 AGAPANTHUS 4 
Great umbels of glorious trumpet-flowers, spread to starry 
form. Waxy petals, amethyst to indigo, or rarely white. The 
bloom is carried on stems that range between 18 and 60 
inches in height. First year of blooming there may be only 
a few flowers but the second year up to 30 or more in the 
blue, and on a single stem of the Giant White we have had 
at Old Orchard as many as 160 blossoms. Agapanthus grows 
readily from seed, often blooming within the year if kept in 
continuous growth. It may be handled as a large pot plant, 
and will force for winter bloom, but usually it is grown out 
of doors in summer, dug in autumn, and carried over winter 
in a semidormant condition replanted in sand or earth in a 
light cool cellar. Illustrated page 1. Seeds in mixture, mostly 
varied blues. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 35c; %& oz. 60c; %4 oz. $1.00. 
GIANT WHITE: AGAPANTHUS—Comes true. Seeds, pkt. 
25c. Plants, either Blue or White, state which, at each $1.00; 
3 for $2.85. 
AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS MOOREANUS—A dwarf, de- 
ciduous form that fits pot plant use, carrying few-flowered 
umbels of rich blue. Blooms through spring and into summer, 
passing the winter in a half-resting stage. The hardiest 
Agapanthus, and with protection, may be wintered outside 
at Philadelphia. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 75c; 8 for $2.00. 
* AGERATUM or FLOSS-FLOWER 
This easy-to-grow, dainty and fluffy long-bloomer is one of 
the. better edging plants, and it is good, too, for bedding or 
as a cut flower. Sometimes it is grown as a pot plant. 
AGERATUM BLUE BALL—eirk(3-4)6. Low domes of in- 
tense blue. Splendid edger. Pkt. 15c; 46 oz. 45c. 
AGERATUM BLUE PERFECTION—ecirk (3-4)10. Fine deep 
blue. Good edger, yet, with its 10-inch height, tall enough 
for cutting. Pkt. 15¢; 4g oz. 380c. 
AGERATUM IMPERIAL WHITE—eirk (3-4)8. Fluffy, snow- 
drift white. Excellent for cutting, and a delightful edger. Our 
own particular favorite. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 30c. 
AGERATUM FAIRY PINK—eirk (3-5) 8. Flowers of pale sal- 
mon pink, flossy and fluffy. Color intensity varies according 
to season and temperature. At its best, a really lovely thing. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
GOLDEN AGERATUM—eick. It is really golden yellow, and 
it does look very much like an Ageratum, and it may be used 
in the same way, but actually it is not an Ageratum at all, 
but instead Lonas inodora. The flowers are closely clustered 
and fluffy, rich yellow, and planted thickly so that the height 
is held down to about ten inches, it makes an excellent edging. 
It is a long lasting flower for cutting, too, but for that pur- 
pose should be spaced about ten inches apart to get longer 
stems. Illustrated above. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 40c. 
CUT-FLOWER BLEND—20 inches. A taller strain of 
Ageratum, more openly branching, just right for cutting. 
Blue and white mixed. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
OFFER 9AS—One pkt. each of the above for 80c. 

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1 AGRIMONIA ODORATA—ebostk(3)36. A pleasing hardy 
perennial for shady places. Long wands of sweetly scented 
little star-flowers, lemon to gold. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 40c. 
* AGROSTEMMA MILAS—ecbkt (2-3) 35. A quick and showy 
annual, for early sowing. Wide flowers of lilac-toned violet 
upface on graceful, swaying spreads of long slender stems. 
Individual blossoms may be 3 inches in diameter. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 30c. 
1 AJUGA REPTANS—rg(2)6. Bugle-weed. Hardy perennial 
creeper, valued in the rock garden or as a carpeter. Low 
mats of close, overlapping foliage, pretty little blue flowers 
in shaggy spikes above. Full sun or light shade. Plants, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.05° 10 for $3.00. 
3 DELIGHTFUL ALSTROEMERIA 4 | 
Great sheafs of blossoms in wide range of colorings. Though 
called Lilies, they really belong to the Amaryllis family. 'They 
grow from masses of brittle, tuberous roots, and at Old 
Orchard, seem to be pretty much winter hardy. Some of our 
Alstroemeria plantings are now more than ten years old. 
We give them a mul¢hing of straw in late autumn, removing 
part of the straw in spring, but leaving the rest about the 
roots through the summer to give the cool soil in which they 
delight. So handled the plantings get larger and finer each 
year, and when the Alstroemerias are in bloom, there is 
nothing in the Nursery more decorative, more gorgeous. In 
very cold regions the roots can be dug in autumn and cellar- 
stored over winter in sand, but that is not necessary here in 
New Jersey. Alstroemeria grows well from seed “kt’’ culture, 
often giving a few blossoms first year. Sometimes, though, 
the seed lies over to the second spring before germinating. 
AURANTIACA—Shovwy flowers, soft yellow to rich orange, the 
upper petals carmine-splashed. Illustrated opposite. Pkt.. 20c; 
% oz. 50¢c. CHILENSIS—22 inches. Bright blossoms in tones 
of pink, and in rose or red, often with orange hint. Good ° 
in the garden (hardy with mulching) or as an indoor pot 
plant. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c; 4 oz. 90c. HAEMANTHA— 
35. inches. Handsome spe- . 
cies. with large flowers, 
the outer segments red 
with green tips, the inner 
ones showing blended 
tones in orange effect, 
dotted with purple. Pkt. } 
25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
HOOKERI—A dwarf, 
upright grower that does 
wonderfully well as a pot 
plant, beginning to bloom 
in February, and con- 
tinuing until late July. 
Blossoms of soft . pink, 
touched white and car- 
mine. Pkt. 25c. LIGTU 
HYBRIDS — 24 inches. 
Delightfully variable, with 
blossoms that may be 
white,, soft pink, rose, 
sometimes with apricot or 
orange tones, or violet 
splashings. It. winters 
well outside at our Nurs- 
ery. A good cut flower. 
Also it makes a pretty 
pot plant, forcing easily, 
and giving some four 
months of bloom, begin- 
ning in February. Pkt. 
25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
PELEGRINA—16 inches. Lily of the Incas. Flowers usually 
lilac rose, inner segments spotted purple but sometimes all 
of unmarked snowy’ whiteness. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 60c. 
PELEGRINA ALBA—The lovely immaculate white form. 
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ALSTROEMERIA AURANTIACA 

Pkt. 25c. PULCHELLA—Parrot Lily. Four-foot stems are 
topped with whorls of uneven trumpets in rich red, always 
with emerald green tip. Long in bloom. Pkt. 20c. ‘Plants, 
spring delivery, each 50c. TRICOLOR—A dainty dwarf 
species with white petals stained bright yellow at the petal 
tips, and marked maroon. Pkt. 25e. VIOLACEA—22 inches. 
Rare species from the Atacama. The fairly large flowers 
are of bright lilac, but with hint of tawniness and flush of 
violet. aan 25c. OFFER 16A8—One pkt. each of ‘the ten 
for $2.00. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—-Fine mixture, heaviest in Chi- 
lensis and Aurantiaca, but inc'uding a bit of each of the kinds 
above. Pkt. 20c; 4% oz. 50c; 1%4 oz. 90c; 1 oz. $3.40. 
