


* SWEET ALYSSUM 
The Sweet Alyssums (Lobularias) are free-blooming, long- 
blooming annuals of easiest culture, valued for edgings, bor- 
ders, pot culture, rock gardens, window boxes, bedding. 
.ALYSSUM CARPET OF SNOW —eik(2-4)4. A veritable, 
fragrant, snowy carpet for months on end. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 
 $0c; 4% oz. 50c. 
ALYSSUM VIOLET QUEEN—eik (2-4)6. A row of it is a 
honey-scented ribbon of rich, deep violet. Practically ever- 
blooming. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. 
ALYSSUM LUTESCENS—Here the flowers are of a soft 
cream or straw yellow tone. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
3 AMARYLLIS 4 
To horticulturists Amaryllis is still a living name, but to 
botanists it is now but a memory and a milestone. 
AMARYLLIS GIANT HY- 
BRIDS—w. Magnificent flowers, 
great expanded trumpets in 
rose, scarlet, crimson, all one 
color, or more often with white 
star-throats, or great splashings 
and barrings of white. There 
is no more spectacular flower- 
ing bulb for pot culture, and 
that culture is easy, too, easy 
enough for any sunny window. 
Illustrated opposite. Seeds 
saved from fine, selected plants. 
10 seeds for 25c; 50 for $1.00; 
100 for $1.75; 250 for $3.76; 
500 for $7.00. Bulbs available 
throughout year, except during 
, il July and August. Each 70c; 3 
LAVALLE S. for $2.00; 10 for $5.60; 25 for 
$12.50. Mixed colors only. Tech- 
nically Hippeastrum, but most know it as Amaryllis. 
THE WHITE ARGENTINE AMARYLLIS—From time to 
time throughout the year we expect to receive consignments 
of seeds of the rare Argentine species, HIPPEASTRUM 
CANDIDUM. Flowers are described as being of medium 
size, snowy white, fragrant, altogether lovely. 2 seeds for 
45c; 5 seeds for $1.00. 
LILY OF THE PALACE—This is the name given long ago 
to stately, fragrant Hippeastrum aulicum (Amaryllis aulica). 
Flowers large and particularly handsome, bright crimson, 
but the base of each petal is as bright green, with small 
red-purple blotch where the crimson and green meet. 3 seeds 
for 40c; 9 seeds for $1.00. 
HIPPEASTRUM VITTATUM COSTARICENSIS—The Costa 
Rica Amaryllis will likely place eventually as a species in its 
own right. It resembles the cultivated H. vittatum, but has a 
finer, more vigorous flower, the red with a notable bright 
lustre, set off by the pure white throat radiations. 6 seeds 
for 25c; 30 seeds for $1.00. Individually pot-grown bulbs just 
under flowering size, each 90c; 3 for $2.60. 
HIPPEASTRUM JOHNSONI—Deep red flowers with narrow, 
white stripe on each petal. One of the easier Hybrid Amaryl- 
lisses, doing well as a window pot plant. Will also bloom in 
garden. Bulbs, each 60c; 3 for $1.70. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA—w/(k) (4)20. The Beautiful 
Lady. Perfumed, clustered flower-trumpets, soft pink to deep 
rose. Makes a delightful window or porch plant, but as far 
north as Philadelphia it is also garden-hardy. With heavy 
winter mulching it may indeed be wintered outside much 
farther north. Bulbs available June to October, each 70c; 
8 for $1.90; 10 for $5.60. Technically Brunsvigia rosea. 
THE GARDEN AMARYLLIS—Here is an Amaryllis (Sprek- 
elia formosissima), for the open garden, culture and handling 
of Gladiolus. Within two or three weeks after the spring 
planting of it, the great, fantastically formed blossoms, vel- 
vety crimson, all gold-glinting with pollen dust, will be ap- 
pearing. Also often grown in pots. Sometimes called Mexican 
Fire Lily or Jacobean Lily. Bulbs only, each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 
10 for $4.10. Illustrated page 5. 
2 HOUSE PLANT SURPRISE 6 
Delightful amazement here. Seeds of perhaps a hundred 
different ornamentals suitable for pot culture in sunny window 
or greenhouse, have gone into this blend. Many are rare, 
unusual. Sift fine seeds from the coarse before sowing, since 
latter will need deeper covering. Allow for varying germina- 
tion times. Pkt. 30c; 8 pkts. for 80c. 

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* AMARANTHUS MOLTEN FIRE—50 inches. Richly colored 
annual foliage plant for garden or specimen effects. Maroon 
foliage, each branch topped with a flaming radiation of crim- 
son floral leaves. Easy from seed. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 25c. 
* AMBERBOA MURICATA—ecbdx (2-4)30. This easy, free- 
blooming annual is called Star of the Desert, for it comes 
from dry, hot wastelands of Spain and North Africa. The 
blossoms are 38-inch lace-stars of pale purple, with creamy 
centers, carried in host-profusion in myriad slender stems 
above rounded bushiness. In constant bloom for months. It 
cuts well. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 25e; % oz. 40c. 
* AMBLYOLEPIS SETIGERA—k (2-3) 15. Honey Daisy. From 
late spring until late summer it carries a wealth of pretty, 
inch-wide daisies of soft yellow, daintily fragrant. Pkt. 15c; 
3 pkts. for 40c. ; 
3 AMORPHOPHALLUS 4 
AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI (Hydrosome)—A bizarrely 
decorative plant for the summer garden, called there Leopard 
Palm, from the graceful form and odd spotting of it. Dig the 
tubers in late autumn, and store. At touch of light in Febru- 
ary or March, without benefit of soil, they will rocket forth 
curious flowers, spadix of maroon, spathe of rose-tinged 
green; exotic, unconventional. Tubers only, two-inch diameters 
and up, each $1.25; 3 for $3.50; 10 for $10.00. These tubers 
are still under blooming size, but they are growing up fast, 
and meanwhile will quite pay their way in fantastic, decora- 
tive effects in the summer. garden. 
LOWER PRICES—It will be noted that many of our 
prices have been lowered. It is, quite frankly, an experi- 
ment. If we don’t sell more at these lower rates, then 
the experiment has failed. Our production and distribu- 
tion costs haven’t gone down one bit. Indeed they- are 
higher than in 1946. And certainly our profit last year 
was scarcely more than visible. Nevertheless if some of 
us, a lot of us, don’t do something about prices, the 
up-spiral never will be checked. Here’s our try. 
* AMBROSIA—ecofx (8)20. Graceful green “‘ostrich plumes” 
for cut flower effects. Decorative; pleasingly aromatic. Called 
Feather Geranium, but botanically a Chenopodium. Effective 
annual edger. Fine seeds. Pkt. 15c; 4g oz. 25c; 14 oz. 40c. 
5 AMELANCHIER STOLONIFERA—kt(1)40. It is the June- 
berry, a two-purpose shrub. Panicles of snowy spring bloom. 
Then big, luscious berries like the cultivated blueberries, but 
darker, and rather sweeter and richer. Of merit both as az 
ornamental, and for its edible fruit. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
2 AMELLUS LYCHNITES—*w(3)8. Showy blue daisy with 
gray-downy foliage. Usually grown as a pot plant, but may 
also be started early for garden bloom. Pkt. 20c. 
5 AMORPHA FRUTICOSA—k(2)75. Easy shrub with feath- 
ery foliage and a vast number of slender, dense spikes of 
black-purple flowers, these with contrasting golden anthers. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. 
* ANAGALLIS BLUE—eiruk(2-4)8. Inchwide flowers of 
brilliant blue over a long season. Desirable for edging or for 
bedding. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c. 
* ANAGALLIS MIXED—eiruk(2-4)8. True Pimpernel. Con- 
sider it an Annual, and grow it for all-summer bloom. Low, 
undulate color, lilac, bright blue, scarlet, and the like. Pkt. 
10c; % oz. 25c. 
1 BLUE STAR OF TEXAS 
AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA— 
enbstx (2-3)28. An easy hardy peren- 
nial that thrives in either full sun 
or partial shade. The many willowy 
stems end in panicles of starry blos- 
soms in soft blue, Wlustrated opposite. 
Good foliage, attractive the entire sea- 
son. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
Plants, each 40c; 8 for $1.10; 10 for 
$3.30. The original Star of Texas. 
AMSONIA MONTANA—erbstx (3) 15. 
A lower, more den: growing species 
of high merit, suitable for the rock 
garden, or the front of the hardy 
border. Sprays of pale blue, starry flowers. Good foliage. 
Shade-tolerant. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 45c. 
TABERNAEMONTANA 

