1 ASTILBE 
Feathery flower-plumes, exquisitely fashioned, in white, 
cream, many a delightful pink, rose or carmine. Handsome 
winter-hardy perennial for either garden planting or forcing 
in pots. “kt”? culture. Mixed colors. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
See Treasure Chest for separate species. 
ASTIBLE PLANTS are available for both spring and fall 
forwarding of several desirable kinds. AMERICA—Fine, airy 
plumes of soft lilac-pink. Longest in bloom of our Astilbes. 
Plants, each 60c. GRANAT—Pomegranate crimson with sal- 
mon reflections. Extraordinarily good. Each 65c; 3 for $1.80. 
PINK PEARL—Spreading plume-panicles of softest pink. 
Each 60c. FANAL—Brilliant garnet plumes over bronzed 
foliage. Each 70c. PEACH BLOSSOM—Plumes of vivid pink, 
dense and feathery. Each 60c. OFFER 34AN8—One plant 
each of the five for $2.90. 
5 THE GAY AZALEAS 
They are not difficult from seeds sown in early spring or 
late autumn. Make the sowing in a sandy seed bed, or far 
better, in a bed, pot or flat filled with a mixture of sand and 
leaf mould or untreated peat. Shade the seed-bed a bit. Line 
the seedlings‘ out into soil that is on the acid side. If yours 
isn’t already that, you can make it so by treating with alumi- 
num sulphate, or by adding decayed oak leaves, peat, old 
sawdust or like acid material. ARBORESCENS—Blossoms 
usually blush white, exceedingly fragrant. The tallest Azalea, 
eventually 15 to 20 feet. Pkt. 20c. CALENDULACEA—Bril- 
liant, variable, colorings. Golden, salmon, orange, orange 
scarlet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 20c; 149 oz. 50c. KAEMPFERI— 
Torch Azalea. Bright red, rarely varying to pink or rose. 
Pkt. 20c. MOLLIS—Early, before the leaves, come bell- 
blossoms from soft yellow to rose-tinged salmon. Pkt. ‘20c. 
NUDIFLORA—The lovely Pinxter-bloom. Usually pure pink, 
but sometimes blush or white. Pkt. 20c. OCCIDENTALE— 
Fragrant flowers, white or blush, marked yellow on the 
apper lobe. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 70c. ROSEUM—Pretty 
flowers, pink to rose. Unlike the others here, does not 
require acid soil. Pkt. 20c. SCHLIPPENBACHI—Pale rose 
flowers, upper lobes spotted rich brown. Fragrant. Particu- 
larly hardy. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. VASEYI—Profuse, 
clustered flowers, pink to rose. Blooms at early age; also very 
early in spring. Pkt. 20c; 140 oz. 50c. VISCOSA—Sparkling 
blossoms, wax-white to blush. Young plants only a few inches 
high will flower. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. OFFER 35A8— 
One pkt. each of the above for $1.75. 
AZALEA. HARDY BLEND—Seeds of above, with others, in — 
varied blend. Pkt: 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.60." 
AZALEA INDICA HYBRIDS—Large flowers in a wide color 
range mantle the dwarf, bushy plants. They do splendidly 
under glass, and are usually grown as pot plants. Not garden 
hardy inthe north. Pkt. 35c. ; 
AZALEA KURUME HYBRIDS—A splendid strain of low 
Azalea, immensely varied as to color, and often with semi- 
double flowers. Young plants, just a few inches high, will 
bloom, ,heavily. Fully winter-hardy at Philadelphia, but in 
very much colder areas will require winter protection.* Also 
much grown as pot plants, and they make beautiful ones. 
Seeds in, mixture, saved from finest named sorts. Pkt. 35c; 
3 pkts. for $1.00; 10 pkts. for $2.70. 
AZALEA KURUME PLANTS—Well-grown young plants that 
will run from 4 to 7.inches of height. They will give a few 
nice flowers this spring, and very many by next spring. Suit- 
able for outdoor planting in many .areas of not too severe 
winter climate, or will make excellent pot plants for window 
or greenhouse. Seven varieties, at uniform price of each 60c; 
3 of a kind for $1.65. PINK PEARL—Early, semi-double. 
Soft pink. HINODEGIRI—Vivid scarlet. Exceedingly showy. 
SNOW—Pure white. Semi-double. CORAL BELLS—Semi- 
double blossoms of soft coral-rose. ORANGE CORAL BELLS 
—Delightful deep,, pink with definite tone of orange. 
CHARLES .ENCKE—Most attractive salmon-pink blossoms, 
margined white. HEXE—Big flowers in the. richest of crim- 
‘sons. OFFER 36AN8—One plant each of the 7, with names, 
for $3.85. 
* BRIGHT BALSAM (Annual Impatiens) 
Our BALSAM AVALON BLEND will give oriental effects 
in color massing, a glory of double blossoming in pure pink, 
rose, salmon, vivid red, lilac, lavender, with white, pure or 
suffused. An easy, showy, long-bright Annual for any sunny 
place. 80 inches. Ever-blooming. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35c. 

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BALLOON VINE—Cardiospermum. Quick and easy annual 
vine for fence, screen or trellis. Sprays of little white flowers 
are followed by inflated, balloon-shaped seed pods. Pkt. 10c. 
BAMBOO—The Bamboos are really giant grasses with woody 
stems, but they may be considered rather as decorative shrubs 
of a particular grace and airiness. Some few of the true 
Bamboos possess a considerable degree of winter hardiness, 
and the two here listed we have grown without any winter 
protection at all for several years at our Old Orchard Nursery 
near Philadelphia. SEMIARUNDINARIA FASTUOSA—Tall 
and graceful hardy Bamboo, to 20 feet. Heavy columnar canes 
with wide, deciduous sheath at each node. Numerous branches 
and leaves, these to 7, inches;.length by one of width. Will 
make good colonies with time. Rooted: sprouts or stolon divi- 
sions, each $1.00. DWARF BAMBOO—Another fine species 
of which we have lost the name. It grows to '3 feet, many 
slender, almost whiplike stems, unbranched, that end each 
in a fan of slender leaves. Divisions each 85c. 
4 BRITTONASTRUM MEXICANUM—*ebzx(w) (8)18. Aro- 
matic perennial in the Mint relationship, with many spikes 
of pretty flowers in‘buff-pink and rose. Ever-blooming. May 
be grown as an Annual, a pot plant, or, with winter protec- 
tion, as an outdoor perennial. Pkt. 25c. 
4 BABIANA 3 
Bright-hued South African bulb-flowers that grow rather 
easily from seed, usually blooming within the year. North, 
grow in pots (Freesia handling), or if well d 
enough protected with straw or leaves, they are 
likely to winter well outside. Illustrated opposite. 
Mixed colors, indigo, pansy violet, white, mauve, 
cream, pink, intense blue, red-centered, with 
other interesting and ‘beautiful shades, tones, 
combinations and blendings. Pkt.’ 20c; 146 oz. 
40c. See TREASURE CHEST OFFER, sent on 
request, for listings of separate species. : 


3 ORNAMENTAL BANANA 4 
The true Banana (Musa) may be used effec- 
tively for exotic, decorative foliage displays out ¥ 
of doors, in the North. At Old Orchard we have had them 
reach full ten feet of height in a summer, great sweeps: of 
arching, swaying leaf-fans. In late autumn the plant may 
be dug, cut off a few inches above the ground, and the 
enlarged root or “bulb’’ packed upright in sand and kept in 
a frost-proof, dry place until spring. Easy from seed. Seeds, 
2 for oi 30 seeds for $1.00. Plants, pot-grown, each 75c; 
for $2.10. 
LOOKING FOR HOUSE PLANTS? Watch for listings 
with numerals 2 or 4 before the variety names if you 
want kinds suitable for growing in pots 
in window, 
sun porch or green house. Some of those marked 6 or 
8 are good for pot growing, too. See heading PLANT 
- FINDER, on second page of catalog. 
* BELLIS PERENNIS FINE MIXED— 
arkt(1-2)6. English Daisy. Desired for 
spring bedding, edgings, porch boxes. Dou- 
ble, large-flowered, in mixture of rose, re 
and white. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. fy 
* BELLS OF IRELAND—edx (3-4) 30. It 
is that old Syrian beauty, Molucella laevis, 
called so because that name so descriptively 
suggests itself to those who see it. The 
several. branching stems are closely set with 
big bell-calyces of pale, translucent green. 
Within each calyx lies a curiously formed 
little white flower. Illustrated opposite. 
Molucella cuts well as a fresh flower, also 
the spikes may be dried for winter decora- 
tion as a straw-flower. Pkt. 25c. 
* SUNLIGHT FLOWER 
It is BAILEYA MULTIRADIATA, a free-blooming and 
beautiful Annual with blossoms that are living embodiment 
of warm, sunshine gold. The long-stemmed fiowers, carried 
over silvery foliage, have double ruffles of glossy yellow petal- 
age around golden center cushions. Sow it early and give 
it full sun, then you will have bloom from May to November. 
It cuts. 18 inches. Pkt. 20c; 142 oz. 40c.. . ig 
