8 ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA—w. A handsome conserva- 
tory vine with three-inch funnel-flowers of richest yellow. 
Called ‘finest climbing plant in cultivation’. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ALCHEMILLA SPECIOSA—erx(9)9. Lady’s Mantle. Hardy 
rock garden or edging perennial, grown for the attractive 
foliage, the leaves showing a silky, silvery sheen. Little 
creamy flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
2 ALOE—The Aloes make handsome, long-lived pot plants 
that get bigger and finer year by year. BREVIFOLIA—The 
Pearl Aloe. Deep-piled and thick rosettes of triangular, pearl- 
gray leaves with blue overcast. Red flowers. A good one. 
Plants only, each 45ec. VARIEGATA—Tiger Aloe or Partridge 
Breast. The thick, three-cornered leaves of darkest green 
are contrastingly white marbled and edged. Tubular, orange 
scarlet flowers. Seeds, pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c. CILIARIS— 
Here the thick green leaves are widely spaced on the straying 
stems in quite un-Aloelike fashion. A free, easy and colorful 
annual bloomer, blossoms like clusters of red firecrackers. 
Plants only, each 45c. OFFER 6AN9—One plant each of the 
three for $1.20. 
2 ALOE BLEND—w. Few more satisfactory decorative pot 
plants than these, and the variation in form and color tone 
among them is rather amazing. Some of them have bright 
flowers. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
2 ALOYSIA or LEMON VERBENA—w. Grown for the per- 
fumed foliage, this used with other cut flowers to give non- 
cloying fragrance. Usually handled as a pot plant, but may be 
set outside in summer if desired. Pkt. 25c; 8 pkts. for 70c. 
ALTHAEA TAURINENSIS—ebx(2-4)70. Good hardy peren- 
nial for the mixed border. The several branching stems carry 
blossoms of rose pink, each flower from 1% to 2 inches 
across. Ashy foliage. Long-lived. Pkt. 15c; Ag oz. 80c. 
* 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; Ye oz. 25c. 
* AMBERBOA MURICATA—echbdx(2-4)30. This easy, free- 
blooming annual is called Star of the Dessert, for it comes 
from dry, hot wastelands of Spain and North Africa. The 
blossoms are 3-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 
euts well. Pkt. 15e; Ye oz. 25c; % 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. 
* AMBROSIA—ecofx(8)20. Graceful green ‘‘ostrich plumes’’ 
for cut flower effects. Decorative; pleasingly aronmatic. Called 
Feather Geranium, but botanically a Chenopodium. Effective 
annual edger. Fine seeds. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25e; % oz. 40c. 
1 ALYSSUM FOR SILVER AND GOLD 
Low perennials of fullest hardiness, decorative for rock 
garden, beds, or edgings. ‘‘x’’ culture. 
ARGENTEUM—(2)10. Silvery foliaged bushlets are mantled 
with delightful flake-flowers of citron yellow. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts.. for 50c. Plants, each 50c. 
SAXATILE COMPACTUM—(2)10. Basket of Gold. Multi- 
tudes of brilliantly golden flowers seem poured over silvery 
foliage. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. Plants, each 45c. 
SAXATILE CITRINUM—Here the blossoms are pale lemon 
or citron yellow. Otherwise like last in every way, A plant 
to be desired. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
SPINOSUM—(3)9. Rare, distinctive Alyssum from mountains 
of Spain. Close mounds of stiff, silvery foliage are set over 
with pink-tinged white flowers. Full sun. Pkt. 25c. 
MONTANUM—(2)8. Tufted mounds of gray-green foliage 
carry lax sprays of bright yellow flowers. Pretty rock garden 
or edging species. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
OFFER 15A9—One pkt. each of above for 90c. 
*SWEET ALYSSUM 
The Sweet Alyssums (Lobularias) are free-blooming, long- 
blooming annuals of easiest culture, valued for edgings, bore 
ders, pot culture, rock gardens, window boxes, bedding. 
ALYSSUM CARPET OF SNOW—eik(2-4)4. A _ veritable, 
fragrant, snowy carpet. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; %4 oz. 60c. 
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; %4 oz. 30c. 
ALYSSUM LUTESCENS—Here the flowers are of a soft 
cream or straw yellow tone. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
* 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. Low, 
undulate color, lilac, bright blue, scarlet. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25e. 
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; 3 pkts. for 80c. 
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. Magnficent 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 fer $1.00; 
100 for $1.75; 250 for $3.75; 
500 for $7.00. Bulbs available 
throughout year, except during 
July and August. Each 70c; 2 
for $2.00; 10 for $5.60; 25 for 
7 $12.50. Mixed colors only. Tech- 
nically Hippeastrum, but most know it as Amaryllis. 
THE WHITE ARGENTINE AMARYLLIS—This rare species 
carries long, trumpet-shaped pure white flowers on stems to 
30 inches. Sweetly perfumed. Blooms in summer. Betanically 

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AMARYLLIS HYBRIDS 

' HIPPEASTRUM CANDIDUM. Altogether lovely and desir- 
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able. 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 a bright green, with smal! 
red-purple blotch where the crimson and green meet. 3 seeds 
for 40c; 9 seeds for $1.00. 
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. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA— 
flower is often called 
very well just 
This showy, easy bulb- 
“The Garden Amaryllis,” for it does 
; st grown in the summer garden in manner of 
Gladiolus, being also dug and stored in autumn in Gladiolus 
fashion. Often within three weeks after the spring planting of 
it, the great fantastically formed blossoms will be appearing 
flowers of velvety crimson, gold-glinting with pollen dust. 
Botanically this is SPREKELIA FORMOSISSIMA, and other 
names for it are Mexican Fire Lily, Inca Lily and Jacobean 
ae By the Mis you pe Shed it a pots indoors, too. Then 
ooms in la winter. ustrated opposite page. 
each 65c; 8 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. “ fee tayeroent 
3 AMORPHOPHALLUS 4 
AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI (Hydrosome)— 
decorative plant for the summer garden, called ce pee 
Palm, from the graceful form and odd spotting of it. Dig the 
tubers in late autumn, and store. At touch of light in February 
or March, without benefit of soil, they will rocket forth curt - 
ous 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 uns Penne, size, Pa they are growing up fast,. and 
meanwhile will quite pay their w. i rati : 
effects in the summer pacden: pre aitentastle, decorative 
