2 ANIGOZANTHOS MANGLESI—w. The strange “Kangaroo 
Paw’’ of Australia, an interesting, decorative pot plant. The 
blossoms are clusters of downy tubes that expand toward 
starry form, the coloring rich crimson tipped with emerald 
green. The stems are covered with a downiness like crimson 
velvet. Blooming season is summer. Pkt. 25c. 
2 THE ANGELON 
It is ANGELONIA SALICARIAE- 
FOLIA, but in South America where it 
is a favorite, it is called the Angelon. 
Many handsome racemes of bright blue 
flowers, these with an irregularly formed 
corolla that suggests a face. Easy to 
handle. Apple-scented foliage, soft green, 
willowy. A _ satisfactory window, porch 
or conservatory plant. Illustrated oppo- 
site. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 


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How to grow 150 annual flowers. 
Descriptions, heights, colors, uses, sea- 
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4 ANOMATHECA 3 
A pretty bulb-flower that is quite quick and easy from seed, 
blooming within a few months after sowing. Rather good 
flowers of rosy red with maroon markings. Does splendidly in 
pots, given Freesia handling. Botanically it is LAPEIROUSIA 
CRUENTA. ew(7-1)10. Pkt, 20c; 3 for 50c. 
* ANODA or AMAPOLITO 
Quick, long-blooming Annual of easy 
growing and a high attractiveness. Sow 
early and you will have blossoms by 
first week of June, continuing then until 
late autumn freezes. It is in late sum- 
mer and early autumn that it reaches 
its best effect. Anoda lavateroides. 
ANODA OPALCUP — ecbx(8)48. 
Crinkly lustrous chalice-flowers in that \ 
delightful opaline borderland that lies 
between blue and pink. Pkt. 15c; % 
oz. 25e; 1% oz. 35c. 
ANODA SNOWCUP—ecbx(8)35. Blos- 
soms of glinting new-snow whiteness. 
Plants grow in even, oval, formal effect, 
as though they had been trimmed into 
shape. Good as spaced specimens, or 
as a hedge. Pkt. 15c; \% oz. 25e; 4 
oz. 40c. 
1 ANTHEMIS 
A race of easy and satisfactory daisy-flowers for rockery 
or border. Mostly they cut well. 
BIEBERSTEINIANA—(2-3)12. Above low foliage that might 
be silver filigree sprinkled with diamond dust, rise blossoms 
of orange-gold, each on its own slender stem. Definitely one 
of the more desirable, as it is also one of the rarer, of rock 
garden plants. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 60c;: 3 for $1.60. 
SANCTA-JOHANNIS—*ecbx(3)20. Rather large daisy-flowers 
in a gold so deep that it might be called orange. Pkt. 20c. 
KELWAYI—*ecbx(2-3)25. The Hardy Golden Marguerite. An 
easy, showy perennial, needed both for garden decoration and 
for cutting. The branching, aromatic, fine-leafed plants are 
loaded with big, golden daisies from July well into autumn. 
Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 40c; % oz. 75c; 1 oz. $2.25. 
MONTANA—erix(3)10. Rather good, mounded white flowers 
above shredded foliage that shows rather of a silky silveriness. 
Pkt. 15¢; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
NOBILIS—rgkt(2)8. Aromatic fern foliage of soft green in 
low, ground-spreading ripples. Little white daisies. Useful 
in rock gardens, but valued particularly as a grass substi- 
tute for lawns in difficult places. Called Lawn Chamomile. 
Rather fine seeds. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, little, 
rooted divisions that will mat-spread rapidly, 20 for $1.00; 
100 for $4.00; 250 for $9.00. 
OFFER 19A9—One pkt. each of the five for 80c. 


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* SNAPDRAGON or ANTIRRHINUM 
Snapdragon is a flower for everyman’s garden and every- 
man’s pleasuring. There could be no finer Annual for cutting. 
The kinds offered here, all rust-resistant, grow to 30 inches 
ey 3 or more of height, at least the last 
foot of it set with immense, ex- 
quisitely formed blossoms in many 
rich, varied colorings. Often there 
are a dozen or more flower-filled 
stems to a plant. ARTISTIC—Rose 
pink and white. COPPER SHADES 
—Copper and bronze in blended 
tones. LOVELINESS—Pure deep 
pink. RED CROSS—Contrasting 
crimson and pure white. YELLOW 
GIANT—Exauisite canary. SNOW 
GIANT—Yes, it’s white. CAMP- 
FIRE — Bronze, with touches of 
crimson, carmine, and yellow. UNI- 
FORM PRICE of these named sorts, 
20c the pkt. OFFER 21A9—One pkt. 
each of the 7 for $1.00. 
ANTIRRHINUM PEERLESS BLEND—22 inches. A gorgeous 
blend, all the colors above, with very many more. Magnificent 
flower spikes, the upper 10 to 12 inches set closely with 
splendid, big flowers. Perhaps the best Snapdragon for general 
garden planting, or for cutting. Highly rust-resistant. Pkt. 
20c; Ye oz. 40c; % oz. T5c; %4 oz. $1-25. 
ANTIRRHINUM MIDWAY BLEND—15-20 inches. For 
garden decoration in beds, edgings and the like, a lower 
growing strain is often preferred. Here we have dense spikes, 
big flowers, bright colorings, but with only half the height 
of the Peerless Strain. Cuts nicely for bowl arrangements. 
Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 85c; % oz. 60c. 
ANTIRRHINUM MAGIC CARPET—erik(2-4)5. Delightful, 
semi-creeping plants loaded with flowers in exceedingly 
bright, immensely varied colorings. Rock gardens, edgings, 
beds. A true hybrid. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts for 50c. 
1 ANTIRRHINUM ASARINA—erk(8)6. Trailing mats of 
silver-sparkling, succulent foliage, set with big, lonesome 
flowers, rich cream with lip of citron and red. Winter-hardy 
rock garden perennial. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
2 ANTHURIUM ANDRAEANUM 
Spectacular, and rather rare, conservatory plant, grown 
for the beautiful flower-spathes, typically orange red, but 
varying at times in seedlings, to salmon, pink, rose, crim- 
son or white. We are promised fresh seeds, to be ready in 
May, 1949, and subject to arrival, orders are being booked 
against that delivery. Since supply may be limited, orders 
will be filled strictly in rotation according to date of receipt 
Please make an alternate selection when you order. 10 seeds 
for 50c; 25 seeds for $1.00; 100 seeds for $3.60; 250 seeds 
for $8.40. 
1 LILY OF ST. BERNARD 3 
ANTHERICUM LILIAGO, but the old folk- 
name for it is Lily of St. Bernard. Starry 
flowers of purest whiteness are carried in 
airy racemes. Pretty always. For lovely 
effects in blue and white, plant it with 
Campanula rapunculoides. Fully hardy. 
Illustrated opposite. ecbltkt(2-3)82. Pkt. 
20c; % oz. 40c; %4 oz. 75c. Plants, each 75c. 
* THE LAZY DAISY 
The flowers are purest white above, but 
pink-suffused in reverse, and the buds are a clears soft pink. 
The blossoms are an inch across, tiny yellow centers from 
which radiate many narrow, overlapping petals in horizontal 
plane to make the flat, upfacing blooms. Plants are in con- 
tinuous bloom from early June on through September. This 
dainty annual is botanically. APHANOSTEPHUS SKIRRO- 
BASIS, but you may order it if you wish as THE PINK- 
AND-WHITE DAISY. Another name is LAZY DAISY. It 
lasts well as a cut flower. eck(2-4)20. Pkt. 20c; 14 oz. 40c. 


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