2 AUCUBA JAPONICA MACULATA—w. An ornamental 
shrub often grown as a pot plant under glass, but winter- 
hardy outside to about Washington. Lustrous evergreen 
leaves are patched and dotted with golden yellow. Some- 
times called Gold Dust Plant. Little purple flowers are fol- 
lowed by clusters of brilliant scarlet berries. Pkt. 25c; 
3 pkts. for 70c. ‘ 
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. 
ASTILBE 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 refiections. 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 33AN9—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; I42 oz. 50c. KAEMPFERI— 
Torch Azalea, Bright red, rarely varying to pink or rose, 
Pkt. 20c. MOLUIS—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. SCHLIPPENBACHI 
—Pale rose flowers, upper lobes spotted rich brown. Fragrant. 
Particularly 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. OFFER 34A9—One 
pkt. each of the eight for $1.45. 
AZALEA HARDY BLEND—Seeds of the 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 in the North. Exceedingly beautiful. Pkt. 35¢c; 3 pkts. 
for $1.00; 10 pkts. for $2.85. 
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. 
AZALEA KAEMPFERI HYBRIDS—Newer strain, the re- 
sult of a series of crosses of the Kurume Azaleas with the 
Kaempferi Azalea. The Hybrids are rather stronger growers 
than the Kurumes, and are winter-hardy outside in colder 
climates. Range of coloring is rich and varied. Pkt. 35c; 
3 pkts. for $1.00. 
AZALEA KURUME PLANTS—Well-grown young plants 
that will run from 5 to 9 inches of height, large enough 
to give some nice flowers the first year, and masses of 
them by the second year. Suitable for outdoor planting in 
many areas of not too severe winter climate, as at Phila- 
delphia and New York, or will make excellent pot plants 
for window or greenhouse. Seven varieties at UNIFORM 
PRICE of each 75c; 3 of a kind for $2.00. 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. 
SUN STAR—Showy deep rose flowers with radiating car- 
mine splashings. CHARLES ENCKE — Most attractive 
salmon-pink blossoms, margined white. HEXE—Big flowers 
in the richest of crimsons. OFFER 36AN9—One plant each 
of the 7 for $4.65. 


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. 
* BELLIS PERENNIS FINE MIXED— 
arkt(1-2)6. English Daisy. Desired for 
spring bedding, edgings, porch boxes. Dou- 
blue, large-flowered, in mixture of rose, red 
and white. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
* BELLS OF IRELAND—edx(3-4)30. It 
is that odd 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. 

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. 
2 ASTELIA 
2 ASTELIA NERVOSA—w. A _ decorative New Zealand 
liliad that is recommended for pot culture. Densely tufted 
plants with many long, narrow leaves of silvery green, the 
mid-ribs shaded violet. Panicles of sweetly-scented flowers 
in an odd olive-green suffused with purple tones, these fol- 
lowed by ornamental orange-red berries. Pkt. 35¢c; 3 for 
$1.00. 
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 
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; We 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- ie 
tively for exotic, decorative foliage displays out iekdletale) 
of doors, in the North. At Old Orchird 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. The large seeds grow readily. 
Culture ‘‘w’’. 4 seeds for 25c; 18 seeds for $1.00. 
* 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 flowers, 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. 
* 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. 30 inches. Ever-blooming. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35ce. 

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