BOOKS—For the commercial grower. PROPAGATION 
OF PLANTS—Kains and McQuestion. Latest methods. 
Detailed. Authoritative. $4.00. COMMERCIAL FLORI- 
CULTURE—Bahr. 646 pages of information for the 
retail grower-florist. $6.00. THE NURSERY MANUAL— 
Bailey. Every nurseryman needs it. $5.00. THE BOOK 
OF SHRUBS—Hottes. Descriptions, propagation, uses, 
care. 437 pages. $4.00. COMMERCIAL FLOWER FORC- 
ING—Laurie and Kiplinger. Detailed; informative. In- 
cludes marketing. 598 pages. $4.75. HOW TO INCREASE 
PLANTS—Hottes. Plant propagation ways for both be- 
ginner and professional. Ready spring 1949. $3.00. 

* PENSTEMON ANNUAL GIANTS—ebkt(2-4)35. The gor- 
geous flowers remind in form and in erratic, brilliant color- 
ings of Gloxinia. It can be very beautiful. Effective in beds 
and borders, or for cutting. May also be grown as a pot 
plant. Blooms freely as an Annual from early sown seed, but 
actually it is a somewhat tender perennial, and with careful 
protection may be often wintered over outside. Pkt. 20c; 
3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
1 THE HARDY PENSTEMONS 
Greatly showy winter-hardy perennials for border, rock 
garden or cutting garden. “kt” culture. AMBIGUUS—(2)20. 
Slender, many-stemmed plants with leaves narrow and linear. 
The blossoms are of rather flattened form, upfacing, white, 
but with rosy throats and tubes. A most attractive rock 
garden and bedding perennial. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c. ANTIR- 
RHINOIDES—(3)50. Flowers of bright yellow. Less hardy 
than the others. Pkt. 20c. AZUREUS—(3)36. Handsome blos- 
soms, blue to violet. Pkt. 20c. BARBATUS RED—(3-4)60. 
Bright red flowers in slender, branching racemes. Easy, 
showy. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 40c. Plants, each 40c. COBAEA 
TYPICA—(8)28. Blossoms particularly large, soft lavender 
with purple markings. Makes great sheafs of handsome 
flowering. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 40c. Plants, 
each 45c. COBAEA OZARK FORM—Flowers of largest size 
in the very deepest and richest of royal purples. It is truly 
superlative. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
CENTRANTHIFOLIUS—(3)30. Called Scarlet Bugler from 
the bugle-shaped, brilliantly colored blossoms. Pkt. 20c. 
CALYCOSUS—(8)50. Big, handsome clusters of lilac to 
purple flowers. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 35c. Plants, each 45c. 
CONFERTUS BLUE—(3)28. Showy clusters of deep blue. 
Long-lived perennial of much beauty. Pkt. 15c; Wg oz. 25c. 
CORDIFOLIUS—=z(3)50. Arching sprays of crimson flowers. 
Pkt. 20c. CYANANTHUS—(3)36. Many big flowers of bright 
blue. Pkt. 20c. DIGITALIS—(3)385. Vigorous, easy species 
with pretty flowers of silvery lavender. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
EATONI—(3)25. A rather pretty species 
with blossoms of silvery carmine, but it 
will require winter protection from Phila- 
delphia north. Pkt. 20c. ERIANTHERA— 
(2)12. Gay early bloomer with many bright 
blue-purple flowers. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 25c. 
GLABER MIXED—(3)20. Big flowers in 
blue, pink, mauve, lavender, rose. Foliage 
blue-glaucous. Pkt. 20ec GORMANI—(3)12. 
The Alaska Penstemon. Branching, dark 
green plants with pretty purple flowers. 





Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 50c. Plants, each 50c. 
GRANDIFLORUS—(3)40. Big trumpets, cB 
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pure blue to orchid lavender, in towering 
spires. Pkt. 20c; 4% oz. 35c; Plants, each 
45c; 3 for $1.20. HAVARDI—(3)25. Texas 
Snapdragon. Spikes of pretty flowers, rose 
to red. Pkt. 20c. MISSOULIENSIS—(P. 
coelestinus) (2)12. Particularly good species 
with flowers close to sky blue. Pkt. 20c. 
MURRAYANUS—(3-5)60. Towering pani- 
cles of radiant scarlet. A long bloomer. Foliage blue-glaucous. 
Pkt. 20c. UNILATERALIS—(3)25. Flowers rosy lilac to 
brightest blue, in one-sided spikes. Pkt. 15c. OVATUS— 
(8)30. Decorative clusters of attractive blue-lavender flowers. 
Foliage becomes crimson in late autumn. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 
35c. Plants, each 45¢; 3 for $1.20. POLYPHYLLUS— 
(Nitidus) (1-2)8. Fine early-bloomer, spikes of brightest blue 
rising from foliage that is blue-glaucous, crispy-succulent. 
Rock garden, edging, pot culture. Pkt. 20c; We oz. 35c. 
SPECTABILIS—(8)40. Attractive flowers of deep rose. Pkt. 
20ec. WHITE HYBRID—(3)36. High clusters of very good 
white blossoms. Pkt. 20ce. WILCOXI—(3)50. Tall racemes 
of handsome flowers, mauve pink to bright blue. Pkt. 20c. 
ee 155A9—One pkt. each of the above Penstemons 
or $4.40. 
PENSTEMON BLEND—Those above with others as good. 
See Treasure Chest. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 25e; % oz. 40c. 
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EVERBLOOMING PENSTEMONS 
This group starts flowering in June, and keeps in pretty 
continuous bloom from then until late in autumn, colorful 
blossoms on a mass production basis. Fairly hardy, but not 
quite as safely so as are most other Penstemons, so a 
winter covering of straw or litter is advisable in climates 
colder than that of Philadelphia. PINK BEAUTY—20 inches. 
Airy sprays in purest shell pink. Delight in border, or for 
cutting. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. GARNET—25 inches. 
Greatly showy. Graceful sprays of rather large flowers in 
glowing garnet red, from June into November. Plants, each 
50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.25. ROSE ELF—28 inches. New 
ever-bloomer with blossoms of most pleasing coral rose. 
Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. OFFER 156AN9—One plant 
each of the 3 for $1.45. 
* PETUNIA DELIGHT 
From early June days, right on through 
hot suns of summer, and far _ into 
autumn, the Petunias hold their display 
of garden color. Unexcelled for bedding, 
desirable for border edgings or other 
decorative plantings, and of course, 
among the better Annuals for porch or 
window box display. The fringed forms 
and the showy, long-lasting doubles are 
. often grown as pot plants. 
SALMON SUPREME—The blossoms open 
rich salmon coral, becoming purest sal 
mon pink, the loveliest color tone found 
among Petunias. A dwarf, exceedingly 
free-blooming sort. Pkt. 20c; 38 pkts. 
for 50c. 

VIOLET BEAUTY—Big ruffled blossoms in fringed effect, 
velvety blue-violet, deepening in the throat to a rich, near- 
black effect. Flowers may be 5 inches or more in diameter. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
PETUNIA DELIGHT BLEND — About the finest possible 
blend of bedding Petunias, for we have started with the 
“best” blend of one of the leading growers and have recti- 
fied it by adding seeds of the more desirable, lighter, brighter 
color tones from separately grown stock, bringing the whole 
into a balance, that, at least, meets our own high require- 
ments of what we have always wanted in a mixture of 
dwarf, bedding Petunias. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 80c; % oz. 50c; 
Y% oz. 90ce. 
GIANT FRINGED MIXED—Giant flowers so excessively 
frilled and ruffled that, although single, they may seem almost 
double. Blossoms to 5-inch diameters in “full color range, 
richest in the desired salmon pink and soft rose shades. 
Well-branched 18-inch plants. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
GIANT FRINGED DWARF—Magnificent strain. Like last 
in colors, fringing and form, but plants shorter and more 
compact, so suited to use in edgings, low beds, window 
boxes, pots. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
PEERLESS DOUBLE-FLOWERED — A _ superb blend, the 
very best in double-flowered Petunias. Blossoms will range 
from those of most intense close doubleness to more graceful, 
looser, ruffled doubles of truly giant size, and the colorings 
will cover the full range of Petunia desirabilities, richest 
of course in the pleasing shades and tones that lie between 
salmon pink and rose. Pkt. 60c; 3 for $1.70. 
OFFER 157A9—One pkt. each of above for $1.70. 
Earth is life; a garden is happiness. ; 
2 PHILODENDRON CORDATUM — Graceful foliage pot 
plant, semi-trailer or low vine of glossy green. Will even 
grow in water-filled wall vases in positions the sun seldom 
reaches. Each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. 
* PERILLA FRUTESCENS CRISPA—eobx(9)40. Easy An- 
nual, grown for the rich color effect of the foliage, big leaves. 
of deep maroon with bronzed metallic sheen, the margins eut, 
crisped and undulate. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25c. 
1 PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA—The Silver or Afghani- 
stan Sage, a most charming plant. The silveriness of the 
finely cut foliage merges into a snowy downiness. Flowers 
of lavender in a silvery haze. North, it is handled as an 
herbaceous perennial, fully root-hardy, making a rapid 
growth each spring, and blooming freely on the new stems. 
65 inches. Plants, each 75c. 
