2 POTHOS AUREUS—Attractive semi-trailer to be grown 
as a house plant in manner of Philodendron often will thrive 
in poorly lighted positions. Deep green foliage, marbled 
yellow. Each 45c. 
1 GARDEN OF PRIMROSES 
To enrich your garden with Primroses, give them a deep, 
moist soil, coolness, perhaps a bit of shade. Mulching between 
the plants with grass clippings or _ 
straw will help. Culture iti. 
AURANTIACA— (2) 14. Ruddy orange; 
blossoms in tiered umbels. Pkt. 25e.; 
AURICULA—In early spring come; ~ 
fragrant blossoms in rounded umbels. | 
Colorings bright and varied, usually 
with center eye. Pkt. 25c; Yeo oz. 
45c. BULLESIANA HYBRIDS—De- 
sirable hardy strain, illustrated oppo- | 
site. Varied colors, orange to purple, 
with pink, carmine, violet. Pkt. 25c. 
DENTICULATA—15 inches. Dense 
clusters of handsome blossoms, lilac, 
lavender, mauve. Early. Pkt. 25c. 
DENT. CACHEMIRIANA—Like last, | 
but blossoms deeper blue-purple, with 
yellow eye. Plants, each 45c; 3 for| . 
$1.25. ELONGATA—10 inches. Tight | 
umbels of golden flowers. Pkt. 25c. | 
ELWESIANA — 7 _ inches. Large, | 
fringed violet flowers. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
FLORINDAE — 45 inches. Sulphur 
yellow flowers in terminal clusters. 
Striking. Pkt. 20c; Yo oz. 40c. 
JAPONICA BLEND—25 inches. This Primula is both easy, 
and altogether beautiful. Towering sprays, white, cherry, 
rose, scarlet, coppery crimson. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 45¢; \% 
oz. 0c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.80. KINGI— 
8 inches. Satiny blossoms, scarlet to claret. Pkt. 25c. 
OBLIQUA—8 inches. Nodding flowers, white, cream, prim- 
rose yellow, sometimes faintly pink-suffused. Pkt. 25c. 
PULVERULENTA—30 inches. Fine hardy species with 
umbels of large flowers, crimson to rosy red, with orange 
eye, carried on silvery-powdery stems. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 60c. 
PULVERULENTA BARTLEY STRAIN—The last with in- 
ereased color range, from pink and rose, to red, with white. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. ROSEA GRANDIFLORA—9 inches. 
Great clusters of rosy carmine. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 25¢c. ROYLEI—6 inches. 
. Fragrant purple flowers over crinkly 
Si leaves. Pkt. 25¢c. SIEKBOLDI—8 inches. 
Handsome hardy Primrose that adapts it- 
self well to our conditions. Clusters of 
large flowers that may be white or violet, 
sometimes pink, rose, red. Pkt. 25c; Ye 
Yee 2 oz. 35c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.25; 10 
= ine for $3.85. VERIS LARGE YELLOW—Big 
NY FAS clusters of large and showy flowers in 
TEM OAS A varied yellows. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
ROSEA Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.25. WATTI— 
6 in. Fringed purple bells. Foliage silvery- 
shagey. Pkt. 25e. JULIAE WANDA—(2-3)4. Colorful long- 
blooming mat-former. Rich and velvety violet purple flowers 
on short, upfacing stems. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
OFFER 170A9—One pkt. each of above as offered in seed 
form, for $3.45. 
OTHER HARDY PRIMULAS—Not room to describe all. See 
also Treasure Chest. Burmanica, 25c; Bulleyana 20c; 
Chionantha 25c; Capitata 20c; Farinosa 20c; Helodoxa 20c; 
Littoniana 35c; Microdonta violacea 25c; Sappharina 25c; 
Sikkimensis 20c; Smithiana 20c; Vaginata 20c; Waltoni 
25c. OFFER 167A9—One pkt. of each for $2.70. 
PRIMULA AVALON BLEND—Widely, inclusive blend, the 
above, with others. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 55¢; Ye oz. $1.00. 
1 PRIMULA POLYANTHUS BLEND 
Here are gorgeous colorings, with full hardiness. The large 
flowers in upfacing clusters show self hues and tone varia- 
tions in cream, yellow, mahogany, rosy orange, crimson, 
plue-violet, often with lacings of golden yellow. 6 to 8 inches. 
Plants increase from year to year, becoming large clumps. 
A Primula of much beauty, safe and sure for American 
conditions. Pkt. 20c; Y%g oz. 75e; 4% oz. $1.80. Plants, mixed 
colors, each 45c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60. 
POLYANTHUS RED-AND-GOLD—A brightly colored and 
attractive strain with wide clusters of crimson flowers, each 
with wide golden eye. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 









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2 TENDER PRIMULAS 
Here are kinds for pot culture, in sunny window or green- 
house. MALACOIDES—x. The Baby Primrose. Airy whorls 
of pretty flowers, mauve to heliotrope. Pkt. 20c. OBCONICA 
GRANDIFLORA MIXED—A profuse long-bloomer. Big flow- 
ers in big clusters. Widely color varied, rich in salmons, 
pinks, reds. Pkt. 25c. SINENSIS FIMBRIATA—Chinese 
arge, deeply fringed flowers 
d house plant. Finest Mixed. 
Fringed Primrose. Clusters of 1 
in wide range of colorings. A goo 
Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 





TREASURE CHEST—It is a supplementary offer, just 
names and prices, of some hundreds of rare kinds not 
in this catalog. If you wish it, ask for it. 
LTIFLORUM—David’s Harp. Grace- 
of white “lily-of-the-valley”’ 
1 POLYGONATUM MU 
ful, arching stems carry elusters 
flowers, followed by deep blue berries. 
inches. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.80. 
* PORTULACA DOUBLE MIXED—ex. Blossoms 
roses. Vivid scarlet, crimson, soft pink, white, buff 
cot, along with varied yellow and rose tones. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. 40c; 1% oz. 7T5c. 
* PORTULACA SINGLE MIXED—ex. Big cup-flowers in 
full gorgeous color range of the doubles with certain addi- 
tional pleasing tones. Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
* PROBOSCIDEA BLEND (Martynia)—ex (3-4)20. Rather 
easy Annuals with richly hued Gloxinia-like flowers in pink- 
toned ivory, rich rose with coppery bars, or yellow, marked 
cinnabar. The weird devil-claw pods may be dried for winter 
decoration. Illustrated page 27. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
6 PROTEA CYNAROIDES—w. Great, oddly formed. flowers 
to 8 inches across, deep pink with crimson tips. Spectacular. 
Glass culture North. Large seeds, 4 for 25c. 
1 PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA ALBA—r(2-3)6. Many wide, 
thick spikes of pure white flowers rise from flat foliage mats. 
Very good rock garden or edging perennial. Plants only, each 
45c: 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60; 25 for $8.00. Can also 
supply plants of PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA BLUE at 
each 45c; 3 for $1.25. ; 
1 PTEROCEPHALUS PARNASSI—rk(3)7. Cushions of 
silvery gray foliage are set freely with pretty blossoms 
like lilac pink Scabiosas. Excellent rock garden perennial. 
Pict Zc. 
7 PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA—Kudzu Vine. Rapid grow- 
er. Large downy leaves and fragrant purple flowers. Fully 
root hardy. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
2 PYCNOSTACHYS URTICIFOLIA—ew(6-7)30. Sapphire- 
flower. Large pot plant. Each branch ends in a dense, tapered 
spike of luminous blue. Pinch back to keep compact. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
1 RANUNCULUS ACONITIFOLIUS—mtkt (2-3) 30. 
Shade or sun. 36 
like little 
and apri- 
Ye 
Rather 
good waterside Buttercup with showers of starry white blos- 
soms above masses of attractive foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
4 RANUNCULUS IMPERIAL—rcbkt(w)20. (Ranunculus 
asiaticus.) The semi-double to intensely double flowers can 
make a magnificent showing; straw to gold, orange, scarlet, 
crimson, with pink tones, and others ringed or petal-tipped 
contrastingly. Recommended for pot culture but can also be 
planted in garden in earliest spring, the tubers to be dug in 
late fall and winter-stored. Pkt. 20c; Mg oz. 60c. Tubers, 
spring or fall, 4 for 25c; 18 for $1.00. 
SPECIAL PYRETHRUMS—tThese two are usually grown as 
annual edgers or bedders, being started early and trans- 
planted. PARTHENIUM AUREUM—Called Gold Feather, 
from the finely cut feathery foliage. Attractive golden color- 
ing in spring and early summer, later becoming green. Pkt. 
20c. PTARMICAEFLORUM—Fine, feathery foliage of silvery 
white. Pkt. 20c. 
1 VIVID PYRETHRUM 
This is the colorful Pyrethrum of the gardener, but to the 
botanist au is. cnryeannernum coccineum. A fully hardy, 
summer-flowering perennial for border decoration or cutting. 
kt” culture. SINGLE MIXED—Great single daisies in ines 
rose, red, crimson or white. Pkt. 15c; Y%g oz. 35c; 1% oz. 60c. 
Plants of Single Mixed, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. DOUBLE 
MIXED—Same color range as last, but a high proportion 
not all though, will be double with crested ‘Anemone’ 
centers. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 50c. RUBY SINGLES—Mostly bril- 
pe Fay aed, abut Mathes 4 to Patni: Large flowers with 
ong-slender petals. Exceeding]: 2 
oz. 40c. Plants, each 45¢c; 8 for $1.20. showy. 
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