Delightful LITTLE COUSINS of the Lilies 
CAMASSIA Leichtlinii-1 162-A native Ore- 
gon bulb carrying star-shaped blue flowers 
on 3 foot stems, sometimes as many as a 
hundred buds to one stem. Easy culture and 
perfectly hardy. 
deep, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
a 
Plant in fall 3 to 6 inches 
Seems to perfer 
heavy soil and ample moisture in the spring. 
Hardy Cyclamen 
CYCLAMEN Neopolitanum—Hardy Cyclamen. 
Similar to the popular greenhouse varieties. 
Delightful.in the shaded rock garden or front 
of a shady border. Thrive in open well drained 
soil containing plenty of leaf mold or peat. 
They must never want for moisture. Bloom 
late summer. Barely cover corms. | 1 70—Pink. 
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CYCLAMEN Atkinsi—] 176-A 
dwarf gem with pinkish-lavender 
very early in the spring. 
garden 
1 72—White. 
little 
blooms 
Ideal for the rock 
Same culture as 
lovely 
in. partial shade. 
above. 
CYCLAMEN Repandum-1173-A spring 
flowering species blooming a bit later than 
Atkinsi, deep pink in color and in full foliage 
when the blooms open. A dwarf little gem 
having very small corms, which produce lovely 
sheets of color in moist shady ¢spots. 
DICTAMNUS, The Gas Plant—An old-fash- 
ioned perennial, 
garden will thrive several generations. 
once established in your 
The 
ashlike leaves are delightfully fragrant and 
the flowers, freely produced, have tiny glands 
secreting a resinous volatile matter, which 
may be ignited in the evening on hot days 
without damage to the plant. 
Dictamnus Fraxinella caucasicus—]O020- 
Rosy pink. June and July. Prefers a deep 
rich loamy soil. Full sun. Once planted 
avoid disturbing roots. An extremely in- 
teresting subject for the hardy border. 
Alba—1021-The white form of the above. 
Fine and long lasting for cutting. 
FRITILLARIA 
Another woodland bulb with drooping or 
nodding flowers often resembling small! 
lilies. Lovely for naturalizing or the rock 
garden where they may be undisturbed for 
many years. 
Meleagris Aphrodite —- 1211 -—A _ fine, 
strong growing white variety. 
Meleagris Artemis—1 21] 2—Grayish-pur- 
ple chequered. Very fine and unusual. 
Meleagris Charon—- 1213 -Very dark 
purple, almost black. 
Poseidon — | 214 — Whitish, 
Very large blooms 
Meleagris 
chequered purple. 
on 6-inch stems. 
Meleagris Saturnus — 1215 — Flowers 
pinkish, chequered. Rare. 
Thunbergii-|204-A graceful, distinct 
species, creamy white, veined green 
with as many as ten blooms to a plant. 
Partial shade. 1 Y2-2 feet. 

INCARVILLEA Grandiflora Brevipes—]255- 
The Trumpet Flower. A comparatively little 
known perennial of striking beauty for the 
sunny border. 
Rose-pink flowers in large 
trusses on ]8-inch stems. 
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SHIPIECC THES IPGL IRS 
Tulip species, mostly from Southern Europe 
and Asia, enjoy dry, sun-baked locations 
where little moisture reaches them during the 
summer. 
They are beautiful and interesting, not at all 
l:ke the usual garden Tulips. Many are quite 
cwarf but all have charm and individuality. 
Plant them in the dry rock garden or any 
warm nook in little groups where they will 
enliven the early garden picture. You will 
like them, I’m sure. 
A MAMMOTH TULIP 
Fosteriana Red Emperor—| 31 0-A magnifi- 
cent variety, with huge vermilion-scarlet 
well rounded blooms. Has a handsome 
Among 
black and yellow bordered base. 
the world’s largest tulips, tall and espe- 
cially welcome as it is early, in bloom with 
the Daffodils. 

GROUP A 
T. Acuminate—|] 300-Either yellow or pink. 
Hageri—1312-Bronze scarlet. Striped green 
on the outside. 
Fosteriana Princeps—|309-Very fine large 
red flowers on short stems. Excellent in 
the rock garden. 
Ostrowskiana—|] 303-Elegantly reflexed red 
blooms on slender stems. 
Linifotia~1315-A charming species for 
the rock garden with small scarlet-ver- 
milion blooms with a black base. 
T. Australis—] 302-Yellow, reddish outside. 
Kolpakowskrana—1314-Yellow, often red 
or purple outside. 
Persica—1 336-—One to three yellow blooms. 
Rare. 

GALTONIA Candicans (Summer Hyacinth) 
—1240-A lovely summer-flowering bulb for 
your July-August border among the lilies. 
The two to five foot stems carry up to 20 or 
more pure white bell-shaped flowers. An im- 
posing plant against a dark background. PD 
6 in. Sun or part shade, rich moist soil. 
MUSCARI-Grape Hyacinths 
One of the indispensable blues of the early 
spring garden. A long-lived, easily established 
bulb, delightful in masses, either in sun or 
shade. Naturalizes well in the wild garden. 
Armeniacum-—|264-Early Giant. Deep co- 
balt blue with a distinct white rim. Many 
spikes with flowers larger than Heavenly 
Blue. 
Comosum plumosum-—|266-—The Feathered 
Hyacinth. Fine feathered plumes of violet 
colored filaments in May. Unusual and 
fascinating. 
Muscari Heavenly Blue—|1 265—Deep cobalt- 
blue, very fragrant. The best variety for 
mass planting, opening about the same 
time as Crocus. 
SCILLA Bifolia—!1 284—A blue with some white 
and reddish flowers. Wheel or star shaped, 
mostly nodding. A seldom offered variety. 
SCILLA Peruviana—] 283-This is a rare variety 
with purple to reddish, sometimes white 
flowers on 12 inch stems. Stock is limited. 
FOR INDEX AND PRICES SEE PAGES IN CENTER OF CATALOG 
A CHARMING TULIP 
T. Clusiana—! 304-One of the daintiest of 
all tulips, medium size blooms on 15 inch 
stems, white with crimson exterior and a 
dark blue base. Plant them in clumps of 
a dozen for lovely effects. 

GROUP B 
Eichlerii—! 306—Crimson scarlet, yellow and 
black center. 
Eichleri Excelsa—1307-An improved form 
with very large crimson flowers. 
Marjoletti-]316-Light yellow, edges red. 
Sylvestris—1320-Rich golden yellow, fra- 
grant. 
Turkestanica — 1324 — Small star - shaped, 
white. Several on a stem. 
Chrysantha—|230-Bright yellow, medium 
size. 
Kaufmanniana — ]332-A spreading white 
bloom, back of petals red. 
Kaufmanniana Elliott—]333-White, exte- 
rior very bright red. A very early red of 
good size. 
Kaufmanniana Primrose — 1331 —A light 
primrose yellow, yellow center. 
Kaufmanniana Gaiety—1335-A very dwarf, 
creamy-white bloom that seems to rest on 
the leaves. Charmingly different. 
Oculis Solis—]301-A tall variety with large 
bright red flowers, large base black with 
yellow margin. Very showy. 
Praestens Tubergens var.—1319-An early 
dwarf, orange-scarlet, two to three flowers 
on each stem. Brilliant for massing. 
Praecox—1338-Very early, red or scarlet 
with purplish bottom. 
Retroflexa—1340-Large bright crimson. 
Tarda (Dasystemon)-—1322-Small white 
and yellow, several to a stem. 
HARDY CYCLAMEN 

