5 EUPHORBIA MARGINATA—ecx(8)36. Snow-on-the-Moun-. 
tain. Showy Annual with white-edged leaves, the terminal 
floral leaves all pure white. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 35c. 
5 EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA—Fire-plant or Annual 
Poinsettia. Each of the branching stems ends in a whorl] of 
dominantly fire-scarlet floral leaves. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
2 EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS — Crown-of-Thorns. A long- 
lived, attractive pot plant with many spiny stems that will 
twine about stakes or a tiny trellis placed in the pot, in 
intricate twistings. The “flowers,” in many small clusters, 
are brilliant orange scarlet, and the p'ants are rarely without 
a show of color. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.70. 
2 EXACUM AFFINE—w. A most attractive pot plant of fairly 
dwarf habit, bearing many sweetly perfumed flowers in a 
deep gentian-blue. The plant is a cousin of Gentian. Pkt. 50c. 
1 HARDY PERENNIAL EUPHORBIAS 
They are among the more desirable hardy perennials. ‘‘kt’’ 
culture. POLYCHROMA—At its best, there is, perhaps, no 
showier perennial. In spring the plants are 16-inch globes of 
golden floral leaves that seem to be bright flowers. Then come 
the multitudes of odd seed capsules in gayest red. In autumn the 
plants turn rich crimson. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c. CYPA- 
RISSIAS — 10 inches. Cypress Spurge. Each stem is like a 
miniature, dense Cypress. Ground cover or rock garden. Plants, 
each 40c; 38 for $1.10. 
MYRSINITES—Low de- : 
cumbent, the many fat @% 
stems set with blue-green 
foliage. In spring each 
stem ends in a golden 
bloom-crown. Droughf-re- 
sistant. Rock garden, ter- 
race, bedding. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 15¢c; We 
oz. 30c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60. COROL- 
LATA—28 inches. High, airy panicles of little white flowers. 
Desirable in the hardy border. Also much used for cutting, in 
manner of Baby Breath. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.30. OFFER 97AN—One plant 
each of the four for $1.60. 


FIELD BOOK OF AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS— 
Mathews. Guide to the wild flowers of eastern America, 
Atlantic to central Kansas and Dakota. 590 pages, 400 
illustrations. $3.95. 

1 ERYSIMUM LINIFOLIUM—erx(2)12. Spanish Wall-flower. 
Much-branched low plants are filled with dainty mauve to 
lavender blossoming. Pkt. 15c; Wg oz. 30c. 
4 EUCHARIS GRANDIFLORA—Lily of the Amazon. Waxen 
blossoms, pure white, sparkling, formed in suggestion of 
Daffodil. Sweetly perfumed. Handle as a pot bulb giving 
ample water and keeping from too much sun. May be brought 
into flower several times each year by giving a short semi- 
rest with scantier watering between bloom-bursts. Available 
year around. Bulbs, each $1.10; 3 for $3.00. 
2 ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI—ew(3-4)60. Great flares of 
lucent coral rose. Pleasiny foliage. An attractive plant. May 
be handled in tub or lIurge pot the year around, but more 
usually it is grown in the summer garden, the semi-tuberous 
root carried over winter stored in dampish sand in a cool 
cellar. Large seeds, 5 for 25c; 15 for 50c. 
EUONYMUS AVALON VARIETY—Shining evergreen leaves 
with wide splashes of ivory white. Branching, upright grower. 
A really fine foliage pot plant. Each 60c. 
4 THE KEW EUONYMUS—A delightful and hardy evergreen 
creeper with tiny, shining, dark green leaves. Makes a wonder- 
ful ground cover, and thrives in either sun or shade. Euonymus 
Fortunei Kewensis. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.65; 10 for $4.90. 
1 EUPATORIUM COELESTINUM—Mist-flower or Hardy 
Ageratum. Delightful, airy, sky blue. Shade tolerant. It: cuts. 
25 inches. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.25. 
1 EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM—cstkt(3-4)30. Flowers of fluffy 
pure white. Good in the mixed, hardy border, or for cutting. 
Full sun or open shade. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 45c. 
2 EUPATORIUM LIGUSTRINUM (Weinmannianum)—Airy, 
fluffy flower clusters of pure white, sweetly fragrant, that are 
still attractive as they go into the seed stage, becoming ruse- 
colored then. Makes a splendid winter-flowering plant for the 
conservatory, or may be grown as a large pot plant in the 
sunny window. It cuts nicely. Pkt. 25c. 
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1 EULALIA GRASS—Ornamental perennial grass making 
big, decorative clumps to 7 feet. Valued for accents, back- 
grounds, screens, and the showy, silky seed-plumes for cut- 
ting. VARIEGATUS—Leaves with white, lengthwise stripes. 
Divisions, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. ZEBRINUS—Leaves with 
white crosswise bandings. Divisions, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
Seeds available, mixed forms, pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
1 THE BLUEBELL GENTIAN 5 
A glorious beauty is the Bluebell Gentian, EUSTOMA 
RUSSELLIANUM or Lisianthus. Big, wide bells of clearest 
blue, purple-patched. As many as 80 flowers have been counted 
at one time on a well-grown plant. Usually blooms first year. 
Itkt(2-3)30. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 50c. 
FERNS FOR THE HOUSE 
See also Asparagus Fern, Cyathea, this catalog. 
SILVER LACE FERN—Pteris argyraea. If the word “‘showy”’ 
could be applied to any Fern, it would be to this. Gracefully 
irregular fronds, twice pinnate, with a wide, silvery-white 
marking through each green ieaflet. Plants, each 65c. 
FIJI PLUME FERN—One of the rarer varieties is Davallia 
fijiensis plumosa, but we consider it the most beautiful, and 
the most satisfactory, of all house Ferns. The very many 
fronds are short, spreading, gracefully curved, with narrow 
pinnae in the richest and deepest of emerald greens, the whole 
mossy-feathery in effect. Thrives in an east window under 
ordinary house conditions. Well-grown plants from 4-inch 
pots, each $2.50; 3 for $7.00. 
FERN SPORES TENDER BLEND-—Spores of many desirable 
species and varieties of tender or pot-plant Ferns in mixture. 
Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
TREE FERNS MIXED—tThe Tree Ferns have a true trunk, 
the fronds growing in a circlet about it and as a crown. For 
several years in the juvenile stages they make attractive, 
and rather “different”? pot plants. We offer spores in mixtures 
of species of Cyathea, Alsophila, Hemitelia and perhaps of 
other genera. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
FERNS ANDEAN SPECIES MIXED—Spores gathered in 
Colombia, and stated to be from a number of native Andean 
species of merit. Pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
FERNS FROM SPORES—Dust spores on surface of previ- 
ously heat-sterilized soil. Cover with pane of glass and keep 
from direct sunlight until germination takes place. A temper- 
ature not greatly above or below 65 degrees is best. Ideal soil 
would be screened mixture of garden loam and humus (as 
woods-earth, peat, or rotted sods) with enough sand added to 
bring to open, friable state. Use water that has been sterilized 
by boiling, then cooled, for initial moistening. Further water- 
ing wlll likely not be needed until glass is removed. Then 
water from below. 
THE HARDY FERNS 
Here, without grace of bloom, we enter an older plant 
world, a charm of form and foliage with gaudy color adorn- 
ment deleted, a restful world in suggestion of summer shade, 
moss-damp rock trickles and cooi forest pools. 
HARDY FERN PLANTS — These six are of full winter- 
hardiness, desirable for outdoor planting in the North. 
ADIANTUM PEDATUM—Maidenhair Fern, Dainty, shade- 
loving species, the delicate fronds divided into fan-like seg- 
ments. Mulch about with leaves. ATHYRIUM THELYPTER- 
OIDES—Christmas Fern. Long, tapering fronds, deeply twice- 
cut. Prefers shade, and should have some mulching. DENN- 
STAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA—Haysscented Fern, so named 
from the pleasing fragrance of the dried foliage. Dense plants 
with broad-based, tapering fronds, thrice-cut. Prefers light 
shade but tolerates sun. DRYOPTERIS SPINULOSA—Wood 
Fern. Handsome evergreen fronds, thrice-pinnate. Nice for 
cutting. Prefers shade, but, well-mulched, tolerates sun. Will 
grow under evergreens. ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA—The 
Lady Fern. Long, bright green fronds, bipinnate. Exceedingly 
variable; always beautiful. Prefers light shade. ONOCLEA 
SENSIBILIS—Sensitive Fern. Handsome, robust Fern with 
rather broad fronds in pleasingly irregular effect. Does well 
in full sun if mulched about the roots. UNIFORM PRICE of 
the above, each 60c; 3 of one kind for $1.60. OFFER 98A— 
One plant each of the six hardy Ferns for $3.15. 
FERN SPORES HARDY BLEND—Mixture of many winter- 
hardy species. Easily grown, see directions under head Ferns 
from Spores. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 40c; Ye oz. T5c. 
