3 NEMASTYLIS ACUTA—rkt(2)18. Celestial Lily. Large 
blossoms of pure sky blue, exquisite in color and form. A 
bulb, to be handled as Tigridia. Pkt. 20c. 
1 NEPETA MUSSINI—ergx(2-4)10. Blue-lavender flowers in 
spraying panicles over wide mounds of silver-gray foliage. 
Excellent, long-blooming rock garden or edging perennial. 
Sometimes used, too, as undercover for bulb plantings. Pkt. 
15c; 6 oz. 25c; 14 oz. 40c. Plants, each 45c. - 
3 NERINE FILIFOLIA—One of the prettier bulb-flowers, 
blooming in autumn along with the Chrysanthemums. Airy 
blossoms in open circlets on foot-high stems, bright carmine 
buds unfolding to sparkling pink. It cuts well. In the North, 
dig the bulbs in late autumn, and carry over winter in a frost- 
proof place. Bulbs only, 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.35. 
5 NOLANA BLEND—ex(8)5. Chilean plant of decumbent 
habit. Foliage crispy, succulent, all set with wide flowers of 
rich ultramarine, white-centered. Delight in the garden, or 
for a hanging basket. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
3 NOMOCHARIS MAIREI—kt24. Lily-cousin from Yunnan. 
Flowers of pale rose, spotted violet. Rare. Pkt. 40c. 
1 ONOSMA—rdkt(3). Nodding bugles of 
flowers in arching sprays. ALBO-ROSEUM 
—Rosedrop. It opens white, deepening to 
rose. 8 seeds for 25c. TAURICUM—Gold- 
drop. Many narrow bells in waxen lemon 
gold, over gray-frosted foliage. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, each 50c. 
OSTROWSKIA MAGNIFICA—Great Cau- 
casian Bellflower. Stately, tuberous-rooted 
perennial to five feet, with many bell- 
blossoms of soft lilac four inches across. 
Needs full sun and good drainage. In cold 
areas, winter-protect with straw. Illustrated 
opposite. Not everyone succeeds with Os- 
trowskia, but many do. Once established, it 
ill give spectacular bloom for years. Pkt. 
25c; 8 pkts. for 70c. Root-tubers, each 
$1.35; 3 for $3.85. Note that we guarantee safe arrival of 
tubers in good condition for growing, After that our re 
sponsibility ends. 
1 OMPHALODES VERNA—(1)5. Lovely flowers of deep blue, 
reminder of Forget-me-nots, are set on the short, straying 
stems of this delightful low perennial. Right for the rock gar- 
den. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
2 ORTHROSANTHUS MULTIFLORUS—w. Desirable win- 
dow plant with panicles of inch-wide, sky blue flowers above 
grassy leaves. Goes well with Libertia. Pkt. 25c. 
5 SWEET-SCENTED NASTURTIUMS 
From cream, through lemon, chamois, salmon, rose, orange, 
cerise, scarlet, maroon and mahogany. ‘‘x” culture. DWARF 
DOUBLE GIANTS—Compact plant-globes massed with frag- 
rant blossoms, semi-double and double. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; 
1 oz. 85c. DWARF SINGLE MIXED—The desirable, free- 
blooming single-flowered Nasturtiums in superb color range. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30c; %4 Ib. $1.00. DWARF EMPRESS OF 
INDIA—Deeply bronzed leaves and velvety scarlet flowers. 
Makes a rich edging or bed. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 365c. 
DOUBLE GLEAM HYBRIDS—Semi-dwarf, may be grown on 
trellis or as a trailer. Fragrant semi to fully double flowers in 
fine color range. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 35c; %4 lb. $1.10. TALL 
MIXED—Big, varied, single flowers. Vine for trellis or fence. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. OFFER 156A—One pkt. each of above 
for 40c. 
1 LOTUS or NELUMBIUM 
Perennial aquatic plants of truly spectacular beauty. Of 
full hardiness. May be grown in pool, lake, or stream back- 
water, even in a tub. In sowing Nelumbium seeds, file through 
the shell, soak two days in barely warm water, then sow in 
saucer of sand covered with water, placing in sunny window 
until seeds sprouts. Seedling plants should be transplanted ‘to 
strawberry boxes of sand and earth in shallow edge of pool, 
later being set where water is deeper. The seeds are large and 
nutlike. Plants shipped only by express. 
NELUMBIUM LUTEUM—Golden Lotus. Enormous flowers 
of creamy yellow, followed by oddly decorative ‘“‘shaker’’ seed 
pods. 8 seeds for 25c; 14 seeds for $1.00. Pot-grown plants, 
each $2.50. 
NELUMBIUM SPECIOSUM—Oriental Lotus. Splendid fra- 
grant blossoms that may be white, pink, or carmine red. 
3 seeds for 25c; 14 seeds for $1.00. Plants, pot-grown, mixed 
only without color choice, each $2.50. 

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5 OLEANDER DOUBLE PINK—The Oleander, NERIUM, is 
a rather easy plant of spectacular beauty when well grown. 
Usually handled in the north as a large pot or tub plant, set 
outside on open porch, terrace or lawn for summer blooming, 
being wintered in light cellar or cool greenhouse, or, of course, 
the plants may be grown year-around under glass. Quite smal] 
plants will give good flowers. We offer plants of a sort with 
fully double, deep pink blossoms. Each 80c; 3 for $2.25. 
NERTERA or BEAD-PLANT 
Nertera depressa, a dainty creeper with tiny, lettuce-green 
leaves and masses of shining orange or crimson berries. Hardy 
well north, and makes a pretty species for the lightly shaded 
rock garden, but usually it is grown as an indoor pot plant, 
the berries attractive for months. Cultures “k’’ or “‘w.”? Pkt. 
25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
5 FRAGRANT NICOTIANA 
The gardens of those who delight in sweet scents will hold 
always Nicotiana. eobx(8). AFFINIS—30 inches. Long white 
trumpets with sugar-sweet perfume. Pkt. 10c. SANDERAE 
HYBRIDS—28 inches. Long brightness in the rose, red and 
crimson range. Pkt. 15c. CRIMSON BEDDER—Rather greater 
profusion of flowers, these all in shades of rich crimson. Pkt. 
l5bc; Wg oz. 25e. SYLVESTRIS—35 inches. Rather stately 
plants, with massive basal foliage and big clusters of long- 
tubed white blossoms on slender stems. The flowers remain 
open all day. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25e. SUAVEOLENS—25 inches. 
Grown for the sweet fragrance. Clustered, nodding flowers of 
pale violet. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 157A—One pkt. each of the above 
for 60c. 
ORNITHOGALUM DIVERSITIES 
Showy, easy bulbs, for garden or 
pot culture. 
3 SAUNDERSIAE—ecx (3-4)80. The 
Giant Summer Ornithogalum is a 
truly spectacular garden  bulb- 
flower, to be given Gladiolus culture 
and handling throughout. From 
handsome rosettes of glossy leaves 
rise sturdy stems from 8 feet in 
young flowering bulbs to as much as 
7 feet in older ones. The stems end 
in great flower clusters that open 
successive buds over a period of 
months. The blossoms are relatively 
large, waxy petals of creamy white 
about a center-boss of olive black. Fee: 
Long-lasting when cut, strikingly decorative in the garden. 
Seeds, pkt. 20c; Y%e oz. 40c; % oz. 70c; % oz. $1.25. Bulbs, 
blooming size, spring delivery, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for 
$3.00. We can also supply a few super-size bulbs that will 
quickly produce flowering plants of maximum size and showi- 
ness, each 60c; 3 for $1.65. 
4 THYRSOIDES—w. Chinkerichee. Clustered, fragrant blos- 
soms on 18 inch stems. An easy, beautiful bulb-flower for 
winter pot culture. Seeds germinate quickly, and plants will 
be giving flowers in 8 or 9 months. Sow in spring for flowers 
all the following winter. Long lasting when cut. Not hardy 
in the garden. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.60. 
NYMPHAEA or WATER LILY 
Sow in pots or pans or good soil, submerging the pot so 
at least two inches of water is above it. Keep in full sun at 
room temperature. Transfer to rich mud in pool or tub. 
NYMPHAEA TENDER BLEND — Seeds saved from finest 
named sorts in full color range, pinks, reds, blues, whites. Not 
winter-hardy North, so usually grown as annuals, flowering 
quickly and long first year. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
ORCHIDS 
We expect to have seeds of many Orchid species, both of 
the hardy native species and of the tender conservatory kinds, 
Cymbidiums, Dendrobiums. Vandas and the like. The seeds 
are ready at intervals throughout the year, and will be offered 
in issues of our RARE-FLOWER BULLETIN. If you are 
interested, please ask for the Bulletin. See also BLETILLA, 
page 14 this catalog, and EPIDENDRUM on page 1. 

ORNITHOGALUM 
BOOK—AMERICAN ORCHID CULTURE—White. How 
to grow them, sources, propagation, description. 260 pages, 
110 illustrations. $6.00. 
