LILIUM NEW SHELBURNE PINK 
Here is a fully hardy and rather easy pink-flowered Lily that I 
like very much. It is the result of long 
selection and clon propagation from 
the Shelburne Hybrid strain (a Re- 
gale-Sargentiae cross), by my friend 
Mr. Abbey of the Gardenside Nurs- 
eries in Vermont. I saw several clons 
of this pink strain growing at Gar- 
denside. The plants were tall and vig- 
orous, the flowers large and of heavy 
substance, the coloring a true, suf- 
fused pink into and overlaying the 
natural waxen whiteness. Sometimes 
there was just a soft pink flushing, 
z but again it would deepen and spread 
into almost an afterglow rose, but deep in the trumpet throat 
there was still the usual hint of primrose or of lemon. The 
seeds that we offer were all saved from a single clon of this 
strain, the clon that seemed to yield the highest proportion of 
pinks among its seedlings, a test lot giving close to 90% of 
pink-tinged blooms, from faintest blush to rather deep pink 
enrichments. Understand, please, that not all of the seedlings 
from a sowing will throw pink flowers, but definitely several 
should always be within the pink range. Offered only in orig- 
inator’s sealed packets, each packet containing ten sound seeds. 
Packet of 10 seeds for $1.00 ;5 packets, customer limit, for $4.75. 
1 JAPANESE IRIS 
The lovely Orchid Irises of Japan, varieties of Iris Kaemp- 
feri. Immense flowers in graceful, undulate form. Illustrated 
on front cover. 
UNIFORM PRICE—Any of the following, each 65c; 3 of one 
kind for $1.80. 
JAPANESE IRIS PLANTS—Available both spring and fall. 
ALBATROS—Fine, snowy white with golden center. AME- 
THYST—Very large flowers of rosy lavender. AVALON—A 
splendid beauty. Big, white flowers with faint azure suffusion, 
are vividly penciled with deep blue. BLUE HERON—Deep 
sky blue with white center. CONDOR—Large. Deep blue violet. 
DOMINATOR—Rich indigo blue with white stripes. ELEA- 
NOR PERRY—Big claret-red double, with white and blue 
shadings. FASCINATION—Lovely mauve-blue double with 
white veinings. FLAMINGO—Splendid double in rich, rosy 
pink. IBIS—Big double flowers that approach bright red. 
KATHLEEN HAVEMEYER—Large and double sky blue 
flowers, mauve at petal edge. CHAMELEON—Double. White 
with blue marbling. Light and dark flowers on same plant. 
LA FAVORITA—Big white, purple at center, all veined and 
netted blue. MARGARET J. HENDRICKSEN—Attractive 
double, white at center, shading to blue, and then violet. 
AZURE—Splendid, late-flowering double with heavily ruffled 
petals. True sky blue. MICHAEL JACOBS—Deep, rosy orchid, 
white and yellow in throat. MRS. GEORGE STUMPP—Im- 
mense, double flowers in glowing red-violet. NORMA—Double 
blossoms of orchid pink. OLD ORCHARD—A showy bizarre. 
Flowers of red-toned mauve, stippled with white. PLUTON— 
Blue, richly shaded. violet. Tall and fine. PURPLE AND 
GOLD—Fine double in velvety purple, with blue-tinted white 
rays radiating from a golden throat. RED CLOUD—Desirable 
red double with white zone about yellow center. ROSE ANNA 
—Pale wine red, veined purple. Fine large flower. 
TEMPLETON—Vigorous red-violet double that often shows 
white marblings. TORO ODORI—Wine-purple double, splashed 
with silvery gray. TRICOLOR—Mauve-suffused white with 
violet splashings and yellow center line. Double. T. S. WARE 
—Big, double flowers of wine red with contrasting white vein. 
ings. WISTAR FAVORITE—An odd, shadowy, silvery blue. 
OFFER 128AN—One plant each of the 28 Japanese Irises with 
names, for $16.50. OFFER 131AN—One plant each of 10 kinds, 
with names, but our choice of varieties, for $5.50. OFFER 
132A N—One plant each of 16 kinds, good ones, each different, 
but supplied without names or labels, for $8.00. 
SEEDS OF JAPANESE IRISES—kt(2)36. The Japanese Irises 
grow rather readily from spring-sown seeds, sometimes bloom- 
ing by second season, quite surely by the next. New beau- 
ties may appear, worthy of naming. We offer seeds, our 
KAEMPFERI SUPERBA strain, saved from a fine collection 
of named sorts. Many of the seedlings should have double 
flowers and one may expect white, gold-banded, turquoise, 
azure, rose, purple, crimson, violet, often netted or splashed. 
Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 30c; % oz. 50c; % oz. 90e. 

1950 CATALOG 53A 
Rex. D. Pearce 
Moorestown, N. J. 



5 TWELVE UNUSUAL ANNUALS 
Here are twelve of the less usual annual flowers, all easy to 
grow, all of a distinctive beauty that will add personality and 
charm to your garden. For full descriptions, look for each in 
its alphabetic position in this catalog. SOUTHERN STAR— 
Oxypetalum. 15 inches. Everblooming blue pastel. Pkt. 20c. 
BELLS OF IRELAND—Molucella. 30 inches. 
Translucent bells of pale green. Pkt. 25c. 
GOLDEN CLEOME—60 inches. Golden ore 
ange filigree. Pkt. 20c. LAZY DAISY— 
Aphanostephus. 20 inches. Big white daisies, 
pink in reverse. Everblooming. Pkt. 20c. 
HIBISCUS GOLDEN BOWL—90 inches. 
Tall spires of big lemon blossoms, blotched 
maroon. Pkt. 15¢. ANNUAL INCARVIL- 
LEA—25 inches. Airy trumpets, cream, 
blush, pink. Everblooming. JIUustrated op- 
posite. Pkt. 20ec. CUPHEA AVALON HY- 
BRIDS—20 inches. Profusion of curious bute 
terfly-blossoms in wide color range. Pkt. 15c. 
DATURA TRUMPET-IN-TRUMPET. 50 
: inches. Big, ruffled, triple trumpets in soft 
yellow. Pkt. 15e. TAHOKA DAISY—20 inches. Blue summer 
daisy, bloom-filled for months. Pkt. 15c. STAR OF TEXAS— 
Xanthisma. 20 inches. Big daisy-flowers of brilliant golden yel- 
low. Pkt. 15c. BABY SALVIA—Salvia microphylla. 16 inches. 
Flaring reverse-cones of carmine loveliness. Pkt. 20c. CORAL 
FLOWER—30 inches. Talinum. Airy racemes of little pink 
stars; then “coral beads.” Pkt. 20c. OFFER 12A—We will send 
one pkt. each of these Twelve Unusual Annual] Flowers, for 
just $1.50. If you ordered them separately, they would cost $2.20. 

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CYPELLA 
HERBERTIN 
ZEPHY RANTHES 
CANDIDA 
GL LZ , 
IXTOLIRION 
MONTANUM 
CRINUM 
LONGIFOLIUM DIERAMA 

3 THE CRINUM LILIES 
Glorious beauties, flowering bulbs of the Amaryllis family 
for outdoor growing. Illustrated above. The bulbs store in 
winter as readily as Gladiolus, but Crinums longifolium, Powelli 
album, Moorei and Cecil Houdyshel may be considered as 
winter-hardy at Philadelphia. In colder climates they will need 
considerable winter protection if left outside. All Crinums may 
be grown in pots if one wishes, Ellen Bosanquet being particu- 
larly good for this handling. ERUBESCENS—Whorls of large, 
fragrant flowers that expand to stars in the softest of pinks, 
each petal with a rose-shaded center stripe. Each $1.00; 3 for 
$2.80. LONGIFOLIUM—Big trumpet-flowers in pink-and- 
white, sweetly scented. Blooms always in spring, often again in 
fall. Each 90c; 8 for $2.60. POWELLI ALBUM—Lovely lily- 
trumpets of purest waxen whiteness. Full winter hardiness 
here. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.80. MOOREI—This desirable Crinum 
blooms in late summer, big, bell-shaped flowers of soft pink. 
Winter-hardy here. Each $1.25; 3 for $3.50. CECIL HOUDY- 
SHEL—Showy, robust, long-blooming hybrid. Deep rose pink. 
Particularly good. Will winter with protection at Philadelphia. 
Each $1.70. ELLEN BOSANQUET—Here the blossoms are a 
rich and glowing wine red. Bach $1.30. OFFER 10AN—One 
bulb each of the six for $6.70. 
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