1 ALCHEMILLA SPLENDENS—Lady’s Mantle. Low, hardy 
rock garden or edging perennial with masses of attractive, 
downy, scalloped leaves. Little creamy flowers. Plants, each 
45c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60. 
3 ALOPHIA PULCHELLA—rkt(1-2)7. Attractive little bulb- 
flower from Uruguay, blooming in fairly early spring. Up- 
facing blossoms of deep blue-violet. A good pot bulb. If grown 
in garden, give careful winter protection. Pkt. 20c. 
2 ALOYSIA or LEMON VERBENA—w. Grown for the per- 
fumed foliage, this used with other cut flowers to give non- 
cloying fragrance. Usually handled as a pot plant, but may be 
set outside in summer if desired. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
3 LILY OF PERU 1 
Lily of Peru is an old 
ALSTROE- \\\ 
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name _ for 
MERIA, and the flowers 
do rival those of the Lily 
in beauty, though Alstro- 
meria belongs to quite W& 
another plant family. 
Nor can Peru altogether 
claim them, for certain 
of the species come from 
Chile, or from Brazil. But 
by any name whatever, 
the great sheafs of blos- 
soming in all their rare 
colorings are just as 
handsome. They grow 
from tangles of brittle, 
tuberous roots, and at our 
Old Orchard Nursery 
seem to be quite soundly 
winter hardy. We mulch 
them with straw in late 
autumn, parting this in 
spring to let the stems 
come through, but other- 
wise leaving it in posi- 
tion to keep the soil cool 
during the hot months. 
When the Alstroemerias 
are in bloom, there is 
nothing in the nursery ALsT 
more decorative, more 
gorgeous. In very cold regions the roots can be dug in autumn 
and winter-stored in sand. Alstroemerias grow well from seed, 
“kt” culture, often giving a few blossoms first year. Some- 
times, though, the seed lies over until the second spring be- 
fore germinating, being rather erratic and unpredictable in 
behavior. At times it will even germinate well, sown in heat 
under glass. 
AURANTIACA—Great sheafs of showy flowers in yellow to 
golden orange, the upper petals splashed carmine. Does well 
at Old Orchard in open ground plantings. Pkt. 20c; 1% oz. 
40c; 14 oz. 75c. Plants, spring delivery, each 50c. 
CHILENSIS—22 inches. Bright blossoms in pink, and in tones 
of rose or red, often with hint of orange suffusion. Cream 
or salmon forms may appear. Garden-hardy well north if pro- 
tected with straw or leaves. Also does well as a pot plant under 
glass. Pkt. 20c; 1% oz. 45c; %4 oz. 80c; 1 02. $2.90. 
THE RARER ALSTROEMERIAS — Less usual kinds that 
are just as easy to grow as the two offered above. HAEMAN- 
THA—35 inches. Handsome species with rather large flowers, 
the outer segments red with green tips, the inner ones show- 
ing blended tones in orange effect, purple-dotted. Pkt. 80c 3 
HOOKERI—A dwarf, upright grower that does particularly 
well as a pot plant, blooming under glass February into late 
July. Blossoms soft pink, with markings of carmine and 
touch of white. Pkt. 30c. LIGTU HYBRIDS—24 inches. De- 
lightfully variable, with blossoms that may be white, pink or 
rose, often with apricot and orange tones. It winters outside 
at our nursery. Also forces well. Pkt. 25c; "16 oz. 50c. PELE- 
GRINA—16 inches. Lily of the Incas. Flower usually lilac 
rose with purple splashing, but sometimes all unmarked pure 
white. Pkt. 30ec. PULCHELLA—Parrot Lily. Stems to four 
feet carry whorls of uneven trumpets in rich red with green 
tips. Long in bloom. Pkt. 20c. Plants, spring delivery, each 
50c. VIOLACEA—22 inches. A rare species. Lovely flowers of 
bright lilac, with hint of tawniness and flush of violet. Pkt. 
35c. VERSICOLOR—12 inches. Unusual Chilean species with 
bright yellow flowers, spotted purple. Quite hardy. Pkt. 30c. 
OFFER 15A—One pkt. each of the nine for $2.10. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—Fine mixture, heaviest in Chi- 
lensis and Aurantiaca, but including a bit of each of the kinds 
above. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 45c; 4 oz. 80c; 1 oz. $2.90. 


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3 AMARYLLIS 
There are few easier, surer, or more beautiful bulb-flowers. 
AMARYLLIS GIANT HY- 
BRIDS—w. Magnificent flowers, 
great expanded trumpets in 
rose, scarlet, crimson, all one 
color, or more often with white 
star-throats, or great splash- 
ings and barrings of white. 
There is no more spectacular 
flowering bulb for pot culture, 
and that culture is easy, too, 
easy enough for any sunny 
window. Illustrated opposite. 
Seeds saved from fine selected 
plants, 10 seeds for 25c; 50 for 
$1.00; 100 for $1.75; 250 for 
$3.75; 600 for $7.00. Bulbs 
available throughout year, ex- 
cept during July and August. 
Each 70c; 3 for $2.00; 10 for 
$5.60; 25 for $12.50. Mixed 
colors only. 
THE WHITE ARGENTINE AMARYLLIS—This rare species 
carries long, trumpet-shaped pure white flowers on stems to 
30 inches. Sweetly perfumed. Blooms in summer. Botanically 
AMARYLLIS CANDIDA. Altogether lovely and desirable. 
Seeds, each 25c; 6 seeds (customer limit) for $1.35. 


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AMARYLLIS HYBRIDS 
LILY OF THE PALACE—So stately, fragrant AMARYLLIS 
AULICA was called long ago. The handsome flowers are 
bright crimson, base of each petal showing vivid green, with 
a small red-purple blotch where green and crimson meet. 3 
seeds for 40c; 9 seeds for $1.00. 
AMARYLLIS ADVENA — The Oxblood Lily of Chile. In 
August and September each 10-inch stem bears several med- 
ium-size flowers in richest oxblood red. May be grown in 
pots, or deeply planted bulbs will winter in open ground as 
far north as southern Michigan, but planting should be pro- 
tected with straw or leaves in autumn. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 
70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
BRUNSVIGIA ROSEA (Amaryllis_ bella- 
donna)—The Beautiful Lady. Perfumed, 
clustered flower-trumpets, soft pink to deep 
rose. Makes a delightful window or porch 
plant, but as far north as Philadelphia it 
is also garden-hardy. With adequate winter 
mulching, it may, indeed, be wintered out- 
side much farther north. Seeds, rather large 
and succulent, 4 for 25c; 20 for $1.00. & 
Bulbs, June to November, each 75c; 3 for 
$2.00. Illustrated opposite. : 
AMARYLLIS BIFIDUM—Clusters of rath- & 
er erect flowers in rich red, on stems to 10 3 
inches. Smaller in all its parts than the 
other Amaryllisses, but nevertheless as beau- = ====arm™ 
tiful as it is different and distinctive. South of Philadelphia 
will usually winter in the open ground, but it is also a most de- 
sirable species for culture under glass, 3 or 4 bulbs being 
planted in a large pot. 10 seeds for 25c; 50 for $1.00. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA — This showy, easy bulb- 
flower is often called “The Garden Amaryllis,’’ for it does 
very well just grown in the summer garden in manner of 
Gladiolus, being also dug and stored in autumn in Gladiolus 
fashion. Often within three weeks after the spring planting 
of it, the great fantastically formed blossoms will be appear- 
ing, flowers of velvety crimson, gold-glinting with pollen dust. 
Botanically this is SPREKELIA FORMOSISSIMA, and other 
names for it are Mexican Fire Lily, Inca Lily and Jacobean 
Lily. By the way, you can grow it in pots indoors, too. Then 
it blooms in late winter. Illustrated opposite page. Bulbs each 
60c; 3 for $1.65; 10 for $4.80. 

3 LEOPARD PALM 
A bizarrely decorative plant for the summer garden, called 
there Leopard Palm from the odd spotting of the stem, and 
the great, gracefully arching, digitate leaves. Botanically it is 
HYDROSOME RIVIERI (or Amorphophallus), a tuberous 
rooted Aroid. Tubers should be dug in late autumn, and stored. 
In late winter, without help of soil or light, they will rocket 
forth curious blossoms, spadix of maroon, spathe of rose- 
tinged green; exotic and unconventional. Tubers only, around 
2-inch diameters, each $1.25; 8 for $3.50. These are not yet 
large enough to bloom, but they will meanwhile pay their 
way in fantastic, summer decorative effects. 
