
BOOKS—For the commercial grower. PROPAGATION 
OF PLANTS—Kains and McQuestion. Latest methods. 
Detailed. Authoritative. $4.00. THE NURSERY MANUAL 
—Bailey. Every nurseryman needs it. $5.00. THE BOOK 
OF SHRUBS—Hottes. Descriptions, propagation, uses, 
care. 437 pages. $4.00. COMMERCIAL FLOWER FORC- 
ING—Laurie and Kiplinger. Detailed; informative. In- 
cludes marketing. 598 pages. $4.75. HOW TO INCREASE 
PLANTS—Hottes. Plant propagation ways for both be- 
ginner and professional. $3.00. 

5 CANARY BIRD VINE—ex(3)10 ft. A graceful annual vine 
with deeply lobed leaves and blossoms in bright yellow of a 
form that suggests the name. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. 
2 CARICA PAPAYA—vw. In the north, an easy, speedy large 
pot or tub plant, decorative in Palm reminder. Well-grown 
plants bear the melon-shaped papaya fruits the second year, 
these edible, highly esteemed in the tropics. Few exotics so 
curious may be grown with so little fuss and care. Pkt. 15c. 
2 CARICA CANDAMARCENSIS—w. The Mountain Papaya 
makes a decorative ornamental when grown as a large pot or 
tub plant. Handsome dark green foliage; graceful, palm-like 
form. The perfumed fruit is said to have a pleasantly acid 
flavor, both pulp and seeds being eaten. Pkt. 25c. 
5 CARDINAL CLIMBER —ejk 12 feet. Graceful annual 
climber with fine foliage and flowers of brilliant, cardinal 
red. On fence or trellis it drapes in long-blooming beauty, a 
green wall set with ruby brilliance. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
3 AN AUSTRALIAN BULB-FLOWER 
The flowers, carried in open clusters on 20-inch stems, are 
a bit like miniature Daffodils, at least in form, the saucer a 
rose-toned crimson, the little cup a pale yellow, rose-suffused 
at base. While the individual flower is a bit small, the whole 
cluster is open at once, giving a most attractive effect. Bo- 
tanically this is CALOSTEMMA PURPUREUM, and it is to 
be handled as a summer-flowering garden bulb, giving same 
treatment and handling as one would Gladiolus. Bulbs, each 
55¢e; 8 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. 
3 THE CAMAS LILIES 
Beautiful in flower are these 
fully hardy bulbs, in great spikes 
that remind of Eremurus, and 
have rather like decorative gar- 
den effect. The spikes are loosely 
set with big star-blossoms in de- 
lightful color variations, cream, 
to blue and purple. CAMASSIA 
CUSICKI—60 inches. Rarest and 
perhaps finest; quite certainly 
the tallest. Big flowers, from 
pale lavender and mauve, to indi- 
go and violet. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 
35e. LEICHTLINI — 48 inches. 
Great stars of flowers, usually 
in blue, varied tones, light to 
dark, but sometimes in pure or 
creamy white. Illustrated oppo- 
site. Easy. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 30c; 
1% oz. 45e; % oz. 80c. QUAMASH 
—25 inches. Blue Camas Lily. 
Loose spray-spikes of blossoms 
in a deep blue, not far from 
indigo. Particularly effective 
Nu } when clumps of 5 or 6 bulbs are 
PRA ARES MAE janted together. Pkt. l5c; Ye 
oz. 25e; % oz. 40c; %-oz. 70c. OFFER 51A—One pkt. each 
of the three for 40c; Ye oz. of each for 80c. CAMASSIA 
FINEST MIXED—The Camassias above in blend. Pkt. 1l5c; 
lg oz. 80c; % oz. 45c; % oz. 80e. 

CAMELLIA 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA BLEND—w(7). Clear-hued waxen 
blossoms; white, salmon, rose or cherry. Emerald, evergreen 
foliage. Splendid pot or tub plant, thriving in sunny window 
in cool room. Sow under frames in spring or in heat at any 
time. Latest crop seed, but Camellia never gives perfect 
germination. Large, nut-like seeds, 8 for 25c; 20 for 50c; 
50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.75. 


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5 CARYOPTERIS INCANA—ek(3)35. Blue Spirea. Vivid blue 
blossoms in closely tiered whorls. It cuts. Aromatic. Sown 
early, it blooms freely first year, so is best treated as an 
Annual. Pkt. 20c. 
4 CARYOPTERIS TANGUTICA—(3)30. A fully winter-hardy 
species with very many, whip-like branchings set with whorls 
of aromatic blue blossoming. Perhaps woody enough to be 
classed as a low shrub, but because of its slender, graceful 
carriage it fits well among herbaceous perennials in the mixed 
hardy border. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
1 CARLINA ACAULIS—erx(3)9. Handsome alpine for the 
rock garden. Six-inch flowers, of silvery and straw tones, 
center rosettes of flat, spiny leaves. Pkt. 20c. 
3 SHOWY CANNAS 
State’y plants with decorative foliage in exotic appearance. 
Illustrat.d below. 
Trusses of massive, brilliant flowers. 
Cannas bloom constantly from early 
summer until after autumn freezes. 
In late fall, dig roots and store in 
dry, frost-proof place. We supply 
tubers, 2 to 3 eye divisions. FLOR- 
ENCE VAUGHAN — Big yellow 
flowers, dotted red, and with red 
throat. Green foliage. KING HUM- 
BERT—Big clusters of scarlet flow- 
ers above bronze leaves. RICHARD 
WALLACE—Profuse b'ossoming in 
clear yellow, leaves green. HUN- 
GARIA—Desirable deep pink. Green 
foliage. WYOMING—Here the leaves 
are bronzy maroon, the flowers 
large and rich orange. UNIFORM 
PRICE—Tuber divisions of any of 
above, each 25c;: 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. CANNA FINE 
MIXED—tThe above, with others, 3 for 65c; 10 for $1.90; 
25 for $4.50. 
CANNA SEEDS MIXED—Seeds saved from varied named 
kinds. Should give interesting colors and forms. Usually 
seedlings bloom first year. Soak or file the rather large seeds 
before sowing. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
1 CARNATION 2 
Spicily sweet perfumes, sheafs of beauty, cut flowers for 
many a vase. Reasonably garden-hardy. ‘‘x’’ culture. 
CHABAUD GIANT MIXED—Deeply fringed, double flowers 
to 2-inch diameters. Clove-scented. Soft pink, rose, yellow, 
salmon, cardinal and crimson in mixture. Blooms in five or 
six months from seed. Usually grown as a perennial, but 
likely to bloom first year. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 40c; % oz. T5ce. 
CARNATION AVRANCHIN—Fine, big doub'e flowers of pale 
yellow, vividly splashed with rose, red and violet markings. 
Bizarre, but gorgeous. Pkt. 30c. 
SUPERGIANT BLEND —Immense flowers, fully double, 
heavily fringed, are carried on sturdy 20-inch stems. About 
six months from seed to bloom. Flowers quite often a full 
three inches in diameter. Color range unusually full; in addi- 
tion to the varied clear self tones of the other strains there 
will be here a certain percentage of bicolors and buff, bizarres, 
smokies, lavenders, garnet, and cherry, with orange-salmon 
and contrasting flakies. Usually grown as outdoor perennials, 
but may also be cut back in autumn and potted up for winter 
bloom in a cool window or greenhouse. Pkt. 30c; Ye oz. 90c; 
1%® oz. $1.70. 
GRENADIN MIXED-—Splendid garden strain, rather hardier 
than the others, and exceedingly free-blooming. Double flowers 
of medium size in wide color range, including good proportion 
of rich, dark tones. 18 inches. Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 40c. Plants, fine 
mixed, each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
DWARF VIENNA MIXED—A dwarfer strain of long-lived 
perennial Carnations, growing to ten inches. Blooms earlier 
than any other strain. Fine assortment of co'orings, flowers 
fully double. Makes a colorful edging. Pkt. 20c; Ya oz. 50c. 
OFFER 50A—One pkt. each of the five for $1.00. 
4 TREE EVERGREEN BLEND 
A mixture of seeds of ornamental Evergreens and relatives 
in the botanic family Coniferae. Made up from the more desir- 
able species of Fir, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Yew, Juniper, 
Cedar, Larch, together with Cryptomeria, Chamaecyparis, 
Ginkgo. Thuja and the like. Some of the seeds naturally ger- 
minate quickly, but a few of the kinds (as Yew) are slow and 
may take months, so do not disturb seedbed until at least one 
winter has passed. Not less than 1% oz. sold. % oz. 20c; 
Y% oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.15; %4 Ib. $4.00. 

