1 FILIPENDULA HEXAPETALA — A delightful double- 
flowered Meadowsweet in snowiest white. Above fern foliage, 
12-inch stems bear sprays of blossoms that might be frozen 
seafoam. Full hardiness. Charming in rock garden. Plants, 
each 55c; 8 for $1.50. 
1 FILIPENDULA RUBRA VENUSTA — 50 inches. Airy, 
pure pink flowers in graceful sprays. Altogether beautiful. 
Early summer. Long in bloom. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
2 FITTONIA ARGYRONEURA — Silver-net Plant. Easily 
grown and beautiful foliage plant for an east or north 
window. Requires no direct sun. Foliage of most velvety 
emerald green, netted with pure white veining. Plants, each 
45c; 3 for $1.20. 
2 FICUS ELASTICA—w. Makes a most satisfactory decora- 
tive pot plant. Known as the RUBBER PLANT. Shining 
green foliage. Easy to grow, and always effective. Pkt. 20c; 
3 pkts. for 50c. 
5 FELICIA BERGERIANA—k(2)8. Kingfisher Daisy, called 
so from the brilliant kingfisher-blue of the flowers. A bright 
and showy South African Annual. Pkt. 20e. 
1 FESTUCA GLAUCA OLD ORCHARD—Low, ornamental 
grass. The whole plant is dense, stecl-blue, formally plush-like 
in the close packing of the blades. Makes a fine edger, or may 
be used in rock garden. Plants, divisions, each 40c; 3 for 
$1.00; 10 for $2.75; 25 for $6.00. 
3 THE PINEAPPLE LILY 
It is EUCOMIS UNDULATA, unusual bulb for either 
summer garden or pot culture. It may be dug in autumn 
and winter-stored in manner of Gladiolus. Highly attractive 
foliage, crimped and frilled. From the center rises the thick, 
tight spike of flowers, cream with elfin green tintings. After 
the flowers go, the seed capsules that follow are hidden deeply 
in packed green bracts, the whole topped with another foliage 
rosette so that the thick spike looks like a green pineapple. 
ek(w)15. Rather easy from seed. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 
10 for $2.00. Seeds of two rare species can also be supovlied, 
being EUCOMIS PEDUNCULATA at pkt. 30c and EUCOMIS 
PUNCTATA at pkt. 35c. 
3 FRITILLARIA FOR GENTLE DELIGHT 
Cousin to the true Lily, the genus FRIT- 
ILLARIA holds many a charming exquisite. 
Flowers are usually recurved, but again & 
bell-like. Variations in cream, yellow, rose, R 
violet, scarlet or white, sometimes in tessel- & 
ations. Rock garden or shade-edge colonies. 
“vt’’?, Mixed. Pkt. 20c. 
FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS — yt. Crown | 
Imperial. Circlets of pendant, showy bells, 
bronze, orange or crimson. 40 inches. 
IUustrated opposite. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for | 
50c. H 
4 THE RARE FRANKLINIA 
The FRANKLIN TREEF is a most attractive large shrub or 
small tree that thrives under Azalea conditions. It blooms in 
late summer and autumn, wax-white blossom cups with golden 
anther tassels. Foliage becomes scarlet in late fall. Grows 
naturally as a shrub, but can be trained to single stem in 
small tree form. Seeds sown in mixture of sand and peat, 
either under glass in winter, or outside in early spring, will 
usually germinate rea‘ily. 10 seeds for 25c; 50 seeds for $1.10; 
250 seeds for $4.50. Plants, one-year size, each 90c; 3 for $2.60. 
FIGS FOR THE NORTH 
You can grow your own Figs, even in the North, for the 
trees are almost hardy, and usually carry through well if 
given a position close to south side of a building, together 
with a protection of corn stalks or other material in winter. 
Figs grow quite quickly, and start fruiting at a fairly early 
age. In very cold areas can readily be grown under glass as 
a large pot plant, even then fruiting freely. This is FICUS 
CARICA, seeds saved from selected, edible sorts. Pkt. 2%; 
Ye oz. 50c. Plants, young steck, 7 to 15 inches, each Tb5c; 
3 for $2.10. 
3 FREESIAS FROM SEED 
Quick from seed, often flowering within six months after 
sowing. The sprays of perfumed flower-trumpets come in 
rainbow hues, primrose to gold orange, lavender, true blue, 
white, soft pink, carmine, rare sunset tones. Fine blend, 
ecw(7)16. Pkt. 25c; Ye oz. 40c; % oz. T5e. 




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2 FAUCARIA TIGRINA—Called Tiger’s Jaw from the thick, 
triangular, opposed leaves, edge-set with curved, interlocking 
teeth. Big, fluffy, yellow flowers. An attractive and curious 
pot pant. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
4 GARDENIA JASMINOIDES—w. Cape Jasmine, known also 
as Gardenia florida. Evergreen shrub with fragrant flowers of 
waxy white, usually single in seedlings, but sometimes double. 
W.nter-hardy into Virginia. Usually grown as a pot plant in 
the North. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
4 GARDENIA VEITCHI—Perhaps finest horticultural form 
of the lovely Cape Jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides. It is tender 
evergreen shrublet that bears a long succession of sweetly 
perfumed, large and double Camellia-like blossoms, pure white 
and with thick, waxy petals. Grown as a pot or conservatory 
plant. Good plants, each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
2 GAZANIA EVERBLOOMING 5 
GAZANIA HYBRID BLEND—erk(w)(8)9. Here is continu- 
ous, all summer brightness that fears neither drought nor sun. 
Green foliage rosettes, cottony below, are dominated by big 
daisies that vary from lemon to orange, even at times with 
red approaches. Usually the blossoms are zoned with a ser- 
rated banding of red-brown or of blue-black. In the garden 
Gazania handles as an easy, showy annual, but it makes a 
superb pot p'ant, too, being actually a tender perennial. Fine 
blend, hybrids and species. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
Plants, pot-grown, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
2 THE RICH-TONED FUCHSIAS 
CONSERVATORY BLEND—Pendant ‘“eardrop’”’ flowers in 
soft color tones, often two hues contrasting. Excellent win- 
dow or conservatory plants, easy, long in bloom. Splendid 
mixture, saved from both single and double-flowered forms. 
Seeds are tiny. Pkt. of not less than 20 seeds, each 35c; 
3 for $1.00. 
FUCHSIA PLANTS—Easy and beautiful flowering plants for 
window or conservatory. Three fine sorts. LITTLE BEAUTY 
—A rather dwarf and compact grower with mostly double 
flowers, sepals carmine pink, corolla close to blue. Plants, 
each 50c. PRIDE OF ORION A handsome sort, sepals of 
deep rose and corolla of pure white. Double. Each 50c. BLACK 
PRINCE—RKeflexed sepals of rose pink, flaring corolla of 
earmine pink. Single. An easy grower, always good. Each 50c. 
OFFER 101AN—One plant each of the three for $1.40. Three 
of each for $4.20. 
1 FUCHSIA MAGELLANICA — Pen- 
dant rosy blossoms, centered blue- 
violet, carried on gracefully diffuse 
plants, to 10 inches. Desirab'e in the 
rock garden. With protection of straw 
or litter, will winter outside well 
north. Also a good pot plant, flowers 
a little smaller than in the other sorts. 
but very many of them. [Illustrated 
opposite. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
FUCHSIA SPECIES BLEND—Seeds 
of species (botanical) Fuchsias in 
mixture. Includes many unusual kinds from Andean high- 
lands. Here will be Fuchsias of many forms and colorings, all 
of them attractive, most of them beautiful. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. 
for $1.00. 
5 GAILLARDIA ANNUAL 
PICTA SINGLE 
bronze maroon, in odd combinations. Pkt. 10c; 

MARDY -FUCHSIa@ 
MIXED — Gorgeous colorings, lemon to 
1% oz. 20c. 
INDIAN CHIEF (Amblyodon)—Big single flowers of coppery 
maroon. Fine for cutting. Pkt. 15c. 
PEERLESS DOUBLE MIXED—Curly ball-blossoms in varicd 
brilliant reds, yellows, oranges. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c. 
1 GAILLARDIA PERENNIAL 
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Rich color, June to autumn. ‘x 
HYBRIDS—Big, long-stemmed flowers in varied metallic 
reds, gold-tipped. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for 
$1.10. SUNSET—Showy bright yellow. Pkt. 15c. BURGUNDY 
-Usually wine red to maroon red. Best red sort. Pkt. 15c; 
Ya oz. 25e. Plants, each 45¢; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.70. GOB- 
LIN—A dwarf, compact sort. Yellow with red zone. Pkt. 15c; 
Ae oz. 30e. TANGERINE—Orange to copper. Pkt. 15e; Wg oz. 
30c. OFFER 102A—One pkt. each of above for 65c. SUNGOD 
—Giant flowers, all of a golden yellow, no trace of red. Plants, 
each 50c; 8 for $1.40. 
culture. PORTOLA 
