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enthralling beauty... appealing grace... 
yours to delight in, the summer through, when you 
Choose from these Upriiel 
oe .., BA. 
many brought from far-away places for your pleasure 
Showy Acidanthera 
to dress-up your outdoor garden! 
The Sweetly Scented MURIELAE is an entrancing introduction from Western 
Abyssinia! Utterly delightful in the garden, it blossoms through most of ? 
August and September, scenting the air with its delicious fragrance! Masses / 
of six or more showy blossoms are suspended on strong, graceful stems, and / 
as you will note in the photo at the right, they are of a fascinating shape! 
White as a driven cloud, these lovely things flaunt a starry shaped throat <4 
blotch of crimson maroon. They are from 3 to 4 inches across, and excel- 
lent for cutting. The Acidanthera Murielae grows from 21% to 3 feet in 
height and is rarely damaged by wind or rain! Extra choice, you handle 
this the same way as gladiolus, only don’t plant it in the Spring until the 
ground has warmed up! It’s definitely extra choice and very lovely! 
Large Selected Corms 3 for 35c, 12 for $1.20 25 for $2.25, 
100 for $8.25 
— 
Brilliant Bessera  —_— 
for summer garden charm! 
The bell-shaped ELEGANS from Mexico is known by many as “Mexican Coral 
Drops”. Colorful in the extreme, but dainty as can be, too, The blossoms 
are a Clear, coral-red on the outside, with an interior of sparkling orange, 
splashed with broad, creamy stripes! It quite suggests a burst of miniature 
rockets, and will call forth considerable admiration when blooming in your 
garden! Loose, bell-shaped umbels of 5 to 10 blossoms are borne on 20-inch 
stems, and the flowering continues for about two months, usually from j ao 
July through the last of September. It is excellent for cutting, too! Late Tos wa 
Spring planting is best, in light soil where it will get the sun. Harvest it in 
the Fall and keep dry until the next Spring so that you may enjoy it for 
many seasons! 
85c¢ each, 3 for $2.25, 6 for $4.25, 12 for $8.50 
Sweetly Scented Acidanthera Murielae 
shown here 
