ORNAMENTALS 
GENERAL LIST 
5 ABRONIA UMBELLATA—ex(8)5. Mats of rose-colored 
“Verbena” flowers over crispy foliage. Long-bloomer for full 
sun. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; 4 oz. 40c. 
4 ABELIA EDWARD GOUCHER—Delightful low shrub that 
blooms continuously from June, through October, blossoms of 
clear pink with tiny touch of yellow. Fully winter-hardy at 
Philadelphia, but will need protection in cold climates. Also 
makes a pretty, long-blooming pot plant. Plants, pot-grown, 
each 70c; 3 for $1.70. 
1 ACAENA—kt. Pretty and hardy New Zealand creepers for 
the rock garden or wall. GLABRA—Finely cut gray-green 
foliage, set with red-brown flowers and seed heads. Pkt. 20c. 
Plants, each 45e. MICROPHYLLA—Bronze to blue foliage, set 
with scarlet seed clusters. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ACANTHUS MOLLIS—ktz40. The decorative motif of the 
capital of the Corinthian column. Purple flowers in dense 
spikes. Often grown as a pot plant. If grown outside, give 
careful winter protection. Pkt. 20c; 44 oz. 5c. 
2 CHENILLE PLANT 
An easy, and beautiful, pot plant of most unusual appear- 
ance. The bloom is in the form of very many pendant or 
trailing spikes of fluffy, silky red, these sometimes 10 to 15 
inches long. Another name for it is Red-hot Cat-tail, and when 
you see it in bloom you will know why. Botanically Acalypha 
hispida. Plants, each 75c; 3 for $1.85. 
2 ABUTILON BELLS 
The Abutilons are showy pot plants of 
easy handling throughout. Seeds grow 
readily. Often known as FLOWERING ¢ 
MAPLE from the shape of the leaves. Not 
related to true Maple. Illustrated opposite. | 
Culture ‘‘w.” 
ABUTILON SPLENDID MIXED — The 
blossoms may be yellow, buff, orange, apri- 
cot, pink, rose or red, often with darker | 
veinings. Easier than Geranium or Fuchsia. | 
Seeds, per pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. | 
for $2.00. Plants, no color choice, but all | 
good. Each 65c; 3 for $1.65. When 8 are |: 
ordered, we try to give good variety. 
ABUTILON VITIFOLIUM—w. Lavender 
blue flower-cups. Handsome species from 
Chile. Garden-hardy well north in sheltered 
positions. Pkt. 35c. 
1 ACONITUM or MONKSHOOD 
There is a sombre magnificence of beauty here that will 
add richness to the hardy border. Enduring perennials. 
“kt” culture. 
WILSONI—72 inches. A regal beauty; six-foot towers of 
richest blue-violet blossoming in September and October. Will 
make a spectacular showing. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. Plants, 
each 60c; 8 for $1.50. 
OTHER DESIRABLE ACONITUMS—AIl are fully winter- 
hardy. NAPELLUS—48 inches. Attractive flower-helmets of 
deep blue, or in rare variations to rose and white, carried in 
showy spires. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c; 14 oz. 60c. LURIDUM—48 
inches. This unusual Himalayan species carries racemes of 
long-beaked flowers in rosy violets that are on the near-red 
side. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. FEROX—Another Himalayan, 
to three feet, with blossoms of blue-violet, lighter within. 
Pkt. 20c. ANTHORA—25 inches. Unlike the others, this one 
blooms in spring, clusters of oddly formed flowers in clear 
yellow. From the Pyrenees. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.50. 
FISHERI—An altogether, all-around good one. The 3-foot 
plants become truly bouquets of deep blue helmet-flowers in 
early autumn. A long-lived race of high garden merit. Pkt. 
20c; 8 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $3.85. 
LYCOCTONUM—48 inches. Narrow racemes of rather showy, 
soft yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 85c. OFFER 512A—One 
pkt. each of the six so offered, for 90c. OFFER 512BN—One 
plant each of the 8 so offered, for $1.55. 
ACONITUMS MIXED—yt. Several good species in blend. 
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2 ABRUS PRECATORIUS—w. Weather-vine. Interesting 
vine for pot culture. White to rose-colored flowers and large 
seeds of brilliant red. The pinnate leaves fold in stormy 
weather. 3 seeds for 25c; 14 for $1.00. 
3 THE ACIDANTHERAS 
Decorative summer-flowering bulbs from Tanganyika and 
Ethiopia, to be handled in every way exactly as one would 
Gladiolus. Illustrated above. 
BICOLOR—18 inches. Rich cream with patch of chocolate 
are the gracefully carried blossoms, these beginning in late 
summer and continuing through autumn. Bulbs firm, resem- 
bling those of Freesia. Spring delivery. 3 for 50c; 8 for $1.00; 
25 for $2.50; 100 for $9.00. 
MURIELIAE—24 inches. This differs from the last in being 
a bit larger. The blossom is pure white here and the starry 
throat-blotch is black maroon. Bulbs, spring delivery, each 
35c; 3 for $1.00; 8 for $2.00. 
1 THE FLOWER OF ACHILLES 
It is ACHILLEA, attractive hardy perennial for rock 
garden, mixed border or other uses. ‘“‘k’” culture. 
TAYGETEA—16 inches. Coming from hot, dry hills of Greek 
Laconia, it will delight in the driest, sunniest spot in your 
garden. Wide sprays of soft, primrose yellow, above feathery 
foliage of silvered sage green. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 65c; 
8 for $1.50. 
OTHER FINE ACHILLEAS—Good, every one of them. 
SERBICA—(Aizoon variety). Valued as an edging, or a rock 
garden plant. Decorative low masses of silvery gray foliage, 
set profusely in June with pretty little white blossoms. Attrac- 
tive all season through. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.25; 
10 for $3.50; 25 for $8.00. TOMENTOSA AUREA—7 inches. 
Dense, woolly mats of cut and curled silvery foliage, flat sprays 
of golden flowers above. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.25 ; 
10 for $3.50. TOMENTOSA SULFUREA—Very like the last, 
perhaps an inch or two taller, just as densely woolly, curly, 
finely cut, low foliage, but soft green rather than silvery, and 
the flower-sprays are of a pale sulfur yellow. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.50. BOULE DE NEIGE—14 
inches. Graceful plants, long filled with intensely double blos- 
soms that are like tiny snowballs. Cutting, edging, bedding, 
rock garden. Rich green foliage mats. Plants, each 45c; 3 for 
$1.15; 10 for $3.45. AGERATUM—14 inches. Sweet Golden 
Yarrow. Wide, dense heads of pleasant golden flowering. Pkt. 
15e: 4g oz. 40c. ROSE BEAUTY—25 inches. A truly hand- 
some border plant, with its wide clusters of bright, rose- 
colored flowers over foliage of an emerald ferniness. It cuts. 
Pkt. 15¢; %g oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for 
$3.50. FILIPENDULINA—45 inches. Striking perennial for 
the taller mixed border. Great, flat sprays of little golden 
flowers above green fern-foliage. Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.25. PTARMICA THE PEARL—27 inches. Massed 
sprays of double flowers like little white pearls. For cutting, 
or for decorative planting in the mixed border. Pkt. 15c; 
14g oz. 85c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.15; 10 for $3.25. OFFER 
512CN—One plant each of the 8 so offered, for $3.20. 
