1 AJUGA REPTANS—(2)6. Hardy creeper for rock garden, 
or as a carpeter. Low mats of overlapping foliage, shaggy 
spikes of little blue flowers above. Sun or light shade. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.15; 10 for $3.15; 25 for $7.45. 
4 AKEBIA QUINATA—k. Ornamental porch vine of full 
hardiness. Fragrant, purple flowers, followed by showy fruits. 
A graceful ornamental. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
1 ALCHEMILLA SPECIOSA—k. Lady’s Mantle. Low, hardy, 
rock garden or edging perennial with masses of attractive 
downy, scalloped leaves. Little creamy flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60. 
4 ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA—w. Handsome conservatory 
vine with 38-inch funnel-flowers of richest yellow. Called 
“finest climbing plant’’, Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
1 ALTHAEA TAURINENSIS—ebx (2-4)70. Good perennial for 
the mixed border. The branching stems carry blossoms of 
rose pink, each flower from 11% to 2 inches across. Long- 
lived. Pkt. 15¢; 46 oz. 30c. 
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 ALOPHIA PULCHELLA—rkt(1-2)7. Attractive little bulb- 
flower from Uruguay, blooming in early spring. Up-facing 
blossoms of deep blue-violet. A good pot bulb. Pkt. 20c. 
THE LOVELY LILY- OF PERU 
Lily of Peru is an old 
name for ALSTROEM- 
ERIA, and the flowers do 
indeed rival the Lilies in | 
beauty, though they are 
actually neither Lilies nor } 
all of them from Peru. 
They are handsome plants, 
making great sheafs of 
blossom splendor. The @ 
roots are brittle, tangled 
tubers that must be kept §{ 
in soil to prevent drying. 
At our Old Orchard Nurs- 
ery we find Alstroemeria 
to be quite soundly wine 
ter-hardy. We mulch the 
plantings with straw in 
late autumn, parting this 
in spring to let the stems 
through, but not remov- 
ing it. There is nothing 
on the Nursery more dece 
orative than the Alstroem- 
erias when they are in 
full bloom. In very cold 
regions the roots can be 
dug in autumn and cel- 
lar-stored in sand. Illus- 
trated opposite. AURAN- 
TIACA—Great sheafs of : 
golden orange flowers, the upper petals splashed carmine. 
Thrives in open ground at Old Orchard. Pkt. 20c; 4 oz. 40c; 
Y% oz. 7T5c; 1 oz. $2.80. Plants, spring delivery, each 60c; 
8 for $1.40. CHILENSIS—22 inches. Bright blossoms in pink, 
and in tones of rose or red, often with hint of orange. 
Creamy or salmon forms may appear.. Garden-hardy at our 
Old Orchard Nursery. Also does well as a pot plant. Pkt. 
20c; 14% oz. 45c; %% oz. 80c; 1 oz. $3.00. Plants, spring deliv- 
ery, each 60c; 3 for $1.40. HAEMANTHA—Handsome flow- 
ers, the outer segments red with green tips, the inner seg- 
ments orange with purple dots. Pkt. 30c. HOOKERI—Dwearf, 
upright species that does well as a pot plant, blooming under 
glass February into July. Soft pink, with markings of car- 
mine and of white. Pkt. 30c. LIGTU HYBRIDS—24 inches. 
Delightfully variable; white, pink or rose, often with apricot 
or orange tones. Garden-hardy at Old Orchard. Also forces 
well. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 50c. Plants, each 60c. PELGRINA 
ALBA—16 inches. Flowers will be mostly. of purest, un- 
marked white. An altogether lovely flower. Pkt. 30c. PUL- 
CHELLA—Parrot Lily. Stems to four feet carry whorls of 
uneven trumpets in rich red with green tips. Long in bloom. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. 45c. Plants, spring delivery, each 50c. 
VIOLACEA—22 inches. A rare species. Unusual flower color- 
ing, bright lilac with flush of tawny violet. Pkt. 35c. OFFER 
515A—One pkt. each of above for $1.80. OFFER 515BN— 
One plant each of the four so offered for $2.00. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—Fine mixture, heaviest in Chi- 
lensis and Aurantiaca, but including a bit of each of the 
kinds above. Pkt. 20c; 4% oz. 45c; %4 oz.,80c; 1 oz. $2.90. 
2 ALPINIA MUTICA—w. Orchid Ginger. Fine foliage plant 
with attractive little white flowers, these with yellow and 
crimson markings. Showy, long-persistent, down-covered 
fruits of orange to red. Large pot or tub plant. Pkt. 25¢; 
3 pkts. for 70c. 
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; 500 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—tThis rare species 
carries long, trumpet-shaped pure white flowers on stems to 
30 inches. Sweetly perfumed. Blooms in summer. Botanically 
AMARYLLIS IMMACULATA. Altogether lovely and desir- 
able. 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 PROCERA—The rare Blue Amaryllis. The 
‘color is a lavender blue that is close to pure blue, and sev- 
eral of the blossoms, each 3 to 5 inches across, are carried 
on a stem. The petals are crisped and undulate, pointed and 
slightly recurved at the tips, giving a lovely, and informal, 
grace to the blossoms. 2 seeds for 50c; 5 seeds for $1.00; 
30 seeds (customer limit) for $5.00. (Worsleya Rayneri) 
AMARYLLIS PSITTACINA—The Parrot Amaryllis. It 
should be classed, we suppose, as a handsome curiosity. The 
showy flowers are all bright green, except for the petal-tips 
that show as rich crimson, slight crimson flaming also run- 
ning well down into the green below the tip. 4 seeds for 50c; 
10 seeds for $1.00; 30 seeds (customer limit) for $2.50. 
AMARYLLIS STRIATA—Several slender, trumpet-shaped 
flowers in brilliant red. Makes a handsome window bulb for 
pot culture. Stoloniferous, so increases quite rapidly. 3 seeds 
for 40c; 9 seeds for $1.00. Formerly H. rutilum. 
BRUNSVIGIA ROSEA (Amaryllis bella- 
donna)—The Beautiful Lady. Perfumed, 
clustered flower-trumpets, soft pink to deep 
rose. Makes a delightful porch or window 
plant, but it is also winter-hardy in the 
garden to about Philadelphia. With adee 
quate winter mulching, it may, indeed, be 
wintered outside much further north. JIluse 
trated opposite. BULBS, delivery June to 
November, each 75c; 3 for $2.00. SEEDS, 
many pleasing variations, being of the 
newer Multiflora Hybrids, at 3 seeds for 
25c; 15 seeds for $1.00. The seeds are rather 
large and succulent. ' 
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 appearing, flowers of velvety crim- 
son, gold-glinting with pollen dust. Botanically this is 
—SPREKELIA FORMOSISSIMA, and other names for it are 
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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. page 14. Bulbs each 60c; 3,.for $1.65;. 
10 for $4.80. : ; ! 
