AQUILEGIA - ARABIS - ARDISIA 
ANTIRRHINUM Continued from Page 86. 
—Suntan. An old reliable Oramge-DronZe oo.i.......eceseccsscscssssesssessssssacssescecscsessssese ANTR-7T 25¢ 
—Yellow Wonder. Improved strain; an extra early pure yellow. ANTR-7Y 25¢ 
Greenhouse Blend. This is a carefully made blend of colors........... .. ANTR-7X 25¢ 
FLORIST NOTE: Those wishing a larger quantity than the above may order 50¢ 
packets or 90¢ per one eighth ounce. 
Rock Garden Hybrids, Magic Carpet. 6” tall in every color combination ANTR-8 20¢ 
—Tom Thumb. New European rock garden NAyYDids........ccccccscessecescesessescesssseeceee ANTR-8X. 20¢ 
TETRA SNAPDRAGONS: Spikes 1ft long; strong, husky growth; ideal for green- 
house growing; they are very popular with commercial growers......... ANTR-9 35¢ 
APHANOSTEPHUS 
Annuals or biennials having solitary flower heads with white, violet or purple ray- 
flowers or golden disks. Easy to grow; fine cut flowers and bloom profusely. 
skirrobasis. Lazy Daisy. Pink and white with golden center, 1°% ft, HA...APHN-1. 20¢ 
AQUILEGIA (ak-wi-LEE-ji-ah) 
Columbine. One of the most valuable of hardy perennials. Its foliage is attractive 
and the pretty spurred flowers canno be equaled for color. Bloom early in the summer. 
Sow seeds any time so long as they can be shaded from the hot sun and are established 
early in the fall. Seed is sometime slow to germinate and early planting is best: tney 
do best in a shaded place in the garden. 
LONG SPURRED VARIETIES: 
Blue Shades. Finest strain in shades of blue; 3ft; HP ween AQUI-1B 20¢ 
Copper Shades. A new Strain having a straw colored corella; 2144 ft; HP... AQUI-1C 20¢ 
Dobble’s Hybrids. A choice European strain; 245 ft; HP wu... ccssccesenseeees AQUI-1ID 20¢ 
—Helena. A mammoth flowered blue variety; 3 ft; HP occ ceceeeeeeees AOUI-1H. 20¢ 
Mac’s Strain. From one of the best commercial growers;all colors... AQUI-IM 26¢ 
Crimson Star. Brilliant; crimson sepals and spurs, white petals; HP....AQUI-10C 25¢ 
Mrs. M. Nichol’s Strain. Very choice in nice blue shades; 214 ft; HP... AQUI-10N 25¢ 
Mrs. Scoit Elliott Strain. Beautiful;extra color combinations; HP....AQUI-10S 25¢ 
Munstead White. A beautiful white strain; HP wie cecccscsseseseesseeesers AQUI-1IT 25¢ 
Rose Queen. Select strain of pretty pink shades; 3ft;; HP.. : 
—Orange and Ssarlet Shades. Very choice; 3 ft; HP... 
Pink Shades. Choice strain in all shades; HP oc... cccssseseeee : 
Snow Queen. Finest white, long spurrer, fragrant; 3ft; HP... AQUI-1S 20¢ 
W-F Hybrids. Unique colors in Columbine extra good; 3ft; HP............. AQUI-1W 20¢ 
Saier’s Long Spurred Blend. Made up of all the very best strains; HP... AQUI-1X 20¢ 
Columbine Species: 
alpina. Very rare RG sp;short spurred; deep blue; 1142ft HP................ AQUI-2 20¢ 
canadensis. Yellowish or red sepals, red spurs, May-June;242 ft; HP. Se 
chrysantha. Yellow, long spurs; May-Aug; 3ft; HP... 
clematiflora....Pale pink and blue hybrids;1!2ft; HP.. 
flabellata. Pretty dwarf sp, pure white, early;1 fees 
AQUI-12J 25¢ 
—Silver Queen. Abeautiful white strain; HP. 
glandulosa. True alpine, powder blue and white SPE Gs Grey eed en psscersasatces AQUI-24 25¢ 
—longissima. Lovely pale yellow fis; very long spurs; 3 ft HP 
Hensol Harebell. A vivid deep violet blue;144 ft; HP... - 
Pyrenaicawm (ware taecep =plules: 6) 2s. TEP a cisscctecsacvetanssoarsocee re piathvsavaaestecsteeceavavseceeaseanes AQUI-38 25¢ 
Skinneri. Crimson red with greenish yellow sepals; spurs pale red HP ..AQUI-42 25¢ 
Torkington’s Double.....Pretty double fls; will show few singles;2/2 ft HP ..AQUI-46 25¢ 
ULC ALISMELCET cl pme COL WiLSS cere retectontn tts cateoracssescaceteanstasesyconeece s etenaghadsyscdeessnverassasscsuseaves AQUI-48E 20¢ 
Species Blend. Made up of the species above; no long spurred sorts......... AQUI-X 20¢ 
ARABIS_ (AR-ah-bis) ; 
Rock Cress. Annuals, biennials, perennials with several fine RG species all easily 
grown; mostly low, fis in theminal spikes or racemes,blooming in early spring. 
—alpina grandiflora. A large pure white strain; 9”; Base .. ARAB-2G. 15¢ 
—nana compacta. A very dwarf free flowering white strain; HP......... ARAB-2C 20¢ 
—rosea. Very pretty bright rose strain; silver-gray fol; 6”’;HP....... . ARAB-2Z 20¢ 
Breweri. Rare dwarf shrubby sp, RG, fis deep red; 6’; Cal; HP............ ARAB-9 25¢ 
—Fruhlingszauber. Pretty carmine-rose variety from Switzerland........ ARAB-28F. 20¢ 
pumila, Snow Cap., Profuse, white flowers; trailer, RG; 6”; HP...... .ARAB-35S 20¢ 
purpurascens. Dense cushions of neat rosettes: deep rose; HP... .. ARAB-36 25¢ 
Schneehaube. A pretty white strain; very early; HP oe eeeeeeeeeeeee ARAB-33 20¢ 
Saier’s Arabis Blend. Hand made blend of many species and varities...ARAB-X 20¢ 
ARALIA. (ar-RAY-lee-ah) Araliaceae. 
—spinosa. Devel’s Walking Stick, Hercules Club.Hardy to Mich; Lb.$5.00 ARAL-14. 25¢ 
—Moseri: see Fatsia japonica. 
ARBUTUS AHR-bew-tis) ; 
Grown outdoors in warm sections or under glass in the N; grown from seeds; best in 
in well drained soil. They are evergreen trees cr shrubs with attractive flowers. 
Unedo. Strawberry Tree. Drooping clusters white or pink 30ft; HHP....ARBU-4 20¢ 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS (ark-toh-STAF-ee-los) 
Bearberry, Manzantia. Evergreen shrubs and small trees mostly native of Calif. 
culture same as for Arbutus; not hardy in the North. 
Hicclormellowers cose, Native Tools Calif, “Oiity © FEEUPY i iiccccccssccsccsnnssasecosseossostentes ARTO-2 20¢ 
tomentosa. White or pinkish flowers; 15ft; HHP. ARTO-22 20¢ 
—Uva-ursi. Prostrate and creeping; white or pinkish fl LB $4.00 ARTO-23. 25¢ 
ARCTOTIS (ahrk-TOH-tis) 
S. African annuals with attractive daisy-like flower heads valuable for cut flowers; 
easily grown in fair soil and full sun; start seed indoors for early flowers or they may 
be planted in the open in May. Flowers can be cut in the bud and will open quickly 
if placed in the sun. They are half hardy in the North. 
acaulis. Stemless; yellow ray purplish beneath, 8”, HHA 2... ARCT-1 20¢ 
—grandis: see stoechadifolia. ; % 
sincoHadlfolia, African Daisy. Pure white with blue disk, easy; 12” HHA... ARCT-8 10¢ 
—Large Flowered Hybrids....Shades in yellow, orange, bronze, red ...ARCT-8H 15¢ 
Arctotis Blend. All varieties! and SpeCiessTL A i ieriisccccccssscsssseverscscoscennere ARCT-X 10¢ 
PIONEER SEED COMPANY — DIMONDALE MICHIGAN 
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Saier’s 
GARDEN MAGAZINE 
DIMONDALE, MICHIGAN. 
VOL. 2. No. 14. AUGUST 1951. 
Published monthly by Harry E. Saier, Dim- 
ondale, Michigan; subscription price now is 
$2.00 per year or two years for $3.00. 
We cannot sent out many sample copies 
but during the summer we have been mailing 
copies gratis to several thousand on the 
mailing list of the PIONEER SEED COM- 
PANY and many have sent in subscriptions 
but if you wish the magazine EVERY 
MONTH it will be necessary to subscribe; 
the present subscription price barely covers 
the cost and we hope you can get $2.00 worth 
of information from its columns in 12 issues. 
TO GARDEN CLUBS. We have been 
making a special offer to garden clubs that 
has been well liked by every club so far. 
If you have some project that requires more 
funds, write us for our proposition. 
WELL LIKED BY ALL 
Each day we are in receipt of many letters 
all commenting upon the new form of our 
magazine. We would like to print some of 
them but we hesitate to do so because these 
are really personal remarks to us and too, 
because it is not necessary to show you how 
good we are! One thing we would like to 
have you write us about, when you do write, 
and that is to mention what you like to read 
mostly -- what subjects. And, we also invite 
our readers to send us in items on their ex- 
perience in growing various flowers. 
THE SAIER’S GARDEN MAGAZINE 
has readers in practically every country 
and in each mail there is always a letter 
from some flower grower in a far off land. 
Last week a letter came from a soldier in 
Korea, who had run across our magazine 
and as this boy was interested in flowers and 
the Lilies were in bloom around him, he was 
interested enough to write us about them. 
We will print his letters in another column. 
We wish to thank all for their nice letters 
and as Mr. Billington, our pressman, says, 
“Let’s make an improvement in every run” 
and he does make it. That will be our object 
in every issue. 
We want to call your attention to the cover 
pictures again. These will be mostly famous 
gardens or an out standing flower. If you 
have a suitable subject let us know. 
CROCUS SPECIES 
Those who are interested in the species of 
Crocus the following notes will be of inter- 
est. 
C. imperati is one of the most alluring of 
the wild Crocuses, a deep lilac in late Feb- 
ruary. C. susianus flowers a little later or 
in early March, a brilliant gold color on the 
landscape. C. aureus and speciosus can be 
planted as much as 4-6 inches deep, in good 
soil; other kinds 3-4 inches deep and the 
earlier Crocus is planted in the fall the better. 
Too shallow planting may heave them out 
during the winter and also too easy for the 
field mice to get to. By the way, many Tul- 
ips are lost every winter to these little fellows 
who consider Tulips pie and cake. Keep 
your beds bare until the ground has frozen 
so that they will not decide to move into the 
bulb beds in the autumn. 
A detailed index will be furnished soon 
which will give you a quick reference to all 
articles by subject and common names. 
