4 ASIMINA TRILOBA~— yt. Hardy Pawpaw. Small tree with 
ornamental foliage and dark red flowers, centered yellow. 
Fruits like short, thick bananas are filled with a sweet custard 
pulp, rich and aromatic. Most folks like it. Winter-safe to 
about Boston. Quite large seeds. %4, oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
2 THE ASPARAGUS FERNS 
Decorative and easy pot plants are the Asparagus Ferns, 
though not, of course, truly of the fern family. Culture, ‘‘w.’’ 
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI—Many spreading sprays of fern- 
like foliage. Bright red berries, usually about Christmas time. 
Does well as a window plant. Pkt. 20c. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS—Foliage finer than that 
of the last; bright green, dense, almost lacelike in effect. Plant 
upright, fronds almost horizontal. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
1 ASPERULA or WOODRUFF 
ODORATA—Sweet Woodruff. A lovable little rock garden or 
cover plant, a mat-former, with clustered, dainty white flowers. 
6 inches. The dried foliage is long-fragrant. Prefers shade. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.45. 
TINCTORIA—cx(3)25. Long sprays | 
of little white flowers over fine foli- | 
age. Likes some shade. Often cut in | 
manner of Gypsophila. Pkt. 20c. 
HEXAPHYLLA — ecx(3)25. Loose 
panicles of little white flowers. Use- 
ful for cutting, to be mixed with 
Sweet Peas or other larger blooms. 
Long-lived. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50e. 
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CYNANCHICA—(3-4)5. Airy, fine- 
leafed, rock garden perennial. Slen- 
der, spraying stems carry clusters 
of tiny, pink-wax blossoms. Full sun. 
Pretty. Plants, each 55c. 
1 ASTILBE 
Feathery flower-plumes, exquisitely fashioned, 
cream, many a delightful pink, rose or carmine. 
winter-hardy perennial for either garden planting 
in pots, Illustrated above. A mixture of seeds 
named hybrids and botanic species. kt Pkt. 25c; 
in white, 
Handsome 
or forcing 
from fine 
8 for 70c. 
ASTILBE PLANTS are available for both spring and fall 
forwarding of several desirable kinds. AMERICA—Airy 
plumes of soft lilac pink, near to lavender. Long bloomer. 
Plants, each 65c. GRANAT—Pomegranate crimson with sal- 
mon reflections. Each 70c. PINK PEARL—Spreading plume- 
panicles of softest pink. Each 65c. FANAL—Brilliant garnet 
plumes over bronzed foliage. Each 70c. PEACH BLOSSOM 
—Plumes of vivid pink, dense and feathery. Each 70c. AVA- 
LANCHE—Big, airy. Tall, fluffy spikes of snowy white, the 
variety illustrated. Each 75c. OFFER 722AN—One plant 
each of the six for $3.80. 
1 GOLDEN ASPHODEL 
The true Golden Asphodel of the ancients, 
ASPHODELINE LUTEUM, is one of the 
more beautiful and distinctive of the taller 
hardy perennials. It grows to some 50 inches, 
spires of golden stars rising from rosette 
tuft of silver-swished foliage. Blooms long 
in early summer. Likes full sun and good 
drainage. Illustrated opposite. “kt’’ culture. 
Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 40c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for 
$1.45; 10 for $4.00. 
3 FANTASTIC ARISAEMA 
There is a weird attractiveness about the 
Serpent Lilies, called so from bizarre gro- 
tesqueries of form and coloring (and not 
because of any friendliness on their part to- 
ward snakes). The bloom is a Calla-like 
spathe that may be twisted, drawn out, or 
compressed. In coloring, blendings and streak- 
ings in purple, violet-shaded green, chocolate, 
red or cream may appear. Give ample mois- 
ture and some shade, with winter protection 
in cold areas. Can also be grown as_ pot 
plants. Orders as ARISAEMA HIMALAYAN 
BLEND—kt(w) (3)24. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 
70c. See TREASURE CHEST LIST, sent 
upon request, for seeds of the species sep- 
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3 JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT—It is Arisaema triphyllum, a 
hardy perennial for dampish, shady places. Purple-green 
flower spathes, chocolate-streaked, followed by glowing clus- 
ters of red berries. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. Tubers, each 35c; 
38 for $1.00. 
2 ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS—w. The Calico Flower. A 
graceful vine for pot culture in window or greenhouse. At- 
tractive, oddly shaped flowers in grotesque color applications 
of purple, white and yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
2 ARISTEA or BLUE-BRILLIANT 
More than a hundred years ago it was written of it, ‘‘Its 
profuse sky-blue flowers, the purest that ever fed upon dew, 
open early in the morning and are gone before night; the next 
morning bringing a new offering of beauty.’’ The Aristeas 
bloom freely when grown as pot plants in window or green- 
house and are best so handled in cold climates, though like 
Geraniums, they may also be plunged in the outdoor border 
in summer. In the South they may be grown in the open 
ground year around. Easy from seed. We offer a mixture of 
desirable, blue-flowered species. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.40. 
1 THE COLORFUL ARMERIAS 
Bright-flowered, long-blooming perennials these, of quite 
undifficult requirements, desirable for rock garden, border, or 
the taller for cutting. Nomenclature horticultural, ‘‘kt’’ cul- 
ture. CAESPITOSA—4 inches. Green cushions, set over close- 
ly with a loveliness of formal pink blossoming. An exquisite 
for the rock garden. Pkt. 20c. FORMOSA CARNEA—18 
inches. Flowers of a soft flesh pink. Long stems. Pkt. 15c; 
Wg oz. 85c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. AL- 
PINA—8 inches. Desirable rock garden or edging species. 
Flowers of bright rose. Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 35c. GIANT HY- 
BRIDS—25 inches. Particularly large flowers in deep pink, 
rose, violet, near-red. One of the more showy of hardy peren- 
nials. Long-lived. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.50. GLORY OF HOLLAND— 
24 inches. Splendid newer sort with large flowers in pure, 
glistening pink. Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for 
$1.25; 10 for $3.50. OFFER 722B—One pkt. each of above 
for 70c. 
1 AUBRIETA or ROCK-PURPLE 
AUBRIETA PEERLESS 
HYBRIDS — erx(2)8. 
Splendid low perennials 
for the rock garden, front 
of border, or massing. 
Easy to grow and to de- 
light in. Rose, lilac, mauve, 
purple, violet, crimson in 
vivid, rich blendings. II- 
lustrated opposite. Pkt. 
15ec; Ye oz. 40c; % oz. 
710c. 
AUBRIETA LEICHT- 
LINI—Rosy violet, near 
to crimson. Pkt. 20c; Ye 
oz. 40c. 
1 ARTEMISIA or SILVERPLUME 
Fully hardy perennials of considerable decorative value. 
ANGEL-HAIR—6 inches. It is the rare and lovely hardy 
Japanese alpine, ARTEMISIA SCHMIDTIANA NANA, called 
Angel-hair from the soft silkiness of its finely shredded foli- 
age. The plants become low mounds of dense moss-ferniness, 
silvery, sun-glinting. A delightful plant for the rock garden, 
the wall, the front of the mixed hardy border. Plants, each 
65e; 3 for $1.50. 
OTHER DESIRABLE HARDY ARTEMISIAS—all are sound- 
ly perennial. FRIGIDA—(3) 380. Exquisite, finely cut foliage, 
silver shimmering and silk-soft. Plants, each 55c. SILVER 
KING (Albula)—30 inches. Decorative foliage of frosty sil- 
ver. Sprays may be dried for winter bouquets. Plants, each 
55e; 3 for $1.35; 10 for $3.90. LACTIFLORA— (4-5) 72. Hand- 
some panicles of creamy bloom, richly honey-scented. Valued 
for cutting, or as a foil in the mixed hardy border. Pkt. 20c; 
14g oz. 35c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.35. STELLARIANA— 
15 inches. Dune-silver. Low, undulate spreads of silvery, 
feathery foliage. Thrives in hot, dry positions. Supplied as 
divisions. Each 45c; 3 for $1.20. OFFER 722CN—One plant 
each of the five (Angel-hair included) for $2.50. 
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