2 HARDENBERGIA COMPTONIANA—w. Tender Australian 
twiner for pot culture. Pinnate foliage and racemes of hand- 
some, blue-violet flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
5 HEBENSTREITIA COMOSA—ecex(3-5)16. Grown for fra- 
grance. Slender spikes of closely packed white-and-orange 
blossoms. The perfume during day is light and delicate, but 
as evening falls it becomes richer and heavier. Pkt. 20c. 
5 HELICHRYSUM BLEND—ck(3)35. Strawflower. Perhaps 
most desirable of the ‘‘Everlastings”’, drying well for winter 
bouquets, beautiful, too, in the garden, or as a fresh cut 
flower. Scarlet, canary, rose, salmon, silvery white, soft pink, 
violet in mixture. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 35c. 
1 HESPERIS MATRONALIS—ebx(3)35. It is Sweet Rocket 
or Dame’s Violet, and it can be very gay in its bright, Phlox- 
like manner, vivid in the border, or rich color when allowed 
to naturalize. Scatter it widely. Pkt. 10c; 14% oz. 20c; %4 oz. 35c. 
1 HESPERIS NIVEA—erx(2)10. Dense, branching raceme- 
spikes of snowy white. Desirable horticulturally, though of 
uncertain botanic position. Pkt. 15c. 
1 HESPEROYUCCA WHIPPLEI — bdk(3)130. Our Lord’s 
Candle. Massive white-belled spires above blue-green leaf- 
swords. Beautiful beyond belief. Needs protection. Pkt. 20c. 
4 HOVENIA DULCIS—k 30 ft. Japanese 
Raisin Tree. Deciduous tree, hardy to Bos- 
ton, grown both for its ornamental foli- 
age, and for the odd, edible “fruits,” sup- 
posed to have flavor of raisins. Pkt. 20c: 
3 pvkts. for 50c. 
3 CROWN-BEAUTY 
Hymenocallis, the Crown-beauty, shows 
many a desirable and lovely form, but 
most of the species are rather on the 
tender side. HYMENOCALLIS OCCIDEN- 
TALIS, is of full winter hardiness here, 
needing no digging. The stems grow to 
20 inches, each crowned with an airy clus- 
ter of ribbon-draped white chalice blos- 
soms. Illustrated opposite. Bulbs, each 40e; 
3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.85. 
3 GARLAND LILY or HEDYCHIUM 
HEDYCHIUMS MXIED—ew50. Tall spikes of showy flowers, 
lemon, gold, rose, crimson or white, always spicily perfumed. 
Good large pot plant, or may be grown in the garden, win- 
ter-storing the roots in Canna fashion. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM—Ginger Lily. Heavy spikes of 
pure White, richly fragrant flowers, to four inches across. 
40 to 70 inches of height. May be grown as a large pot plant, 
or handled in the garden like Cannas. Pkt. 20c. Dormant 
roots. Each 50c; 3 for $1.25. 
1 SUN-ROSES 
Sun-rose is an old name for HELIANTHEMUM, a delight- 
ful, low perennial for rock garden, edging or bedding. Foliage 
mounds are set with silken blossom loveliness in pink, lemon, 
copper, red and white. Fine blend. Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 30c; 
1q oz. 50c. 
SUNGOLD—A profusion of single, golden flowers. Showy and 
hardy. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
FIREBALL—Plants loaded for months with fully double flow- 
ers of bright scarlet. A long-showy beauty for rock garden, 
edging, bedding. Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
LEMONBALL—Like last, fully double, but in clear lemon 
yellow. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
RHODANTHE CARNEUM—Mounds of silvery, sparkling fol- 
iage. Single, salmon pink flowers of large size. Long-blooming 
and handsome. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. 
1 HELENIUM 
Fully hardy perennials of rich flower effect. kt culture. 
HOOPESI (2) 34. In late spring the plants are veritable sheafs 
of golden-orange bloom. A showy, long-lived border perennial. 
Pkt. 15c; 44 oz. 35c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
AUTUMNALE— (38-4) 45. In early autumn established plants 
are domes of packed blossoming. Colorings range from yellow, 
through old gold and orange, to wallflower-red. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c. RIVERTON GEM— (3-4) 40. The blossoms open 
golden buff, quickly becoming a tawny, autumn red. Plants, 
each 55c; 3 for $1.40. BIGELOWI—(3)50. Striking sturdy 
perennial of late summer, with masses of big, golden flowers, 
brown-centered. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
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5 HIBISCUS ANNUAL 
HIBISCUS TRIONUM—ex(2-4)30. Ivory-toned cup blossoms, 
with violet patches and golden center. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
HIBISCUS MANIHOT—ebk(4-5)90. Golden Bowl. Towering 
spires of big lemon-yellow bowl-blossoms, blotched purple- 
maroon. Exceedingly showy. Valued for spectacular accents 
or backgrounds. Pkt. 15c; 44 oz. 30c. 
2 CHINA-ROSE HIBISCUS 
A distinctively beautiful species of tender Hibiscus to be 
handled as pot plants North. Almost everblooming; plants 10 
inches high often flower freely. Rare colorings here. Botanical- 
ly HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS. Seeds, fine mixed, rich in 
reds, per pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. Plants available of three 
kinds suitable for window or greenhouse. KONA—Immense, 
fragrant, fully double blossoms of pure pink. JIGORA— 
Superb full double in glowing golden orange, red-flushed in 
deep center. DOUBLE RED—A rich, deep shade. UNIFORM 
PRICE—Per plant, each 75c; one plant each of the 3 for $2.00. 
1 HARDY HIBISCUS or ROSE MALLOW 
Gorgeous color here. There are few more showy perennials. 
1 HIBISCUS GIANT MAL- 
LOW MARVELS — ebx(3)50. 
Magnificent flower-bowls, from 
palest blush, through pure 
pink, to rose, with snowy 
white and crimson. Center eyes 
often appear. Made up of 
Hibiscus moscheutos selections 
and crosses with Hibiscus 
oculiroseus. Full winter hardi- 
ness. Pkt. ibe; 464) oz. 35e- 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35; 
10 for $3.90. Illustrated oppo- 
site. 
1 HIBISCUS AVALON HY- 
BRIDS — ebx(3-4)65. Newer, 
long-blooming strain of spec- 
tacular beauty, differing from 
other strains in flower form, in distinctive foliage, in season, 
height and quite definitely in range and tones of blossom 
colorings. The flowers vary from palest blush, through varied 
shades of pink and rose, to reds of a rich vividness not before 
known. In bloom July to October. Full winter hardiness. 
Hibiscus militaris crossed on Hibiscus coccineus. Pkt. 20c; 
te oz. 40c. Plants, mixed only, each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 
for $4.00. 
1 HIBISCUS F-1 AVALON—Seeds saved from segregated 
F-1 plants of the original Militaris-Cocecineus cross. Seedlings 
will show wide and interesting variations in re-combination 
of characters, and highly desirable forms should appear. Pkt. 
35c; 8 pkts. for $1.00. 1 
1 HIBISCUS AVALON RED—This splendid hybrid shows per- 
haps the most brilliant red blossoms of any fully-hardy Hibis- 
cus yet introduced. The coloring is richer than in H. coccineus, 
the flowers fuller, and of better form. A robust grower, reach- 
ing to 8 feet in established plants, many flower-filled stems. 
Blooming season is long, July, well into October. Foliage of 
distinctive, digitate form, deep green. Needs no winter protec- 
tion. Plants, divisions or rooted cuttings, each $1.50. 
4 HIBISCUS PARAMUTABILIS—Rare shrubby Hibiscus 
from central China, fully winter-hardy at Old Orchard. Big 
flower-bowls with silky, somewhat fluted petals, pure white but 
with crimson center. In bloom for months. kt(8)150. Pkt. 20e; 
We oz. 50c; %4 oz. 85c. Plants, each $1.00. 
OTHER HIBISCUS SPECIES—Several good ones. MILI- 
TARIS—k (2-3)50. Campanulate flowers in striate pink. 
Leaves halberd-shaped. Pkt. 15c. LASIOCARPUS—x (3) 50. 
Big white to pale rose flowers. Leaves cordate; capsules hairy. 
Pkt. 15e; 4% oz. 30c. MUTABILIS—bk (3-4) 150. Confederate 
Rose. Handsome Chinese species for the South. Opens pale 
blush, deepening to red by nightfall. Pkt. 20ec. PEDUNCULA- 
TUS—ebx (3-4)50. Attractive South African with flowers of 
deep rose. Protect in winter. Pkt. 25e. SYRIACUS—ebk (4). 
This is the shrub or small tree commonly called Althea. 
Flower colorings of white, blush, diverse pinks, rosy red, blue- 
violet and the like. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25e; % oz. 40c. OFFER 
745A4—One pkt. each of above five, with one each of Avalon 
Hybrids, Giant Mallow Marvels, and of Paramutabilis, 8 in 
all formless bs 
