1 NEPETA MUSSINI — ergx(2-4)10. Blue-lavender flowers 
over mounds of silver-gray foliage. Excellent, long-blooming 
rock garden, bulb cover, or edging perennial. Pkt. 15c; 
6 oz. 30c. Plants, each 50c; 8 for $1.35. 
2 NERTERA DEPRESSA—w. Bead-plant. Dainty creeper 
with lettuce-green leaves and shining crimson berries. Fairly 
hardy, but usually it is handled as an indoor pot plant. 
Pkt. 25c. 
5 NOLANA BLUE ENSIGN—ex(8)5. Pretty decumbent, with 
mats of crispy foliage set with wide flowers of white-centered 
ultramarine blue. Delight in the garden or for aehanging 
basket. Pkt. 25c. 
3 NOMOCHARIS BLEND—kt24. Rare and beautiful flower- 
ing bulbs from China, to be given Lilium handling. We offer 
a mixture of species and hybrids, mostly with handsome 
white blossoms, marked variously with purple and violet. A 
cousin of Lilium. Pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
1 OMPHALODES VERNA—(1)5. In early spring the stray- 
ing stems of this likeable perennial are set with lovely flowers 
of deep blue in Forget-me-not reminder. Plants, each 55c. 
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1 OPHIOPOGON JABURAN CAERULEUS 
—Fountains of ribbony leaves from which 
rise spikes of close flowers in rich blue- 
violet, followed by shining, deep blue ber- 
ries. Winter-hardy perennial, but used 
mostly as a pot plant. Plants, each 70c. 
1 OSTROWSKIA MAGNIFICA—tThe Great 
Bell-flower of the Caucasus, illustrated op- 
posite, a stately, tuberous-rooted perennial 
that will reach some five feet of height, 
carrying many wide bell-flowers of soft 
lilac, to 4-inch diameters. Needs full sun, 
good drainage, and firm planting. In par- 
ticularly cold areas, winter-protect with 
straw or litter. Ostrowskia may be con- 
sidered one of the world’s rare flowers. It 
is a spectacular beauty, but like some other 
beauties, it’s behavior may sometimes be on 
the capricious side. Most of our customers succeed 
but some do not. We will supply you with good roots, our 
guarantee holds to that, but for the rest, you are on your own. 
Each $1.85; 3 for $3.80. 
5 FRAGRANT NICOTIANA 
The gardens of those who delight in sweet scents will hold 
always Nicotiana. ebx(8). AFFINIS—30 inches. Long white 
trumpets with sugar-sweet perfume. Pkt. 10c. CRIMSON BED- 
DER—Rather greater profusion of flowers, these all in shades 
of rich crimson. Pkt. 15¢c; Wg oz. 25c. SYLVESTRIS—60 
inches. Stately plants with attractive foliage and high 
panicles of long-tubed white blossoms that remain open all 
day. Long blooming season. Particularly good. Pkt. 15c; 
14g oz. 80c. SUAVEOLENS—25 inches. Grown for the richly 
fragrant flowers of green-toned purple. Tolerates some shade. 
Pkt. 20c; 8 for 50c. DAYLIGHT HYBRIDS—325 inches. This 
showy strain is notable for the range of flower colorings. The 
flowers remain open all day. Long in bloom. Pkt. 20c; 146 oz. 
35c. OFFER 757A—One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
1 OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) 
The big, silky blossoms unfold at dusk, remaining open until 
noon next day. All bloom first year. GLAUCA FRASERI—25 
inches. Sundrop. Brilliant yellow flowers fill red-stemmed 
branchings. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 15¢c. TRICHOCALY X— 
(8)15. Big flowers open white, suffusing apricot. Pkt. 20c. 
MISSOURIENSIS—(3)10. Long-lived hardy perennial with 
immense flowers of glossy yellow. Curious seed-pods. Pkt. 
20c; Ye oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c. SPECIOSA—(8)20. Wind 
Primrose. Big blossoms open white, suffusing primrose. Pkt. 
20ec. FRUTICOSA YOUNGI—(3)25. Showy, much-branched, 
perennial. Big, lemon-vellow blossoms. Pkt. 15¢ec. TETRAP- 
TERA—(8)15. Large, showy blossoms, soft pink, veined rose. 
Pkt. 25c. HOOKERI—e(8)50. Exceedingly showy biennial 
with big, golden flowers. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 757B—One pkt. 
each of the above for 90c. 
5 THE SOUTHERN STAR 
Blossoms in a blue of a silver-veiled, pastel quality that, 
seems to have been painted on each petal, are carried in many- 
flowered sprays, each floret an inch-wide star. Graceful, arch- 
ing plants, to. 15 inches. Seeds sown in open ground in April, 
produce flowering plants by end of June, with constant bloom- 
ing from then until in November. Definitely, one of the better 
Annuals. ‘Also a good pot plant. (Oxypetalum caeruleum.) 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
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2 OLEANDER DOUBLE-FLOWERED—Easily . kept to pot 
plant size for years by judicious pinching, and plants only 
8 to 10 inches will bloom nicely. Showy massed blossoms that 
may be white, pink, rose, red or variegated. We offer young 
eutting-grown plants from named double sorts, our choice 
of colorings only, at each 90c; 3 for $2.60. 
1 ONOSMA—rdkt(3)10. Nodding bugles of flowers in many 
arching sprays. ALBO-ROSEUM—Rosedrop. It opens white, 
deepening to rose. 8 seeds for 25c. TAURICUM—Gold-drop. 
Very many narrow bells in waxen lemon gold, over gray- 
frosted foliage. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. Plants, each 55c. 
2 PANDANUS VEITCHI—Decorative pot plant that is both 
easy and handsome, with its long, narrow, tooth-edged leaves 
of shining green, margined silvery white, all in spiral ar- 
rangement. Screw-Pine. Plants, each $1.00. 
1 PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS—Low, evergreen perennial 
that will form thick mats of glossy foliage. Sun or light shade. 
Excellent ground cover, or may be used in rock garden. 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.30; 10 for $3.70; 25 for $8.00; 
100 for $28.00. 
1 PARADISEA LILIASTRUM—cbkt(3)25. Paradise Lily. A 
fully hardy perennial with many flaring trumpet blossoms in 
snowiest white, somewhat effect of Madonna Lily, size scale 
reduced. Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 35c; 1% oz. 60c. 
2 PASITHEA COERULEA—-w. A Chilean beauty for pot cul- 
ture. In late winter come high, showy sprays of flowers in the 
richest of blues. An unusual, tuberous-rooted pot plant, 
dormant in summer. Pkt. 25c. 
3 ORNITHOGALUM DIVERSITIES 
Pleasant bulb-flowers of easy handling. 
SAUNDERSIAE—x(3-4)80. A spectacular bulb-flower for the 
summer garden, to be given Gladiolus handling. From nests of 
glossy foliage rise sturdy stems to 3 
feet in young bulbs at first flowering, 
to as much as 7 feet in older stock. 
Blossoms are built of waxy, cream 
white petals about a center-boss of 
olive black, and they are carried in 
great, elongated clusters that con- 
tinue for months. A striking garden 
decorative. It cuts. Seeds, pkt. 20c; 
% oz. 60c. Bulbs, spring delivery, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. 
THY RSOIDES — w18. Chinkerickee. 
An easy, beautiful, bulb-flower for 
pot culture, with its clustered, fra- 
grant, white blossoms. Easy germina- 
tor, seedlings blooming in about 8 months. Not winter hardy. 
Pkt. 25c; Ye oz. 60c. ‘ 
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THE PALMS 
_ The Palms offered here are suitable for growing during their 
juvenile stages as large pot or decorative tub plants. “‘w’’ cul- 
ture. LIVISTONIA CHINENSIS—Chinese Fan Palm. One of 
the better ornamental Palms. 3 seeds for 25c; 14 for $1.00. 
PHOENIX RECLINATA~—Fasiest of the decorative Feather 
Palms. 6 seeds for 25c; 30 for $1.00. CHAMAEROPS HU- 
MILIS—Low Fan Palm, not sensitive to temperature changes. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA—Fan 
Palm of distinctive and picturesque appearance, the old leaves 
in thatching effects. Pkt. 25¢c. OFFER 757C—One pkt. each 
of the four for 90c. OTHER DESIRABLE PALMS—See our 
TREASURE CHEST folder, sent on request, for other kinds. 
PASSIFLORA or PASSION FLOWER 
Easy vines with beautiful, intricately formed flowers. 
PASSIFLORA COERULEA—Showy, oddly formed flowers, 
dominantly blue. Handsome vine for pot or greenhouse 
culture. Pkt. 25c. 
PASSIFLORA EDULIS—vw. Large purple-and-white flowers. 
Edible fruits. In pots, will fruit at one year. Glass culture 
north. Pkt. 25c. ; 
PASSIFLORA MOLLISSIMA—w. A beaut i 
rich rose. Under glass, north. Pkt. O50. cesta sO 
PASSIFLORA INCARNATA—kt. Big, showy, blue-and-whi 
blossoms. Edible fruits. Trellis or ground cover. Winteclecas 
In open ground at Philadelphia but will need careful protect- 
von tS Go ee a0e ence 40c. Plants, each 55e: 
or 40. Note that growt tarts 1] i i , 
Eo hale et starts later in spring than 
PASSIFLORA BLEND—Many fine kinds in mixture. Pkt, 25¢. 
