1 GARDEN OF PRIMROSES 
To enrich your garden with Primroses, give them a deep 
moist soil, coolness, perhaps a bit of shade. Mulching between 
the plants with grass clippings or straw will help. Culture “kt.” 
AURICULA—(1) 8. In early spring come fragrant blossoms in 
rounded umbels. Colorings bright and varied, usually with 
center eye. Pkt. 25c; Yo oz. 50c. BULLEYANA—20 inches. 
Consider it a particularly fine Primula japonica with flow- 
ers that open red-gold, becoming clear yellow. Pkt. 30c. 
Plants, each 60c. BULLESIANA HYBRIDS—Desirable hardy 
strain illustrated opposite. Varied; 
orange to purple, with pink, carmine, 
violet. Pkt. 25c; Yo oz. 45¢e. DENTI- 
CULATA—14 inches. A beauty. In 
early spring come big flower clusters in 
blue-lavender. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each : 
50c; 3 for $1.25. FLORINDAE—45 | | 
inches. Handsome clusters in sulphur} — 
yellow. Tall. Pkt. 25c; Yo oz. 50c. 
FLORINDAE HYBRIDS—Like last, 
but includes buff tones and apricot suf- | 
fusions. Pkt. 30c. JAPONICA BLEND | . 
—25 inches. Easy and beautiful. Tow-; — 
ering sprays in white, cherry, rose- ;} 
violet, copper red. Mulch between 
plants with straw or leaves. Pkt. 20c;;. 
Ye oz. 45c; 1% oz. 80c. VERIS MUN-| 
STEAD YELLOW—9 inches. Clus-}. 
tered flowers in many yellow shades. | 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c; 8 for $1,25; | 
10 for $3.70. JULIAE WANDA— 
(2-8) 4. Lovely, long-blooming mat- 
former. Upfacing flowers of velvety 
purple. Easy delight. Plants, each 55c; 
8 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. LITTONI- 
AN A—20 inches. Soldier Primrose. Crimson-tipped stems carry 
6-inch spikes of violet blue. Pkt. 830c. PULVERULENTA— 
28 inches. Umbels of large flowers, crimson to rosy red. Pkt. 
25c; Ye oz. 65c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.70. 
PULVERULENTA BARTLEY STRAIN—The last, with color 
range increased to include white, with varied shades of pink 
and rose. Pkt. 25c; 149 oz. 40c. Plants each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 
for $4.20. ROSEA GRANDIFLORA-—9 inches. Clusters of rosy 
carmine. Illustrated below. Pkt. 25c; 149 oz. 45e. SIEBOLDI 
—8 inches. Clusters of large flowers, white, violet, pink, rose, 
or red. Handsome and adaptable. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 55c; 
3 for $1.40. 
OTHER HARDY PRIMULAS — Priced 
per pkt. Acaulis Hybrids 20c; Alpicola 
Mixed 25c; Aurantiaca 25c; Beesiana 25c; 
Canescens 25c; Capitata 25c; Chionantha 
25c; Cortusoides 25c; Denticulata alba 
25c; Denticulata Cachemiriana 25c; Elon- 
gata 25c; Elwesiana 25c; Farinosa 20c; 149 
oz. 35c; plants each 50c ; Glaucescens Caly- 
cina 25¢c; Yo oz. 40c; Helodoxa 25c; 
Japonica Miller’s Crimson 20c; 146 oz. 50c; 
Kingi 25¢; Sappharina 25c; Secundiflora 
35c; Sikkimensis 25c; Waltoni 25c; Watti 
25e. 
OFFER 561—One pkt. each of the Primulas so offered above, 
for $7.50. 
OFFER 561BN—One plant each of the Primulas so offered 
above, for $3.75 
PRIMULA PEERLESS BLEND—Wicdely inclusive blend, the 
above, with others. Pkt. 20c; 142 oz. 60c; 4g oz. $1.10. 
1 PRIMULA POLYANTHUS BLENDS 
Gorgeous colorings here, along with full hardiness and a 
high degree of adaptability to American climatic conditions. 
Large flowers in upfacing clusters. Cream, yellow, mahogany, 
rosy orange, crimson, blue-violet, often with lacings of golden 
yellow. 6 inches. POLYANTHUS OLD ORCHARD—An ex- 
cellent strain in full color range. We doubt there is any better 
strain available commercially today, save the Avalon Special 
below. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 75e; ¥% oz. $1.30. Plants, mixed, each 
50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.70. RED-AND-GOLD VARIETY— 
Showy crimson flowers, each with wide golden eye. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.25. POLYANTHUS AVALON SPECIAL— 
A strain of superlative merit, excelling in form and carriage, 
and particularly in size of flower and cluster. We believe this 
to be the best Polyanthus strain ever offered. Wonderful color 
range. Supply limited. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00; 10 pkts. for 
$3.00. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.45; 10 for $4.35; 25 for $9.00. 
ASK FOR THE TREASURE CHEST —It is a supplementary 
folder, offering additional kinds of unusual seeds, along with 
plants and garden books. Sent on request. 
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2 TENDER PRIMULAS 
Here are kinds for pot culture, in sunny window or green- 
house. MALACOIDES SPECIAL—Baby Primrose. Airy 
whorls. Mauve to heliotrope, with rosy red added. Pkt. 25c. 
OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA MIXED—Profuse long-bloomer. 
Widely varied, rich in salmons, pinks, reds. Pkt. 30c. SINEN- 
SIS FIMBRATA—Chinese Fringed Primrose. Clusters of large, 
deeply fringed flowers in wide range of colorings. Good house 
plant. Finest mixed. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
4 RHODODENDRON 
Rhododendron needs no praising, nor any description. It 
does though, need acid soil. See page 8, under ‘‘Azalea’’ for 
data about that, and about growing it from seed. We offer 
seeds in mixture of species, including most of those below. Or- 
der as RHODODENDRON SPECIES BLEND. Pkt. 25c; 3 
pkts. for 70c; 10 for $1.90. 
RHODODENDRON SPECIES—Seeds at 25c the pkt. Antho- 
pogon, Arboreum, Campanulatum, Eleaginoides, Ferrugineum, 
Fulgens, Hirsutum, Macrophyllum, Maddeni, Thomsoni, 
Wighti, Carolinianum. 
RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS—Seeds saved from fine named 
hybrids. Should show good color variation. Pkt. 35c. Plants, 4 
to 6 inches, each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
The price of anything is not what it takes from our 
pocket-books, but what it takes from our lives. 
2 ROCHEA COCCINEA—w. Showy pot plant with imbri- 
cated succulent foliage and clusters of fragrant flowers that 
may be white or bright scarlet. Mixd colors. Pkt. 25c. 
2 ROCHEA FALCATA—Attractive little plant with oddly 
compact, thick gray leaves and flat sprays of rosy flowers. 
Crassula faleata. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c. 
2 ROELLA CILIATA—wl10. Upfacing bells, the bottom of 
each cream-white, then a circlet of blue-black, next a white 
ring, with last a lavender edge. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ROMNEYA COULTERI—bdkt(4)60. Matilja Poppy. Blue- 
silvered foliage, big blossoms of silky white each centered with 
a green tassel. Give well-drained position. Pkt. 20c. 
2 ROHDEA JAPONICA—Ornamental 
plants with variably formed and colored foli- 
age. Clusters of showy red berries. Fine pot 
plant. Also garden-hardy to about Washing- 
ton. 3 seeds for 25c; 10 seeds for $1.00. 
Plants, each 50c. 
4 ROSE ACACIA—k. Handsome, winter- 
hardy shrub with great racemes of showy, 
rose-colored blossoms. Robinia fertilis. Easy 
from seed. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 75c. 
5 RUDBECKIA—ecex(2-3)36. Showy flow- 
ers, easily grown as annuals. HIRTA AVA- 
LON—Big, single blossoms that vary from 
palest primrose to golden orange, each 
flower zoned or suffused throughout with 
mahogany. Pkt. 15¢; 3 pkts. for 40c. KEL- 
VEDON STAR—Big flowers of shining yel- 
low, star-bloteched red maroon. Pkt. 20c. 
1 RUDBECKIA GOLDEN GLOW—60 
inches. Big, fully double, golden yellow blos- 
soms. Desirable in the mixed hardy border 
a ay backgrounds. Plants, each 50c; 3 for 
1 RUELLIA HARDY—kt. Winter-hardy perennials. CILI- 
OSA—(2-3)15. Blossoms like silvery blue Petunias. Long in 
bloom. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c. STREPENS—(3) 25. Petu- 
nia-like flowers of rich purple. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c. 
2 RUELLIA TENDER—w. Tender species for pot culture, 
with handsome flowers in the blue range. Two species, TUBE- 
ROSA and LORENZIANA, either at 25¢ the pkt. 
3 SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM—Monarch of the East. Spec- 
tacular summer garden effects, enormous leaf-umbrellas high 
on marbled stems. Store tubers in late autumn. In February, 
place dry tubers in an east window and soon great flower- 
spathes like those in illustration, will unfold, these rose- 
streaked over ivory. Tubers, each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
SALIX PURPUREA NANA—Dwarf Blue Arctic Willow. 
Dwarf species of dense, rounded habit, foliage blue-gray. Can 
be clipped for foot-high edgings, or grown singly. Plants, each 
50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.70; 25 for $8.50. 
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