striped, yellow center. 25c, 3/60c. 10. Escheriana. No description available. Rare. 35c. 
3/$1.00. 11. Galatea. Hyacinth blue, light center. 20c, 3/50c. 12. Ghiesbreghti. Large, 
tubular red-violet. 30c. 3/75c. 13. Grandiflora. Red-purple fls. Lvs., red underneath. 25c, 
3/60c. 14. Harry Williams. Cerise fls. 2 ft. upright stems. 25c, 3/60c. 15. Little Beauty. 
Salmon pink, veined red. Dwarf habit. 25c, 3/60c. 16. Longiflora Maduna. Rose purple, 
white throat. Lvs. veined red. 35c, 3/$1.00. 17. Loveliness. Violet fls., late, very profuse 
bloomer. Dwarf habit. Rightly named. 25c, 3/65c. 18. Magnificent. Petunia purple. 
Beautiful, sturdy plant. 25c, 3/65c. 19. Master Ingrami. Crimson red fls. 35c, 3/$1.00. 
20. Mauve Queen. Violet blue, spotted crimson, yellow eye. 30c, 3/80c. 21. Maxima. 
White, purple eye, feathered red. 30c, 3/80c. 22. Mexicana. Dark blue, vigorous, free 
flowering. 35c, 3/90c. 23. Milton. Strawberry red, orange center. 30c, 3/75c. 24. 
Miniata. Cherry red to carmine. Early. 35c, 3/90c. 25. Mme Geheune. Rose purple. 
Beautiful foliage. 35c, 3/90c. 26. Patens. Reddish violet white throat. Short stems. 20c, 
3/50c. 27. Pedunculata. Orange red with yellow throat, spotted red, late bloomer. 35c, 
3/$1.00. 28. Pulchella. Bright red 25c, 3/60c. 29. Pulcherrima. Rich purple. May be 
same as Royal Purple. 20c, 3/50c. 30. Royal Purple. (Purple King). Petunia violet. 
Early. Vigorous. Considered the best. 20c, 3/50c. 31. Venusta. Violet purple. Semi- 
double fls. The only double. 30c, 3/75c. 32. Vivid. Cerise lake. 25c, 3/60c. 
Collection No. 1. Assorted varieties, 10 for $1.00. No. 2. Our selection, 10 var. 
labelled, $2.00. Both collections contain some of the better sorts,—not just cheaper sorts. 
No. 3. One each of 32 var. labelled. Listed for $8.50. Price $8.00. No. 4. Three of each of 
32 var., labelled. 96 tubers, listed for $22.35. Price $20.00 They are rapid multipliers. 
AFRICAN VIOLETS — Saintpaulias 
The latter is the. correct botanical name. They are the most popular of all house 
plants at the present time and they are likely to retain this eminent position in popular 
favor indefinitely, as they deserve it. 
Saintpaulias were discovered by Baron von Saint Paul, who sent seed to Europe where 
they first flowered in 1893. They are natives of the Usambara district of Tanganyika, 
equatorial east Africa. Tanganyika includes Lake Victoria, source of the Nile, on the north 
and extends 12° south. It is entirely in the tropical zone. It is always summer, with 
almost no variation or seasonal changes in the climate. Due to the hot Indian Ocean on 
the east, the humidity is high. 
The mean average temperature at lower elevations is 80° with little variation on 
either side. It is a “mean” temperature for the white races and few live there. At higher 
elevations the mean average is about 70°, which is not uncomfortable, but monotonous. 
The Saintpaulias soon spread from Europe to most countries where house plants are 
grown. Their popularity was instant and always growing in intensity. Mrs. Wilson, in her 
book, records the first real test of their popularity. In the fall of 1946, an Atlanta, Ga., 
nursery sponsored the first African Violet Show. The thousands who attended from 
everywhere created a traffic problem which extra police could scarcely handle. Later, 
someone in Manheim, Pa., grew a plant with an off-white flower. It was advertised as 
a yellow, and created a furor. Collectors from many states visited Manheim to see it, to 
buy plants or leaves. Local citizens were besieged by questions to the point of much 
discomfort. The myth of a yellow Saintpaulia still lives and we get inquiries for them 
nearly every day. We would like to answer this question once and for all. But it will not be 
for always. It will crop up for many years. 
There is, there never has been and there probably never will be a yellow Saintpaulia. 
Culture of Saintpaulias. Climate and soil conditions in the habitat of a plant supply 
a good starting point for the discovery of their proper cultivation. Plants possess a variable 
degree of tolerance and adaptability. Often a plant or an animal, transplanted to new 
conditions, do better in the wild or under culture in the new situation. For example, 
rabbits in Australia, the English Sparrow in America and Cactus in Africa appear to have 
gained by transplantation. 
African Violets under the hand of man have been vastly improved and many new 
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