PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
Conditions of sale, together with information in regard to 
shipment of plants and bulbs, is given at bottom of page 18. 
Please read that page before ordering, also this page. The 
data given below constitutes part of our terms of sale. 
We try to send out only good seeds, bulbs and plants, but 
since we have no control over the purchaser’s knowledge and 
skill, nor over climate or the weather of the particular season, 
we cannot be responsible for results dependent on such factors. 
In no ease shall we be liable for more than the amount actu- 
ally paid us for seeds, bulbs or plants. PEARCE SEED COM- 
PANY, Moorestown, N. J. 
GUARANTEE-—Safe arrival in growable condition is guar- 
anteed on seeds through the year, and on plants and bulbs 
shipped in April, May and June, and in September, October 
and November. During the remaining months, plants and bulbs 
are guaranteed as to arrival only, and not against freezing 
or heating. We make full replacements on all goods lost while 
under our guarantee, but please report promptly on losses. 
SEEDS AND BOOKS ARE POSTPAID. So are the Fuchsia, 
Carnation and Pelargonium plants on page 7, the African 
Violet plants on page 8, the Orchid plants on page 57, and 
the Fruit plants on page five. All other plants and bulbs in 
this catalog are quoted not postpaid, and they will be sent by 
railway express, collect for shipping charges, unless extra 
remittance is sent for postage. If plants and bulbs are wanted 
by mail (parcels post), add 15% to your remittance for points 
east of the Mississippi, and 20% for points west of that river. 
For fastest mail service, speed of first class mail, enclose 
an additional 20c as special handling fee. We suggest that 
any particularly large lots, especially to distant points, go by 
railway express. 
OUR NEW NAME—The business now conducted as the 
PEARCE SEED COMPANY is a continuation of the Seed and 
Nursery operations of REX. D. PEARCE, with whom owner- 
ship and policy determination still continue. Immediate direc- 
tion is, however, now vested in OLIVER J. STARK as nursery 
and seed farm manager, and in MARGARET P. STARK as 
office manager. They will be assisted by an experienced staff 
that includes Albert S. Flagg. 
KEY-LETTER EXPLANATION 
k—Sow in early spring while soil is cool. 
kt—As in “‘k,’’ but may also be sown in latest fall. 
w—Sow in heat, in sunny window, frame or conservatory. 
x—Sow in spring or summer, up to September. If sown in 
heat of summer, be sure seedbed is shaded. 
y—Sow in late autumn or even in early winter, in open 
ground beds or unheated frames, germination to take 
place in spring. These are seeds that need cold to start 
them, not heat. May usually be sown in early spring also, 
providing they have been stratified, or have received 
refrigerator treatment. 
yt—Seeds so marked should be sown in late autumn or earliest 
spring in outdoor seedbed. If sown too late in spring, 
they may lie dormant until following year. 
NUMERALS IN PARENTHESES indicate season and dura- 
tion of bloom, as follows: (1) early spring, (2) late spring 
and early summer, (3) summer, (4) late summer and early 
autumn, (5) all autumn, (6) late autumn, (7) winter, (8) 
tends to be ever-blooming, (9) grown for fruit, form or 
foliage, rather than flowers. NUMERAL FOLLOWING 
PARENTHESES indicates normal mature height in inches 
(or in feet if so specified) under good culture. 
PLANT FINDER 
To help you in picking out plants suited to particular uses 
we put key numerals before the names, meanings as here. 
1—Plants winter-hardy outside at Philadelphia, stems not 
woody. The hardy herbaceous perennials. 
2—-Frost-tender plants for pot culture in window or green- 
house, or for temporary outdoor planting in summer. 
3—Bulbs and bulb-like plants. Degree of hardiness, with 
uses and needs usually given in description. 
4—-Shrubs, trees or woody vines. 
Use and relative hardiness 
given in description. Poti 
5—Annual plants. Here aie the’ quitk annual flowers that 
come into bloom within a few#weeks of sowing... 
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1 NEW ALPINE PLATYCODON 
This newly discovered Platycodon from mountains of Japan, 
grows to only four inches of height, the plants carrying big, 
horizontally facing flowers of deep blue. It blooms first year 
from seed, and it has the same full winter hardiness as other 
Platycodons, the same easy adaptability to cultivation. A 
wonderful perennial for the rock garden. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for 
$1.00. Young plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. 
CAMPANULA ISOPHYLLA 
ISOPHYLLA—The delight- 
ful Blue Star of Bethlehem 
will winter in the garden at 
Philadelphia if given a loose 
covering of straw or litter, 
and with such protection 
should also be safe much 
further north. It is, though, 
most often used as a pot 
plant in window or green- 
house. Cascades of big, blue 
stars. Attractive, gray- 
powdery foliage. Plants, 
each 70c; 3 for $1.90. 
; ISOPHYLLA ALBA—The 
Snowy Star of Bethlehem, 
Illustrated above. It is as hardy as the Blue form, and in 
even greater demand, particularly as a house plant. It delights 
in full sun. Bright green foliage. Plants have a tendency 
toward a trailing, or gracefully draping, habit. Plants, each 
70c; 3 for $1.85; 10 for $5.50. 
AETHIONEMA WARLEY ROSE 
One of the lovelier, and showier, of fully hardy, smaller 
perennials, is this Aethionema. It grows to but six inches of 
height, and perhaps 10 of width, but that is all a dome of 
blossoming in brilliant rosy carmine for a long time in mid- 
spring. It is always handsome, whether in flower or not, for 
the dense, but spreading, branchings are set thickly with a 
narrow, succulent leafage in silvered blue. For rock garden, 
wall, terrace, edging, bedding. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35; 
10 for $3.90; 25 for $9.00. 
THE FANTASTIC COBRA PLANT 
That name of Cobra Plant has come 
to DARLINGTONIA from the bizarre, 
serpentine appearance of the leaves, 
these twisted, hooded pitchers with 
translucent windows. Illustrated oppo- 
site. The pitchers are deep green, 
veined and shaded red, and in late 
spring there may come odd, inverted 
flowers in green with markings of red- 
veined buff. A carnivorous plant that 
handles very well indoors in an east or 
north window, potted in a mixture of 
sand, peat and sphagnum, and, of 
course, kept always well watered. If 
there are no insects about, the plants 
may be fed at considerable intervals 
by putting minute shreds of meat in 
the pitchers. Darlingtonia may be 
grown outside as far north as Vermont 
if carefully protected by mulching in winter. It needs shade 
in summer. May be grown from seeds, sown in mixture rec- 
ommended for potting, and kept damp. Pkt. 25e. Good plants, 
fall or spring, each $1.25; 3 plants for $3.50. 
1 CUTHBERTIA GRAMINEA 
There is an unmistakable air of elegance about Cuthbertia, 
a charm of carriage and a finish of form that is most appeal- 
ing. It makes miniature clumps of slender foliage, with sprays 
of little, triangular, rose-pink flowers carried well above, the 
whole not over 9 inches of height. The blooming starts in May, 
and fresh buds open each day until late fall. It has a wide 
range of toleration, sun or shade, wet land or dry land, but 
light shade in a position where soil is not dried unduly by roots 
a are . perhaps ideal. A hardy perennial. Plants, each 55c; 
or $1.40. 
