5 BALSAM APPLE AND PEAR—ek(9)100. Momordica, a 
decorative annual vine with yellow flowers and odd pear or 
apple-shaped fruits that split to show interesting red seeds. 
Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 25ce; 4 oz. 40c. 
1 ASPERULA or WOODRUFF 
ODORATA—Sweet Woodruff. A lovable little rock garden or 
cover plant, a mat-former, with clustered, dainty white flowers. 
6 inches. The dried foliage is long-fragrant. Prefers shade. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.45. 
TINCTORIA—ex(3)25. Long sprays of little white flowers, 
over fine foliage. Likes some shade. Often cut for Gypsophila 
uses. Pkt. 20c. 
HEXAPHYLLA—ex(3)25. Loose panicles of tiny white flow- 
ers. Useful for cutting, to be mixed with Sweet Peas or other 
larger blooms. Long-lived. Pkt. 20c. 
3 DAINTY BABIANA 
Bright-hued South African bulb-flowers that 
usually bloom within a year from seed-sowing. 
Desirable for winter-flowering in pots. If grown 
in garden must be well-protected in autumn. 
Illustrated opposite. Mixed colors, indigo, violet, 
mauve, cream, pink, intense blue and others. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 
3 ORNAMENTAL BANANA 2 
The true Banana (Musa) may be used effec- » ere 
tively for exotic, decorative foliage displays out BABIANA. 
of doors in the North. At Old Orchard we have had them 
reach full ten feet of height in a summer, great sweeps of 
arching, swaying leaf-fans. In late autumn the plant may be 
dug, cut off a few inches above the ground, and the enlarged 
root or “bulb”? packed upright in sand and kept in a frost- 
proof, dry place until spring. Easy from seeds, ‘‘w’”’ culture. 
w 
Offered subject to (expected) arrival. MUSA ENSETE—Abys- 
sinian Banana. Wide, long, bright green leaves with crimson 
midribs. A strong, quick grower, yielding spectacular outdoor 
summer effects. Creamy inflorescence from red-brown bracts. 
4 seeds for 25c; 14 for $1.00. MUSA NANA—Chinese Dwarf 
Banana. Best for pot culture. Wide, green leaves, red-spotted 
when young. Quite showy violet-shaded bracts. 3 seeds for 25c. 
MUSA SUPERBA—Handsome plant with big leaves and white 
flowers from claret colored bracts. 3 seeds for 25c. MUSA 
ROSACEA—Decorative dwarf species that may be grown as 
a large pot plant under glass, or, alternatively, given outdoor 
handling. The big leaves are red-purple below. Nodding in- 
florescence of yellow flowers from pale blue bracts. 3 seeds for 
25c. OFFER 920A—One packet each of the four kinds for 90c. 
1 BEAUTY IN BAPTISIA 
Few perennials are as rich in flower color. Culture ‘‘k’’. 
BAPTISIA OLD ORCHARD HYBRIDS—36 inches. Hybrid 
strain with long racemes of flowers in unusual color tones, 
from creamy white, through primrose and yellow, to indigo, 
with others in odd combinations of bronze, chocolate and 
tawny violet. Plants are compact, foliage good. Pkt. 20c; 
46 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.50; 10 for $4.25. 
BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS—40 inches. Showy flower sprays in 
deep blue on leafy, branching plants. Desirable in mixed peren- 
nial border, or as a hardy, herbaceous hedge. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 
25ce; 14 oz. 40c. Plants each 55c. 
BAPTISIA BRACTEATA—14 inches. This handsome dwarf 
species carries the largest flower sprays; enormous, widely 
tapered, Wisteria-like clusters in a lovely cream yellow. A 
beauty for any use. Blooms May and June. Pkt. 30c. 
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA—(3)40. A profusion of airy yellow 
blossoms in branching tangles. Prefers open shade and dry 
locations. Pkt. 20c. 
BAPTISIA LEUCANTHA—48 inches. Long spires of white 
flowers. It delights in shade, and likes rich soil. Will suffer in 
drought. Pkt. 25c. 
BAPTISIA VILLOSA—22 inches. Enormous, arching flower 
clusters, soft primrose to deep golden yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 920B—One pkt. each of above for $1.10. 
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5 BELLIS GIANT-FLOWERED MIXED—erkt(1-2)6. A large- 
flowered strain of the double English Daisy in mixture of rose, 
red, and white. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 40c. 
5 BELLIS CRIMSON GIANT—New variety with enormous, 
double flowers of rich crimson. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
2 BELOPERONE GUTTATA — ex(8)15. 
Shrimp Plant or Dwarf Chuperosa. Little 
lilac-tinted white flowers peer from showy. 
red-brown bracts, these closely imbricated 
in gracefully drooping form. Makes an in- 
teresting pot plant for window or green- 
house. Plants each 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
5 BELLS OF IRELAND — edx(3-4)30. It 
is that odd Syrian beauty, Molucella laevis, 
called so because that name so descriptively F 
suggests itself to those who see it. The 
several branching stems are closely set with 
big bell-calyces of pale, translucent green. 
Within each calyx lies a curiously formed 
little white flower. Illustrated opposite. 
Molucella cuts well as a fresh flower, also 
the spikes may be dried for winter decora- 
tion. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
BAMBOO—The Bamboos are really giant grasses with woody 
stems, but they may be considered rather as decorative shrubs 
of a particular grace and airiness. Some few of the true Bam- 
boos possess a considerable degree of winter hardiness, and 
the one offered here has thrived for years without any winter 
protection at all, on our Old Orchard Nursery near Philadel- 
phia. We list it simply as DWARF BAMBOO, for somewhere 
along the line the record of its botanical name was lost. This 
Hardy Dwarf Bamboo grows to three feet, many slender, almost 
whip-like stems, unbranched, that end each in a fan of 
slender leaves. A good, and quite distinctive, plant for the 
mixed border or the foundation planting. Divisions, each $1.00; 
3 for $2.85. 
BARLERIA HYBRIDS—w. Rather pretty little flowers in var- 
ied blues, mauves and violets, with white, cream and lemon 
yellow. Very good large pot plants, north. Pkt. 25c. 
5 BARTONIA AUREA—ecx(2-4)24. The Sweet Stargold, bo- 
tanically Mentzelia Lindleyi. Showy, easy annual with big, 
sweetly fragrant, golden blossoms all summer. Pkt. 15c; 3 
for 40c. 
2 BAUHINIA BLEND—w. The flowers are large and exceed- 
ingly showy, pure whites, creams with red and yellow mark- 
ings, rose, or rich purple. They make good large pot plants 
under glass; or in the deep south, and the tropics, they may 
be grown in the open. Pkt. 35c; 3 for 95c. 
5 ORNAMENTAL EDGING BEET—ex(9)10. In Europe cer- 
tain special strains of Beet are grown altogether for the decora- 
tive effect of the brilliant red or rich crimson foliage in edgings 
or color bedding. We offer seeds of an English strain, the 
CRIMSON WILLOW-LEAF. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 30c; 1 oz. 85c. 
1 THE BLACKBERRY LILY 
It is BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS, a de- 
sirable, enduring perennial for sun or shade. 
From “‘iris’”’ foliage, slender stems rise to 
four feet, carrying pretty orange-and-crim- 
son blossoms, see illustration opposite. Then 
come glossy “blackberry’’ seed clusters. Pkt. 
20c; 14% oz. 35¢e; 4 oz. 65ce. 
BELAMCANDA AVALON HYBRIDS—It 
is Belamcanda flabellata crossed on B. chi- 
nensis. Colorings range from softest yellow, 
through golden (often without perceptible 
dotting), to clear orange with crimson spots 
and to roseate orange with red dottings. 
Some of the seedlings will be low, dwarf, 
compact, under a foot, while others may 
reach 4 feet. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. Plants, 
small blooming size, each 55e; 3 for $1.40. 
5 BALSAM (Annual Impatiens) 
Our BALSAM AVALON BLEND will give oriental effects 
in color massing, a glory of double blossoming in pure pink, 
rose, salmon, vivid red, lilac, lavender, with white, pure or 
suffused. An easy, showy, long-bright Annual for any sunny 
place. 30 inches. Ever-blooming. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35c. 
BALSAM DWARF DOUBLE—15 inches. Dense, rounded 
plants with blossoms carried well out, so not hidden by foliage. 
Fine for edgings, porch boxes, pots. Full color range. Pkt. 10ce; 
Y% oz. 35ce. 
