1 ALYSSUM FOR SILVER AND GOLD 
Here are showy, long-lived perennial kinds of fullest winter 
hardiness. “‘k-x’’ cultures. ARGENTEUM—(2)10. Citron yel- 
low flake-flowers mantle the silvery foliaged bushlets. Rock 
garden or edgings. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 40c. Plants, each 55c; 
3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. CORYMBOSUM—(2)10. Much 
branched plants, set with many low dense panicles of bright 
yellow flowers. A showy, fully hardy species from Greece. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. MOELLENDORFFIANUM—(2)6. A 
silvery beauty, silvery throughout, save for the quite long 
racemes of butter yellow flowers. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
MONTANUM—(2)8. Tufted mounds of gray-green foliage car- 
ry many long, rising sprays of bright yellow flowers with 
notched petals. Rock garden or edging. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 40c. 
SAXATILE COMPACTUM—(2)10. Basket of Gold. Multitudes 
of brilliantly golden flowers seem poured over the downy, 
silvery foliage. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35c; 14 oz. 60c. SAXATILE 
CITRINUM—Here the blossoms come in delightful tone of pale 
lemon. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 40c. ALYSSUM SPINOSUM—10 
inches. Pretty, blush-hinting white flowers over mounds of stiff, 
silvery foliage. Pkt. 35c. OFFER 913A—One pkt. each of above 
as offered in seeds for $1.25. 
5 SWEET ALYSSUM 
ALYSSUM CARPET OF SNOW—ek(2-4)4. A_ veritable, 
fragrant, snowy carpet. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
ALYSSUM TETRA SNOWDRIFT—12 inches. A taller, rather 
larger-flowered strain in pure white. Valued for cutting. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
ALYSSUM VIOLET QUEEN—ek(2-4)6. A row of it is a 
honey-scented ribbon of rich, deep violet. Practically ever- 
blooming. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c; 14 oz. 60c. 
1 ANCHUSA or ALKANET 
Decidedly decorative perennials, easy from seed, sometimes 
giving bloom season of sowing. 
CAESPITOSA—k(2)6. Rock garden gem from mountains of 
Crete. Dense, low, tufted plants carry erect sprays of brilliant 
blue flowers. Pkt. 35c. 
AVALON HYBRIDS—ebx(2-4)50. Long, uncurling racemes 
in varied color tones. There will be 
blush, rose, soft pink centered with 
crimson star, creamy primrose, pale 
blue, indigo, and deep violet. While 
the blossoms are smaller than in 
Italica, the profusion is far greater. 
Illustrated opposite. Long-lived. Pkt. 
20c; Yg oz. 35e; % oz. 50c. Plants, 
mixed only, each 55c; 8 for $1.35. 
BARRELIERI—ex(2)30. A vast pro- 
fusion of flowers in arching, curling 
sprays, the blossoms like magnified 
Forgetmenots of navy blue, white in 
the throat. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 30c. 
ITALICA DROPMORE—x(2-3)45. Showy fountains of rich 
blue. The varieties of Anchusa italica (botanically A. azurea), 
have the largest flowers of the Anchusas. Handsome and easy. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 44 oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.15. 
ITALICA LISSADELL—Like last, but flowers a lighter, 
brighter blue. Pkt. 15¢c; 14 oz. 35c. 
ANCHUSA MYOSOTIDIFLORA—erstk (2)10. A beauty of the 
Caucasus that delizhts in a cool, shady corner.. Above low 
masses of heart-shaped leaves come airy sprays of blossoms in 
what might be called a Forgetmenot blue were it not even 
brighter. A hardy, long-lived perennial. (Brunnera macro- 
phylla). Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; Ye oz. 75c. Plants, each 60c; 
3 for $1.45; 10 for $4.25. 
OFFER 913B—One pkt. each of the six for $1.00. 
5 ANCHUSA BLUEBIRD 
Constellations of vivid Forgetmenot blue blossoms, each with 
center of white. Long in bloom. A quick Annual for decorative 
plantings. Use much of it. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25c; %4 oz. 40c. 
1 DAINTY RUE ANEMONE 
It is Anemonella thalictroides, the airy Rue Anemone of 
woodland edges. Exquisite flowers, snowy white or with faint 
hint of blush, above Maidenhair Fern foliage. K. Pkt. 25c. 
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1 ROCK GARDEN TREASURE 
And Primrose has a yet more precious cousin in ANDRO- 
SACE, that delight of rock garden, wall and crannied crevice. 
Full winter hardiness. CHARPENTIERI—kt(2)5. The many 
branchings end in tufted rosettes, filled with pink flowers. Pkt. 
25c. SARMENTOSA—kt(2)6. Many little blossoms of rich, 
glowing pink, on spreading, silvery tuffets. Pkt. 25c. LANUGI- 
NOSA—A lovely, rather easy, fully hardy rock garden peren- 
nial, growing to 5 inches. Dense rosettes that seem to be silver- 
wrought. From them rise many clusters of exquisite little rosy 
flowers. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
1 ANEMONE or WINDFLOWER 
The Anemones will delight in rock garden or in border, in 
full sun or in light shade. “kt”? culture. 
ALPIN A—(1-2)6. Flowers are usually snowy white, but some- 
times creamy. Often there is a hint of purple shading on the 
petal reverse. Ferny foliage. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 35c. 
BLANDA—(1)7. Grecian Windflower. It blooms at first breath 
of spring, tufted starry flowers in the most brilliant of blues. 
Illustrated below. Pkt. 25c. 
CANADENSIS—(2)16. This handsome, fully hardy windfiower, 
with its great masses of snowy white flowers, should be in 
every garden. Sun or shade. Good foliage. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.35; 10 for $3.85. 
CORONARIA—(1-2)12. There are few gayer 
flowers than this, blossoms of vivid scarlet, 
brilliant blue, heliotrope, rose, pink, salmon, 
crimson, white. Large single blooms. Needs 
protection in cold climates, or can be grown 
as a pot bulb. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 30c; %& oz. 
50c. Tubers, either spring or fall, 10 for 75c; 
25 for $1.60. 
CORONARIA ST. BRIGID—Seedlings of 
this strain are likely to have large double 
flowers. Same fine color range, same habits 
as the last. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
Tubers, fall and spring, 10 for 85c; 25 
for $1.95. 
MAGELLANICA—(3)15. Handsome summer-bloomer with up- 
facing flowers of creamy yellow. Long-lived; long blooming. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.40. 
NARCISSIFLORA— (2-3)18. Massed loveliness of clustered 
blossoms, usually of purest white, but again with faint color 
suffusions. Pkt. 15c; 4g oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
PULSATILLA—rbkt(1-2)15. A handsome species of fullest 
enduring hardiness. Great purple cups, centered with golden 
tassels, set in green ruffs. Long-lived, getting better and 
showier year by year. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 35c. Plants, each 55c; 
3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
RIVULARIS—tTallest of Windflowers, the diffusely branching 
plants rising to fifty inches or more. Big, starry flowers, white 
above and purple below, are carried in profusion through late 
summer and into early autumn. Of full winter hardiness at 
our nursery. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 55c. 
SYLVESTRIS— (2-3)15. The lovely Snowdrop Anemone. Per- 
fumed, nodding flowers, long in bloom. Shade-tolerant. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 55c. 
VITIFOLIA—(4)36. Himalayan Windflower. Large pink- 
suffused flowers, rosy in reverse. Related to A. japonica, but 
blooms much earlier, and has greater hardiness. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.40. 
OTHER FINE ANEMONES—Just as beautiful as the others, 
but not room for descriptions. DECAPETALA—(3)8. Bright 
blue. Pkt. 20c. HALLERI—(1)6. Early. Big lilac cups. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 55c. LESSERI—(2)14. Blood red. Pkt. 25c. 
LEVEILLEI—(3)15. Rose-suffused creamy white. Pkt. 25c. 
LITHOPHILA—(1)8. Blue-suffused cream. Pkt. 20c. GLOB- 
OSA—(2)12. Rose-tinted cream. Pkt. 20c. POLYANTHES— 
(2)15. Many-flowered clusters. Blush white. Pkt. 25c. QUIN- 
QUEFOLIA—(1)5. Shade. White. Mat-forming. Pkt. 25c. 
SULFUREA—Cream to lemon, often purple flushed. Pkt. 20c; 
¥% oz. 55c. CAROLINIANA—(8)12. Upfacing sheafs of rosy 
blossoms. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 913C—One pkt. each of the 23 for $4.20. 
ANEMONE BLEND—Splendid mixture, most of those here, 
with others. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.65. 
