2 GREVILLEA ROBUST A—w. Silk Oak, but a better name is 
Silk Fern. Decorative pot plant with feathery, silky, fernlike 
“fronds.’’ Grown for graceful foliage effects. Easier and more 
adaptable than any Fern. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
3 HABRANTHUS BRACHYANDRUS—x. The Parana Lily. 
Lovely trumpet blossoms of pure, deep pink from late April 
into July when grown in pots indoors. The bulbs may also 
be grown in the garden for all-summer bloom, then to be dug 
and cellar-stored in sand over winter. Pkt. 25c. Bulbs, each 40c. 
3 HABRANTHUS ANDERSONI—Pretty little Fairy Lily with 
yellow flowers that show coppery suffusions. Same treatment 
as last. Pkt. 20c. Bulbs, each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
5 HELIOPHILA LONGIFOLIA—ek(2)15. Pretty South Af- 
rican Annual for a sunny place in the garden. The plants are 
long filled with airy 4-petal flowers of bright blue. Pkt. 15c. 
1 HELIO PSIS—ecbx (3-4) 50. Rugged, long-lived perennials, 
valued in the mixed border, or for cutting. In bloom June into 
September. PITCHERIANA—Big, attractive, single flowers of 
glossy golden orange. Pkt. 15c; 46 oz. 25c. Plants, each 55¢; 
3 for $1.40. SCABRA ZINNIAEFLORA—Very like last except 
that there are fewer flowers open at once, but here the golden 
blossoms are semi-double to near-double. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 40c. 
1 HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANUM—bk(3)100. Spectacu- 
lar large perennial with lobe-cut leaves to 3 feet, and little 
flowers of creamy white in wide, close umbels that may be 
four feet across. From the Caucasus. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
Z GESNERIAD DELIGHT 
There are few more beautiful pot plants than the Gesneriads, 
and we offer a blend that includes many of the more interest- 
ing and colorful kinds of them. This description is written 
before seeds of all have reached us, but last year seeds of 
Scarlet Gesneria, Streptocarpus, Achimenes, Sinningia, Glox- 
inia, Didymocarpus, Isoloma, Naegelia, Rechsteineria, African 
Violet, Corytholma and Chirita were included, and we expect 
all will be again in the new blend, with perhaps others. 
Flowers will vary from tubular to widely expanded trumpets, 
iN ee rich and far-ranging. ‘‘w’’ culture. Pkt. 50c; 3 pkts. 
or $1.40. 
3 GIANT GLOXINIAS 
A showy pot plant. Deep, 
wide bells, upfacing, each on 
its own stem. Colorings are 
rich and varied, sometimes 
all one tone, or again dot- 
sprinkled, marbled, or 
splashed with some darker, 
contrasting shade. DOR- 
MANT BULBS (tubers), in 
superb mixture, available 
February through May, at 
45ec each; 3 for $1.20; 10 
for $3.75. Also POTTED 
PLANTS (started tubers) 
ready April through July, 
mixed colors only, at each faa 
60c; 3 for $1.60; 10 for $4.50. sia ; —_ . 
It is quite possible to pay more for Gloxinia plants. Neverthe- 
less we feel sure that the stock offered here will give you full 
satisfaction in size, in blossom form, in color and in beauty. 
GLOXINIA COLOR COLLECTION—One bulb (dormant 
tuber) each of Deep Crimson, Blue edged White, Red edged 
White, all Deep Blue, Bright Scarlet, and of Tigered and 
Splashed, six different kinds, one of each, colors marked, for 
$2.30. Order as OFFER 945AN. 
GLOXINIA GIANT-FLOWERED MIXED — Exceedingly 
showy; great, bell-like flowers in superb range of colorings 
and markings. We offered this for many years under the name 
of Peerless Strain, a name that we believe still applies unless 
you want the exhibition quality of the Triumphant. It’s good. 
Pkt. 50c; 3 pkts. for $1.40. 
GLOXINIA TRIUMPHANT—A magnificent blend of what we 
believe to be the very best in Gloxinia. It is based on the 
superb Swiss Beauty Strain, but to that we have added the 
top selections of other specialists, and in particular one 
splendid group from a German grower. All this gives added 
color range and richness. The immense, bell-like blossoms 
are carried in the desired, erect, up-tilted position over the 
thick, velvety foliage rosettes. Pkt. 90c; 3 pkts. for $2.50. 
GLOXINIA BLUE SLIPPER—w. An interesting variant in 
which the fairly large flowers of rich blue are in a form 
that suggests a slipper. Pkt. 60c. 
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5 GODETIA DWARF MIXED—ek(3)12. Large, cup-like blos- 
soms in shades of rose, pink, scarlet, lavender and white. 
Glistening, satiny petals. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c. 
5 HIBISCUS ANNUAL 
HIBISCUS TRIONUM—ex (2-4)30. Ivory-toned cup blossoms, 
patched violet, and with golden tassels. Attractive, long- 
blooming background plant. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
HIBISCUS MANIHOT—ebk (4-5)90. Golden Bowl. Towering 
spires of big lemon-yellow bowl-blossoms, blotched purple- 
maroon. Exceedingly showy. Valued for spectacular accents 
or backgrounds. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
2 CHINA-ROSE HIBISCUS 
A distinctively beautiful species of tender Hibiscus to be 
handled as pot plants North. Almost everblooming ; plants 10 
inches high often flower freely. Rare colorings here. Botanical- 
ly HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS. Seeds, fine mixed, rich in 
reds, per pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. Plants available of three 
kinds suitable for window or greenhouse. KONA—Immense, 
fragrant, fully double blossoms of pure pink. JIGORA— 
Superb full double in glowing golden orange, red-flushed in 
deep center. DOUBLE RED—A rich, deep shade. UNIFORM 
PRICE—Per plant, each 75c; one plant each of the 3 for $2.00. 
1 HARDY HIBISCUS or ROSE MALLOW 
Gorgeous color here. There are few more showy perennials. 
1 HIBISCUS GIANT MAL- 
LOW MARVELS — ebx (3) 50. 
Magnificent flower-bowls, from 
palest blush, through pure 
pink, to rose, with snowy 
white and crimson. Center eyes 
often appear. Made up of 
Hibiscus moscheutos selections 
and crosses with Hibiscus 
oculiroseus. Full winter hardi- 
ness. Pkt. 15c; ¥ oz. 365c. 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35; 
10 for $3.90. Illustrated oppo- 
site. 
1 HIBISCUS AVALON HY- 
BRIDS — ebx (3-4) 65. Newer, 
long-blooming strain of spec- 
tacular beauty, differing from 2 
other strains in flower form, in distinctive foliage, in season, 
height and quite definitely in range and tones of blossom 
colorings. The flowers vary from palest blush, through varied 
shades of pink and rose, to reds of a rich vividness not before 
known. In bloom July to October. Fully winter hardiness. 
H. militaris, crossed on H. coccineus. Pkt. 20c; 4 oz. 50c. 
Plants, mixed only, each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
1 HIBISCUS F-1 AVALON—Seeds saved from segregated 
F-1 plants of the original Militaris-Coccineus cross. Seedlings 
will show wide and interesting variations in re-combination 
of characters, and highly desirable forms should appear. Pkt. 
35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
1 HIBISCUS AVALON RED—This splendid hybrid shows per- 
haps the most brilliant red blossoms of any fully-hardy Hibis- 
cus yet introduced. The coloring is richer than in H. coccineus, 
the flowers fuller, and of better form. A robust grower, reach- 
ing to 8 feet in established plants, many flower-filled stems. 
Blooming season is long, July, well into October. Foliage of 
distinctive digitate form, deep green. Needs no winter protec- 
tion. Plants, division or rooted cuttings, each $1.50. 
4 HIBISCUS PARAMUTABILIS—Rare shrubby Hibiscus 
from central China, fully winter-hardy at Old Orchard. Big 
flower-bowls with silky, somewhat fluted petals, pure white but 
with crimson center. In bloom for months. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 
for 70c; 1% oz. $1.25. Plants, each $1.50. 
OTHER HIBISCUS SPECIES—Several good ones. MILI- 
TARIS—k(2-3)50. Campanulate flowers in striate pink. 
Leaves halberd-shaped. Pkt. 15c. LASIOCARPUS—x(3)50. 
Big white to pale rose flowers. Leaves cordate; capsules hairy. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 30c. MUTABILIS—bk (3-4)150. Confederate 
Rose. Handsome Chinese species for the South. Opens pale 
blush, deepening to red by nightfall. Pkt. 20c. PEDUNCULA- 
TUS—ebx(3-4)50. Attractive South African with flowers of 
deep rose. Protect in winter. Pkt. 25¢. SYRIACUS—ebk(4). 
This is the shrub or small tree commonly called Althea. 
Flower colorings of white, blush, diverse pinks, rosy red, blue- 
violet and the like. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 25¢; %4 oz. 40c. OFFER 
945A—One pkt. each of above five, with one each of Avalon 
Hybrids, Giant Mallow Marvels, and of Paramutabilis, 8 in 
all, for $1.25. 
