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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS 
We wish to make this classified section of special value to our readers who may 
have plants, roots or any other item that they wish to sell or exchange. 
The charge wiil be 10¢ per line of 7 words, per 
When offering plant material know your nursery laws. 
at price of three, 
insertion; four insertions 
SEEDS FOR SALE 
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BEAUTIFUL INDIAN ORCHIDS Himalay- 
an Flower Bulbs, Anemone, Sternbergia, 
Iris, Tulips, Unusual charming se eds. 
G. Ghose & Co. Townend, Darjeeling, 
India. 19 
JOES BULLETIN, issued bi-monthly, tells 
you where you can buy flowering and 
ornamental plants, shrubs or bulbs at 
half of standard catalog prices. Two years 
. Sample free. 1854 24th Ave. N., 
Seattle, 2, Washington. (22) 
HERB SEEDS AND PLANTS: We special- 
DAYLILY SEEDS hand pollinated from 
i i Fresh 
AMARYLLIS BULBS 
AMARYLLIS GIANT HYBRIDS. mixed 
colors bulbs, also seedlings, offspring of 
Dutch and Mead strain. Prices on request. 
Philip Pate, Kissimmee, 14, Florida. 20 
GLADIOLUS BULBS 
SPRINGLADS: Hardy Eurasian Species, 
fall planted, bloom in spring without 
thrips. List 16E free. Philip O. Buch, 
"Rockaway. New Jersey. 
PLANTS FOR SALE 
MARANTAS and CALATHEA, beautiful 
under-leaf colors; Orchid-like flowers $1.00 
and $2.00 each. PAUL A. GIROUARD, 
2710 Lane St., Palatka, Florida. 
CURCUMA PETIOLATA (orchid pink 
ginger or queen lily) Handsome plaited 
foliage, flowers in mid-summer, exotic cut 
flowers. In North, dig and store tubers. 
Large dormant clumps 3-5 yrs. $1.50 pre- 
paid. Free list. J. D. MARION, 214 Pres- 
ton St.. Shreveport, La. 11 
EXOTIC DAY LILLIES, hand pollinated, 
choice crosses reds purples, rose, bicolors, 
pastels. Mixed “sprouted” seedlets (tiny 
VIOLETS 50¢ and $1.00 pkts; “Easy-do” 
i 100 African Violets, write for 
AFRICAN VIOLETS: Roseonna leaves 4 
for $1.00; Gypsy leaves 7 for $1.00. Unnam- 
ed African Violet seedlings, watch them 
bloom, 4 for $1.00. Add 35¢ postage on all 
orders. Many old and new varieties, 
plants and leaves. Send stamp for list. 
Mrs. Sophia Baker, 2733 S. E. 35th. PIl., 
Portland, 2. Oregon. (Dept. S) 9 
ACTINEA HERBACEA (Lakeside Daisy) 
3-$1.25; 10-$400. Gentiana Andrewsi alba 
(White Closed Kentian) 3-$2.00; 10-$6.00. 
Postpaid. AMERICAN PERENNIAL 
GARDENS. Box 37, Garden City, Mich. 
ARDISIA, glossy curled crisped leaves. 
red Christmas berries; plants $1.00 to $5.00 
each, postpaid. PAUL A. GIROUARD, 
2710 Lane St., Palatka, Fla. 
POINSETTIA ROOTED CUTTINGS, for 
Christmas blooming, variety of reds, pink 
and white, for potting or garden plant- 
ing. Cultural directions. 25 for $3.50, 50 
for $6.50, 100 for $11.00, FOB Kissimmee. 
Small orders 3 for $1.00, postpaid. PHILIP 
PATE, KISSIMMEE, 14, FLA. (22) 
AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES. 12 for $1.00 
named varieties, plants 3 to 6 in. tall 3 for 
$1.00, my choice. Gypsy Series leaves 20¢ 
each 7 for $1.00; plants 2 for $1.00. Rose- 
onna leaves 3 for $1.00; Please add 25¢ post- 
age. Mrs. Sophia M. Baker, 2733 S. E. 35th 
Place, Portland, 2, Ore. 
CUTTINGS: $1.50 per dozen; house plants 
mixed or Begonias or Sweet Scented Ger- 
aniums, Mints, herbs, wild ferns; pre- 
paid. Mrs. H. C. Sanborn, RFD 1, Thet- 
ford Center, Vt. 
COLEUS CUTTINGS, RARE AND FANCY 
varieties; 50 assorted cuttings $1.00 plus 
20¢ postage. Sultana cuttings same price. 
A. T. Linder, 521 Nathan Hale Rd., West 
Palm Beach, Florida. ap 
HARDY NATIVE ORCHIDS (Zone IV) 
Spring and Fall Delivery, Prepaid. Each 
Calopogon pulchellus, Grass Pink O. .73 
Cypripedium acaule, Pk. Ladyslipper _ .50 
—arietinum, Ramshead Yel. Ladys’r 3.00 
—pubescens, Common Yel. Ladys’r _ 1.00, 
—reginae, Showy Ladyslipper , 1.00 
Goodyera pubescens, Downy Rattlesnake 
Plantain A 1.00 
—repens, Creeping Rattlesnake P 1.50 
Habenaria ciliaria, Yel. Fringed Or. 1.00 
—fimbriata, Large Purple Fr. Orchid 1.25 
—lacera, Green Fringed Orchid 1.00 
—psycodes, Small Pur. Fr. Orchid 1.25 
Orchis spectabilis, Showy Orchid 1.25 
Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pog. 1.00 
Spiranthes cernus, (Nodding Ladies ON ee 
es : 
SPECIAL: 4 of a kind for price of 3. , 
HARRY E. SAIER, DIMONDALE, MICH. 
COLUMBINE SEEDS 
Aquilegia seed gives considerable trouble 
hear of failures. We, too, have 
plantings fail and we wonder if much of the 
trouble on seed that is not over 16 months 
old if it is not caused by some sort of 
dormancy, may be in the embryo? It would, 
be interesting to see if the seed would be be- 
nefited by stratification; the seed in nature 
germinates immediately after ripening and 
if saved, when it becomes dry, it might be- 
Various treatments would 
pletely dark till the seed germinates. 
Dianthus Allwoodii make excellent pat 
plants for a sunny window sill. They flow- 
er the year around when properly handled. 
COOKING SALSIFY 
The Vegetable Oyster is a nice vegetable 
that should be planted in all vegetable gard- 
ens; its culture is the same as for Parsnips. 
In cooking Salsify, scrape the roots, leay- 
ing whole and steep in water containing a 
a little lemon juice or vinigar; boil till tend- 
er; allow to cool then cut in slices, fry 
quickly to a light golden brown, dust with 
salt and white pepper, serve with a sauce, 
MAGAZINE and SEED LIST 
You will note that the new seed listings 
are being set in single columns now. This 
is necessary when the entire list is set up at 
cne time, as will be done in the future. 
This new form will allow us to add much 
more cultural information, prices in ounce 
and pound lots and many other important 
items that could not be done on one two 
column lines. We want to make the seed 
list informative as well as a sales medium. 
A Lovely Capsicum 
The Capsicum seed I bought of you last 
year. was very nice. In the blend I had 
many lovely ones. 
Among the minature type was one lovely 
variety but I wouldn’t call it dwarf. It grew 
to about 18 inches high, the stalk nearly 
black; the leaves very dark green and 
crinkled-like and the fruit was the lovilest 
I have ever seen, it grew on long pendent 
stems and scalloped,like on the patty-pan 
squash, bright scarlet. 
By Mrs. James E. Winfield, N. Y. 
NOTE: We are sorry not to be able to 
name this variety; seed of the ornamental 
peppers comes to us from all over the world 
and last year there was new seeds from 
French colonies as well as some from Mexico 
that was not in the blends formerly. Mrs. 
Winfield kindly supplied us with seed from 
her plant and it is now growing; we hope 
it has not crossed with other plants in her 
collection. 
Has any of our readers a pepper such as 
above? 
PAGING CARTER D. HOLTON. 
Before the war in China, we received tree 
seeds from Mr. Carter who then was con- 
nected with The Christian and Missionary 
Alliance in Linsia, Kansu, China. 
We would like to contact Mr. Holton, 
and we believe he resides in California, ir 
he is not in some Communist prison camp; 
can any of our readers help? 
WOOD ASHES AS A SEED BED 
It is well known that fresh wood ashes are 
caustic, and its use around tender plants is 
usually fatal to them. 
The seeds of many plants, like the Acacia 
are very hard and do not germinate readily 
under ordinary conditions as we know them 
in most parts of the United States, but in, 
the planting of such seeds the use of fresh 
wood ashes is indicated. We would ap- 
preciate hearing from readers who have 
tried this method out. 
While on the subject of ashes it will be 
well to mention the fact that coal ashes are 
valuable when added to the soil and espec- 
ially the seed bed soil. Of course, they 
should be left in a pile for a year so that 
any chemicals can be leached out of them, 
then sifted to rmove any clinkers. 
AFRICAN VIOLET LIST 
A paper covered booklet, by Carolyn K. 
Rector, has just been published. It is print- 
ed from typewritten set-up and lists the 
names of some 1,500-1,800 African Violet 
varieties, with the name, if known, of the 
introducer. Very short descrptions are given 
of each variety. It would be of interest 
only to the African specialist. 
NEW SEED LIST 
A new seed list is being printed now and 
it will be mailed to all subscribers and those 
who have ordered seeds from the number 9 
list issued in February. We may be abie 
to mail out a few free copies to old names 
on our mailing list but if you are interested 
in the next issue, it will be necessary to 
drop us a postal, asking for a copy. 
This list will include all Iris and Peony 
offers, Botanical Bulbs and other fall bulbs; 
some 400 additional seeds not listed in the 
February list; a complete, to date, tree seed 
list with latest prices; Palm seed and many 
prices in ounces and pounds on perennial 
seed. This list will be much more complete 
and part will be reset into single columns. 
New seed list mailed upon request. 
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