variant of Tigrinia is one of their best. It is sometimes offered here under a different 
name and at a high price. 
The Old Time Ten, in new, improved colors. California grown, 114 to 144” tubers, 
in the following sorts: Blanche de Meru, rose, white throat; Emperor Frederick, scarlet 
white border; Emperor William, violet, white border; Etoile ‘de Feu, scarlet; Mont Blanc, 
pure white; Prince Albert, frilled, dark violet; Princess Elizabeth, blue, white throat; Roi 
des Rouges, frilled, dark bacon: Tigrina, from light rose to dark lavender. Characteristics 
are the small tiger spots; Violaceae, soft violet. Size 1144” - 114”. Price 40c ea. 6 all of one 
kind or assorted in one bag, $2.00. Complete collections, 10 var., separately labelled, 
$3.75. Two collections, one from Vetterlee, one from Antonelli, $7.25. Only in this 
collection, will we label the source. 
Newer European Hybrids. Pointille, large flowers in many shades but all are spotted, 
similar yet different from Tigrinia. $1.00. 
Rose Sensation, brilliant carmine rose, $1.00. 
Antonelli hybrids: Blue, Burgundy, Crimson Rose, Pink Edge and Salmon Rose. The 
names describe the colors. Price 50c ea. 6 of one kind or 6 assorted in one bag for $2.50. 
One each of the European and Antonelli hybrids, 7 tubers, assorted sizes as available, 
labelled separately, $4.25. One of each, all Gloxinias listed, 17 varieties for $7.75. 
Gloxinia Seed, Houdyshels, saved from our named varieties, assorted. This contains 
the largest number of seed. Antonelli hybrids, from their best new varieties, assorted. 10 
or more seed. Beacon. Rich dark red flowers. This and the following named varieties 
come true to name. Crimson Glow. Name describes color. Free blooming. Rose Sensation. 
Brilliant carmine rose. Swiss Emblem. Brilliant scarlet red, white margin. Your choice 
of packets 50c ea. The 6 packets for $2.75. The number of seed in each packet is in pro- 
portion to their unit value and from 10 to 75 or 100. Tho tiny, every seed grows. Send 
stamped, addressed envelope for all seed packets. 
Culture. Place fine grained vermiculite or terralite in the bottom of a plastic refrig- 
erator dish 34” deep and moisten weil. Plant seed very thinly over surface. Keep covered 
with lid until plants are ready to pick out. One must make sure that moisture does not 
escape and add water if it does. They may be picked out and transplanted into 2” pots 
after second pair of leaves develop. We also plant seed in 9” pans, half filled with peat 
and milled sphagnum. When planted cover pot with glass. We grow many rare seeds 
by either method, including African Violets. Gloxinias flower at about 5 months. 
Streptocarpus are very close relatives of Gloxinias but are fibrous rooted evergreen 
and can only be moved as growing plants. The culture is much the same except as to 
temperature. They thrive in a cool house and are easily grown in a lath house in 
summer. The color range is similar. The flowers are smaller and freely produced. They 
are followed by long twisted seed pods, hence their name. $1.00 ea. 
Streptocarpus seed. No one leated types included. Assorted colors from fine strains. 
Handle as advised for Gloxinia seed. Plants should flower by late fall. Per packet, $1.00 
and self addressed stamped envelope. 
Episcias resemble African Violets in form and other ways, yet are entirely distinct. 
African violets flower profusely. Episcias are very showy foliage plants and flower but 
once a year. They are natives of the American tropics, not African. Their flowers are 
solitary or clustered, notin cymes as in African Violets. The resemblance is casual, not 
botanical. But their red flowers and general contour of the plants have resulted in pro- 
motion of E. coccinea as a Red Violet. They are very tender tropicals and should not be 
colder than 60°. At about 50° they are badly damaged or killed, hence cannot be 
shipped when likely to encounter temperatures under 50°. They make stolens or runners 
like a strawberry and new plants are made in a similar manner. We plant in baskets of 
sphagnum and hair pin the little plants on stolens to sides and bottom of basket. Or 
stolens may be allowed to hang as jewelled pendants. Flowers are usually bright scarlet 
and foliage usually villous, or hairy and velvet like. They may also be grown in pots. 
Either way they require constant moisture. When you receive the plants do not remove 
or tear apart the mass of sphagnum which contains their delicate roots. Plant the entire 
mass. 
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