PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
We try to send out only good seeds, bulbs and plants, but 
we have no control over the purchaser’s knowledge and skill, 
nor over climate or the weather of the particular season, and 
we cannot be responsible for results dependent on such factors. 
In no ease shall we be liable for more than the amount actu- 
ally paid us for seeds, bulbs or plants. PEARCE SEED COM- 
PANY, Moorestown, N. J. 
GUARANTEE—Safe arrival in growable condition is guar- 
anteed on seeds through the year, and on plants and bulbs 
shipped in April, May and June, and in September, October 
and November. During the remaining months, plants and bulbs 
are guaranteed as to arrival only, and not against freezing 
or heating. We make full replacements on all. goods lost while 
under our guarantee, but please report promptly on losses. 
HOW TO REMIT—By post-office money order if possible. 
Personal checks accepted for amounts over three dollars (not 
for less). If actual cash, currency, is sent, register the letter, 
else any loss is yours. Add to remittance amount of applica- 
ble sales tax. 
PLANT AND BULB PRICES include prepaid mail or express 
transportation costs to U.S. points east of the Mississippi 
River. For prepayment to United States destinations west of 
the Mississippi (or into Canada), add 5% to remittance. 
SEED AND BOOK PRICES include prepaid postage to all 
United States or Canadian points to which regular postal 
rates apply. 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE—While we hope to hold 
prices as here given through calendar year 1954, we reserve 
right to change them without notice, should the need arise. 
MINIMUM ORDER SIZES—Plant and bulb orders must total 
three dollars or more for forwarding at one time. Orders for 
seeds must total one dollar or more. Because of packing and 
other costs, smaller orders would be handled at a direct loss, 
and we reserve right to refuse any orders below limits set. 
PLANT ORDERS are filled in rotation according to date of 
receipt, but orders come in year-around, while we can only 
ship at certain seasons. There is always an accumulation when 
shipping season opens. We fill as fast as we can, but we can’t 
fill all at once. Please have patience. Most of our hardy plants 
are field-grown, and in some years it is middle of April before 
we can dig. Perennial plants can safely be shipped from then 
until about middle of June. 
KEY-LETTER EXPLANATIONS 
k—Sow in early spring while soil is cool. 
kt—As in “‘k,’’ but may also be sown in latest fall. 
w—Sow in heat, in sunny window, frame or conservatory. 
x—Sow in spring or summer, up to September. If sown in 
heat of summer, be sure seedbed is shaded. 
y—Sow in late autumn or even in early winter, in open 
ground beds or unheated frames, germination to take 
place in spring. These are seeds that need cold to start 
them, not heat. May usually be sown in early spring also, 
providing they have been stratified, or have received 
refrigerator treatment. 
yt—Seeds so marked should be sown in late autumn or earliest 
spring in outdoor seedbed. If sown too late in spring, 
they may lie dormant until following year. 
NUMERALS IN PARENTHESES indicate season and dura- 
tion of bloom, as follows: (1) early spring, (2) late spring 
and early summer, (3) summer, (4) late summer and early 
autumn, (5) all autumn, (6) late autumn, (7) winter, (8) 
tends to be ever-blooming, (9) grown for fruit, form or 
foliage, rather than flowers. .NUMERAL FOLLOWING 
PARENTHESES indicates normal mature height in inches 
(or in feet if so specified) under good culture. 
PLANT FINDER 
To help you in picking out plants suited to particular uses 
we put key numerals before the names, meanings as here. 
1—Plants winter-hardy outside at Philadelphia, stems not 
woody. The hardy herbaceous perennials. 
2—F rost-tender plants for pot culture in window or green- 
house, or for temporary outdoor planting in summer. 
38—Bulbs and bulb-like plants. Degree of hardiness, with 
uses and needs usually given in description. 
4—Shrubs, trees or woody vines. Use and relative hardiness 
given in description. 
5—Annual plants. Here are the quick annual flowers that 
come into bloom within a few weeks of sowing. 
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3 VALLOTA SPECIOSA 2 
Vallota, called SCARBOROUGH LILY, is one of the more 
beautiful South African cousins of Amaryllis, giving all 
through the summer months, showy umbels of erect, trumpet- 
shaped flowers in brilliant scarlet to blood red. It is a rather 
sure every-year bloomer, that does splendidly as a pot bulb, 
often grown on porches, in sun rooms, or windows. The 
bulbs rest in winter, but do not go altogether dormant. They 
may be carried over in a light cellar, kept in the pots, and 
watered just enough so root action does not quite cease. 
Pkt. 40c; 3 pkts. for $1.10. 
3 CYPELLA HERBERTI 
Pretty bulb-flower, related to 
Tigridia, and with like flowers, 
but slightly smaller, and with 
petals more undulate and grace- 
ful, all in a delightful blending 
of tan, old gold and brown, or 
with coppery shadings. Winter- 
hardy in open ground at Phila- 
delphia. In greatly colder areas, 
the bulbs may be dug and winter- 
stored in Tigridia fashion. Also 
makes a good pot plant, then 
blooming freely in winter. Sown ~ 
early, seedlings sometimes bloom 
first year. Cultures k or w. 20 
inches. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 
80e; 8 for 80c. Bubs, 50c; 3 
for $1.40. 
2 FUCHSIA CORYMBIFLORA ALBA 
A very lovely Fuchsia, carrying many nodding corymb- 
clusters of long-tubed (8 to 4 inch) flowers in blush-suffused 
white, the smaller, but fully visible, petals being contrasting 
searlet. Greatly floriferous. A tall, branching grower, needing 
stake support. Well-grown pots of it are spectacular in beau- 
ty. Effect is quite different from that of other Fuchsias. ‘‘w.’’ 
Pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00. CORYMBIFLORA SCARLET—Seeds of 
the all brilliant red form also available. Pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
ABUTILON VITIFOLIUM 
This distinctive, and lovely, Abutilon from Chile, produces 
freely flower-cups to three inches, in soft blue-lavender. 
Garden hardy to about Washington, or even in colder areas 
in sheltered positions, but usually grown north as a large 
pot plant. Pkt. 35c. 
BUDDLEIA GLOBOSA 
The Golden Buddleia, too, comes 
from Chile. It carries many globe- 
like clusters of golden orange flowers, 
illustrated opposite, in quite different 
effect from the usual Butter-fly Bushes 
that we have known in our gardens. 
The flowers are fragrant, and carried 
well out on the branch tips. Easy 
from seed. Stem-hardy to Washing- 
ton, but root-hardy farther north. It 
blooms, however, on year-old wood. 
Does very well as a large pot plant | 
in the colder areas. Pkt. 25c. 
BLANDFORDIA FLAMMEA 
_ The pretty flowers, rather like narrowed bells, are carried 
in quite large, nodding clusters. Usually the bells are autumn 
brown to crimson at the base, becoming orange, then golden 
at the mouth of the bell, but the color applications are pleas- 
ingly variable. Garden hardy to Washington, or above, but 
perhaps best handled as a pot plant in the north. “w” culture. 
This rare Australian beauty is in the far reaches of the Lily 
family, but it does not make a bulb: Pkt. 35c. 
