4 AZALEA KURUME HYBRIDS 
A splendid strain of low Azalea, immensely varied and 
often with semi-double flowers. Young. plants only a few 
inches high, will bloom heavily. Fully winter-hardy at Phila- 
delphia, but give sheltered posi- __ eee 
tion, and protection, in much|{ — 
colder areas. The Kurume} _ 
Azaleas also make excellent pot 
plants for window or greenhouse 
culture. Illustrated opposite. 
AZALEA KURUME SEEDS— 
Saved from named sorts in wide 
color range. Expect rare beauties 
among the seedling plants. Not 
hard to grow from seed. See! 
directions on page 18. Pkt. 50e; | 
8 pkts. for $1.35; 10 for $4.00. 
AZALEA KURUME PLANTS— 
Good, young plants, from 5 to *% 
9 inches of height, large enough 
to give flowers the first year. 
UNIFORM PRICE—Each $1.15; 
8 of one kind for $3.15, these prices prepaid to destinations 
east of the Mississippi. Add 5% further west, or in Canada. 
PINK PEARL—Fine, early-blooming soft pink. Semi-double. 
HINODEGIRI—Blossoms of vivid scarlet in enormous profu- 
sion. More in demand than any other Azalea variety, partic- 
ularly for outside planting. SNOW—Purest white. Semi- 
double. SHERWOODI—Rather large blossoms. Outside they 
come in lavender-toned lilac, but under glass the coloring is 
a lavender that suggests blue. CORAL BELLS—The blossoms 
are a delightful, clear coral rose. Semi-double. A_ long, free 
bloomer, whether outside or under glass. HEXE—Firefly. Big, 
semi-double flowers in a rich, true crimson. Makes a splendid, 
long-blooming pot plant. SALMON BEAUTY—Rather large, 
semi-double flowers in purest salmon pink. AMOENA—Great 
masses of rosy purple. Hardy, easy, showy. OFFER 119AN— 
One plant each of the eight for $8.30. 
BELGIAN AZALEA ALBERT AND ELIZABETH—This 
magnificent Azalea is intended only as a pot plant. It forces 
wonderfully, blooming in March. The big, double blossoms 
are deep pink at the edges, lightening gradually to a pure 
white center. An Indica, not a Kurume. Plants, each $1.60. 
AZALEA FORCING COLLECTION—We will send one plant 
each of four fine sorts for pot growing under glass, being 
Albert and Elizabeth, Coral Bells, Hexe and Salmon Beauty 
for $4.70. Order as OFFER 119BN. 
2 THE ASPARAGUS FERNS 
Decorative and easy pot plants are the Asparagus Ferns, 
though not, of course, truly of the fern family. Culture, ‘‘w.” 
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI—Many spreading sprays of fern- 
like foliage. 
Bright red berries, usually about Christmas time. 
Does well as a window pot plant, or it may be 
used in hanging baskets, or porch boxes. Pkt. 
25c; % oz. 60c. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS—Foliage 
finer than that of the last; bright green, dense, 
almost lacelike in effect. Plant upright, fronds 
almost horizontal. Fine for pot culture. Pkt. 
25c; % oz. 60c. 
3 BRIGHT BABIANA 
Easy and pretty bulb-flower from South Africa, 
gay in blue intensities, in pink, and rose and 
cream, with mauve, lilac, and vivid red. Often 
fragrant. May be grown in garden in middle 
states if given winter protection, or it will make a wonderful 
showing, forced for winter bloom in pots. Illustrated opposite. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
1 ASPERULA or WOODRUFF 
ODORATA—Sweet Woodruff. A lovable little rock garden or 
cover plant, a mat-former, with clustered, dainty white flow- 
ers. 6 inches. The dried foliage is long-fragrant. Prefers 
shade. Pkt. 20c; 8 for 50c. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
TINCTORIA—x(3)25. Long sprays of little white flowers, 
over fine foliage. Likes some shade. Often cut for Gypsophila 
uses. Pkt. 20c. 
HEX APHYLLA—x(3)25. Loose panicles of tiny white flow- 
ers. Useful for cutting, to be mixed with Sweet Peas or other 
larger blooms. Long-lived. Pkt. 20c. 
BABIANA 
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1 AUBRIETA 
AUBRIETA, PEERLESS 
HY BRIDS—=x(2)8. Splen- 
did low perennials for 
the rock garden, front of 
border, or massing. Easy 
to grow and to delight in. 
Rose, lilac, mauve, pur- 
ple, violet, crimson in 
vivid, rich blendings. JI- 
lustrated opposite. Pkt. 
20e; 1/16 oz. 45e; % oz. 
c. 
AUBRIETA LEICHT- 
LINI—Rosy violet, near 
to crimson. Pkt. 25¢; 1/16 oz. 50c. 
AUBRIETA GRAECA—x(2)5. A fine, dwarf, compact blue. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
AUBRIETA SUPERB DOUBLE HYBRIDS—Here the flowers 
are mostly well-doubled, giving greater mass and depth to the 
rich color picture. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
2 THE REX BEGONIAS 
or ROCK-PURPLE 
A beautiful, and intensely in- 
teresting Begonia group, with 
richly decorative foliage, orna- 
mental in wide range of deep 
and varied color applications. JI- 
lustrated opposite. Many of them 
have pretty flowers, but they are 
really grown for the magnificent 
foliage. Our assortment includes 
many of the newer kinds. We 
offer plants at each $1.20; 3 dif- 
ferent for $3.40; 5 different for 
$5.50. 
BEGONIA REX GROUP MIXED 
—Seeds saved from finest hy- 
brids, and from the species in the general Rex complex. 
Should yield delightful seedlings in wide variations. Pkt. 60c; 
3 pkts. for $1.60; 10 pkts. for $5.00. 
BOOKS ON BEGONIAS 
BEGONIAS AND HOW TO GROW THEM—Buxton. De- 
scribes some 200 kinds, with culture. Illustrated. $4.00. 
BEGONIAS FOR AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS— 
Kraus. Comprehensive. Very good. Illustrated. $2.95. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS—Worth Brown. 
Good. Many fine drawings. $2.75. 
3 THE GIANT TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
ey 
Complete guide. 
Lovely camellia-like blos- 
soms of great size, see il- 
lustration opposite, in col- 
ors that include pink, sal- 
mon, orange, yellow, white 
and red. In bloom constant- 
ly from spring into latest 
autumn. Fine decorative pot 
plants for any use, or they 
are wonderful for continu- 
ous flowering display in 
window box, porch box, or 
directly in the garden, but 
give them always a partly 
shaded position. Tubers can 
be dug in autumn, and car- 
ried over winter as one 
would Gladiolus bulbs. Can : 
be grown from seeds, and many rare color tones may then 
be expected. We offer a splendid strain of seeds from Eng- 
land at $1.00 the packet, 3 pkts. for $2.75. Tubers, dormant, 
full color range in mixture, 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.35. Tubers, 
your choice of any of the six separate colors as listed above, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.75. (Smaller tubers are some- 
times offered at lower prices, and they will bloom, but not 
nearly as freely or satisfactorily as the size we offer.) After 
May 15th we can also supply started tubers, sprouted in 
damp moss, and fine for a quick showing, at 5c higher per 
tuber than price for dormant ones as given above. 
