POMPON DE PARIS. Just imagine a rose bush in full 
bloom small enough to put under a tumbler. The tiny buds, 
no larger than a pea, open into well-formed, double rose- 
pink flowers the size of a dime. Blooms year around. (70c 
each) (3 for $1.75) prepaid. 
SEA ONION. An ornamental, medicinal plant, found 
in nearly every European home where the juice from 
the crushed leaf is used as a home remedy to treat cuts, 
bruises and sprains. (60c each) (3 for $1.25) ppd. 
Comes Again and Again 
A native of Brazil. It 
is of the easiest culture, 
and seems to do well 
everywhere, requiring 
but little attention. It is 
a strong, rapid grower, 
throwing many shoots, 
each of which is tipped 
with beautiful pink, 
plume-like flowers that 
come again and again. 
(50c each) (3 for $1.25) 
prepaid. 
The Fragrant Climber 
The true Wax Plant (Hoya 
Carnosa) is an easily grown 
trailing house. plant suitable 
for window gardens and trellis 
work. Umbels of. fragrant, 
waxy-white flowers with pink 
centers, produced in succes- 
sion. The shining succulent, 
dark green foliage makes it 
an interesting plant even when 
not in bloom. (75¢ each) 
(2 for $1.35) prepaid. 
Many of the House Plants 
listed here can be grown from 
seed, easily and economically. 
For seed of these and many 
others, see page 2. 
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Giant Flowers—Up to 8” Across 
It Catches Flies, Eats Raw Meat, 
Likes Ants and Bugs 
One of the most fascin- 
ating plants known to man. 
It resembles the hooded co- 
bra of the jungles of India, 
and is one of the few car- 
nivorous plants known to 
science. 
The plant has no leaves, 
the stalks are twisted and 
funnel shape, small at the 
bottom, growing larger 
with a rounded hood at the 
top from which hang two 
crimson and green append- 
ages which have the ap- 
pearance of feelers or 
whiskers. 
The hood is beautifully colored, 
and mottled by white translucent 
areas through which the interior 
is lighted. Both hood and ap- 
pendages bear many honey glands, 
the excretion from which tempts 
bugs, ants, flies, in fact all kinds 
of insects toward the mouth, an 
orifice on the under side of the 
hood, and are lured inside the funnel-like stem from which they 
can not come back, as the stem is lined with innumerable little 
hair-like prongs all pointing downward, and once they get below 
a few of these points they have to continue on downward where 
the victim is absorbed in the digestive fluid or liquid in the 
bottom of the stem. 
The Cobra Orchid, or Darlingtonia, is a perennial which will 
grow year after year out of doors, provided it is given a shady 
position and never allowed to become dry. Along the banks of a 
pool is an ideal place. It also may be grown as a house plant, in 
pots of sandy soil and leaf mold. 
If kept in a room free from all insects,,it is advisable once or _ 
twice weekly to place a few small particles of raw beef, about the 
size of a grain of wheat, in the orifice for its nourishment ; how- 
ever, if placed where there are other plants, in the average room, 
a sufficient number of insects will be attracted from them, making 
artificial feeding unnecessary. 
The Cobra Orchid blooms in the spring, having unusual purple 
and yellow flowers. Available from October lst until June. 
Plants ($2.50 each) (2 for $3.95) prepaid. 
The Orchid Cactus (Hy- 
brid epiphyllum) is fast 
becoming one of our most 
prized indoor plants. Un- 
like the desert Cactus, it 
is entirely free from 
thorns. It is not uncom- 
mon for a well-grown 
plant to produce 15 or 20 
gigantic blooms, 10 and 
even 12” across, in a sin- 
gle season. It is not at all difficult to grow this spectacular 
flower under ordinary home surroundings. The blooming 
season varies from April through June with the different 
varieties. Your choice of colors—Red, White, Pink or 
Orange. ($1.00 each) (2 for $1.85). 
ORCHID CACTUS COLLECTION: 
above only $2.95 prepaid. 
1 each of 4 colors 
From the Tropics 
The Exhibition or late flowering 
Chrysanthemum is the queen of Au- 
tumn flowers. This giant-flowered 
type will bloom in the open in 
Southern States but should be taken 
indoors in the North and will make 
a most beautiful house plant. 
BETSY ROSS. White. (60c each) 
(3 for $1.50) prepaid. 
BLAZING GOLD. Yellow. (60c 
each) (3 for $1.50) prepaid. 
DETROIT NEWS. Bronze. (60c 
each) (3 for $1.50) prepaid. 
GARNET KING. Red. (60c each) 
(3 for $1.50) prepaid. 
PINK ROCKET. Pink. (60c each) 
(3 for $1.50) prepaid. 
EXHIBITION ’MUM _ COLLEC- 
TION: 1 each of all 5. above only 
$1.95 prepaid. 
The. Chinese Hibiscus is one of 
the showiest tropical plants in ex- 
istence. It makes an excellent house 
plant in the North and has proven to 
be one of the most popular shrubs in 
the South and West. Hardy above 25°. 
AMERICAN BEAUTY (Violaceous) 
Double Pink. (95¢ each) (2 for 
$1.75) prepaid. 
RED GLORY 
sized double red. 
$1.75) prepaid. 
SUNBURST  (Aurantica) — Large 
double orange-yellow. (95c¢ each) 
(2 for $1.75) prepaid. 
CHINESE HIBISCUS COLLECTION 
—l each of 3 above only $2.65 pre- 
paid, 
(Minimus)—Medium 
(95ce each) (2 for 
Usually begins to flower at 
Easter time and will continue to 
do so intermittently for several 
months. The pink and white flow- 
ers are extremely large, often 6 
to 10” in length with widely spread 
frilled petals, and some are quite 
fragrant. They are the easiest of 
Cactus to grow, will stand neglect 
and need no special care. (45c 
each) (3 for $1.00) prepaid. 
Fruit for Your Living Room 
The Pigmy Date Palm is a close 
relative of the larger commercial 
variety. While in warm climates 
it will- reach a height of 10’, it 
seldom grows over 2 or 3’ high in- 
doors. From an ornamental stand- 
point, the Pigmy Date Palm is just 
as attractive and desirable as 
other varieties of Palms, and in 
addition it will produce edible 
fruit in your own living room, un- 
der pot culture, as well as outside 
in the south. ($1.00 each) (2 for 
$1.75) prepaid. 
