tween Sept. | and Jan. 1. Even later if available. Water once when potted to settle soil. 
Then keep soil barely moist until growth is well started. When growing well they need 
plenty of water and perfect drainage, give about half shade. They are hardy outdoors 
down to 15° but tops may be cut down by frost at about 20°. Blooming size, 25c. 
Large 50c. Small offsets for foliage only, 15c. 
Z. rehmanni elegans. Light pink Calla. Easier to grow and flower than the dark 
pink. A few are very light, almost white when forced but darker in the garden, and 
always beautiful. Large bulbs, 40c. 3 for $1.15. Delivery Nov. on all Zantedeschias. 
Z. elliotiana. Deep Golden Yellow Calla. Like all the callas, they need some sun. 
If they do not have it they grow too tall and weak and may fail to flower. Half sun is 
usually right. 30c ea. 3 for 85c. Delivery Nov. 
Arum palaestinum. Black Calla. Solomon’s Lily. Foliage and flowers are shaped like 
Callas but flowers are black and odorless. Plant 4” deep in garden, not so deep in a pot. 
Begin to water about Sept. 1. Flowers in Feb. Large for 50c and $1.00 ea. 
Anthurium andraeanum. Until very recently these have been high in price. But now 
prices are reasonable. The cordate leaves make them useful as foliage plants alone but a 
mature plant will flower six times a year. Flowers are calla-like, but rather flat, in glossy 
red, pink, orange, coral, rose and rarely white. They are much used for cut flowers in 
arrangements and corsages. They are everblooming if given correct conditions at all times, 
but sometimes take a vacation when very hot, very cold or very dry. 
Culture. Anthuriums and Spathiphyllums are tender tropical plants, suitable only 
for pot culture. Soil formula. They will grow in most any organic compost. We use and 
advise one part old osmundine (discarded from orchid pots, new will do); one part peat. 
Add enough Sponge Rok or coarse sand to make compost very gritty and to hasten quick 
drainage. See Potting Directions under General Culture. Add a thin layer of sphagnum 
on surface to prevent eroding the surface when watering. Set plant low in an oversized 
pot and as it grows, new roots are formed on compost surface which should be covered 
with more sphagnum. When compost surface reaches rim of pot, shift to larger pot, or 
build up with sphagnum. New roots must be kept covered. 
Use Spoonit or liquid manure once a month, after plants are well established. The 
preferred minimum night temp. is 60° or over. 45° does little harm other than to stop 
growth and flowering. 70° to 80° is a good daytime temp. Air should be very humid. 
Spraying foliage daily increases air humidity. They should never become completely dry, 
thruout. Water about every two days. 
Shipping. The best way is in pots, by express. But you pay the express and it costs 
us more to pack. Plants are set back a little by sending by mail, out of pot. But they 
recover and you save quite a lot on the total cost. Which compensates for the recovery 
period. If by mail you should add 35c for plants under 8” and 45c for larger sizes for 
“Special Delivery,’ also for Insurance fee if desired. They cannot be mailed in cold 
weather. 
Anthurium andraeanum, Shaffer Hybrids are the best. Plants should begin to flower 
at. 10” to 12” height. We have had 6” plants flower and very often 8”-10” flower. They 
grow and multiply so rapidly that we are forced to make sharp cuts in our former prices. 
They are really bargain prices. If you have a warm living room or a hobby greenhouse, by 
all means take advantage of these offers. The figure enclosed in parentheses thus (3”) is 
size of pot advised for the plant. Prices, Assorted Colors, out of pots, postpaid or estab- 
lished in clay pots, by express, f.o.b. Plants under 4” tall (3” or 4”), $1.00. 4”-6” (4”), 
$1.50. 6”-8” (4), $2.00. 8”-10” (5”), $3.00. 10”-12”, $3.50. The last should flower very 
soon. Plants in flower or those that have flowered (5”-6”), $4.00. Winter light does not 
promote free flowering and fewer in bloom will then be available. 
A. scherzerianum. This species is easy to grow as a house plant as it is less demand- 
ing about temperature, etc. Mature, old plants may become 15” to 18” tall, but they start 
blooming at only 4” or 5” tall. Colors range from red, spotted red and white, to white. 
We have been unable to offer these for a few years but now we again have a good supply. 
Blooming size, assorted colors only $3.75. 
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