THE YEAR-ROUND CATALOG 
: Here is a catalog for every week of the year, for there is no 
time that is not the right time to.sow some kinds of seeds. 
Perennial plants may be put out either spring or fall; indeed 
some of them, as Irises and Oriental Poppies during the sum- 
mer, too. And of course the window plants, and their seeds, are 
ready at every season, year-through. 
BELAMCANDA AVALON HYBRIDS 
This strain of Hy- 
brid Blackberry Lilies 
can hardly be praised 
too highly as a garden 
perennial. Flowers 
may be soft, un- 
* marked yellow, or 
golden, or yellow with 
orange or _ crimson 
dottines; agnain, 
orange alone, or rose- 
ate apricot with 
darker spottings, or 
orange with crimson 
splashings, with some- 
times a plant with 
background coloring 
that approaches red. 
Height may be any- 
where from 12 (one 
parent species being 
dwarf) to50 inches.The 
flowers are followed 
by the typical ‘“‘black- 
berry’? fruiting clus- 
ters. Long in bloom, 
and exceedingly 
showy. Fully hardy. 
# Sun or shade. Often 
e sives some blooms 
first year. B. flabellata 
x B. chinensis. Illustrated above. Pkt. 25c; 46 oz. 50c; % oz. 
85c. Plants, no color choice, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. 
3 THE BLUE AMARYLLIS 
The flower coloring of this rare species, AMARYLLIS 
PROCERA, is a delightful lilac-lavender that at times ap- 
proaches rather closely to blue. Several of the pretty blossoms, 
each 3 to 5 inches across, are carried to a stem. The petals are 
crisped and undulate, giving an informal grace to the flowers. 
Seeds, 3 for 35c; 12 seeds for $1.00; 27 seeds for $2.00. 
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FASCINATING PASSIFLORA 
The Passion Flowers are easy § WY 
vines with most handsome, in- 
tricately formed blossoms. P. in- 
carnata winters outside at Phila- 
delphia. 
PASSIFLORA COERULEA—w. 
The excitingly beautiful blossoms 
are dominantly blue. Usually 
grown in pots under glass, but 
with protection, will often winter 
outside to Washington. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
P. EDULIS—w. Passion-fruit. Rather showy purple-and-white 
flowers are followed by purple, egg-sized fruits. Edible, with 
a refreshing, somewhat acid pulp. This one may be grown as 
a pot plant, keeping the shoots pinched back. In pots, some- 
times fruits at one year. Seeds, pkt. 25c. Plants, each $1.00. 
P. MOLLISSIMA—w. Superb ornamental vine with big, 
fringed flowers of rich rose pink. For pot culture under glass 
except in Gulf area and California. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each $1.00. 
P. INCARNATA—kt. Large, showy blossoms of blue-and- 
white, followed by egg-size, edible fruits. A quick-growing, 
handsome, herbaceous perennial vine, dying back to roots each 
year. Winters, blooms and fruits at Philadelphia. In much 
colder areas the roots should be protected with straw or leaves 
in winter. Pkt. 20c; 14 oz. 40c. Plants, each 80c; 3 for $2.20. 
Note that plants as sent out will be dormant, and it may be 
a little time before growth starts, but then it will be rapid. 
OFFER 32A—One pkt. each of the four for 80c. 
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A SPECTACULAR FOXGLOVE 
This oddest of Foxgloves, Digitalis 
purpurea monstrosa, illustrated op- 
posite, carries down-pointing glove- 
bells in the usual, and pleasing, Fox- 
glove form and color range, but each 
spike is, in addition, topped with an 
immense, widely opened blossom that 
seems built of many unrolled, smaller 
blossoms amalgamated into one greater 
flower. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
RARE BEGONIAS 
Grow them from seed, ‘‘w’’ culture. 
The seedling plants will show sur- 
prisingly wide, and most delightful, 
variations in color and form. See also 
pages 19 and 20. 
BEGONIA DICHROA—Makes handsome plants, rather low 
and wide in habit. Dense, pendulous clusters of particularly 
large, orange flowers, varying, since hybrids are included, into 
salmon and pink. Very large leaves of rich green, white-spotted 
when young. Pkt. 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
BEGONIA COCCINEA HYBRIDS—Varied Angel-wing Be- 
gonias. Showy, usually pendant, clusters of flowers that range 
from coral to scarlet, with occasional variations into white, 
pink, or near-orange. Big leaves, often silver-flecked or rose- 
shaded. Pkt. 40c; 3 pkts. for $1.10. 
1 SHOWY DWARF HYPERICUMS 
Here is treasure 
als for the sunny 
«= P garden, for the 
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low Hypericums 
bloom long and 
freely, in a 
glossy golden 
showiness that 
few other flowers approach. Then, too, the foliage is attractive, 
for the fine-leafed, mat-like or low decumbent plants are all of 
a silvery sheen, or sometimes with a hint of blue to the silver. 
We offer a blend of low kinds, right for edgings, bedding, the 
rock garden, or the front of the mixed hardy border. Pkt. 25c. 
DELIGHTFUL AZALEAS 
For other fine Azaleas, and for cultural directions, see page 
17. Azaleas are readily grown from seed. Seedlings will make 
beautiful flowering plants, each a new variety. 
THE KURUME AZALEAS—Splendid strain of rather dwarf, 
evergreen Azaleas, immensely color-varied, and often with 
semi-double flowers. Fully winter-hardy at Philadelphia, but in 
much colder areas, give sheltered 
position. The Kurume Azaleas 
also make excellent pot plants for ; 
window or greenhouse. Illustrated : 
opposite. We offer seeds saved}. 
from a wonderful collection of 
named varieties. Expect rare}. 
beauties here. Pkt. 50c; 3 pkts. 
for $1.35; 10 pkts. for $4.00. 
THE INDICA AZALEAS—Par- 
ticularly large flowers in a range 
of lovely colorings not equalled by 
any other Azalea, mantle the 
compact, bushy plants. Ever- 
green. They make splendid pot 
plants, having a rather long 
blooming season, and it is as 
window or greenhouse plants} 
that they should be handled in 
the north. In mild climates they are used for outdoor planting, 
and it is mostly the Indica Azaleas that make up the gorgeous 
color masses in famous Azalea gardens of the South, and of 
California. Pkt. 50c; 3 pkts. for $1.35; 10 pkts. for $4.00. 
1 AUTUMN LACE PLANT 4 
In early autumn POLYGONELLA AMERICANA fills with 
airy sprays of tiny white flowers, until each plant seems a 
mound of fluffy new snow. Then as nights grow colder, the 
lace-like blossoming becomes pink-suffused. It cuts. Fine, 
heathery foliage. Winter-hardy. kt(4)20. Pkt. 25c. 
