NEW BEAUTY FOR YOUR GARDEN 
bys ALSTROEMERIAS, love- 
ly but too little known, 
~@ can add distinctive beauty 
Uy and charm to your garden 
Yor hardy border, giving 
@ creat sheafs of blossom 
splendor over a long sea- 
son in late spring and 
early summer. They are 
winter-hardy at Philadel- 
phia if mulched, but in 
colder areas they may be 
dug like Dahlias, and 
given cool winter storage 
in sand. They belong in 
i" the Amaryllis_ relation- 
ship, and all of them 
make good cut flowers. 
Illustrated opposite. The 
A roots are slender, brittle 
a tubers, and upon receipt 
they should be planted at 
once. ‘‘k” or “‘w’’. 
ALSTROEMERIA 
M@AURANTIACA — 45 
inches. Great sheafs of 
golden orange flowers, 
: the upper petals splashed 
carmine. Pkt. 25c; %& oz. 50c; %4 oz. 90c. Plants, spring de- 
livery, each 65c; 3 for $1.75; 10 for $5.00. 
A. CHILENSIS—22 inches. Bright pink or rose blossoms, 
often with creamy or apricot suffusions, or again with orange 
to red shadings. As hardy as the others, but will also force 
in pots. Pkt. 25c; % oz. 55¢e; 4 oz. $1.00. Plants, spring de- 
livery, each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
A. VERSICOLOR—12 inches. 
violet. Pkt. 30c; 3 for 80c. 
A. LIGTU HYBRIDS—24 inches. 
Delightfully variable in the white, 
pink and rose range, often with 
apricot-orange shadings. Winter- 
hardy at Philadelphia, but will also 
force as a pot plant. Pkt. 25c; % oz. 
60c; % oz. $1.10. 
A. PELEGRINA MIXED—24. Lily 
of the Incas. May be either pure 
white, or lilac-rose with purple 
splashings. Will force. Pkt. 30c; 3 
for 80c. 
A. PULCHELLA—45 inches. Parrot Lily. Clusters of bright 
red trumpets, tipped vivid green. Plants, spring, each 80c. 
Rare. Bright yellow, flecked 
A. ENGLISH HYBRIDS—OColorings range from_ apricot, 
through salmon pink, rose and cerise, to deep red. Pkt. 35c. 
OFFER 310A—One pkt. each of above as so-offered, for $1.40. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—Fine mixture. Alstroemeria may 
be sown in open ground beds in late autumn, but we rather 
prefer bed-sowing in early spring. May also be sown in cool 
greenhouse. Pkt. 25c; % oz. 50c; %4 oz. 90c; 1 oz. $3.30. 
1 PRETTY LEBANON CANDYTUFT 
AETHIONEMA, called Lebanon Candytuft, is truly a de- 
light of the garden, with its fine, silvery to blue-gray foliage, 
mounded over with sprays of pink to rose blossoming. Winter 
hardy and enduring. kt culture. CORIDIFOLIUM—8 inches. 
The many unbranched stems, set with blue-silvery leaves, end 
in dense clusters of rose pink blossoming. Pkt. 25c. Plants, 
each 65c. GRANDIFLORUM—8 inches. Clusters of purest 
pink, individual florets rather large. Blue-gray foliage. Pkt. 
25c. Plants, each 65c; 8 for $1.70. SHISTOSUM—10 inches. 
Lovely shell pink. Pkt. 25c; Plants, each 65c; 8 for $1.70. 
AETHIONEMA WARLEY ROSE—6 inches. Attractive, dense 
foliage of silvered blue. The plants become domes of rosy car- 
mine blossoming. No prettier small perennial. Plants, each 60c; 
3 for $1.60; 10 for $4.75. 
KEY LETTERS and numerals are explained on page 1 and on 
page 66. 
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1 ORNAMENTAL ALLIUMS 3 
Fascinating, colorful hardy perennials for rock garden or 
mixed hardy border. They cut well. ‘‘kt’”’ culture. 
ALLIUM ACUMINATUM—(1-2)9. Attractive 
flowers in rich plum red. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
A. AUGUST BEAUTY—(3)25. It really is a 
beauty, with its big ball-clusters of starry, laven- 
der-toned violet above its attractive foliage of 
polished deep green. Long in bloom. Very good, 
indeed. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
A. AZUREUM—(3)20. Flowers in the deep, pure 
blue of a summer sky. Makes wide clumps wit 
time. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
Plants, potted, each 40c; 3 for $1.15; 10 for $3.15. 
A. ALBUM (Stellarianum)—(4)27. Wide, up- 
facing clusters of sweetly fragrant star-flowers in 
September. Pkt. 20c; 146 oz. 40c. Plants, each, 55c; 
3 for $1.50. 
A. CERNUUM—(2)20. Gracefully nodding flower 
sprays, suffused white to pink. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 
35e. Plants, each 55c, 3 for $1.50. 
A. CYRILLI—(1-2)18. Dense flower-heads in deep violet. 
Colorful; early. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
A. FLAVUM—(2)10. Buff-yellow bells in informal spray- 
clusters. Rock garden, or front of border. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 
50c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. 
A. NEAPOLITANUM—15 inches. Clus- 
tered, sweetly perfumed, snowy flowers. 
Easy forcer for winter flowers. Not 
quite as hardy as the others, so give 
some protection if wintered in garden. 
Potted bulbs, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
A. PULCHELLUM—(3)20. Showy. 
Loose, informal clusters of flowers in 
vivid raspberry rose. Pkt. 25c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
ALLIU Mes 
AZUREUM 
A. MOLY—(2)12. In June come massed 
clusters of upfacing flowers in bright 
golden yellow. Attractive, easy, hardy, 
long-lived. Illustrated opposite. Plants, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. 
A. TANGUTICUM—(3)25. The beau- 
ae peevevies Globe-Lily, described and illustrated on page 2. 
= 20@. 
A. KARATAVIENSE— (2)8. Immense flower clusters of soft 
lilac, over wide, decorative leaves of red-tinged blue-green 
with metallic lustre. Potted bulbs, growing or dormant ac- 
cording to season. Each 45c; 3 for $1.25. Illustrated opposite. 
OFFER 310B—Seeds, one pkt. each of the 8, for $1.55. 
OFFER 310CN—Plants, one each of the 10 for $4.25. 
ALLIUM ORNAMENTAL BLEND—Seeds of those so offered 
above, with others. Pkt. 25c; 46 oz. 40c; 1% oz. 70c. 
OTHER FINE ALLIUMS—Not room to describe all. AMMO- 
PHILUM—Long-blooming, drought-resistant lavender. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 55¢; 3 for $1.50. ALBOPILOSUM—Big, 
lilac blossom umbels. Foliage white-downy below. Pkt. 20c. 
MONTANUM—Airy dome-clusters in deep lavender. Plants, 
each 55c; 3 for $1.50. MUTABILE—Dwarf. Suffused white to 
rose. Pkt. 20c. OSTROWSKIANUM—Dwarf. Purple-toned 
crimson. Each 45c; 3 for $1.20. RAMOSUM—Fragrant snowy 
white. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 55¢. WALLICHIANUM—Airy 
lavender. Pkt. 20c. SPHAEROCEPHALUM—Fluffy, mulberry- 
maroon flowers in globe clusters. Plants, each 40c. TUBERO- 
SUM—Very good, iong-stemmed white. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 
55c. OFFER 310D—One pkt. of each as offered in seeds, for 
oon. OFFER 310EN—One plant of each as so offered, for 
| Each spring we live again. | 
2 ALPINIA or GINGER LILY 
Handsome large pot plants for the north. May be grown in 
the open far south. “w” culture. ALPINIA NUTANS—Shell 
Ginger. Arching racemes of pink-tipped, porcelain white buds 
open to yellow flowers that are rose veined. Decorative foliage 
prt i iclatirt ater! deohty ee ee Ginger. Attrac- 
ive little white flowers, mar ellow and cri 5 
downy, orange-red fruits. Pkt. 25e. ie mare Sok 
