1 EUPATORIUM COELESTINUM—Mist-flower, or Hardy 
Ageratum. Delightful, airy, sky blue. 25 inches. Shade-tolerant. 
It cuts. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
1 EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM—kt(8-4)30. Flowers of fluffy 
pure white. Good in the mixed hardy border, or for cutting. 
Sun or shade. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
5 ANNUAL EUPHORBIAS—x. Heights about 30 inches. 
MARGINATA—Snow-on-the-Mountain. Snowy, white-edged 
leaves, terminal floral leaves pure white. Pkt. 15c; 44 oz. 45e. 
HETEROPHYLLA—Annual Poinsettia. Each branching stem 
ends in whorls of dominantly scarlet floral leaves. Pkt. 15c; 
Yg oz. 25c. LATHYRUS—Tall stems bear four dense, evenly 
columned rows of silver-green leaves in cross form. Pkt. 20c; 
3 nkts. for 50c. 
% EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS—Crown-of-Thorns. A _ long- 
lived, attractive pot plant with many spiny stems that will 
twine about stakes or a tiny trellis placed in the pot, in intri- 
cate twistings. The ‘flowers,’ in many clusters, are brilliant 
orange scarlet. Plants, each 90c. 
2 EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI—w. Dense crowns of succulent, 
pencil-like branchings that curve outward, then erect. Prac- 
tically leafless. Striking succulent, to be grown as a large 
pot plant. Rare. 2 seeds for 25c; 9 for $1.00. 
1 HARDY PERENNIAL EUPHORBIAS 
They are among the more desirable hardy perennials. ‘‘kt” 
culture. POLYCHROMA—At its best, there is, perhaps, no 
showier perennial. In spring the plants are 16-inch globes of 
golden floral leaves that seem to be bright flowers. Then come 
the multitudes of odd seed capsules in gayest red. In Autumn 
the plants turn crimson. 
Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 
70c. CYPARISSIAS — 10 
inches. Cypress Spurge. 
Each stem is like a mini- 
ature Cypress. Ground 
cover, bank, rock garden. 
Plants, each 60c: 3 for 
$1.60. MYRSINITES — 8 
inches. Low decumbent : 
with handsome, blue-green foliage. In spring each stem ends 
in a showy, golden bloom-crown. One of the more decorative 
hardy perennials. Fullest recommendation. Rock garden, ter- 
race, edging, bedding. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 20c; We oz. 
A0c. Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.75; 10 for $5.00. COROLLATA 
—28 inches. High, airy panicles of little white flowers. Desir- 
able in hardy border, or for cutting. Pkt. 20c. Plants each 55c; 
$3 for $1.50. OFFER 338AN—One plant each of the four for 
$2.20. 
1 THE BLUEBELL GENTIAN 5 
It is EUSTOMA RUSSELLIANUM, called Bluebell Gentian 
from the wide bells of purple-patched blue. Usually blooms 
first year. It can be spectacular. “kt”. Pkt. 25c; Yg oz. 60c. 
2 FLOWERS FROM FAR ISLANDS 
This rare beauty, EXACUM AFFINE, comes from the Island 
of Socotra in the Arabian Sea. It is a most showy summer 
bloomer for pot growing, yielding treasures of perfumed blos- 
soms in deepest gentian-blue. Culture “‘w”. Pkt. 50c; 3 for 
$1.85. Young, potted plants, each 65c. Also available, EXACUM 
TERES, deep blue, rather hardier, considerably taller, pkt. 35c. 
3 THE FAIRY LILIES 
Delightful bulbs in the Amaryllis relationship, suitable for 
growing in pots or in the garden. Look up the separate 
descriptions in this catalog, each in its alphabetic position, of 
Chlidanthus, Cooperia, Habranthus and Zephyranthes. We will 
send two bulbs each, names marked, of Chlidanthus fragrans, 
Cooperia pedunculata, Habranthus brachyandrus, Habranthus 
robustus, Zephyranthes pulchella, Z. grandiflora, Z. Treatiae, 
Z. rosea, Z. candida, Z. citrina and of Z. verecunda, 11 kinds, 
22 bulbs, for just FIVE DOLLARS in this collection. Order 
as OFFER 338BN. 
2 FARFUGIUM GRANDE (Leopard Plant) 
A handsome foliage plant for pot culture, with leaves 
6 to 10 inches across, marbled and patched with white and 
gold, or again, white-edged. Soft yellow, daisy-like flowers. 
Found originally in the garden of a Chinese mandarin. 
Ligularia Kaempferi, var, aureo-maculata. Plants, each $2.00. 
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2 FAUCARIA TIGRINA—Called Tiger’s Jaw from the thick, 
triangular, opposed leaves, edge-set with curved, interlocking 
teeth. Big, fluffy, yellow flowers. Plants, each 55c. 
FERNS FOR THE HOUSE 
SILVER LACE FERN—Pteris argyraea. If the word “showy” 
could be applied to any Fern, it would be to this. Gracefully 
irregular fronds, twice pinnate, with a wide, silvery-white 
marking centering each leafiet. Plants, each 80c; 3 for $2.20. 
FERN SPORES TENDER BLEND—Spores of many desirable 
species and varieties of tender or pot-plant Ferns in mixture. 
Includes rare and beautiful kinds. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
TREE FERN—Cyathea medullaris is perhaps most hand- 
some of the Tree Ferns, with its thrice-pinnate arching 
fronds, topping a true stem or trunk. A rapid grower, making 
an unusual large pot or conservatory plant. Pkt. 35c ; 3 for $1.00. 
FERNS FROM SPORES—Dust spores on surface of heat- 
sterilized soil. Cover with pane of glass and keep from direct 
sunlight. A temperature not greatly above or below 65 degrees 
is best. Ideal soil would be screened mixture of garden loam 
and humus (as woods-earth, peat, or rotted sods) with enough 
sand added to bring to open, friable state. Use water that has 
been sterilized by boiling, then cooled. 
THE HARDY FERNS 
Here, without grace of bloom, we enter an older plant world, 
a charm of form and foliage with gaudy color adornment 
deleted, a restful world in suggestion of summer shade, moss- 
damp rock trickles and cool forest pools. 
HARDY FERN PLANTS—These are all of full winter-hardi- 
ness, desirable for outdoor planting in the North. ATHYRIUM 
THELYPTEROIDES—Christmas Fern. Long, tapering fronds, 
deeply twice-cut. Prefers shade, and should have some mulch- 
ing. DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA—Hay-scented Fern. 
Dense plants with broad-based, tapering fronds, thrice-cut. 
Prefers light shade but tolerates sun. DRYOPTERIS SPINU- 
LOSA—Wood Fern. Handsome evergreen fronds, thrice-pin- 
nate. Nice for cutting. Prefers shade, but, well-mulched, tol- 
erates sun. Will grow under evergreens. ATHYRIUM FILIX- 
FEMINA—The Lady Fern. Long, bright green fronds, bipin- 
nate. Exceedingly variable; always beautiful. Prefers light 
shade. ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS—Sensitive Fern. Handsome, 
robust Fern with rather broad fronds in pleasingly irregular 
effect. Does well in full sun if mulched about roots. ASPLEN- 
IUM PLATYNEURON—Attractive evergreen Fern for partial 
shade. Graceful habit. UNIFORM PRICE of the above, each 
75¢; 3 of a kind for $2.00. OFFER 338CN—One plant each of 
the six for $4.10. 
FERN SPORES HARDY BLEND—Mixture of several of the 
more desirable winter-hardy kinds. Easily grown. See direc- 
sore oe headed “Ferns from Spores.” Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 
or 70c. 
THE RARE FRANKLINIA 
The FRANKLIN TREE 
makes a handsome, large shrub, 
thriving under Azalea condi- 
tions, and winter-hardy at 
Buffalo. It blooms in late sum- 
mer and autumn, big, wax- 
white blossoms, one petal odd- 
ly cupped, centered each with 
a golden tassel. One of the few 
autumn-blooming shrubs. It can 
be trained to a single stem as a 
small tree, but left to itself it 
will make several branching 
stems. Foliage becomes scarlet 
in late fall. Illustrated oppo- 
site. Not difficult from seed. 8 
seeds for 25c; 50 for $1.25; 100 
seeds for $2.00; 500 seeds for 
$9.00. Plants, one year and 
over, from seed, 8 inches up, 
each $1.30; 3 for $3.60. Older 
plants, 18 inches up, each $2.00 ; 
3 for $5.50. Franklinia alatam- 
aha is a rather rapid grower, 
oyine first blooms at about 3 
eet. 
