2 HOLMSKIOLDIA SANGUINEA—w. Showy pot plant with 
evergreen foliage and clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers. A 
rare cousin of Verbena, from India. Pkt. 25c. 
HONESTY—=x(3)30. Lunaria. Purple flowers, followed by 
pods having translucent partitions that make attractive winter 
decorations. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; %4 oz. 40c. 
3 HOMERIA BLEND—w(k). Pretty bulb-flowers with blos- 
soms cream to golden, or orange with ruddy suffusions. Good 
garden bulb if given winter protection, or it may be grown 
under glass, in pots. Pkt. 25c. 
1 HOUSTONIA COERULEA—x(1-3)6. Exquisite little blue 
stars, myriads of them. Delightful, never more so than when 
in azure drifts through the meadows. Pkt. 25c. 
4 HOVENIA DULCIS—k 30 ft. Japanese 
Raisin Tree. Deciduous tree, hardy to Bos- 
ton, grown both for ornament, and for 
the odd, edible ‘‘fruits,’”? supposed to have 
flavor of raisins. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 35c. 
3 CROWN-BEAUTY 
The Crown-beauty, HYMENOCALLIS 
OCCIDENTALIS, is of full winter hardi- 
ness here, needing no digging. The stems 
grow to 20 inches, each crowned with an 
airy cluster of ribbon-draped white chalice 
blossoms. Illustrated opposite. Bulbs, each 
45e; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.50. 
4 HOLLY or ILEX 
HOLLY FROM SEED—lIt can be grown from seed, but it 
is slow germinating. “y’? culture. ILEX OPACA—American 
Holly. Evergreen and vividly berried. Hardy well north. Pkt. 
20c; %4 oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.00; %4 lb. $2.85. ILEX AQUIFOLIUM 
—English Holly. Handsome species, hardy to Long Island. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. T0c; % Ib. $2.00. 
BABY HOLLY TREES—Well-rooted plants from 3-inch pots, 
grown from cuttings of heavily berried forms of the Hardy 
American Holly. Unlike most other ornamentals, plants of 
Holly are not bi-sexual. It is the female plants that bear 
berries, but the male plants, though without berries, make 
handsome evergreen shade trees. If Holly is already fruiting 
within half a mile, you will need only female plants. Other- 
wise include a male plant in your order, to furnish pollen 
for berry production. Plants of HOLLY (female), each $1.50; 
8 for $4.25. Plants of HOLLY (male), each $1.50. We send 
female plants unless a male is directly specified. 
2 HOYA CARNOSA (Wax Plant) 
HOYA CARNOSA is a delightful climber for pot culture in 
window or greenhouse. The waxy white flowers carry pink- 
shaded centers and appear in profusion through the summer 
months. Deliciously fragrant. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 80c. 
1 PLANTAIN LILY (Hosta) 
Pleasant, fully hardy perennials, called Plantain Lily from 
the wide, decorative leaves. Also known as Funkia. PLANT- 
AGINEA—Great Corfu Lily. In late summer come fragrant 
waxy trumpet-blossoms of purest whiteness, these above for- 
mal, packed foliage mounds. Plants, each $1.00. CORRULEA 
—86 inches. Great Blue Day Lily. Wide and handsome. bells 
of bright blue all through the mid-summer season. Decorative 
border perennial. Excellent foliage and form. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 
50c. Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60; LANCIFOLIA—25 inches. 
Quickly makes large clumps of formal, packed leafage of con- 
siderable ornamental value. In late summer come slender 
racemes of narrow trumpet flowers in soft lavender. Plants, 
each 65c; 3 for $1.70; 10 for $4.75. SIEBOLDIANA (Glauca) 
—Handsome foliage effects, with its closely over-lapping 
leaves, blue-glaucous and near-velvety. Suffused white flowers. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 80c; 3 for $2.00. NAKAIMO—25 inches. 
Japanese species with close cluster-heads of flowers, slightly 
bowing, in soft lilac. Very good foliage. Plants, each 90c. 
UNDULATA VARIEGATA—20 inches. Pretty lilac flowers, 
but grown more for the waved, undulate foliage, splashed 
creamy white. Do not grow in full sun, else the white will 
not be well-defined. Plants, divisions, each 60c; 3 for $1.60; 
10 for $4.70; 25 for $10.50. 
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2 HUMEA ELEGANS—w. Strikingly decorative plant with 
loose panicles of little flowers in pink, rose or red. Rather 
rare, but there are few finer ornamentals. Pkt. 35c. 
3 GIANT SUMMER HYACINTH 
Bells of waxy white in great loose spikes in five-foot heights. 
Strikingly decorative, particularly when several are planted 
as a group. Lasts well when cut. Also a good forcer for winter 
blossoms in window or greenhouse. Easy to grow and keep. 
Winter-hardy to Philadelphia. In colder areas, dig and store. 
Technically it is GALTONIA CANDICANS. “k’. Pkt. 20c; 
Wg oz. 35c. Bulbs, 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.40; 25 for $3.20. 
We who are drawn to the garden as the river is drawn 
to the sea, though we be ranked as mighty or as humble, 
are yet in this like understanding, kinfolk all. 
1 HUDSONIA ERICOIDES—kt(2)8. Pretty, heath-like peren- 
nial for full sun. Masses of golden flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
3 HYDROSME RIVIERI—A decorative plant for the summer 
garden, sometimes called LEOPARD PALM for the odd spot- 
ting of the stem, and the great, gracefully arching digitate 
leaves. Tubers should be dug in late autumn and stored. In 
late winter, from the dry tubers, come curious exotic blossoms 
of large size, maroon and rose-tinged green. Tubers, about 
2-inch diameters, each $1.50. These are not large enough yet 
to bloom, but will give fantastic summer decorative effects. 
2 PINK POLKA-DOT FLOWER—Hypoestis sanguinolenta. 
Attractive pot plant with leaves of soft green, all splashed 
and dotted in pure pink. Many little purple flowers. From 
Madagascar. Plants, each 75c. 
THE WOOD-ROSE 
Called so from the brown, woody, blossom-formed sepals 
that, used in decorative arrangements, last almost indefinitely. 
It is IPOMEA TUBEROSA, handsome, yellow-flowered vine 
that does best under glass in the North. 3 seeds for 25c; 15 
for $1.00; 33 for $2.00. 
2 IMPATIENS FOR EAST WINDOWS 
For the east window or 
shady porch, try Impati- 
ens, Sultan’s Balsam, a 
handsome pot plant in 
almost continuous bloom. 
Flowers may be brilliant 
red, cerise, orange, rose, 
pink, chamois, salmon, 
pale mauve, near purple. 
We offer two. strains. 
HOLSTI HYBRIDS—Big 
flowers, fine color range. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
SULTANI HYBRIDS— 
Exceedingly free bloom- 
ing. Fine mixture. Pkt. 
25ec; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
IMPATIENS PLANTS— 
We offer good, young 
plants in mixture only, 
but we shall make effort 
to see that good assort- 
ment is supplied. Plants, 
each 60c; 3 for $1.60; 10 
for $4.60. 
2 KING'S CAS 
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JACOBINIA CARNEA 
The King’s crown is that ever beautiful and easy pot plant, 
JACOBINIA CARNEA, here illustrated. Graceful, airy trusses 
of pure pink, delightfully curled, flowers several times a year. 
Plants, each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
4 BLUE HYDRANGEA 
The big trusses of flowers come in a fine bright blue on 
acid soils (most soils), but on alkaline soils will be pink. Soils 
may be acidified by use of sulphur, aluminum sulphate, oak 
leaves, peat, or old saw dust. This is the Otaksa variety of 
Hydrangea macrophylla. Plants, each $1.35; 3 for $3.75. 
