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H R T I C tr L T U E E 



July 11, 1914 



Pansies in Separate Colors 



The KENILWORTH ^^n^T 



seeds are all grown l>y myself and are offered in the follow- 

 ins mixtures and sepnrate colors: 



KENILWORTH STKAIX— The flowers are of perfect 

 form and substance; many of the immense flowers are from 

 Sy, to 4 inches; It is a striking collection of beautiful colors 

 and marliings, rich with shades of red. brown, bronze, ma- 

 hogany and many others too numerous to mention. 



KENILWORTH SHOW — An extra fine strain of large 

 flowers; the immense flowers are of circular form and great 

 substance' a beautiful collection of colors and markings. 



KENILWORTH CDT FLOWER MIXTURE — Is a distinct 

 class by itself .surpassina all other strains as a cut flower 

 or for exhibition purposes, for inside or outside growing; 

 the large flowers are carried erect above the foliage on heavy 

 stems. 7 or 8 inches long, in the most graceful manner, and 

 stand the hot. dry weather well. 



MASTERPIECE — A remarkable type; the curled, wavy 

 petals giving the flower a double appearance, its large 

 flowers of great substance, on long, strong stems. 



ORCnib FLOWERED, Mixed— A dwarf free bloomer 

 with a range of delicate colors that do not exist in any other 

 pansies, a remarkable combination of light rose, shell pink, 

 blush mauve, fawn, light brown, orange and chamois. 



NEW SEED NOW READY. 



1C00 seeds, 25c: 5000, $1.00; I/4-0Z., $1.25; 

 1 oz., $5.00. 



1000 Seeds 

 Giant Adonis, light blue with yel- 

 lowish white face, large dark 



blotch $0.25 



Giant Emperor William, ultra- 

 marine blue with purjjle violet eye .25 

 Giant King of the Blacks, coal 



black 25 



Giant Lord Beaconsfleld, violet up- 

 per petals shading to white 25 



Giant Yellow, pure golden yellow.. .25 



Giant Yellow with dark blotch 25 



Giant White, satiny white 25 



Giant AVhite with large violet center .25 

 Giant Red, a fine mixture of red 

 shades 25 



1000 Seeds 

 Giant, royal purple, fine large 



flower .. $0.25 



Giant, bronze and copper mixture. 



Giant, light blue, sky blue 



Giant, dark blue deep blue shades.. 

 Gianti Zebra, mixed shades, striped 

 Giant McKinley. yellow, each petal 



blotched with a deep reddish brown 

 Giant Psyche, rutCled violet white 



margin 25 



Giant Mad. Perret, red and wine 



shades 25 



The prere<ling 17 sorts mixed in 



equal proportions 25 



.Any 5 pks., $1.00. 



25 



25 



Rainbow is a mixture of tl 

 most beautiful, gorgeous colors ; 

 blotched, striped, veined, 

 margined, etc. With 

 every $1.00 worth of 

 pansy seeds I will 

 send 1000 of Rain- 

 bow free and with 

 other amounts 

 in like 

 propor- 

 tinn. 



OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. 



(This preserve is of the Aunt Maggie 

 brand — tang enough to make it interest- 

 ing; but not so sharp as to hurt any- 

 body's feelings. 1 



Wattle Dunlap was reading from the 

 Scriptures: "And I said in my haste, 

 all men are liars." Wattie paused, and 

 looked over his spectacles at liis con- 

 gregation; said he: "That's from the 

 Holy Book, and King Dauvit was one of 

 the wisest of tliem all. But my friends. 

 I just want to say this: if King Dauvit 

 was living now and knew this congre- 

 gation as well as I do he would not 

 have to say it in haste — he could do it 

 at his leisure." We are afraid there 

 are very few Wattie Dunlaps around 

 these days to expound the ten com- 

 mandments as they ought to be ex- 

 pounded — so that they would apply not 

 only to some of us but to all of us. 



These days we have enough and to 

 spare of the yellow journal Billy Sun- 

 day kind of guff and buffoonery but 

 not near enough of the stern penetrat- 

 ing admonition that a Wattie Dunlap 

 had the courage to hand to his flock. 



John James Ingalls said the Deca- 

 logue had no place in modern politics. 

 He might have gone further and said 

 that the ten commandments have no 

 place in politics or business or society 

 or any other phase of modern life. 

 The only god many seem to know is the 

 god of Business Success. And when 

 they reach that god they are very 

 much surprised indeed to find that he 

 is no god at all but a bunch of dry 

 withered husks with no happiness or 

 balm or success hidden within. 



The great florists, nurserymen, 



seedsmen and gardeners of the past 

 generations, as you can gather from 

 their writings and the histories of 

 their strivings, were after a much 

 Holier Grail than mere business suc- 

 cess. They wanted also to walk in 

 truth and honesty and to leave the 

 world more beautiful than it was be- 

 fore or at least more comfortable. The 

 man who is honest merely because 

 honesty is the best policy has got 

 but a poor grip of the meaning of the 

 eighth commandment. 



And right here we want to say that 

 the standard of truth and honesty in 

 the horticultural profession, as com- 

 pared with other professions is very 

 high indeed — even at the present day. 

 We may deplore the influx of a new 

 inaterialistic and immoral element 

 within the past ten or fifteen years, 

 but it is as nothing to what prevails in 

 other businesses and we are proud to 

 attest that the main body remains 

 sound and true to principle. 



But if one were to go by the actions 

 of the legislatures of nearly every 

 state in this union, one would think 

 the horticulturists were all villains of 

 the deepest dye. Wattie Dunlap was 

 excusable because of the grim humor 



but a legislative enactment is differ- 

 ent from a pulpit exordium. Let us 

 have no more persecution of the horti- 

 cultural business. 



Geobge C. Watson. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Henry W. Turner, Montebello, 

 -Special List of Roses. 



Cal. 



Henry Mette. Quedlinburg, Germany, 

 — Special offer of "Unrivalled" Pansy 

 Seeds. Beautiful colored plates of 

 pansy flowers. 



Charles J. Jager Co., Boston, Mass. 

 — List of Deming Spray Pumps, Noz- 

 zles and Appliances, and Skinner Irri- 

 gation Supplies. 



-\. 0. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal. — Sweet 

 Pea Descriptive Catalogue and New- 

 Price List of Winter Sweet Pea Seed. 

 -A most interesting little handbook for 

 every florist interested in the sweet 

 pea. 



San Francisco, Cal. — The nursery 

 end of the business of C. C. Morse &. 

 Co.. has been turned over to the Val- 

 lance Nursery, 810 Glen avenue, Oak- 

 land. C. C. Morse & Co. will act as 

 their agents. 



I More Red Devil Cutters Used Annually Than All Others Combined 



I SMITH & HEMENWAT CO.. 



Send 6c. for sample No. 0t4 

 and Booklet 40 atylM, aad 

 understand why. 

 SEND FOR BOOKLET AMT- 

 HOW. 



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