VENTURA-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFORNIA 



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GENERAL LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS 



AGATHEA Coelestis. Blue Daisy. A lovely 

 perennial, bearing numerous sky blue 

 flowers always in bloom, fine for bedding 

 and also for pot iplants. 10c pkt. 



ABUTILONS, California Bells. This mix- 

 ture is saved from choice named varieties. 

 Flowers all colors and shades. All grace- 

 ful and artistic. 10c pkt. 



AGAPANTHUS Umbellatust Blue African 

 Lily. Choice mixed. 10c pkt. 



ANTIGONON Leptopus. A .magnificent 

 climber. The flowers exquisite pink. 

 10c pkt. 



ALOES, Splendid Mixed. 10c. 



AGAVE Filamentosa. A splendid variety, 

 resembling a huge rosette. 10c pkt. 



ARCTOTUS Grande. A pretty marguerite- 

 like annual. White with blue center. 

 10c. 



ASPARAGUS Sprengerii. Fine for hanging 

 baskets' and for a house plant. 10c. 



Decumbens. Another very pretty, 

 filmy, drooping Asparagus. 10c pkt. 



Cormorensis. This variety resembles 

 plumosus, Ibut is a heavier grower. 15c. 

 Plumosus. A charming climber with 

 leaves that are finer than fronds of some 

 delicate fern. A beautiful vine for the 

 house, invaluable for bouquets and effee- 

 tive for decoration. 15c pkt. 



ASTER, Peony Flowered Perfection. Splen- 

 did mixed. 10c pkt. 



Giant Comet, The Bride. Delicate Blush 

 with tinge of mauve. Pure White — Very 

 beautiful. 10c pkt. 



American Branching. Pure white, rose, 

 crimson, blue and purple. 10c pkt. 



ANCHUSA Capensis. Resembles a fine 

 large Forget-Me-Not, but a deeper and 

 brighter blue. It is a fine, continuous 

 bloomer, especially in winter. An ex- 

 quisite blue. 10c pkt. 



AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE. A perennial 

 Vine. Invaluable where rapid growth 

 and a dense screen are desired. 10c pkt. 



BEGONIAS OUR SPECIALTY 



Begonias are easily grown from seed, 

 especially the semperflorens class, which 

 begin blooming when only two inches 

 high. They make fine bedding plants, 

 giving a mass of bloom the entire sea- 

 son. Stand the sun well, require light 

 rich soil, and plenty of water. 



Fibrous Rooted. Splendid mixed. 15c 

 pkt. 



Tuberous Rooted. Choice mixed. 10c 

 pkt. 



Semperflorens Hybrida. Mixed. 10c pkt. 

 Semperflorens. Red and rose separate. 

 10c pkt. 



Rex. Splendid mixed. 15c pkt. 



Three Rapid Growing Climbers of 

 Very Easy Culture. 



BALLOON VINE. A graceful, pretty vine, 

 that bears small, white flowers and in- 

 flated seed pods. For rapid growth it is 

 unexcelled. 5c pkt. 



BRYONOPSIS LACENOSA. A fine annual 

 climber of the gourd family, with hand- 

 some lobed foliage and which 'bears yel- 

 low flowers and green cherry-like gourds 

 which turn red and white. 5c pkt. 



"CANARY BIRD" FLOWER. A well-known 

 climber of the nasturtium family, with 

 small lobed light green leaves and pretty 

 yellow flowers resembl ing birds with 

 wings and tail spread. 5c pkt. 



BELLIS Perennis Maxima. Double daisy. 

 Longfellow. Rose colored. Snowball. 

 Pure white. 10c Mixed 10c pkt. The 

 three for 25c. 



BIGNONIA Tweediana. A charming vine 

 with handsome foliage and beautiful, 

 large, golden yellow flowers. 10ic pkt. 



BROWALLIA, Speciosa Major. A beautiful 

 summer flowering plant for beds, equally 

 valuable for pot culture in winter. Grows 

 about one foot high; flowers one to two 

 inches across, color a brilliant indigo 

 blue, with white throat. 10c pkt. 



Mrs. Shepherd's Grand Fancy Cosmos. 

 The Finest in the World. 



Flowers surpassingly beautiful. Im- 

 mense, measuring from 3y 2 to 5 inches 

 across, white, pink, mauve and crimson. 

 Like single camellias. Crimson ones 

 could almost be taken for single dahlias; 

 white ones have plaited petals; plain 

 edge in some flowers; in others pinked, 

 toothed or fringed, beautifully overlap- 

 ping. Mixed. 10c pkt. 



New Marguerite. Flowers 2y 2 to 3 

 inches across ; the petals are deeply and 

 irregularly lac'inated or fringed; the flow- 

 ers resemble Marguerites, but are much 

 more esthetic and beautifrul. Colors are 

 red, white, pink and tinted blush. 

 10c pkt. 



