VENTURA-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFORNIA 



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Giant Trimardeau. The largest and strongest 

 pansies grown, with immense flowers of 

 splendid colors. They are deep rooting and 

 drought withstanding. 15c pkt. 



Masterpiece. Superb new class of blotched 

 Dansies with large blooms, mostly undulated 

 or curled; fine rich colors. 25c pkt. 



Benary's Non plus ultra. Rich mixture, con- 

 taining the blotched and Masterpiece varie- 

 ties in large proportion. Very effective. 

 25 c pkt. 



Cassiers. Very large flowered, blotched. Very 

 showy, rich strain, 25c. 



Passiflora 



Edulis. The edible passion vine. It has 

 pretty white flowers; the corona or fringe 

 surrounding the center is beautifully crin- 

 kled. 20c pkt. 



Scarlet. The beautiful red passion vine of 

 California. 10c pkt. 



Marvelous Double 

 Petunias 



(See pages 7-8) 



Giant Petunias 



(See page 6) 



PHLOX Drummondii Grandiflora. For bedding 

 and masses of color, nothing is more bril- 

 liant and effective than this showy annual. 

 5c pkt. Mixed. 



Gay and Festive Poppies 



Admiral. A single peony-flowered variety of 

 surpassing beauty, having large smooth- 

 edged flowers of glistening white, with a 

 broad band of brilliant scarlet around the 

 top. These two colors form a very striking- 

 contrast, and when planted in groups pro- 

 duce a magnificent effect. 10c pkt. 



Fayal. Most beautiful and dainty of all poppies* 

 every conceivable shade of red, pink, 

 maroon and white and variegated, double 

 and single, large and small flowers. 5c pkt. 



"Irressistible." This grand poppy received its 

 name because everyone who saw it, wanted 

 it, and picked the flowers without cere- 

 mony, saying for excuse: "I had to have 

 them, they were so beautiful." It grows 5 

 feet or more in height; the flowers are im- 

 mense and perfectly round. Color is a beau- 

 tiful light red, petals fringed. It is the 

 most showy and beautiful double peony- 

 flowered poppy ever offered. 10c pkt. 



"Maid of the Mist." Mrs. Shepherd's lovely 

 single, peony- shaped, white poppy. Flowers 

 from 7 to 9 inches across; petals very 

 large, overlapping, daintily incurved, deep- 

 ly and irregularly fringed. The ovary a 

 beautiful, silvery, pea-green; the stamens 



long, with light, tan-colored aithers. The 

 flowers are borne on long stems, and in- 

 stead of looking upward, as do most pop- 

 pies, turn their -aces outward. The ovary, 

 encircled with its fringe of stamens and 

 white, fluffy petals, suggests a pretty face 

 looking out of the mist. 10c pkt. 



Oriental Hybrids. Grand, hardy, perennial 

 poppies. Flowers average 6 to 9 inches 

 across. Are splendid pink, blotched with 

 purple; blood red, blotched black, glowing- 

 scarlet; reddish orange, salmon, etc. Mixed 

 3 0c pkt. 



Burbank's "Santa Rosa" Strain of Shirley 

 Poppies. Produced by years of rigid selec- 

 tion and acknowledged to be the best and 

 most varied strain in existence; unusually 

 large flowers, remarkably clear colors, in- 

 cluding new striped, new salmon shades and 

 new blush ones. Mixed 10c pkt. 



ROSA NANA. Multiflora Perpetual "Little 

 Midget" or "Baby Rose." — A class of dwarf 

 everblooming diminutive roses, easily grown 

 from seed; blooming when two or three 

 inches high. The leaves are quite small 

 and the little flowers are borne in large 

 clusters, double and single, white, pink, ami 

 red; one-half to one inch in diameter, and 

 resemble fruit blossoms. Exquisitely dainty 

 and pretty, followed by bright red hips or 

 berries, which should be cut away if con- 

 tinual flowering is desired. 10c pkt. 



SALPIGLOSSIS. Beautiful garden annuals 

 about 18 inches high, bearing large Pe- 

 tunia-like flowers of gorgeous colors, laced 

 and veined. Large flowering, mixed color?. 

 10c pkt. 



SALVIA Splendens Grandiflora Pendula. A 



beautiful variety that bears very long- 

 drooping spikes of scarlet flowers; larger 

 and handsomer than the old splendens. 10c. 



Salvia Patens Blue. (Beautiful color) 15c. 



SCABIOSA. Pincushion Flower. One of the 

 handsomest summer border plants, produc- 

 ing very double flowers in a large variety 

 of.- shades and colors; a splendid flower 

 for table bouquets, etc. Tall, mixed, 5c pkt. 



SCHIZANTHUS. Mixed. Elegant free bloom- 

 ing annual. Fine for bedding. 10c pkt. 



SMI LAX. This plant has beautiful, small 

 glossy foliage. It is a rapid grower and, 

 without exception, one of the finest climb- 

 ing plants. 10c pkt. 



GIANT SNAPDRAGONS (Antirrhinum majus 

 grandiflorum.) The Snapdragons are now 

 beginning to receive the attention they de- 

 serve. They are undoubtedly one of the 

 best cut flowers, which can readily be 

 grown from seed, while for beds, or borders 

 they are a constant source of pleasure, be- 

 ing in flower all the time. They succeed best 

 in a rather light soil, in a sunny position, 

 and although perennial are best treated as 

 annuals. Large flowered, mixed. 10c pkt. 



TRY OUR FINE STRAINS OF "PETUNIA" SEEDS— THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN. 



