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GiQLOt Petvinias. 



"Giants of California.." The "Giants of California" bear gigantic 

 flowers, often 5 inches and more in diameter, of an astonishing variety of 

 colors. They embrace every conceivable shade of crimson, pink, lavender, 

 pure white, etc. One of the chief points of excellence is the deep throat, 

 and diversity of veinings in the throat. Many of the flowers have a clear 

 yellow throat, while others have a pure velvety black one, so deep that it 

 seems to show no veining. 15c pkt. 



New Fringed Hybrid. The loveliest petunias of all, with charming- 

 fringed flowers of exquisite form and beautiful colors. Splendid mixed. 

 15c pkt. 



New Double Fringed. The grandest double petunias ever offered; 

 perfectly round double flowers, exquisitely fringed. Pure white, pale 

 bluish lavender, pink, deep rose, variegated, all shades imaginable. About 

 40 per cent, come double. Splendid mixed. 15c pkt. 



PALMS. 



Seaforthia Elegans. One of the most graceful and beautiful of all 

 palms, 15 seeds, 10c; 100 seeds, 60c. 



California Fan Palm. Very easy to germinate. 10c pkt. 



Chamaerops H\imilis. A very pretty dwarf fan palm. 10c pkt. 



Phoenix Rupiola. One of the most graceful and beautiful of all 

 palms. Five seeds, 10c pkt. 



Gs^y Qcnd Festive Poppies. 



"Maid of the Mist." Mrs. Shepherd's lovely single, peony-flowered, 

 white poppy that rivals even the lovely Romneya Coulterii in beauty. 

 Flowers from 7 to 9 inches across; the petals are very large, overlapping-, 

 daintily incurved, deeply and irregularly fringed. The ovary is a beau- 

 tiful, silvery, pea-green; the stamens long, with lig"ht, tan-colored anthers. 

 The flowers are borne on long stems, and instead of looking upward, as do 

 most poppies, turn their faces outward. The ovary, encircled with its- 

 fringe of stamens, and white, fluffy petals, suggests a pretty face looking 

 out from a mist. A row of these graceful poppies in full bloom is a pretty 

 picture to linger long in the mind. 10c pkt. 



"Irresistible." This grand poppy received its name because every one 

 who saw it wanted it, and to some it proved irresistible. They carried 

 away the flowers in triumph saying: "I had to have them, they were so 

 beautiful." It grows 5 feet or more in height; the flowers are immense 

 and perfectly round. The color is beautiful red, and petals fringed. It is 

 the most showy and largest poppy I have ever seen. It came volunteer in 

 my garden for two or three years, improving each year, till at last it be- 

 came irresistible. 10c pkt. 



Oriental Hybrids. Grand, hardy, perennial poppies. The flowers 

 average 6 to 9 inches across. The flowers are splendid pink, blotched with 



