﻿LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1913. 



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KOCHIA TKICOPHYIXA. 

 Summer Cypress or Burning Bush. 



A handsome ornamental annual plant, growing' 

 easily from Seed sown in the open ground. The 

 plants grow about 3 feet high and are globe- 

 shaped, the stems being covered with slender 

 light green leaves, which change in fall to deep 

 carmine. A grand plant for small hedges or 



rows on the back of garden borders 



'■( fk KAULFUSSIA. 



- : ; Pretty free-flowering plants of compact growth exceed- 



T&-" - ingly effective in beds or borders. Mixed colors. 



H. A 



KENILVVORTH IVY. 

 Liuarin Cymbalaria — A neat and charming perennial climber, 

 suitable for vases, baskets, pots and rock work 



KUDZU VINE — (Jack-and-the-beam-stalk). 



Pueraria Thunbergiana — For rapidity of growth this hardy vine has no equal. It 



10 



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if grow S to 10 feet from Seed the first year. Afterwards a single season's 

 swth of 60 feet is not unusual. The leaves are large and abundant. . t bears 



racemes of "pea-shaped rosy purple flowers. Pkt. 



10 



KOCIIIA TRICOrHYLLA. 



LANTANA. 



Very desirable plants for home culture, the, varieties of 

 which are almost numberless. All the colors are very pretty. 

 T. P. Pkt - 



Hybrida — Mixed 5 



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS. 



Everlasting Pea — Showy perennial plants. Hardy, with- 

 standing our severe winters* without protection. Very orna- 

 mental for trellis work, fences, etc. The flowers are produced 

 in large clusters, after the style of Sweet Peas, but without 

 the perfume. H. P. 



Pink. . 

 White. 



Pkt. 

 5 

 5 



Crimson 



Mixed Colors, oz. 30c. . 



Pkt. 

 5 

 5 



LAVENDER (Lavendula vera). 



Hardy sw^et scented perennial; oz. 30c 



LEPTOSIPHON. 



Pretty little hardy annuals, suitable for borders. H. 



Freneh Hybrids — Mixed colors 



Pkt. 

 5 



A. 

 Pkt. 

 5 



LINCM. 



Free-flowering plants with brilliant colored flowers. 



Flavum — Yellow, 1 foot, hardy. H. P * 



Grandiflorum Coeeineum — Scarlet, 1 foot. H. A 



Pkt. 



10 



5 



lOPHOSPERMlJM. 

 Eapirl-grawing. ornamental climbing plants, with large 

 leaves and handsome flowers. Pkt. 



Hendersonii — Rosy Carmine 1 n 



Scandens — Pure violet 5 



LARKSPUR. 



Annual Varieties. 



A beautiful and well-known class of hardy annuals, pro- 

 ducing long spikes of varied-hued blossoms, which are very 

 useful for cut flowers. Sow in the open ground in April or 

 May. Pkt. 



Emperor — A profuse bloomer, very double, mixed colors, 

 1 foot 5 



Stoek Flowered — Tall, mixed, 2'% feet 



Double Tall Rocket — Fine mixed; % oz. 15c... 

 Double Dwarf Roeket — Mixed colors; *4 oz. 15c. 



5 

 5 



5 



PERENNIAL LARKSPUR — Delphiniums. 



A beautiful genus, the prevailing color of the flowers blue; 

 the perennial varieties make a splendid appearance; for plant- 

 ing in permanent places and massing in clumps in mixed bor- 

 ders they are particularly desirable. Pkt. 

 Grandiflorum, Finest Mixed (Illustrated on front cover) — 

 Flowers of exceptionally rich colors, ranging through 



all shades of blue and violet to pure white 10 



Formosum — Large blue and white flowers 5 



Nudieaule — Scarlet, fine 10 



Zalil — A handsome yellow variety 10 



IiC Mastodonte (Giant Bee Larkspur) — Large blue flowers 10 

 Belladonna — A variety of exceptional merit; color beauti- 

 ful sky-blue 10 



Chinese Tom Thumb Blue — 1912 novelty. See page 4. A 

 perennial which may be flowered from seed the first 

 year. 



Chlnense, Blue Butterfly — A charming variety of the an- 

 nual type, very free flowering-; color dark-blue; height 

 15 inches, excellent for bedding 



MATRICARIA CAPENSIS. 

 Double White Feverfew — Bushy annual garden plant, 

 bearing quantities of double white, button-like flowers, 

 very useful for cutting 



10 



10 



LOBELIA. 



Dwarf-growing plant from 4 to 12 inches. high with blue, 

 white crimson and rose flowers, adapted for ribboned borders. 

 The trailing varieties are invaluable for hanging baskets, 

 vases, etc. Should be started in heat and afterwards trans- 

 planted. H. H. A. Pkt. 



DWARF COMPACT VARIETIES. 

 Crystal Palace Compacta — A beautiful deep blue variety. 



y 2 foot 10 



Puinila Magniiica — The finest of all dwarfs, s very dark 



blue. % foot 10 



Speeiosa White Gem — A new pure white variety, fine for 



bedding. y 2 foot 10 



Erinus Compacta "Goldelse" — Yellow foliage, flowers blue 10 

 Nana Compacta Coerulea — A fine dwarf bright blue bed- 

 ding variety 



LOBELIA TENUIOR — Large flowered, dark blue. A 

 charming sort for vases and pots; very free flowering; 



height 1 foot 



TRAILING LOBELIA. 

 Gracilis — Light Blue. ... 5 Rosea — Pink 5 



HARDY LOBELIAS. 



Cardinalis, "Cardinal Flower" — Flower spikes 8 inches 



long, of intense scarlet 10 



Syphilitica — Has long spikes of blue flowers , 10 



Q,ueen Victoria — A beautiful variety with dark bronze 



foliage and bright scarlet flowers 15 



LUPINUS. 



Very desirable plants, bearing long spikes of brilliant- 

 colored flowers. Pkt. 



Annual Varieties, Mixed 5 



Perennial Varieties, Mixed ' 5 



Polyphyllus Rosens — A hardy, perennial sort. Rose-pink 

 flowers borne on long spikes, excellent for cutting 15 



10 



10 



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