GILIA (Cont.) 



WHITE SWAN— The plants are neat, 

 upright and semi-compact in habit 

 12 to 15 inches high, covered with 

 dozens of the dainty, single flax-like 

 flowers on long stems. Pkt., 15c. 



GLOXINIA 



Handsome, free flowering, tender 

 perennials for pot culture, succeeding 

 best in partially shaded places. Ex- 

 tra Choice Mixed. Pkt., 20c. 



GNAPHALIUM (Edelweiss) 



The true Edelweiss of the Alps. The 

 flowers are of a downy appearance, 

 pure white and star-shaped. H. P. 

 Pkt., 15c. 



GODETIA 



GODETIA — Popular, showy, hardy 

 annuals bearing a profusion of bril- 

 liant colored flowers during the en- 

 tire season. Finest Mixed. 1/4 02., 20c- 

 Pkt., lOc. 



GODETIA KELVEDON GLORY— This 



new Godetia is a deep glowing or- 

 ange, of an intensity and vividness 

 that can be found in no other annu- 

 al. The blooms are of beautiful sym- 

 metry and fine texture. Pkt., 15c. 



GODETIA SYBIL SHERWOOD — The 



color is a gorgeous shade of bright 

 salmon pink softened by an undefined 

 edging of white. The plants are ro- 

 bust, about 20 inches high, strong 

 stemmed, and so free flowering that 

 the foliage is almost hidden from 

 view. The flowers are ideal for cut- 

 ting, with long stems and exceptional 

 keeping qualities. Pkt., 15c. 



GREVILLEA ROBUSTA 

 (Silk Oak) 



A graceful, half-hardy perennial 

 large fern-like leaves. Very desir 

 for pot culture. Pkt., lOc. 



Heliotrope 

 HELIOTROPE 



It is not generally known that this 

 favorite plant con be grown from 

 seed to flower the first season. The 

 seed should be sown early in spring 

 indoors, and transplanted so as to 

 have a constant supply of flowers 

 during the early summer months un- 

 til late fall. Tender perennial. 



MAMMOTH FLOWERED— The plants 

 make a compact growth and produce 

 large trusses of flowers. 1/4 oz., 75c; 



KING OF THE BLACKS— Deep pur 



pie, almost black. Pkt., 15c. 



Rapid growing an 

 for covering fence 



GOURDS (Ornamental) 



climbers bearing ornamental fruits. They ore useful 

 flis, unsightly fences, etc. 



LARGE FRUITS 



Calabash Pipe 



Caveman's Club 



Dipper 



Dish-Cloth (Luffa) 



Giant Bottle 



Giant Club (5 to 6 feet long) 



Hercules' Club 



Mclaber Melon, Edible fruits 



SMALL FRUITS 

 Apple 



Miniature Bottle 

 White Egg 

 Orange 



Pear (two colored) 

 Pear (striped) 

 Spoon 

 Turk's Turban 



Mixed Gourds. 

 Collection: Pkt. 



sorts. 



Each, Pkt. lOc, oz. 35c. 

 ove 16. Ornamental Gourds, $1.25. 



Gypsophila (Baby's B 



GYPSOPHILA — 

 BABY'S BREATH 



(Annual Varieties) 

 ELEGANS ALBA GRANDIFLORA 

 (Paris Market Strain)— An improved, 

 large-flowering, pure white form of 

 the annual Baby's Breath. Of easy 

 tree growth. 18 inches high. Oz., 25c; 

 'A lb., 75c; Pkt., lOc. 

 CARMINE — Bright carmine-rose 

 Diooms. Superb for cutting. Oz., 30c; 

 ^kt., lOc. 



^OSEA-A very pretty blush pink, 

 for cutting. Oz., 30c; Pkt., 10c. 



HUMULUS (Japan Hop) 



Splendid hardy annual climbers, mak- 

 ing a very rapid growth of luxuriant 

 folioge. useful for covering fences 

 and stumps of trees. 

 JAPONICUS— The leoves are deep 

 green and are produced abundantly. 

 1/4 oz., 20c; Pkt., lOc. 

 JAPONICUS VARIEGATUS— The foli- 

 age is beautifully blotched white and 

 green. 1/4 oz., 30c; Pkt., lOc. 



HUNNEMANNIA 

 (Bush Eschscholtzia) 

 FUMARIAEFOLIA (Giant Yellow Pop- 

 py)— Bears lorge bright satiny yellow 

 flowers freely on bushes 2 feet high. 

 1/4 oz., 25c; Pkt., lOc. 



SUNLITE— A double flowered poppy 

 which is different. Its extra band of 

 petals is produced on the outside, 

 rather than the inside of the tulip- 

 shaped flowers, giving the impression 

 of being open, even after the cup- 

 like blossoms have closed for the 

 night. The flowers ore a bright canary 

 yellow, and the foliage of the 2-foot 

 bush is a light groy-green. They like 

 a sunny position in a well-drained 

 border and flower freely in late sum- 

 mer. Pkt., 15c. 



I For Perennial Seeds, See ^| 



Pages 29-34 



HYACINTH BEAN (Dolichos) 



Annual climbers, of rapid growth, 

 10 feet high, with Wistaria-like clus- 

 ters of flowers, followed by bronzy- 

 purple seed pods. 



Giant White— Long spikes of clear 

 white flowers. Oz., 25c; Pkt., lOc. 

 Giant Crimson — Blush deepening with 

 age to dark red. Oz., 30c; Pkt., lOc. 

 Lablab— Mixed colors, purple and 

 white. Oz., 20c; Pkt., 5c. 

 Lignosus (Australian Pea Vine) — 

 Bears clusters of rose-colored flow- 

 ers. Pkt., lOc. 



ANNUAL HYBRID 

 HOLLYHOCKS 



Sown in the house or hotbed in 



March, they will bloom by July, 



while sown outdoors in May, they can 



be flowered by August. 



Double— Mixed; 3 Pkts., 25c; Pkt., lOc. 



Single— Mixed. Pkt., lOc. 



Perennial Hollyhock, See Page 31. 



IMPATIENS (Zanzibar Balsam) 



Charming plants for the decoration 

 of the greenhouse or dinner table, 

 producing bright, waxy-looking flow- 

 ers profusely and almost continuous- 

 ly. The young seedlings should be 

 carefully handled as they ore exceed- 

 ingly brittle at the outset. 



SULTAN I— Flowers of brilliant rosy- 

 scarlet color. Pkt., 15c. 



HOLSTII HYBRIDS — Forms strong 

 bushy plants, about 2 feet high, cov- 

 ered with attractive flowers; when 

 grown as pot plants, they bloom the 

 yeor round. Choice mixed, all colors. 

 Pkt., 15c. 







KALANCHOE 





COCCINEA (Greenhouse Plar 



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succule 



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PK„ 25c. 





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KOCHIA (Summer Cypress 

 or Burning Bush) 

 TRICOPHYLLA— An easily grown an- 

 nual, which, sown thinly in spring, 

 soon forms a cypress-like hedge of 

 the most lively green and of perfect 

 symmetry; by midsummer it attains 

 o height of about 3 feet, and on the 

 approach of autumn the whole plant 

 becomes a deep red. 1/4 oz., 15c; 

 Pkt., lOc. 



KUDZU VINE 

 (Jack-and-the-Beanstalk) 

 PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA-For ra- 

 pidity of growth this hardy vine has 

 no equal. It will grow 8 to 10 feet 

 from seed the first year. Afterwards 

 a single season's growth of 60 feet 

 is not unusual. The leaves ore large 

 and abundant. It bears racemes of 

 pea-shaped rosy purple flowers. 

 Sometimes planted on steep banks 

 to prevent soil washing. 1/4 oz., 30c: 

 Pkt., lOc. 



Page 19 



LANTANA 



Rapid-growing, constant-blooming, 

 hardy annual plants for pot culture 

 in the winter or garden decoration 

 in the summer; clusters of flowers, 

 orange, white, pink, etc.; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Mixed Colors. 1/4 02.. 25c; Pkt., lOc. 



Lar\spur 

 LARKSPUR (Annual) 



Of easy culture; seed sown early in 

 spring will produce blooming plants 

 by July; fern-like foliage and slender 

 spikes with double rosette flowers; 

 fine for cutting or garden decora- 

 tion. 



Giant Imperial 



This new group of Larkspur is iden- 

 tical in branching habit with the 

 Giant Imperial Stock; flowers very 

 double; plants of strong, robust 

 growth. 



Blue Spire — An intense deep oxford 

 blue. 1/4 oz., 40c; Pkt., 15c. 



Carmine King- Rich carmine. 1/4 oz., 

 40c; Pkt., 15c. 



Blue Bell— Azure blue or deep laven- 

 der. 1/4 oz., 40c; Pkt., 15c. 

 Los Angeles — Brilliant rose on sal- 

 mon. 1/4 02., 40c; Pkt. 15c. 

 Miss California — A deep pink on 

 salmon. 1/4 oz., 40c; Pkt., 15c. 

 Exquisite Pink— Improved salmon pink. 

 1/4 oz., 40c; Pkt., 15c. 

 White King— (All American 1936) — 

 A pure glistening white early flow- 

 ering, very fine. 1/4 oz., 50c; Pkt., 20c. 

 Choice Mixed— 3 Pkts.. 25c; 1/4 oz., 

 30c; Pkt., lOc. 



Double Stock-Flowered 



This is one of the best known of gar- 

 den flowers. Seeds sown in the open 

 ground before the close of April 

 will begin blooming by early July. 

 Handsome for beds and borders. 

 Also fine for cutting. 3 feet. 



Dark Blue, Flesh Color, Lustrous Car- 

 mine, White, Newport Pink, Light 

 Blue, Rose, Mixed. Each, per Pkt., 

 lOc; I Pkt., each of 7 colors, 50c. 

 Finest mixed, 1/4 oz.. 25c; oz., 85c. 



ROSAMOND (Gold Medal, 1934)— 



Pure Bright Rose. Pkt., 15c. 



IMPROVED GIANT HYACINTH- 

 FLOWERED— The plants grow in one 

 big spike, brood at the base and 

 tapering to a point at the top. 

 Mixed, all colors. Pkt., lOc. 



PERENNIAL LARKSPUR— See Delphi- 

 nium, Page 30. 



LAVATERA 

 ROSEA SPLENDENS, "SUNSET" — 



The Lavateros or "Mallows" ore ex- 

 ceedingly popular in Europe. Lavo- 

 tera "Sunset" is by for the most 

 striking of its kind, bearing large 

 bowl-shaped flowers of a charming 

 rose-pink color on stems 2 feet or 

 more in length, which with their foli- 

 age moke a beautiful decoration for 

 large vases. 'A oz., 35c; Pkt., lOc. 



