LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1923. 



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CALLIOPSIS OR COREOPSIS 



One of the best annuals. Easily cultivated and make excellent cut flowers. 



H. A. 



Pkt. 



Crovm ot Gold — Golden-yellow flowers as large as the perennial Coreopsis, 

 on long strong stems. Plants compact, 10 in. high 10 



Golden Wave- — Golden-yellow, with brown center; Vi oz. 15c 5 



Golden Ray — Compact bushes, covered with star-shaped flowers, like mini- 

 ature Cactus Dahlias. Color, bright brown, tipped golden-yellow 10 



Finest Mixed — Per V4 oz. 10c . .^ 5 



PERENNIAL COREOPSIS. 



Lanceolata — A very showy, yellow sort. Perfectly hardy 10 



Lanceolata Grandlflora — Large golden-yellow flowers, with long stems. 



Very useful for cutting. Perfectly hardy 10 



l^AINlNA3, ^ ^~,-'yf-Kr^ 



Large Plo^vering French. / Z* 



Handsome plants for centers of -- ^ '"j H^'^^ M- %. " 



vases, large beds or borders. The foli- ' ""' "■■*^^™' ■"• 



age is luxuriant and the flowers are of 

 very brilliant colors. #■/."'•. # 



Canna Seed should be cut at one of J a« , 



the ends to a depth of one-si.xteentli 'T' ■^ ^t-' 



of an inch and soaked in warm water ""l^ ^^ .^^ rTTinni r i - 



for 12 hours. Seeds sown in Febru- (*^-*SfWr «, '"MMm^^r"' ^'^7 



ary in the house will produce bloom- V «J><«»*-.-3ft»^ i 

 ing plants by July. S 



Pkt. \ 

 Green-leaved Varieties. Mixed, per 



oz. 50c 5 



Red-leaved Varieties. Mixed, per 



oz. 50c 5 



CARNATIONS. . ^ t^ 



Universally admired for the beauty 



and fragrance of their blossoms. The 



Margaret sorts from Seed sown in Carnation. 



spring will produce flowers all sum- Giant Fancy Everblooming. 



mer and fall, after which they can be 



potted up for flowering during winter. 



H. H. P. 



Pkt. 



Giant Margaret, "White, Yellow, Pink, Red, Striped. Each. . '. 10 



Giant Margaret, Choice Mixed Colors. 500 Seeds 50c 10 



A giant form of the popular Margaret Carnation bearing very 



large flowers of various colors and flne form, delightfully fragrant. 



Comes into bloom within a few months from time of sowing. 



Margaret Carnation — The original semi-dwarf strain; flowers in a 

 great variety of colors, 500 Seeds 40c 5 



GIANTS OF NICE, Mixed — Blooms in four months from Seed; the 

 flowers are of immense size, borne on long stems. This is the 

 variety which is grown in Southern France for shipment to the 

 great Paris and London markets. A very shy seeder 40 



Grenadin — The flowers are large, bright scarlet, very double, pro- 

 duced early and in great abundance 10 



Grenadin White — Very early pure white f. . . 10 



CARNATION GIANT FANCY EVER-BLOOMING. 



Pkt. 

 The famous "Chabaud's" strain of Carnations are surpassingly beau- 

 tiful in form and coloring. With this strain one can have "Fancy 

 Pinks" in 6 months from sowing. Just the Carnation for house 

 culture during fall and winter. It is in this strain that so many 

 of the choice double varieties, that are so popular, are found. ... 10 



HARDY GARDEN CARNATIONS. 



For early flowering sow in May outdoors, transplanting when large 

 enough. By fall they v^ill make thrifty clumps which will give large 

 quantities of delightful carnations early the following summer. They 

 are perfecty hardy, onlv requiring a slight covering during winter. 



Pkt. 



Choice Double Mixed — Saved from named flowers; 500 Seeds 35c 10 



Good Mixed — Saved from border plants; 500 Seeds 25c 5 



CASTOR OIL BEAN — (See Ricinus). 

 CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. Physalis Francheti. 



A showy giant variety of Winter Cherry, forming dense plants about 

 18 inches high and producing freely large balloon-like fruits, 

 changing from green to bright crimson, as the season advances.. 



CLARKIA. 



Very desirable plants, extensively used for massing where a brilliant 

 display is wanted. 1% feet. H. A. 



Pkt. 

 Finest Mixed Single Varieties , 5 



Finest Mixed Double Varieties 5 



Calliopsis or Coreopsis. 

 THE CAADINAL climber. 



The most beautiful and brilliant annual 

 climber ever sent out. It is a strong, 

 rapid grower, attaining a height of 30 

 feet or more, with beautiful cut foliage 

 and is literally covered with a blaze of 

 circular, fiery cardinal flowers from 

 mid-summer till frost. Sow the seed 

 inside in March or April, each seed oe- 

 ing previously filed or notched to assist 

 germination. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts 



Pkt. 



25 



The Cardinal Climber, 



