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158. Poppy. Fairy Mixed Annual Varieties. Giant double and single brilliant 

 profuse blooming' garden annuals. Grows 21^ feet high. Includes the most brilliant 

 mixture and blending of colors. Pkt. 2c , 5c., 10c. Oz. 15c. 



159. Poppy. Shirley, mixed. This magnificent strain of Poppy, with its delicate 

 shades ranging from a pure glistening white, through Ihe shades of pink and rose to 

 the brightest scarlet and carmine red. The darker shades frequently being margined 

 with white. .Some of ihe petals are of silky texture, others look like tissue paper. 

 Pkt. 2c.. 5c., 10c. Oz. 25c. 



160. Poppy. American Flag. Beautiful variety. Flowers very large and double. 

 Snow white, bordered with scarlet. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. Oz. 25c. 



161. Poppy. Miss Sherwood. Large flowers of a satiny white, the upper half being 

 a silky shamois rose a combination of rare delicacy. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. Oz. 25c. 



162. Portulaca. (Mexican Rose.) There are few flowers that make such a dazzling 

 display of colors in the bright sunshine as a bed of Portulaca. They are in bloom from the 

 firstof July until killed by.frost, growing 6to8 inches high. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. Oz. 25c. 



163. Portulaca. Double Rose Flowered Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers 

 will come perfectly double of the most brilliant scarlet, crimson, white, yellow. Pkt. 

 2c., 5c., 10c. Oz. $2.00. 



165. Rhexia. (Meadow Beauty,) Virginica. A pretty dwarf hardy perennial, grow- 

 ing 9 inches high and bearing the greater part of the Summer, bright, rosy purple 

 flowers, with golden anthers. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. , 25c. 



165. Ricinus. Castor Oil Beans and other varieties. Garden annual of luxuriant 

 growth, with large palm-like leaves, extremely attractive on account of their sub- 

 tropical effect. 0\ir wonderful mixture contains varieties from6 to 12 feethigh. Some 

 with immense leaves, green, brown or purple, others purplish leaves and stem, some 

 with foliage, also maroon and black stems. Pkt. 2c., 5c. Oz. 10c. L,b, 50c. 



166. Salvia Splendeas. Grandiflora. Among the most brilliantly colored of gar- 

 den flowers, and extremely useful for bedding, hedges or border. It is like a blaze of 

 flaming scarlet: is intensely brilliant. A single plant will carry as many as two hun- 

 dred spikes of flowers. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. ^s Oz. 20c. % Oz. 35c. Oz. $1,25. 



167. Salvia. Dwarf Bonfire, or Little Lord Fauntleroy. This is one of the finest 

 of the scarlet sages: growing in a bush: 2 feet high. Its spikes of flowers of bril- 

 liant color, stand clear above the dark foliage and completely cover the plant. It at- 

 tracts immediate attention in the garden. Pkt. 2c,, 5c., lOc, 25c., K Oz. 6Uc. Oz. S2.00. 



168. Scabiosa. Large flowered Double. (Morning Bride.) These beautiful flowers 

 of many bright colors ,ire useful for cutting. They are gracefully borne on long, 

 slender stems. Pkt. 2c., 5c., lOc. Oz. 20c. 



169. Scarlet Raniier Vine. Annual 15 feet. This bean produces a rapid growing 

 vine and makes clusters of showy scarlet blooms. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. Lb. 20c. 



170. Shacta Daisy. A large flowering single white, hardy daisy; has long been 

 considered one of our finest hardy perennials for permanent garden decoration, 

 flowers 4 inches or more across. The plants grow 2 to 2^ feet in height. Pkt. 2c., 

 5c,. 10c.,25c. 



171. Smilax. (Myrsiphyllum Aspargoides.) In many respects, the Smilax is the 

 most useful and graceful climber which adorns the greenhouse or conservator.v. For 

 boquetsandfloral decorations, it is indispensible. Pkt. 2c., 5c.. 10c. Oz. 25c. Lb. $2,50. 



172. Stevia. Serrata. Fragrant pure white, free bloomingplants, suitable for sum- 

 mer or winter. Largely used for cutting. Pkt. 2c., 5c.. 10c. ^ Oz. 25c. Oz. 75c 



173. StocKs. Bolgiano'B Giant Perfection Double Stocks. A magnifi- 

 cent strain. 2'A feet high, with long, well-filled spikes, of very large 

 flowers. This well-known annual is sometimes grown in pots, but usually 

 used for garden decorations. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. Mi Oz. 25c. Oz. $1.00. 



174. Sunflower. Single thousand flowered. Single Cutand Come Again. 

 Double Cutand Come Again, Double Globes of Gold, in grandest mixture. 

 This is a branching pyramidal plant, beaiing hundreds of yellow flowers. 

 The Cut and Come Agains are from 3 to 4 feet high, and of a bushy habit, 

 bearing hundreds of .•-mall flowers 3 to 4 inches across. The Double Cut and 

 Come Again are extremely attractive. The Double Globes of Gold grow 

 3 to 3!^ feet high and bear double golden flowers. Pkt. 2c., 5c. Oz. 10c. 



Shirley Poppies 



175. Sweet RocHet, (Hespins.) Old fashioned, hardy garden plant, 

 also known as Dames Rocket and Dames Violet. Grows from 2 to 3 feet 

 high, and bears spikes of showy white, lilac and purple fragrant flowers. 

 Excellent for shrubbery or border. Mixed colors. Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. Oz. 15c. 



176. Sweet William. For many years the Sweet William has been 

 esteemed as one of the finest of our hardy garden plants, being of easj' cul- 

 tureand thriving in any good garden soil and lasting for years. The plants 

 grow about 1 foot high and form fine clumps. Our Perfection strains pro- 

 duce heads of fragrant flowers including blood crimson, salmon, pink, 

 white, cerise, etc. Many have large white eyes and all being sweet scented. 

 Pkt. 2c., 5c.; 10c. Oz. 15c. 



Bolgiano's Mammoth Verbenas 



177. Torenia. Foumieri. A splendid annual plant for vases, hanging baskets, 

 borders, etc, covered the entire season with a mass of bloom, sky blue, with three 

 spots of dark blue, with bright yellow center. Pkt. 2c., Sc, 10c. 14 Oz. iOc. 



178. Tunica. Saxifraga. A neat hardy perennal plant, growing a few inches high 

 and bearing the entire season, numerous elegant pink flowers. It is especially adapted 

 for the rookery or for border. Blooms the first season. Pkt. 2c. , 5c., 10c. Oz. 25c. 



179. Valeriana. (Valerian.) Officinalis. (Garden Heliotrope.) A fine old- 

 fashioned hardy plant, with heads of old rose fiowers, with a strong Heliotrope odor. 

 Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. .25c. Oz. 35c. 



ISO Verbena. Mammoth. This Verbena produces magnificent flowers in wide 

 range of colors. The blooms are frequently larger than a silver quarter. The colors 

 are rich and varied, embracing all the bright shades. Pkt. 2c., 5c,, lOc, 25c. ]4 Oz 35c. 

 Oz. S1.25. 



181. Verbena. Bush.v or Dwarf. These are free flowering hardy annuals, of low- 

 spreading growth. .Single plants in rich soil will cover a space 3 to 4 feet in diameter 

 and furnish a profusion of flowers. If the flowers are kept cut the plants bloom- much) 

 more freely. Pkt. 2c., 5c., lOc, 25c. M^ Oz. 35c. Oz. $1.25. 



182. Veronica. (Speedwell.) Spicata. An elegant, hardy perennial border plantp 

 growing about 18 inches high; bearing all summer long spikes of bright blue flowers. 

 Pkt. 2c., 5c., 10c. 25c. Oz. 50c. 



183. Viscaria. Very free blooming annuals. The.v form compact plants about 1 

 foot high and are covered from early summer till fall with their bright flowers, shaped, 

 somewhat like a single pink, borne on long stems: it is best to srw them where they 

 are to bloom, thinning them out to prevent overcrowding. Pkt. 2c.; 5c., 10c. Oz. 25c. 



184. Wallflower. German. Finest Mixed. An old favorite garden flower. The 

 large massive spikes of the Wallflower are very conspicuous in the beds and borders are- 

 very useful in making bouquets. Height about Ij^ feet. Pkt. 2c., 5c. Uc. Oz. 25c. 



185. Xeranthemum. (Everlasting, or immortelle,) Annum, One of the prettiest 

 and most satisfactory of the everlasting bearing bright rose, purple, and white flowerSv 

 which are not only showy in the garden, but useful for dried flowers in winter boquets. 

 Grows about 3 feet high and can be .sown in the open ground early in May, growing in. 

 any sunny position: remaining in bloom from early summer till frost. Mixed colors. 

 Pkt. 2c.. 5c., lOc, 25c. Oz. 35c. 



186. Zinnias. Giant Mammoth. Mixed. These garden animals are greatly im- 

 proved: the plants form handsome bushes, 2 feet in height, with large double flowers of 

 all brilliant colors. Pkt. 2c.. 5c.. 10c. . 25c. Oz. 35c. 



187. Zinnias. Dwarf. Thick branching little plants about 1 foot high: they fairly 

 bristle with tiny, short- stemmed double flowers like n large daisy in size. The.\ maybe 

 used with success in pots as well as for groups and edgings. Pkt. 2c., 5c.. 10c. , 25c. 

 Oz. 40c. 



