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205. Salpiglossis. Painted Tongue. Easy 

 growing annual plants with large funnel-shaped 

 flowers, beautifully tinted and veined in rich shades; 

 bloomsfrom early Sumnner untillateFall; ISinohes. 

 All colors mixed. Pkts. oc, 10c and 25c. 



206. Salvia Splendens. Grandiflora. Among 

 the most brilliantly colored of garden flowers, 

 and extremely useful for bedding, hedging or 

 border. It is like a blaze of flaming scarlet; is 

 intensely brilliant. A single plant will carry as 

 many as two hundred spikes of flowers. Pkts. 5c 

 and 10c. igOz. 25c. jl Oz. 45c. Oz. $1.75. 



207. 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 brilliant color stand clear above the 

 dark foliage and completely cover the plant. It 

 attracts immediate attention in tlie garden. Pkts. 

 oc, 10c and 25c. K Oz. 7.5c. Oz. $2.75. 



208. Scabiosa. Large flowered double. 

 Mourning Bride. These beautiful flowers of many 

 bright colors are useful for cutting. They are 

 gracefully borne on long, slender stems. Pkts. 

 5o and 10c. Oz. 25c. 



209. Scarlet Runner Vine. Annual. 15 

 feet. This bean produces a rapid growing vine and 

 makes clusters of showy scarlet blooms. Pkts. 

 5c and 10c. M Lh. 15c. }i Lb. 25c. Lb. 50c. 



210. Schizanthus. Butterfly Flower. One 

 of our finest hardy annuals, bearing a profusion of 

 pretty butterfly-like flowers of various colors, 

 closely resembling some species of Orchids; also 

 desirable for Winter blooming in pots. All colors, 

 mixed. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 2oc. 



211. Shasta 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' 2 feet in height. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. 



212. Silene. Pendula Compacta, Double. 

 An effective garden annual, forming compact, 

 round bushes, 6 inches high, which during the 

 Summer are covered densely with flowers of white, 

 pink or red. For low beds or edgings it is very 

 pretty. Mixed colors. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 



213. Smilax. Myrsiphyllum Aspargoides. 

 In many respects the Smilax is the most useful and 

 graceful climber which adorns the greenhouse or 

 conservatory. For boufiuets and floral decora- 

 tions it is indispensable. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 

 Oz. 35c. 



214. Solan um. Giganteum. Ornamental 

 plants for Winter decoration, of dwarf branching 

 habit, bears a profusion of bright berries; 1 foot. 

 Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 



215. Statice. Sea Lavender. Splendid 

 hardy perennials, either for the border or rockery, 

 producing all Summer panicles of minute flowers 

 which can be dried and used for Winter bouquets. 

 Mixed varieties. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 



216. Stevta. Serrata. Fragrant, pure-white, 

 free-blooming plants, suitable for Summer or 

 Winter. Largely used for cutting. Pkts. 5c and 10c. 

 M Oz. 25c. Oz. 75c. 



217. Stocks. Bolgiano's Giant Perfection 

 Double Stocks. A magnificent strain, 2' 2 f'-fit 

 high, with long, well-filled spikes of very large 

 flowers. This well-known annual is sometimes 

 grown in pots, but usually used for garden decora- 

 tions. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. H Oz. 50c. Oz. 

 $1.75. 



218. Sunflower. Single thousand flowered. 

 Single Gut and Gome Again, Double Gut and Come 

 Again. Double Globes of Gold, in grandest mix- 

 ture. This is a branching pyramidal plant, bearing 

 hundreds of yellow flowers. The Gut and Gome 

 Agains are from 3 to 4 feet high, and of a bushy 

 habit, bearing hundreds of small flowers 3 to 4 

 inches across. The Double Gut and Gome Again 

 are extremely attractive. The Double Globes of 

 Gold grow 3 to 3! 2 feet high and bear double 

 golden flowers. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 20c. 



210. Sweet Rocket. Hespins. Old fash- 

 ione<l, hardy garden plant, also known as Dames 

 Rocket and Dames Violet. Grows from 2 to 3 feet 

 high, and bears spikes of snowy white, lilac and 

 purple fragrant flowers. Excellent for shrubbery 

 or border. Mixed colors. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 

 2.5c. 



220. Sweet William. For many years the 

 Sweet William has been esteemed as one of the 

 finest of our hardy garden plants, being of easy 

 culture and thriving in any good garden soil and 

 lasting for years. The plants grow about 1 foot 

 high and form fine chimps. Our perfection strains 

 produce heads of fragrant flowers incluiling blood- 

 crimson, salmon, pink, white, cerise, etc. Many 

 have large white eyes, and all being sweet scented. 

 Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 25c. 



221. Thunbergia. Black-eyed Susan. 

 Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climbers, pre- 

 ferring a warm, sunny situation; used extensively 

 in hanging-baskets, vases, low fences, etc.; very 

 pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, etc., with 

 dark eyes; mixed colors; 4 feet. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. 



222. Torenia. Fournieri. 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. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 



Dwarf Bonfire Scarlet Sage 



Bolgiano's Mammoth Verbenas 



223. Tritoma. Red Hot Poker Plant. 



Showy plants either for bedding, vases or pot 

 culture. A most striking ornamental Autumn 

 plant; valuable for shrubberies, flower borders 

 or beds; large spikes of orange-scarlet flowers; 

 3 to 4 feet. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 



221. Tunica. Saxifraga. A neat hardy 

 perennial plant, growing a few inches high and 

 bearing the entire season, numerous elegant pink 

 flowers. It is especially adapted for rookery or 

 for border. Blooms the first season. Pkts. .5c 

 and 10c. Oz. 25c. 



225. Valeriana. Valerian. Officinalis. Gar- 

 den Heliotrope. A fine, old-fashioned hardy plant, 

 with heads of old rose flowers, with a strong 

 Heliotrope odor. Pkts. .5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 35c. 



226. 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. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. H Oz. 40c. Oz. 75c. 



227. Verbena. Bushy 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 pro- 

 fusion of flowers. If the flowers are kept cut the 

 plants bloom much more freely. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. M Oz. 50c. Oz. $1.75. 



228. Veronica. Speedwell. Spicata. An 

 elegant, hardy perennial border plant; growing 

 about 18 inches high; bearing all Summer long 

 spikes of bright blue flowers. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 

 25c. 



Perfection Sweet William 



220. Vinca Rosea. Madagascar Periwinkle. 

 Dwarf bedding plants with deep green glossy 

 foliage and bright single blossoms of striking 

 beauty; sow early. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. 



230. Viscaria. Very free blooming annuals. 

 They form compact plants about 1 foot high and 

 are covered from early Summer till Fall with their 

 bright flowers, shapetl somewhat like a single pink, 

 borne on long stems; it is best to sow them where 

 they are to bloom, thinning them out to prevent 

 overcrowding. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 30c. 



231. Wallflower. German. Finest Mixed. 

 An old favorite gar<len flower. The large, massive 

 spikes of the Wallflower are very conspicuous in the 

 beds and borders and are very useful in making 

 bouquets. Height about 13 2 feet. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. 



232. Wild Cucumber. Quickest grower of 

 all climbers. Thickly dotted with pretty, white, 

 fragrant flowers followed by ornamental seed pods. 

 Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 20c. 



233. Xeranthemum. Everlasting or Im- 

 mortelle. Annum. One of the prettiest and most 

 satisfactory of the everlasting bearing bright rose, 

 pur[)ie and white flowers, wni<'.h are not only showy 

 in tlie garden, but useful for dried flowers in Winter 

 bouquets. 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. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. 



234. Zinnias. Giant Mammoth. Mixed. 

 The garden annuals are greatly improved; the 

 l>lants form handsome biishes 2 feet in height, 

 with large, double flowers of all brilliant colors. 

 Pkts. 5c. 10c and 25c. Oz. 50c. 



235. Zinnias. Dwarf. Thick branching 

 little plants about 1 foot high; they fairly bristle 

 with tiny, short-stemmed double flowers like a 

 large daisy in size. They may be used with success 

 in pots as well as for groups and edgings. Pkts. 

 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 50c. 



Zinnias — Giant Nlammoth 



