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IJvJLl\^r~lw>X Flowering Beans. 



These showy annual climbers grow luxuriantly about 10 ft. 

 high, branching out well from the bottom, and are clothed with 

 dense foliage, insect proof, and form excellent screens as "Well 

 as being exceedingly ornamental. The Sweet-pea-like blos- 

 soms are borne in long, Wistaria-like clusters. 

 Giant Crimson Japanese Doliehos. Flowers at first 

 blush deepening with age to dark red, followed by bronzy- 

 purple seed pods; foliage, dark green with red veins; 



flower and leaf stems, maroon Pkt. 10c. 



Giant White Japanese Doliehos. Long spikes of clear 

 "white flowers, profuse bloomer and showy. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Butterfly Runner. A climbing bean attaining a height 

 of 10 to 12 feet and producing in continuous profusion 

 during the summer clusters of coppery-scarlet flowers 

 with large expanded white wings, giving an effect not 

 unlike a flock of butterflies Pkt. 10c. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIAS 



Eschscholtzias (California Poppies) are among our 

 most beautiful and popular annuals, being of the easiest 

 culture. From spring-sown seeds they flower profusely 

 until late in the autumn, making them invaluable for 

 bedding. The plants are of dwarf branching habit about 

 1 foot high. 

 "Golden West." Flowers of immense size, often 4 

 inches in diameter. The colors are intense and shining 

 yellows. In some an orange blotch almost suffuses the 

 whole flower, in others it runs into the yellow in fine pen- 

 ciled lines, others again have an orange centre with a 



margin of clear yellow Pkt. 10c. 



"Crimson King." The best of the red flowing varieties. 

 Flowers about 3 inches across ; exterior bright crimson, in- 

 terior rich satiny carmine ; plant bushy and compact, about 

 1 foot high by 15 inches across. It flowers freely and con- 

 tinuously during the summer Pkt 10c. 



Dainty Queen. Of compact-growth with flowers of creamy-blush 

 tinted coral-pink, deepening in shade towards the edges. Pkt. 10c. 

 Erecta Compacta Mandarin. In this charming new variety 

 we have an entirely new habit in Eschscholtzias. The plants 

 are of upright, compact, bushy form, producing freely large 

 flowers of rich, deep orange color, shaded crimson Pkt. 10c. 



BUSH ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



(Ihinnemannia fumaricefolia.) 

 Grows into a bush 2 feet high, with the beautiful foliage of 

 the Eschscholtzia enlarged. Large cup-shaped flowers, 3 inches 

 across, on stems 12 inches long; the color is of clear bright 

 yellow, contrasting vividly with the bunch of golden stamens 

 in the centre; the petals are broad, overlapping and crinkled 

 like crushed yellow satin. Plants, from seed sown early, 

 commence to bloom in July and continue to flower for 

 months Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT HARDY HYBRID 



GAILLARDIAS 



The flowers are extraordinarily large, often 4 to 5 inches 

 across, and very highly colored in great diversity of varia- 

 tions and blendings. including such combinations as dazzling 

 scarlet with gold edge, blood-crimson with yellow edge, yel- 

 low with orange disk, golden with scarlet border, pure yel- 

 low, fiery crimson and many others. These magnificent 

 Gaillardias are hardy perennials, less coarse and more com- 

 pact in growth than the older kinds and they produce a 

 constant, succession of flowers all summer and fall ; when 

 grown in large groups they are gorgeously effective. As 

 cut flowers they are almost unrivaled ; the immense and 

 brilliant flowers, on long, self-supporting stems, "vase" 

 handsomely, and they last in water for days. 

 Giant Hardy Hybrid Gaillardia, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 

 Gaillardia grandiflora semi-plena. This novelty pro- 

 duces semi-double flowers nearly 4 inches across ; colors 

 light yellow, deep golden, and sometimes tinged with red. 

 The velvety-maroon disk forms a brilliant contrast. 

 Hardy perennial Pkt. 15c. 



Gaillardia Lorenziana. 



NANA COMPACTA. 

 A showy garden annual of easiest culture; the plants 

 grow in compact bushy form, about 1 foot high, and bear 

 freely during the summer large globular heads of florets 3 to 

 4 inches across. Colors: red, orange, lemon, etc., in mix- 

 ture Pkt. 10c. 



GYPSOPHILA. 



"PARIS MARKET." 

 An improved large-flowering variety of G. paniculata; 

 this forms branching plants about 2 feet, high, fairly smoth- 

 ered all summer long with graceful clusters of snow-white 

 flowers half an inch across. A pretty garden annual, and 

 of great value for bouquets, vases, etc Pkt. 10c. 



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