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Zinnias Furnish Your Garden With Glorious Blooms 



No Skill Required to Grow Marvelous Zinnias 



Zinnia Lilliput Pastel Mixture 



VERBENA CANDIDISSIMA. White 

 Verbena. Pure white verbena of 

 more or less fragrance. One and a 

 half feet high. January to April. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 



MAMMOTH VERBENA HYBRIDA. 

 Hybridized Verbena. Their long 

 flowering and great diversity of color 

 makes them valuable for every gar- 

 den however small. All colors mixed. 

 One and a half feet high. January 

 to April. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 



VERBENA SCARLET. Brilliant scar- 

 let-red flowers of great size, flowers 

 freely during summer. Planted Jan- 

 uary to April. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 



VERBENA STRIPED ITALIAN. 

 These are beautiful striped kinds of 

 colors with large eyes. February to 

 April. Pkt. 10c; oz. 90c. 



VERBENA HYBRIDA GRANDI- 

 FLORA CRIMSON GLOW. The fin- 

 est and deepest red shade available. 

 The flowers are a solid mass of 

 color, making a striking bed or 

 border in the garden. Plants are 

 compact in habit, foliage small. 

 Pkt. 15c; oz. $2.50, postpaid. 



VIOLA CORNUTA. Tufted Pansy 

 Mixed. Annual, extensively used for 

 edging and their spreading habit ren- 

 ders them valuable for rockeries. 

 August to December. Pkt. 15c; 

 oz. $2.00. 



VINCA MIXED. Red and white Peri- 

 winkle. Plants of shining foliage, 

 with white and dark rose colored 

 flowers. Two feet high. February 

 to April. Pkt. 10c; oz. 90c. 



VIOLA ODORATA. Sweet Violet. 

 Well known edging plant. Half foot 

 high. Sow from January to March. 

 Pkt. 15c; oz. $2.50. 



YUCCA. (Adam's Needle.) Grows 5 

 to 6 feet. Set seed out in August 

 to November. Has broad swordlike 

 evergreen foliage which makes large 

 round clumps. Flowering stalks are 

 bare about 6 ft. high with large 

 drooping creamy white flowers. Likes 

 loose, dry soil and a warm situation. 

 Pkt. 20c. 



ZINNIAS — Zinnias, in varied forms 

 and colors, today claim a prominent 

 place among the preferred annual 

 garden flowers. For fall blooming, 

 sow during July, Augrust and Sep- 

 tember. In 6 to 7 weeks the plants 

 will begin to bloom; the flowers in- 

 crease in size and beauty of color as 

 the plants mature. They delight in 

 a sunny location provided with rich 

 soil and abundant moisture. 

 Giant Dahlia-flowered. Resemble the 

 decorative dahlia because of their 

 unusual depth, open and graceful 

 growth, and curled petals. 

 Canary Bird. Primrose yellow. 

 Crimson Monarch. Crimson-red. 

 Dream. Distinct deep lavender. 

 Exquisite. Light rose, darker center. 

 Oriole. Bright orange and gold. 

 Polar Bear. Large; pure white. 

 Prices on above: Pkt. 10c; y 2 oz. 65c; 

 oz. $1.10. 



Mixed. A very fine Dahlia-like flow- 

 er, double, of finest blooms. Pkt. 

 10c; y 2 oz. 60c; oz. $1.00. 

 California Giants. The enormous 

 flowers are flat and of symmetrical 

 form. 

 Orange King. Orange scarlet. 

 Rose Queen. Striking bright rose. 

 Scarlet Gem. Deep scarlet. 

 Orange Queen. Golden orange. 

 Purity. Best white. 

 Prices on above: Pkt. 10c; y 2 oz. 50c; 

 oz. 90c. 



California Giants Mixture. Every 

 color available is represented. 

 Pkt. 10c; y 2 oz. 45c; oz. 80c. 

 Lilliput Zinnias. Elegant, small- 

 flowering type with attractive, 

 round, almost globular-shaped 

 blooms resembling the pompom 

 dahlias. Very prolific bloomer. 

 Canary. Yellow. 

 Scarlet Gem. Deep scarlet. 

 Orange. Golden orange. 

 Pink. Deep flesh pink. 

 Prices on above: Pkt. 10c; V 2 oz. 60c; 

 oz. $1.10. 



Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c; y 4 oz. 30c; 

 y 2 oz. 50c. 

 /<g\ ZINNIA FANTASY. Finest Mixed. 

 ^=7 Delicate lacy petaled flowers, 

 rounded, medium sized with a wide 

 range of beautiful colors, a really 

 beautiful variety. Pkt. 15c. 

 /^\ ZINNIA FANTASY STAR DUST. 

 ^5?' Flowers of medium size, shaggy 

 petaled, color is a rich deep golden 

 yellow, free flowering, early bloom- 

 ing. Pkt. 15c; oz. $2.50. 



ZINNIA LILLIPUT PASTEL MIX- 

 TURE. Plants 12 to 15 inches in 

 height, compact growing and free 

 flowering, early blooming, produc- 

 ing flowers about 45 days after seed 

 is sown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 85c, postpaid. 



CLIMBING VARIETIES 



These seeds are all put up in 10c 

 packets except where noted. 



ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS. (Rosa 



Montana.) Mountain Vine. One of 

 the finest perennial climbers of rapid 

 growth with long racemes of beau- 

 tiful deep pink flowers. Sow in Feb- 

 ruary to June into the open ground. 

 Will flower freely the first year. Pkt. 

 10c. 



CANARY BIRD VINE. A dainty vine 

 with beautiful cut leaves. Produces 

 delicate flowers of clear canary yel- 

 low. Flowers resemble a bird with 

 expanded wings. Does well in the 

 shade. Planted March to June. Pkt. 

 10c. 



CARDINAL CLIMBER. Very attrac- 

 tive, strong and rapid grower. Pro- 

 duces fiery cardinal red flowers 

 from midsummer to frost. Does well 

 in warm, sunny location and good 

 rich soil. Planted March to June. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. (Morning 

 Glory.) (Mixed.) A well known vine 

 with various handsomely colored 

 flowers of easy culture. Grows al- 

 most anywhere. Ten feet high. Feb- 

 ruary till July. Pkt. 10c. 



DOUCHOS LABLAR. Mixed. Hya- 

 cinth Beans free growing plant, with 

 purple and white flowers. March 

 till June. Pkt. 10c. 



KUDZU VINE. A leguminous vine 

 somewhat resembling the Velvet 

 Bean in appearance. It is perennial 

 and comes from the root each spring 

 and makes as much growth by about 

 the first of May as the Velvet Bean 

 makes in an entire season, and that 

 on ordinary soil, without fertilizer of 

 any kind. When once established 

 Kudzu thrives as well on the poorest 

 sandy upland as on the best lands. 

 It gathers nitrogen from the air and 

 consequently is a soil improver. 

 Kudzu may be cut from two to four 

 times during the season or pastured. 

 Plant February to July. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. $1.00. 



/g\ IPOMEA. Scarlett O'Hara Morn- 

 ^^ ing Glory. Early bloomer, car- 

 nelian red, sometimes called carmine, 

 medium size blooms until frost and 

 stays open longer than most Morn- 

 ing Glories. Foliage is quite distinct, 

 each leaf with one large and two 

 small side lobes. Price, Pkt. 15c; 

 $2.75 per oz. 



IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT ALBA. 



(White Cypress Vine.) The same 

 as the Red variety. February to 

 June. Pkt. 10c. 



IPOMOEA HEAVENLY BLUE IM- 

 PROVED Morning Glory. Deep, in- 

 tense blue, shading lighter towards 

 the center. The flowers are large 

 and freely produced and plants do 

 not make rank growth and flower 

 early in the season. Pkt. 10c; oz. 

 85c. 



IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT ROSEA. 

 (Red Cypress Vine.) Very beautiful 

 red flowers. Twenty feet. February 

 to June. Pkt. 10c. 



IPOMOEA BONANOX. (The Blue 

 Moonflower.) This distinct and 

 charming novelty is valuable on ac- 

 count of being in beautiful and strik- 

 ing contrast with the White Moon- 

 flower. February to June. Pkt. 10c. 



IPOMOEA NOCTIFLORA. Large flow- 

 ering Evening Glory (the White 

 Moon-flower). A vine of rapid growth 

 with beautiful, delicate foliage of 

 rapid growth with white flowers. 

 February to June. Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT IMPERIAL JAPANESE 

 MORNING GLORY. (Mixed). The 

 vines are of robust growth attaining 

 a height of from 30 to 40 feet. The 

 foliage varies greatly, some plants 

 having yellow or silver foliage, while 

 others are blotched and mottled. 

 February till July. Pkt. 10c. 



SCARLET RUNNER BEANS. A rapid 

 growing annual climber, bearing 

 sprays of brilliant scarlet pea-shaped 

 blossoms. Used either as a snap or 

 shell bean for eating as well as being 

 desirable for ornamental purposes. 

 Seed may be planted out of doors as 

 soon as danger of frost is past, from 

 March to July. Vines 10 to 12 feet 

 high. Pkt. 10c. 



THUNBERGIA (Black Eyed Susan). 

 Lovely trailing plant with large 

 showy flowers. Very pretty flowers 

 in buff, white, orange, etc., with 

 dark eyes. Mixed colors. Planted 

 during January to March. Pkt. 10c. 



WISTERIA. Blue and white. This is 

 one of the most popular of our 

 hardy vines, growing rapidly ; _ in 

 bloom is truly magnificent, bearing 

 long pendulous clusters of flowers; 

 growing to a height of 50 feet or 

 more. February to May. Pkt. 10c. 



