We Give Your PLANTS a Good Start 



Pansy Planti 



HOUSE AND GARDEN 

 PLANTS 



ALTHENANTHERA— Splendid for bedding or 

 bordering. Very compact, and virell known. 

 Red and yellow. 

 Doz., 75c; 100, S5.00. postpaid. 



ASPIDISTRA LURIDA — Long wavy green 

 leaves, very useful house plant, will thrive 

 in comparatively dark places. 

 From 4 in. pots, $1.00 each; 6 in. pots, S2.00 

 each, postpaid. 



BANANA — The fruit producing variety. By ex- 

 press only. 

 SI. 10 each, not prepaid. 



BOUGAINVILLEA (Crimson Lake)— Showy 

 mass of pale rose crimson bells, very pop- 

 ular for pot use. 



From 4 in. pots, $1.00; 5 in. pots, $1.50 each, 

 postpaid. 



SHASTA DAISIES — Large attractive daisy, fine 

 for cut flowers, perennial, no garden is com- 

 plete v/ithout them. 

 lOc each; SI. 00 per dozen, postpaid. 



DELICATISSIMA (Weeping Lantana) — One of 

 the grandest basket plants yet introduced, 

 the plant is a graceful drooping plant, bear- 

 ing continuously, during summer and winter, 

 large clusters of delicate lilac blooms. 

 From 4 in. pots, 70c; 5 in. pots, SI. 00 each, 

 postpaid. 



FICUS ELASTICA (India Rubber Plant) — A 

 most hardy decorative house plant, thick, 

 healthy, well colored leaves. 

 From 4 in. pots, 70c; 5 in. pots, SI. 00, post- 

 paid. 



GERANIUMS 



Mme. Landry — Distinct salmon pink with 

 slight scarlet shading. 

 21/2 in. pots, 50c each, postpaid. 

 Laiavorite — Pure white, dwarf, compact 

 grov/er, among the best bedders. 

 21/2 in. pots, 50c each, postpaid. 

 S. A. Nutt — Dark crimson variety, stands 

 sun "well, best double variety. 

 2Vi in. pots, 50c each, postpaid. 



Poinsettia 



PANSY PLANTS — Our Pansy Plants are grown 

 from the highest grade of imported seed and 

 grown by a pansy specialist. Large flower- 

 ing and containing many rare and beautiful 

 colors not generally obtainable. Plant a bed 

 of Pansies from December to March; they 

 begin to blooin immediately. 

 100, SI. 50, postpaid. 



PETUNIAS — For outdoor porch or window^ 

 boxes or for bedding, very effective and 

 continue to bloom until frost. Single assorted 

 colors, not sold in separate colors. 

 Doz., 30c; 100, S1.50, postpaid. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA— Tropical plant, 

 flowers red in color, sometimes a foot in 

 diameter. Very popular and attractive. 

 From 4 in. pots, $1.00, postpaid. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS (Scarlet Sage)— The flo'w- 

 ers are produced so abundantly as to bend 

 the branches and suggest the name droop- 

 ing spikes. Very attractive, shov/y and one 

 of the best for decorative purposes whether 

 used singly or in mixed groups. 

 From 2V2 in. pots, 10c each; 4 in. pots, 25c, 

 postpaid. 



STECKLER'S GIANT ZINNIA— Without a doubt 

 the largest and finest ever introduced. A 

 fine collection of beautiful colors. Seedlings 

 not sold in separate colors. Plants ready 

 from April 1st. 

 Doz., 30c; 100, SI. 50, postpaid. 



VERBENA (Mammoth Mixed) — Very useful for 

 bedding, of the mammoth flowering type, 

 colors range through all different shades of 

 scarlet, purple, crimson, pink, blue, white, 

 etc. Mixed seedlings only, not sold in sep- 

 arate colors. 

 Doz., SI. 00; 100, $7.75, postpaid. 



VETIVERT PLANTS— A very well known plant 

 ■which roots after being dried. Are useful for 

 perfuming clothes, etc., having a very fra- 

 grant odor. 

 SI. 00 and $1.50 per clump, postpaid. 



GIANT VIOLETS — Large flowering violets for 

 bordering purposes. 

 Doz., 50c; 100, S3.00, postpaid. 



ANNUALS 

 for Spring Planting 



Seedlings. Plants Ready November I5th to 

 May 1st. 

 CALENDULA (Pot Marigold)— Seedlings. 



Doz., 30c; 100, S1.50, postpaid. 

 CANDYTUFT— Mixed. 



Doz., 30c; 100, SI. 50, postpaid. 

 CARNATIONS (Marguerite). 



Doz., 30c, postpaid. 

 CHINESE PINKS. 



Doz., 30c; 100, SI. 50, postpaid. 

 SNAPDRAGON. 



Doz., 30c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 SWEET ALYSSUM. 



Doz., 30c; 100, SI. 50, postpaid. 



For descriptions of above, see descriptions 

 of flower seed in this book. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



The Flower for 



I ^ All Saints Day 



for cemetery 

 decora tion. 

 Planted any 

 time after the 

 ground can be 

 worked up to 

 July 1st, will 

 give good 

 blooming plants 

 in the fall. Our 

 plants are 

 ready March 1st 

 and we recom- 

 mend early 

 planting for per- 

 f e c t i o n of 

 blooms. 



MRS. H. ROB- 

 INSON — Our 

 best white va- 

 riety, can be 

 depended on 

 to bloom for 

 November 1st. 

 20c each; S2.00 per 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



FERNS 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII— A beautiful variety 

 of this graceful class of plants, especially 

 useful to grow as a pot plant for house 

 decoration, or planting in hanging baskets, 

 where it makes a graceful drooping plant 

 with branches or fronds 4 to 5 feet in length 

 of a rich shade. 

 From 4 in. pots, 90c each, postpaid. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS (Climbing) and 

 Nanus (Dwari) — An excellent plant for ■win- 

 dow culture, of lace-like texture. Very desir- 

 able for graceful bouquets. 

 From 4 in. pots, 90c each, postpaid. 



BOSTON FERN — This popular fern is one of 

 the best decorative plants in the fern family. 

 Excellent for making large specimen plants 

 and for hanging baskets. Very hardy. 

 From 4 in. pots, 90c each, postpaid. 



COMPACT SWORD FERN— Fitting companion 

 for the Boston, dwarfer, more erect in 

 growth, much darker shade of green, very 

 gracefully arched and very desirable. 

 From 4 in. pots, 90c each, postpaid. 



ROOSEVELT — Similar in appearance to the 

 Boston, but fronds are very much thicker, 

 giving the Roosevelt a pronounced ■wavy 

 effect. 

 From 4 in. pots, 90c each, postpaid. 



FERN SEEDS 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS Nanus and Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri Seed. 



40c per 100, S2.00 per 1,000, postpaid. 

 Write for prices in larger quantities. 



Chrysanthemum 



Prices on the above: 



dozen; SIO.OO per 100, postpaid. 



PALM SEEDS 



PHOENIX CANARIENSIS. 



100, 75c; 1,000, S3. 50, postpaid. 

 SAGO PALM SEED. 



Each, 5c; 100, S4.50. 

 WASHINGTON ROBUSTA. 



Oz., 60c; lb., $3.50, postpaid. 



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STECKLER SEED COMPANY. Inc.. NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA 



