for Quality and Value You Can't Beat STECKLER'S 



Poinsettia 



HOUSE AND GARDEN PLANTS 



ALTHENANTHERA— Splendid for bedding or bor- 

 dering. Very compact, and well known. Red 

 and yellow. 

 Doz., 7Sc; 100, S5.00, postpaid. 



ASPIDISTRA LURIDA — Long wavy green leaves, 

 very useful house plant, will thrive in compara- 

 tively dark places. 



From 4 in. pots, 75c each; 6 inch pots, $1.50 each, 

 postpaid. 



.XANANA — The fruit producing variety. By express 

 only. 

 75c and $1.50 each, not prepaid. 



BOUGAINVILLEA (Crimson Lake) — Showy mass of 

 pale rosy crimson bells, very popular for pot use. 

 From 4 in. pots, 75c; 5 in. pots, SI. 25, and 6 in. 

 pots, SI.75 each, postpaid. 



SHASTA DAISIES — Large attractive daisy, fine for 

 cut flowers, perennial, no garden is complete 

 without them. 

 10c each; $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. 



DELICATISSIMA (Weeping Lantana) — One of the 

 grandest basket plants yet introduced, the plant 

 is a graceful drooping plant, bearing contin- 

 uously, during summer and v/inter, large clusters 

 of delicate lilac blooms. 



From 21/2 in. pots, 25c; 4 in. pots, 50c; 5 in. pots, 

 65c each, postpaid. 



FICUS ELASTICA (India Rubber Plant)— A most 

 hardy decorative house plant, thick, healthy, 

 well colored leaves. 



From 3 in. pots, 30c; 4 in. pots, 50c; 5 in. pots, 

 80c, and 6 in. pots, $1.50 each, postpaid. 



GERANIUMS. 



Mme. Landry — Distinct salmon pink •with slight 

 scarlet shading. 



2'/2 in. pots, 30c each; $3.00 doz., postpaid. 

 Laiavorite — Pure white, dwarf, compact grower, 

 among the best bedders. 



21/2 in. pots, 30c each; $3.00 doz., postpaid. 

 S. A. Nutt — Dark crimson variety, stands sun well, 

 best double variety. 

 21/2 in. pots, 30c each; $3.00 doz., postpoid. 



Geranium 



PANSY PLANTS — Our Pansy Plants are grown from 

 the highest grade of imported seed and grown by 

 a pansy specialist. Large flowering and con- 

 taining many rare and beautiful colors not gen- 

 erally obtainable. Plant a bed of Pansies from 

 December to March; they begin to bloom imme- 

 diately. 

 Doz., 30c; 100, $1.39, 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., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA— Tropical plant, flowers 

 red in color, sometimes a foot in diameter. Very 

 popular and attractive. 



From 3 in. pots, 40c; 4 in. pots, 60c, and 5 in. 

 pots, $1.10, not prepaid. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS (Scarlet Sage)— The flowers 

 are produced so abundantly as to bend the 

 branches and suggest the name drooping spikes. 

 Very attractive, showy and one of the best for 

 decorative purposes -whether used singly or in 

 mixed groups. 



From 21/2 in. pots, 10c each; 4 in. pots, 25c, post- 

 paid. 



STECKLER'S GIANT ZINNIA— Without a doubt the 

 largest and finest ever introduced. A fine collec- 

 tion of beautiful colors. Seedlings not sold in 

 separate colors. Plants ready from April 1st. 

 Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 



VERBENA (Mammoth Mixed)— ^Very useful for bed- 

 ding, 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 separate colors. 

 Doz., 85c; 100, $6.50, postpaid. 



VETIVERT PLANTS — A very well known plant 

 which roots after being dried. Are useful for 

 perfuming clothes, etc., having a very fragrant 

 odor. 

 $1.00 and $1.50 per clump, postpaid. 



GIANT VIOLETS — Large flowering violets for bor- 

 dering purposes. 

 Doz., 50c; 100, $3.00, postpaid. 



ANNUALS 

 for Spring Planting 



Seedlings. Plants Ready November 15lh to May 1st. 



BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy). 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 CALENDULA (Pot Marigold)— Seedhngs. 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 CANDYTUFT— Mixed. 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 CARNATIONS (Marguerite). 



Doz., 25c; postpaid. 

 CHINESE PINKS. 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 PHLOX— Mixed. 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 SNAPDRAGON. 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 

 SWEET ALYSSUM. 



Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50, postpaid. 



For descriptions of above, see descriptions of 

 flower seed in this book. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



The Flower for 

 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 plani- 

 ng for perfection 

 :f blooms. 



MRS. H. ROBINSON 

 — <)ur best white 

 variety, can be 

 depended on to 

 bloom for No- 

 vember 1st. 

 Prices on the 

 above: 15c each, 

 SI. 50 per dozen, 

 S 8 . per 100, 

 postpaid. 



Clematis Paniculata 



VINES and CLIMBERS 



AMPELOPSIS VETCHII (Boston or Japanese Ivy)— 



The most popular climbing plant for covering 

 brick, stone, trees, etc. When it becomes estab- 

 lished it is of a very rapid growth, and clings 

 to the smoothest surface. The foliage is of a 

 rich olive green during the summer months, 

 changing to bright crimson and scarlet in the 

 fall. 



10 to 15 in., 50c each; 15 to 24 in., $1.00 each, 

 postpaid. 



ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS (Rosa Montana or Moun- 

 tain Rose)- — A very beautiful vine, with pea-like 

 flowers, pink or rosy red colored, is one of the 

 most beautiful climbers grown in the Southern 

 States and desirable. 



1 yr. old plants, 50c; 2 yr. old plants, $1.00, post- 

 paid. 



BIGNONIA LAURIFOLIA — Evergreen glossy foliage, 

 lavender flo^wers, finest vine for verendas, not 

 subject to any insect pests. The finest evergreen 

 vine for the South. Blooms in February wrhen no 

 other plant or vine is in bloom. 

 From 4 in. pots, 60c each; 5 in. pots, 90c each, 

 postpaid. 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA (Japanese Virgin's Bower) 

 — One of the most beautiful hardy flowering 

 vines. The flowers are pure white and are borne 

 in large panicles or clusters of blooms, fairly 

 covering the plant. 

 5 in. pots, 75c each, postpaid. 



ENGLISH IVY — One of the principal plants for cov- 

 ering tombs, as well as unsightly walls; of slow 

 growth but very hardy, resists both heat and 

 cold. 



From iy^ in. pots, 2Sc each; 4 in. pots, 50c, post- 

 paid. 



FICUS REPENS — Evergreen climber, for covering 

 walls, pillars, etc., clings to stone or woodwork. 

 35c and 65c, postpaid. 



HONEYSUCKLE (Chinese) — A constant bloomer, pro- 

 ducing fragrant white and yellow blooms. 

 12 to 18 in., 30c each; 18 to 24 in., 50c each, post- 

 paid. 



WISTERIA — For trailing over buildings, plazas, 

 verandas or trellises, the decorative features 

 which their long graceful blossoms afford, makes 

 a particularly pleasing effect. We have these 

 in light blue and white. 

 24 in., $1.00 each, postpaid. 



Chrysanthemums 



CHINESE TONKIN CANES 



Five feet, extra heavy, for staking 

 dahlias, young fruit trees, etc. 



10c each; doz., 85c, postpaid 



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STECKLER SEED COMPANY. Inc., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 



