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STOCKS 



(Gilliflower) 



The Stock is one of the most popular annuals, either for bedding or pot 

 culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color, fragrance, profusion and 

 duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. 



Improved Large Flowering 

 10 Week Stocks 



This is the leading class for bedding out for summer blooming, coming 

 into flower quicker than the other types. per pkt. 

 4011 Blood-red SO 10 I 4015 Purple SO 10 



4013 Light Blue 10 | 4016 Pure White 10 



4014 Bright Pink 10 | 4017 Canary-yellow.. . . 10 



4018 Collection. A packet each of the above 6 colors, 50 cts. 



4020 Mixed. Double large flowering. | oz., 40 cts 5 



Cut-and-Come-Again Stocks 



Splendid perpetual-blooming class; sown in March or April they begin flower- 

 ing in July continuing till frost, and are especially valuable during September and 

 October, when other flowers are scarce; they ihrow out numerous side branches, 

 all bearing very double, fragrant flowers. 



4031 Princess Alice. \\'hite 



4032 La France. Rose 



4033 Brilliant. Blood-red 



4034 Sapphire. Dark blue 



4035 Creole. Creamy -yellow 



4036 May Queen. Delicate lilac 



4039 Collection of a packet each of the above 6 colors, 60 cts. 



4040 Finest Mixed. All colors, i oz., 75 cts 



10 



Mammoth Flowering Beauty Stocks 



Cut ano Come Again Stocks 



STOKES I A (Cornflower Aster) p^^p^^^ 



4051 Cyanea. This is not new, but is a rare and beautiful 

 hardy perennial. The plant grows about 24 inches high, 

 each bearing from 20 to 30 handsome lavender-blue 

 cornflower-like blossoms; in bloom from July till frost. 

 One of the choicest subjects for the hardy border and 

 indispensable for cutting. (See cut.) j oz., 40 cts SO 10 



4052 Cyanea alba. A pure white-flowering form, identical 

 to the popular blue variety in every way except color. 

 T oz., 50 cts 15 



4060 Cyanea Mixed. Containing a number of colors, ioz., 



50 cts 15 



A magnificent recently developed strain of early-tlowering Winter or Brompton 

 Stocks, forming much-branched plants about 2 feet high and having numerous 

 spikes of very large, double, delightfully fragrant flowers, they are of special value 

 as pot plants for greenhouse decoration and for cutting during the dull winter 

 months; for this purpose seed should be sown from July to September; if sown in 

 February or March wiU produce plants that will bloom out of 

 doors from mid-summer till frost. 



4043 Beauty of Nice. Delicate flesh-pink 15 



Crimson King. Rich blood-crimson 15 



Mont Blanc. Purest white 15 



Monte Carlo. Canarj--yellow 15 



Queen Alexandra. Soft rosy-lilac 15 



Summer Night. Rich deep blue 15 



Collection of above 6 colors, 60 cts. 



Choicest Mixed. AH colors, i oz., 60 cts 10 



4044 

 4045 

 4046 

 4047 

 4048 

 4049 

 4050 



Sweet Rocket 



(Hesperis ) 



PER PKT. 



4280 Old-fashioned gar- 

 den plants; also 

 known as Dame's 

 Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; 

 grows from 2 to 3 

 feet high, and 

 bears spikes of 

 showy white, Ulac 

 and purple frag- 

 rant flowers. Ex- 

 cellent for natural- 

 izingamongshrub- 

 bery or for plant- 

 ing in a permanent 

 border: mixed col- 

 ors. (See cut.) Oz., 

 50 cts SO 05 



Stokesia (Cornflower Aster) 



Sweet Rocket 



Every garden should have a bed of the brilliant Shirley Poppies. See page 104 



