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Triton- a — Red Hot Poker Plant. 



3020 THUNBEKGIA (Black-eyed Susan). 

 AHH. Rapid-growing, slender climbers 

 with dainty, black-eyed cream, yellow, 

 and buff flowers. Excellent for porch- 

 boxes. Pkt., 10c; Yi oz., 40c. 



3030 TORENTA Pournieri. AT. Compact 

 plants, covered with light blue flowers. 

 Splendid for baskets. Height, 8 in. Pkt., 

 15c. 



3040 TRITOMA hybrida mirabilis (Red- 

 Hot-Poker Plant). PH. This new con- 

 tinuous-blooming Tritoma is a decided 

 acquisition to any perennial garden. 

 Bears tall, orange-scarlet spikes through- 

 out the summer. Pkt., 15c. 



3050 VALERIANA rubra (Centranthus ru- 

 ber). PH. Tall spikes of sweet-scented 

 red flowers. Blooms all summer. Height, 

 3 ft. Pkt, 10c; 14 oz., 25c. 



3080 VERONICA spicata (Speedwell). PH. 

 Thrifty border plants with long, blue 

 flower-spikes in midsummer. Height, 2 

 ft. Pkt., 10c. 



VINCA rosea (Periwinkle). PT. Hand- 

 some bedding plants, blooming the first 

 summer from seed started indoors in Feb- 

 ruary or March. 



3091 Pure White. 3093 Rose with Red 



3092 White with Rose Eye. 

 Eye. 3094 Mixed. 



Each, pkt., 10c; V4 oz., 40c. 



3095 VIRGINIAN STOCK (Malcolmia mari- 

 tima). AH. Dwarf plants blooming all 

 summer: shades of white, pink, and rose. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



WALLFLOWER. PHH. Fragrant Old- 

 Country border perennials, thriving best 

 in cool, moist spots. Should be carried 

 over winter in frames. Attractive shades 

 of brown, coppery red, old-gold, etc. 



3096 Single Early Paris. Blooms early the 

 first summer from seed sown indoors in 

 February or March. Pkt., 10c; X A oz., 30c. 



3097 Early Single, Mixed. Pkt., 10c; K oz., 

 25c. 



3098 Double Mixed. All colors. Pkt., 25c. 



TOOLS 



Makeshift tools make gardening a 

 drudgery, proper tools a pleasure. See 

 pages 72 to 79 for high grade Tools, 

 Sundries and Supplies. 



VERBENA, Hybrida. AHH. Familiar low- 

 spreading annuals with broad clusters of 

 pretty fragrant flowers, popular for 

 porch-boxes, carpet-beds, and borders. 

 Start the seed indoors in February or 

 March and set out in the garden, in a 

 dry, sunny spot in late May, spacing the 

 plants 12 to 15 inches apart. The follow- 

 ing Mammoth strains bear flowers of the 

 largest size, from early summer to frost. 



3061 Mayflower. 3084 Scarlet. 



3062 Pink. 3065 Striped. 



3063 Purple. 3066 White. 



3070 Mixed. 

 Each, pkt., 10c; */4 oz., 75c. 



3069 Collection: One pkt. of each of the 

 above 6 colors, 50c. 



3067 Miss Willmot. Fine new pink. Pkt., 25c. 



3071 erinoides (Moss Verbena). AH. Thick, 

 mossy foliage and clusters of little lav- 

 ender flowers. Pkt., 10c. 



3074 venosa (Hardy Tuber Verbena). PHH. 

 Treated same as dahlias, increases each 

 year. Height, 1 ft. Pkt., 10c. 



3072 Lemon Verbena (Lippia citriodora). 

 PT. Not a true Verbena. Grown for its 

 fragrant lemon-scented leaves. Pkt., 15c. 



3073 Royal Bouquet. A superb new type 

 of Verbena that, instead of trailing on 

 the ground, grows upright in the form of 

 a bush. Flowers same form and colors 

 as old style and born^ on long stems. 

 Pkt., 35c; 3 pkts., $1.00. 



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Verbena Hybrida. 



