Annuals for 'Bloom the First Season 



36 WM. C. BLCKLRT, ALLLQHLNY, PA. 



GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL 



Beds composed entirely of Grasses, with tall varieties planted in the 

 center and the shorter ones used for edging, are especially beautiful. 

 ACROSTIS nebulosa. Feathery and elegant: Wi feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 AVENA sterilis (Animated Oats). Drooping heads; 4% ft. Pkt. 5c. 

 BRIZA maxima. The large form of Quaking Grass; IK ft. Pkt. 5c. 



Minima gracilis. Small Quaking Grass; 1 foot; fine for bouquets. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



BROMUS brizasformis. Useful in manv decorative ways when 



dried: 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 COIX lachryma (Job's Tears). Broad blades, drooping seeds. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 

 ERACROSTIS elegans. "Love Grass." Pkt. 5 cts. 

 GYNERIUM argenteum (Pampas Grass). See Perennials. 

 LACURUS ovatus (Hare's Tail Grass). Small white spikes; 2 



feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



PENNISETUM Ruppelianum. Handsome purple spikes; 2% feet. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



8TIPA pennata (Feather Grass). Pkt. 5 cts. 



TRICHOL/EANA atropurpurea. Purple spikes : fine. Pkt. 5 cts. 



GODETIA 



Bright and attractive compact-growing plants, always gay with a 

 crop of their pretty flowers. 



Cloriosa. Flowers large and brilliant red in color. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Duke of Albany. Satiny white. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Brilliant. Bright crimson. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Grandiflora compacta. Large-flowering white. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5. cts., oz. 30 cts. 



HIBISCUS 



Africanus. Showy and effective. Large, cream-colored flowers. 



with brown center. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Giant Yellow. The flowers attain a great size, measuring 7 to 8 



inches in diameter; canary-yellow, with garnet throat. Pkt. 10 cts. 



HUNNEMANNIA fumariaefolia (Giant Yellow Tulip 

 Poppy). A very showy plant. Large, buttercup-yellow, poppy-like 

 flowers produced in great abundance all summer; 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum). Glistening waxen leaves 

 and stems covered with a shining granular coat; plant trailing; for 

 baskets, vases, borders. Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



IPOMOPSIS (Standing Cypress). Handsome plants, with 

 long spikes of red or bright scarlet flowers, and fine foliage. Mixed. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



KAULFUSSIA. Compact, free-blooming, from 6 inches to 

 1 foot high. Flowers blue, violet, white, crimson or rose; graceful 

 and pretty. Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



KOCHIA scoparla (Summer Cypress). The plants grow in 

 a beautiful pyramidal form. The leaves are finely cut, light green 

 and turn crimson in the fall. Fine for borders. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LARKSPUR 



Rocket Larkspurs are very showy; flower-spikes of 

 bright colors. 



Dwarf Double Rocket, Tall Double Rocket. Mixed 



colors of each. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 Emperor. Plant of symmetrical habit; double flowers. 



Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Branching. Bears long spikes of flowers on long 

 stems; blooms continuously until cut down by frost; 

 fine for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LAVATERA. Free-blooming plant, growing 

 about 2 feet tall, and producing its showy red flowers 

 all through the summer. Pkt. 5 cts. 



EEPTOSIPHON. Beautiful in flower and 

 foliage; effective grown in masses. 6 inches. Mixed. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



L,IBflIM. Of great beauty. Blossoms scarlet and 

 rose; stems and foliage fine. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LOBELIA 



Erin us speciosa superba. Dark blue, with large 



white eye, trailing. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 White Lady. Trailing, large-flowered white. Pkt. 10c. 

 Crystal Palace compacta. Dark blue flowers; fine 



for edging and carpet bedding. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Speciosa superba compacta. Dark blue, with large 



white eye; fine. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Compacta alba. White. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LCXARIA (Honesty). Hardy biennial, and must be sown in 

 autumn or early spring for flowers the first year. Flowers white and 

 double. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LUPINUS (Sun-Dial). Very effective in mixed borders. The 

 seed should be sown where plants are to stand; 2 ft. Mixed. Pkt. oc. 



MARIGOLD 



Showy plants for midsummer and autumn bloom; 1 to 2 feet tall, 

 free-flowering and easy to grow. 



Pride of the Garden. Dwarf, compact and very bushy. Flowers of 

 immense size, very double, various shades of yellow. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 



Eldorado. Flowers from 10 to 14 inches around, very double, of 

 bright golden orange and primrose shades. Pkt. 5 cts. 



African. Of dense growth, with immense double flowers of a pecu- 

 liar shade of golden yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Tall Double French. Mixed: flowers of various colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Dwarf Double French. Plants low and compact. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 



Signata pumila. Dwarf plants; forms a true "gilt edge" for beds. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



HI AT HI OLA blcornis. Delightfully fragrant lilac flowers. 

 A capital edging plant for dry and sunny exposures. Pkt. 5 cts. 



MIGNONETTE 



The matchless perfume of this flower renders it most popular. 



Bismark (Improved Machet). The largest flowering and most vig- 

 orous of all Mignonettes. Stout stalks, dark green crimpled foli- 

 age; flowers double the size of Machet. Pkt. 10 cts 



Defiance. Spikes very large and deliciously fragrant. The indi- 

 vidual flowers are of immense size, 

 forming a graceful as well as a com- 

 pact spike: fine for cutting. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Machet. The best variety for pots; 

 is dwarf and free-blooming; flower- 

 spikes bright reddish maroon. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Large-Flowering. The old Migno- 

 nette, still as sweet as any. Pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



MIMULUS 



(Monkey Flower) 



Moschatus. The well-known Musk 

 Plant. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Tigrlnus grandiflorus. Large-flow- 

 ering new tigered and spotted varie- 

 ties, in many colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



MIGNONETTE MACHET. 



