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Petunia 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds and are often grown in window boxes. Tlicir 

 richness of color, duration of bloom and easy culture will always make them popular. They en- 

 dure drought exceptionally well. The full, double petunias do not produce seeds. To procure 

 double flowers one must use the seeds saved from single flowers which have been carefully 

 fertilized by hand with pollen from the double ones. The seed we offer is the i-esult of careful 



hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a proportion of double flowers as any. 



Ill some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across; in others, they are deeply friuKcd; still others 



have star-Uke markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin uf the l>l..ssom; again, 



others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 



Plant in a warm open sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly in the open ground; or for early results the plants may 



be started in cold f ranie, hotbed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to seventy degrees. Water with a fine 



sorav and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and suould not be trusted in the open until danger of 



frost is over Any good friable garilen soil, well pulverized and in good condition may be used and the seed covered with 



about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should be two feet apart. Uliin to eightetn 



inches apart The plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. Tender perennial, blooming the first 



year; about one and one-half feet high. 



Petunias are also sometimes grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds in late summer or early fall 



and grow stocky plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of cold weathei-, cut back and taken inside for 



winter bloom. 



Single Dwarf Compact {Tnimitable Dwarf) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, generally 

 striped or blotched In many the markings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as "Star" petvmia — Pkt. 15c. 



Countess of EHesmere. Flowers deep rose, white throat; very small " 5c. 



Nyctaginiflora Pure white (lowers, very fragrant; a very floriferous variety " 5c. 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of colors. Oz. 90c " 5c. 



Fine Mixed An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. Oz. 50c " 5c. 



Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors " 20c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowert, very large; some striped, others self colored. ^^ Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors " 20c. 



Superbissima Mixed Flowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 



other strains sold' as "Giants of California," etc., and have found none superior and many of them notequal to our strain of 



this magnificent variety Pkt. 25c. 



Brilliant Rose. Large flowers of very 



bright, yet delicate and exceptionally 



attractive rose color. One of the 



finest varieties in cultivation and 



comes true from seed Pkt. 25c. 



General Dodds. Large, single flowers 



of an exceedingly rich, dark purple 



color. A vigorous and very persist- 

 ent bloomer and there are few garden 



plants that will make so satisfactory a 



display Pkt. 10c. 



Double Fringed Brilliant Rose. Large, 



exceedingly double and fringed 



flowers of most brilliant rose color. 



Very desirable Pkt. 25c. 



Extra Double Fringed. Many colors; 



flowers beautifully fringed. .Pkt. 25c. 

 Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of 



robust growth, forming a compact, 



upright, branched bush about ten 



inches in height and fourteen inches 



in width, with large flowers, many 



double and in all shades of colors 



existing in petunias. The latest of 



the varieties to bloom Pkt. 25c. 



0^-^R.-,i.~.~,^-^~^ Handsome, half 

 rentStemOn hardy, herba- 

 ceous perennials about two feet high 

 and vei-y desirable for bedding and 

 borders. They usually bloom the first 

 year, especially if started early. The 

 flowers are bell-shaped or tubular, an 

 inch and a half long, and are borne in 

 racemes or spikes. The colors include 

 white and various shades of rose and 

 purplish red striped with white. 



Sow outdoors after danger of frost 

 is past. It is well to use some mulching 

 for protection through winter. 



Mixed Pkt. 1 Oc. 



P^^M» (Poeonia herbacea 

 * C\Jki.y C'hinensis) Well known 

 herbaceous perennial plants, with very 

 double flowers and abundant dark 

 green foliage, which may be gi'own 

 either from seed or roots. 



The seed is of very slow growth, and 

 germination may be hastened some- 

 what by cutting or filing carefully a 

 notch through the shell of the seed, 

 preferably on the routiding side. Rich, 

 well prepared soil should be used aqd 

 the seed covered one-half inch deep; 

 keep well moistened ami at a tempei-a- 

 ture of .50° to 60°. If the seed be sown 

 in a cold frame in autumn, the plants 

 will be large enough to transplant the 

 following spring, and a year later will 

 bloom. Plants about three feet high. 



Double Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



( Peony Roots are listed in our autumn 



Bulb Catalogue.) 

 PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) Petunia, Extra Double Fringed 



