Bolgiano's Garden Guide for 1929 



FLOWER SEEDS 39 



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HelichrySUm monStrOSUm (Straw Flower) 



Handsome, showy flowers largely grown to dry and use in vases and 

 baskets throughout the winter. They should be cut when about one-third 

 open and with as long stems as possible. The foliage should be stripped off 

 and the stems tied in bunches and hung heads downward in a dark, dry 

 place to cure. The plants should be given plenty of room to grow, at least 

 1 foot each way. Most any soil is suitable. They are also very showy and 

 lasting flowers for garden decoration. 



The named varieties offered below afford a wonderful assortment of colors 

 and will brighten the garden wonderfully with their glittering blooms. 

 Height, 23^ feet. 



Fireball Salmon Queen 



Golden Ball Silver Ball 



Rose Carmine Violet Queen 



Any of above, pkt. 10 cts. ; V4OZ. 50 cts. 

 Collection: One pkt. each of above 6 varieties, 50 cts. 

 Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 40 cts.; oz. $1. 



Heliotrope 



Helichrysum (Everlasting Flowers) 



Gaillardia (Mexican Blanket Flower) 



A hardy annual, easily cultivated and very satis- 

 factory for mixed borders and cutting. These daisy-like 

 flowers are large, beautiful, and colored brilliant golden 

 yellow, crimson, orange, amaranth, and claret. They 

 bloom throughout the entire season. 



Lorenziana. Gaily colored double flowers with tubular 

 florets. Pkt. 10 cts.; Koz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Picta. Large, single, crimson and orange-colored 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; ]/ioT. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Godetia (Satin Flower) 



A most attractive, bushy little annual plant, bearing 

 brightly colored flowers of a satiny texture. The plants 

 bloom profusely and are very effective in gardens. 

 Choice Mixed. Pkt 15 cts. 



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CjaiUardia ricta 

 Rapid-growing annual climbers, reaching a height of 

 20 to 25 feet. The vines bear ornamental fruit in most peculiar shapes. Very suitable 

 for covering arbors, fences, and trellises. Dipper, Calabash, Dish Cloth, Hercules 

 Club, Pear, Egg, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 



A half-hardy perennial, flowering during the whole season. Its delightful 



perfume makes it a most desirable 

 bouquet flower. A splendid bed- 

 ding plant. Seed started indoors 

 in the spring will make fine plants 

 for summer blooming. 

 Dark Blue. Pkt. 15c.; J^oz. $1. 

 Mixed. Pkt. 10c. ; 6 pkts. 50c. 



Humulus 



Japonicus. Japan Hop. A rapid 

 summer climber which attains a 

 height of 20 to 30 feet. The foli- 

 age is luxuriant, making a dense 

 covering. One of the best plants 

 for covering verandas, trellises, 

 etc., producing grateful shade 

 and is very ornamental. Heat, 

 drought) and insects do not 

 trouble it. Pkt. 10 cts.; 34 oz. 30 

 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Ice Plant 



Mesembryanthemum 

 Crystallinum 



A dwarf, annual, trailing plant 

 with small white flowers. Its foli- 

 age is covered with glistening little 

 crystals like bits of ice which make 

 the plant highly ornamental for 

 window-gardens and hanging-bas- 

 kets. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Refer to page 3 for Flower 

 Seed Novelties for 1929 



GypSOphila (Baby's Breath) 



Delicate, graceful little plants with small flowers in sprays. Much in demand for 

 cutting and combining with other flowers for bouquets and vases. 

 Elegans alba grandiflora. A large-flowering annual white variety. Several sowings 



should be made a season to insure succession of blooms. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 

 Elegans rosea. An annual form with delicate pink flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 



Hunnemannia 



Fumarisefolia. Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy; Bush Eschscholtzia. By far the best of 

 the Poppy family for cutting purposes, the flowers keeping fresh in water for over a 

 week. These bushy plants, with beautiful, feathery, glaucous foliage, are covered 

 with large, clear, bright yellow cup-shaped flowers from July until frost. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 34 oz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



All Flower Seeds are quickly and easily disinfected against diseases by the use 

 of Semesan. See page 63 



Gypsophila elegans 



