Bolgiano*s Garden Guide for 1929 



FLOWER SEEDS 43 



Phlox Drummondi 



le Bedding Petunias 



Balcony Blue. A splendid free-flowering type, either for bedding or windoW' 

 boxes, vases, hanging-baskets, etc. Rich indigo-blue. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Balcony Red. Bright red. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Balcony Rose. Brilliant rose-pink. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Howard's Star. Crimson-maroon with a clearly defined five- 

 pointed star of blush-white. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Rosy Morn. Soft crimson-pink with white throat. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 J/^oz. 50 cts. 



Snowball. Pure satin white flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 40 cts.; oz. $1.50. 



Double Annual Poppies 



Phlox Drummondi 



Sometimes called "Texas Bride." The seed should be sown as 

 early as possible in the spring. Almost any soil is suitable, but 

 best results will be secured on light loamy soil in full sunshine. 

 They grow about 15 inc^^es tall and produce dense heads of 

 brightly colored flowers. See colored illustration on front cover. 



Large-Flowering Tall Varieties 



White Rose Primrose 



Flesh Crimson Violet 



Any of above, pkt. 10 cts.; 6 pkts. SO cts.; Vioz- 65 cts. 

 Choice Named Varieties, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 50 cts. 



Dwarf Varieties 



The flowers are just as large as the tall varieties but the plants 

 are dwarfer in habit. 



Shell-Pink Purple Crimson, White Center 



Scarlet White Dwarf Mixed 



Any of above, pkt. 10 cts.; 6 pkts. 50 cts. 

 Star of Quedlinburg. A novel dwarf variety with star-shaped 

 flowers. Mixed colors, pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 75 cts. 



Portulaca (Mexican Rose) 



The small wild-rose-Iike flowers of many colors make a dazzling 

 display in bright sunshine. Plants are flat and spreading and they 

 bloom from the first of July until killed by frost. 

 Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 35 cts.; oz. S1.25. 

 Double-flowered Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. $1. 



Rhodanthe 



A small, daisy-like everlasting prized for winter decoration and 

 for pot culture. Height 9 to 12 inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Scarlet Runner Vine 



This ornamental, rapid-growing annual reaches a height of 

 15 feet. It produces showy sprays of scarlet pea-shaped blossoms 

 which are succeeded by delicious, edible beans. Oz. iO cts. 



Poppies 



Poppy seed is so small that it needs scarcely any covering. 

 Sow thinly and where plants are intended to grow (they will not 

 stand transplanting) and thin out to 3 to 4 inches apart. Pickofi^the 

 old blooms to prolong the flowering period. Successive sowings 

 made during the season will insure a continuation of bloom. 



Double Annual Varieties 



American Flag. Beautiful, very large, double, snow-white 



flowers, bordered with scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts.; oz. 



75 cts. 

 Carnation-flow^ered Mixed. Very fine mixture that produces 



large, double, fringed flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts. 

 Mikado. Brilliant scarlet and white blooms with curved petals 



like a chrysanthemum. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts. 

 Peony-flowered Mixture. Immense, showy, double flowers, 



very similar to peonies. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 

 Shrimp-Pink. A gorgeous, peony-flowered, double shrimp-pink 



Poppy of delicate tint. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts. 



Single Annual Varieties 



American Legion. A brilliant orange-scarlet, single Poppy of 

 immense size, borne on long, stout stem. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 40c. 



Bolgiano's Choice Shirley Mixture. This strain is especially 

 grown for us and the colors are carefully blended, ranging 

 through apple-blossom, deep pink, old-rose, crimson, terra- 

 cotta, white and deepest red. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 



Caucasian (Papaver Rboeas umbrosum). Dark crimson with a 

 black blotch on lower part of each petal. Height IJ/^ feet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts. 



English Scarlet (Flanders). The common scarlet Field Poppy 

 of Europe. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts. 



Border of Portulacas 



