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Fpi*nQ Perennial flowerless plants, too well known 

 A CI HO to need description. The seed spores are 

 very small and of slow germination but the exceeding 

 grace and beauty of the plants will usually well repay all 

 the care necessary to start them properly in the green- 

 house or some place indoors where they will keep moist. 

 The young ferns may be placed in a window-box without 

 much sun, or can be set outdoors in summer in some 

 moist and shady place. 



Fine Mixed. Open ground mixed Pkt. 20c. 



FEVERFEW— (See Matricaria and Pyrethrum) 



(Myosotis) This 

 is a favorite old 

 fashioned flow- 



FOUR O'CLOCK 



Forget-Me-Not 



er, bearing in profusion, especially in fall and spring, 

 clusters of dainty blue five-petalled blossoms. It thrives 

 well in the shade or open, border but nourishes best in a 

 moist, shady situation. 



For bloom the first year sow indoors in February or 

 March, and transplant as soon as the ground is warm 

 enough, or sow outdoors as early as possible, covering 

 seed one-half inch deep; thin to six inches apart. Seed 

 may also be sown in fall. Hardy perennial but usually 

 does better if given some protection during winter. 



Alpestris. Plants of compact, bushy habit with finely cut 



foliage, growing six to eight inches high. Flowers blue 



with a very small yellowish eye. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Dissitiflora. Flowers deep blue, a little larger than 



Alpestris. Compact, early blooming; a good border 



plant Pkt. 15c. 



Fflllf* fVf^lof'lf (Marvel of Peru, Mirabilis Jalapa) Large and beautiful, old fashioned plants of erect bushy habit 

 * vFUll V-p Viwn. which produce in profusion a succession of brilliantly colored tube-shaped flowers, that open 

 about four o'clock in the afternoon, remaining open all night and usually are closed before noon the next day. The flowers 

 are red, white, yellow, or are striped and blotched in shades of these colors. Very desirable for borders, along a wire fence, or 

 as the background of a flower garden, blooming during the late summer and autumn. 



Sow seed in spring in open ground after danger of frost is over, covering one-half inch deep. For best development allow 

 two to three feet apart each way. Hardy annual, about two feet high. 



Red. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. White. Pure glistening white. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c. 



White, Red Striped. Oz. 20c " 10c. Mixed. An exceptionally attractive mixture. Oz. 20c "' 10c. 



(Digitalis) Stately, old fashioned border plants, affording dense spikes of large brilliantly colored 



QV6 flowers which are terminal and half as long as the height of the plant, The flowers are very distinct 



* and showy, being thimble-like or long bell-shaped, and the colors include white, lavender and rose, 



many being spotted or blotched. It is often used as a background, and 

 does especially well in cool, shady locations in front of shrubbery. 

 The leaves are wrinkled and somewhat downy. 



Seed may be sown outdoors after danger from frost is over, but 

 for best results start in boxes and transplant. The seed is very small 

 and should be covered lightly and kept moist until plants are well es- 

 tablished, when they should be transplanted to two feet apart. May 

 be sown outdoors in fall. Hardy biennial or perennial, usually bloom- 

 ing the second season; three to five feet high. 

 Ivery's Spotted (Maculata superba) A fine variety of colors, usually 



spotted Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Mixed. Many shades and markings. Oz. 25c " 10c. 



Mammoth Foxglove (Digitalis monstrosa) Remarkably odd; each 

 flower spike surmounted with a very large bell-shaped flower. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 1 5c. 



Foxgl 



French Honeysuckle 



(Hedysarum) Very handsome, 

 branching free flowering plants, 

 producing racemes of beautiful small fragrant pea-shaped flowers. 

 Not a climber, but well adapted for borders or rock work. 



Sow in open border in spring after danger from frost is past, prefer- 

 ably in light and open well drained soil, in a sunny situation. Hardy 

 perennial; often growing four feet. 



Coronarium, Scarlet Pkt. 10c. 



Coronarium, Album, white " 10c. 



Gaillardia 



Gaillardia Picta 



Showy bedding and border plants, remark- 

 able for the profusion, size and brilliancy of 

 their flowers, blooming the first year and 

 among the gayest ornaments of the garden in summer and autumn. 

 Combinations of yellow and red predominate in the highly colored 

 single and double flower-heads, two inches or more across, which are 

 borne singly well above the foliage on long, slender stems, suitable 

 for cutting. Leaves alternate, simple, and more or less toothed. 



Sow seed outdoors early in spring; cover one-fourth inch deep. 

 Make rows eighteen inches apart and thin eight to ten inches apart in 

 the row; or a longer season of bloom may be secured by planting in 

 frames and transplanting. Plants one to one and one-half feet high. 

 Picta. Plants about one foot high; flowers single, purplish-crimson 

 and yellow. Hardy annual; with root protection in winter is a 



perennial Pkt. 10c. 



Picta Lorenziana. Gaily colored flowers, double with tubular florets, 

 produced from July even until hard freezing weather. Invaluable 

 for bouquets. Hardy annual; one to one and one-half feet high; 

 with root protection in winter is often treated as a perennial. 



Sulphur, orange, claret and amaranth mixed Pkt. 10c. 



Grandiflora. Flowers scarlet and orange, single, often three inches 

 across with flat petals. Excellent for cutting. Hardy perennial, 

 blooming the first year Pkt. 10c. 



