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P#*» Q F V^fl fl ^f"ltl OT (Lathyrus latifohus) An easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller flowers lacking 

 A COOj uvvimouiig the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in 

 clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, the 

 plants then being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The plants die down late in the fall 

 and start again in the spring. 



Sow the seed outdoors early in spring, using well prepared soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with fine soil 

 firmly pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps and fences, and on a trellis will often grow 

 five to six feet. 



Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers pkt. \Q C . 



PELARGONIUM— (See Geranium) 



Ptf*nf"Qf"^mrfcH Handsome, half hardy, herbaceous perennials about two feet high and very desirable for bedding and 

 * ClIlolClUWW 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. 

 Gloxinoides Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



Petunia 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 

 and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 

 ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we 

 offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor- 

 tion of double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inches across: in others, they are deeply fringed: still others 

 have star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom: again, 

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



Plant the seed, which is exceedingly fine, 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-frame, hotbed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 

 seventy "degrees. Water with a" fine spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 

 be trusted in the open until danger of frost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, wed 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. Thin to eighteen 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 may also be grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 



plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of 



cold weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 



Single Dwarf Compact (Inimitable 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" 



petunia Pkt. 15c. 



Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white 



throat, very small. A good bedder Pkt. 10c. 



Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bed- 

 ding variety ; very florif erous Pkt. 10c. 



Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched 

 flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine bedder. 



Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including 

 white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. A very 



satisfactory mixture. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large per- 

 centage of double flowers in a good range of colors. .Pkt. 20c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers 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 Pkt. 20c. 



Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly 



colored with throats beautifully veined. We have caref idly 



compared other strains sold as "Giants of California," etc., 



and have found none superior and many of them not equal 



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 



single 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 persistent 



bloomer and there are few garden plants that will make so 



satisfactory a display Pkt. 10c. 



Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering: many 



colors; flowers beautifully fringed Pkt. 25c. 



Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, form- 

 ing 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 pe- 

 tunias. The latest of the varieties to bloom Pkt. 25c. 



P^riTlV (Pceonia herbacea Chinensis) Well known 

 A CUlljT herbaceous perennial plants, with very double 

 flowers aud abundant dark green foliage, which may be 

 grown either from seed or roots. 



The seed is of very slow growth, and germination may be 

 hastened somewhat by cutting or filing carefully a notch 

 through the shell of the seed, preferably on the rounding 

 side. Rich, well prepared soil should be' used and the seed 

 covered one-half inch deep: keep well moistened and at a 

 temperature of 50° to 60°. If the seed be sown in a cold 

 frame in autumn, the plants will be large enough to trans- 

 plant 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 Yinca) 



A Petunia Border 



