Bolgiano's "Capitol City" Flower Seeds 



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TESTED 



PURE 



TRUE 



Flow 



The Best Seed 

 That Can Be 

 Produced 



STARTING SEED INDOORS. A month before you expect to set the started plants outdoors fill a flat wooden box one inch deep with coal ashes 

 or small stones and cover that with an inch of finely sifted rich soil. Sow the seed thinly, cover about one-eighth of an inch and press firmly. 

 Cover with a pane of glass and two thicknesses of newspaper to prevent too rapid evaporation. Keep in a temperature between 60° and 70° and 

 water regularly and carefully. When the seeds have germinated remove the glass. When large enough to handle, transplant one inch apart in a 

 similarly prepared box where they may be kept Tintil time to set outdoors. 



STARTING SEED OUTDOORS. A fine seed bed is necessary and the seed should not be planted deeper than four Umes their size. Special 

 cultural directions on eadi package of seed. 



CLASSIFICATION. Annual flowers are those which grow from seed, bloom, produce seed and die in one year. Biennials bloom the second 

 year and die. Perennials live on from year to year and generally do not bloom the same year the seed is planted. A, signifies annual ; B, biennial : 

 P, perennial. 



AGERATUM A . 



795. BLUE PERFECTION. Deep ame- 

 thyst blue, brush-like flowers that do not 

 fade, and bloom from early summer 

 until frost. Height, 9 inches. A wonder- 

 ful bedding plant. Pkt. 10 cts. ; V4 oz. 25 

 cts. ; oz. 75 cts. 



796. MIXED. Shades of blue and white. 

 Pkt. 10 cU.; 1/4 oz. 20 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 



AGROSTEMMA P. 



797. ROSE OF HEAVEN. Crimson 

 red bells against silvery foliage. One 

 plant will make over a hundred blooms 

 during June and July. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1 

 oz. 30 cts. 



ALYSSUM A. 



798. LITTLE GEM. Dwarf spreading 

 plants about four inches high and covered 

 with a mass of white bloom. Excellent 

 for boxes or edging the flower beds, walks, 

 etc. Pkt. 10 cts.; V, oz. 25 cts.; oz. 65 cts. 



799. SWEET ALYSSUM (A Mariti- 

 miun). Trailing habit, white flowers. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; Vz oz. 25 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 



ALYSSUM P. 



981. SAXATILE COMPACTUM (Basket of Gold). An ideal hardy 

 perennial plant, flowering in May ; showy golden yellow flowers ; excellent 

 for rock work; height, 1 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1,4 oz. 25 ctt. 



Special Rock Garden Collection 



Rock Gardens are becoming more and more 

 popular. In most any garden at least a small 

 Rock Garden can be made. We here list a selected 

 collection of perennials that are adapted to Rock 

 Garden culture. 



Pkt. 



981. Alyssum Saxatile 10c 



993. Arabis Alpina 10c 



818. Candytuft Perennial 10c 



830. Columbine, Long Spurred Hybrids. . . 10c 



852. Delphinium, Chinese Mixed 10c 



851. Dianthus Plumarius 10c 



858. Forgct-Me-Nots 10c 



1024. Gypsophila (Baby Breath) 10c 



1033. Linum (Blue Flax) 10c 



1043. Poppy Iceland 10c 



910. Primrose English Cowslips 10c 



1054. Viola Cornuta 10c 



1055. Wallflower Siberian 10c 



See full description of each under catalog num- 

 ber given. Any 6 for 50 cts; the full collection 

 of 13 for $1.00. 



AMARANTHUS A. 



800. TRI-COLOR OR JOSEPH'S COAT. 



Brilliantly colored leaves. Height about 

 thirty inches. Pkt. 10 cts.; % oz. 20 cts.; 

 oz. 65 cts. 



801. LOVE LIES BLEEDING. (Cau- 

 datus). Beautiful drooping red spikes. 

 Easily grown, useful for borders and cen- 

 ters of beds. Pkt. 10 cts.; Vi oz. 15 cts.; 

 oz. 50 cts. 



ANCHUSA P. 



986. ITALICA "DROPMORE." A hardy 

 perennial plant with flowers of a lovely 

 gential blue: 3 to 4 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 Vs oz. 25 cts. 



ANCHUSA A. 



991. CAPENSIS (Cape Forget-Me-Not). 

 A splendid blue annual variety, bloomint: 

 all summer : 18 in. Pkt. 10 cts. ; ^4 oz. 

 20 cts. ; oz. 60 cts. 



ARABIS P. (Rock Cress ) 



993. ALPIN.\. Early spring flowering 

 perennial ; esi>ecially adapted for edirins 

 and rockery : pure white blossoms April- 

 May ; 6 inches. Pkt, 10 cts. ; ^ 01. 20c. 



BACHELOR^S BUTTON (Com Flower) A. 



An old favorite, easily grown and blooms profusely from July until frost. 

 806. DOUBLE BLUB (Florist's Strain). Pkt. 10 cts.; o». 50 ct». 

 907. MIXED. Many colors. Pkt. 10 cts. : Vi oz- 20 <•»•■: <>«• 50 ct». 



