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i DIGITALIS or Foxglove (Gloxinia-Flowered) (Perennial) 



These improved Foxgloves are very showy, hardy perennial plants; they are easy to grow 

 and produce freely spikes 4 to 5 feet high, well furnished with large. Gloxinia-like flowers of 

 various colors, including white, cream, rose, red and other shades, all of which have beautiful 

 throat markings, spots and blotches of purple, maroon, etc. While hardy perennials, they re- 

 quire protection during the winter months. (See Colored Plate Page 68.) 

 21'62 Purple, spotted Pkt. 10c 



2163 Rose, spotted Pkt. 10c 



2164 White, spotted Pkt. 10c 



2166 Grandiflora, Yellow. Charming flowers of soft chrome-yellow Pkt. 10c 



2170 Mixed Colors. (Gloxinoides) Per 1,000 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 10c 



2180 Monstrosa. A very unique and beautiful type, producing long spikes of large flowers 



of various colors, many of which are beautifully spotted, etc., but the striking feature of 



this strain is the enormous bell shaped blossom that tops each spike of flowers. 



Mixed Colors : Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt-15c. 



DIMORPHOTHECA or African Daisy (Annual) 



2185 Golden African (D. Aurantiaca.) An extremely showy annual of neat branching 

 habit; grows about 12 inches high. The single daisy-like blossoms, 2 yi inches in diameter, 

 are brilliant orange, with a dark-colored disk, zoned black; well adapted for groups or 

 borders; it stands the heat finely and produces its pretty flowers very early in sunny 

 situations and will continue to flower during the summer. (See illustration.) 



Per 500 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 10c 



2186 Hybrid African Daisies. In growth and flower these new hybrids are like the parent, 

 but thev vary in color from white to red and tints of sulphur lemon and golden-yellow, 

 orange, reddish-yellow salmon shades; many are marked with different colored zones. 

 -- Per 500 seeds. 40c; Pkt. 10c 



2187 White Beauty. A very attractive and easily-grown annual of compact habit, growing 

 about 8 or 10 inches. The flowers of a pure glistening white with blue zone are very 

 attractive. The plant is very free-flowering and deserves a place in every garden . Pkt. 1 5c 



DOLICHOS or Hyacinth Bean (Annual) 



Annual climbers of rapid growth, 10 feet high, with Wistaria-like clusters of flowers, followed 

 by bronzy-purple seed pods. 



2192 Japanese Giant Crimson. Blush, deepening with age to dark red Pkt. 10c 



2193 Japanese Giant White. Long spikes of clear white flowers Pkt. 10c 



ERIGERON Midsummer Daisy (Perennial) 



2205 Speciosus. A beautiful hardy perennial border plant having single daisy-like flowers- 

 Color light lavender with yellow center Pkt. 1 0c 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA BUSH (Annual) 



2212 A sturdy annual. Grows into a bush 2 feet high. Large cup-shaped flowers, 3 inches 

 across, on long stems; the color is bright yellow, petals broad and crinkled, like crushed 

 satin. The cut flowers keep a long time in water Per 1,000 seeds, 30c; Pkt. 10c 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA California Poppy (Annual) 



A very beautiful and popular annual of the easiest culture. From spring-sown seed they. 



flower profusely until late in the autumn, making them invaluable for bedding. The plants are 



dwarf-branching in habit. 



2214 Crimson King. The best of the red-flowering varieties. Bright crimson, interior 

 satiny carmine Pkt. 10c 



2216 Dainty Queen. Flowers creamy blush tinted coral-pink, deepening in shade toward 

 the edges Pkt. 10c 



2220 California, Double Mixed. White, yellow and orange Pkt. 10c 



2222 Golden West. Flowers of immense size. The colors are intense and shining yellows, 

 some with orange blotches Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



2224 Erecta Compacta Mandarin. The plants, of upright compact, bushy form, produce 

 freely large flowers of rich, deep, orange color, shaded crimson Pkt. 10c 



2226 Mikado. Large flowers of lustrous orange-crimson Pkt. 10c 



2228 Toreador Double. This beautiful plant will delight everybody with its delicate grayish- 

 green foliage and large double flowers. The center of the flower is golden bronze, and the 

 reverse orange crimson. The plants grow about 1 foot high Pkt. 15c 



2230 California, Single, Mixed. Orange, white, yellow, etc Per }4 oz. 25c; Pkt. 10c 



2232 New Hybrid. The plant of this new type is very erect and bears extra large flowers 



of tints and shades never before seen in Eschscholtzias. They include soft pink, scarlet, 



chrome yellow, coppery red, shades of claret, and royal purple, and extra rich shades 



of crimson, pink and orange scarlet. Mixed colors .... Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 15c 



(See Colored Plate Page 68.) 



EUPHORBIA (Annual) 



2235 Marginata or "Snow on the Mountain." These native garden plants are popular 

 because they will grow in the poorest soils, if in a sunny location. The leaves of light 

 green are broadly margined with white. The plant is of branching habit about two feet 



high. 



Pkt. 10c 



2237 Heterophylla or Annual Poinsettia. An annual resembling the hothouse 

 poinsettias growing 2 to 3 feet high. The leaves are glossy green turning to scarlet in 

 midsummer Pkt. 15c 



FELICIA BERGERI ANA- (King Fisher Daisy) (Annual) 



2242 Turf-like foliage, with daisy like flowers % inch across of an uncommon shade of blue. 

 This pretty flower is easily grown Pkt. 25c 



GAILLARDIA or Hardy Blanket Flower (Perennial) 



These are hardy perennials, compact in growth, and produce a succession of flowers summer 

 and fall. The flowers are often 3 to 4 inches across. The colors include such combinations as 

 scarlet with gold edge, blood-red with yellow edge, yellow with orange disk, golden with scarlet 

 border, pure yellow, fiery crimson, and many others. 

 2250 Giant Hardy Hybrid, Mixed Colors Per 500 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



2252 Grandiflora Portola Hybrids. This superb new strain of Jiardy Gaillardia bears 

 flowers of very large size, the color ranging through shades of bronze red with the charac- 

 teristic golden tipped petalage; plant of robust vigor. A splendid cut flower, also fine 

 for perennial borders Pkt. 25c 



2253 Bremen. This is the Gaillardia glorified. All coarseness and stiffness has been bred 

 out. The flowers are deep rich red produced on strong stems about 18 inches high. 

 Fine for cutting Pkt. 25c 



2254 Burgundy. This is the ideal of all red perennial Gaillardias. The shining wine red 

 flowers (about 2 yi inches in diameter) ate produced on long stems by bushy plants 2)4 

 feet high. They flower from June until the Autumn and if sown in March blooms will 

 appear the same year. Burgundy Gaillardia is effective both in the perennial border 

 and when cut Pkt. 25c 



