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= FLOWER SEEDS = 

 LOBELIA, Bedding Varieties (Annual) 



This charming class (L. erinus Compacta) forms compact bushes about 6 inches high which are fairly 

 sheeted with bloom throughout the season. Highly desirable for edgings, ribbon bedding and garden 

 decoration, as well as for pot culture. They flower the first season from seed. 



2634 Crystal Palace Compacta. Deep blue ....Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10c 



2636 Snowball. Pure white p er 1.000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10c 



2640 Mixed Colors p er 1,000 seeds. 25c; pkt. 10c 



2642 Speciosa. Fine trailing sort for hanging baskets and boxes, flowers dark blue with dark foliage 



Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; pkt. 10c 



2644 Tenuior Compacta Blue. This differs from the ordinary compacta type in that the flowers 

 which are much larger than the other varieties are produced on stems nine or ten inches high . . Pkt. 1 5c 



Lobelia, Hardy. Tall growing, hardy perennial with long spikes of brilliant flowers; for permanent 

 beds and borders they are unrivalled; they are one of the few flowering plants that thrive in shady 

 situations; 2 to 4 feet. (See illustration.) 



2645 Cardinal: s. (Cardinal Flower.) Intense scarlet Pkt. 25c 



LUPINUS HARTWEGII GIANT MIXED (Annual) 



2659 A new improved strain of Annual Lupines. They grow from three to four feet tall and have the base 

 branching habit, with four to six spikes to a plant. Colors include dark blue, rose and white. Easily 

 and quickly grown from seed. Offered in mixture Pkt. 25c 



LUPINUS Selected (Annual) 



They are fine for mixed borders and for planting among shrubs or as beds on the lawn, making 

 a grand display for a small outlay. As will be noted, there are a number of charming colors in the selec- 

 tion and some of the varieties are delicately scented. Plants of Annual Lupinus attain a height of about 

 u • V are robust branching habit; and throw out spikes covered with pea-shaped flowers for most of 

 their length. If these are cut as they mature the plants will continue to bloom for a long time. (See 

 Uluslralton.) • 



2660 Annual Lupinus. Mixed Pkt. 10c 



2661 Blue. Bright azure-blue Pkt. 10c 



2662 Lavender Delicate lavender color. Pkt. 10c 



2664 Pink. Charming salmon-pink Pkt. 10c 



2665 Purple. Spikes of rich dark purple.Pkt. 10c 

 2667 White. Pure white flowers Pkt. 10c 



2669 Collection of 5 varieties of Annual Lupinus for. 



.40c 



LUPINUS New Hardy Hybrids (Perennial) 



2670 Showy, hardy perennials, growing 3 to 4 feet in height and producing during summer long 

 racemes of Pea-like flowers in a great variety of colors. The hardiest perennial plant in 

 cultivation; it will thrive in the poorest soil where practically nothing else will succeed. The 

 long, graceful spikes are also valuable for cut flowers Pkt. 15c 



LYCHNIS Lamp Flower (Perennial) 



2675 Chalcedonica. The scarlet Lychnis, an old garden favorite, bearing heads of bright scar- 

 let flowers; very hardy, 3 to 4 feet Pkt. 10c 



2680 Haageana Hybrids, Mixed Colors. Usually grown as annuals; of dwarf, bushy habit, 

 bearing flowers an inch or more across in continuous succession until frost; colors are par- 

 ticularly pleasing — white to rich scarlet and shades of pink; 1 foot Pkt. 15c 



MALLOW (Annual) 



2700 Dwarf, Large-flowering. These showy garden annuals grow about 2 feet in height and 

 bear freely throughout the summer months large, saucer-shaped flowers of white, rose or 

 crimson. (See color plate, page 69.) Mixed Colors .-. Pkt. 10c 



MARVEL OF PERU or Four O'Clock (Annual) 



Beautiful summer-blooming annuals of bushy habit, 2 feet high, each plant bearing throughout 

 the Summer hundreds of large flowers of white, yellow, crimson or striped. The flowers remain 

 tightly closed until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when they all open together and the 

 plants become a glowing mass of vivid colors. (See illustration.) 

 2750 Mixed Colors Per oz. 25c; Pkt. 10c 



MATRICARIA (Double Feverfew) (Annual) 



2765 Snowball. This splendid variety of M. alba plenissima or "Double White Feverfew'' forms bushy 

 annual garden plants, bearing quantities of pure snow-white double flowers in dense clusters almost 

 covering the oval plants with bloom; height, 8 inches. Very desirable for bedding and fine for cutting. 

 Pkt. 10c 



2767 Tom Thumb Double Yellow. A dwarf border or edging annual making a compact bushy plant 

 about 9 inches high and covered throughout the summer with miniature golden balls Pkt- 10c 



2385 Salmon Queen. Salmon-pink. ..Pkt. 10 c 



2386 Silver Ball. White. No. 8 Pkt. 10 c 



2388 Violet Queen. Violet. No. 6 Pkt. 10 c 



2390 Mixed Colors. 



Per 1.000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10 c 



The Colored Plate Opposite 

 HELICHRYSUM, Everlasting or Strawflower (Annual) 



They are showy, garden annuals of very free growth, producing flowers abundantly during the sum- 

 mer. Height, 2 to 3 feet. The dried flowers are much in demand for decorative purposes, or for mak- 

 ing up ornamental baskets. 



2374 Atropurpures. Purple, No. 2. . Pkt. 10c 

 2376 Bronze. Golden Bronze, No. 1. . Pkt. 10c 



2382 Fireball. Scarlet, No. 9 Pkt. 10c 



2383 Golden Ball. Rich Yellow, No. 5 Pkt. 10c 



2384 Rose Queen. Carmine-rose, No. 7 



Pkt. 10c 



OTHER VARIETIES 



Acroclinium. These flowers are much in demand for winter decorations. 

 1020 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c 



Rhodanthe. For dried winter bouquets, they are indispensable. 

 2563 Rose, Pkt. 10c 2565 White, No. 10 Pkt. 10c 



HOLLYHOCK, Henderson's Everblooming (Annual) 



Henderson's Everblooming flowers the first season from seed. Plants from early sown seed set 

 out in May begin blooming in July and August. (See also page 100.) 



2450 Mixture of doubles and semi-doubles, including all colors, shade and variegations. Per pkt. 

 (about 50 seeds). 15c. Per 500 seeds. 50c. 



2391 Collection of above 8 varieties, 

 1 pkt. each 60c 



