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Vinca 



ViNCA 



(Periivinkle) These very attractive bushy plants with glossy green foliage produce in abundance handsome 

 round or salver shaped single flowers, suitable either for culture in pots or boxes or for summer bedding 

 and borders. If sown early under glass and transplanted in a warm, sheltered situation will bloom in 

 summer and autumn and may be potted for the house before frost. The plants require no trimming, are in 

 continuous bloom from setting out until frost and are entirely free from the attacks of insects. These desirable features ac- 

 count for the increasing demand for Vincas in parks and private grounds for summer bedding and borders. Tender perennial, 

 blooming the first season, about fifteen inches high. 



Pure White. Beautiful pure white. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 10c. Rosea. Rose with crimson eye; flowers often two inches in diam- 



Rosea Alba. White with crimson eye. Oz. $1.00 " 10c. „?<^er A very desirable wmdow plant. Oz $1.00. Pkt. 10c. 



VIOLA TRiCOLOR-CSee Pansy) ^.xed. The above named varieties mixed. Oz. 75c. .. . 10c. 



X]^ r 111^1 {Cheiranthus cheiri) This is a favorite European garden flower. The long, fragrant terminal 



YY ^llf lOWr6ir spikes of the Wallflower when properly grown are very conspicuous in beds and borders and are 



^ ^^ '^ ^^* very useful in making bouquets. 



Sow seed early in hotbed and while plants are small prick them out into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold 



weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will bloom all winter. Tender bushy biennial or perennial that will live 



through the winter in a mild climate; height of plants about one and one-half feet. 



Early Brown. Brownish-red, fragrant single flowers; large, thick spikes; early. Tender biennial Pkt. 10c. 



Double Mixed. Deliciously fragrant, perfectly double, and combine many shades of color, the orange, purple and chocolate 

 predominating Pkt. 10c. 



Wicfaria r^Viin^^neie ^^^ *^f ^^^ most beautiful and rapid growing of the hardy perennial climbers. When well 

 »▼ 19 Lai let V^IlIllCIl^ld established in good soil it will often grow fifteen to twenty feet during the season and frequently 

 blooms both in spring and fall. The flowers are very fragrant, single, pale blue, peashaped and are borne in long, drooping grape- 

 like clusters, often over a foot in length. Foliage light green, pinnate. The seed^should be sown in mellow loam earlyin the 

 spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when plants are one foot high transplanted into permanent situations. .Pkt. 20c. 



WOOLFLOWER (See CelosiaChildsi) 



Sometimes called Youth and Old Age. The well known bush-like plants of Zinnias produce a profusion of 

 large double imbricated flowers, borne on stiff stems. They are much used for bedding and are suitable 

 for borders and for cutting. 



There is much satisfaction in abed of Zinnias with their twisted and recurved petalled flowers in many 

 bright colors, and when nearly every other flower has been killed by frost this plant is still in full bloom. Few flowers are more 

 easily grown or bloom more abundantly throughout the season, and the wide range of color is not less remarkable than their 

 unusual depth and richness. 



Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground in good rich soil, preferably in rows one and one-half feet apart and covering 

 about one-fourth inch deep. When the young plants are one to two inches high thin to six inches apart. Start under glass for 

 earlier blooming. Half hardy annual; tall growing, usually about one and one-half to two feet high. (See colored plate on oppo- 

 site page). 



C* ¥ T\ Ul ^^ improved strain which produces immense double flowers 3 to 4 inches in diameter in an extremely wide 

 Vaia,nt L/OUOle range of colors. The plants are hardy, of very vigorous growth, often 3 feet high, and remain in bloom 

 from early summer until killed by severe frost. 



Zinnia 



Giant Double Crimson. Oz. 90c 



Golden Yellow. Oz. 90c 



" " Orange. Oz. 90c 



Pink (Several Shades). Oz. 90c. 



.Pkt. 10c. 

 . " 10c. 

 . " 10c. 

 . " 10c. 



Giant Double Purple (Several Shades.) Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Scarlet. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



White. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



" " Mixed — A choice mixture of the above shades and 



colors. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Double Quilled Mixed. A very attractive and distinct type with tubular or quilled petals which give the flowers the appearance 



of a cactus dahlia. The colors range through the softer shades of yellow and orange to russet Pkt. lOc 



Dahlia Flowered Mixed. This new giant flowered type has petals which overlap in such a manner as to give the flowers 

 the appearance of a decorative dahlia. The flowers, although not so brilliant in color as those of the older type, are many of 

 them in exquisite shades of rose, lavender and old gold. The plants are strong and vigorous growing and produce an abundance 



of blooms throughout the summer and early fall Pkt. 10c. 



Lilliput Double Mixed. This strain grows about one foot high and bears a profusion of comparatively small, very double,globular 



flowers about one inch in diameter, very brilliant in color. Oz. 80c • Pkt. 10c. 



Mexicana Double Orange. Dwarf variety with double flowers of a deep orange color, about one and one-quarter inches in diam- 

 eter; fine for cut flowers; height one foot. Oz. $1 .00 Pkt. 10c. 



Mexicana Single Gypsy Girl. Distinctive in its well-formed single flowers of deep maroon and golden yellow strikingly contrasted. 

 The flowers are similar to those of French Legion of Honor Marigold, but are earlier and more easily grown. Hardy annual; 

 one foot high. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 15c. 



