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Stock 



(Mathiola) Sometimes called Gilliflower. Con- 

 sidered almost indispensable where a fine 

 display of flowers is wanted and particularly- 

 valued for edginp:s, bedding and pot culture. 

 The improved varieties we offer of this fa- 

 vorite garden plant produce dense spikes of very fragrant and 

 beautiful rosette-like double flowers in a wide range of attractive 

 colors. They are suitable for cutting, being produced on stems of 

 good length in pleasing contrast with the dark green foliage of the 

 bushy plants. Each of the four types is of long flowering period, 

 and if the earlier ones are started indoors, a profusion of fi-agrant 

 and pleasing flowers is afforded for the entire season. 



Sow outdoors early in spring, using well fertilized, carefully 

 pulverized soil and cover seed with one-fourth inch of fine soil firmly 

 pressed do^^^a. Make the rows fifteen inches apart; thin to six inches 

 apart. For earlier blooming start indoors and transplant. Height 

 of plants, one to one and one-half feet. 



Early Flowering Brompton 



A decidedly superior, large-flowering annual strain with the 

 splendid foliage and bloom of the older type but flowering with the 

 German Ten Weeks and decidedly superior in length of stem and size 

 of flower spike. This group is also called Beauty Stocks, Giants of 

 Nice, "Cut and Come Again" and Victoria Stocks. 



Belle of Naples. Old rose or light purplish I'ose Pkt. 15c. 



Camaldoli. Dark violet or light purplish red " 15c. 



Snow White ( Victoria) " 10c. 



Vesuvius. Blood-red or deep purplish red 15c. 



Early Flowering Brompton Mixed. Includes shades of white, old 

 rose, blood-red, purple and violet. Oz. $3.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Double Germeoi Ten Weeks (Large Flowering) 



This favorite half-hardy summer blooming annual has deliciously 

 fragrant flowers and is very desirable for cutting. 

 Double German Ten Weeks, Mixed {Levkojen) Shades of white, 



retl, purple, lavender and maroon. Oz. $1.00 Pkt. 5c. 



Double German Ten Weeks, Pure White. Very useful for floral work 



and bouquets. Oz. |)3.?5 Pkt. 10c. 



Intermediate or Autumnal Stocks 



Sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, the Intermediate sorts 

 will succeed them in bloom, thus affording flowers continuously 

 until late in the fall. The flowers are larger and are produced on 

 longer, bolder spikes. For indoor blooming, if sown in pots late in 

 summer the plants will bloom the following spring. 



Internnediate White Pkt. 15c. 



Scarlet " 1 5c. 



Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 



These require a longer time than the Intermediate to grow and cannot 



endure our winters unless protected. 



Brompton Mixed. This mixture of Winter or Biennial Brompton Stocks 

 forms bushy plants flowering in the fall outdoors if started in hotbed 

 early in spring and transplanted, or blooming well in winter from seed 

 sown outdoors in sunuuer if plants are taken up in the fall and given cool 

 airy quarters indoors; half hardy biennial. Oz. $4.00 Pkt. 10c. 



STRAW FLOWER— (See Helichrysum and Rhodanthe) 



Stock, Double German Ten Weeks 



Sunflower 



Sunflower, Double Chrysanthemum Flowered 



(Helian thus) 

 These stately, old 

 fashioned flowers 

 with the newer 

 improved varieties are coming into special favor as 

 a background for lawns and in front of high fences. 

 Valuable also as a screen to hide unsightly places 

 and sometimes used to mitigate the evil of adjacent 

 swamp holes. Their very tall dense growth and 

 bright yellow disc-like flowers of very large size 

 and long blooming period make them one of the 

 most deserving and useful of hardy annuals. 



Sunflowers grow readily in almost any soil but 

 do best on light, rich limestone or alluvial land 

 weU supplied with moisture and not shaded by 

 trees or buildings. Sow the seed outdoors in 

 spring after danger of frost is over, preferably in 

 well pulverized soil either broadcast or in rows 

 two to three feet apart and cover about one-half 

 inch deep. When the young plants are about four 

 inches high, thin one-half to two feet apart to se- 

 cure the best development. 



Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. The most at- 

 tractive of the very double sunflowers. Plant 

 tall, growing seven feet high and blooming pro- 

 fusely aU summer. Flowers very large, often 

 eight to ten inches across, very double, with 

 long fringed petals and resemble chrysanthe- 

 mums. The color is a splendid, rich, golden-yel- 

 low, free from any black center. Oz. 30c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Globosus Fistulosus (Globe, or Dahlia Sunflower) 

 This desirable variety produces very large, ex- 

 ceedingly double flowers, often six to eight inches 

 in diameter and of bright yellow color. I'he plants 

 are usually about five feet high. Oz. 20c. .Pkt. 5c. 



Stella. The plant of this fine Miniature (cncumeri- 

 folius) variety is spreading with inany branches 

 "and attains a height of about three feet. The 

 flowers are about three inches in diameter and 

 are of an unusually pure golden yellow with black 

 discs or centers, and are borne on long stems 

 well above the foliage. Early blooming and pro- 

 duced in abundance throughout a long season. 

 Oz. 30c Pkt. 5c. 



SWEET ROCKET— (See Rocket) 



