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SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride) 



A very beautiful plant and a great favorite with gardeners, splendidly adapted 

 for beds, borders and cutting. The flowers are full, fluffy and exquisitely colored and 

 born6 on long graceful stems. When cut they keep for almost a week. 



1700. White 1703. Rose 



1701. Azure Fairy (Azure Blue) 1704. Crimson 



1702. Flesh Pink 1705. King of the Blacks 

 Any of the above colors Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 30c. 



1706. Collection of a packet each of the above 6 varieties, 50c. 



1707. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 25c. Oz. 75c. 



1709. Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). A most desirable perennial plant growing 

 about 3 feet high. Its artistic soft, lavender-blue flowers are excellent for cutting 

 purposes. Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 85c. 



1680. SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue) 



The blossoms are tube-shaped much like a petunia but rivalling the latter in 

 the beautiful colors displayed. Each flower is veined with a glint of gold. All colors 

 mixed. Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 30c. 



1710. SCARLET RUNNER VINE •? 



This ornamental, rapidly growing annual reaches a height of 15 ft. It produces 

 showy sprays of scarlet sweet pea-shaped blossoms, which are succeeded by delicious 

 edible beans. Pkt. 10c. % Lb. 20c. Lb. 60c. 



1720. SCHIZANTHUS (ButterHy Flower) 



Annual bearing a profusion of pretty buttei-fly-like flowers of various colors. 

 Desirable for winter blooming and bouquets. Pkts. 10c. % Oz. 25c. 



STATICE (Notch Leaf Sea Lavender) 

 1740. Sinuata Mixed. Plants grow 2 feet tall and pro- 

 duce sprays of showy funnel-shaped flowers. Statice grows in 

 most any soil, but requires full sunlight. The flowers retain 

 their beautiful clear colors when dried. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 25c. 



STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster) 

 1780. Cyanea. An indispensable plant for the hardy 

 border growing 2 feet high. Stokesia likes a sunny, open loca- 

 tion and adds its wealth of bloom from July to October — when 

 other flowers are scarce. These blooms resemble the cornflower 

 and are a delicate shade of blue in color. Splendid for cutting. 

 Pkt. 10c. Vs Oz. 60c. 



SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis) 

 1860. Matronalis. This is a valuable plant for the per- 

 manent border or amongst shrubbery. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall 

 and produces spikes of delightfully fragrant white, lilac and 

 puiTDle flowers. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 40c. 



1900. THUNBERGIA (Black-eyed Susan) 



Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climbers, preferring a 

 warm, sunny situation ; used extensively for hanging baskets, 

 vases, low fences, etc. Very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, 

 etc., with dark eyes. Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 40c. 



1935. VERONICA SPICATA (Spike Speedwell) 



A hardy garden 'plant about 1 and % ft. high with long 

 spikes of bright blue flowers in June and July. Pkt. 10c. ^/4 Oz. 

 40c. 



1940. VINCA ROSEA 

 (Madagascar Periwinkle or Old Maid) 



An attractive annual with bright green, shiny foliage, and 

 single five-petalled, star-shaped, rose-colored flowers. The. 

 plants grow about 15 inches tall, branch freely and are covered 

 with blooms all during the summer and fall. With the approach 

 of freezing weather the plants may be transplanted into pots 

 or boxes for winter blooming indoors. Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 50c. 



VIOLAS 

 (Tufted Pansies or Horned Violets) 

 1950. Papilio. One of the best edging plants available — 

 it is a mass of lavender-violet color from May to October. The 

 flowers are somewhat smaller than the regular pansy but where 

 color effect and a long season of flowering is desired, it is far 

 superior. Keep the faded flowers cut off so as to have a greater 

 number of blooms. Pkt. 10c. Va Oz. 65c. 



1960. WALLFLOWER 



An old-fashioned garden flower. The large fragrant spikes 

 are very conspicuous in beds and borders and are very useful 

 in making bouquets. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 25c. 



Lilac 



Darkest black-violet) 



Chocolate-brown 



BOLGIANO'S TEN WEEK STOCKS 



LARGE FLOWERED 

 GIANT PYRAMIDAL PERFECTION 



The seed offered below has been secured from a German 

 specialist in the cultivation of choice varieties of both forcing 

 and outdoor stocks. The particular strain we have selected will 

 produce plants 24 inches high, strong and bushy growth, with 

 imraense spikes of flowers. About 90% of the plants produce 

 double flowers. The greatest of care has been exercised in the 

 selection of this seed in order to obtain only the best quality., 

 The strain we are offering is admirably suited both for bedding 

 and cutting. Sow the seed in boxes early in spring and trans- 

 plant when danger of frost is over. 



1760. Snow-white 1764. 



1761. Pure-yellow 1765. 



1762. Pure-rose 1766. 



1763. Blood-red 



Any of the above colors. Pkt. 20c. % Oz. $2.00. 

 1767. Collection of a packet each of the above 7 varieties, 

 $1.20. 



1769. Mixed colors. Pkt. 20c. Vs Oz. $1.80. 



1970. WILD CUCUMBER (Echijnocystis Lobata) 



A rapid growing climber, thickly dotted with pretty white 

 fragrant flowers, fol- 

 lowed by ornamental 

 seed pods. Pkt. 10c. 

 Oz. 20c. 



SWEET WILLIAM 

 (Dianthus barbatus) 



An old favorite 

 hardy garden plant of 

 easy culture, thriving 

 in any good garden 

 soil and ' lasting for 

 years. Our strains pro- 

 duce large heads of 

 fragrant flowers in a 

 great variety of beau- 

 tiful colors. The plants 

 form large clumps and 

 grow about 1 ft. high. 

 1870. Single Mixed. 



Pkt. 10c. Oz. 25c. 

 1880. Double Mixed. 



Pkt. 10c. % Oz. 20c. 



Oz. 60c. Sweet William 



