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FLOWER SEEDS 



pHVfALlS 



PENTSTEMON (Perenmat) 



These should be grown as annual, they are then a valuable addition to beds 



and borders in summer. Height 2 feet. (See illustration.) 



3283 "Excelsior." A new variety having very large flowers, colors range from 

 white to deep scarlet. Mixed colors Pkt. 25c 



3285 ''Sensation." A Giant Gloxina-flowered type, though perennial, these 

 bloom early the first season from spring-sown seed. The graceful spikes, 

 about 2 feet high, are bedecked with flowers 2 inches from July until frost. 

 The colors and markings are gorgeously varied from pink to scarlet and 

 maroon, all beautifully blotched and veined with other colors. . . .Pkt. 15c 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII {Annual) 



{Also Shown in Colors on Page 106) 

 For beds and massing nothing can surpass these beautiful annuals. Separate 

 colors, planted in separate beds, or the scarlet or pink surrounded by the white, or 

 planted in designs, will form a floral picture of incomparable richness of coloring. 

 They produce immense trusses of large brilliant flowers throughout the summer; 

 1 >£. feet Tiigh. Our large-flowering Phlox is an improved strain, extra large, 

 perfectly round flowers, with overlapping petals. They are of easy culture, 

 succeeding in all sunny positions, beginning to bloom in early summer from spring- 

 sown seed and continuing until close of autumn. (See illustration.) 



3382 Alba. White Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



3383 Brilliant Rose. Pink and rose Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



3384 Chamois-rose. Salmon-pink, orange eye... .Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



3385 Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



3387 Isabelina. Yellow, garnet eye Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



3389 Splendens. Dazzling Scarlet with large white eye. 



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



3390 Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 40c; Pkt. 10c 



3391 "Brilliant" Collection, one packet each of the above 6 varieties- .50c 



JUBILEE, Henderson's (Annual) 



3400 Grand acquisition, forming sturdy little bushes only 8 inches high, pro- 

 ducing masses of bloom from ground to summit. The flowers, borne in 

 immense trusses, are unusually large and of superior substance. For 

 bedding this is a most effective annual type. Mixed, several shades and 

 colors Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



DRUMMONDH, Dwarf (Annual) 



A very desirable dwarf annual variety, growing 6 inches high, fine for edgings 

 and borders. 



3405 Fireball. The foliage of the dwarf, compact, and symmetrical plants is 

 almost completely hidden by the profusion of small scarlet flowers that are 

 borne continuously from early summer till late fall. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 60c; Pkt. 15c 



3406 Snowball. Counterpart of the above with pure white flowers. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 60c; Pkt. 15c 



HARDY LARGE FLOWERING HYBRIDS (Perennial) 



Noble perennial flowering plants for permanent beds in the garden and her- 

 baceous border, bearing immense panicles of large and bright-colored flowers. 

 The plants are perfectly hardy, 2 to 3 feet high, growing and flowering with in- 

 creasing luxuriance year after year, and remaining in bloom during the late 

 summer months. 

 3410 Large-flowering Hybrids, Mixed Colors. .Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00; Pkt. 15c 



PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) (Perennial) 



(Shown in Colors on Page 68) 



3415 Francheti. An ornamental plant that has recently come into popular 



favor for the decorative value of its brilliant orange-scarlet lantern-shaped 



fruit pods. -Although a perennial, the pods are produced the same year from 



spring sown seed. Height two feet. (See illustration.) Pkt. 25c 



PHYSOTEGIA, or False Dragonhead (Perennial) 



3418 Virginica. This is a very stately hardy plant for the perennial border. 

 The plant grows between 4 and 5 feet high, and is covered during the sum- 

 mer with spikes bearing lilac-colored tubular flowers. The spikes remain 

 in bloom for a long time, as the flowers begin opening at the bottom in the 

 same manner as a Gladiolus spike Pkt. 10c 



PLATYCODON, Chinese Bell-Flower (Perennial) 



Hardy perennial, bearing large, broad, bell-shaped white or blue flowers; fine 

 for garden decoration; IM feet. (See illustration.) 



3420 Grandiflora, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3425 Mariesii. (Wahlenbergia grandiflora nana.) Very handsome, dwarf, 

 compact-growing "Chinese Bell- Flowers," forming dense little round bushes 

 about 12 inches high and bearing abundantly broad, bell-shaped flowers 

 about 3 inches across, of white and varying shades of blue from lavender 

 to purple. (See illustration.) Mixed Colors Pkt. 15c 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior) (Perennial) 



3430 An early blooming Primrose for spring flower beds or pot culture; the large 

 umbels of flowers of various colors, edged and laced, are borne on stalks 8 

 inches tall. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



