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Nasturtium 



Nasturtiums 



Few plants are more easily grown or remain longer in bloom than the Tropceolum, 



with its large shield-shaped leaves and beautifully irregular llowers having long 



spurs and brilliantly colored petals. In favorable soil llowers are produced in 



abundance throughout the season. Much used for window boxes. If the black 



aphis appears spray the foliage vigorously with water. 



Seed is usually sown outdoors, as soon as the weather is warm and settled, in the row where the plants are to remain. 



Well pulverized soil, preferably well drained and moderately rich, sliould be used and the seed covered with about one inch of fine 



soil firmly pressed down. A sunny situation is essential for free blooming. If the soil is very rich the plants give a large amount 



of foliage but few flowers. For earlier blooming, start indoors and transplant to the open ground after danger of frost is over. 



T<j e \T • ,' (Tropceohim minor) Sometimes called Tom-Thumb sorts. The flowers are brilliant and attractive. 



Llwarr Varieties The plants are evenly dwarf and are often used for a border. When about two Inches high, thin 

 so as to give each plant about one foot of room. Hardy annual; about one foot high. 



Aurora. Flowers light reddish orange, veined with Pearl. Pale yellow. Oz. 15c Pkt 



carmine. Oz. 15c Pkt. 5c. 



Bronze Colored. Bronze-orange. Oz. 15c 



Crimson. Dark crimson. Oz. 15c 



Empress of India. Small, compact plant; deep scarlet 



flowers ; very dark foliage. Oz. 15c 



King Theodore. Scarlet-maroon or brown-red flowers. 



Oz. 15c. 



Rose. A warm rose-pink. Oz. 15c 



5c. Scarlet. Scarlet-orange. Oz. 15c 



5c. Schilling's Striped. Bright yellow with brownish red or 



maroon blotches and stripes. Oz. 15c 



5c. Yellow. Bright rich yellow. Oz. 15c 



Dwarf Mixed. Many desirable shades and colors. 

 5c. Oz. 15c; Ji Lb. 30e; Lb. 85c 



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•jt •]• T r • .• (Tropceolum Lobbianum) The Lobbianum differs from the common tall, climbing or running 



1 failinGf Varieties nasturtium in being a little smaller in leaf, more compact in growth, more floriferous and having 

 richer, more varied colored flowers. When about two inches liigh thin to six inches apart. Give some support to the vines as 

 soon as they begin to run and they will usually grow six to eight feet during the season. The trailing sorts are much used 

 for covering arbors and trellises. Half hardy annual. 



Bright Yellow. Yellow with purplish carmine stain. 

 Oz. 15o; 14 Lb. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Brilliant. Intense scarlet-red, dark foliage. Oz. 20c; 

 14 Lb. 50c " 5c. 



Chestnut Brown. Rich red-maroon. Oz. 15c " 5c. 



Giant of Battles. Sulphur, red blotches. Oz. 20c " 5c. 



Hemisphaericum. Straw, blotched and suffused orange- 

 scarlet; very large foliage, very strong growing, usually 

 twelve to fifteen feet high. Oz. 15c; J4 Lb. 40c " 5c. 



Jupiter. Very large, golden-yellow flowers; very large 

 foliage, very strong growing, usually twelve to flfteen 

 feet high; free blooming. Oz. 15c; }4 Lb. 40c " 5c. 



King of the Blacks. Black-red or crimson-maroon, with 

 darker markings; dark fohage. Oz. 20c; )4 Lb. 50c. . .Pkt. 5c. 



Light Yellow. Attractive light yellow or yellowish 

 white with maroon stain. Oz. 20c; J-4 Lb. 50c 



Queen Wilhelmina. Foliage variegated, being marbled 

 and veined with light green and white. Flowers rosy 

 scarlet. Oz. 20c 



Rose. Bright and attractive. Oz. 20c; J4 Lb. 50c 



Spitfire. Bright, fiery scarlet flowers; very floriferous. 

 Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 50c 



Trailing Mixed. Lobbianum varieties. A wide range 

 of colors and shades. Oz. 15c ; J4 Lb. 25c ; Lb. 75c 



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Madame Gunter's Hybrid Nasturtiums The flowers Chameleon Nasturtiums Almost every shade of color 



are striped or blotched with shades of red on yellow and 

 orange ground, forming a combination of exceeding brilliancy 

 and beauty. About four feet high. Half hardy annual. 

 Oz. 15c; 1.4 Lb. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



and marking known to nasturtiums; continually changing 



from (lay to day. Attractive strains. 



Dwarf Chameleon. Oz. 20c; i4Lb. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Trailing Chameleon. Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 40c " 5c. 



N» ,• Handsome bedding plants of the tobac- 



l^Qfrl a VIQ^ CO family, valuable for long and free 

 '^''^ * *'^ blooming. The flowers are salver- 



shaped, with long tubular corollas. 



Sown outdoors when ground is warm and dry or for earlier 

 blooming start in boxes indoors early in spring and transplant 

 to open ground after danger of frost is jjast. Cover the fine seed 

 one-eighth inch deep. Half hardy annuals; about three feet high. 

 Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expanded only 



in evening or cloudy days. Very fragrant. Oz. 30c.. Pkt. 5c. 

 Sanders, mixed. Flowers white, carmine-rose or violet, 

 a little smaller than Affinis and unlike it, in full bloom 

 during the day. Very florifei'ous " 10c. 



NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist) CENOTHERA— (See Primrose) 



C^'VfiW^ Very pretty, spreading herbaceous plants with 

 V^Jvw.110 clover-like leaves and richly colored blossoms. 

 They are especially desirable for house culture as hanging- 

 basket or window plants and are cultivated also in borders and 

 rockeries. 



Sow seed in gentle heat in early spring and when well started 

 transplant where they are desired' to flower. The plants thrive 

 well in a mixture of loam and sand. They require an abundance 

 of water during the growing season and should have plenty of 

 sunlight. Half hardy pel ennial: six to nine inches high. 

 Rosea. Rose colored or light purple flowers, star-shaped, borne 

 in large clusters on long stems Pkt. 10c. 



