Excelsior, Minn. — "We never had handsomer 

 English Daisies than from your seed; so large, 

 and such delicate shadings." 



— Miss Bessie Perry. 



MARGUERITE 

 DAISY 



Yellow Marguerite (An- 

 themis Kelwayi). A hardy 

 perennial, bearing all summer 

 daisy-like golden-yellow blos- 

 soms, excellent for cutting. 18 

 to 24 inches. Pkt., 5c. 



DUSTY MILLER 



Valuable foliage plants, used 

 to mass with dark-leaved plants 

 or for edging beds. A fiiie mix- 

 ture of Centaurea Gymno- 

 carpa and Cineraria Maritima. 

 Some are hardy perennials. 1 

 foot. Pkt., 300 seeds, 5c; 2 

 pkts., 8c; \i oz., 15c. 



My Culture of Flowers free, 

 if asked for with an order of 25c 

 or over. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA 

 or California Poppy 



Price, each per pkt., 5c; any 

 3 pkts., 12c. 



Bush Eschscholtzia. Low shrubby plants, with 

 flowers daintily crimkled and extra large, on long 

 stiff stems. The most beautiful thing in yellow for 

 cut flowers. Pkt., 75 seeds. 



Burbank's New Crimson. The most beautiful 

 of the new Crimson-flowered type. Pkt., 150 seeds. 



"Golden West." The California state flower. 

 dotting her meadows and making them gay with 

 brilliant yellow. Pkt., 200 seeds. 



Vesuvius. A beautiful dark reddish maroon, 

 an entirely new shade in California Poppies. Pkt., 

 100 seeds. 



Eschscholtzia, Mixed. The above varieties and 

 other shades of yellow, white and rose. Pkt., 200 

 seeds. 



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African Orange Daisy 



SHASTA DAISY, ALASKA 



One of Luther Burbank's many important contri- 

 butions to the floral world. It is perennial and ab- 

 solutely hardy, and blooms somewhat the first year 

 from seed. The flowers are white, with yellow cen- 

 ter, extremely large and graceful, freely produced on 

 long, stiff stems. Alaska is the largest and best 

 variety. 2 feet. Pkt., 35 seeds, 6c; 2 pkts., 10c. 



For Shasta Daisy Plants, see page 46. 



ENGLISH DAISIES (Bellis Perennis) 



No flower has more often been the theme of the 

 poet than the dainty English Daisy. They bloom 

 the first year; with protection the plants live over 

 winter, their blossoms being the first to greet one in 

 the spring. Price, each per pkt., 125 seeds, 5c; 

 any 2 pkts., 8c. 



Longfellow Daisy. The "wee modest, crimson- 

 tipped flower," remarkable for the size and double- 

 ness of its dainty rosy blossoms. 



Snowball Daisy. An extra large, very double, 

 pure white daisy. 



Giant Double Daisy, Mixed. A splendid mix- 

 ture of English Daisies, including the Snowball and 

 Longfellow and the newer hybrids. 



AFRICAN DAISIES 



Price, each per pkt., 5c; the 2 for 8c. 



African Orange Hybrids (Dimorphotheca Au- 

 rantiaca). The plants are low growing, covered 

 with Marguerite-like flowers in shades of yellow 

 from golden to sulphur, deep orange and salmon. 

 Many are ringed and zoned. Easily grown from 

 seed. Do best in a dry, sunny position. 10 inches. 



African Lilac Daisy (Arctotis Grandis). # A 

 handsome annual with whitish leaves and myriads 

 of showy flowers, nearly as large as the Shastas. 

 The upper sides of the petals are white, the under 

 sides lilac. Of easy culture, blooming throughout 

 the season. 2 feet. 



