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DINGEE'S ROSES ARE ALWAYS THE BEST 





Heliotrope 



Heliotrope 



■\Ve doubt if there is anyone un- 

 familiar witli the delightfully fragrant 

 Heliotrope found in the old-fashioned 

 garden. The fact that strong flowering 

 plants can be raised readily from seed 

 as easily as V^erbenas is not known to 

 many, but if the directions are fol- 

 lowed this can be done. Start the seed 

 in a box of light soil in a sunny win- 

 dow during March. Transplant to small 

 flower pots when large enough, and 

 then set out in flower beds when the 

 trees are in leaf and the weather is set- 

 tled and warm. The soil in which the 

 Heliotrope plants are grown should be 

 quite rich and moist to induce a strong, 

 rapid growth in the plants. Large 

 sprays of delightfully fragrant flowers 

 can be produced in this way, and will 

 repay the grower for any extra care 

 or attention. Before the frost comes 

 in the Fall cut the plants back, and 

 temove to pots or boxes indoors for 

 Winter blooming. 



Liemoines Giaut Hybrid Heliotrope. — 

 By continued and careful selection this 

 strain has been so improved that the 

 size of flowers and variety of color is 

 simply mxagnificent. The i)lants are of 

 strong, vigorous growth, producing im- 

 mense trusses of fragrant flowers 

 ranging in color from white to dark 

 purple and violet-red, the trusses fre- 

 quently measuring from 10 to 12 inches 

 across. Per pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 et.s. 

 Choice Mixed. — A mixture containing 

 seeds of many varieties of rich coloring, 

 l>ut not equal in size to the Lemoines 

 Giant Hybrid strain. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 

 3 pkts. for 25 ots. 



Periwinkle or Vinca I Salpiglossis, veivet riower 



Splendid house or bedding plants, growing 

 about 18 inches high, with glossy green leaves 

 and circular flowers of various colors. We 

 offer mixed seed, including rose, white with 

 rosy eye and pure white. Per pkt., 5 cts. 



Everlasting's 



For Winter decorations Everlasting flowers 

 are excedingly valuable, owing to their rich, 

 brilliant color.s. To have the best results, 

 plant the seeds in the open ground early in 

 Spring, when the trees are starting into leaf. 

 Thin the plants to stand several inches apart 

 in the row, and keep well cultivated to pro- 

 duce fine flowers in large numbers. Cut the 

 flowers immediately after they open and tie 

 in small bundles, drying slowly in a cool, 

 shady place, hanging the flowers down t) 

 keep the stems straight. We offer mixed 

 seed, which will produce in abundance the 

 most attractive flowers of a great variety 

 of colors. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts. 



Superb New Salvia 



Spleiidens IVana Compacta. — New and dis- 

 tinct, and the finest type of its class, having 

 four times the blooming capacity of the 

 ordinary Salvia. Habit of growth compact, 

 branching freely and producing the greatest 

 profusion of gorgeous miniature scarlet 

 flowers; flower spikes very erect and all above 

 the foliage, forming a plant 2 feet high and 

 21/^ feet in diameter (see cut). Per pkt, 10 cts. 



Salvia Farinacea. — Rich, bright foliage, from 

 which rise long spikes of beautiful blue 

 flowers. Per pkt., 10 cts. 



A half hardy, free flowering annual, suc- 

 ceeding best in cool, moist soils. The flowers 

 are handsomely marked and delicately pen- 

 ciled, resembling the Petunia in shape. We 

 offer seed of Grandiflora Mixed, flowers 

 somewhat larger in size than the ordinary 

 kinds, spotted and striped on ground colors 

 of deep blue, rose, violet, yellow, bronze, etc. 

 Per pkt., 10 cts. 



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Compacta 



1^^ T\^a«« l^C^^l^^^ for all seeds offered on this page, except where noted; any 6 pack- 

 d^* P"S^ & ^CK6 V ets for 25 cts.; 12 packets for 50 cts.; 25 packets for $1, postpaid. 



