1918 PREMIUM OFFER 



One Packet of Flower Seeds Free with Every 25 Cents of Your Order as follows: 



1. This Premium is Offered on any purchase of seeds, plants or bulbs (excepting Lawn Grass seed, 

 Alfalfa seed in bulk. Evergreens, page 16, and Shrubs, page 56), but not on other articles. 



2. As Premium You May Select for every twenty-five cents of your order one packet of flower seeds 

 free, selecting such seeds as are listed at not more than 5c a packet. 



3. Premiums Must Be Selected with the order. 



4. If Premiums Are Not Selected as offered, I shall have to take the liberty of substituting. 



CINNAMON VINE BULBS 



Beautiful leaves, 

 or sun, wet or dry. 



dainty flowers, exquisite perfume, grows in shade 

 No insects ever trouble. No winter harms. 



A charming climber that will quickly surround your arbor, window 

 or veranda with a wonderful profusion of vines covered with handsome, 

 glossy, heart-shaped leaves, while its clusters of delicate white flowers 

 emit a delicious fragrance. Very Hardy, thriving almost everywhere, 

 thouzh perhaps not so well adapted to the extreme north. The first 

 year the vines run about 10 feet, but eventually reach a height of 25 to 

 40 feet. See my "Culture of Flowers" for directions. Two or three 

 roots, one foot apart, on each side of a door or window will quickly 

 cover it. They do best in a warm, sunny location, though thriving 

 almost anywhere. 



Extra Quality — Sure to grow. Price, 1 strong root, 5c; 3 roots, 12c; 

 6 roots, 21c; 12 roots, 40c; all postpaid. 



FLORICULTURE GUIDES 



"CULTURE OF FLOWERS FROM SEED." My booklet of prac- 

 tical directions, with special instructions for Asters, Pansies, Sweet 

 Peas, Roses and Greenhouse Seeds, free, if asked for, with an order for 

 flower seeds of 25c, or over. Otherwise, the price is 5c. 



"HOME FLORICULTURE." A guide to_growing seeds, plants 

 and bulbs in the house or garden. A book of 175 pages, all about the 

 puzzling things a flower lover wants to know, gathered from the author's 

 experience of 25 years. Price, paper-bound, 29 cents, postpaid. 



My Leaflets on Aster and on Vegetable Seed Culture are free with 

 an order for each, respectively, of ten cents or over. 



TWO BULB NOVELTIES 



The Wonderful Dasheen. This is allied to the 

 Caladium, or "Elephant's Ear," but, growing faster 

 and making more leaves than the Caladium, it is 

 more valuable as a foliage plant. Also it may help 

 out the high cost of living as the tubers are edible 

 and very palatable, cooked like potatoes, while the 

 leaves are said to be a good substitute for spinach 

 and the stems for asparagus. If given rich soil and 

 plenty of moisture it is hard to beat. The small- 

 sized bulbs, if started inside, will make plants 3 or 4 

 feet high. Small bulbs, 7c each; 3 for 18c; 6 for 30c; 

 Large bulbs, 12c each; 3 for 30c; 6 for 55c; all post- 

 paid. 



THE NEW MEXICAN TUBEROSE 



The New Mexican Tuberose. A beautiful 

 variety, with tall stiff stems, pure white, single 

 flowers of delightful fragrance. Each bulb sends up 

 5 to 15 flower stalks, showing a mass of white until 

 cut down by frosts. If a stalk is cut when the first 

 flower opens and put in water, the flowers increase in 

 size and whiteness, and keep for a week or ten days. 

 They need special warmth and should not be set out 

 until settled warm weather. By starting them in 

 the house the blooming season will be prolonged. 

 In the south and south central states they may be 

 put into the ground in early spring and left out over 

 winter. In the north treat bulbs same as gladiolus 

 bulbs. Nice large bulbs, 8c each; 3 for 20c; 6 for 

 35r; 12 for 65c. 



FLORAL ART PICTURES 



Receiving so many compliments for my dainty 

 and artistic catalog covers, I have printed a quan- 

 tity of late years without lettering. The dainty 

 colorings and fine workmanship give them a value 

 as art studies, and, properly framed, they will adorn 

 any wall. I offer as follows: Double Rose Study, 

 1918 cover; Nasturtium Study, 1917 cover; Rose 

 Study, 1916 cover; Clematis and Hawthorn Study, 

 1915 cover. 



Price, 7c each; any 2 for 12c; the 4 for 20c, all 

 postpaid. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Perennial Seeds 2 



Miscellaneous Offers 3 



Alfalfa 3 



Vegetables Seeds 4-7 



Fertilizer and Insecticides 8 



Lawn Grass and Clover g 



Asters 9-12 



Pansies 13 



Sweet Peas 14-16 



Evergreens 16 



Flower Seeds. Alphabetical List 17-41 



Plants and Bulbs 42-57 



All Bulbs, Plants and Seeds sent prepaid, unless 

 otherwise stated. 



Send for Terms to Agents to sell my choice seeds. 



