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Passiflora, Southern Beauty 



PASSIFLORA (Passion Flower) [tP-15 ft.) In the mild 

 climate of our Southern states and in parts of California, 

 this climber is of rapid luxuriant growth and quite hardy. 

 In northern latitudes it is a pretty vine for growing in a 

 pot indoors, or for setting out in a sunny spot with southern 

 exposure in summer to be trained on strings or a trellis. 

 The five-lobed pointed leaves are graceful and of a rich 

 dark green. They make a good background for the curi- 

 ously formed flowers around which centers an interesting 

 American legend. Each flower, about 2 inches across, is 

 a ten-pointed star with a central fringed ruff and elaborate 

 pistil and stamens. The blossoms are delicate sky blue; they 

 are followed by decorative egg-shaped fruits. 



Coerulea Grandifiora, Southern Beauty Pkt. 10c 



Passion Flower (See Passiflora) 

 Pelargonium (See Geranium) 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) [hP-2 ft.] For mass bed- 

 ding or planting in the hardy border the gardener will dis- 

 cover that this plant gives great satisfaction. Though 

 a perennial it will bloom freely the first season if started 

 early inside and transplanted outdoors when the Tulips 

 have passed. The plants produce numerous upright stalks, 

 with little tendency to become ragged in appearance; 

 they possess shiny green leaves and bear large spikes of 

 gayly colored tubular flowers. The blossoms with their 

 flaring lobes come in a wide range of colors, and their light 

 colored throats are often beautifully spotted. A continuity 

 of bloom is maintained during a long period. 

 Gloxinoides Mixed H oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



PHACELIA [liA-8 in.] Blue flowering plants are always 

 welcome for garden decoration. In this low growing sort 

 we have a desirable and effective plant for edgings. It is 

 compact, has rich green foliage, and bears a wealth of 

 spreading bell-shaped flowers in clusters. In color they 

 are a vivid gentian blue relieved at the throats by prom- 

 inent white anthers. They are among the earliest of annual 

 bloomers and last throughout the summer. 

 Campanularia ^ oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Pheasant's Eye (See Adonis) 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI [hA-12in.] Early Texas settlers were 

 delighted with the wild Phlox that made the landscape 

 vivid with color. There are beautiful native forms in the 

 Northern states, too. From these American wild flowers 

 have come the splendid varieties that gardeners have at 

 their disposal today. By selection and breeding, modern 

 Phlox Drummondi has become more regular and compact 

 in habit, the blossoms have become larger and better in 

 shape, and the clusters have become more dense and 

 symmetrical. Today the plants bear many broad clusters 

 of five-petaled flowers, each about the size of a quarter 

 dollar. For variety and combinations of bright fresh color- 

 ings they are unequalled, and they flower freely during the 

 entire summer. You will be pleased with them in your 

 garden border. 



Chamois Rose Scarlet (White Eye) 



Maroon Violet 



Pink (Carnea) White 



Scarlet Yellow 



Each of the above: J4 oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



Mixed The best large flowered varieties, unexcelled for 

 profusion of bloom and well blended in a wide range of 

 brilliant colors H oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Star Mixed The petals of these flowers have fringed or 

 toothed edges, darker centers, and margins of a different 

 shade, giving them the appearance oif twinkling stars. 

 Otherwise, they are similar in habit to the large flowering 

 kinds 3^ oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern) [hP-18 in] Suggestive of the 

 Orient are the orange red colors of this Japanese plant. 

 The flaming lanterns are unique in form. Ranged as they 

 are along stiff stems they are effective for winter decoration 

 in the house. Either with silvery Lunaria or with perennial 

 Baby's Breath (Gypsophila paniculata), they are of 

 special beauty. Pods do not usually develop until the 

 second year, but the small yellow and brown flowers are 

 unobtrusively pleasing, and Physalis is a valuable addi- 

 tion to any perennial border. The plants grow easily from 

 seed and tend to self-sow. 



Francheti M oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Periwinkle (See Vinca) 



Pentstemon 



