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Eschscholtzia 



or California Poppy 



Eschscholtzias are among oiir most beauti- 

 ful and popular annuals, being of the easiest I 

 culture. From spring-sown seed they flower 

 profusely until late in the autumn, making 

 them invaluable for bedding. The plants 

 are dwarf-branching habit, about 1 foot 

 high. 

 2214 Crimson King. The best of the 



red-flowering varieties. Bright crim- 

 son, interior satiny carmine Pkt. 10c. 



2216 Dainty Queen. Flowers creamy 



blush tinted coral-pink, deepening in 



shade toward the edges Pkt. 10c. 1/ <%J>, 



2220 California, Double Mixed. White, 



yellow and orange Pkt. 10c. 



2222 Golden West. Flowers of immense size. 



The colors arc intense and shining yellows. *v "W^S -~ 



some with orange blotches. ^PB ^»i^T ' "J™* - 



Per 1,000 seeds. ^r,c: Pkt 10c. ^a!] .J 



2224 Erecta Compacta Mandarin. The plants, ^W»^|| | 



of upright compact, bushy form, produce *WU 



freely large flowers of rich, deep, orange color, shaded 



crimson Pkt. 10c. 



2226 Mikado. Large flowers of lustrous orange-crimson 



Pkt. 10c. 

 2230 California, Single, Mixed. Orange, white, yellow, etc. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c. 

 2232 New Hybrid. The plant of this new type is very erect and bears extra 



large flowers of tints and shades never before seen in Eschscholtzias. They 

 include soft pink, scarlet, chrome yellow, coppery red, shades of claret, and 

 royal purple, and extra rich shades of crimson, pink and orange scarlet. Mixed 

 colors . . ." Per 1,000 seeds, 50c. ; Pkt. 15c, 



2228 Toreador Double. This beautiful plant will delight everybody with its 



delicate grayish-green foliage and large double flowers. The center of 



the flower is golden bronze, and the reverse orange crimson. The plants grow 



about 1 foot high. (See illustration.) Pkt. 35c. 



Gaillardia 



Giant Hardy Hybrid Blanket Flower 



2250 These are hardy perennials, compact in growth, and produce a succession 

 of flowers summer and fall. As cut flowers they last in water for days. The 

 flowers are often 4 to 5 inches across, colored in great diversity of variations 

 and blendings, including such combinations as scarlet with gold edge, blood-red 

 with yellow edge, yellow with orange disk, golden with scarlet border, pure 

 yellow, fiery crimson, and many others. 



Giant Hardy Hybrid, Mixed Colors Per 500 seeds, 50c. ; Pkt. 10c. 



Gaillardia 

 Annual Varieties 



Very showy garden annuals, 1 to 2 feet high. Grown in masses they are 

 especially effective; large flowers, 2 to 3 inches across produced from early sum- 

 mer until frost, unrivaled for cutting. (See illustration.) 

 2255 Lorenziana. or Double-flowering. Large round heads composed of 



numerous fihrels of crimson garnet, lemon orange, etc Pkt. 10c. 



2260 Mixed Single Varieties Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c. 



year a Henderson "Garden Beautiful" 



Dimorphotheca 



Annual African Daisy 



2185 Golden African (D. Aurantiaca.) An extremely showy annual 

 of neat branching habit: grows about 12 inches high, flowering dur- 

 ing the summer in continuous profusion. The single, Daisy-like blossoms, 

 2! 2 inches in diameter, are brilliant orange, with a dark-colored disk, 

 zoned black: -well adapted for groups or borders; it stands the heat finely 

 and produces its pretty flowers very early in sunny situations and will 

 continue to flower during the summer. (See illustration.) 



Per 500 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 10c. 



2186 Hybrid African Daisies. In growth and flower these new hybrids 

 are like the parent, but they vary in color from white to red and tints 



of sulphur lemon and golden-yellow, orange, reddish-yellow salmon 

 shades; many are marked with different colored zones. 



Per 500 seeds, 40c ; Pkt. 10c. 



2187 White Beauty. A very attractive and easily-grown annual of 

 compact habit, growing about 8 or 10 inches. The flowers are more 



refined than in most of the Daisy class, and being of a pure glistening white 

 with blue zone are very attractive. The plant is also very free^-flowering 

 and we consider it deserves a place in every garden. 



Pkt. 25c. 



DolicllOS or Hyacinth Bean 



Annual climbers, of rapid growth, 

 10 feet high, with Wistaria-like clusters 

 of flowers, followed by bronzy-purple 

 seed pods. 



2192 Japanese Giant Crimson. 



Blush, deepening with age to 



dark red Pkt. 10c. 



2193 JapaneseGiantWhite. 



Long spikes of clear white 

 flowers Pkt. 10c 



Eschscholtzia Bush 



2212 A sturdy annual. 

 Grows into a bush 2 feet 

 high. Large cup-shaped 

 flowers, 3 inches across, on 

 long stems : the color is bright 

 yellow, petals broad and crink- 

 led, like crushed satin. The 

 cut flowers keep a long time in 

 water. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 30c; Pkt. 10c. 



Euphorbia Marginata 



**Snow-on-the-Mountain 

 2235 This native annual is popular 

 as a garden plant on account of its 

 ease of culture in the poorest soil — -if 

 in a sunny location. It is of branching 

 growth, about 2 feet high. The foliage 

 of light green being broadly margined 

 with silvery white, gives the effect in min- 

 iature of "Snow-on-tne-Mountain." Pkt. 10c 



Henderson's Invincible Asters* the superior of all Asters for size, form, color and beauty, command highest prices on all cut flower 



markets. See pages 88 and 89 



