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Scabiosa Maxima Plena Annual 



" SWEET SCABIOUS " OR " MOURNING BRIDE " 



This is an improved type of this.old garden favorite; the flowers are very 

 large and double and are produced on long stems which make them exceed- 

 ingly valuable for cut flowers. If the flowers are picked or the old flowers cut 

 offthe plants, a continuous succession of flowers will be enjoyed up to frost. 

 The brilliantly colored flowers of this plant measure 6 to 8 inches in cir- 

 cumference, are double clear to the center, and have long stems. They are 

 very free bloomers; very effective for garden decoration and valuable for 

 bouquets, vases, etc. 



When Scabiosa plants are given plenty of room and the seed pods picked 

 off as they appear, the plants will keep on flowering all through the summer 

 season. Butterflies and bees find the sweet flowers most attractive and 

 large numbers of them will usually be found in the neighborhood of a bed 

 of 'Sweet Scabiosa." The plants attain a height of from one to two feet. 

 (See illustration.) 



3642 Azure Fairy. Light blue Pkt. 10c. 



3643 Cerise. Lovely cerise red Pkt. 10c. 



3646 Golden Yellow Pkt. 10c 



364 7 Royal Purple Pkt. 10c. 



3648 Snowball. Pure white Pkt. 10c 



3650 Maxima Plena. Mixed colors Per 500 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 10c 



3651 Collection of above, 5 separate varieties 40c 



Scabiosa, Hardy Varieties, Perennial 



For Plants see page 1S3 



3656 Caucaslca Alba. A large, pure white variety; counterpart of the 

 Perfecta; beautiful; the flowers measure 3 to 4 inches across. 



Pkt. 25c. 



3657 Caucaslca Perfecta. Recognized as one of our handsomest hardy 

 perennials, forming dense, spreading plants 2 to 3 feet high, thriving 

 in any ordinary garden soil. The semi-double flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, are poised on stalks 1}-$ to 2 feet long, making them of 

 exceptional value cut for vases, etc. The coloring of the flowers is a 

 beautiful lilac-blue, shading to deep blue Pkt. 15c. 



Stoke sia : The Hardy Cornflower 



A beautiful hardy perennial plant. As a single specimen or group in 

 the border or for beds or masses it is very attractive. It is of the easiest 

 culture, blooming the first year from seed, and succeeding in any open, 

 sunny position. The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches nigh, flowering 

 from July till late in October. The flowers, 4 to 5 inches across, on long 

 stems, are valuable for cutting. 

 3 762 Cyanea Blue. Lavender blue Pkt . 10c. 



Scabiosa JapOllica Perennial 



3658 A new hardy perennial from Japan, forming large bushes, 2\£ to 

 3 feet in height and breadth, with elegant light green foliage. 

 Flowers 2 to 2^4 inches across on long wiry stems 15 to 20 inches 

 in length, of a beautiful mauve or lavender-blue. The plants, 

 extremely free-flowering, produce their lovely flowers con- 

 tinuously from the end of June until late in the autumn. Pkt. 10c 



SchizanthllS Annual 



Wonderfully showy half-hardy annuals, very decorative for garden 

 beds and unsurpassed in pots for the conservatory. The seed germi- 

 nates readily and in a few weeks' time. The plant is a mass of brilliant 

 (lowers, in an extraordinary variety of colorings. The foliage of the 

 plant is very delicate and fern-like and highly decorative in appearance. 



Our Hybrid and Wisetonensis strains as well as the Retusus varieties 

 are particularly valuable for pots and decoration purposes and the taller 

 varieties produce a most delightful effect when allowed to ramble freely 

 on suitable supports. 



3670 Dr. Badger's Giant Flowering Hybrids. A superb new strain. 



growing robust and bushy, 1 y 2 to 2 feet in height, with handsome 

 right green, fern-like foliage. The flowers, borne in great pro- 

 fusion, are unusually large, measuring from 1 to 1 \i inches 

 across; they are of much substance — very lasting — and show 

 an endless variety of bright colorings. The light varieties of 

 white, pink, buff-rose or yellow have beautifully marked centers, 

 zoned by a deeper shade. The darker sorts are of purple, mauve 

 or red, with center lines of yellow or white, margined by a deep 

 tone of the ground color. (See illustration.) Pkt. 25c. 



3675 Wisetonensis Hybrids, Large-Flowering, Mixed Colors. 

 Beautiful colors and combinations in great variety .... Pkt. 15c 



Sedum Acre stonecrop 



3676 A fine hardy perennial plant for rock gardens, having beautiful 

 yellow flowers. No Rockery is complete without this favorite 

 plant, and it is also useful for garden edgings Pkt. 25c. 



No garden is complete without an assortment of small fruits. Those listed by us on pages 171 and I 72 are the choicest grown. 



