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The flowers oF Rose of Heaven, Viscaria, arc most 

 effective in quite large sroupings. 



VIRGINIAN STOCK [hA-6in.] This was a favorite in gardens 

 in t he old days, and modern flower lovers should make use 

 of it more often than they do. It can be sown quite early, 

 and as summer comes on it will provide a pretty, fresh 

 effect as an edging or in a low border. The dwarf plants 

 are light green and produce quantities of four-petaled 

 single flowers with a faint perfume. These come in shades 

 of red and white. The plants bloom for many weeks. 



Mixed Oz. 35c; pkt. 10c 



VISCARIA (Rose of Heaven) [hA-12 in.] Another of the 

 colorful annual flowers which the older generation may 

 recall in gardens when they were j'oung. The neat tufted 

 plants with pale green leaves bear terminal flowers resem- 

 bling tiny single wild roses. Throughout the summer there is 

 a wealth of blossoms in shades of red, white, and blue. 



Mixed Pkt. 10c 



XERANTHEMUM (Everlasting) [hA-18 in.] When winter 

 comes, the person who has planted this dainty strawflower 

 may have a lasting remembrance of his garden's summer 

 beauty. The erect plants are graced with silvery foliage and 

 carry on long slender stems double flower heads about 1J4 

 inches across. These have one or two rows of ray petals 

 around a dense central tuft of shorter, tubular florets. The 

 exterior ray petals come in shades of white, pink, and 

 purple, while the tufts are usually ivory wliite. 

 Double Mixed 3^2 oz. 50c; pkt. lOe 



WALLFLOWER [hhB] This branch of the Stock or GiUi- 

 flower family is a great favorite throughout Europe ; 

 it should be one of the garden's treasures in the milder 

 sections of this country. In our Northern States even the 

 early varieties may not flower out of doors before frost, but 

 if taken up and potted they will furnish beautiful blooms 

 indoors. Thej^ come in wonderfully rich tones of red, yel- 

 low, and brown and are deliciously perfumed. 



Single Earliest [12 in.] Four-petaled single flowers with 

 a sweet fragrance characterize this group. The stocky 

 plants branch near the base and send up quite erect 

 stalks with thick lance-like leaves and rather open floral 

 spikes. 



Golden Gem A clear golden yellow flower. 

 Paris Brown Handsome soft light brown coloring. 

 Vulcan Flowers in a rich deep blood-red shade. 

 Any one of the above: H oz. 30c; pkt. 10c 



Double [20 in.] Many shades of orange, yellow, and mul- 

 berry are to be found in this type of wallflower. Each 

 plant normally produces a single vigorous stalk with 

 drooping dark green leaves and a tapering spike thickly 

 set with double flowers. It makes a fine accent plant in 

 the front of the border. 

 Mixed H oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



WHITLAVIA (California Canterbury Bell) [hA-12 in.] 

 This native of California is a blue flowering plant that 

 does well everj'where, and it should be grown more 

 generally. The leaves which are heart-shaped and toothed 

 form a dense group above which rise dehcate hairy stalks 

 with curving sprays of flowers at the top. The blossoms 

 are httle bells, their flat, five-lobed margins of violet- 

 blue intensified by their clear white interiors. Each 

 flower soon fades, but the continued succession of bloom 

 keeps the plant in color for many weeks. 



Gloxinoides Blue K oz. 40c; pkt. 10c 



Wind Flower (See Anemone) 



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Yarrow (See AchOlea) 



Xeranthemum is fine for cutting when fresh, 

 but more desirable for drying. 



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