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Vinca 



(Periwinkle) These very attractive bushy plants with glossy green foliage produce in abundance handsome 

 round or salver shaped single flowers, suitable either for culture in pots or boxes or for summer bedding 

 and borders. If sown early under glass and transplanted in a warm, sheltered situation will bloom in 

 summer and autumn and may be potted for the house before frost. The plants require no trimming, are in 

 continuous bloom from setting out until frost and are entirely free from the attacks of insects. These desirable features ac- 

 count for the increasing demand for Vincas in parks and private grounds for summer bedding and borders. Tender perennial, 

 blooming the first season, about fifteen inches high. 



Pure White. Beautiful pure white. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. Rosea. Rose with crimson eye; flowers of ten two inches in diaitl- 



Roiea Alba. White with crimson eye. Oz. 90c " 10c. eter. A very desirable wmdow plant. Oz 90c.... . .....pkt. 10c. 



,„ r. Mixed. The foregoing named varieties mixed. Oz. 75c 10c, 



VIOLA TRICOLOR— (See Pansy) 



WT |1i*1 (.Cheiranthus clieiri) This is a favorite European garden flower. The long, fragrant terminal 



YY A llf iQ^irgp spikes of the Wallflower when properly grown are very conspicuous in beds and borders and are 

 ***** *x^ TT v»* very useful in making bouquets. 



Sow seed early in liotbed and while plants are small prick them out into pots and sink in the earth. On approach of cold 

 weather remove the pots to the house and the plants will bloom all winter. Tender bushy biennial or perennial that will live 

 through the winter in a mild climate; height of plants about one and one-half feet. 



Early Brown. Brownish-red, fragrant single flowers; large, thick spikes; early. Tender biennial Pkt. lOCi 



Double Mixed. Deliciously fragrant, perfectly double, and combine many shades of color, the orange, purple and chocolate 

 predominating , , , pkt. lOe. 



117* |._„* /^liJti^rieJe One of the most beautiful and rapid growing of the hardy perennial climbers. AVhen well 

 VV ISiarla V^nillcllala established in good soil it will often grow fifteen to twenty feet during the season and frequently 

 blooms both in spring and fall. The flowers are very fragrant, single, pale blue, peashaped and are borne in lon^, drooping gnipe- 

 like clusters, often over a foot in length. Foliage light green, pinnate. The seed should be sown in mellow loam early in the 

 spring, or in greenhouse or hotbed in winter and when plants are one foot high transplanted into permanent situations. .Pkt. 20e. 



WOOLFLOWER (See Celosia Childsi) 



^v* • Sometimes called Youth and Old Age. 



M m y^ y^ m «^ The well known bush-like plants of 

 M A * 11 Ml mt% Zinnias produce a profusion of large 

 ^^ double imbricated flowers, borne on 

 stiff stems. They are much used for bedding and are suit' 

 able for borders and for cutting. 



There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zinnias with their 

 twisted and recurved petalled flowers in many bright colors, 

 and when nearly every other flower lias been killed by frost 

 this plant is still in full bloom. Few flowers are more easily 

 grown or bloom more abundantly throughout the season, 

 and the wide range of color is not less remarkable than 

 , their unusual depth and richness. 



i Sow the seed early in spring, in open ground in good rich 



"^ soil, preferably in rows one and one-half feet apart and 



A covering about one-fourth inch deep. When the young 



•A^ plants are one to two inches high thin to six inches apart. 



:' ; Start under glass for earlier blooming. Half hardy annual; 



tall growing, usually about one and one-half to two feet high. 



/~";__|. ri>.ml»l^ An improved strain which produces 

 VSldni. I^OUDlC immense double flowers 8to41nches 

 ill diameter in an extremely wide range of colors. Tlie plants 

 are haidy, of very vigorous growth, often 3 feet high, and 

 remain in bloom from early summer until killed by severe 

 frost. 



Giant Double Crimson. Oz. 90c Pkt. 10c. 



Orange. Oz. 90c " lOc. 



Pink (Several Shades). Oz. 90c " 10c. 



Purple (Several Shades.) Oz.90c.... " 10c. 



Scarlet. Oz. 90c " 10c. 



White. Oz. 90c..... " 10c. 



" " Mixed — ^A choice mixture of the above shades 

 and colors. Oz. 80c . . Pkt. 10c. 



Double Quilled Mixed. A very attractive and distinct type 

 witli tuliular or quilled petals which give the flowers the 

 appearance of a cactus dahlia. The colors range through 

 the softer shades of yellow and orange to russet. .Pkt. 10c. 



Dahlia Flowered Mixed. This new giant flowered type has 

 petals which overlap in such a manner as to give the 

 flowers the appearance of a decorative dahlia. The 

 flowers, although not .so brilliant in color as those of the 

 older type, are many of them in exquisite shades of rose, 

 lavender and old gold. The plants are strong and vigorous 

 growing and produce an abundance of blooms throughout 

 the summer and early fall Pkt. 10c. 



Lilliput Double Mixed. This strain grows about one foot high 

 and bears a profusion of comparatively small, very double, 

 globular flowers about one inch in diameter, very brilliant 

 in color. Oz. 80c Pkt. 10c. 



Mexicana Double Orange. Dwarf variety with double flowers 

 of a deep orange color, about one and one-quarter inches 

 in diameter; fine for cut flowers; height one foot. Oz.$1.00. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Mexicana Single Gypsy Girl. Distinctive in its well-formed 

 single flowers of deep maroon and golden yellow strikingly 

 contrasted. The flowers are similar to those of French 

 Legion of Honor Marigold, but are earlier and more 

 easily grown. Hardy annual; one foot high. 

 Giant Flowered Zinnia • • ' ■ Pkt. 1 5c. 



