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Scabiosa Maxima Plena 
“SWEET SCABIOUS” OR “MOURNING BRIDE” 
A new double, large-flowered annual type descended from the‘' Sweet Scabious™ 
or ‘’ Mourning Bride’ of old gardens, but are much improved in size, colors and 
doubleness, The brilliantly colored flowers of this plant measure 6 to 8 inches in 
circumference, 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, ete. 
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........... 6. cen Pkt. 10¢. 
3643 Cerise. Lovely cerise-red........ 200 ees Pkt. 10¢c. 
3646. Galderk= Mellow nee ea arian a Rete ate NE NM Nae Pkt. 10c. 
3647 Royal Purple....... B qi Dib a, eha:8 ato 8 Gyho.5 pone. daa ea aI aacte Be eee Pkt. 10c, 
S648. S now ball.oy Purejwhitencios cree bce diel eres el uee uihes is aces Pkt. 10¢. 
3650 Maxima Plena. Mixed colors.............. Per 500 seeds, 35c.: Pkt. 10c. 
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Scabiosa, Hardy Varieties 
3656 Caucasica Alba. A large, pure white variety: counterpart of the Perfecta; 
beautiful; the flowers, 3 to 4 inches across,.......... oe nl eM NS Pkt. 26c. 
3657 Caucasica Perfecta. Recognized as one of our handsomest hardy peren- 
nials, forming dense, spreading plants 2 to 3 feet high, thriving in any ordi- 
nary garden soil. The semi-double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, are poised on 
stalks 114 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 eee 
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Scabiosa Japonica 
3658 A new hardy perennial from Japan, forming large bushes, 214 to 3 feet in 
height and breadth, with elegant light green foliage. Flowers, 2 to 2 14 inches 
across on long wiry stems from 15 to 20 inches in length, of a beautiful mauve 
or lavender-blue. The plants, extremely free-flowering, produce their lovely 
flowers continuously from the end of June until late in the autumn. . Pkt. 10c. 
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Schizanthus 
Wonderfully showy half-hardy annuals, very decorative for garden 
beds and unsurpassed in pots for the conservatory. 
Our Hybrid and Wisetonensis strains as wel! as the Retusus varieties 
are particularly valuable for pots and conservatory decoration: 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 1% to 2 feet in hetght, with handsome 
peene green, Fern-like foliage. The flowers, borne in great pro- 
fusion, are unusually large, measuring from 1 to 134 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. 10c. 
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Smilax 
3685 Charming tender perennial climber for greenhouse or window 
gardens, the foliage and stems are of a pleasing light green; very 
graceful. Excellent for decoration................. . Pkt, 10¢. 
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Silene 
3680 Pendula Compacta, Double. An effective garden annual, 
forming compact, round bushes, 6 inches high, which, during the 
summer are covered densely with flowers of white, pink or red. 
For low beds on edgings it is very pretty. Mixed Colors, Pkt. 10c. 
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