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Job's Tears 



Kochia Childsi 



IPOMCEA QRANDIFLORA— (See Jlfoon Flower) 

 IPOMCEA PURPUREA— (See Morning Glory) 

 IPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT— (See Cypress Viyie) 

 JAPANESE HOP — (SeeHumulits JapoJiicus) 

 JOSEPH'S COAT — (See AmaranthiLS tricolor) 



[Coix lachryma) Curious orna- 

 mental grass with broad, corn- 

 like leaves and lustrous slate colored seeds used for 

 beads. Valuable for winter bouquets with everlasting 

 flowers. Plant outdoors early in spring in hills three 

 feet apart, four or five seeds m a hill, and cover half 

 an inch deep. Hardy annual; three feet high. 

 Oz. 15c Pkt. 1 Oc. 



{Summer Cypress) A quick 



growing foliage or hedge 

 plant, very symmetrical and attractive in summer 

 and fall. The'foliage is as fine as moss and of clean, 

 bright green color. Early in the fall innumerable 

 little flowers appear and the bush takes on a deep red 

 tinge. Sow outdoors early in spring, covering one- 

 fourth inch deep. Make the rows two feet apart and 

 thin eighteen inches apart. For earlier blooming start 

 indoors and transplant to open ground. Hardy annual; 

 about two and one-half feet high. Oz. 35c.. Pkt. 10c. 

 LATH YR US LATIFOLIUS— (See Peas, Everlasting) 

 LATHYRUS ODORATUS— (See Siveet Peas) 



f on'tono The plants form small shrubs, pro- 

 L^<*M.l^<Xll<X ducing in late summer and autumn 

 heliotrope-hke clusters of single, fragrant flowers 

 that change color. Succeeded by green berries that 

 turn to a deep blue. Start under glass and transplant 

 when danger of frost is over. May also be grown in 

 pots. Tender perennial; about two feet high. 



Fitj.&^i French Hybrids mixed. O^. 30c Pkt. 10c. 



(Delphinium) The Larkspur 



with its long clustered spikes 

 _ of beautiful irregular flow- 



ers, often with long spurs, is especially valuable for 

 its shades of blue. The annual forms are very de- 

 sirable for bedding and the perennials are strikingly 

 effective as a backgroiind for borders and for plant- 

 ing among shrubbery. Seed of annual varieties may 

 be sown outdoors early in spring. For earher blooni- 

 iug start very early indoors or sow in fall. Thin one 

 to one and one-half feet apart. The jaerennial sorts 

 are sown in fall or early in spring. ' Annual Urkspur 



Annual Varieties 

 Double Tall Stock Flowered Dark Blue ... Pkt. 1 Oc. Double Tall Stock Flowered Shell Pink . 



Larkspur 



Lustrous Carmine " 10c. 



Double TzJl Stock Flowered Mixed. Flowers double, borne on spikes about 



Pkt. 10c. 



White " 10c. 



fifteen inches long. Colors rose, white and 



shades of blue. Hardy annual; two feet high Pkt, 10c. 



Double Emperor (Imperiale fl.pl.) Compact and prof use bloomer having erect spikes of very double flowers. Hardy annual; 

 one and one-half feet high. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Perennial Varieties 



Elatum (Bee Larkspur) Flowers blue with hairy petals in the center giving them a fancied resemblance to a bee. Hardy per- 

 ennial; three to five feet high , Pkt. lOc. 



Formosum. Flowers large, deep blue shaded indigo, small white center. Hardy perennial; three to five feet high; long blooming 

 season Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrid Large Flowering Mixed , " 10c. 



f imiiYl Grandiflorum Rubrum (Scarlet Flax) An attractive 

 '-^***'^*** free-flowering bedding plant with slender foliage and 

 bearing on delicate stems clusters of glossy bright red single flow- 

 ers, saucer-shaped, with black center. If sown in hotbed and 

 transplanted into good, rich soil, one foot apart, the period of flow- 

 ering will be much advanced but the seed can be sown in the open 

 ground after the weather is warm. Hardy annual; about one and 

 one-half feet high. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c. 



The four dwarf (Erinus) sorts are charming 

 plants, well adapted for bedding, pots or rock- 

 eries. They make a neat edging for beds of 

 white flowers and are very effective in masses, being covered 

 with flowers a long time. The flowers are usually blue with light- 

 er center and are borne in neat clusters, each irregularly lobed 

 flower being about five-eighths inch across. 



Seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is over; or 

 start the plants in pots in greenhouse or hotbed, early in spring 

 and transplant in May to place outdoors. Half hardy annual; 

 usually about six inches high. 



True Blue. A very fine, erect and compact variety with clear in- 

 tensely blue flowers. Oz. $'3-.00 Pkt. 10c. 



Queen of Whites. A neat little plant, very dwarf, with many pure 



white flowers; useful for borders Pkt. 10c. 



Crystal Palace. (Speciosa) An exceptionally graceful sort having 

 bright deep blue flowers; very dark green foliage. Oz. $1.50. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Gracilis. The flowers are bright blue with small white centers, 

 fine for baskets and vases, trailing gracefully and blooming pro- 

 fusely. The plants are slender, six inches high. Oz. 50c.. Pkt. 10c. 

 Tenuior (Ramosa) Intensely blue flowers, decidedly larger than 

 the other sorts and with unusually long stems. Very desirable 

 for outdoor bedding and cutting. Plants upright growing, about 

 one foot high , Pkt. 10c. 



Lobelia 



