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^1^ Y • Few plants are more easily grown or remain longer in bloom than the Tropceolum 



IVI _^ -^ J_ -MmM-Er-M-M ■■ wra-rfc. ^'^^ ^^^ large shield-shaped leaves and beautifully irregular flowers having long 

 I ^1 ^B ^ I I llr I ■ I ■ llTl spurs and brilliantly colored petals. In favorable soil flowers are produced in 

 A ^ ^^^9 ^^Ka ^A W&JL a a abundance throughout the season. Much used for window boxes. If the black aphis 



appeals spray the foliage vigorously with water. 

 Seed is usually sown outdoors, as soon as the weather is warm and settled, in the row where the plants are to remain. 

 Well pulverised soil, preferably well drained and modeiately rich, should be used and the seed covered with about one inch of 

 fine soil firmly pressed down. A sunny situation is essential for free blooming. If the soil is very rich the plants give a large 

 amount of foliage but few flowers. For earlier blooming, start indoors and transplant to the open ground after danger of 

 frost is over. 



1^ C \r * M.' (Tropceolum minor) Sometimes called Tom-Thumb sorts. The flowers are brilliant and attractive. 



LlWarr V a.rietieS The plants are evenly dwarf and are often used for a border. When about two inches high, thin so 

 as to give each plant about one foot of room. Hardy annual; about one foot high. 



Aurora. Flowers light reddish orange, veined with Pearl. Pale yellow. Oz. 15c; }4 Lb. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



carmine. Oz. 15c; J^ Lb. 35c Pkt. 10c. Rose. A warm rose-pink. Oz. 15c; K Lb. 3.5c ** 10c. 



Bronze Colored. Bronze-orange. Oz. i5c; M Lb. 35c.. " 10c. Scarlet. Scarlet-orange. Oz. 15c; M Lb. 35c '* 10c. 



Crimson. Dark crimson. Oz 15c; J^ Lb. H5c " 10c. Schilling's Striped. Bright yellow with brownish red 



Empress of India. Small, compact plant; deep scarlet or maroon blotches and stripes. Oz. 15c; }4 Lb. 35c. ** 10c. 



flowers: very dark foliage. Oz. 15c; J4' Lb. 35c " 10c. Yellow. Bright rich yellow. Oz 15c; K Lb. 35c " 10c. 



King Theodore. Scarlet-maroon or brown-red flowers. Dwarf Mixed. Many desirable shades and colors. 



Oz. 15c; J4 Lb. 35c " 10c. Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 35c; Lb. Si .25 " 10c. 



T" •!• \r ' M.' (Tropceolum Lobbianum) The Lobbianum differs from the common tall, climbing or running nas- 



1 ra.liing[^ V a.rietieS turtlum in being a little smaller in leaf, more compact in growth, more floriferous and having richer, 

 more varied colored flowers. When about two Inches high thin to six inches apart. Give some support to the vines as soon 

 as they begin to run and they will usually grow six to eight feet during the season. The trailing sorts are much used for 

 covering arbors and trellises. Half hardy annual. 



Bright Yellow. Yellow with purplish carmine stain. Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c Pkt. iOc. 



Brilliant. Intense scarlet-red, dark foliage. Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c " lOc. 



Chestnut Brown. Rich red-maroon. Oz.l5c; 141b. 35c '. " lOc. 



Giant of Battles. Sulphur, red blotches. Oz.lSc; J4 lb. 35c " lOc. 



Hemisphaericum (Ma,; «s^ Straw, blotched and suffused orange- scarlet; very large foliage, very strong growing, usually 



twelve to fifteen feet high. Oz. 15c; }4 Lb. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Jupiter (Majlis) Very large, golden -yellow flowers; very large foliage, very strong growing, usually twelve to fifteen feet 



high; free blooming. Oz. 15c; }4 Lb. 35c ! Pkt. 10c. 



King of the Blacks. Black-red or crimson- 

 maroon, with darker markings; dark foliage. 



Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Light Yellow. Attractive light yellow or yellow- 

 ish white with maroon stain. Oz. 15c; Jd Lb. 35c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Queen Wilhelmina. Foliage variegated, being 



marbled and veined with light green and white. 



Flowers rosy scarlet. Oz. 15c; J4 lb. 35c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Rose. Bright and attractive. Oz. 15c; J4 Lb. 35c. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Spitfire. Bright, fiery scarlet flowers; very 



floriferous. Oz. 15c; 34 Lb. 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Trailing Mixed. Lobbianum varieties. A wide 



range of colors and shades. Oz. 15c; M Lb- 30c; 



Lb. iifl.OO Pkt. 10c. 



Madame Gunter's Hybrid Nasturtiums 



The flowers are striped or blotched with 

 shades of red on yellow and orange ground. 

 Vines about four feet long, being intermediate 

 between the dwarf and the trailing sorts. Half 

 hardy annual. Oz. 15c; }4 Lb. 40c. . . .Pkt. 10c. 



Chameleon Nasturtiums Almost every 

 shade of color and marking known to nastur- 

 tiums; continually changing from day to day. 

 Attractive strains. 



Dwarf Chameleon. Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c.Pkt. 10c. 



Trailing Chameleon. Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. .35c " 10c. 



Nicotiana 



Handsome bedding 

 plants of the tobacco 

 family, valuable for 

 long and free blooming. The flowers are 

 salver-shaped, with long tubular corollas. 



Sow outdoors when ground is warm and 

 dry, covering the fine seed one-eighth inch deep 

 or for earlier blooming start in boxes indoors 

 and transplant to open ground when danger of 

 frost is past. Allow at least eighteen inches to 

 each plant for proper development. Half hardy 

 annuals; about three feet high. 



Affinis. Flowers large, white and fully expand- 

 ed only in the morning or evening or on 

 cloudy days. Very fragrant. Oz. 30c. Pkt. 10c. 



Sanders, Mixed. Flowers white, carmine-rose 

 or violet, a little smaller than Affinis and un- 

 like it, in full bloom during the day. Very 

 floriferous pitt. iqc. 



NIGELLA— (See Love-in-a-Mist) 

 CENOTHERA— (See Primrose) 



