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Salvia 



(Flowering Sage) Among the most 

 brilliantly colored of garden flowers 

 and extremely useful for bedding; also 

 valuable for pot culture and cutting. 

 Blooms are borne in long spikes well above the foliage and 

 are of fiery red, crimson or blue, continuing in flower a long 

 time. The densely filled flower spikes are often eight to ten 

 inches long and include thirty or more tube-like florets, one 

 to two inches in length. 



Start early in heat and transplant into light soil one to 



two feet apart; or seed can be sown outdoors after danger 



from frost is past. Tender perennial, but blooms the first 



season; height one and one-half to three feet. 



Splendens. Sold also as ''Splendens Bonfire." The large, 



brilliant scarlet flowers are in very striking contrast with 



the rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This 



variety is most generally used in parks and on extensive 



lawns, as it is more vigorous than the dwarf varieties. 



One of the most distinct and effective bedding plants. 



Two and one-half to three feet high. Oz. $2.25. .Pkt. 10c. 



Fireball. Many strains of Salvia Splendens have been offered 



under different names claiming they are larger flowered 



or more floriferous than the old type. We have found 



none more valuable than this strain in which the plant is 



more uniformly dwarf, and comes into bloom earlier than 



most sorts. Height of plant about two feet Pkt. 10c. 



Patens. One of the finest blue flowers known; not as well 

 suited for bedding as the other varieties of salvia, but 

 very attractive in the mixed border or in the green- 

 house. Height of plant, about one and one-half to two 



feet Pkt. 15c. 



SCABIOSA— (Se^ Mourning Bride) 

 SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum) 



Scarlet Runner Beans 



•bchizanthus R,if,t,fti-flv f lower 



A rapid growing an- 

 nual climber, bearing 

 sprays of brilliant scarlet pea shaped blossoms. Used either 

 as a snap or shell bean for eating as well as being desirable 

 for ornamental purposes. Seed may be planted out of doors 

 as soon as danger of frost is past. Vines ten to twelve 

 feet high. Oz. 15c Pkt. 10c. 



Also known as 

 Butterfly Flower or Poor Man's Or- 

 chid. Dainty compact branching plants with finely cut 

 foliage, covered w^hen in bloom with clusters or spikes of 

 brilliantly colored butterfly-like flowers. Valuable for gar- 

 den decoration or pot culture. Petals bright yellow with 



Salvia 



margins and tube of carmine or purple-rose, shading from lighter to darker shades. 



The seed may be sown outdoors after danger of frost is past, where the plants are to remain; or start inside and transplant 



when weather is suitable. Hardy annual; about twenty inches high Pkt. 15c. 



mia«|-» riaicv Splendid perennial plants with large single white flowers with yellow centers. The flowers are borne on 



i^itadia i^aisy long stems and are excellent for cutting. The plants produce an abundance of bloom, making them 



very desirable for the hardy border. 



Seed may be sown in the open ground early in spring but 

 better results are usually obtained from sowings made in 

 boxes indoors and plants set out after they have made some 

 growth. Well pulverized soil, prefrably light sandy loam should 



be used and the seed covered one-fourth inch Pkt. 10c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT— (See Mimosa Pudica) 



C^ *! (Myrsiphylluvi asparagoides) No twining 



^fY^f l^y plant in cultivation surpasses this in graceful 

 ^^*******^^ beauty offohage. Indispensable to florists for 

 table and house decoration. The hard texture of its small glossy 

 green leaves permits the long delicate sprays of foliage to be 

 kept without wilting several days after being cut. 



Planted in spring it makes a fine pot plant for fall and winter. 

 The seed germinates very slowly. The process may be hastened 

 somewhat by soaking the seed in hot water for ten hours be- 

 fore planting, but even then it is often six or eight weeks be- 

 fore the plants make their appearance. Tender perennial 

 climber, ten feet high. Oz. 50c Pkt. 10c. 



{Antirrhinum) (Large 

 Floivering) This border 

 and bedding plant of long 



_ blooming season is now 



one of the best perennials suitable for flowering as an annual. 

 The long showy spikes of curiously shaped tubtdar flowers with 

 spreading lobes and finely marked throats are fragrant as well as 

 brilliantly colored. They are very desirable for cutting as the 

 spikes of" bloom are borne well above the dark glossy leaves and 

 keep fresh for a long time. 



For blooms the first season outdoors, sow seed very early 

 under glass and transplant to open border as soon as the ground 

 is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situation, setting 

 one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of water; or sow 

 seed in August or September and cover plants with a mulch on 

 approach of cold weather. These fall-sown plants may be trans- 

 planted into pots and flowered in the house, and in this case give 

 them the same temperature and treatment as geraniums and 

 carnations. Tender perennial, often treated as annual or 

 bienial; one and one-half to two feet high. 



Tall Large Flowerinsr, White Pkt. 10c. 



Yellow " 10c. 



Pink, White Tube " 10c. 



Garnet " 10c. 



Scarlet .... " 10c. 



Fine Mixed. An extra fine mixture in- 

 cluding all the best colors. Oz. 50c . . Pkt. 10c. 



Snapdragon 



Shasta Daisy 



