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F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC., Washington, D. C. 
BOLGIANO’S AMERICAN ASTERS 
980. ASTER—SUPER GIANT ELMONTE. Special Mention All 
America Selections for 1936. Elmonte is a deep glowing crimson. 
A companion to Super Giant Los Angeles. It is composed of abun- 
dant quantities of daintily interlaced plume-like petals, the flowers 
are extremely large and fluffy, borne on heavy non-lateral, basal- 
branched stems. It is very early blooming, coming in before the 
California Giant varieties and remaining in flower over a long 
period. Pkt. 15 cts.; 1% oz. 40 cts.; %4 oz. 75 cts.; oz. $2.75. 
NEW CALIFORNIA GIANTS 
Wonderfully formed flowers of the Crego type 5 to 6 inches in diameter, 
each one packed with broad petals that twist and interlace in a most beau- 
tiful fashion. The strong plants grow 3 to 3% ft. high with stems 18 to 
24 inches long. Season, medium to late. We offer the following colors: 
10038. Peach blossom. 1005. Deep rose. 
1004. Dark purple. 792. Light purple. 1006. White. 
Pkts. 10 cts. % oz. 35 cts.; %4 oz. 65 cts. 
793. CALIFORNIA GIANTS MIXED. Pkt. 10 cts.; %4 oz. 60 cts. 
NEW CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE ASTERS 
791. The Sunshine Asters are a truly beautiful type. The plants form 
well-branched bushes and carry an abundance of excellent large flowers. 
The blooms themselves are most artistic. The outer petals are long and 
narrow whereas the center petals are tubular with a small four—pointed 
star at the end. Choice mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 60 cts.; oz. $2.00. 
HEART OF FRANCE ASTER 
794. As beautiful a red as the purest ruby. The flowers are borne on 
strong branching plants 2 ft. high during September and October. Their 
glowing beauty commands instant admiration. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4% oz. 40 cts.; 
% oz. 75 cts. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET ASTERS 
790. The earliest aster, producing a profusion of fine blooms. 
I Height 
about 20 inches. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1%4 oz. 25 cts; %4 oz. 40 cts. 
910. 
All America Selections 1934, 
fully double aster known. 
lovely soft shell pink blending to a creamy pink at the center. 
The plants are entirely non-lateral with 6 to 8 long stems to a 
ASTER SUPER GIANT LOS ANGELES. Award of Merit, 
Los Angeles is the largest and most 
The flowers, 6 to 8 inches across, are a 
plant. The Los Angeles is certainly a rare beauty. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; 
Yq oz. 40 cts.; %4 oz. 75 cts.; oz. $2.75. 
WILT RESISTANT STRAINS 
This year we offer Crego’s Giant Comet and American Branching Wilt 
Resistant. This is the most wonderful discovery in aster culture in recent 
years. With these strains you can successfully grow asters without the 
attack of aster wilt which has been so disastrous to all aster growing. 
WILT 
resistant CREGO’S GIANT COMET ASTERS 4, ¥rEr 
Large flowers four to five inches in diameter. The petals are beau- 
tifully curled and twisted much like Japanese Chrysanthemums, 
777. White 779. Crimson. 781. Purple or 
778. Pink. 780. Azure blue. Dark Blue 
The above varieties, Pkt. 10 cts.; %4 oz. 45 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
782. CREGO’S GIANT COMET MIXED. Many colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 144 
oz. 35 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
VICK’S 
WILT AMERICAN BRANCHING ASTERS Vicks 
RESISTANT 
Large double flowers, fine form. Plants 2% to 8 feet high, branching 
787. Azure blue. 
and robust habit. 
788. Purple. 
783. White. 
784. Pink or Mary Semple. 
The above varieties, Pkt. 10 cts.; 1%4 oz. 45 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
789. AMERICAN BRANCHING MIXED. Many colors. 
1% oz. 35 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
: ASTERS P. 
996. MICHELMAS DAISY. One of the showiest of our late flowering 
perennial plants; star like single flowers. If sown early in spring will 
flower the same season. Choice mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4% oz. 35 cts.; 
1 oz. 65 cts. 
785. Crimson. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 
BALLOON VINE A. 
“LOVE IN A PUFF” 
808. An attractive climber 
of quick growth and _ bears 
profusely inflated seed cap- 
sules. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 15 
cts.; oz. 20 cts. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON 
(CENTAUREA) 
Also known as Cornflower, 
Ragged Robin, ete. Easily 
grown from seed and blooms 
profusely from July until 
frost. Height 2 feet. 
806. DOUBLE BLUE. The 
finest blue. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 
40 cts. 
804. PINKIE. Double, deep 
pink. Very fine. 
oz. 50 cts. 
807. DOUBLE MIXED. 
Choice mixture of many colors. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; % oz. 20 cts.; oz. 
35 cts. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 
949. BACHELOR’S BUTTON (Centaurea) 
Award of Merit 1937 All America Selection. 
side front cover.) 
JUBILEE GEM. 
(See illustration in- 
Dwarf compact plant only 10-15 inches tall, 
A wonderful addition 
Pkt. 15 cts.; 
covered with double cornflower blue flowers. 
to any garden where something rare is appreciated. 
mz oz. 35 cts.; %4 oz. 65 cts.; oz. $2.00. 
BALSAM (LADY SLIPPER) A. 
809. DOUBLE CAMELLIA FLOWERED. All Colors Mixed. These are 
very beautiful for borders. The plants make perfect little bushes with bril-— 
liantly colored flowers. Some of the colors are crimson, lemon, pink, lilac 
and pale rose. Height 114 to 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 20 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 
BALSAM APPLE A. 
810. A very curious climbing vine having glossy green foliage and golden 
yellow apple-shaped fruits, Rapid grower. Pkt. 10 cts.; % oz. 25 cts.; 
oz. 45 cts. 
BLUE LACE FLOWER A. 
932. DIDISCUS CAERULEA. The plants grow 2 feet high and branch 
freely, each stem crowned with an umbel of delicate, sky—blue flowers re— 
sembling Queen Anne’s Lace. It is easy to grow and blooms from July 
to November. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 30 cts.; 1% oz. 50 cts.; oz. 90 cts. 
CANNA A. 
820. MIXED. Every one has a place for these luxuriant plants with 
their enormous brilliant clusters of blooms and broad leaves of green or 
bronze. The seed should be pierced in one spot with a file and soaked in 
tepid water for 24 hours before sowing. Sow early. Pkt. 10 cts.; ¥% oz. 
25 cts; oz. 40 cts. 
CANTERBURY BELLS B. 
819. CAMPANULA MEDIUM SINGLE MIXED. Two feet. Beautiful 
bell-like flowers of pink, blue and white. Blooms from early to midsum- 
mer and is certainly one of the most striking flowers among the biennials, 
Pkt. 10 cts.; %4 oz. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
CANTERBURY BELLS A. 
1014. The new annual Canterbury Bells make a plant that is loaded 
with flowers less than five months after the seed is sown and by making 
successive plantings all through the early spring we can have these lovely 
flowers all through the summer and fall. All colors mixed, including the 
various shades of blue, pink, rose and white. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 20 cts.; 
oz. 70 cts. 
CALENDULA DOUBLE A. (POT MARIGOLD) R.G. 
Does well in cool location. Should be planted either singly or in masses. 
Plants grow 12 inches high, branch freely and bear throughout the season 
large double flowers 3 inches in diameter. 
826. CALENDULA CHRYSANTHA. The large flowers are an ex- 
quisite shade of clear buttercup yellow, with long, loosely-arranged petals, 
which droop to give the rounded appearance found in our favorite Chrysan- 
themum. Fine for cutting with long stiff stem. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1%4 oz. 20 
cts.; % oz. 35 cts. 
1012. CAMPFIRE OR SENSATION. Extremely large flowers; color, 
rich orange with a scarlet sheen. Makes a very attractive flower. Excel- 
lent for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 20 cts.; % oz. 35 cts. 
1011. LEMON QUEEN. Lemon yellow. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
811. ORANGE KING. .Rich orange red. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
987. RADIO. The petals of the large, perfectly double flowers instead 
of being flat are beautifully quilled forming an almost globular flower. 
Color a rich glittering orange. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4% oz. 20 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
813. DOUBLE MIXED. A fine mixture of yellow and orange shades. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 
cts. 
812. CALENDULA 
—ORANGE SHAG- 
GY. A Gold Medal 
Winner in the 1935 
All America Selec- 
tions. Orange Shaggy 
is a distinct new 
break in Calendulas. 
The petals are long, 
deeply fringed and 
laciniated. Row after 
row of these long 
fringed petals over— 
lap each other in a 
rather irregular fash- 
ion and build up a 
bloom with the 
shaggy appearance of 
some  Chrysanthe- 
mums. Very grace— 
ful in appearance. 
Color a deep orange 
shading to a lighter 
orange in the center. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; ™%4 oz. 
20 cts.; % oz. 35 cts. 
