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PHACELIA [hA-8 in.] Blue flowering plants 

 are always welcome. This low-growing sort 

 is a desirable plant for edgings and for rock 

 gardens. It is compact, has rich green 

 foliage, and bears a wealth of spreading 

 bell-shaped flowers in clusters. In color they 

 are a vivid gentian blue relieved at the 

 throats by prominent white anthers. They 

 are among the earliest of annual bloomers 

 and last throughout the summer. 



Campanularia Ji oz 50c; pkt. 10c 



Pheasant's Eye (See Adonis) 





Maximum Double Fringed Petunias do well either outdoors or in the house. 



Giants of California [13 in.] The largest single Petunias 

 known. Many are charmingly frilled; some have plain 

 wavy edges in a wide range of colors; all have beautifully 

 veined interiors. 



Mixed Pkt. 25c 



Dwarf Giants of California Mixed [10 in.] These flowers 

 are very large and open-throated, and they come in a 

 wide range of colors. The plants are compact in habit. 

 They are more suitable for window box or pot plants 

 than for garden use Pkt. 50c 



Maximum Double Fringed Practically 100 per cent double 

 and mostly giant flowered in our trials. 



Mixed [12 in.] Pkt. 75c 



Dwarf Mixed [10 in.] Pkt. $1.25 



PASSIFLORA (Passion Flower) [tP-15 ft.] In the mild 

 climate of our Southern States and in parts of California, 

 this climber is of rapid luxuriant growth and quite hardy. 

 In northern latitudes it is a pretty vine for growing in a 

 pot indoors, or for setting out in a sunny spot with southern 

 exposure in summer to be trained on strings or a trellis. 

 The five-lobed pointed leaves are graceful and of a rich 

 dark green. They make a good background for the curi- 

 ously formed flowers around which centers an interesting 

 American legend. Each flower, about two inches across, is 

 a ten-pointed star with a central fringed ruff and elaborate 

 pistil and stamens. The blossoms are delicate sky blue. 



Coerulea Grandiflora, Southern Beauty Pkt. 10c 



Passion Flower (See Passiflora) 

 Pelargonium (See Geranium) 

 Periwinkle (See Vinca) 

 Perennial Sweet Pea (See Lathyrus) 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) [hP-2 ft.] Though a peren- 

 nial, this plant will bloom freely the first season if started 

 early inside and transplanted outdoors when the Tulips 

 have passed. The plants produce numerous upright stalks, 

 with little tendency to become ragged in appearance; 

 they possess shiny green leaves and bear large spikes of 

 gayly colored tubular flowers. The blossoms with their 

 flaring lobes come in a wide range of colors, and their light 

 colored throats are often beautifully spotted. A continuity 

 of bloom is maintained during a long period. 



Gloxinoides Mixed % oz. 50c; pkt. 15c 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI [hA-12 in.] Early 

 Texas settlers were delighted with the wild 

 Phlox that made the landscape vivid with 

 color. From these American wild flowers 

 have come the splendid varieties of today. 

 By selection and breeding, modern Phlox 

 drummondi has become more regular and 

 compact in habit, the blossoms have become 

 larger and better in shape, and the clusters 

 more dense and symmetrical. Today the 

 plants bear many broad clusters of large 

 five-petaled flowers. For variety of bright 

 fresh colorings they are unequalled, and they 

 flower freely during the entire summer. 



Chamois Rose Maroon Pink (Carnea) Scarlet 

 Scarlet, White Eye Violet White Yellow 



Any one of the above: J4 ° z - 40c; pkt. 10c r 



Mixed The best large flowered varieties, unexcelled for 

 profusion of bloom and well blended in a wide range of 

 brilliant colors Vi oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Dwarf Mixed M oz. 60c ; pkt. 10c 



Star Mixed The petals of these flowers have fringed or 

 toothed edges, darker centers, and margins of a different 

 shade, giving them the appearance of twinkling stars. 

 Otherwise, they are similar to the large flowering kinds. 

 Yi oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern) [hP-18 in.] Suggestive of the 

 Orient are the orange red colors of this Japanese plant. 

 The flaming lanterns are unique in form. Ranged as they 

 are along stiff stems they are effective for winter decoration 

 in the house. Either with silvery Lunaria or with perennial 

 Baby's Breath (Gypsophila paniculata), they are of 

 special beauty. Pods do not usually develop until the 

 second year, but the small yellow and brown flowers are 

 unobtrusively pleasing, and Physalis is a valuable addi- 

 tion to any perennial border. The plants grow easily from 

 seed and tend to self-sow. 



Francheti X A oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head) [hP-3 ft.] In mid- 

 summer when hardy borders often lack bloom, this peren- 

 nial comes into flower. From the spreading roots rise many 

 erect, slender, wand-like stems decorated with narrow 

 pointed leaves. Terminally they carry tapering floral 

 spikes 6 to 8 inches long, bearing rows of small tubular 

 blossoms set on four sides of the stem. The individual 

 florets slightly resemble the Snapdragon and are a delight- 

 ful shade of rosy lilac. An effective border plant and de- 

 sirable for cutting. 



Virginica Y% oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



PLATYCODON (Japanese Bell Flower) [hP-18 in.] Above 

 the silvery green foliage of this summer blooming perennial 

 rise several slender stalks ending in handsome spikes 

 adorned with large cup-shaped flowers. Just before opening, 

 the buds look like small balloons. When expanded, the 

 pointed lobes of the bells are slightly recurved resembling 

 lilies. Their color is a deep blue with a sparkling sheen. It 

 is excellent in the permanent border or in a semi-shaded 

 rock garden where the color becomes more intense. 



Grandiflora Blue Pkt. 10c 



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