PLANT STOCKS FOR LONG-KEEPING CUT-FLOWERS 



Early Giant Imperial Stocks 



Statice sinuata 



Schizanthus • Butterfly Flower 



Culture B. Cover seeds >/ 8 in. Ht. 2 ft. 

 A plant of rare beauty and elegance, both for garden decoration 

 and as a pot-plant indoors. The dainty flowers come in a wide range 

 of colors and are delicately spotted and blotched, resembling minia- 

 ture butterflies. Pinching the center out of young plants will make 

 them more vigorous and bushy. 



3365 Dr. Badger's Giant -flowering Hybrids. A fine large- 

 flowering strain in a wide range of marvelous colors. Pkt. 25 cts. 



3366 Wisetonensis, Excelsior. An excellent strain containing a 

 wide range of colors. Pkt. 25 cts. 



3364 Excelsior compactus. Excellent for pot-culture. Grows 6 to 

 8 inches high and is very compact and pyramidal. Free blooming 

 in a mixture of all the popular shades. Pkt. 35 cts. 



Stocks • Gilliflower 



Culture A. Cover seeds V s in. Ht. 2 ft. Blooms all summer 



Always desirable on account of their unusual fragrance. Stocks 

 are general favorites for bedding and cutting, and also for pot-plants 

 during the winter months. Outdoors they like a well-enriched soil 

 with plenty of moisture and some shade during the hot months. 



NEW NON-BRANCHING STOCKS 

 (Giant Column Type, Double Excelsior) 



A strikingly fine class of Stocks, especially adaptable for green- 

 house culture as they can be grown close together, producing but one 

 giant spike 2 to 3 feet in height with extra-large blooms. They bloom 

 about 10 days earlier than the branching Bismarcks and have a high 

 percentage of doubles. 



3430 Ball's White 3433 Old -Rose 



3431 Chamois-Pink 3434 Choice Mixed 



3432 Lilac-Lavender 



Each of above, pkt. 50 cts.; 3 pkts. $1.25 



EARLY GIANT IMPERIAL STOCKS 

 (Improved Bismarck) 



Of branching habit, the large flowers and long stems of this class 

 make it especially desirable for cutting. Very early blooming; high 

 percentage of doubles. 



3400 Blood -Red 3402 Dark Blue 3405 White 



3401 Canary- Yellow 3403 Deep Rose 3407 Choice Mixed 



3404 Lavender 

 Each of above, pkt. 15 cts.; Vgoz. 75 cts. 



3409 COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 6 colors 75 cts. 



IMPROVED PERFECTION STOCKS 

 (Double Branching; Florist's Strain) 

 These are an improvement on the variety offered as Ten-Weeks' 

 Stock. They are of splendid pyramidal growth, freely branching 

 from the main stem, giving an abundance of large spikes of double 

 flowers. 



3410 Canary- Yellow 3413 Fiery Crimson 3415 White 



3411 Old-Rose 3414 Light Blue 3417 Choice Mixed 



3412 Dark Blue 



Each of above, pkt. 15 cts.; V 8 oz. 65 cts. 



3419 COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 6 colors 75 cts. 



GIANT-FLOWERED BEAUTY STOCKS 



This class is of special value for winter flowering to provide cut- 

 flowers. Start seed indoors from July to September for winter forcing; 

 if started in March will bloom outdoors from midsummer until frost 



3420 Beauty of Nice. Delicate pink. 



3421 Crimson King. Brilliant crimson. 



3422 Mont Blanc. Pure white. 



3423 Monte Carlo. Canary-yellow. 



3424 Queen Alexandra. Rosy lilac. 



3425 Summer Night. Rich deep blue. 

 3427 Choice Mixed. 



Each of above, pkt. 15 cts.; Vgoz. 65 cts. 

 3429 COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 6 colors 75 cts. 



DWARF TEN-WEEKS' STOCKS 



Dwarf and compact in growth. Ideal for pot-culture or bedding. 

 Florist strain, 1 foot high. 



3756 Apple Blossom. Blush-pink. 3760 White 



3757 Old Rose. Deep rose. 3763 Superb Mixture 



3758 Porcelain-Blue 



Each of above, pkt. 15 cts.; Vkoz. 65 cts. 



Scabiosa • Pin-Cushion Flower 



Culture B. Cover seeds y 8 in. Ht. 2 Vfc ft. Blooms early July to frost 

 Extremely free-flowering plants of easy culture. Splendid for beds 

 and borders and produces very attractive cut-flowers. 



OUTSTANDING SCABIOSAS 



3347 Grandiflora, Rosette. A beautiful shade of rose, heavily 

 suffused with salmon. Pkt. 20 cts.; }4oz. $1.00. 



3355 Loveliness. Shades of salmon-rose. 



3356 Peach Blossom. Peach-blossom-pink. 



Each of above, pkt. 10 cts.; 'Uoz. 40 cts. 



3348 Imperial Giant, Blue Moon. Strikingly beautiful. Literally 

 all-double flowers 2% inches across and 2 inches deep. Pkt. 25 cts. 



LARGE-FLOWERED SCABIOSAS 



Constant and free bloomers, the plants are masses of color all 

 summer. 



3350 Azure-Blue 3353 Rose 3357 Yellow 



3351 Black King 3354 White 3360 Finest Mixed 



3352 Crimson 



Each of above, pkt. 10 cts.; Vioz. 30 cts. 

 3359 COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 6 colors 50 ots. 



Statice 



Culture A. Cover seeds Vs in. Ht. 1 Vi ft. Blooms July to Aug. 



Splendid plants grown for garden display and used largely for 

 winter bouquets. Seed germinates very slowly. 



3385 Sinuata, Choice Mixed. All colors mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 J£oz. 25 cts. 



3386 Suworowi. Russian Cat-tail. Spikes of tall rose flowers. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; }4oz. 40 cts. 



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