Helena, Montana. 
FLOWER SEEDS si 
FLOWER SEEDS 
Annuals — Bloom first year from seed and die after one 
season. 
Biennials — Bloom second year from seed and plant dies 
after second year. 
Perennials — Bloom second year from seeds and plant lives 
and blooms for several years. 
Tender — Means plants will not stand the least frost. 
Half-Hardy — Means plant will stand a little frost and 
needs protection. 
Hardy — Means plant will stand considerable frost. 
ABRONIA VMBBBIiKATA — (Sand Verbena) .....Plct., 5c 
Very pretty trailing plants with numerous clusters, of sweet- 
scented flowers. Rosy lilac, with white eye. Does well In light 
soil. Annual. 
ACBOKINIUM — (See Strawflower.) 
AFBICAN QOI^D DAISY — (Dimorphotlieca Aurantiaoa)....Pkt., lOe 
The single daisy-like flowers are Inches in diameter, and of 
a unique glossy terra cotta orange, which brilliant coloring is 
rendered the more conspicuous by the dark disc surrounded by 
a black zone. Tlie plants grow from 12 to 15 inches high and are 
very profuse flowering, especially in dry situations. Hardy an- 
nual. 
AOERATXTM — (Floss 
Plower)- — Blue Per- 
fection Pkt., 5c 
A hardy annual of 
easy culture, especiat- 
Iv valuable for bed- 
ding, as it is literally 
-jovered with blossoms 
all summer. Sow the 
seed early in the 
vy, spring. 
1 AX-irSSUM — (Marl- 
tinum, Sweet Alys- 
sum) Oz., 35c; pkt. 
5c. 
Sl.v to eight inches 
high. A fragrant, 
hardy, annual, bear- 
ing spikes of small 
white flowers in great 
profusion throughout 
the summer and au- 
tumn. Useful for 
border or early bed- 
ding flowers. Sow 
the seed early In 
spring. 
Ag'eratmu (Blue.) 
AtYSSUM— (little Dorrit) Pl5t lOc 
A novelty of late introduction, of dwarf and very bushv 
habit. E.xceedingly useful for border and cemetery purposes. 
African (Jold Daisy. 
Alyssnm (l^lttle Gem.) 
AtYSSTTM— (little Gem) pkt., 10; oz. 76c 
Ihree to four inches high; fine for borders. 
AI.YSSTJM COMPACTUM I^II.ACIAinrsi— (Ulac Queen)— Hardy 
annual, lilac flowered. Per Pkt T. 10c 
AIiYSSUM SAXATIIE OOMPAOTA— A hardy dwarf perennial, 
very useful for rockwork, literally covering itself with yellow 
tlowers. Per pkt .:.....10c 
AMMOBIUM— (See Strawflower.) 
AMA^ANTHUS TBICOIOB— (Joseph's Coat)— Mixed Pkt., 5c 
ihese plants afford brilliant contrasts of colors, being use- 
ful for borders and groups; also, where foliage effects are de- 
sired. The leaves and stems are of different shades of red, 
blended with green. Half-hardy annual 
ANTIBBHINUM— (Tom Thumlj)— Mixed. Per pkt 10c 
Beautiful dwarf growing bushy variety. Flowers are hand- 
some and produced in great profusion the entire season It 
is not only desirable for beds and groups but also for pot cul- 
ture. Perennial. 
ANTIBBHIIIUM— (Semi Dwarf )— Choice mixed Pkt. 10c 
A splendid type, growing in height between the Tom Thumb 
and Giant forms of this noble plant. 
ANTIBBHINUM — (Orandiflora) — Tall mixed Pkt 5c 
Flowers double the size of oicier sorts more closely set on 
stems and colors more clear and brilliant, growing about 18 
inches high. Grand mixture of many s'.riking colors. Perennial. 
ANGEIi'S BBBATH — (See OypsopWl."./ 
Aspaiagrua Flnniosus. 
ASPARAGUS — (PlumosuT Nanus) pkt 10c 
An indoor perennial climber, of won .rful beauty, it has 
largely replaced the famous smilax In the floral world. Bright 
cheerful. Fern-like green. 
ASFABAQtTS — (Sprenferl) — (Emerald Feather) JPkt 10c 
Adapted to suspended baskets; 1 to 4 feet An excellent 
trailing house plant, as it withsta: as a dry atmosphere and 
succeeds everywhere. Remains fresh a long time after cutting 
AQUII^EGIA — (See Coltuublne.) 
ASPEBXriiA — (Aznrea) — Blue p^t 5c 
Grown for its fragrant leaves and stems which dried have 
a sweet odor, and are used for putting among clothes, etc. 
Best grown among shrubbery in semi-shaded positions where 
It can remain undisturbed. 
ASPEBUI.A TINCTOBIA— (Sweet Woo ruff) Pkt 10c 
An old-fashioned fragrant hardy perennial plant, greatly 
loved for its fragrance when dried, resembling the sweet odor 
of new mown hay. Bears small white flowers 
Ismay, Mont., Sefit. 16, 1918. 
State Nursery & Seed Co., 
Helena, Mont. 
Gentlemen:— About the last of April I ordered Lawn Grass Seed from your firm. On May 10th we planted the seed and 
in Just 30 days we cut the grass for the first time. It seems that every seed germinated. Thanking you I am 
Yours very truly, 
^'"s. G. J. Armstrong. 
