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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
OUR GENERAL PLANT LIST 
ALL PLANT PRICES GIVEN IN THIS LIST INCLUDE POSTAGE PAID 
For several years we have been selling: Bose, Geranium and Chrysanthemum collections such as described on pag:es 87, 88 and 89. We 
found that many, however, among: our 500,000 customers wish plants not in such collections. On this and following: pag:es will be found 
a list of the best kinds of flowering: and decorative plants for the South. Orders from this list, also for collections, can be filled up to 
May 1st. If orders are received during: extremely cold weather we hold them back until it is perfectly safe to ship, and we do not send 
plants in hot weather. We always try in order filling: to work for your best interests regardless of our own convenience or pleasure. We 
want you to be thoroughly satisfied. 
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME WITH FLOWERS 
We wsHxt to see flowers in abundance around every Southern home, no matter whether it be a town 
home or a farm home. Our Special Free Flower Seed Offer on Page 5, also second page of cover, is a 
good starter. Our Rose, Geranium and Chrysanthemum Collections and the plants named in the rest 
of this catalogue will surround your home with beautiful flowers. Even if you can’t go all the way 
this year, make a start at least towards beautifying home surroundings in 1918. 
Ornamental Garden 
Allirldl Make the garden your 
outdoor living room. 
Make it private; not snobbish, but 
personal, by surrounding it with a 
hedge or dense mass of shrubbery. 
Keep it in harmony with its sur- 
roundings and with the house it 
adjoins. Follow the “line of least 
resistance” in using native, hardy 
plants that are sure to grow and 
look natural. 
Avoid farmality, excessive sym- 
t metry and monotony. This does 
not mean that straight lines and 
repetition are not in good taste, for 
direct paths are often best and a 
long border of phlox, for example, 
lile an alternation of short and tall 
do so. 
isconnected collection 
of botanic exhibits, but a series of related pictures. 
Keep the lawn spaces open, massing plants along the edges in- 
stead of all over the lawn. If the surroundings are pleasing, leave 
places to see them ; otherwise screen them out with shrubbery. 
Use originality. Few gardens can be successfully copied, and 
you don’t want an imitation, anyway. 
Goes under various names, such as 
AtrCtIjrIJIla 9alltJlcril “Chenille Plant,” “Philippine Me- 
dusa,” “Comet Plant,” “Dewey’s Favorite Flower,” “Bloody Cat 
Tail,” etc. The most sensational plant introduced for years, and 
one of the most striking flowering ornamental plants. Strong, free 
growth with large, dark green leaves, from each axil of which rope- 
like spikes of velvety crimson flowers from 1 to 2 feet long and 
nearly 1 inch thick are gracefully suspended as shown in the illus- 
tration, which conveys but a faint idea of beauty and warm color- 
ing of this acquisition. But the remarkable floriferousness and 
Acalypha Sanderii 
seldom suggests monotony, while 
clumps or pink and white masses might easily ( 
Don’t aim for quick, cheap results, nor a dis 
the great size of the spikes of flowers (compared to the plant) are 
fairly well shown. The plant is in flower the year round, and is 
as easily grown as a Coleus, simply requiring a warm temperature 
to develop its full beauty. Fine plants, 15 cents each. 
Acalypha Triumphans 
sired. The foliage is red, marbled, streaked and mottled with green, 
yellow and pink; extremely attractive. Fine plants, 15 cents each. 
A ensapiaarsie Also called Emerald Feather. 
#%d|Jcirclgaid ^ magnificent porch or basket 
plant in the South. The fronds or leaves grow 4 to 5 feet long. 
Hundreds of magnificent plants of this are seen every summer on 
the porches in Atlanta, and when cold weather comes it makes a 
splendid house plant. It succeeds under almost any conditions. 
Plants, 16c each. Extra strong plants, 40c each, postpaid. 
Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 
Grown for its delicate lace-like foliage, whole greenhouses being 
devoted to its culture. Good plants, 15 cents each. Extra strong 
plants, 40 cents each; postpaid. 
AntScyAnAtl I AnfAnilA called Queen’s Wreath and 
MnilgOIlOn Lepiopus Mexican Mountain Rose— A 
splendid climbing plant from Central Mexico, producing rose-col- 
ored flowers in racemes two feet long. The profusion of bloom is 
such as to give resemblance of a rose at a distance, hence its name, 
Kosa de Montana, or Mountain Rose. Strong bulbs, 16 cents each. 
Aloysia Citriodora or Lemon Verbena 
This splendid plant ought to be in every plant collection in the 
South. It is well adapted to our section and has the greatest fra- 
grance of any plant grown. This fragrance is entirely that of the 
lemon, hence its name. One large plant will scent up an entire yard 
with a most agreeable odor. Grows rapidly and is easily wintered 
over in pits or cellars. Plants, 10 cents each, postpaid. 
E’Iaia# AV QAArl Fb^aa See our splendid offer of “Flower Seed 
r IVww«?r w WU ■ I W Pree” on page 5, also illustrated in 
colors on second page of cover. These are yours with an order for 
50 cents or over. 
Asparagus Sprengeri 
Ampelopsis Veitchii 
THE BOSTON IVY— One of the most at- 
tractive strong growing vines of all and 
does well planted on the north and east 
side of houses almost anywhere in the 
Cotton Belt and further north. The vines 
are covered with clinging tendrils that 
cling closely to walls, chimneys, etc. 
Makes a solid mass of dense, dark green, 
turning to brightest shades of crimson, 
red and yellow after being touched with 
frost. The entire north side of our seed 
warehouse here in Atlanta is covered 
with Ampelopsis. 10 cents each; 2-year 
plants, 25 cents ; 3-year plants, 40 cents. 
Bouganvillea JJant.* 
QAArlAvlanA nificent plant is 
9anC16riana splendid for house 
culture and for an open ground climber in com- 
paratively frostless regions. A full-grown plant 
will often contain tens of thousands of the odd- 
looking purplish pink flowers and seen in full 
bloom in warmer climates it is a sight never to be 
forgotten. Strong plants, 25 cents each. 
RBailAntAnAlA Angel’s Trumpet. It grows 
DrUglI1an9la easily, blooms freely and the 
flower is something to be proud of. The Brug- 
mansia blooms indoors in winter and in the gar- 
den in summer. The plant has large, tropical 
leaves, with blooms 8 inches wide at the mouth, 
resembling a trumpet, hence the name, “Angel’s 
Trumpet.” Pure white in color and as fragrant as 
a Jasmine. Extra strong plants, 25 cents each. 
Brugmansia or Angel’s Trumpet 
