H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen ' 
87 
Hastings’ Finest 
MU Sweet Peas 
Every year this splendid mixture of Sweet Peas 
becomes more popular and rightfully so. It's usu¬ 
ally the case that sweet pea mixtures are made up 
from the Inferior sorts, dull colors or any kinds that 
the seedsman might have plenty of. Not so with 
our mixture. It Is made up from 72 of the best va¬ 
rieties in existence, these being selected after care¬ 
ful observation of some ■150 named sorts. Every one 
of these 72 Varieties are grown separately under 
name. When these reach our warehouse the mix¬ 
ture is made, just the right quality of each color and 
shade going in to give the finest blending of colors 
togive you a most pleasing assortment of shade, 
color, and resistance to hot sun. Sweet pea.« "S’-. 'oe 
sown in January, February and March c x ws 
where they can be brushed or run on wi- . -<-“g 
flowering period is desired dig trenc'.e about W 
inches deep—till in about 6 Inches w 1 .veP rottea 
manure and top soil well mixed, pla’ eed o^ mis 
and cover 2 to 3Inches. After se^' .omes keen 
drawing in earth until trer ■'h's .*• ed lev'pi with the 
ground. Packet, 5 cents; oi.nc* ' cer.vo, pound, 
25 cents; pound, 76 cents; pos*paia. 
Sweet Peas (Separate Colors) 
Many prefer to plant the colors sevxarately. We can supply 
you the best varieties for the South in the following colors: 
Pure White, Pink, Lavender, Navy Blue, Red and Striped 
or 'Variegated. Order by color. Each, pht., 5c.; oz., lOc.; lb., 25c.; lb., 75c.; postpaid. 
^nlpnilpnc Rulversally popular. A strong 
uQIVIQ OpiGIIUullo grower and free flowering, bearing 
np Conrlpt Cnna long spikes of intense scarlet bloom 
U1 ObQIlGI uuyu from mid-summer till frost. It de¬ 
lights in the warmest and sunniest situations. Sow seed in 
open ground after trees are in full leaf and ground is warm, 
and may be started earlier in boxes, in sunny window, and 
transplanted to open ground as soon as the soil is warm. 
Packet. 10 cents. 3 packets, 25 cents. 
Reseda Odorata Mignonette scented Mignonette, 
delightfully fragrant, Fkt., 6 cts.; oz., 10 cts. 
Hastings* Sweet Peas 
Salvia Splendens 
HASTINGS’ MIXED FLOWER GARDEN 
Seellllustration. on Paic^e 80 
We have made a mixture of nearly 100 annual flowers. In this you get continuous blootn from 
early spring until late fall, something new and surprisingly beautitul every day. Make your flower 
bed in earliest spring; sow the seed carefully and nature does the rest. If you have never tried one 
of these mixed dower gardens do so this year. You will be well repaid. Large packot, 10 cents, 3 
packets, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 
You Can Get Some Flower Seed Free, See Page 29 
Phlox Graadiilora 
PETUNIAS SINGLE AND DOUBLE 
Sow thinly in open beds when trees are starting to leaf. Scatter thinly and cover 
lightly. Can also be started earlier, in boxes in the house, and transplanted. 
Finest Mixed - These are solid colors, without variation in markings. Pkt.,6cts. 
Hastin«s’Striped and Blotched— A splendid mixture of finest striped, blotched and 
variegated sorts. Packet, 6 cents. j 
Giant Single FrinSed, Mixed—Immense single fringed flowers of finest shades and 
colors. They surpass anything ever offered in iietunias. Packet. 20 cents. 
Double Mixed Petunias—Seed saved from finest large flowered co lection. About oO 
percent, come double trnm seed, and those that conie single are most highly 
colored and blotched. Sow seed of these and Giant Single FrinSed in boxes, in 
the house, transplanting afterward to open ground. Packet, 25 cents. 
PHLOX DRUMMOND! 
The easiest grown of all annual flowers in the South. Sow seed as soon as soil 
can be'worked in the spring broadcast, and work in lightly._ No flower gives so 
wide a range of colors and variations; nor is there any plant finer for bedding for 
early display. 
Phlox, Finest Mixed—All shades and colors. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Phlox, Grandiflora Mixed-Large flowers, twice the size of the common type; borne 
in large clusters. It is well worth the slight difference in price to have the 
greater brilliancy of display. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 
Phlox, New Dwarf, Mixed—Small plants growing 6 inches high, literally covered 
with trusses of large, brilliant flowers. It hen in full bloom the ^ds are a mass 
of color, the green of the plants being almost entirely covered. Packet, 10 cents; 
^ ounce, 60 cents. 
Phlox. Ciispidata—Star Phlox— All shades and colors of the phlox family, combined 
in bLar-ghaped flowers, each petal being pointed. Pac/ket, o cents. 
