//. C. Hastings & Co., Seedsincii, .-Itlanla, Georgia. ■'^9 
Plant Summer Flowering Bulbs 
Some of our most attractive and widely 6rown flowers come from what are known 
as summer flowerinii bulbs or roots. In the middle and lower South the double I earl 
Tuberose, Gladioli, Dahlias and Cannas grow luxuriantly, furnish an abundance of 
beautiful flowers and last for years in the open i^round with only slight protection. 
Our prices on these flowers are sa low that they really do not pay us a profit but we 
are willing to handle them without profit for the sake of inducinii every owner of a 
farm home to plant more flowers, to beautify the home and its siirroundinfis. M kere 
home surroundings are both beautiful and comfortable there is content—the call to 
leave the farm for town or city is seldom heard. 
Double Excelsior Pearl Tuberoses 
culture anywhere, either in pots, boxes or open ground. In many parts of the South it is a fav¬ 
orite summer flowering bulb, a single flower scenting the entire room. It grows vigorously an 
all parts of the South, is free from insect pests: and our first size bulbs are always sure bloomers 
the first season. Price, postpaid. 5 cents each; 6 for M cents: 12 for 35 cents: 50 tor 81.25; 100 ior 
82.25. You will enjoy the delightful fragrance. 
^1 x» I* Our finest mixed Gladioli are a source of greatest satisfaction to every one who 
IjlfiQlOll plants them in the South, Hastings’ finest mixed giving the very best of re¬ 
sults- the mixture being made up from a fine selection of the very best of colors, all of the cheap 
and inferior grades and colors having been thrown out. The tine spikes of bloom with their 
richness and brilliancy of coloring, are out of all proportion to the trifling cost oi the bulbs. 
Don’t fail to plant a dozen or more of them in your flower garden this year. 6 for 15 cents; 12 for 
25 cents, 50 for 95 cents 100 for 81.80; postpaid. 
^ I T| • Or “’Elephant Ears.” Splendid decorative plants with immense leaves. 
I_)alacllllin.s Fir^t size bulbs, 10 cents each; 81.00 per dozen. Second size, 15 cents; 
81.50 per dozen; prepaid. Extra large, '25 to 40 cents each; prepaid. 
Well developed roots for quick results in blooming. We can supply in named 
varieties. Chas. Henderson, crimson; Florence Vaughan, golden yellow 
spotted with red; Mad. Crozy, scarlet with golden edge; Queen Charlotte, crimson scarlet 
edged with yellow; Italia, red center with outer half yellow; Burbank, rich canary yellow; 
spotted with crimson; Austria, golden yellow with faint markings. Each, 10 cents; 81.00 per 
dozen; postpaid. See illustration of tine Cannas on page 8:3. 
Mixed Canna Roots, 6 for 40 cents; 75 cents per dozen; postpaid. 
-pv i I* Very popular now. Large field grown roots of white, yellow, pink, purple, 
l.Fa.ima.S dark red and variegated, 25 cents each; 3 for 65 cents; 5 for 81.00; postpaid. 
Bloom the first season and with very slight protection by being covered with trash, leaves or 
stable manure will last many seasons in any part of the South. Cover enough to keep them from 
freezing The Dahlia is now one of the most popular of all flowers and our new decorative and 
Cactus flowering varieties will surprise you in beauty of flower and rich coloring. Plant 
Dahlias this year; you won’t regret it. 
Prices Postpaid 
A Word to Southern Mothers 
We want to say just a word to tlie mothers on the farm. The great problem today is to keep the 
boys and girls on the farm. We know that the glare and glitter of the city attracts the boys and 
the girls. They see only the bright spots. They don't see the everlasiing struggle going on to feed 
the hungrv mouths in’the city, the dangers and temptations that are a part of life in every city. 
It'strue that some country boys succeed. It's also true thatwhere or.e succeeds nine fail. Ihe 
mother's part back yonder on the farm is to make the farm home so attractive by flowers end good 
cheer that your boys and girls can rest content at home. So long as home attractions are made 
strong by the mother the boys and girls don’t care to leave, the call of the city is not strong enough 
to pull them away. Do your part in making home attractive. 
Hastings* GladioU 
Hastings’ Plant Collections 
This pa^e finishes lip the pnrely 
seed part of our catalogue, ^^liat fol¬ 
lows except the ihird and fourth coyer 
pages devoted to Hastings’ Prolific 
and Georgia Champion Corn are de¬ 
voted strictly to flowering and orna¬ 
mental plants, the beautiliers of homes 
and home surroundings. Every mother 
and daughter in every farm home has 
the right to have flowers and plenty of 
them. It is not only her right but her 
duty to have them for there is nothing 
that will do more to make home at¬ 
tractive than flowers. 
It was oiir aim and pnrpose w’hen 
we began selling Roses, Geraniums and 
Chrysanthemums in these popular 
priced collectioiishy mail,postpaid, to 
make it easy and cheap for you to have 
plenty of flowers around the farm 
homes. 
Prices are as low as good healthy 
plants can be grown for. If yoo don t 
care to order plants from our general 
list be sure and order one or more of 
our special collections of Roses, Ge¬ 
raniums and Chrysanthemums. 
Caladium or Klepbaot EarP 
