H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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Hastings' Poppies 
Gorgeous is the only word that can de¬ 
scribe the brilliancy of a bed of our Su¬ 
perb Mixed Poppies. It contains all the 
famous varieties in the widest range of 
color and shape. Sow in the fall, March 
or April thinly, and barely cover the 
small, fine seed. When well up, thin to 10 
inches or a foot apart; they need no trans¬ 
planting. Both single and double poppies 
are very showy and make beautiful beds 
and borders. California, the famous flow¬ 
er State, has great fields of poppies along 
the railroads and highways, the wonder 
of visitors as well as the admiration of 
Californians. Hastings’ Superb Mixed, 
packet. 5c; ounce, 25c. In separate varie¬ 
ties— Double Carnation Flowered Mixed; 
large double flowers, fringed petals. Car¬ 
dinal; finest double, glowing shades of car¬ 
dinal red. American Flag; scarlet and 
white. Mikado; double fringed, crimson- 
scarlet, striped with white. Peacock; bril¬ 
liant scarlet, with black ring and cherry 
center. Shirley; new delicate colors. Tulip; 
intense scarlet, tulip or cup-shaped, 2 inch¬ 
es across, black blotch at base of petals. 
Bride; extra large white flowers. Orientate; 
new perennial poppy, coming up year after 
year, with immense single, scarlet flowers, 
6 inches across. Orientate, packet, 10 cents. 
All other poppies, packet, 5 cents. 
PASSION FLOWER (PASSIFLORA). 
Attractive half-climber, covering a large 
space in short time and bearing exquisite¬ 
ly formed flowers freely throughout the 
summer and fall. Packet, 10 cents. 
PORTULACA (SUN PLANT). Luxur¬ 
ious, free-flowering, hardy annual, with 
richest colors of great brilliancy for beds, bor¬ 
ders and edgings. Single Mixed Colors, packet, 
5 cents. Double Mixed, packet, 10 cents. 
PETUNIAS are very popular, easily grown, 
and make most beautiful flower beds of showy 
colors. They are hardy annuals and heat, 
rain or drought do not injure them. Finest 
Hastings’ Superb Mixed Poppies—Best Double and Single Varieties. 
Mixed; solid colors, without variation in markings. Packet, 5 cents. 
Hastings’ Striped and Blotched; a splendid variegated assortment. 
Packet, 5 cents. Giant Single, Fringed, Mixed; immense single 
fringed flowers of finest shades and colors. Surpass anything ever 
offered in petunias. Packet, 20 cents. Double Mixed; about 50 per 
cent come double, seed saved from only the choicest large flowers, 
highly colored. Packet, 25 cents. Sow these last two in boxes and 
transplant to open ground. 
Hastings’ "Face” Pansy (Page 22). 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI. The easiest grown of all annual flowers 
in the South. Sow seed in March to May; broadcast and work in 
lightly. No flower gives so wide a range of colors and variations. 
Phlox, Finest Mixed, packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. Grandiflora 
Mixed; large flowers, twice the size of common varieties and borne 
in large clusters. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents. New Dwarf 
Mixed; plants grow 6 inches tall and literally covered with trusses 
of large, brilliant flowers. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 50 cents. Cus- 
pidata or Star Phlox; all colors in star-shaped flowers. Packet, 5c. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS (SCARLET SAGE). Strong growing and 
free flowering, bearing long spikes of intense scarlet bloom from 
midsummer until frost. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. 
STOCKS—LARGE FLOWERING GERMAN, 10 WEEKS. For 
bedding or pot culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color, fra¬ 
grance, profusion and long blooming it is unsurpassed. Packet, 10c. 
SUNFLOWER, JAPANESE. Flowers 4 to 6 inches across on 
stalks 4 to 6 feet high; does not look like the ungainly sunflower, 
but resembles a chrysanthemum, with its rich golden yellow, finely 
fringed petals; very double. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
SWEET WILLIAM. Well known, attractive, free-flowering, hardy 
flower, producing splendid border and bedding effects. Double Mix¬ 
ed; fine double flowers, with bright colors. Single Mixed; single 
flowers, all colors. Each, packet, 5 cents. 
VERBENA. Free-flowering, hardy annual of low spreading 
growth. Sow in early spring in boxes or in open ground after 
March 20th. Finest Mixed; all colors, packet, 5 cents. Hybrids; ex¬ 
tra fine strain, best mixed, packet, 10 cents. Hastings’ Mammoth 
Mixed; colors very rich, the finest and largest strain of Verbena 
known. Packet, 15 cents. Candidissima; large flowering, pure 
white variety. Packet, 10 cents. Scarlet Defiance; intense, glowing 
scarlet. Packet, 10 cents. Italian Striped; each petal striped; all 
colors mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
VINCA. Ornamental, very free-flowering bedding plants, easily 
grown from seed. Mixed Colors, packet, 5 cents. 
WALLFLOWER, Fragrant perennials, blooming early in spring. 
Best double and single mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
ZINNIAS. Bloom with great profusion from spring until killed 
by frost. Tall Double Mixed and Half Dwarf Double Mixed. Each, 
packet, 5 cents. 
HASTINGS’ MIXED FLOWER GARDEN 
Sow the seed carefully and nature does the rest; a mixture of 
nearly 100 annual flowers for continuous bloom from early spring 
to late fall; something new to surprise you every day. Large pack¬ 
et, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
