NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
15 
DELPHINIUM ICEBERG 
Belladonna type, flowers pure white. Flower spikes 20 inches 
long carried on good stont stems. Plant of vigorous growth and 
healthy. T. pkt 60c. 
ECHIUM CRETICUM 
A new, hardy annual of easiest culture. The flowers are 
of soft, red color, very attractive. Fine for bedding or as a 
pot plant. In bloom during July and August Height 18 In. 
T. pkt. 20c; hi oz. 20c; oz. 22.00. 
EPACRIS HYBRIDA 
Half hardy shrubby perennial, one of the most beautiful, 
hard wooded plants known. Of the highest value as a pot 
plant and for cutting. Recommended only to experienced 
growers that understand the culture of Ericeae. Epacris 
requires same treatment as Erica. Worth growing because 
beautiful, out of the ordinary and a winter bloomer. The 
seed we offer is saved from choice hybrids of many colors, 
both single and double. 100 seeds 30c; 500 seeds $1.00. 
ERIOPHYLLUM CAESPITOSUM 
A wonderfully showy, hardy perennial with velvety gray 
foliage and large, golden yellow, double, aster-like flowers 
in May and June; unexcelled for dry border and rockery. 
Height 10 in. T. pkt. 25c; oz. 40c; % oz. 75c; oz. $5.00. 
EUSTOMA RUSSELLIANA 
An elegant pot plant of neat, compact growth, producing 
in abundance large, deep purple, bell-shaped flowers with 
black centers and golden yellow stamens, perfectly stunning. 
Tender perennial. Height 20 in. Start the seed in spring, 
pot up early during summer. Shift as needed and finish in 
8 in. pots in spring. Eustoma being very beautiful and new 
should prove readily salable and a plant that will create talk 
and comment. Requires carnation temperature. Blooms in 
winter. 100 seeds 20c. 
ERYSIMUM ORANGE GEM 
Of a true orange color, brilliant and vivid, a color rarely 
seen in nature. Resembles in formation of bloom true wall¬ 
flower. Can be sown late in autumn. Just before hard frosts 
or early in the spring. Blooms 10 weeks from date of sow¬ 
ing, stays in bloom for two months. A fine flower for bou¬ 
quets. Modern and popular in Europe. Annual. Height 2 
ft. T. pkt. 10c; *4 oz. 15c; oz. $1.00. 
ERYTHRINA CRISTA GALLI 
Coral Tree. Half hardy shrub of striking beauty rarely 
seen. Produces during summer masses of brilliant crimson 
bloom in large terminal racemes. Easily raised from seed. 
Sow in May in a deep flat with 4-5 inches of dirt. By fall 
you will have strong plants two feet tall. Store the flat in¬ 
side over winter. Next May plant out three feet apart in 
full sun. A group of these plants produces an immense 
effect. Then every fall lift the fleshy roots and store over 
winter like dahlia roots. South of St. Louis stands out of 
doors if protected. Height 5 ft. T. pkt. 20c; -fa oz. 35c. 
FRANCOA GLABRATA 
New. Half hardy perennial of easiest possible culture. Started 
early under glass will produce, during the summer months a num¬ 
ber of elegant sprays of pure white flowers, exquisite for bouquet* 
and flower work. Height 30 in. T. pkt. 15c; -fa oz. 35c. 
GESNERA CARDINAUS 
A handsome pot plant about a foot high, producing spikes 
of highly attractive flame-red flowers from Easter on if placed 
in heat in December. Sh ould prove a ready seller being 
really beautiful and NEW. Culture same as for Gloxinia, 
however, Gesnera is much easier to raise than Gloxinia, it 
is more hardy. Pinch several times in order to get nice 
bushy plants. T. pkt. 26c. 
GYPSOPHYLA SNOWFLAKE 
Extra Early Flowering 
New. Hardy Panlculata type that blooms four weeks 
ahead of the old type of perennial Gypsophyla. The flowers 
are pure white, double and our selected strain produces close 
to 90% of double flowers from seed. T. pkt. 30c; 10 pkts. 
$2.75. 
GAILLARDIA BEAUTIFUL STAR 
New hybrids in the annual class. Flowers very large 
and double, two inches across or over, in attractive shades 
of copper red, pompeian red, blue, scarlet, yellow, etc., and 
many flowers edged with gold at the tips of florets. Of high 
value for cutting, the stems being long and rigid and the 
flowers lasting a long time when cut in or OUT of water. 
In bloom from May to November. The flowers are ball¬ 
shaped, double and resemble a star and fine for any kind of 
flower work. Easily raised, doing well in almost any kind 
of soil, defying hot and dry weather, never failing to produce 
masses of exceptionally beautiful flowers. A flower that is 
not possible to overpraise, yet almost unknown. Grow this 
Gaillardia, you will have an unlimited supply of bloom from 
May to frost. Height 2 ft. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $6.00. 
GLORY OF THE SUN 
A NEW FLOWER OF EXTRAORDINARY VALUE 
Leucocoryne Ixiodes Odorata “Glory of the Sun” is a 
bulbous plant, bearing large, fragrant, blue flowers with white 
centers in large heads on wiry stalks 18 inches long, from 
February to May, if planted in August to November. Charm¬ 
ing in the daytime or under artificial light a flower that lasts 
two weeks when cut, one that can be shipped long distances 
and easily produced from seed. It was introduced in Europe 
in 1928 and the Europeans went wild over it. The same 
thing will happen here and growers will do well and make 
NO mistake if they grow Leucocoryne without delay. The 
demand for flowering bulbs is sure to come, the thing is, to 
have the bulbs when the demand does come. CULTURE— 
Treat same as you do Freesias. Bulbs planted in the Fall 
bloom in February and on. It takes 2 to 3 years to produce 
flowering size bulbs from seed. The seed germinates readily 
and bulbs are produced without any trouble. The seed is 
rather expensive, but in two or three years you will have 
your own seed producing plants, will keep on sowing and 
producing bulbs which you will sell as fast as produced. 
Therefore do not hesitate, go ahead full blast. You have here 
a chance to make a few extra dollars that will come in 
handy when taxes fall due, etc. T. pkt. 75c; 10 pkts. $7.00; 
100 pkts. $60.00. 
GLOBULARIA TRICHOSANTHA 
Globe Daisy. A dwarf, tufted, perfectly hardy perennial, with 
beautiful double flowers from May to July. Fine rock, bedding 
and hot plant. Does best in partial shade. Height 1 ft. T. pkt. 
15c. 
IRIS AUTUMN KING 
German or Bearded Iris originated by H. P. Sass. Bloom* 
during the May-June season and again from September until 
killed by frost. Flowers large, purple-blue. Very scarce. Eaeh 
56c, postpaid. 
ISOLOMA MULTIFLORA 
Produces quantities of large, flery-red flowers from October 
to April, grows from 12 to 18 in. high, the foliage is dark green 
covered with brownish-red hair and very attractive. Requires 
same culture as Gloxinia but much easier raised as It is not 
nearly as tender as Glox4nia. In fact It is the easiest raised 
pot plant and will withstand much neglect. T. pkt. 25c. 
All of our specialties and novelties are items of 
real merit, superior either in earliness, quality or pro¬ 
ductiveness, varieties that pays to grow. 
Quality vegetables, quality flowers will always find 
a buyer and a better price will always be paid for veg¬ 
etables or flowers placed on the market early. Right 
kind of seed is the key to better profits. 
Our duty as seedmen is to have good seeds, seeds of 
superior varieties. We are doing our duty—just see 
the long list of the new and superior, in both vegetables 
and flowers. We search the world for the new and good 
in seeds and thus serve our own and our customers* 
best interests. We feel that we deserve your patronage. 
TO EES SEN THE LOAD of worries that many of us are com¬ 
pelled to carry, give your customers maximum service, “most for 
their money,” and grow a maximum amount of new, never-seen- 
before flowers. 
