Culture 2 
Snow-on-the-Mountain 
Echium 
Plantagineum (Bugloss). This pretty annual forms plants 
20 inches high, with an upright stem, the branches from 
which terminate in a delightful, blue, cup-shaped flower in 
July and August. Likes sun. Pkt. 10 cts. 
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Eschscholtzia • California Poppy cuit. i 
A very interesting and popular annual, readily grown from 
seed sown outdoors in April or September in the spot where 
they are wanted and simply thinned out. The beautiful lace¬ 
like foliage covers the entire growth a foot high and has a 
silvery sheen. The cone-shaped poppy flowers appear on 
fairly long stems from June until frost without interruption. 
If the flowers are cut early in the morning while they are 
closed up, they will last fully two days. 
Ramona. A lovely new type of California Poppy with ex¬ 
tremely large flowers of a pale, glittering coppery gold with i 
pink shadings. The flowers are single but they are delicately I 
frilled, giving them the appearance of semi-double blossoms. ' 
They are unusually graceful. Pkt. 15 cts.; ^oz. 50 cts. \ 
Double Rose. This is an unusually good strain of a light rose 
California Poppy, quite true to color, with large, fluffy, very i 
double flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. I 
Californica aurantiaca (California Poppy). Single orange 
flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; ^oz. 25 cts. 
Carmine King. Beautiful single flowers in carmine-rose. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; ^oz. 25 cts. 
Dazzler. (Dwarf Erect.) Bright scarlet. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Golden West. Bright yellow, single flowers with dark orange 
at the base of the petals. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts. 
Mixed. Single flowers in white, and yellow and orange shades. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 34oz. 25 cts. 
California Hybrids Mixed. (Dwarf Erect.) This new strain 
will be a revelation. The single flowers come in lovely new 
shades, including soft pink, scarlet, chrome, copper-red, 
claret, and royal purple. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34oz. 35 cts. 
Euphorbia Culture 3 
Strong-growing annuals, suitable for beds of tall-growing 
plants or mixed borders. The foliage is exceedingly ornamental. 
Variegata (Snow-on-the-Mountain). Elegant, bushy plants, 
with broad green leaves, veined and margined with white. 
Attractive foliage. Ht. 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 34oz. 25 cts. 
Heterophylla (Annual Poin;ettia; Mexican Fire-Plant). An 
annual, bushy plant, w'th highly ornamental leaves, which 
in summer and autumn become dark fiery scarlet. Ht. 2 to 
3 ft. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34t>z. 35 cts. 
Globe Amaranth 
Everlasting Flowers 
These were great favorites with our grandparents and are 
today as popular as ever. The Straw Flower (Helichrysum) is 
perhaps better known than the other sorts listed, but all are 
fully as interesting for giving variety to dried winter bouquets. 
These make fine gifts from your own garden to your friends. 
The drying is a simple operation: cut before fully expanded, 
bunch like sweet peas, and hang on a line upside down in a 
cool, dark, dry room. It takes ten days. 
Acroclinium, Mixed. Pretty white and rose, daisy-like flowers, 
so desirable for winter bouquets. Ht. 1 ft. Culture 3. 
Globe Amaranth, Mixed (Gomphrena). White, pink, rose, and 
purple like heads of clover. Ht. 1 ft. Culture 2. 
Globe Amaranth, Orange. A delightful new color in this class. 
Helichrysum monstrosum. Mixed (Straw Flower). Ht. 2 ft. 
For separate colors see Alphabetical List. Culture 2. 
Rhodanthe, Mixed Colors. Neat, slender plants with silvery 
leaves and dainty lavender, pink, and white flowers like 
inverted cones. Ht. 1 ft. Culture 2. 
Xeranthemum, Mixed. Rose, purple, and white daisy flowers 
with outer corolla and center cup. Ht. 2 ft. Culture 3. 
Each of the above, pkt. 10 cts.; 34oz. 25 cts. 
Annual Flower Seeds 
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