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CHARLOTTE M. HAINES, ROCKFORD, ILL., SEEDS GROWN BY A WOMAN 
Gloxinia—Hybrida 
One of the Most Beautiful Flowers that Bloom 
The Gloxinia is a grand flower and makes a lovely 
pot plant, as easily grown and cared for as many of 
the common flowers. The handsome bell-shaped 
flowers embrace a great variety of the richest and 
most beautiful colors, ranging from pure white to 
dark blood red, pink blush, lavender, indigo blue, 
marbled and spotted. They will bloom in four to five 
months from time seed is sown. Pkt., 12c. 
Godetia—Lady Satin Rose 
The finest of the Godetias. Color a bright car¬ 
mine. The plant grows easily from seed, blooms 
freely and the flowers are large and handsome. A 
beautiful hardy annual. About 10 inches high. Dis¬ 
tinct and graceful habit, producing long sprays of 
beautiful large flowers. Pkt., 8c; Vs oz., 18c; Y% oz., 
54c. 
Gourds Ornamental 
Gloxinia Hybrida 
Tender annual climber, 
with curiously shaped fruit 
in various colors, peculiarly 
marked. Grows 20 to 30 
feet in a season. Foliage is 
very luxuriant and is not 
bothered by insects. Forms 
may be wonderfully varied 
.... by tying strings around the 
young fruit or by inclosing same in a carved mold while growing. Many of 
these fruits keep for years, being very hard shelled. Mixed. Pkt., 8c; oz., 24c. 
Gomphrena 
One of the Finest of the Everlasting Flowers 
(Globe Amaranth.) Hardy annual. 1 foot high, round flowers resembling 
clover heads; fine for bedding and edging. Flowers can be dried for winter 
bouquets. Pkt., 6c; Vg oz., 16c; 1/2 oz., 50c. 
Everlasting Helichrysums—Straw Flowers 
The Dried Flowers Make Fine Winter Bouquets 
See illustration in color on second cover page 
FIREBALL—The brightest of them all. Pkt. 7c; 
Vs oz. 16c; V 2 oz. 45c. 
GOLDEN BALL—Intense golden yellow. Pkt. 7c; 
Vs oz. 16c; V 2 oz. 45c. 
PINK BALL—Very soft delicate .color. Pkt. 7c; 
Vs oz. 16c; Vs oz. 45c. 
SNOWBALL— A pure white color. Pkt. 7c; Vs oz. 
16c; V 2 oz- 45c. 
VIOLET BALL—The darkest of the Helichrysums. 
Pkt. 7c; Vi oz. 16c; V 2 oz. 45c. 
MAMMOTH DOUBLE MIXED—Over 20 of the 
best colors and shades. Pkt. 7c; Vs oz. 16c; 
Va oz. 45c. 
Hen and Chickens 
A Most Interesting and Novel Flower 
Plants grow from 4 to 6 inches high, 
throwing up odd-shaped flower stalks. 
Leaves are thick and fleshy and of bluish 
green color. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 10c. 
Heliopsis-—Lemoine 
Also Known as Orange Sunflower 
An easily grown perennial about 3 feet high, with large double 
flowers of brilliant golden yellow, somewhat similar to an enormous 
Zinnia. Fully twice as large as other Heliopsis. Spring sown seed 
should produce flowers in July. Stems are long and stout. Besides 
being a very showy plant in the garden, it is also one of the peren¬ 
nials for cut flowers. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 48c. 
Haines Sweet Scented Heliotrope 
Delicate Purplish Lilac Colored Flowers of Sweet and Exquisite 
Perfume 
GIANT HYBRIDS—My new hybrids of this beautiful flower. I be¬ 
lieve are unequalled. Flowers are large and of unusually sweet 
fragrance. The Heliotrope is a tender annual 15 inches in height, 
and is a universal favorite on account of its fragrance and dur¬ 
ation of bloom. They will blossom equally well as plants in the 
garden during the summer, or as pot plants in the home in the 
winter. Plant liberally this year—a packet will give you many 
blossoms all summer, but Ys ounce is not too much for even a 
small yard. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 36c; V 2 oz. $1.05. 
Godetia 
Haines Prize Hollyhock 
7c; 
7c; 
7c; 
Hollyhock— 
Imperator 
Hen and Chickens 
Heliopsis 
Ice Plant 
SUNBURST—Very double scarlet. Pkt. 
7c; Vs oz. 26c; V 2 oz. 75c. 
SUNRISE—Double lemon yellow. Pkt. 
Vb oz. 26c; V 2 oz. 75c. 
SUNSET —Double salmon rose. Pkt. 
Vb oz. 26c; Va oz. 75c. 
SNOW QUEEN—Double white. Pkt. 
Vs oz. 26c; Va °z. 75c. 
ALL COLORS MIXED—Pkt. 6c; Va oz. 22c; 
V 2 oz. 55c; oz. 95c. 
ANNUAL EVERBLOOMING—A new strain 
that blooms from seed the first year; 
sown in the open ground in May, the 
plants will flower in August. Pkt. 8c; 
Vb oz. 22c; Va oz. 60c; oz. $1.00. 
ALLEGHENY — Semi-Double — Mammoth 
flowers wonderfully formed of loosely ar¬ 
ranged fringed petals, which look as if 
made from finest china silk. Colors vary 
from palest pink to red. Pkt. 7c; 
Va oz. 20c; V 2 oz. 60c; oz. 95c. 
Something New In 
Hollyhocks 
DOUBLE EXQUISITE—Petals are exquis¬ 
itely curled and fringed, and marked 
with a large blotch of darker color, some¬ 
what resembling the pelargonium. Per¬ 
ennial 3 V 2 feet high. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 
48c. 
DOUBLE IMPERATOR—Large cup-shaped flow¬ 
ers, 5 inches across, with the edge of the 
petals frilled and fringed, with a double 
rosette in the center. Pkt. 18c. 
Olive Trescher, 2858 Castlegate Ave., Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pennsylvania, writes—I want to tell you 
that your carnation seeds we bought from you 
2 years ago were one mass of blooms, all colors, 
and very fragrant. 
Variegated Japanese Hop 
(Humulus Japonicus Variegatus) 
One of the most rapid climbers grown; seed 
can be sown in the open ground in the spring 
and it will attaiif enormous dimensions very 
quickly. The foliage is luxuriant, the leaves 
beautifully splashed with silvery white. Pkt. 7c; 
Vb oz. 14c; V 2 oz. 40c. 
Handsome and curious trailing 
plants for hanging baskets, vases and 
the garden, the foliage appearing as 
though covered with ice crystals. 
This is one of the most beautiful and 
effective basket plants that can be 
grown. Dwarf annual trailer 6 inches 
high, makes a fine show in the Rock 
Garden. Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 17c; Va oz. 
50c. 
Hibiscus—Rainbow 
Hybrids 
A fast growing perennial about 4 
feet tall. Fine for clumps. Enor¬ 
mous flowers as large as tea-saucers, 
white, blush, pale and deep pink, rose, 
etc. Plants from spring sown seed 
should bloom in September. Mixed 
Colors. Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 16c; Va oz. 
48c. 
Job’s Tears 
Helichrysum 
Rainbow Hibiscus 
Curious ornamental grass with broad 
corn-like leaves and hard, beadlike 
seeds. Valuable for winter bouquets 
with everlasting flowers, and also for 
basket making. The seed is strung 
and worn around the neck as an orna¬ 
ment, and by teething babies to chew 
the beads. Annual. Pkt. 6c; oz. 20c. 
Hollyhock—Double 
