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BRAINARD NURSERY & SEED CO., THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. 
Salpiglosis—Emperor Strain 
Shirley, King Edward. Beautiful single scarlet 
with black center. Pkt. 10c. *4 oz. 20c. 
Paeonia Flowered. Immense double flowers; 
beautiful colors. Mixed. Pkts. 5c. and 10c. 
oz. 25c. 
Barr’s New Tall Double, Salmon Shades. This 
is a decided improvement over the older strain 
or Paeonia Flowered Double Poppy. Color 
varying in shades of salmon. Pkt. 10c. 
oz. 25c. Oz. 45c. 
PORTULACA 
Single Mixed. This plant will thrive and bloom 
in hot dry places where many others fail; 
grows close to the ground. Pkt. 5c. l /i oz. 
15c. 14 oz. 25c. 
Grandiflora Double Mixed. A splendid mixture 
which will produce a good percentage of per¬ 
fectly double flowers in the most brilliant col¬ 
ors. Many consider this double strain a great 
improvement over the common single. Pkt. 
10c. 1-16 oz. 25c. % oz. 45c. *4 oz. 75c. 
RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 
Red Spire. The bushy, shapely plants, growing 
5 to 6 ft. tall with pretty leaves of bronzy 
green, red ribbed and veined, produce flower 
spikes or seedpods 9 to 15 in. long, of a hand¬ 
some shade of rosy crimson Splendid for 
center of round beds. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 30c. J4 
lb. 90c. 
Zanzibariensis. Stately plants, large foliage. 
Pkt. 10c. Oz. 20c. >4 lb. 70c. 
RUDBECKIA 
Bicolor Superba (Annual Coneflower). A splen¬ 
did cutting annual of fine keeping qualities; 
produces an abundance of bright yellow flow¬ 
ers with brown central disc. Pkt. 10c. 14 oz. 
25c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
Emperor Strain. Deservedly called the Orchid 
of annuals. Of easy culture, doing well in 
any good ordinary soil, in sunny position; 
varying from 18 to 30 inches in height; pro¬ 
ducing abundantly until frost beautiful funnel- 
shaped flowers often 2 to 3 inches in diameter, 
and their beauty is greatly enhanced by the 
tinting and veining as well as the velvety tex¬ 
ture of the flower. Pkt. 10c. % oz. 20c. *4 
oz. 35c. 
SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) 
Bonfire. One of the finest of the Salvias, grow¬ 
ing in compact, bush like plants 2 to 2ft. 
tall with erect spikes of vivid scarlet flowers 
in late summer. Pkt. 10c. Large Pkt. 20c. 
% oz. 40c. 14 oz. 75c. 
America. Without doubt the earliest, freest 
and most continuous flowering Salvia or Scar¬ 
let Sage. Growth is very uniform, about 2 ft. 
high with bright scarlet flowers well above the 
foliage. Pkt. 25c. % oz. 60c. *4 oz. $1.00. 
Farinacea. This is a welcome addition to the 
rather short list of blue and light blue annuals 
for cutting. Tall spikes of silvery lavender- 
blue flowers well above the foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
SANVITALIA 
Procumbens. A splendid creeping plant pro¬ 
ducing abundantly small, double yellow flowers 
which so much resemble those of the Dwarf 
Zinnia that they are often called Creeping 
Zinnia. Pkt. 10c. x /s oz. 35c. 
SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride). 
Large Flowered Tall Double. A magnificent 
and indispensable annual of easy culture. The 
beautiful flowers are borne on long stems and 
keep for days in perfect condition after cut- 
Scabiosa (Mourning Bride) 
