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e Annual Flower Seeds 
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Didiscus caerulea 
Echinocystis 
5914 Lobata. Wild Cucumber. A vine of 
astonishingly quick growth, with bright 
green foliage and white flowers. Ex¬ 
tremely effective as a screen and 
beautiful in late Summer and Autumn 
when covered with feathery seed-pods. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Eschscholtzia 
California Poppy 
Annuals of easy culture if sown where 
they are to bloom. The bushy plants are 
a foot high and as much across, and pro¬ 
duce an abundance of brilliantly colored, 
four-petaled flowers throughout the greater 
part of the season. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
Erysimum 
These are attractive hardy annuals for 
mixed borders and rock-gardens. They 
resemble the Siberian Wallflowers ( Cheir- 
antbus Allionii), and continue in bloom 
for a long time. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c 
5933 Golden Gem 5934 Orange Gem 
Euphorbia 
Snow-on-the-Mountain 
5936 Variegata. An ornamental foliage 
plant 2 to 3 feet high, with clusters of 
showy green and white bracts at the 
top of each stem. Worthy of much 
wider cultivation and easily grown even 
on rather poor soils. Particularly effec¬ 
tive when planted among clumps of 
perennial phlox. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Single Dianthus 
Very large flowers. Exquisitely beauti¬ 
ful in form and coloring. The plants are 
about one foot high and flower abun¬ 
dantly throughout the Summer and 
Autumn. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
5894 Salmon Queen. Delicate salmon- 
red. An exquisite variety. 
5895 Scarlet Beauty. Pkt. 10c. 
5896 The Bride. Pure white, crimson eye. 
5898 Single Mixed. All varieties. 
Diascia 
5899 Barbara. Charming little annual 
with spurred, salmon-pink flowers 
touched with yellow in the throat. 
Excellent for late planting to cover 
bare places in the rock-garden. Start in 
flats and transplant in small groups. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Didiscus 
Blue Lace Flower 
5900 Caerulea. Superb for cut-flowers. 
The long, slender stems terminate in 
flat clusters of delicate blue flowers not 
unlike Queen Anne’s Lace. Pkts. 10c 
and 25c. 
Dimorphotheca 
African Daisy 
Gorgeous Summer bedding plants re- 
sembling, to some extent, the expensive 
greenhouse gerberas. Petals shine as if 
polished. Excellent for cutting. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
5905 Aurantiaca. Brilliant orange flowers 
3 inches across. 
5906 Aurantiaca Hybrids. Salmon, pink, 
cream, and straw color. 
5908 Ringens. Large, pure white flowers 
with a blue ring in the center. Pkt. 15c. 
Gaillardia 
While the perennial forms of this flower 
are better known than the annuals, the 
superb varieties offered here are equally 
as fine for cutting, more compact in habit, 
and bloom for a longer period. Useful for 
beds, borders, and cutting. Grows 18 
inches high. 
5941 Indian Chief. A superb new variety. 
Dark mahogany-red flowers. Practi¬ 
cally 100 per cent true. A marvel for 
continuous bloom, remaining in flower 
from June until October. Pkt. 25c. 
'46 Breck’s Superb Mixture. Single and 
double varieties. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
Eschscholtzia 
Gaura 
5950 Lindheimeri. A graceful, perennial 
plant blooming from seed the first 
season, producing slender spikes, 3 to 
4 feet long, of delicately shaped and 
faintly rose-tinted flowers. Pkts. 10c 
and 25c. 
5920 Alba. Pure white. 
5922 Farquhar’s Frilled Pink. Pkts. 15c 
and 35c. 
5923 Golden West. Yellow with orange 
center. 
5924 Mandarin. A deep orange, shaded 
crimson. 
5925 Mikado. Orange-crimson. 
5926 Rose Queen. 
5927 The Geisha. Fluted petals of bril¬ 
liant gold, suffused crimson. Pkts. 15c 
and 35c. 
5928 Tango. Bronzy red and terra-cotta. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
5930 Breck’s Giant, Mixed. All colors. 
59321 COLLECTION, 6 colors for 50c. 
Dimorphotheca 
