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NASTURTIUM 
Tender annual. Plant outdoors in April and May foot 
apart each way. In soil that is excessively rich the plants 
produce strong leaf growth but few flowers and if planted 
closer than a foot apart are apt to rot off in wet season. All 
Nasturtiums bloom from June till almost frost. 
DWARF DARK LEAVED VARIETIES 
AURORA —Primrose, veined Carmine pink. 
BEAUTY—Light scarlet, green foliage. 
GOLDEN” KING —Pure golden yellow. 
EMPRESS OF INDIA —Fiery crimson, dark foliage. 
KING THEODORE —Velvety red flowers, dark foliage. 
KING OF TOM THUMBS— Dark scarlet, dark leaves. 
CRYSTAL PALACE GEM —Sulphur, maroon blotches. 
BRONZE —Bronzy orange. 
CHAMELEON —Various colors on one plant. 
PEARL —Creamy white. 
PRINCE HENRY —Cream spotted and red tipped. 
RUBY KING —Ruby red, dark leaved. 
GENERAL JAQUEMINOT— Gloving crimson scarlet. 
RUDOLPH VIRCHOW —Soft rosy-pink. 
VESUVIUS —Salmon-rose, dark foliage. 
FINEST MIXED —Includes all of the above varieties. 
PRICE —Any of the above 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.; *4 lb. 
25c; 1 lb. $1.00 postpaid. 
DWARF FANCY LEAVED 
CLOTH OF GOLD—The foliage is of bright golden yellow, 
the flowers are intense scarlet. 
GOLDEN QUEEN —Bushes of round form only about 6 inches 
high with small light golden green leaves. The flowers 
are a rich tint of glowing orange yellow. 
CHOICE MIXED —Fancy leaved varieties. 
PRICE —Any of the above fancy leaved varieties, 5c per pkt.; 
10c per oz.; 25c per *4 lb.; 1 lb. $1.00. 
TALL NASTURTIUM 
MADAM GUNTHER’S HYBRIDS —A most beautiful strain of 
climbing Nasturtium, remarkable for richness and vari¬ 
ety of colors, embracing velvety dark maroon, scarlet, sal¬ 
mon, rose pink.l ight yellow, deep orange, as well as most 
showy striped and blotched varieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
x ,4 lb. 30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
NASTURTIUM GOLDEN GLEAM 
Large, double, fragrant golden-yellow flowers on long 
stiff stems freely produced. When forced, blooms in winter 
and grows 6 to 8 feet tall. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $3.00. 
NASTURTIUM BEAUTY OF MALVERN 
The plants are compact and bushy and produce twice as 
many flowers as other varieties. Flowers on long stems well 
above the foliage, color bright orange scarlet. Winter bloom¬ 
er. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00. 
SENSATIONS—THRILLS—MORE 
SENSATIONS—SOMETHING NEW, 
NEVER BEFORE SEEN 
is what the public wants and willing to pay those that have 
the goods. 
The grower that has good new flowers, does not complain 
of poor business. He placed himself beyond competition. Be¬ 
ing the only one in his territory, having new and superior 
plants and flowers, he is kept busy and often could sell more 
of the new if he had a supply. 
The progressive grower also gains in another way. His 
customers advertise him, they talk about the beautiful new 
flowers he sold them which means: more customers, more 
business. 
NEMESIA 
Nemesias are easly raised annuals, bearing flowers very 
distinct in shape, about an inch across, embracing all imag¬ 
inable colors from June to September, 8 to 12 inches tall, 
making a grand pot plant and beautiful edgings. Sow when 
danger of frost is past, space plants 6 inches apart. If 
wanted for Christmas start under glass about mid-August 
and grow cool, if for May flowering, sow in February. Any 
soil will suit them and grown cool their beauty is glorious. 
BLUE GEM — Of all Nemesias this is the finest. The color is 
a pretty Forget-Me-Not blue. 1-8 oz. 30c; 1-16 oz. 15c; 
oz. $2.00; T. pkt. 10c. 
NEMESIA STRUMOSA GRANDIFLORA 
Extra large flowers, richly colored, including many beau¬ 
tiful and rare shades. Most strikingly beautiful, always ex¬ 
citing great admiration, fine for bedding as well as for cut¬ 
ting. 
The seed we offer was raised with the greatest care and 
can be depended upon to produce flowers of maximum size. 
T. pkt. 20c; oz. 30c; X A oz. $1.00. 
NEMOPHILA—CALIFORNIA BLUE BELLS 
Hardy annual of compact growth and free flowering habit 
growing almost a foot high. Requires loam and partial shade. 
Fine for pots. Start in February for early spring flowering 
in a cool greenhouse; for garden decoration sow as soon as 
the ground is open. Blooms 60 days from date of sowing. 
INSIGNIS —Flowers bell shaped, sky blue. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 
15c; lb. $1.00. 
NEMOPHILA ATOMARIA 
New. Of compact growth furnishing a wealth of deepest 
blue, bell-shaped flowers from early spring to the end of sum¬ 
mer. A highly valuable plant useful for bedding, borders, 
window boxes, hanging baskets, rockeries as well as in flower 
work. Annual. Height 6 in. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 45c. 
NEPETA BLUE WONDER —See novelties. 
NICOTIAN A—Sweet Scented Tobacco 
Start the seed in April, set outdoors in May, 9 in. apart 
in rich soil and full sun. Produces a wealth of bloom from 
July t© November, fine for groups and large beds. Tender 
annual. 
NICOTIANA CRIMSON BEDDER 
New. High class bedding plant of compact growth pro¬ 
ducing in abundance from June to November beautiful trum¬ 
pet shaped flowers of deep velvety crimson. A bed of this 
Nicotiana will be much admired. Height 2 ft. T. pkt. 15c; 
is oz. 25c; Vs oz. 45c. 
AFFIN1S— Three feet high, with hundreds of fragrant blos¬ 
soms borne for months. Pure white. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
NICOTIANA SANDERAE —Mixed. Height 2% ft. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c. 
PLEASE NOTE 
That you may order half and quarter ounces at ounce rate, half 
and quarter pounds at pound rate. Our trade packets are double 
the quantity of retail packets and our retail packets are well filled 
and you will get your money’s worth every time. 
DAMPING OFF—Vinegar prevents damping off. So says Mr. 
Earle Stafford of Great Barrington, Mass. One tablespoonful of 
vinegar to each quart of water is the remedy. Immediately we 
sprinkle it on the afflicted beds the “damping off’’ vanished never to 
reappear. No seedlings seemed in the least injured by this mild acid 
bath even when submitted to it several times in one day. 
And Mr. R. W. Barrett, Montour Falls, N. Y., finds that one 
teaspoonful of formaldehyde to one gallon of water will stop damp¬ 
ing off like magic. We say: Use clean soil free of fresh manure, 
sandy clay when possible, watch your seedlings closely, remove them 
from shade gradually and on time and never overwater. We seldom 
lose from damping off; when we do, it is because seedlings were left 
shaded too long and from sour soil due to overwatering. 
