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SWEET WILLIAM —AN OLD-TIME FAVORITE 
Stocks—Mont Blanc 
STOCKS (Sometimes called Gilliflower) □ 
(Normal germination, 3-10 days) 
These are half-hardy annuals, beautiful, fragrant 
old-fashioned double flowers. Sow under glass or 
on warm border early in Spring, transplant to 
rich ground to which lime has been added. 
As only single Stocks produce seeds, no double 
strain can be had without a percentage of single 
flowers. Our strain is remarkably well doubled. 
Stocks are native in Southern Europe and 
Southern California. 
MAMMOTH EARLY BRANCHING DOUBLE 
NICE 
Mont Blanc is the finest and most floriferous 
white sort. For garden, pot or cut-flower use, it 
cannot be equaled.£ oz., 60c.; pkt., 10 
Beauty of Nice— Flesh pink.. . £ oz., 60c.; pkt., 10 
Monte Carlo —Canary yellow. £ oz., 60c.; pkt., 10 
Souvenir de Monaco —Crimson. 
£ oz., 60c.; pkt., 10 
Cote D’Azure —Lavender.£ oz., 60c.; pkt., 10 
American Beauty —Rose.£ oz., 60c.; pkt., 10 
Large Flowering Mixed. £ oz., 50c.; pkt., 10 
Straw Flower— See Plelichrysum. 
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus) □ 
(Normal germination, 5-10 days) 
The Sunflower is a well-known old-fashioned 
favorite, of late years wonderfully improved. 
The size and brilliancy of its flowers make it 
worthy of a place in every garden. Plant to hide 
unsightly objects. Indigenous to the western 
hemisphere, mainly North America. 
Double Chrysanthemum Flowered —4 feet. 
Oz., 35c.; pkt., 10 
Globosus Double —Globe flowered, yellow dahlia¬ 
shaped, 6 feet. Oz., 40c.; pkt., 10 
Single Stella —3 feet. Bushy, branching 
plant, bearing small single golden flowers 
on long stems. Has dark center. 
Oz., 35c.; pkt., 10 
★Miniature (Cut and Come Again). 
Oz., 35c.; pkt., 10 
Russian Mammoth —For field culture. 
8-10 feet. Lb., 20c.; £ lb., 15c.; pkt., 10 
Sunflower, Mexican —See Tithonia. 
Swan River Daisy —See Brachycome. 
Sweet Sultan —See Centaurea. 
SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis 
matronalis) O 
(Normal germination, 15 days) 
Mixed —Delightfully fragrant in the eve¬ 
ning. Bears spikes of purple and white 
flowers, very much resembling single 
Stocks. 18 inches. Native of Europe, 
Asia and North America. 
£ oz., 20c.; pkt., 10 
SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus) O 
(Normal germination, 8-10 days) 
These sweet scented perennials were favorites in 
our great-grandfathers’ gardens. They bloom 
early in the Spring and continue in flower a long 
time. Plants are hardy and will bloom in August 
the first and second years, and their number may 
be increased enormously by dividing the roots. 
Prefers a rich soil. Native from the Pyrenees to 
Russia to China. 
★Pink Beauty or Newport Pink —Exquisite shade 
of salmon-rose. Single.£ oz., 40c.; pkt., 10 
★Scarlet Defiance —Flaming scarlet single, of 
startling effect when grown in masses. 
£ oz., 40c.; pkt., 10 
★Snowcap —White single.£ oz., 40c.; pkt., 10 
Single Mixed —1 foot.£ oz., 20c.; pkt., 10 
Double Mixed—1 foot.£ oz., 30c.; pkt., 10 
The first complete book on gardening was 
published in England in 1758, and listed 
about 150 species of garden plants, intro¬ 
ducing them as follows: “Seedes and Herbs 
for the Kychen, Herbes and Rootes for 
salletts and sawce, Herbs and Rootes tuboile 
or tubutter, Stewing Herbs of all sortes, 
Herbes, branches and flours for windowes and 
pots, Herbes to still in Summer, Necessarie 
Herbes to grow in the garden for Physick not 
reherst before.” 
