SUMMER AND FALL 1934 SEED AND BULB CATALOG 
GEUM, AVENS — Continued 
be sown in the fall or winter as soon as ripe and requires frequently until 
spring to germinate. 1/16 oz, which is a lot of the small, light seed, $1.00; 
per pkt. 25c. Plants in the fall or spring at 40c each. 
FIRE OPAL. Another new Geum, and probably the finest of all. Color, just 
what the name implies.. Seed per pkt. 25c, but also slow and uncertain. Plants 
in the fall or early spring at 40c each. 
FLAX—PERENNIAL 
SIBIRICUM (Perennial Blue Flax). Dainty, feathery foliage, slender growing 
hardy perennial, with light blue flowers; two and one-half feet; lovely for the 
rockery or among other plants. Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c; Vs oz. 35c. 
LINUM NARBONENSE (New). Very large flowers; graceful habit, of deep steel 
blue; blooms later and longer than the type. A large bed in our nursery was 
the admiration of every visitor. Height 2 feet. Seed, per pkt. 25c. 
L. FLAVUM COMPACTUM NANUM. New. Fine for the rockery. Glowing 
golden yellow flowers with deep green foliage. Per pkt. 25c. 
GRANDIFLORUM RUBRUM (Scarlet Flax) is an annual. 
GAILLARDIA 
DAZZLER. Large yellow and red flowers, fine for cutting. 2 pkts. 25c; per 
pkt* 15c 
TANGERINE. New. Orange red. 2 pkts. for 25c; per pkt. 15c. 
BURGUNDY. New. Coppery scarlet, self color. Very fine. Per pkt. 20c. 
DIANTHUS—PINKS—Perennial Varieties 
D. ALLWOODII, Double Mixed, Extra Fine. Award of merit Royal Hort. Society. 
Per 100 Seeds $3.00; per 50 seeds $1.50. 
ALLWOODII ALPINUS. Novelty. A valuable new hybrid, single and semi-double. 
Dwarf for the rockery, only 6 inches. Per pkt. 25c. 
D. WINTERI (New). Nine inches. A most valuable new strain of pinks. The 
large sweetly scented single flowers are of delightfully clean, pure colors. 
Plants are hardy, exceedingly free flowering of close, tufted habit and ideal 
for rockery or borders. We highly recommend these lovely pinks. 1/16 oz. 
$1.00; per pkt. 20c. 
HIGHLAND QUEEN HYBRIDS. New. Immense variety of colors, crimson, sal¬ 
mon. pink. Vs oz. 75c; 1/16 oz. 40c; per pkt. 25c. 
D. BARBATUS OR SWEET WILLIAM, NEWPORT PINK. A charming new 
strain, beautiful shades from salmon pink to Newport pink. Per pkt. 10c; 
3 for 25c. 
BARBATUS (Sweet William) SCARLET BEAUTY. Vivid orange or salmon scar¬ 
let; very beautiful. 3 pkts. for 25c; per pkt. 10c. 
If you want wonderful color in your garden, or are looking for a lasting 
cut flower, grow Sweet William! If you sow them early this fall you will still 
get blooming plants next summer, but if you wait until next spring you will 
obtain fine big plants during next year, but they will not bloom until the year 
following. 
SWEET WIVELSFIELD. One foot. Somewhat like the annual Sweet William, 
a cross between Dianthus Allwoodii and Sweet William; a free flowering 
Hybrid. Per pkt. 15c; 2 for 25c. 
GYPSOPHILA—BABY’S BREATH 
PANICULATA DOUBLE SNOW WHITE. One of the most important hardy 
perennials of recent introduction. The plants grow from three to three and 
one-half feet high, bearing its pretty little double white flowers in much- 
branched panicles which, when cut, can be used to great advantage with other 
flowers or by themselves, as they retain their beauty for months. It is also 
a most desirable addition to the hardy border. Blooms first year if sown early. 
Per pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 60c. 
PACIFICIA. A new rose-colored or pink hardy perennial Baby’s Breath; begins 
to flower when the white paniculata varieties have passed. (Not to be con¬ 
fused with the pink Statics latifolia, the great Sea Lavender, which some 
gardeners insist upon calling Pink Baby’s Breath, which it is not.) 
The above new pink Gysophila is a true Baby’s Breath of the paniculata 
variety. Vs oz. $1.00; 1/16 oz. 50c; per pkt. 25c. 
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