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VIS BROTHERS’ NEW 
Mastodon Delphiniums 
1 The Hybrid Delphiniums have recently 
? become popular as garden flowers as well 
as for cutting. They have been greatly im¬ 
proved in many ways. The plants are more 
? vigorous and free-blooming, while the flow- 
i ers are larger, the trusses longer, and the 
t colors and variegations are more varied and 
| attractive. The various strains are hard to 
4 excel, and all are good, but I here offer a 
f strain developed by Vis Brothers which is 
| the top notch, and in plants as well as in 
' flowers is the last word in improved Del- 
f phiniums. The plants grow from 5 to 7 feet 
I high, bearing gigantic spikes of bloom, the 
4 large single and double flowers showing a 
? wonderful range of colors from white to rich 
j blue, many flowers with shadings of pink 
i and violet and red in the most exquisite 
t contrast. If the trusses are freely cut, so 
l that seeds are not developed the plants will 
4 keep in bloom throughout the season. T. is 
l splendid strain of Hybrid Delphiniums can 
! hardly be surpassed, and I am glad to offer 
••• new-crop seeds direct from the Vis Gardens, 
saved from their best plants and flowers. Packets of 75seeds Scents. I can also supply Hurst s 
Monarch Delphinium, 75 seeds Sets., also Blackmore and Langdon strain, 75 seeds 5cts. 1 !;e 
seeds require from a month to six weeks to germinate, and the seed-bed should be well cared fot. 
Vis Bros. Giant Delphinium 
Dear Mr. Park: In April I got Zalil and Iceburg Del¬ 
phinium seed from you and they came real well, also 
Eureka Violets. Mrs. J. W. Anderson, Henrico Co., Va. 
Dear Mr. Park: The Tuberous Begonias and Gloxin¬ 
ias from you last Spring are blooming fine. Cyclamens 
from seeds planted last October are full of buds, so they 
will not take 18 months to bloom, as per your catalog. 
I have more, than 40 plants from three packets of seeds. 
Dr. G. C. Rinker, Greenwood Co., Kans., Oct. 25, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: When we moved into our new home 
three years ago some of my friends gave me a Garden 
Shower of seeds. Among them was a packet of your 
Delphinium seeds. I planted the seeds and had 5 clumps 
the first year, and last Spring I had 17 clumps of bloom¬ 
ing plants which began in May and lasted until Nov. 15, 
and such lovely flowers. They were admired all summer. 
Mrs. F. B. Ebersole, Scott Co., Iowa, May 10, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: The Delphiniums I got from you are 
beautiful, all shades of blue. I also have a lovely white 
Primula Obconica, on which I counted 30 flowers today. 
Mrs. Effie Copeland, Wood Co., Ohio, March 24,1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: I am much pleased with your flower 
seeds. I have 24 Frcesias from about 28 seeds. Anna M. 
Phelps, Park Co., Wyo., Aug. 26, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: I can’t begin to tell you how beauti¬ 
ful my Oriental Poppies are. So far I have had three 
shades of pink and about 50 plants. I’m always success¬ 
ful with your seeds. Mrs. J. Geither, Genesee Co. N. Y. 
Dear Mr. Park: The Pansy seeds I got from you ger¬ 
minated the best of any 1 have ever planted, and the 
colors were lovely. Miss L. Baab, Fort Bend Co., Tex. 
Dear Mr. Park: The Ageratum and Water Lily seeds 
came up fine. I certainly am pleased with your seeds. 
Lillian Sell, Wabash Co., Minn., June 22, 1933. 
Hollyhock Disease. This is fungus known by 
black raised spots on the under side of the leaves. Re¬ 
move and burn all affected and dust the underside of 
remaining leaves with a mixture of powdered tobacco 
Joz. of finely powdered sulphate of copper, well mixed. 
Apply on a still, dull day every two or three weeks. This 
is a very effective remedy. 
Polygonum Baldschuanicum. This is a beautiful 
rapid-growing perennial vine that blooms freely in the 
summer. It thrives in a deep rich moist soil, and rather 
sunny situation. Avoid a high dry place arid poor soil. 
Under such conditions it will make a stunted growth 
and prove a source of disapointment rather than of 
pleasure. It is readily started from seeds, and is quite 
hardy. A handsome Vine for a pagoda or summerhouse. 
A Novel Adornment. Have a shelf constructed 
on the side of the house, three feet from the ground, on 
which place boxes eight inches deep and a foot broad. 
In the bottom fill in well rotted manure to the depth of 
three inches, then a compost of equal parts, rich loam, 
stable litter and sand, all well mixed. Now in this plant 
Tropaeolum Lobbianum, scarlet with green foliage. 
The vines will droop to the ground, forming a beautiful 
curtain of red and green that will be admired, through¬ 
out summer and autumn. 
The Maiden Pink. This is Dianthus deltoides, 
easily started from seeds, growing eight inches high and 
blooming for a long period with great freedom. For the 
rockery it is well adapted, being hardy and sending up 
new plants from the fallen seeds. The flowers are not 
large, come in rose and scarlet shades and pure white. 
The Carnation-like Marigold. T his is Guinea- 
gold. It is different from other Marigolds, lacks the 
strong Marigold odor; and the large double flowers are 
prized for cutting. The color is rich golden, and the firs 
keep well when cut. It is a new annual that will soon 
become popular. Why not be the first to have it in your 
neighborhood. 25 seeds 5cts. See page 48. 
The Burh Balsam. On page 19 1 offer the new 
Bush Balsam. The plants grow a foot high and throw 
up their spikes of bloom above the foliage. They are as 
valuable for pots as for beds. The plants thrive in any 
soil, aud in sun or shade. A child can grow it, and the 
display of bloom is continuous for weeks. 30seeds Sets., 
White, Rose, Red, or Mixed. See page 19. 
Propagating Paeonies. In early Spring cover 
your Paeony plants eight inches deep with a compost 
of woods earth, rich friableloam, and sand, equal parts, 
thoroughly mixed. The Paeony stems will push through 
somewhat tardily, but in time to bloom, and in Sep¬ 
tember, when ripened, remove the soil formerly placed 
and you will find resting buds on the stems, and below 
them a mass of roots; then detach the stems below the 
roots and set these at once cnrefully where they will 
become growing young plants. This will not seriously 
impair the old plant, which will bloom next Spring. 
A Rich Blue Flower. For a showy rich blue flow¬ 
er get Phacelia Campanularia. Seeds start in 10 days, 
and the little plants come quickly into bloom, the bright 
little bells appearing in great abundance. See page 30. 
Eutoca Viscida (Phacelia) 6 in. is also a lovely 
rich-blue free-blooming annual for rockery or edgings. 
