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PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
It occupies a first place as a garden annual, being one of the most brilliant and at the 
same time one of the easiest and most satisfactory plants, which can readily be grown from 
seed. It will grow and thrive in any kind of soil if given a sunny position but prefers 
a light, rich loam. Seed may be sown in the open ground any time after danger from 
frost is past, and in a few weeks they are a sheet of bloom. Price, 10c; 2 packets, 15c; 
5 packets, 40c. 
CARNEA Delicate rosy-flesh color, 
SNOW STORM Large flowering, pure white. 
CLOWINC CRIMSON Beautiful shade of brilliant crimson. 
BRILLIANT ROSE True bright pink. 
COCCI NEA Bright scarlet. 
GOLDEN CLOW Beautiful rich yellow. 
VIOLET Dark violet or purple. 
STARRED AND FRINGED PHLOX Most distinct and striking. The flowers have a star- 
like appearance, white margins border the edges of 
the petals. Price, 10 cents. 
CHOICEST MIXED, LARCE-FLOWERINC Contains all of the colors noted above as 
well as a great many others and makes a 
very showy bed or border. 10 cents per packet, 3 for 25 cents. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX (P. Decussata) 
Hardy herbaceous perennial and quite distinct from the varieties of Phlox Drummondi 
offered above, which are annuals. The seed is supplied in mixture only. 15c a packet. 
CAMPANULA 
CUP AND SAUCER CANTERBURY BELLS This is unquestionably the finest type of 
this old-fashioned and much prized garden 
plant. They differ from the ordinary type in having an extra large calyx, which is of the 
same color as the flower, giving the appearance of a cup and saucer. Finest Mixed, all 
colors of the Cup and Saucer type, 10 cents. 
CARPATICA BLUE Free-flowering hardy perennial, continuing in bloom the whole 
season; color clear blue; grows 8 inches high; especially good 
for edging and Rock Gardens. 10 cents. 
ROTUNDIFOLIA (Blue Bells of Scotland). This beautiful variety—famous in song and 
story—grows about a foot high with branched wiry stems and grace¬ 
ful drooping mid-blue bell-shaped flowers ; a splendid subject for the rockery or front of 
hardy border. 15 cents per packet. 
PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant) 
For brilliant coloring, nothing can excel a bed of Portulaca, with its silky flowers glis¬ 
tening in the sunlight. It is very easily grown and no bedding plant equals the Portulaca 
for places exposed to the hot sun of midsummer. 
LARGE FLOWERING DOUBLE As double as roses, and comprising many brilliant 
colors. Seventy-five per cent should produce perfectly 
double flowers. Packet, 15 cents. 
LARGE FLOWERING SINCLE Unsurpassed for carpet bedding, where a brilliant effect 
is desired. Packet, 10 cents. 
MIGNONETTE (Reseda) 
SWEET This annual is an old-time favorite and, with the introduction of new types, it 
is one of the most generally grown flowers for fragrant bouquets, bedding and 
pot culture. For a continuous supply of bloom, sow seed early in spring and again in mid¬ 
summer. Each packet will contain a mixture of several varieties. Packet, 10 cents. 
NIGELLA 
LOVE-IN-A-MIST or DEVIL IN THE BUSH A compact, free-flowering plant with 
finely cut foliage, curious looking flow¬ 
ers and seed pods; of easy culture, growing in any garden soil; hardy annuals; blue and 
white mixed. 10 cents per packet. 
LOBELIA 
CRYSTAL PALACE COMPACTA Rich deep blue; dark foliage; the finest dark blue 
for bedding ; 4 inches. 10 cents per packet. 
GRACILIS Li ght blue; light green foliage; trailing; 9 inches. 10 cents per packet. 
CENTAUREA 
IMPERIALS “Roy?' Sweet Sultan.” The most beautiful of the Centaurea family. The 
beautiful, large, fragrant, artistic-shaped flowers are borne on long stems 
throughout the entire summer and fall. When cut will last for several days. Price, 
packet, 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. 
CASTOR BEANS 
ZANZIBARIENSIS Strong, sturdy growing tropical-like plants, having ornamental 
greenish-bronze foliage, desirable as center plants for Canna beds 
and to hide unsightly places. Ground moles may be kept away by planting Castor Beans. 
Packet, 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. 
CRIMSON SPIRE The bushy plants grow 6 to 8 feet high with large palmate leaves of 
a lustrous purple color, gradually changing to bronzy green, with 
red stems, stalks and vines. The numerous large seed spikes are brilliant rosy crimson. 
Packet, 15 cents. 
Phlox Drummondi 
Campanula 
Vestal’s Peony Poppy 
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