TUCKERS’ SEED HOUSE, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI 
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Balsams 
Lady Slipper —An old time favorite with brilliant double flowers. Suc¬ 
ceeds best in good rich loam. Height two feet. 
•Double Camelia, Flowered, Mixed—Pkf. 5c; oa. 15c; oz. 40c. 
Batchelor Button 
Centaurea Cyauiis— Very free-blooming, hardy annual, also called Blue 
Bottle, Ragged Sailor, etc. Single Finest Mixed. Pkt. 5c; Yz o*. 2.5c; o*. 40c. 
Double Finest Mixed. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 25c; oz. 45c. 
Calliopsis 
A quick growing annual. The flowers are placed on graceful wavy stems 
and in color, run through all the shades of red and yellow; foliage dainty, 
useful combined with other flowers. All sorts and colors mixed. Pkt. 5c; 
44 oz. 20c; oz. 35c. 
Calendula 
A perpetual bloomer, the flowers are oriental in color and exhibit every 
shade of yellow from ivory to deepest orange. Makes good cut flowers. 
iFinest Mixed. Pkt. 5c; Y 2 oz. 15c; oz. 25c. 
Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 
Tuckers’ Prize Mixture —An elegant mixture of all the finest classes and 
■colors of single “Cup and Saucer” varieties; hardy biennials. Pkt. 5c; 
Yt oz. 40c; oz. 75c. CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Carnations 
These popular flowers are easily grown from the 
seed, they begin blooming in a few months after 
sowing the seed. The large double flowers are 
sweet scented and beautifully fringed. Marguerita. 
Finest Mixed, pkt. 5c; Yt oz. 25e; oz. 75c. 
Canna 
Few people know these tropical plants can easily 
be grown from seed, and bloom the first summer, if 
sown before April. Pierce the seed in one spot with 
a file and soak in luke warm water for 24 hours 
before planting. Crozy Mixed, pkt. .5c; oz. 2.5c. 
Castor Bean 
Each plant makes a perfect pyramid of foliage 
fourteen feet tall, with gigantic leaves. Racinus 
Mixed, pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; ^ lb. 50c. 
Chinese Woolflower 
Plants about 2% feet tall, branch freely and 
produce large, globular, purplish crimson flowers 
which resemble a ball of brilliantly colored wool. 
•Pkt. 5c; Y* oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 
Celosia 
Cockscomb —Very attractive annuals. The crested heads of 
flowers resemble a cock’s comb. The plumed heads are like 
great feathers. Sow the seed directly in the garden or start 
early and transplant. Make fine pot plants. Comb variety. 
Einest Mixed Colors, pkt. 5c; Y* «*• 25c; oz. 7.5c. 
Cosmos 
Giant Flowered Fancy Cosmos —These gigantic flowers meas¬ 
ure from 4% to 5 inches across, petals fringed, pink toothed 
and plain, and in colors from pure white through siiades of 
pink and red, to rich dark red. Pkt. 5c; Yi oz. 20c; oz. ;i5c. 
Dwarf Early-Flowering —Coming into flower in July, contin¬ 
uing until frost. Dwarf, compact growth—4 feet. Flowers 
beautiful and large; petals broad, profuse bloomer. I'kt. 5c; 
Yt oz. 20c; oz. 35c. 
Coreopsis 
Lanceolata Granditlora —Two feet. Blooms June-October. 
Large orange-yellow flowers on long graceful stems. About the 
best yellow cut flower blooming incessantly. Pkt. 5c; Y^ oz. 20c; 
■oz. 60c. 
Fine Dahlia Seed 
A favorite for autumn flowering. Seed rnay be sown in sirring, in open ground after danger of frost 
is over, but for best results, sow in shallow pans at any time in March, and transplant the seedlings to 
small pots. AVhen strong enough and danger from frost is over plant out three feet apart. 
Chrysanthemum 
Annual Varieties —Quite distinct from the autumn 
varieties. Summer blooming border plants of com¬ 
pact, thrifty growth, 1 to 114 feet high, producing 
mrge blooms 2 inches across, from July until frost 
Extensively grown for cut flowers. They are par¬ 
tial to a little shade. Mixed Color.s, pkt, 5c; V. 
oz. 25c; oz. 40c. 
Columbine 
The Columbine is one of the most beautiful hardy 
perennials, producing graceful spurred flowers on 
2-ft. stems. They are much prized for cut flower 
purposes, making dainty decorations. They are one 
of the most important of our early hardy flowers 
and should be grown in quantity, being easy to 
esta-blish and thriving in almost any situation, best 
If sheltered but exposed to full sun. 
.‘Single Finest Mixed. Pkt. ,5c; Yi oz, 3.5c. 
Double Finest Mixed. Pkt. .5c; Yt oz. 4.5c. 
Coleus 
Leaves are of many shades of color, and have a 
rich velvety appearance of extraordinary beauty. 
No lawn should be without these decorative plants. 
Tender perennials. Fine Hybrids, Mixed Extra 
Choice, pkt. 10c; Ya oz. $1.00. 
DAISIES, SHASTA 
Double Dahlias 
Extra fine mixed, many fine varieties. Pkt. 10c; Yt oz. 50c; oz. $1.7.5. 
Single Giant Perfection 
This strain is a decided advance on the ordinary singles. The 
plants produce in great abundance flowers of immense size, aver¬ 
aging 6 inches across of the most bewildering variety of coloring. 
Pkt. 5c; Yt oz. 20c; oz. 35c. 
Double Cactus Flower Mixed 
With twisted and curled petals. Pkt. 10c; Yt oz, 50c; oz. .$1,.50, 
See also Dahlia Bulbs. 
DAISIES 
Giant Double Daisies (Beilis Perennis) 
A charming little plant for pots, edgings and borders. Sow 
seeds very early and plants will bloom first season and continue 
to bloom each season if given some protection during winter. They 
do best in a rich soil and quite cool situation. Especially desir¬ 
able for cemetery decorations. Pkt. 5c; Yt oz. 50c; oz. $1.75. 
Shasta Daisy 
Perfectly hardy perennials, bearing flowers 4 inches in diameter. 
Blooms for months and more freely each season; flowers remain 
fresh for two weeks after cutting. Pkt. 5c; Yt oz. 25c; uz. 75c. 
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