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Ross’ Selected Annual Flower Seeds 
Stocks, Beauty of Nice. 
Stock (Gilliflower) 
One of the most popular annuals, remarkable for its profusion 
of bloom, brilliancy and diversity of colors and lasting quality 
of its flowers. Plants from seed sown inside in March or April 
commence to bloom in July and those from seed sown in the open 
ground in about ten weeks and continue until frost. 
957 BEAUTY OF NICE 
Mammoth flowering. Delicate flesh pink, extra large spike. Pkt., 
10c; Vs oz., 50c. 
958 MONT BLANC. Purest white. Pkt., 10c. 
959 MONTE CARLO. Canary-yellow. Pkt., 10c. 
961 SUMMER NIGHT. Rich deep blue. Pkt., 10c. 
DRESDEN PERPETUAL OR BRANCHING 
(Cut-and-Come-Again). 
A perpetual blooming class of branching habit; double, fragrant 
flowers. 2 feet. 
967 CHOICEST MIXED. Pkt., 10c; 1/16 oz., 25c; Vs oz., 40c. 
971 LARGE-FLOWERED DOUBLE TEN WEEKS. 
Seeds grown in the open ground instead of in pots, therefore 
cheaper. A good range of colors. 1 Vi feet- Pkt., 10c; Vs oz., 25c; 
V 4 oz., 40c. 
Sunflower (Helianthus) 
The Sunflower grows well in all soils if fully exposed to the sun. 
The taller varieties make excellent background to other plants. 
975 CUCUMERIFOLIUS (Miniature Sunflower). Small single 
flower, rich yellow. 4 feet. Pkt., 10c; V 2 oz -> 25c. 
976 GLOBOSUS FISTULOSUS (Globe or Dahlia Sunflower). 
Flowers large, double, of a rich saffron color. 6 feet. Pkt., 10c; 
V 2 oz., 25c. 
977 RED SUNFLOWER. The new Red Sunflower is easily grown 
from seed the same as all of the Helianthus family. Pkt., 10c; 
V 2 oz., 30c. 
980 NEW MINIATURE VARIETIES. Colors of yellow and 
creamy white. Some are large, some have twisted petals and some 
black centers. Pkt., 10c; V 4 oz., 25c. 
984 DOUBLE CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED. Flowers larger 
than the preceding; full and double. Orange-yellow. 5 feet. Pkt., 
10c; V 2 oz., 35c. 
986 RUSSIAN MAMMOTH. Very large. 7 to 9 feet. Oz. pkt., 
10c. 
SWEET SULTAN. See Centaurea, page 31. 
Helianthus Globosus. 
Clematis Paniculata. 
Smilax 
955 A climbing plant, unsurpassed for its graceful foliage and 
orange blossom fragrance of its flowers. Makes a fine pot or 
basket plant. Elegant for table decoration when cut. Pkt., 10c. 
SNAPDRAGON. See Antirrhinum. 
SOLANUM CAPSICASTRUM. See Jerusalem Cherry. 
Statice 
Beautiful everlasting with spreading panicles of tubelike flowers 
that are decorative either in the garden or when cut. Their most 
effective use, however, is in bouquets for winter, either alone or 
with other dried flowers. Sow outside in May after danger from 
frost. Hardy annual. 
956 SUWOROWII PINK. Pkt., 10c; 1/4 oz., 35c. 
956A SINUATA BLUE. Pkt., 10c; l / 4 oz., 25c. 
956B BONDUELLI YELLOW. Pkt., 10c; V 4 oz., 25c. 
956C SINUATA WHITE. Pkt., 10c; V 4 oz., 25c. 
Thunbergia 
1315 MIXED. An annual vine, growing about 4 feet high, bearing 
medium-sized flowers, white, buff or orange, with dark eye. 
Largely used in hanging baskets or window boxes. Pkt., 10c. 
Venidium Fastuosum 
1318A A unique annual that suggests the exotic splendor of its 
native home, South Africa. It luxuriates in the glowing heat of 
the midsummer sun. The plant bears deep orange, daisy-like 
flowers with reddish brown center and is from three to four 
inches in diameter. Height 2 feet. Pkt., 20c. 
Wild Cucumber Vine 
1346 WILD CUCL T MBER (Echinocystis lobata). One of the 
most rapid growing climbers with white, fragrant flowers. Seed 
may be sown either in the fall or spring. Pkt., 10c; V 2 oz -> 20c; 
oz., 35c. 
Silene (Catchfly) 
Profuse flowering plants of easy culture. Seed of the annual sorts 
may be sown in the open ground early in spring or in the fall if 
early bloom is desired. 
951 ARMERIA (Common Catchfly). Mixed. Annual; blooms from 
July to September. White, pink and red. 1V 2 feet. Pkt., 10c. 
953 PENDULA COMPACTA. Mixed colors. White, rose and red. 
Annual. Largely used for edgings. May to August. 6 inches. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Vines That Cling and Creep 
They are the Laces and Frills of Mother Nature’s 
Dress. 
Clematis (A Vine) 
340 PANICULATA. One of the finest hardy perennial climb¬ 
ers. Of robust habit and covered from the ground to the 
summit with pure white fragrant flowers. The flowers are 
followed by pretty seed pods of bronzy red. 12 feet. Pkt., 10c. 
Kudzu Vine (Pueraria) 
560 THUNBERGIANA (Jack-and-the-Beanstalk Vine). A vine 
of wonderfully rapid growth, when well established growing to 
the great height of 40 to 30 feet. Leaves are of enormous size. 
Hardy perennial. Pkt., 10c; */4 oz -> 25c; V 2 oz -> 40c. 
Lathyrus Latifolius 
(Everlasting Sweet Pea) 
An easily grown hardy perennial climber, bearing freely flow¬ 
ers somewhat similar in form to the Sweet Pea. If grown on 
moist soil, will bloom nearly all summer. Colors: Reddish pur¬ 
ple, rose and white. 6 to 8 feet. 
570 MIXED COLORS. Pkt., 10c; 1/4 oz., 20c; 1/2 oz., 35c. 
