40 FLOWER SEEDS 
( 
The I. W. Scott Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Portulacas 
ANNUAL PHLOX, drummondii. 
- - Blooming in mid¬ 
summer, these easily grown flowers 
make the most brilliant of beds. They 
prefer an open, sunny situation, but are 
not particular as to soil and will give good 
results under almost any conditions. Sow 
the seed in April or early May and thin 
the plants to stand about 4 inches apart. 
For extra-early flowers start the seed in 
hotbed or coldframe. 
Tall Finest Mixed. A gorgeous variety 
of colors, including Primrose, White, 
Pink, Carmine, Blood-Red, Violet, etc., 
many with distinct white centers. About 
15 inches tall. Pkt. 10 cts., j 4 oz. 75 cts., 
oz. $1.25. 
Dwarf Compact Mixed. These grow 
about 8 inches high and quite bushy, 
making fine borders and ribbon beds. 
Pkt. 10 cts., j 4 oz. $1.25, oz. $2. 
HARDY PHLOX. Perennial, produc- 
- mg large heads of 
brilliantly colored flowers of many 
shades. 2 to 4 feet high. Pkt. 10 cts., 
Koz. $2, oz. $4. 
ANNUAL PINKS. The annual Chi- 
- nese or Japanese 
Pinks are very thrifty and attractive 
garden flowers, coming in a wide assort¬ 
ment of forms and colors, and succeeding 
on any garden soil They are nice for 
cutting. Seed sown in April will give 
blooming plants early in J uly. 
Japanese Single Mixed. An improved 
strain, producing large, fringed, brightly 
colored flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., j 4 oz. 30 cts., 
oz. 50 cts. 
Chinese or Indian Double Mixed. 
These double forms resemble carnations 
but they come in a remarkable variety of 
colors, including many flowers with dis¬ 
tinct stripes and borders. Pkt. 10 cts., 
j 4 oz. 40 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Shirley Poppy 
PERENNIAL GRASS PINKS. 
The Pheasant-Eye, Grass or Clove 
Pink of the old-fashioned garden, or 
Dianthus plumarius of the botanist, is one 
of the most pleasing of our low-growing 
hardy perennials. The plants grow 8 to 
10 inches high, with grass-like foliage, and 
produce in early spring quantities of 
fringed white or light pink flowers with 
crimson centers, distinctly clove-scented. 
On deep, moist soil they will live and in¬ 
crease from year to year with almost no 
care. Easily grown from seed, sown any 
time from April to August. Pkt. 10 cts., 
j4oz. 40 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Dianthus deltoides. A creeping rock- 
garden plant with bright rose-colored 
flowers on 6-inch stems in midsummer. 
Pkt. 10 cts., pioz. 75 cts., oz. $1.25. 
PLATYCODON grandiflora. 
- Balloon h lower. 
Erect leafy plants bearing a profusion of 
inflated, balloon-like buds, opening to 
wide, saucer-shaped flowers of steel-blue 
and white. Good border perennial for late 
summer blooming. Foliage bright yellow 
in autumn. Pkt. 10 cts., >£oz. 75 cts., 
oz. $1.25. 
POPPIES. Although the Poppies last 
- .... —- ,. for only a short time, while 
they are in bloom no flowers can rival 
them in brilliant colors. The seed is fine 
and should be scattered thinly in the 
place where the plants are wanted to 
bloom, as they do not transplant well. 
Thin if necessary to give each plant room 
to develop. Sow the annual sorts in April 
and the perennial kinds June to September. 
Require plenty of space. 
Shirley, Mixed Colors. Probably the 
finest strain of annual, single-flowered 
Poppies. They grow 12 to 15 inches tall 
and the flowers range in color from white 
and pale pink to bright scarlet and deep 
crimson, including rose with white edge, 
red with white edge, etc. Very showy. 
Pkt. 10 cts., pioz. 30 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
The Tulip Poppy. The brightest color 
in annual Poppies. Vivid scarlet flowers 
resembling a big tulip; bluish foliage. Pkt. 
10 cts., J 4 oz. 30 cts., oz 50 cts. 
Perennial Grass Pinks 
Double-flowered, Mixed Colors. Big, 
shaggy, ball-shaped flowers on 2-foot 
stems, including all of the ordinary Poppy 
colors, as well as Mauve, Purple, Maroon, 
etc. Extra-fine. Pkt. 10 cts., J 4 oz. 20 cts., 
oz. 35 cts. 
Iceland Poppy, El Monte. Exceed¬ 
ingly showy flowers of silken texture and a 
dazzling orange hue so intense it hurts 
your eyes. The plants bloom from seed 
the first year, and a large percentage will 
live over winter to bloom in succeeding 
seasons. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Iceland Poppy, Mixed Colors. Peren¬ 
nial plants forming mats a foot across with 
slender stems and large silky flowers in 
shades of yellow, white, and orange. Pkt. 
10 cts., }4oz. $1.25, oz. $2. 
Orientale. The big, bright scarlet 
Decoration Day Poppy. A hardy peren¬ 
nial form bearing immense single flowers 
in spring. It should be in every garden. 
Pkt. 10 cts., }4oz. $1.25, oz. $2. 
PORTULACA. The Portulacas will 
- grow on soil too poor 
and in places too hot and sunny for any 
other flower. The plants are low and 
spreading, commencing to bloom in July 
and blooming profusely all summer. Sow 
the seed in late April or May and thin the 
plants to stand 6 to 8 inches apart. The 
plants may be moved when in full bloom. 
Single, Mixed Colors. Includes White, 
Yellow, Orange, Pink, Carmine, Scarlet, 
etc. Very bright and attractive. Pkt. 
5 CtS., F2OZ. 60 cts., oz. $1. 
Double, Mixed Colors. The flowers 
resemble miniature roses. All colors. 
Pkt. 10 cts., p20z. $1.75, oz. $3. 
Double Grandiflora, Mixed. Up¬ 
right stems. Different from the other 
varieties because of its upright, compact 
habit, growing in a distinct tuft. Pkt.. 
25 cts. 
HARDY PRIMROSES. These are 
- fine free- 
blooming flowers for the rockery and 
perennial borders. They seem to do best 
in dry soil and will stand some shade. Sow 
the seed inside in February or early March 
and transplant to the open ground in 
April. Give the plants light protection 
over winter for the first year or two. 
Finest Mixed Colors. Many shades 
and colors, the majority with distinct 
“eyes” or centers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
For BETTER FLOWERS feed them LOMA, the complete, balanced plant-food. 
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