tall, bearing brilliant flowers seven to nine 
inches in diameter. Very hardy, enduring 
severest freezing, and worst droughts. Seeds 
are fine like grains of sand, and must be 
planted carefully. While they will grow 
where scattered accidentally, some find diffi¬ 
culty in making them grow where planted. 
Plant shallow, and keep moist without wash¬ 
ing out the seedf^. Spread burlap or excel¬ 
sior over the bed till they come up. Use 
plenty of seed, and thin plants so they will 
be about two feet apart. Pkt., 5c; 4 for 15c. 
PHIiOX DRUMMONDII, CHOICE MIXED. 
Annual. Great variety of colors. Always a 
desirable garden flower. Pkt., 10c; 3 for S5c. 
SU1VFL.OWER, CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOW¬ 
ERED. Soft yellow. Rounded, symetrical. 
A beautiful garden flower. Pkt., 10c; 3 for 
25c. 
SKIFF’S RED SUNFLOWER. The origi¬ 
nal Red Sunflower was discovered in Bould¬ 
er, here in my neighborhood by Mrs. Cock¬ 
erel, a Boulder teacher, more than twenty 
years ago. It was just a common wild Sun¬ 
flower like the wild ones of Kansas, Ne¬ 
braska and Colorado, but by some freak of 
nature it was partly red. I give it the above 
name because it is the strain I have devel¬ 
oped during a period of nearly twenty years. 
Pkt., 10c: 4 for 25c. Get a lot and give some 
to your friends. 
SUNFLOWER, RED PLUSH. My own 
make. A cross of the two Sunflowers named 
above. Double with collarette. Variegated 
red and yellow. Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 
SUNFLOWER, BROWN. A variation of 
the Red Sunflower. Color, a dark brown. 
Pkt,, 10c. 
SUNFLOWER, MAROON PRINCE. Rich, 
dark maroon red. Some will come red. Pkt., 
15o; 2 for 25c. 
t 
SUNFLOWER, ZONED. Red and yellow, 
the yellow making a zone around the out¬ 
side of the flower. Some of these have soft 
silvery foliage. Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 
SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Tall 
and large. Some of the flowers are 16 inches 
in diameter, and some of the plants are 13 
feet tall. Seeds make good chicken feed, and 
the trunks make kindling. Pkt., 5c; % lb. for 
25c. ^ 
SUNFLOWER, MIXED. Mixture of varie¬ 
ties named above. Can leave out Mammoth 
Russian if you wish. Pkt., 10c; 4 for 25c. 
ZINNIA, MAMMOTH DOUBLE. Great va¬ 
riety of colors. Long blooming period. Pkt., 
lOc; 3 for 25c. 
PLANTS 
As a rule I do not ship plants, but I al¬ 
ways have some for Boulder people. Postal 
rules require inspection before mailing. They 
would stand inspection, but it’s too much 
trouble to get the inspector each time I mail 
a package. However, I make one exception, 
the Buttercup. 
BUTTERCUP. A Colorado wild flower that 
does well in gardens. Nearly twenty years 
ago, I brought a plant in from wild land. 
It increased till I now have plants to spare. 
Flowers glistening yellow and abundant. 
Perennial and hardy. 2 plants for 15c, post¬ 
paid. Should be shipped before May 1. 
Appendix 
O yes! There’s the Sweet Corn. Almost 
it was left out this year. I have a little 
market garden in summer, and sell vege¬ 
tables and flowers. Because my corn, THE 
BURBANK, pleases my Boulder customers 
so much, I should like to offer seed to the 
mail order customers. Like Golden Bantam, 
but larger, and possibly a few days later. 
Have roasting ears here Aug. 1. That would 
mean a week earlier in Iowa. Our nights are 
a little cool for corn. THE BURBANK is 
superior in tenderness to any corn I ever 
ate. A Rhode Island customer wrote, “Of 
six varieties we planted, the Burbank was 
most delicious.’’ Larger packets this year. 
Price 10c. 
SWEET CORN, EARLY BANTAM. A deli¬ 
cious corn about a week earlier than The 
Burbank. Pkt., 10c. 
Favor Wanted 
If any of you should think of one or more 
neighbors who are fond of growing flowers, 
I should be grateful to you if you would 
send me their names and addresses. Please 
do not send me more than three or four 
names. I thank you very much. 
