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Descriptive Seed List for 1934 
PRICES: Package, 5c; any six for 25c; twelve for 50c; twenty-five for $1.00 
HELIOTROPE 
A half hardy perennial that should 
be treated as an annual in this cli¬ 
mate. It will bloom in the open gar¬ 
den the first year but does best if 
sown indoors or in hotbeds and trans¬ 
planted to the open when the weather 
is warmer. The flowers are very frag¬ 
rant. 
HOLLYHOCKS 
This is the old favorite formerly 
found in nearly all flower gardens. It 
is a very hardy perennial and as it 
grows very tall is finely adapted for 
rows along high fences or beside build¬ 
ings. (For plants see page 41). 
KOCHIA or SUMMER CYPRESS 
This beautiful annual, sometimes 
called Burning Bush, forms a globe- 
shaped bush about 2 feet to 2V 2 feet 
in height, which resembles a cypress 
tree. In summer, the color is light 
green, but in the fall it turns carmine 
to blood-red, when the frosts come. 
Flowers are inconspicuous. 
LARKSPUR 
A hardy garden annual. Long a fav¬ 
orite. Flowers are various shades of 
red, blue, white, etc. Will grow on al¬ 
most any variety of soil. (See page 1) 
LINARIA 
A dainty easily grown annual bear¬ 
ing small spikes, like a miniature snap¬ 
dragon, of brilliant colors, including 
yellow, crimson, pink, purple, etc. 
Plants about 12 inches tall. Fine for 
borders or rockery. 
LOBELIA—DWARF 
Plants small, and compact and very 
hardy, bearing a profusion of brilliant 
blue flowers. A great favorite not 
only for borders but for window and 
porch boxes as well. 
LOBELIA—TRAILING 
A beautiful plant for window boxes 
and hanging baskets. The flowers are 
similar to the compact lobelia but the 
plants are loose and trailing. 
LUPIN 
This is a hardy free blooming an¬ 
nual that has been coming into popu¬ 
larity recently. It makes a very rapid 
growth and bears a profusion of long, 
graceful spikes covered with many 
pealike flowers in many colors. Very 
satisfactory for massing or in shrub¬ 
beries. 
L1NUM—Scarlet Flax 
A very effective and showy hardy 
annual bedding plant. Long blooming 
period. Brilliant scarlet flowers on 
delicate stems about one foot high. 
MARIGOLD—AFRICAN DOUBLE 
A fine hardy 
annual of v i g- 
orous growth 
about 3 feet 
tall. It is cov¬ 
ered during its 
blooming sea¬ 
son with many 
globe - shaped 
orange and 
lemon colored 
blossoms. See 
page 38 for 
plants. 
MARIGOLD—FRENCH 
Our mixture of this fine annual 
contains a wide range of colors and 
markings in both the double and sin¬ 
gle flowers. These are more dwarf 
than the African but the wide varia¬ 
tion of the flowers make them very 
attractive. 
MIGNONETTE 
Another old fashioned favorite flow¬ 
er. No garden complete without it. 
Large spikes, very fragrant. 
MIMULUS (Monkey-Flower) 
Fine, showy, free-flowering plants 
suitable for porch or window boxes, 
succeeding well in shady positions. 
While they are half-hardy perennials 
they bloom well when planted early. 
The blooms are brilliantly colored and 
blotched. 
MORNING GLORIES 
A well known climbing annual of 
rapid growth and profusion of bloom 
An old time favorite. (See page 2). 
N ASTU RTIU M—Dwarf 
Half hardy annual. Blooms very pro¬ 
fusely all the season. Many brilliant 
colors, mixed. Needs no trellis. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; |4 lb., 35c. 
NASTURTIU 
M—Tall 
Beautiful an- 
n u a 1 climber 
for trellises 
and arbors; of 
easy culture; 
gorgeous color¬ 
ed flowers un¬ 
til killed by 
hard frosts. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 
10c; J4 lb., 35c. 
