French Marigold 
All-Double Petunia 
Meconopsis regia 
A good hardy perennial Meconopsis from western Nepal. During 
late autumn and early spring the plants have flat rosettes of very 
beautiful silvery leaves, striking and attractive in appearance. In 
spring three to four stems are produced, bearing large, handsome, 
yellow flowers on short stalks. Considered the finest of the yellow- 
flowered types, this Royal Poppy gained high awards of the Royal 
Horticultural Society of Great Britain in 1931. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Mesembryanthemum criniflorum, 
Livingstone Daisy 
A hardy annual of easy culture. The plants are of slightly spread¬ 
ing habit, dwarf, and become a mass of delicate, daisy-like flowers of 
various colors and color combinations, such as white with edging of 
various colors, rose, crimson, or pink and buff, also the solid colors 
primrose, golden buff, apricot, crimson, and pink. An ideal carpet 
plant, for edging or as an annual for the rock-garden. Pkt. 50 cts., 
3 pkts. $1.25. 
Mina lobata 
A striking climber, native of Mexico, that is treated as an annual 
in the latitude of the northern United States. Seed may be sown 
against a trellis, fence, or stump in spring, and by the time frost kills 
it in the autumn it will have trailed to a distance of 20 feet, and from 
July to September it will be covered with small trumpet-shaped 
flowers of a striking blood-red color. Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts. 
A White Liatris, 
Scariosa alba 
White is a new color 
in this ornamental and 
very desirable hardy 
perennial. Attaining a 
height of 3 feet, its stout 
racemes of pure white 
Nicotiana, Miniature White blossoms are excellent 
for cut-bloom, and the 
plant is quite imposing in the perennial border. It caused great in¬ 
terest among visitors at our Perennial Gardens in September and 
October last year. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
Three New Linarias 
Linarias as yet are little grown in American gardens, although 
they are worthy of wider use. We look for them to increase in popu¬ 
larity, because they are so easy to grow. The three new types below 
are annuals. Sow seed in spring where the plants are to bloom, or 
earlier under glass or in the home, later transplanting into the open 
when danger of frost has passed. 
Maroccana, Diadem. The plant grows lo inches high, 
forming a neat bush covered with 
many spikes of bright violet flowers, each with a pure white eye. 
Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
Maroccana, Ruby King, a new Uinaria producing larger 
- - - — flowers than the type and of a 
rich, ruby-crimson color. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
Maroccana, Fairy Bouquet Mixture. The very com- 
— - - - pact plants are 
not more than 8 inches high, and they bear much larger flowers than 
the type, in a variety of distinct colors, such as rose, yellow, pink, 
lavender, carmine, red, violet, white, and salmon. Excellent for 
bedding or for pots. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Malope grandiflora. New Crimson 
A hardy annual that has not achieved the popularity it deserves. 
Our English growers have worked for years to improve the color of 
the flower and to increase its size. Here is the best of their productions 
—a new giant crimson. Height 30 inches. Pkt. 15 cts., Ysoz, 40 cts., 
V^oz. 75 cts. 
Three Fine French Marigolds 
Josephine, a tail, single type which is excellent for cut-flowers’ 
- - because the stems are so long. Makes an excellent 
bedding plant also. The large golden flowers are spotted with brown. 
Height 3 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., V^oz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Robert Beist. The flowers are reddish brown, and the plants 
- - are literally covered with them all summer. As 
the plant grows but i foot high, it may well be used as an edging to 
a bed planted with the above type. Pkt. 10 cts., Vioz. 50 cts., 
oz. $1.50. 
Fire Cross, a new single kind of great merit, tvith deep orange 
- flowers, each floret being splashed and spotted with 
crimson. Fire Cross will be found a splendid subject as a margin 
for the flower-bed or border, while a solid bed of it will be very 
effective. Plant grows about i foot high. Pkt. 10 cts., Yioz. 50 cts., 
Oz. $1.50. 
Two New Nicotianas 
Crimson Bedder A half-hardy annual with shapely plants 
- - about 15 inches high that are a mass of deep 
carmine-crimson flowers. Very striking in effect and splendid for 
outdoor culture. It is also an ideal pot-plant, sets down closely on 
the soil and sends up a wealth of flower-spikes to just the right 
height. Pkt. 25 cts., Vsoz. 75 cts., V4oz. $1.25. 
Miniature White. An elegant, small-flowered, pure white, 
■ half-hardy annual species, delightfully 
scented. A fine bedding subject and an excellent pot-plant. Pkt. 
25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Nomocharis 
Pardanthina. New and handsome liliaceous plant from western 
- - China, growing 2 feet high, with 12 or 13 nodding 
flowers standing almost vertically on the stem. The perianth is of a 
delicate rosy purple tint, slightly spotted externally, with a deep 
maroon blotch at the base. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Mairei. a sister plant to the foregoing, also from the Far East, 
' * and perhaps even more beautiful. The stems are to 
2 feet high, bearing flowers about 3 inches across, of a satiny white, 
the outer segments being spotted reddish purple. The inner ones 
are equally spotted all over, having the edges frilled and crimped, 
with a central purple-black eye, the whole having somewhat the 
appearance of an odontoglossum. Pkt. 50 cts. 
All-Double Super-Giant Petunias 
A strain of double, fringed Petunias remarkable for the size of 
flower (many exceed 4M inches in diameter) and for the fact that 
every seedling may be expected to produce double or semi-double 
flowers. The mixture contains a wonderful assortment of beautiful 
colors—carmine, brilliant rose, velvety purple-violet, purple, white, 
creamy yellow, and intermediate colors; some, too, are variegated. 
Tall Triumphant. All-double Fringed. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
Dwarf Victorious. All-double Fringed. Pkt. 50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25. 
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