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PpflS Everlasting latifolius) An easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller flowers lacking 
* **9 . O the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in 
clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few llowers can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, the 
The plants die down late in the fall 
_ _ _ _ _ expected 
plants then being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded, 
and start again in the spring. 
Sow the seed outdoors early in spring, using well prepared soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with fine soil 
firmly pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering stumps and fences, and on a trellis will often grow 
five to six feet. 
Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers.’. Pkt. 10c. 
PELARGONIUM—(-See Geranium ) 
pAnf’cf'fXTTi/’iTl Handsome, half hardy, herbaceous perennials about two feet high and very desirable for bedding and 
* borders. They usually bloom the first year, especially if started early. The flowers are bell-shaped or 
tubular, an inch and a half loug, and are borne in racemes or spikes. The colors include white and various shades or rose 
and purplish red striped with white. 
bow outdoors after danger of frost is past. It is well to use some mulching for protection through winter. 
Gloxinioides Mixed . .. . . Pkt. 10c. 
• Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 
anc * are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 
Wf ATI |T|1^| ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we 
A offer is the result of careful hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor¬ 
tion of double flowers as any. 
In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five inchesacross; in others, they are deeply fringed; still others 
have star-like markings radiating: from the throat and extending nearly or quite to the outer margin of the blossom; again, 
others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are variously striped and blotched. 
Plant the seed, which is exceedingly line, in a warm, open, sunny place. Seeds may be sown directly in the open ground; or 
for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hotbed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 
seventy degrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 
be trusted m the open until danger of rrost is over. Any good, friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 
be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one-fourth inch of line soil lirmlv pressed (low*. The rows should 
be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants begin to bloom when small and continue fmtil cut off by frost. 
Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half f~ * 
Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The bes 
plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of 
cold weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 
Single Dwarf Compact ( Inimitable Dwarf) Bushy plants only 
about eight inches high, covered with small flowers, 
g enerally striped or blotched. In many the markings are as 
eautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as “Star” 
petunia. Pkt. 15c. 
Countess of Ellesmere. Flowers single, deep rose, white 
throat, very small. A good bedder . Pkt. 10c. 
Nyctaginiflora. Flowers white, fragrant. A good white bed¬ 
ding variety; very floriferous . Pkt. 10c. 
Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched 
flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine bedder. 
Oz. ......•..Pkt. 10c. 
Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including 
white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. A very 
satisfactory mixture. Oz. 50c . Pkt. 10c. 
Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large per¬ 
centage of double flowers in a good ran ;o of colors. .Pkt. 20c. 
LARGE FLOWERING PETU AS 
Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorcy nd flowers very 
large; some striped, others self colored. i‘ G Oz. $1.00. Pkt. 10c. 
Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed 
flowers in a variety of colors .Pkt. 20c. 
Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly 
colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully 
compared other strains sol ’ as “Giants of California,” etc., 
and have found non6 superior and many of them not equal 
to our strain of this magnificent variety. Pkt. 25c. 
Brilliant Rose. Large flowers of very bright, yet delicate 
and exceptionally attractive rose color. One of the finest 
single varieties in cultivation and comes true from 
see j . .Pkt. 25c. 
General' Dod -'s. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly 
rich o rk purple color. A vigorous and very persistent 
bloomer and there are few garden plants that will make so 
satisfactory a display..... .r • . *• VSS 
Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering man* 
colors; flowers beautifully fringed...Pkt. 25 c. 
Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, foi n> 
ing a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches in 
height aXfourteen inches in width, with large flowers, 
many double and in all shades of colors existing in P e 
tunias. The latest of the varieties to bloom.Pkt. 25c. 
( PcRonia herbacea Chinensis) Vfe\\ known 
eony herbaceous perennial plants, with very double 
wers and abundant dark green foliage, which may be 
own either from seed or roots. . .. 
The seed is of very slow growth, and germination may be 
.stened somewhat by cutting or filing carefuUy a notch 
rough the shell of the seed, preferably on the landing 
le. Rich, well prepared soil should be used and the seed 
ivered one-half incli deep; keep well moistened and t 
mperatureof 50° to 60°. If the seed be sown a ?old 
ame in autumn, the plants will be lftr ^ e .^ U ^ni ifloom* 
ant the following spring, and a year later will bloom. 
lants about three feet high. 
ouble Mixed. 25c * 
?eony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue .) 
ERI WINKLE —(See Vinca ) 
A Petunia Border 
