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Perennial flowerless plants, too well known 
* Cl llo to need description. The seed spores are 
very small and of slow germination but the exceeding 
grace and beauty of the plants will usually well repay all 
the care necessary to start them properly in the green¬ 
house or some place indoors where they will keep moist. 
The young ferns may be placed in a window-box without 
much sun, or can be set outdoors in summer in some 
moist and shady place. 
Fine Mixed. Open ground mixed . Pkt. 20c. 
FEVERFEW—(See Matricaria and Pyrethrum) 
Forget-Me-Not 
(Afyosotu 0 This 
is a favorite old 
fashioned flow¬ 
er, bearing in profusion, especially in fall and spring, 
clusters of dainty blue five-petalled blossoms. It thrives 
well in the shade or open border but flourishes best in a 
moist, shady situation. 
For bloom the first year sow indoors in February or 
March, and transplant soon as the ground is warm 
enough, or sow outdoors as early as possible, covering 
seed one-half inch deep; thin to six inches apart. Seed 
may also be sown in fall. Hardy perennial but usually 
does better if given some protection during winter. 
Alpestris. Plants of compact, bushy habit with finely cut 
foliage, growing six to eight inches high. Flowers blue 
with a very small yellowish eye. Oz. 50c . Pkt. 10c. 
Dissitiflora. Flowers deep blue, a little larger than 
Alpestris. Compact, early blooming; a good border 
plant. . Pkt. 15c. 
Four O’Clock 
Foill* ( Marvel of Peru , Mirabilis Jalapa) Large and beautiful, old fashioned plants of erect bushy habit 
whlch produce in profusion a succession of brilliantly colored tube-shaped flowers, that open 
about four o clock in the afternoon, remaining open all night and usually are closed before noon the next day The flowers 
are red, white, yellow, or are striped and blotched in shades of these colors. Very desirable for borders, along a wire fence or 
as the background of a flower garden, blooming during the late summer and autumn. 
Sow seed in spring in open ground after danger of frost is over, covering one-half inch deep. For best development allow 
two to three feet apart each way. Hardy annual, about two feet high. 
Red. Oz. 20c . Pkt. 10c. White. Pure glistening white. Oz. 20c. Pkt. 10c. 
White, Red Striped. Oz. 20c . “ iQc. Mixed. An exceptionally attractive mixture. Oz. 20c 44 10c. 
Foxgl 
___ _ (Digitalis) Stately, old fashioned border plants, affording dense spikes of large brilliantly colored 
OV 6 flowers which are terminal and half as long as the height of the plant. The flowers are very distinct 
and showy, being thimble-like or long bell-shaped, and the colors include white, lavender and rose, 
many being spotted or blotched. It is often used as a background, and 
does especially well in cool, shady locations in front of shrubbery. 
The leaves are wrinkled and somewhat downy. 
Seed may be sown outdoors after danger from frost is over, but 
for best results start in lioxes and transplant. The seed is very small 
and should be covered lightly and kept moist until plants are well es¬ 
tablished, when they should be transplanted to two feet apart. May 
be sown outdoors in fall. Hardy biennial or perennial, usually bloom¬ 
ing the second season; three to five feet high. 
Ivery’s Spotted ( Maculata superba) A fine variety of colors, usually 
spotted . Pkt. 10c. 
Fine Mixed. Many shades and markings. Oz. 25c. 44 10c. 
Mammoth Foxglove (Digitalis inonstrosa) Remarkably odd; each 
flower spike surmounted with a very large bell-shaped flower. 
Mixed Colors .Pkt. 15c. 
French Honeysuckle 
( Hedysarum) Very handsome, 
branching free flowering plants, 
producing racemes of beautiful small fragrant pea-sliaped flowers. 
Not a climber, but well adapted for borders or rock work. 
Sow in open border in spring after danger from frost is past, prefer¬ 
ably in light and open well drained soil, in a sunny situation. Hardy 
perennial; often growing four feet. 
Coronarium, Scarlet.Pkt. 10c. 
Coronarium, Album, white . 44 10c. 
Gaillardia 
Gaillardia Piqta 
Showy bedding and border plants, remark¬ 
able for the profusion, size and brilliancy of 
their flowers, blooming the first year and 
among the gayest ornaments of the garden in summer and autumn. 
Combinations of yellow and red predominate in the highly colored 
single and double flower-heads, two inches or more across, which are 
borne singly well above the foliage on long, slender stems, suitable 
for cutting. Leaves alternate, simple, and more or less toothed. 
Sow seed outdoors early in spring; cover one-fourth inch deep. 
Make rows eighteen inches apart and thin eight to ten inches apart in 
the row; or a longer season of bloom may be secured by planting in 
frames and transplanting. Plants one to one and one-half feet high. 
Picta. Plants about one foot high; flowers single, purplish-crimson 
and yellow. Hardy annual; with root protection in winter is a 
perennial . . Pkt. 10c. 
Picta Lorenziana. Oaily colored flowers, double with tubular florets, 
produced from July even until hard freezing weather. Invaluable 
for bouquets. Hardy annual; one to one and one-half feet high; 
with root protection in winter is often treated as a perennial. 
Sulphur, orange, claret and amaranth mixed . Pkt. 10c. 
Grandiflora. Flowers scarlet and orange, single, often three inches 
across with flat petals. Excellent for cutting. Hardy perennial, 
blooming the first year.. . . . Pkt. 10c, 
