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F verla^tincr Lathyrus lutifolius) An easily grown, hardy perennial climber with smaller flowers lacking 
1 cciO} uvuuaouiig the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in 
clusters of eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the second season but in the third and fourth, the 
plants then being well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. The plants die down late in the fall 
and start again in the spring. 
Sow the seed outdoors early iu 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') 
Handsome, half hardy, herbaceous perennials about two feet high and very desirable for bedding and 
* vIllOlUlIlVH borders. They usually bloom the first year, especially if started early. The flowers are bell-shaped or 
tubular, an inch and a half long, and are borne in racemes or spikes. The colors include white aud various shades or rose 
and purplish red striped with white. 
Sow outdoors after danger of frost is past. It is well to use some mulching for protection through winter. 
Gloxinoides Mixed . . ;.Pkt. 10c. 
• Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. They are also used along walks and driveways 
II _ 1, and are often grown in window boxes. Their richness of color, duration of bloom and easy cul- 
pTl IT B1 51 ture will always make them popular. They endure drought exceptionally well. The seed we 
JL 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 inches across; 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 fine, 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 decrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 
be trusted in the open until danger of frost 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 fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 
be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The. plants begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 
Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one-half feet high. 
Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds late in summer aud grow stocky 
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, 
generally striped or blotched. In many the markings are as 
beautifully 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 fioriferous . Pkt. 10c. 
Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched 
flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine bedder. 
Oz. 90c . 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 range of colors. .Pkt. 20c. 
LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 
Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very 
large; some striped, others self colored, ,’c 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 sold as “Giants of California.” etc., 
and have found none 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 
seed . Pkt. 25c. 
General Dodds. Large, single flowers of an exceedingly 
rich, dark purple color. A vigorous and very persistent 
bloomer and there are few garden plants that will make so 
satisfactory a display . Pkt. 10c. 
Extra Double Fringed Mixed. Large flowering: many 
colors; flowers beautifully fringed . Pkt. 25c. 
Grandiflora Robusta, fl. pi. Dwarf, of robust growth, form¬ 
ing a compact, upright, branched bush about ten inches m 
height and fourteen inches in width, with large flowers, 
many double and in all shades of colors existing in pe¬ 
tunias. The latest of the varieties to bloom . Pkt. 25c. 
(Pceonia herbacea Chinensis) Well known 
I CLIlljr herbaceous perennial plants, with very double 
flowers and abundant dark green foliage, which may be 
grown either from seed or roots. 
The seed is of very slow growth, and germination may be 
hastened somewhat by cutting or filing carefully a notch 
through the shell of the seed, preferably on the rounding 
side. Rich, well prepared soil should be used and the seed 
covered one-half inch deep: keep well moistened and at a 
temperature of 50° to (10°. If the seed be sown in a cold 
frame in autumn, the plants will be large enough to trans¬ 
plant the following spring, and a year later will bloom. 
Plants about three feet high. 
Double Mixed.Pkt. 25c. 
(Peony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 
PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 
A Petunia Border 
