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a offer is the result of oarefuTh^hridiVAHnn^nr^S ^ r f fud y fertilized by hand with pollen from the double ones. The seed 
we offer is the result of careful h> bndization and can be depended upon to give as large a proportion 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 tSoBscnn' again 
others have full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red-purple and are various1^riped and W^l , e^ , 
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Petunias are also sometimes grown under glass in winter. The best method is to sow seeds in late summer or early 
w D intJ- r bloom? < ^ ky plantS in P 0155 ’ but old plants can be llfted on the approach of cold weather, cut back and taken inside 
Single Dwarf Compact (Inimitable Dwarf) Bushy plants only about eight inches high, covered with small flowers. 
striped or blotched. In many the markings are as beautifully star-shaped as in the strain offered as “Star" petunia 
Countess of Ellesmere, r lowers single, deep rose, white throat, very small. A good bedder 
^jyctagm*^I ora * I lowers white, fragrant. A good white bedding variety; very floriferous. 
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Finest Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched flowers in a wide range of colors. 
Fine Mixed. An excellent variety of markings including white, stripes and shades of rose, re 
A fine bedder. Oz. 90c.. 
_ _ „ --, red and purple. Oz. 50c.. 
Double Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors. 
generally 
Pkt. 15c. 
44 5c. 
• 44 5c. 
44 5c. 
• 44 5c. 
44 20c. 
LARGE FLOWERING PETUNIAS 
Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very large; some striped, others self colored, i’o Oz. $1.00_ 
Fringed and Stained Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed flowers in a variety of colors. 
Superbissima Mixed. 1'lowers of immense size, superbly colored with throats beautifully veined. We have carefully compared 
otli'-r strains sold as “Giants t of • 1 " 1 
California,” etc., and have found 
none superior and many of them not 
equal to our strain of this magnifi¬ 
cent 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 persist¬ 
ent 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, forming a compact, 
upright, branched bush about ten 
inches in height and fourteen inches 
in width, with large flowers, many 
double and in all shades of colors 
existing in petunias. The latest of 
the varieties to bloom. Pkt. 25c. 
PpnRfpmnn Handsome, half 
renisiemon hardy, herba¬ 
ceous 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 long, and are borne in 
racemes or spikes. The colors include 
white and various shades of 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. 
Mixed.Pkt. 10c. 
Ppnn \7 (Pceonia herbacea 
1 Chinensis) Well known 
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 some¬ 
what 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 tempera¬ 
ture of 50° to 60°. If the seed be sown 
in a cold frame in autumn, the plants 
will be large enough to transplant 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) 
Petunia, Extra Double Fringed 
