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Antirrhinum—Snapdragon 
Perennials, flowering the first year from seed. 
All the varieties listed by us produce fine spikes of very large 
flowers. The tall varieties are best for greenhouses, the half dwarf 
are best for garden culture, as they do not need supports, and the 
dwarf varieties make fine borders and edgings. The soft coloring 
and daintiness and genuine beauty of the blooms make the Snap¬ 
dragons more popular every year. They do well almost in any soil. 
The seed may be sown outdoors early in May and will produce 
blooming plants from July to frost. For early flowering sow in 
the house or frames in February or March. Cover the seed very 
lightly. Set the plants 9 inches apart. 
GREENHOUSE CULTURE—To get a crop for Christmas sow 
from June 25 to July 31, depending upon the time you wish to 
bench the plants. Use well prepared LOOSE soil, cover this with 
a thin layer of fine clean sand, then sow the seed and be sure to 
cover the same very lightly. Covering the seed too deep and over¬ 
watering before or after germination, will mean a poor stand. When 
your plants are large enough, put them into 2% inch pots, use 
sifted sod soil, that contains no fresh manure. Pinch the plants 
once and allow 6 to 8 breaks to grow on each. Early in September 
the plants will be nearly pot bound and it is time to place them into 
benches 10 inches apart. Remove all suckers and prune the shoots 
at the base of the plants if they should crowd one another. Provide 
carnation supports early. Temperature 58-60 degrees at night. To 
prevent rust never allow water to touch the foliage even when the 
plants are first potted. 
You will never have any trouble with rust or disease if you 
will water carefully, not crowd the plants and ventilate, but if 
rust should appear write for bulletin No. 221 to Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station, Urbana, Ill. 
Half Dwarf Snapdragon—Height 18 in. 
NECROSE—Salmon pink. 
FIREFLAME—Scarlet, throat 
white. 
QUEEN OF THE NORTH. 
CRIMSON QUEEN—Crimson. 
DAFFODIL—Large pale lemon— 
yellow, high class early flower- 
ering. Forcing variety. 
DAPHNE—Soft blush pink. 
DEFIANCE—Orange red. 
FAWN—Pink and yellow. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE—1 oz. 80c; 
PEERLESS PINK—La France 
pink. 
SILVER PINK—True. 
FIREBRAND—Rich deep red. 
GOLDEN QUEEN—Rich yellow. 
RUBY—Ruby red. 
DARK SCARLET, 
FIREFLY—Scarlet and white. 
CARMINE QUEEN—Rosy car¬ 
mine. 
MONT BLANC—Pure white. 
ROSE QUEEN—Rich rose. 
MIXED—All colors. 
). $8.00; T. pkt. 10c; l / s oz. 15c. 
TALL SNAPDRAGON—Height 24 to 36 in. 
APPLEBLOSSOM—Pink and 
white. 
ROSE—Brilliant rose pink. 
WHITE—Pure white. 
GARNET—Rose pink. 
PINK—Delicate pink. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE—1 oz. 
SCARLET—Bright. 
YELLOW—Rich yellow. 
DARK PURPLE with bluish 
sheen. 
SALMON—Salmon-rose. 
MIXED—All colors. 
; lb. $8.00; T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 15c. 
SNAPDRAGON SPECIAL MIXTURE 
Includes all the Giant, Half-Dwarf Snapdragon varieties 
as well as many new sorts. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 80c; lb. $8.00. 
ANTIRRHINUM GOLIATH MIXED 
This is a well balanced mixture of giant flowering forc¬ 
ing varieties of snapdragons, mixed by us from separate vari¬ 
eties and safe to use. Contains every half dwarf variety 
such as Ceylon Court, Cheviot Maid, etc. T. pkt. 20c; V 8 oz. 
50c; oz. $3.00. 
SNAPDRAGON CHRISTMAS GEM— Tom Thumb type only 9 
inches tafl, color rich deep pink. The finest dwarf snap¬ 
dragon. You can have fine plants in pots ready for Mothers 
Day from January sown seed. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c; oz. 
$3.00. 
Antirrhinum 
SPECIAL FLORIST FORCING STRAINS 
We list every variety of importance on page 6. 
AQUILEGIA CRIMSON STAR 
Flowers extra large long spurred, brilliant dark crimson. Height 
3 ft. T. pkt. 40c. 
AQUILEGIA OXYSEPALA—Very beautiful Siberian Columbine, 
flowers during April and May in blue, yellow and white. Hardy 
perennial 30 In. high. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 
Arabis Alpina Grfl. Superba—Sweet Rocket 
Hardy perennial of easy culture withstanding heat and scorch¬ 
ing sun even in quite poor soil. Resembles Alyssum in habit and 
is covered with a sheet of glistening white flowers as soon as the 
snow disappears. Height 6 inches. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $6.60. 
ARABIS ALPINA ROSEA—Of compact growth, flowers delicate pink 
from March to June. Height 1 ft. T. pkt. 20c. 
ARABIS ALPINA can be forced to produce flowers in February and 
earlier that will come handy on many occasions. Keep the plants 
on the dry side, grow COOL and provide perfect drainage. 
DWARF TOM THUMB SNAPDRAGON 
YELLOW—WHITE—PINK—SCARLET—MIXED 
All large flowered varieties. Height 8 to 15 inches. T. Pkt. 10c; 
Vs oz. 20c; oz. $1.00; lb. $8.50. 
ARCTOTIS NEW HYBRIDS 
New. This new annual produces a wealth of large 
daisy-like extremely showy flowers in many brilliant and 
many delicate colors, from May to September. Highly val¬ 
uable for cutting and fine for bedding. Enjoys full sun, 
requires well drained soil. Height 10 in. T. pkt. 20c; 1/18 
oz. 50c. 
ARCTOTIS GRANDIS—AFRICAN DAISY 
A remarkably handsome annual forming much branched bushes 
about 3 feet high with flowers borne on long stems well above the 
foliage. The flowers are large and showy, being pure white on the 
upper surface, the reverse of the petals pale lilac-blue. Very easily 
raised. Blooms from early summer till killed by frost. An ex¬ 
quisite cut flower lasting in water over a week. Sow in frames In 
March or the open ground in May. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $6.00. 
