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NEPETA BLUE WONDER 
If you are looking for a high class, blue flowering perennial, 
Nepeta Blue Wonder is the plant. Its flowers are of great size, color 
glorious, clear, bright blue. Absolutely hardy, in bloom from May 
to August. Easy to raise from seed. Vigorous grower—should not 
be planted when employed as a rock plant, near delicate growing 
subjects, as Nepeta might crowd these out. Suitable for rockeries, 
as a border plant for banks and wherever there is a place for a short 
growing plant, that will stay from year to year and take care of it¬ 
self. Height 12 in. T. pkt. 30c. 
vrnTrn a nrnnroo a compact and neat growth 
NERTERA DEPRESS A with ornamental, shiny fol¬ 
iage, covered with coral red berries the size of a large match- 
head. Very beautiful. Delights in light soil, once started 
can be easily and quickly propagated by division. Should be 
kept in pots over winter and watered sparingly. Stays in 
berries for months therefore valuable house plant, also fine 
for rockeries and fancy bedding. Prefers partial shade. Seed 
germinates quickly. Tender perennial. Height 4 in. 25 seeds 
15c; 100 seeds 50c. 
NICOTIAN A—Sweet Scented Tobacco 
Start the seed in April, set outdoors in May, 9 in. apart 
in rich soil and full sun. Produces a wealth of bloom from 
July to November, fine for groups and large beds. Tender 
annual. 
NICOTIANA CRIMSON BEDDER 
New. High class bedding plant of compact growth pro¬ 
ducing in abundance from June to November beautiful trum¬ 
pet shaped flowers of deep velvety crimson. A bed of this 
Nicotiana will be much admired. Started in February is in 
fine bloom in May. Potted plants sell at sight. Height 2 ft. 
T. pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; y 8 oz. 45c. 
AFFINIS—Three feet high, with hundreds of fragrant blos¬ 
soms borne for months. Pure white. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
NICOTIANA SANDERAE—Mixed. Height 2 1 /; ft. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c. 
NIEREMBERGIA GRACILIS 
Most elegant and beautiful annual plant growing about 
15 inches high and bearing a great number of cup-shaped, 
lavender blue flowers on slender stems in a graceful manner, 
throughout the season. Fine for bedding, hanging baskets or 
window boxes, as well as a first class pot plant and cut 
flower. Sow in February and March indoors or in April out¬ 
doors. Does well in half shade as well as when fully exposed 
to the sun. T. pkt. 10c; y 8 oz. 15c; oz. 80c. 
NOLANA GRANDIFLORA 
A showy low growing plant, flowers small, deep blue, bell 
shaped from July to October. Suitable as a pot plant, good 
for vases and baskets and excellent for covering poor, dry 
and rocky soils as well as for borders. Sow in the open 
when all danger of frost is past, for early blooming start 
under glass. Annual. Height 6 inches. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
NIGELLA MISS JEKYLL 
Hardy annual, flowers large in pure white and bright 
blue, plants bright green with foliage resembling asparagus, 
very graceful. Sown in March or April outdoors, blooms 
from May to September. Fine for bedding, borders, rockeries 
and as a cut flower. Height 20 in. Mixed: T. pkt. 5c; oz. 
45c; lb. $3.00. 
ODONTOSPERMUM SERICEUM 
A shrubby, half hardy perennial with silky, silver-gray 
foliage covered almost all the year round with golden yellow 
flowers 2-3 inches across. Fine pot plant. Hardy in the 
Southern half of U. S. Height 2 ft. 25 seeds 20c; 50 seeds 
35c. 
OENOTHERA—Evening Primrose 
Easily raised from seed, doing well in most any soil, en¬ 
joying sunshine. The variety listed below is one of the best 
out of the whole family. 
FRUTICOSA MAJOR—Hardy perennial with large, showy 
yellow flowers nearly 2 inches across, borne on strong, stiff 
stems. Height 1 to 3 feet, depending on the richness of the 
soil. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $5.20. 
NOMOCHARIS PARDANTHINA 
A lily-like plant, two feet high, with 12-16 large open nodding 
flowers with frilled petals, giving the flower the appearance of a 
dainty orchid. CULTURE—Start the seed in 5 in pots 5 seeds to a 
pot. SOIL—Sharp sand, leaf mold and granulated peat in equal 
parts. The seeds germinate rapidly. In the fall the plants die 
down, stop watering, keep the pots inside and give water again 
early in April. Next fall place pot again under the bench and again 
in April start watering. Plant outdoors the third year in a posi¬ 
tion where the plants will not be touched by the afternoon sun. 
The pots should be broken, the contents placed in position undis¬ 
turbed. Nomocharis will not stand transplanting any other way. 
Introducer’s packet 50c. 
DAMPING OFF—Vinegar prevents damping off. So says Mr. 
Earle Stafford of Great Barrington, Mass. One tablespoonful of 
vinegar to each quart of water is the remedy. Immediately we 
sprinkle it on the afflicted beds the “damping off” vanished never to 
reappear. No seedlings seemed in the least injured by this mild 
acid bath even when submitted to it several times in one day. 
And Mr. R. W. Barrett, Montour Falls, N. Y., finds that one 
teaspoonful of formaldehyde to one gallon of water will stop damp¬ 
ing off like magic. We say: Use clean soil free of fresh manure, 
sandy clay when possible, watch your seedlings closely, remove them 
from shade gradually and on time and never overwater. We seldom 
lose from damping off; when we do, It is because seedlings were left 
shaded too long and from sour soil due to overwatering. 
GROW NEW FLOWERS 
because it pays to do so. Where will you get these new flowers I 
You can get them from us. We offer the seed of many good ones, 
absolutely new and very superior. See our novelty pages. 
ORNITHOGALUM LACTEUM 
Darling Chincherichee. A bulbous plant producing star-like 
flowers of pure white with dark eyes, in dense racemes on stalks 
18-24 inches tall. A wonderful cut flower that has imparalleled 
keeping qualities. Can be sent long distances without refrigeration 
and will arrive in perfect condition. Not hardy, the bulbs must not 
be allowed to freeze. Seeds germinate readily. Sow in a cool house 
in the Spring in a seed bed, transplant into flats filled with good 
soil, leave the flats outdoors, carry in before freezing weather. Place 
flats on the benches the following year in October. About 75% of 
your plants will give a crop of flowers and you will get a 100% 
crop the third year and from then on. The plants stay in bloom for 
over two. months and are in bloom for Easter. After blooming, the 
flats should be dried off and placed again on the benches the follow¬ 
ing October and this can be repeated for a period of years. If the 
bulbs are cold storaged they do best in a temperature of 36 deg. F. 
Ornithogalum is a beautiful flower, greatly admired by all that have 
seen it and there is no reason to doubt that it will become one of 
the popular flowers like gladioli and others are today. T. pkt. 20c; 
% oz. 60c; oz. $4.00; lb. $40.00. 
OXALIS ROSEA DELICATA 
A neat, compact growing plant that blooms at all times, 
summer or winter, always covered with charming bright sal¬ 
mon pink flowers, fine as a house plant, for hanging baskets, 
borders, etc. Height 6 inches. Tender. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 
50c; oz. $6.00. 
OXALIS TROPALEOIDES—Hardy perennial, foliage reddish 
brown, highly ornamental, flowers yellow. Unexcelled for 
classy carpeting and borders, for pots and rockeries. Height 
3 inches. T. pkt. 10c; & oz. 25c; oz. $3.00. 
