SUNFLOWER. “Double Sunbeam & Sun- 
ray.” The most beautiful sunflower 
grown. Huge, doubles of golden sunshine. 
GEUM 
Royal Crown Flower 
Hardy Perennial — 2 ft. 
Too few gardeners know this flower. 
It’s great for cutting and bright and 
cheerful too. Comes in orange-scarlet 
and rich yellow and the fine large double 
flowers of this strain are borne on long 
strong stems, just what you like for 
bouquets. Likes rich, well drained soil 
and a sunny location. Start seed in late 
spring or fall for flowering size plants 
the following year. A real addition to 
the perennial border. 
2816 Mrs. Bradshaw. A beautiful double 
orange scarlet. Pkt. 20c. 
2817 Lady Stratheden. Bright yellow, 
double flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
Helianthus 
SUNFLOWER 
Hardy Annual 
Sunflowers are fast growers to a height 
of 5 to 7 feet, so make excellent back¬ 
ground plants. They grow readily from 
seed planted where they are to stand. 
Plant about 4 inches apart and thin to 
stand 1V 2 ft. apart. Try one of these sun¬ 
flowers as a cut flower, especially Sun¬ 
beam or Sunray. You’ll be surprised how 
striking and effective they are. 
2711 Painted Redman. Shades of Indian 
red, Indian purple, and Indian reddish 
brown. A plant of many branches, grows 
3 to 4 feet and produces an abundance 
of large 5-inch flowers on long stems, 
fine for cutting. Pkt. 25c. 
Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered 
Sunflower 
2712 Double Sunbeam. The most beauti¬ 
ful of all, one would hardly take this 
flower to be a sunflower it is so different. 
Immense flowers measure 6 and 8 inches 
across of deep golden yellow; globular 
in shape and very double resembling the 
large double chrysanthemums. Grows 4 
to 5 ft. Pkt. 15c; Yz oz. 75c; oz. $1.25. 
2713 Double Sunray. Larger flowered 
than above. Clear golden yellow with 
circle of petals radiating from large ball¬ 
like center of quilled petals. Grows 5 to 
6 ft. Pkt. 15c; '/ 2 oz. 75c; oz. $1.25. 
No. 6 Indian Moon—Sunflower. Pkt. 25c, 
See Order Blank. 
HELICHRYSUM 
California’s Everlasting- Flower or 
Strawflower 
Hardy Annual — 2 J4 ft. 
These strawlike flowers come in really 
handsome shades and are usually pre¬ 
served for winter bouquets. For this pur¬ 
pose the flowers should be cut early in 
the morning and suspended upside down 
where the air can reach them until thev 
are thoroughly dried. If given a sunny 
location they will thrive in any soil, 
attaining a height of about three or four 
feet. Our strain is a great improvement 
on old varieties; flowers are quite double. 
2469 California Strawflowers, mixture 
of all shades. Pkt. 15c; Yz oz. 50c. 
GODETIA—Satin Flower 
Hardy Annual 
No trouble to grow this hardy annual. 
Flowers are large and satiny, in single 
and double forms set thickly on long 
stalks. They drive in almost any gard¬ 
en soil except a stiff, heavy clay. Fine 
for planting from August to October in 
California and southern states as well as 
in the spring. In eastern states sow seed 
in the open ground during April and 
May. Plant them in the open ground in 
rows and thin to about six inches apart. 
After they are established don't give 
them much water. When you use them 
for cut flowers, pull up root and all ar.d 
they will last seven to ten days. 
Double Azalea Flowered Type 
Grows 1 Yz to 2 ft. 
984 Pink Shades 
985 Red Shades 
986 Mauve Shades 
989 Azalea-Flowered Supreme Mix. A 
blend of pinks, reds and mauve. Large 
double flower. Plant grows 1% to 2 feet 
high and is profuse bloomer. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. 75c. 
Packet 
20c 
oz. $1.00 
Dwarf Double 
999 Dwarf Azalea-Flowered Mixed. Fine 
for borders, growing about 10 inches 
high and covered with large double flow¬ 
ers in all colors as the above. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. $1.00. 
Dwarf Single 
981 Duke of York. A single flower of 
unusual brilliance and beauty. Cherry-red 
marked with white at base of petals. 
Grows about 1% feet and makes fine cut 
flowers. Pkt. 15c; Yz oz. 50c; oz. 85c. 
GODETIA. “Duke of York.” Brilliant 
cheery-red petals marked with white at 
the base. Pkt. 15c; Yz oz. 50c. 
Gomphrena globosa 
GLOBE AMARANTH 
Hardy Annual — 18 in. 
2451 Everlasting Mixed. A showy little 
clover-like plant. Flowers come in white, 
red and orange shades blooming from 
mid-summer until frost. Can be dried 
for winter bouquets. Pkt. 15c. 
2453 Haageana. One of the popular ever¬ 
lasting flowers. Grows about a foot high 
and the clover-like flowers are an in¬ 
teresting orange-henna color. Makes a 
very pretty border and will bloom from 
midsummer till frost. Pkt. 25c. 
GYPSOPHILA ELEGANS 
(Chalk Plant) 
Baby’s Breath 
Annual Varieties 
This hardy annual has come to be re¬ 
garded as the standard bouquet “mixer.” 
It grows quickly from seed into a vig¬ 
orous plant about three feet high, cov¬ 
ered with a fairy cloud of tiny, star-like 
flowers, borne on the slenderest stems. 
Sow every three weeks from May to 
July for continuous supply of cutting 
flowers. Start in the hot bed in March 
and plant out in May in the East. Can 
be successfully sown in the open ground 
in California and Southern states any 
month in the year except December, 
January and February. 
2456 Elegan’s Los Angeles Market Var¬ 
iety. A select strain of the white. Pkt. 
15c; oz. 25c. 
2457 Exquisite Rose. A new color. Bright 
rosy carmine and a fine mixer. Pkt. 15c. 
oz. 50c. 
GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA 
Perennial Baby’s Breath 3 ft. 
2458 Princess Snow-White. Grows quick¬ 
ly from seed into a vigorous plant about 
three feet high and is covered with tiny 
star-like flowers for many months of 
the year. Pkt. 25c. 
2459 Repens. Prostrate type, growing 6 
inches, excellent for rock garden and 
edging for tall perennial borders. Likes 
dry, sunny location. Pkt. 15c. 
ANNUAL GYPSOPHILA 
2460 Fraser’s White Snowstorm. 
Greatly improved strain of annual 
Gypsophila. The individual blooms 
are twice the size of the regular 
type. Pkt. 25c; oz. 50c. Pictured 
below. 
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