“BEST POSSIBLE” SEEDS. 
CHAS. C. HART SEED CO. —54— WETHERSFIELD. CONN. 
Stocks — Beauty of Nice 
PORTULACA 6'. 
Dwarf growing bedding plant producing its lovely silken 
flowers best when grown in sunlight. It thrives best in hot 
weather. 
Single Mixed — Cup shaped brilliant flowers. Pkt. 10c.; 
X Oz. 40c. 
Double Mixed — Fully double resembling small roses. Pkt. 
10c.; X Oz. $1.00. 
RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean). 
Strong growing tree like plants with ornamental foliage. 
Sanguinensis 6' — Green leaves with red veins and red stems. 
Borboniensis 15'— Immense plants with huge green leaves. 
Gibsoni 4' — Large dark red leaves, veins and stalks — very 
striking. 
Red Spire 6' — Rich bronze-green foliage and brilliant 
rose crimson spires. 
Zanzibariensis 12' to 15' — Rich green leaves measuring 
2X' across. The tallest of all presenting a beautiful tropical 
appearance. 
All. Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 15c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue) 1'. 
Blossoms tube shaped like Petunia but veined with bright 
gold. The only flower that bears this attractive characteristic. 
Empress — Large improved strain. Wide range of colors. 
Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 75c. 
SCHIZANTHUS (Butter Flower) 
Wisetonensis — Innumerable butterflylike blooms with range 
in color from pure white through shades of cream and pink 
to crimson and mauve. Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 40c. 
SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) lYz'. 
Deservedly the most popular bedding plant. Its brilliant 
red is very striking. 
Splendens Bonfire — The largest spikes and the freest and 
most continuous bloomer. Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 75c. 
Firebrand — A very compact strain of even habit which 
produces large erect brilliant, scarlet spikes flowering from 
June until frost. Of unsurpassed brilliancy for bedding. 
Pkt. 20c; ^ Oz. $2.00. 
America (Globe of Fire) — Very free and continuous bloomer 
which is extremely uniform in growth and bloom. Pkt. 15c.; 
X Oz. $1.00. 
SGABIOSA (Pincushion Flower or Mourning Bride) 
An upright plant bearing innumerable blooms composed of 
compactly set tubular florets with dome shaped centers. From 
each floret projects a stamen much like pins projecting from a 
cushion. The flowers are borne on long wiry stems and are un¬ 
excelled for bouquets. 
New Giant Hybrids — Extremely large massive blooms in a 
wide range of old and unusual colors. Pkt. 10c., X Oz. 40c. 
STOCKS (Gilliflower) V 
Neat plants bearing handsome spikes of rosette-like blos¬ 
soms in rich and vivid and pastel tones and shades. Our 
double strains show a remarkably large proportion of true 
doubles. They are characterized by their delightful fragrance. 
Dwarf Ten Weeks — Dwarf compact plants with fine central 
spikes and side spikes less well developed. Fine for edging. 
Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 40c. 
Improved Bismark — Very branching in habit. Two and 
one-half feet tall, early and producing a very high percentage 
of doubles. This strain is the “aristocrat” of Stocks. 
Antique Copper Golden Rose 
Canary Yellow White 
Dark Blue Flesh 
Pkt. 15c.; X Oz. $1.50. 
Mixed — Pkt. 15c.; X Oz. $1.25. 
Beauty of Nice — Pyramidal plants with fine central and 
side spikes. Excellent for cutting and extremely early. 
Mont Blanc — Pure white. 
Monte Carlo — Canary yellow. 
Beauty of Nice — Flesh pink. 
Souvenir de Monaco — Flaming crimson. 
Cote D’Azure — Light blue. 
Summer Night — Deep blue. 
Pkt. 15c.; X Oz. $1.50. 
Mixed — Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. $1.25. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Annual Mixed — An entirely new Sweet William which 
blooms freely from seed planted during the spring. After 
blooming heavily for some time it dies with the first frost. 
It includes self-colors, starred, mottled and eyed varieties. 
Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 50c. 
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus) . 
Majestic plant growth and immense showy flowers. 
Mammoth Russian 12' — Gigantic plants. Yellow petals 
with black centers. Oz. 10c. 
Cardinalis 4' — A rich chestnut red tipped with yellow. 
Pkt. 10c.; X Oz. 15c. 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered — Fine edged petals 
densely double making a huge ball like chrysanthemum. 
X Oz. 20c. 
SWEET WIVELSFIELD 1' 
This new sort resembles a large flowering Sweet William 
although the flowers are carried more gracefully in loose 
heads and have a greater variety of coloring, reds, pinks, and 
crimsons predominating. It blooms continuously from June 
to October furnishing a choice amount of color for cut flower 
decoration. Pkt. 20c.; X Oz. $1.25. 
TITHONIA (Golden Flower of the Incas) 
A delightful bold flowering annual about 5 feet tall, in habit 
of growth like Dahlias, but bearing vivid orange-scarlet blos¬ 
soms like huge French Marigolds 3 to 4 inches across. They 
last well when cut and the leaves have an odd appearance as 
though cut into irregular patterns by scissors. 
Pkt. 15c., X Oz. $1.00. 
Tithonia 
What is a home without a garden? 
