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1908 BOOK OF VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 
The Annual Gladioli 
Have you heard of the New Gladioli that 
will bloom the first summer from seed? In 
the past it has been necessary to plant bulbs, 
but if you use seed of the Annual Gladioli you 
will have flowers the first summer. It is a 
trreat novelty and should be tested this season. 
If the seeds are sown in March in a warm place 
t.he plants should begin to produce flowers b> 
the early part of July, and continue to bloom 
from then until frost. The flower stalks stand 
upright with widely opened throats. The 
petals are broad and rounded and the flowers 
are of large size. The varieties of colors are 
very rich. All shades and colors known in 
other Gladioli which will be found in this new 
class. This Gladioli can be grown by treating 
the same as other Annuals. The seedlings 
produce bulbs the same as any other Gladioli. 
We have secured a limited amount of seed 
direct from the originator and advise all our 
customers to give it a trial this season. Pkt., 
5c., 4 pkts., 15c. 
The Banana Plant Seed 
This is a gorgeous and rapidly growing plant 
with giant magniiiciently shaped leaves of a 
beautiful bright green color: Seeds sown early 
in hot bed and repotted will give plants eight 
feet high the first summer. It certainly is a 
great curiosity and a few planted in your gar¬ 
den or upon the lawn will make an ornamental 
and gorgeous effect. The seeds of this variety 
are scarce and hard to get, but we have secur¬ 
ed a limited supply which we offer at the fol¬ 
lowing prices: Large seeds per pkt.. Go.., 
i pkts., 15c. 
Moss Verbenas 
This new Verbena produces a mass of fine 
moss like foliage and as the branches spread 
out over the ground in all directions, a lovely 
carpet of mossy green is formed above which 
are borne clusters of purplish blue flowers in 
K^eat profusion. It is a very robust grower 
and blooms in a very short time from seed. 
Pkt.. 4c., 3 pkts.. 10c. 
Japanese Giant Flowering Morning Glories 
Japanese Giant Flowering 
Morning Glories 
strain direct from Japan, 
which we know will give 
great satisfaction. Many 
of the plants will pro¬ 
duce double flowers. This 
is by far the richest color¬ 
ed trailing plant ever pro¬ 
duced. Be sure and grow 
it this season. Price of All 
Mixed Colors per pkt., 5c. # 
3 pkts., 12c., 7 pkts., 20c* 
Japanese Giant Flowering 
Morning Glories 
This is a splendid strain which produces gigantic blossoms 
as large as Moon Flowers the first summer from seed. 
The varigations and markings are very handsome and the 
vines grow rapidly and come into bloom early in the sea¬ 
son. The flowers are borne by the hundreds, are of mam¬ 
moth size from five to six inches across and of the most 
vivid and blending colors to be seen in any flower. The 
colors range through all shades of crimson, light and dark 
blue, pink, spotted, blotched, mottled and variegated, and 
marked in many odd ways, and while the flowers are 
borne in immense quantities, the leaves are richly marbled 
and variegated, making a very beautiful plant. The seed 
germinates quickly and we recommend that nothing can 
be more desirable than a trellis or hedge of these Giant 
Flowering Morning Glories and we have secured a selected 
Moss Verbena 
