GERMAIN’S 
FLOWER SEEDS 
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PERENNIALS, Continued 
Pkt. 
ROSE CAMPION' (Agrostemma coronaria). 
Crimson flowers; silvery foliage. Height 
1% ft.$0 05 
ROCKET, Sweet (Dame’s Violet). Valuable 
for borders, free-blooming and sweet- 
scented. Fine mixed. Height iy> ft.... 05 
RUDHECKIA bicolor Muperba semiplena. 
Semi-double-flowering. Fine for cut¬ 
ting. Height 2 ft. 10 
SALVIA (Flowering Sage). B. Brilliant¬ 
flowering plants for borders, back¬ 
grounds and centers of beds. 
Bon-flre Dwarf. 2 V 2 ft. high. Brilliant 
scarlet flowers. 10 
Patens. Hh. Sky-blue. Height 2 ft. 15 
Splendens. Hh. Dazzling scarlet. Height 
3 ft. 10 
SANTOLIN'A Cliamaeyparlssus (Lavender 
Cotton). A silvery-leaved plant, useful 
for edging. Height 2 ft. 10 
SAXIFRAGA (Mother of Thousands, or 
London Pride). Charming little trailing 
plants for hanging baskets, vases or 
rock-work. Fine mixed. Height Vz ft. . 15 
SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa pudica). An 
interesting plant with the peculiarity 
of closing its leaves when touched. 
Pink. Height 2 ft. 05 
SOLIDAGO Canadensis (Goldenrod). Height 
2 to 3 ft.. 10 
SOLAN UM, WcatherllPs Hybrids. Hh. Dec¬ 
orative species for pot culture, bearing 
orange-colored berries. Mixed. Height 
1 ft. 10 
STATICE latifolia (Sea Lavender). A favo¬ 
rite hardy perennial with bright blue 
flowers, very useful for bouquets. 
Height 1 ft. 10 
STEVIA serrafa. B. A valuable plant for 
florists, producing large heads of small, 
white fragrant flowers; very graceful 
and excellent for cutting purposes. 
White. Height 1% ft. 10 
STOCKS (Biennial and Perennial). B. (For 
Ten-weeks Stocks, see Annuals.) All 
these Stocks are very double, fragrant 
and handsome. The intermediate vari¬ 
eties are biennials. The last three spe¬ 
cies are splendid decorative border 
plants. The true "Gilliflower.” 
Beauty of Nice. Exquisite flesh-pink... 15 
Intermediate East Lothian. Crimson, pur¬ 
ple and white. Height 2 ft. 15 
Finest Mixed. Height 2 ft. 10 
Pkt. 
Ilrompton. Flesh-color, bright rose, brick 
red, crimson, light blue, violet, white 
and finest mixed. Height 2 ft.$0 15 
Coeardeau. or Giant Cape Winter. Finest 
mixed. Height 2% ft. 15 
Emperor. Very fine mixed. Height 2VI* ft. 15 
SWEET WILLIAM. B. Well-known and 
very showy plants for borders; flower¬ 
ing early in the spring. 
Hunt's Auricula-flowered Perfection. Sin¬ 
gle mixed. Height 1\ 2 ft. 10 
Single. Pure white. Height 1% ft. 10 
Single. Finest mixed. Height 1% ft. 05 
Double. Finest mixed. Height iy> ft.... 10 
VERBENA. B. A well-known favorite bed¬ 
ding plant. The Lemon Verbena is a 
shrubbery perennial in our mild climate. 
Auricula-flowered Mixed. With white cen¬ 
ters; trailer. 10 
Purple. Trailer. 10 
Italian Striped. Finely striped and mot¬ 
tled; trailer. 10 
Large White. Trailer. 10 
Scarlet. Trailer. 10 
Mammoth Mixed. Trailer. 15 
Pink. Trailer. 10 
Fine Mixed. Trailer. 05 
Lemon-scented (Aloysia citriodora). Lav¬ 
ender. Height S to 10 ft. 15 
VINCA rosea (Madagascar Periwinkle). 
Red. Height 2 ft. 10 
Alba. White, with red eye. Height 2 ft.. 10 
Mixed. Height 2 ft. 10 
VIOLA. B. With the exception of Viola 
cornuta, these favorites are too well 
known to need comment. V. cornuta 
resembles the Pansies, and is admir¬ 
ably adapted for bedding purposes. 
Mixed. Height % ft. 10 
Odorata (Sweet Violet). Height V* ft.... 10 
Odorata, White. Height X A ft. 10 
Princess of Wales. Very large. Height 
J A ft. 10 
WALLFLOWER. B. Well-known fragrant 
plant. Single mixed. Height 2 ft. 05 
Blood-red. Height 1 ft. 10 
Belvoir Castle. Dwarf yellow. Height 
% ft. 10 
Harbinger. Rich blood-red. Height 1 ft. 10 
Double German Mixed. Height 2 ft. 15 
YVIGANDIA Caraeasana. Plants remarkable 
for the large size of their leaves; much 
prized as single specimens for lawns 
and subtropical gardening. Violet. 
Height 8 to 10 ft. 15 
CALIFORNIA NATIVE FLOWER SEEDS 
The following varieties are all of great beauty, and many of them are rare and difficult to obtain. 
Pkt. 
BRODIAEA eapitata (Cluster Lily). Pretty, 
bulbous; flowers early in spring; deep 
violet to white. Height % to 1 ft. . . $0 10 
DELPHINIUM eardinalc (Scarlet Lark¬ 
spur). Magnificent perennial; flowers 
intense bright scarlet. Height 3 to 5 ft. 10 
Pnrryi (Blue Larkspur). Beautiful an¬ 
nual; flowers bright blue. Height 2 ft.. 15 
DICENTRA chrysnnthn (California Bleed¬ 
ing Heart). Perennial; orange-yellow. 
Height 3 to 5 ft. 15 
D O I> E C A T H E O N Cleveland! (Shooting 
Star). Perennial; purple, bordered with 
yellow. Height % ft. 15 
EMMENANTHE penduliflora (Whispering 
Bells). Bushy annual; small, light yel¬ 
low, bell-shaped flowers. Height 1 to 
1 % ft . 15 
ESCIISCHOLTZIA Cnlifornlen (California 
Poppy). Annual; one of the most beau¬ 
tiful of our native flowers; a favorite. 
Height 1 to 1% ft. 05 
LATIIYRUS splendens (Pride of Califor¬ 
nia). Magnificent perennial climbing 
pea; produces abundant, large, rich 
crimson flowers in clusters of 10 or 
more. Height 6 to 10 ft. 15 
LAYIA callIglossa (Tidy Tips). A pretty 
annual; flowers yellow tipped with 
white; petals daisy-like, but broader, 
Pkt. 
and with serrate tips. Height 6 to 
12 in. $0 10 
Glandulosa (White Daisy). Annual flow¬ 
ers pure white and daisy-like, but pet¬ 
als broader and with serrate tips. 
Height 6 to 12 in. 
LEPTOSYXE Stlllmani. A pretty annual, 
with compact, bushy, thin-cut leaves; 
flowers golden yellow, iy 2 in. in diam¬ 
eter. Height 1 ft. 
NEMOPHILA insignis (Baby Blue Eyes). 
Annual; sky-blue flowers. Height 4 to 
6 in. 
PEXTSTEMOX Bridges!!. Perennial from 
San Jacinto Mountains. Narrow, dark- 
green leaves* flowers bright scarlet, 
long and tube-shaped. Height 1V 2 to 
2 ft..... 
PIIACELIA Parry!. Annual. Flowers bell¬ 
shaped, dark violet-blue. Height 6 to 
12 in. 
PLATYSTEMON Cnliforniciis (Cream Cups). 
Annual; poppy-like. Height 8 to 10 in.. 
ROMNEYA Coulter! (Matilija Poppy). The 
queen of all our native flowers. Per¬ 
ennial. Flowers pure white with golden 
stamens and G to 8 in. in diameter; 
flowers last well when cut. Height 6 
to 10 ft. 
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SOUVENIR COLLECTION OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FLOWER SEEDS_15 varieties in sep- 
arnte packets, including many of the above, mailed free on receipt of Fifty Cents. 
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