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D. R. MAYO SEED COMPANY, Inc 
Hardy flowering annuals, 
which include some of our 
most graceful and showy garden flowers, especially 
for cutting. The tall, slender, straight or slightly 
branching plants with narrow leaves produce bright 
colored flowers cm long, graceful stems and some are 
fragrant. Easily grown in any garden soil. 
Bachelor’s Button Robin — Centaurea 
Cyanus. 3 ft. tall. Known under all these names, 
this very easily grown flower is always included in 
old-fashioned gardens and usually reseeds itself 
every year. It blooms all summer long and should 
be in every Southern garden. Selected Double 
Flowering. All Colors, Mixed. Packet, 10c; Oz. 25c. 
Ft.icfir TWIillov White Leaved Centaurea 
jL/USiy IVlUier Gymnoearpa. Silvery white 
or light gray leaves, 1 foot high, used for bedding, 
borders, baskets, pots and vases. Very effective. 
Packet, 10c; Oz. 30c. 
C i Qulfo-n Centaurea Imperialis. Zy 2 ft. 
jW60l JUlian tall. This superb new strain 
is splendid. Produces long-stemmed blossoms 2% 
in. across and very fragrant. Colors from white 
through shades of pink, red, blue, lilac and royal 
purple. Best planted very early in season to allow 
for fine cut-flowers before hot weather. Mixed. 
Packet 10c; % Oz. 25c; Oz. 45c. 
Yellow Sweet Sultan 
Rich buttery yellow, lacinated tubular petals with 
many hairy stamens and pistils in center, re¬ 
sembling Sweet Sultan except shorter plants and 
1% in. flowers. P'opular for lasting cut flowers. 
Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c. 
Dianthus—Garden f"‘ ,y Pin T u “ 1 r e G e": 
Tj* V. tremely popular all over the South for 
rlllKS bedding, borders and cut-flowers. Stems, 
about 1 ft. tall, flowers often 2 in. across and leaves 
are narrow bright green. Cover seed % in- an< l 
firm soil. When 2 in. high, thin to 6 in. apart. 
SUPERB DIANTHUS MIXTURE. A magnificent 
mixture, of all the best varieties, double and single ; 
unusually large and brilliant flowers in the greatest 
variety of color. Packet, 10c; -V4 Oz. 25c; y 2 Oz. 40c. 
1^.. •. 1 • _Hardy Reseeding 
Digitalis - Jr OXglOVe Biennial. Stately, 
picturesque beauty, called Thimble Flower. White, 
yellow, rose and purple flowers, gloriously spotted. 
Strong, upright flower stalks with very showy 
blooms in May and June, 3 to 5 ft. high. Give 
light, rich soil in partial shade when transplanting 
or naturalize along stream or in edge of woods. 
Very easily grown. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 25c; Oz. 45c. 
Delphinium (P) (Hardy provement 
| i \ has been made in the form and 
LarKSpUr ) colors of these splendid border 
perennials, and their vigor of growth has been in¬ 
creased. They are of easy culture, thriving in any 
good open, yet substantial soil; when well estab¬ 
lished they are of great value in mixed or shrubbery 
borders, and for cutting purposes. 
% Oz. 
Belladonna. Turquoise blue .$0.60 
Bellamosum. Rich, deep blue.60 
Cardinale. Brilliant scarlet.75 
Selected Hybrids. Mixed.30 
C „ 12 to 24 in. tall. Popular, very pretty 
U0Um erect herb for border, rockery or pot 
plants. Mixed Colors. Packet, 10c. 
y-i ill l* (Blanket Flower) For beds or for 
L»aillaraia cutting. Hardy annual, 2 feet. 
Mixed colors. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 30c; Oz. 50c. 
Intense maroon red and yellow. 
Packet, 15c; *4 Oz. 40c; Oz. $1.20. 
C' oi-.i-iV.ilo Graceful, free-flowering plant, 
^ypsopmia excellent for cutting and mix¬ 
ing in bouquets 
BABY’S BREATH. White. Packet, 5c; Vs Oz. 15c; 
Oz. 25c. 
Pkt. 
$0.15 
.15 
.15 
.10 
T Eor bedd i n £> f° r growing among 
-*- 14 **KSpUi shrubbery and as cut flowers, lark¬ 
spurs are strikingly beautiful. Early spring plant¬ 
ings will give blooms from July till frost. All 
double flowers. 
NEW GIANT IMPERIAL TYPE. 4 ft. tall. 
BLUE SPIRE. Florists’ ideal deep Oxford blue. 
Packet, 10c; % Oz. 35c; Oz. $1.00. 
LOS ANGELES IMPROVED. Brilliant rose on 
salmon. Tall, upright grower. Packet 10c; *4 Oz. 
35c; Oz. $1.00. 
PEACH BLOSSOM. Light Pink. Packet, 10c; % 
Oz. 35c; Oz. $1.00. 
GLORIA. Deep rose. Packet, 10c; % Oz. 35c; Oz. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
WHITE SPIRE. Clear white, now the fashion. 
Packet, 10c; *4 Oz. 35c; Oz. $1.00. 
GIANT IMPERIAL MIXED. All Larkspur colors 
well balanced in this finest base branching, uni¬ 
formly long stemmed type. Packet, 10c; y± Oz. 
25c; Oz. 80c. 
Tall Double Stock Flowering Larkspur 
AZURE BLUE. Clear Blue. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 
25c * Oz. 45c 
DARK BLUE OR PURPLE. Packet, 10c; V-z Oz. 
25c; Oz. 45c. 
LAFRANCE. A pleasing shade of salmon pink. 
Packet. 10c; y 2 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c. 
LILAC IMPROVED. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 30c; 
Oz. 55c. 
LOS ANGELES. Brilliant rose or salmon. Packet. 
10c: y 2 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c. 
MIXED. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 20c; Oz. 35c. 
TALL HYACINTH FLOWERED. 
Pink. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c. 
Lilac. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c. 
White. Packet, 10c; y 2 Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c. 
Larkspur, Rosamond Go 4 id A Medal 
Tall branching type, uniform in height, 4 ft. ; heavy 
spikes of fully double flowers. New, distinct, bright 
rose color which doesn’t fade, 2 weeks earlier for 
good cutting before others are available. Finest 
garden Larkspur yet. Packet, 25c; Oz. 60c; 
Oz. $2.00. 
Easily grown, old-fashioned 
perennials for borders. 
SINGLE MIXED. Packet, 10c. 
DOUBLE MIXED. Packet. 10c. 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUE. Packet, 10c. 
Columbine 
Cobaea Scandens V^ne). an A 
rapid growth : large, bell-shaped flower. 
y-z Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c. 
Saucer 
climber of 
Packet, 5c: 
A f VI o o n Flaicir (Dimorphotheca.) Beauti- 
/AinLdll ua.isy f u ] an( j showy annual 
about 12 inches high and bears in great profusion 
daisy-shaped, rich, glossy gold flowers. 2% inches 
across, with dark centers surrounded by a black 
zone. Splendidly adapted for beds and borders. 
Packet, 10c; % Oz. 35c. 
QVo cfn HaicTr (Alaska). Hardy perennials, 
OIldSld i/alS y bearing flowers 4 inches 
across. Blooms for months and more freely each 
season; flowers remain fresh for two weeks after 
cutting. Packet, 10c; 14 Oz. 35c. 
Euphorbia 
Strong growing annuals for 
mixed borders or beds of tall 
plants. . The flowers are unnoticeable but the 
foliage is exceedingly ornamental. Very papular, 
easily grown most anywhere in sunny places. 
Annual PninspTtiji Euphorbia he tero P h y l 
it umseiua la _ Also called Mexi 
can Fire Plant. 18-24 in. tall, compact, base-branch¬ 
ing, erect, bushy, odd terminal crowns of leaves of 
fiery orange-scarlet, like small Poinsettias. Very 
decorative. Packet, 10c; *4 Oz. 25c; Oz. 80c. 
Snow on the Mountain vaHegSt 
Also called Mountain Spurge. 2-3 ft. tall, a 
remarkably distinct decorative plant, all leaves of 
light green, margined with white. Chiefly used as 
a showy border plant. Packet, 10c; % Oz. 25c; 
Oz. 45c. 
