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The Murvon Seed Company, South Norwalk, Conn. 
Gypsophila 
Slatire 
Statice 
Choice Mixed 
Statice, also called Sea Pink, is extremely 
showy, with large clusters of blooms carried 
on graceful stems. The plants are easily 
grown from seed and do well in almost any 
kind of soil. The flowers may be cut and 
treated like Everlastings, drying them in a cool 
and shady place, hung up on the stems to 
keep their natural position. Sow' the seed thin¬ 
ly indoors during February or March and 
transplant? with a ball of earth adhering to 
the roots, info the open when the maples are 
in full leaf. Before sowing pick the seed clus¬ 
ters apart to tree the thorny hard hulls from 
the thin long brown seeds. Sow both in case 
some of the seeds were left in the hulls, and 
cover with \\ inch fine soil. 
No. 1218. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Shasta Daisies 
KING EDWARD. 3 ft., July-September. The 
lamest of all daisies, flowers frequently mea¬ 
suring more than 5 inches across. An im¬ 
provement over the common Shasta Daisy, ana 
will stand the winter where the old variety 
freezes out. The flowers are pure white, with 
long stems: a beautiful cut flower, remaining 
in good condition a week or more. 
No. 1231 Pkt. 10c. Postpaid. 
Gypsophila Baby’s Breath (Annual) 
Elegans Grandiflora Alba White 
A quick grower w'ith myriads of small, open, bell-shaped flowers. Doe? 
well in any soil and an open situation. Fine for planting along walls and 
sunny slopes. The plants grow 10 to 15 inches tall and are excellent for 
bunching with other flowers. Sow the seed the latter part of April. The plants 
are covered with small, star-shaped, pure white flowers on dainty stems. Very 
graceful. No. 1101. Pkt. 10c. 
Calceolaria 
(Pouch Flower) (House Culture) 
A most interesting and 
beautiful pot-plant for the 
greenhouse. It is a native of 
Peru, which, with proper 
care, will grow into fine 
iarge bushes with many 
showy pocket-like flowers of 
various colors. Some of the 
flowers are beautifully spot¬ 
ted and tigered, others are 
self-colored in yellow or red. 
They are greatly admired. 
Sow the very small seeds 
carefully in a box containing 
a rather sandy leafmold mix¬ 
ture. Moisten the soil before 
sowing and cover with a pane 
of glass to prevent too 
rapid evaporation. Trans¬ 
plant and keep growing in a 
moist air registering 42 to 
48 degrees Fahrenheit. 
Hybrids Grandiflora, Finest 
Mixed. No. 1195 Pkt. 15 cts. 
Platycodon (Japanese Bell Flower) 
Here is one of our best blue 
hardy perennials. Grows 2 to 
3 feet high. It is one of the 
best for general planting. 
Very free flowering, produc¬ 
ing showy flowers all thru 
the season. Very interesting 
and striking. Easily grown. 
Seed sown in April will bloom 
in August. The flowers are 
star shaped and expand to 2 
or 3 inches in diameter. If 
the seed is started early, in¬ 
side, it will bloom constantly 
from July until late Septem¬ 
ber. 
Platycodon is becoming ex¬ 
ceedingly popular and more 
in demand every year. Our 
seed this year is of an ex¬ 
ceptionally fine strain. 
No. 1215 Pkt. 10c; 3 Pkts. 25c 
Brachycome 
Iberiaifolia 
(Swan River Daisy) 
Annual 
Very attractive, growing about a 
foot tall. The plants form compact 
little bushes branching close to'the 
ground and bearing small Cineraria 
or Daisy like flowers on the end of 
each branch. The color of the flow¬ 
ers is bright blue. 
The plants thrive in a fairly rich, 
porous soil, where they get plenty 
of sunshine. They are well suited 
for dwarf borders and for filling in 
open spaces in the perennial or 
annual flower bed. Sow the seed 
thinly and barely cover from view 
when the maples are in leaf, or start 
indoors the middle of March and 
transplant to the garden the latter 
part of May. Makes a lovely low 
border to taller growing annuals. 
No. 1232. Pkt. 10c. 
