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Gomphrena Globosa 
Rhodanthe Manglesii 
Helipterum Corymbiflorum 
EVERLASTINGS or STRAW FLOWERS 
The so-called Everlasting flowers compose a useful class as the flowers are straw-like, 
and when cut and dried in the shade retain their color and beauty for months. They are desirable for room 
decoration during Winter when fresh flowers are not available. Many of these flowers are valuable for 
showy beds in the garden during Summer, all of them are of easy culture. Every gardener should have a 
big bed of those. I offer here the most desirable kinds. 
ACROCLINIUM, ha, 18 in. A portion of the plants 
always produce single firs from seeds, but these, 
while showy in the garden, may also be used for 
drying if cut early, otherwise the center will be 
discolored. Rose, White, Separate or Mixed. 
AMMOBIUM Alatum Grandiflorum, hb, 3 ft. A very 
showy white everlasting of free growth, branching 
plants; firs double; profuse, keeps well, cut early. 
ASTER New Everlasting, hha, 2 ft. This Aster, un¬ 
like others, can be dried and used for Winter firs. 
The plants make a showy bed as the firs are large 
and attractive in color. Cut when they first open. 
Rose and Flesh. Separate or Mixed. 100 seeds. 
CELOSIA Spicata, hha, 2ft. A pretty garden flower 
and valuable everlasting from tropical Asia; firs 
rosy white in fine spikes. 50 seeds. 
GNAPHALIUM Foetiaum, hp, 2ft. Heads numerous, 
golden yellow; desirable everlasting. 100 seeds. 
GOMPHRENA Glcbosa, hha, 2 ft. Beautiful free- 
blooming and continuous-blooming annuals of 
easy culture; splendid for beds and a first-class 
everlasting, retaining its form and color indefinite¬ 
ly; thrives in any soil and will endure dx-ought and 
hot sun. It is a flower that should be generally 
cultivated for its beauty in beds, as well as for 
drying. Colors: White, Flesh, Rose, Carmine, Va¬ 
riegated, Separate or Mixed. 
Globosa Compacta Rubra, 6 in. For pots or beds. 
Aurea Superba, 1 ft. Long orange heads, showy; a 
beautiful everlasting that should be better known. 
GYPSOPHILA Elegans, ha, 18 in. Small-flowered 
plants, the flowers appearing as a light cloud, be¬ 
ing held on thread-like stems and are very numer¬ 
ous. Very graceful and almost indispensable for 
bouquets, also good for drying. Large-flowered 
White, Carmine, Rose. Separate or Mixed. 1000 s. 
Muralis, ha, 6 in. Lovely plants for the rockery or 
edging; flowers rose, in profusion. 1000 seeds. 
flbHELICHRYSUM Angustifolium, hp, 2 ft. Showy 
^ white foliage and handsome yellow firs; fine. 
^pMonstrosum fl. pi., ha, 30 in. Very beautiful large 
double firs, start readily from seeds and are of the 
easiest culture; showy in beds and one of the best 
for drying. Will grow in any good garden soil, free 
and continuous-blooming. Colors: Pure White, 
Fiery-red, Bronze, Golden Yellow, Rose, Crimson, 
Salmon-rose, Sulphur. Separate or Mixed. 150 s. 
HELIPTERUM Corymbiflorum, ha, 1ft. A handsome 
white-flowered everlasting, the plant branching 
and blooming freely; flowers in corymbs. 50s. 
Sanfordii, ha, 1 f-t. Big corymbs of showy yellow 
flowers; very attractive and desirable. 
LONAS Inodora, ha, 1 ft. Small golden flowers in 
dense terminal heads. 300 seeds. 
MOLUCELLA Laevis, ha, 18 in. Shell-like flowers; 
not showy but curious and always admired. 
PHYSALIS Franchetti, Chinese Lantern, hp, 30 in. 
Large orange-scarlet balloon-like fruits in long 
racemes; dry and -use for Winter decorations; edi¬ 
ble when fresh; beautiful. 100 seeds. 
POLYCOLYMNA Stuartii, hha, 2 ft, White, interest¬ 
ing, easily-grown plant, flowers dry well. 35 s, 
RHODANTHE, hha, 1 ft. Excellent for pot and mar= 
ket plants, as well as fine for beds and drying; free 
and long-blooming; always admired, 
Maculata, R©se also White, separate or mixed. 150s, 
Manglesii, flowers rose and yellow, an elegant 
Australian everlasting. 150 seeds. 
Complete Special Mixture of Rhodanthe. 200 s. 
STATICE, Sea Lavender. These are of many kinds, 
and all are showy in the garden and excellent for 
bouquets, either green or dry. 
Bonduellii, hha, 3ft. Yellow, a good border species 
and a fine everlasting. 15 heads. 
Caspia, hp, 2 ft. The most beautiful of all perennial 
Sea Lavenders; big sprays of lavender flowers. 
Dumosa, hp, 2ft. New, pure silvery gray; fine. 
Fr. Kampf, hp, 3ft. Intense indellible blue ever¬ 
lasting; full, strong, perfect spikes; earliest and 
finest of the Sinuata hybrids. 8 heads. 
Incana Nana Hybrida, hp, 1ft. Plants branching; 
firs fragrant; many colors in cloud-like masses. 
Latifolia, hp, 2ft. A valuable garden flower retain¬ 
ing its place for years in rich soil and a sunny bed. 
Firs very numerous, produced in branching pan¬ 
icles; blooms from June to August. A very useful 
showy perennial, 150 seeds. 
Macrophylla, hha, 2 ft. Large-leaved, azure firs. 
Sinensis, ha, 18 in. White and yellow, fine. 100 s. 
Sinuata, ha, 1ft. One of the best; bright colors that 
retain their color when dried. 10 heads. 
Spicata, ha, 6in. Pink firs in dense terminal spikes 
during Summer; pretty, showy. 
Suworowii, hha, 18in. Long branched spikes of 
bright rose firs; strikingly beautiful. 250 seeds. 
Complete Special Mixture of Statice. 
XERANTHEMUM, ha, 2ft. Very beautiful everlast¬ 
ing, firs large, double, long-stemmed and lasting. 
Imperial, double, large-flowered, dark red. 100 s. 
Superbissima, globular firs of great beauty. White, 
Rose. Separate or Mixed. 100 seeds. 
Complete Special Mixture of Everlastings. 
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