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Twelve Varieties of Flowers That “Dry” for Winter Bouquets 
Eryngium amethystinum 
or Sea Holly 
Honesty or Money Flower 
Gypsophila paniculata 
Six on this page and six on page 60. You should have all of them 
GYPSOPHILiA (Baby’s Breath). Charming, free-flowering, elegant plants 
that do well in any good garden soil. The dainty, misty white panicles 
of bloom are used extensively for mixing in with other bouquet flowers. 
They are grown by the acre in the suburbs of Paris and London to be 
used with other cut-flowers. Plants grow about 2 feet. 
Elegans alba grandiflora. Annual. 
White. Pkt. 5c.; 3 -^oz. 15c.; oz. 25c.; 
J<lb. 60c.; j|lb. $1; lb. $1.75. 
Rosea (viscosa). Annual. Delicate 
pink. Pkt. 5c.; Hoz. 20c.; oz. 30c.; 
Xlb. 75 c.; Hlb. $1.25; lb. $2. 
Paniculata fl.-pi. (Double). Hardy 
Perennial. Plants grow 3 feet and 
are covered with dainty little 
double white flowers, on much- 
branched panicles. Splendid for 
bouquets alone and with other 
flowers. Retain their beauty for 
months after being cut. Pkt. 10 
cts.; K’oz. $2.50; )^oz. $4.50. 
Paniculata (Single). Hardy Peren¬ 
nial. Single white flowers. Pkt. 
10 cts.; fioz. 25 cts.; J^oz. 40 cts.; 
oz. 75 cts.; %Yb. $2. 
ERYNGIUM amethystinum (Sea 
Holly). Perennial. These are very 
beautiful hardy plants 2 to 3 feet 
high, covered with pretty thistle-like 
heads of rich, glistening amethys¬ 
tine blue, in finely cut spiny foliage. 
The flower-heads are produced 
from July until September and are 
very desirable for vasing and for 
drying for winter bouquets. Pkt. 
10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; fioz. 45 cts.; 
Koz. 75 cts.; oz. $1.35- 
HONESTY {Lunar ia biennis; Satin 
Flower; Money Flower; Moon- 
wort). Perennial. The illustration 
shows the silvery white, trans¬ 
parent seed-pods which follow 
the flowers of blue, white, etc. It 
is these curious, silvery, round pods 
that are prized highly for winter 
bouquets. They are beautiful 
alone and also when vased with 
other flowers. A small spray the 
size of the one in the picture sells 
in the market for 35 cents. Mixed. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Hoz. 
50 cts.; oz. 90 cts. 
HELICHRYSUM (Straw Flower; 
Everlasting). Hardy Annual. Ex¬ 
ceedingly effective double flowers 
of the richest colors for bedding or 
borders. They grow about 2}^ feet 
high and are used extensively, 
after being dried, in vases during 
the winter. Crimson, White, 
Yellow, Violet, Rose, or Schell’s 
Splendid Mixture. Each, pkt. 
10 cts., 1 pkt. each of 5 colors, 40 
cts.; fioz., any color, 25 cts.; 3^oz. 
45 cts., oz. 80 cts. 
Rose Queen. The blooms are im¬ 
mense, of a very rich deep rose. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Moz. 
45 cts.; oz. 80 cts. 
Helichrysum (Straw Flower) 
Rhodanthe (Swan River Everlasting) 
ACROCLINIUM. Here is another very pretty annual Everlasting. The plants 
grow about 1 }/% feet high and the flowers are white and rosy pink. When 
cut in the bud state, they will dry for winter bouquets. Single Mixed 
or Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 10c.; 3 pkts. 25c.; ^oz. 40c.; oz. 75c. 
RHODANTHE (Swan River Everlasting). Among the very pretty and very 
desirable varieties of Everlastings is Rhodanthe. Its small, dainty pink 
and white flowers, borne on wiry stems 10 inches long, make this a fine 
flower for summer and fall bouquets and to dry for winter use. The flowers 
are formed in sprays and are bell-shaped, star-like, very graceful and 
charming. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.; 3 pkts. 25c.; 3 ^oz. 45c.; oz. 80c. 
Acroclinium 
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