Recent Novelties and Other Rare Flowers 
Anchusa italica, Feltham Pride 
Hardy Aster, Wartburg Star 
Hardy Spring-flowering Aster 
subcaeruleus, Wartburg Star 
PERENNIAL 
The daisy-like flowers of bright laven¬ 
der-blue, with yellow centers, measure 
more than 4 inches across, are borne on 
strong stems 28 inches long, and appear 
in May and June when other long¬ 
stemmed flowers are scarce. Pkt. 50 cts., 
5 pkts. $2. 
Asclepias curassavica. 
Sunset Glow 
A New Annual 
Butterfly Flower 
Unusually Attractive 
and a Gem 
for Cutting 
Glorious flower 
umbels of copper- 
scarlet and gold, 
carried on 2-foot 
stems richly set 
with long, narrow 
leaves of a deep 
green color. In 
bud. the color is a 
uniform deep cop¬ 
pery red, and upon 
opening the flower 
segments reflex 
sharply and show 
a rich sunset cop¬ 
pery red with 
cornucopia appen¬ 
dages of golden 
bronze-color rising 
clear above them, 
forming a striking and harmonious contrast. Easily grown from 
seed, the plants bloom in about 5 months and continue until 
frost. Pkt. 50 cts., 5 pkts. $2. 
Aster, Super-Giant, Los Angeles 
The forerunner of a new giant race with massive, full-petaled, 
deep, and unusually large, yet artistically graceful flowers of 
a pure shell-pink color, with interlaced petals loosely arranged 
on exceedingly long stems. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
Coreopsis, Mayfield Giant 
PERENNIAL 
This fine new Coreopsis produces taller, more vigorous plants, 
with longer, firmer stems and larger individual flowers. The 
color is the same familiar yellow. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Alyssum saxatile compactum. Silver Queen 
One of the earliest spring-blooming perennials. Compact, very 
bushy plants, 6 inches high, completely covered with large trusses 
of palest lemon-yellow flowers. Most attractive color. Pkt. 25 cts., 
5 pkts. $1. 
Antirrhinum nanum grandiflorum, 
Evensong 
A very artistic color in this lovely, 
large-flowered, dwarf type of Snapdragon 
—chamois-pink, shading through apricot 
to buff. It is most pleasing 
to the eye and highly decora¬ 
tive in the garden. Pkt. 50c., 
5 pkts. $2. 
Anchusa italica, 
Feltham Pride 
PERENNIAL 
A decided improvement 
over Dropmore. Feltham 
Pride is of a much less 
spreading habit and bears 
larger flowers of a brighter 
blue. Pkt. 50 cts., 5 pkts. $2. 
Cyclamen ibericum 
A native of the Caucasus 
Mountains. It makes a 
charming addition to the 
rock-garden for early spring 
blooming. The plant forms 
its leaves and flowers be¬ 
neath the ground in September, 
and it is thus able to appear in 
bloom on the first snowless days 
of March or April. Its peculiar, 
open, bell-shaped, bright purple 
flowers grow in large quantities 
above the kidney-shaped leaves, 
supplying a color which is missing 
at this time of the year. Consid¬ 
ering the native habitat of this 
Cyclamen, a not-too-moist, por¬ 
ous leaf-mold, mixed with lime, 
is the best soil. In such a soil the 
bulbs will remain healthy and 
become strong and flower regu¬ 
larly after the second year. Pkt. 
(15 seeds) $1, 6 pkts. $5. 
Asclepias 
curassavica. 
Sunset Glow 
Aster, Los Angeles 
Plant an herb-garden this year. See page 76 
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