ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY—"Pure and Sure" Seeds 
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Flowering Bulbs For Spring Planting 
Cannas — Large Flowering 
Ready for shipment during March and April. 
By Parcel Post, add 5c per doz., postage. 
Massed plantings in one color are recommended 
as being most effective; but many beautiful and 
striking combinations of colors may be arranged. 
ORANGE AND YELLOW 
Karl Merck. 4 feet. A beautiful glistening yellow, 
with green foliage. 
Yellow King Humbert. 4 feet. Foliage a very dark 
green, flowers a deep rich yellow, softly spotted 
and blotched with bright red. 
PINK 
City of Portland. 3 % feet. A deep pink which 
does not fade during the hot weather. 
Mrs. A. F. Conard. 3 to 4 feet high. Color an ex¬ 
quisite, soft, opaque pale pink with darker pink 
in throat. 
Hungaria. 3% feet. The best pink Canna. Trusses 
of enormous size borne well above the foliage. 
Very compact, almost dwarf and of a very lux¬ 
uriant growth. 
RED, GREEN LEAF 
The President. 4 ft. This Canna is superior to any 
other red variety in the quality and also the 
quantity of bloom. 
RED, BRONZE LEAF 
Ambassador. 3% to 4 ft. Brilliant Poppy red. 
King Humbert. 4 ft. The plants are crowned with 
immense heads of orchid-like, velvety orange- 
scarlet, rose-tinted and margined at the base. 
Wyoming. Bronze-purple foliage, immense spikes 
of large massive orange flowers. 6 ft. 
WHITE 
Eureka. 4 % ft. With the advent of Eureka we are 
granted good full trusses; broad petals; uniform, 
free and continuous bloom, and a clean, waxy, 
lily-white color. 
Price of Canna Roots, each, 7c; doz., 75c. 
Miscellaneous Bulbs 
CINNAMON VINE 
Well-known hardy climber; quick grower, with 
beautiful glossy heart-shaped leaves and sweet- 
scented flowers. Vines will run 20 to 30 feet in a 
season. Large Roots, 10c; doz., $1.00. 
BEGONIAS (Tuberous Rooted) 
Enormous wax-like flowers appear uninterrupt¬ 
edly from June until frost. Plant bulbs outdoors 
about May 1st or start indoors any time prior to 
then. Rose, Scarlet, White, Yellow, each 15c; doz., 
$1.60. 
HARDY GARDEN LILIES 
Bulbs should be planted as soon as the frost is 
out of the ground; the earlier the better. Set the 
bulbs from five to seven inches deep. Large Bulbs. 
Auratum (The Golden Rayed Lily of Japan). The 
flowers are pure white, through the center of 
each petal runs a clear golden band. Each, 25c; 
doz., $2.50. 
Speciosum Rubrum. Frosted white spotted, 
clouded and bordered with pinkish crimson. 
Each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 
Lilium Regale (3 ft.). Extra large bulbs, pure 
white, yellow center. Each, 30c; doz., $3.25. 
Lilium Regale. First size bulbs, pure white, yel¬ 
low center. Each, 20c; doz., $2.00. 
Yellow King- Humbert. 
Canna Collection 
The President, King Humbert, City of 
Portland, Hungaria. Two each of the 4 
Cannas, 50c. 
for Spring Planting 
AMARYLLIS, GIANT-FLOWERED 
New Hybrids. This selection of giant bloomers in 
wonderfully varied and brillant colorings. Each, 
35 C 
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 
Elephant's Ear. One of the most effective foliage 
plants for beds and borders. Can be used with 
good effect as a border for tall-growing Cannas. 
Each Doz. 
Mammoth bulbs.$0.30 $3.25 
First Size bulbs.20 2.25 
Medium bulbs.10 1.00 
ISMENE CALATHINA 
(Pancratium Lily or Peruvian Daffodil) 
One of the choicest of our summer flowering 
bulbs, blooming profusely during the summer. 
Handsome clusters of large, very striking, fragrant 
pearly white flowers. Large bulbs, each, 10c; dozen, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
TUBEROSE 
By Mail, add 10c Dozen, Postage. 
Dwarf Excelsior Pearl. 24 inches. Early bloomer 
bearing pure white flowers, very double and 
sweetly scented. Doz., 60c. 
Albino. 30 inches. Very early bloomer; dwarf 
habit; flowers waxy white and single, very fra¬ 
grant. Doz., 60c. 
