FARM, GARDEN AND SEED ANNUAL 
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Datura. Angel’s Trumpet 
Robust ornamental annuals, with large and 
showy flowers, 2 to 3 feet high. 
Double Golden. Deep yellow; delightfully fra¬ 
grant. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Cornucopia. (“Horn of Plenty”). The flowers 
average 8 inches long by 5 across ; French white 
inside, purple outside; delightfully fragrant; 
started early will flower from early summer until 
fall. Price per oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Delphinium. 
Hardy Perennial Larkspur 
Seed may be sown any time from Spring till fall. 
Sow in fine soil, J^-inch deep. Seed germinates in 
about 15 days. Keep moist and shaded until well 
rooted. Seed sown early spring will give some 
bloom first year; be in prime the second year. 
Hybrids. Platt’s Special. For a number of years 
a specialist has been carefully collecting and se¬ 
lecting delphinium varieties with a view to making 
a mixture which would contain all the most beau¬ 
tiful shades of color obtainable in a perfect blend. 
This includes the famous Wrexham and Vander¬ 
bilt types that produce such magnificent spire-like 
spikes of color, from deepest blue through bright 
blue, mauve and pastel shades. We offer in fol¬ 
lowing color groups: Light Blue Shades, Deep 
Blue Shades, Mid-Blue Shades, Pastel Shades. 
All Shades Mixed. 
Each of above: per J4 -oz., $1.00; per pkt., 25c. 
Any five pkts., $1.00. 
DELPHINIUM HYBRIDS, PLATT'S SPECIAL 
Wrexham. Hollyhock type. A magnificent, very 
superior strain. Enormous spikes of single and 
double blooms, including all shades of blue. Price 
per l /s~oz., $1.50; per pkt., 50c. 
Belladonna Improved. (Cliveden Beauty). This 
is called Everblooming Hardy larkspur; in addi¬ 
tion is of the finest type, lovely light blue; height 
3 ft. Per %-oz., $1.75; per pkt., 25c. 
Bellamosum. Deep blue, Belladonna type. Price 
per %-oz. t $1.00; per pkt., 25c. 
Formosum. Deep blue, white center; 2 to 3 feet. 
Price per %-oz., $1.50; per pkt., 25c. 
Formosum Coelestinum. Long spikes of sky- 
blue flowers, with white center. Price per l /i-oz., 
$2.00; per pkt., 25c. 
Chinensis. Cambridge Blue. New. (Annual). 
Surpassing Belladonna in brilliancy; height 2 to 3 
feet. A great cut flower. Price per %-oz., $1.00: 
per pkt., 25c. 
Dianthus. 
This class of pinks are usually treated as hardy 
annuals. They flower early in summer and con¬ 
tinue until frost; excellent for small beds or edg¬ 
ings, flowering profusely. Hardy biennial. 
Chinensis FI. Pi. (Chinese or Indian Pink). The 
double flowers are produced in great variety of 
colors; very free flowering. Mixed. 1 foot. Price 
per oz., 40c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Heddewigii Lacinatus FI. PI. (Japanese Pink . 
Large flowering, double choicest mixed, extra fine, 
colors vary from crimson to delicate pink. 
Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Heddewigii. (Japanese Pink). Single, finest 
mixed. Price per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Fireball. Large, double, brilliant scarlet. 1 foot. 
Price per oz., $1.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Snowball. Large, double, frirrged pure white. 
1 foot. Price per oz., 90c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Diadematus Double Mixed. Large double flow¬ 
ers, great variation of colors. Edges fringed. 1 
foot. Price per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c. 
HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Highly valued for beauty and fragrance of their 
flowers. These make splendid bushy plants, one to 
two feet high, for permanent beds and borders. 
Plumaris (Grass Pink or Pheasant-eye Pink). A 
single hardy pink, having fringed edge, white 
flowers, with dark center. Per oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c. 
Plumaris FI. PL Mixed (Double Pheasant’s Eye 
Pink). Spicy clove fragrance. Double fringed flowers of 
white, crimson or purple shades, spotted and variegated. 
Price per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c. 
Semperflorens (Everblooming Hardy Garden 
Pink). Very beautiful sweet scented, double, semi-double 
and single flowers. Price per oz., $3.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Highland Queen (New). Brilliant, lustrous scar¬ 
let vermilion with deeper center. Compact habit and idea! 
for borders and rock garden. Blooms from May until 
November. The most brilliant perennial Dianthus in 
cultivation. Price per -^-oz., $1.00; pkt., 25c. 
Didiscus. Blue Lace Floiver 
This beautiful annual came recently from Aus¬ 
tralia and has become very popular. Blooms pro¬ 
fusely from July until frost. An excellent cut 
flower, preferring a cool, moist situation or par¬ 
tial shade. Price per oz., $1.25; per pkt., 10c. 
Digitalis. Foxglove 
Ornamental plants of stately growth, bearing 
long spikes of large, showy flowers, running 
through shades of white, rose, yellow and purple. 
Fine for shrubberies and half-shady places. Hardy 
perennial. 
Gloxiniaeflora Mixed. Long spikes with beauti¬ 
ful Gloxinia-like flowers. Per oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c. 
The Shirley. Finest strain of digitalis yet intro¬ 
duced; giant spikes of finest colors. Per oz., $1.25; 
per pkt., 10c. 
