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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S 
Linum. 
Flowering Flax 
A showy bedding plant of the flax family, hav¬ 
ing brilliant flowers of various colors, borne on 
slender stems, with fine foliage. Hardy annual. 
Grandiflorum Rubrum. (Scarlet Flax). Annual; 
bright scarlet. Per oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Blue Perenne. Perennial. Bright blue. 24 in. 
Per oz., 75c.; pkt., 10c. 
Lobelia. 
The following dwarf and trailing varieties of 
this popular and beautiful flowering plant are 
desirable for pot culture, edgings, hanging baskets, 
etc., blooming profusely from June to November. 
Half-hardy annual. 
Gracilis. Light blue ; nine inches, long slender, 
trailing stems. Per oz., $1.50; per pkt., 10c. 
Speciosa. Deep blue, dark foliage, trailing. 
Per oz., $2.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Crystal Palace. Compacta, 4 to 6 inches. Dark 
blue; fine for bedding. Per %-oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Emperor. Compacta, bright blue. Per %-oz., 
$1.00; per pkt., 10c. 
White Gem. Pure white, %-oz., $1.00; pkt., 10c. 
Compacta Mixed. Per oz., $3.00; pkt., 10c. 
Lupinus. 
Many of the varieties are of a stately, robust 
growth, valuable for mixed flower and shrubbery 
borders. 
Hartwegii Annual Mixed. Rich and various new 
colors. Two feet. Per oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Hartwegii Giants. New strain, 3 to 4 feet tall. 
Per oz., $1.50; pkt., 10c. 
Downer’s Hybrids. (New). Hardy perennial 
variety, in fine range of colors, many new to 
Lupinus, flowering first year from seed. Per oz., 
50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Lychnis. 
Viscaria Splendens (Catchfly). Rosy carmine. 
Fifteen inches. Per oz., 75c.; pkt., 10c. 
Chalcedonica. Brilliant orange-scarlet, Maltese 
Cross (Jerusalem Cross), 2 to 3 feet. Per oz., 
$1.00; per pkt., 10c. 
Maurandia. 
Beautiful rapid-growing climbers, blooming pro¬ 
fusely until late in the autumn ; also fine for the 
conservatory or greenhouse. A half-hardy peren¬ 
nial, flowering first season if sown early; 10 feet. 
Barclayana Mixed. Blue and white mixed. Per 
%-oz., $1.75; pkt., 10c. 
Marigold. 
A popular hardy annual of vigorous growth, 
producing a magnificent display of yellow, orange 
and maroon flowers. 
AFRICAN VARIETIES 
Guinea Gold. New distinct type. Plant base¬ 
branching, pyramidal growth, 2 to 2 l / 2 ft. Flowers 
2 inches across, semi-double, beautiful rich golden 
on good stems; excellent for cutting or in border. 
Early sowing is recommended. Marigold odor is 
much less pronounced. Rated first choice among 
the ten best recent novelties by National Com- 
MAR1GOLD—GUINEA GOLD 
mittee on Selections. Per %\-oz., 50c.; large pkt., 
25c.; pkt., 15c. 
Yellow Supreme. A grand companion to Guinea 
Gold. A rich, creamy, lemon-yellow, carnation- 
flowered type; an excellent cut flower having good 
stems and holding well in water. Plants are vig¬ 
orous, free flowering, lacking the objectionable 
Marigold odor. Per %-oz., $1.00; pkt., 25c. 
Orange Alldouble. New 1930 strain coming 95% 
true. This is a great advance over the old, now 
superseded, in which 50% double was considered 
good. Per %-oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Lemon Alldouble. Like Orange Alldouble ex¬ 
cept color. Per %-oz., 50c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Large African. Double, tall mixed, especially 
fine large quilled type, orange and lemon shades, 
2 to 3 feet. Per oz., 50c.; special pkt., 25c.; 
pkt., 10c. 
FRENCH VARIETIES 
Josephine. Single brown and gold, long stems 
fine for cutting, height 2 feet. Oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Legion of Honor. A dwarf single variety. 
Blooms early and until late in the fall. Flowers 
rich golden yellow, marked velvety brown. Per 
oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Golden Ball. Dwarf French. Very compact. 
Per oz., 60c.; per pkt., 10c. 
Robert Beist. Dwarf double. Dark maroon. 
Very fine rich color. Per oz., 60c.; pkt., 10c. 
Dwarf, Golden Striped. Double, velvety maroon, 
striped gold. Per oz., 75c.; per pkt., 10c. 
French Double Dwarf Mixed. Per oz., 50c.; 
special pkt., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
French Tall Double Mixed. A combination of 
the best varieties, including new sorts; excellent 
for cutting; height 2 feet. Per oz.-, 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Golden Gem. (Tagetes Signata Pumila). Bushy 
plants, 1 ft., with numerous small, star-like, single 
golden flowers. Ideal for edging. Per oz., $1.00; 
pkt., 10c. 
Marvel of Peru. 
Four O’clock 
Of branching habit, bearing hundreds of flowers 
white, yellow, crimson and violet; some combin¬ 
ing two or more of these colors. Two feet. 
Marvel of Peru, or Four O’Clock. Mixed. Per 
oz., 20c.; per pkt., 5c. 
