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INSEL-GIBBS FLOWER and PLANT SEEDS 
A general list comprising all the better known and popular varieties, to¬ 
gether with the proven Novelties. For home beautification or commercial 
growing Winsel-Gibbs Seeds will produce a high percentage of perfect 
blooms, true to form and color, with a minimum of care and attention under normal 
conditions. Prices noted include postage to any part of United States. 
"Plant a Flower Garden” 
Proper Planting and Culture of Annuals and Perennials 
The following directions while given for Asters apply to most all annuals and perennial flowers. The time of sowing varies according to 
the different species and varieties, and we advise our customers to consult the Garden Calendar on the first pages of this book in order to plant 
these different flowers in the proper season. Asters, especially the branching varieties, are the leading annuals for Southern California. They 
come in bloom just before the Chrysanthemums, and at a time when flowers are very scarce. Owing to the fact that the cultivation of Asters 
is very simple, and also that the cut flowers retain their beauty for a considerable length of time, they are considered one of the most desirable 
of annuals for the smallest garden as well as the largest parks. Sow the seed in January, February or March in light sandy loam. Transplant 
as soon as the plants have four or five leaves. Never transplant them after the flower stems begin to show. They will not branch out nor 
produce good flowers if handled at that period. Asters like the full sunshine, a rich garden soil and plenty of irrigation and cultivation. 
SEEDING. The soil in the seed flats should be composed of good quality of loam, mixed with sand and a small amount of old rotten 
sheep manure, the whole mixture to be screened through a half inch mesh. Fill the flat nearly full, then pack down firmly with a piece of 
board and sow the seed very thinly on this smooth surface. For a covering use very fine screened sand. Use a fine nose on your watering pot. 
Never use the hose on seedlings, regardless of the fine nozzle you may have. Set the flat out of doors in some old hotbed frame or sheltered 
location where the wind and sun will not dry it out. The cooler you can keep these little seedlings without exposing them to the frost, the 
stronger plants they will produce. As soon as they have three or four leaves, they should be transplanted 100 to a flat or in beds in the open 
especially arranged for this transplanting. 
FERTILIZING. Asters are great feeders and respond to the use of fertilizers in a surprising way. The ground should be spaded very 
deep,* and 100 pounds each of old rotted sheep manure and bone meal should be applied to each thousand square feet. It is a great mistake to 
use stable manure on Asters. Sometimes after weeks of labor and expense in raising these plants and setting them out in beds where stable 
manure has been used, one is greatly discouraged and disappointed to see the little plants die, one after another, and to find in pulling up these 
dead plants, that a little wire worm has hollowed out the collar of the plant and caused it to die. Stable manure produces this wire worm. 
PLANTING. The planting, whether in beds or fields, should be done with great care. If possible, a transplanter should be used for this 
purpose so they can be taken out with as many of the little roots as possible from the flats or beds. Set the plants in the ground up to the 
first leaf. Press the ground tightly with the hands, and water immediately. A top dressing of sheep manure is given, and later on when the 
buds begin to appear, nitrate of soda should be applied and raked in immediately. This should be used at the rate of one pound to every four 
hundred square feet. Aster plants are tender, and greatly relished by snails and ground worms. Use El Rey Snail Poison freely, which will kill 
the snails. 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA (Sand Verbena). 
Hardy annual. A trailing plant bearing 
umbels of verbena like rosy lilac blos¬ 
soms. Package, 10c. 
ABUTILON (Flowering Maple; Chinese Bell¬ 
flower). Half hardy perennial. The flow¬ 
ers are beautifully bell-shaped, and appear 
in white, yellow, rose and orange. Mixed 
colors. Package, 25c. 
ACHILLEA PTARMICA, THE PEARL 
(Sneezewort; double white yarrow). One 
of the best hardy perennials; bears a pro¬ 
fusion of small, double, white flowers dur¬ 
ing the entire season. Fine for cutting 
and cemetery decoration. Height, 2)4 ft. 
Package, 15c. 
ACROCLINIUM. Half hardy annual. These 
are “Immortelles” or Everlasting flowers; 
desirable for wreaths and winter boquets. 
Grows about 1 ft. high. Per package, 
Double Mixed, 10c; Single Mixed, 10c; 
Double pink, 10c; Double White, 10c. 
ADONIS (Flos Adonis; Pheasant’s Eye). 
Hardy annual. Flowers crimson and 
small. Seed should be sown in the 
autumn. Height, 1 ft. Package, 10c. 
AGERATUM (Floss Flower). Valuable for 
bedding, as it is literally covered with 
blossoms all summer. Sow the seed early 
in the spring, either in boxes to trans¬ 
plant, or outdoors, and thin to 4 to 6 
inches. Hardy annual. 
Blue Perfection. Deep blue. Height, 1 ft. 
Package, 10c. 
Mexicanum (Imperial Dwarf Blue). Height, 
1 ft. Flowers blue. Package, 10c. 
Mexicanum (Imperial Dwarf White). Flow¬ 
ers white. Height, 8 inches. Package, 
10c. 
Little Dorritt. A perfect mass of blue 
flowers. Plant is 6 inches high. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
AGROSTEMMA (Rose of Heaven). Hardy 
perennial. This plant has silvery white 
leaves and red flowers, borne on long, 
slender stems. Flowers resemble a single 
pink. Height, 2 ft. Package, 10c. 
ALYSSUM. A fragrant, hardy annual, having 
the odor of honey and bearing spikes of 
small white flowers, in great profusion 
throughout the summer and autumn. 
Maritimum. (Common Sweet.) Very sweet 
honey fragrance. Height, 1 ft. Package, 
10c; oz., 35c. 
Compactum. (Carpet of Snow.) (Little 
Gem.) Pure white, very dwarf and sweet 
scented. The best white flowered border 
plant. Height, 4 inches. Package, 10c; 
oz., 75c. 
Saxatile. (Rock Alyssum.) Hardy peren¬ 
nial. A yellowish sort 18 inches tall. 
Package, 10c. 
Crego’s Giant Asters 
AMARANTUS. Hardy annuals grown espe¬ 
cially for their brilliant foliage. 
Amarantus Melancholicus. (Love Lies Bleed¬ 
ing.) Light yellowish green foliage; long, 
drooping crimson flower spikes. Height, 
3 to 4 feet. Package, 10c. 
Molten Fire. The top leaves are a fiery crim¬ 
son, the lower ones maroon. Pkt., 10c. 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat). Plant 3 feet high, 
with brilliant leaves variegated, red, yel¬ 
low, green, etc. Package, 10c. 
ANCHUSA CAPENSIS. Hardy annual. A 
clear, bright blue flower with small white 
eye, resembling a forget-me-not but taller, 
larger and of brighter color. Height, 2 
ft. Package, 10c. 
Italica, Dropmore Variety. Hardy peren¬ 
nial. Flowers are of deepest gentian blue 
and are borne continuously. A good tall 
plant for the center of a bed. Height, 
4 ft. Package, 15c. 
ANEMONE, SINGLE, GIANT DE CAEN. 
Half hardy perennial. Cup shaped flow¬ 
ers in blue, red, and white. Bulbs of 
Anemones are unobtainable now but 
plants flower in ten months from seed. 
Package, 10c. 
St. B rigid. Enormous semi double blooms, 
the size of tulips, in a great variety of 
striking colors. Package, 15c. 
ANTIRRHINUM. See Snapdragon. 
AQUILEGIA. See Columbine. 
ARCTOTIS GRANDIS (African Lilac Daisy) 
Large, branching bushes, 2 ft. in height 
and breadth. Flowers are pure white on 
the surface and pale lilac below. Package, 
10c. 
ARMERIA MARITIMA (Sea Pink). A very 
pretty border plant with grass like foliage. 
Flowers rose pink, borne on 4 to 6 inch 
stems. Package, 10c. 
AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE (Dolichos ligno- 
sus). Half hardy perennial. A rapid 
growing evergreen climbing perennial, 
flowering freely in clusters of rose pea¬ 
shaped flowers. For covering arbors, 
trellises, etc., this is extra fine. Pack?ge, 
10c. 
