Winsel-Gibbs Seed Co. 
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BEGONIA. Usually grown in the greenhouse. 
Some varieties are especially attractive on 
account of their foliage, but most varieties 
have exquisitely beautiful wax-like flowers, 
both single and double. The seed is very 
small and rather difficult to germinate and 
must be planted in boxes or pots indoors. 
It is also very expensive, some strains be¬ 
ing worth more than their weight in gold. 
FIBROUS ROOTED VARIETY. Fine for 
outdoor culture, having beautiful leaves 
and bearing clusters of small waxy flowers. 
Vernon. Half hardy perennial. Deep red 
flowers and dark purple foliage; often 
used for borders and for bedding. Pack¬ 
age, 25 c. 
Begonia rubra 
TUBEROUS ROOTED VARIETIES. For 
greenhouse and pot culture, having large, 
beautiful flowers with four petals in bril¬ 
liant colors. Many prefer to start bulbs 
in December and January. 
Double Mixed. All the best varieties. Pack¬ 
age, 50c. 
Single Mixed. Finest large flowers; single 
varieties. Package, 50c. 
BRACHYCOME IBERIDIFOLIA (Swan 
River Daisy). Hardy annual. Produces 
an abundance of pretty blue and white 
flowers. Height, 8 inches. Package, 10c. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY. See Eschscholtzia. 
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold). Very hardy 
annual, 1 foot high, blooming freely at 
any time of year, including winter, and 
for several months. Is of the easiest cul¬ 
ture and is desirable for rather inferior 
soils, where less sturdy flowers do not 
thrive. 
Double Mixed. A good mixture of eight to 
ten different shades of yellow, some clear 
colors and some shaded and striped. 
Package, 10c. 
Lemon King. Large, very double, lemon 
flowers. Package, 15c. 
Meteor. Yellow flowers, striped with 
orange. Package, 15c. 
Prince of Orange. A fine deep orange, 
double. Package, 15 c. 
CANARY - BIRD FLOWER (Tropaeolum 
Peregrinum). A tender climbing annual of 
the nasturtium family. Blossoms have 
curiously wrinkled petals and are light 
yellow. Soak seed over night before 
planting. Package, 10c. 
CANDYTUFT (Iberis). Very hardy, easy to 
grow, and very fragrant. The blossoms 
are borne on long spikes, and the newer 
varieties are quite large flowering and 
very fragrant. Valuable for bedding or 
massing and for cutting. Height 6 to 15 
inches. 
Common Sweet Scented. Small white 
flowers. Package, 10c; oz., 30c. 
Carmine. Branching. Package, 10c. 
Lilac. Branching. Package, 10c. 
Purple. Branching. Package, 10c. 
White Rocket. Long spikes and large 
flowers. Package, 10c. 
Giant Hyacinth Flowered (Improved Em¬ 
press). Very large heads and long spikes 
of white flowers. An improved strain of 
Giant Empress and excellent for cut 
flowers. Package, 10c. 
Mixture of All Colors. Package, 10c. 
CALLIOPSIS. Blossoms single and about 2 
to 4 inches in diameter. Hardy annual. 
Atrosanguinea. Dark maroon. Plant is tall 
and flowers are small. One of the old 
fashioned flowers. Package, 10c. 
Golden Wave. A large flowering light yel¬ 
low variety with maroon eye. Package, 
10c. 
Bicolor Hydrida Semiplena. Semi double 
flowers of garnet and yellow. The old 
fashioned small Coreopsis. Package, 10c. 
Mixed. A gorgeous mixture of golden yel¬ 
low, brown, maroon and other shades. 
Package, 10c. 
Lanceolata. See Coreopsis. 
Tiger Star (C. nana compacts radiata). 
Package, 10c. 
CANTERBURY BELLS. A hardy biennial, 
blooming the second year from seed, or the 
first year if sown early. Easily grown and 
preferring rich, moist soil. Grows about 
3 feet high and bears double and single var¬ 
ieties of blue, white, purple and deep pink 
flowers. Single, mixed, single white, single 
pink, single blue, double mixed. Each 
package, 10c. 
Carpathica (Carpathian Harebell). Fine for 
rockeries, edges and beds. Blue and 
white bells. Height, 9 inches. Mixed, 
package, 10c. 
Cup-and-Saucer type. In this variety the 
outer petal forms a brim like a saucer. 
Mixed, light blue, white, pink. Per pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Pyramidalis (Chimney Bellflower). Peren¬ 
nial. Large bells on 6 foot spikes; blooms 
late. Blue, white, per package, 10c. 
Canna 
CANNA. Mixture of the popular varieties. 
Flowers red or yellow. All plants have 
large ornamental leaves and give a tropi¬ 
cal effect. Bronze leaved, package, 10c; 
green leaved, package, 10c; mixed, pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
JAPANESE BELLFLOWER (Platycodon 
grandiflora). Perennial. A giant Bell¬ 
flower growing 2 feet tall and covered all 
summer with large, steel blue flowers. 
Package, 25c. 
CASTOR OIL BEAN (Ricinus). This has 
large leaves and a tropical appearance. 
All it requires to make it flourish is heat. 
It is a quick growing annual, 6 to 15 
inches tall. Leaves are green or reddish. 
Mixtures of all varieties, per package, 
10c. 
Carnation Marguerite 
CARNATIONS. Carnations may be had in 
all gardens. Sow the seed early in the 
year and transplant in March or April. 
Chabaud’s Everblooming. Earliest dwarf 
French type of perpetual blooming carna¬ 
tions, flowering in five to six months after 
seed is sown. The flowers are double. 
Mixed colors, package, 15c. 
Malmaison Giant. Mixed colors. Package, 
10c. 
Picotee. Extra fine, double, mixed. White, 
edged with colors, or striped and splashed. 
Contains many rare sorts never seen at a 
florists. Package, 10c. 
Giant Grenadin. This is an extra fine 
double variety, far superior to the Mar¬ 
guerite carnation. It comes in red, white, 
yellow and pink. Package, 10c. 
Marguerite Carnation. Mixed onl>. Pack¬ 
age. 10c. 
COCKSCOMB (Celosia Cristata). A half 
hardy annual, growing 6 to 8 inches high, 
bearing a wide, wavy blossom that resem¬ 
bles a cock’s comb. In brilliant colors; 
fine for massing or border work. 
Dwarf Mixed. Several shades of red and 
yellow. Package, 10c. 
Dwarf New Giant Empress. A rich, crim¬ 
son variety with dark foliage and very 
wide combs. Per package, 10c. 
