26 Annual Flower Seed 
Scliizanthus, Butterfly Flower 
Scarlet 
Sage 
Salvias 
Scabiosa Loveliness 
Salvia is too well known as one of the best bedding and 
border plants to need description here. Start the seed in¬ 
doors. With a little effort you can raise many plants from 
a packet of seed. 
1711 LJ L* One of the finest Salvias. Will 
''' ’ naroinger bloom early and continue till 
frost. About one foot tall, compact, with rich green foliage 
and vivid scarlet flowers, freely borne. Pkt.20c; % oz. 
60c. 
1 707 D C m Clara Bedman. Plant of globular 
DO till TG form, \Yi to 2 feet tall, upright 
spikes of dazzling flowers. Uniform growth, profuse 
bloomer. Pkt. lOc; % oz. 45c. 
Most popular bedding 
variety. A scorching 
1706 Splendens Scarlet 
scarlet. Pkt. lOc; oz. 30c. 
These are tender perennials but are best treated as annuals. 
Start the seed early indoors or in hotbed. 
Blue Salvias 
1713 
Far 
Sanvitalia 
Creeping Zinnia 
See Page 29 
Ursinla 
Saponaria, Bouncing Bet 
1726 Azure Fairy. 
1727 King of Blacks. 
1729 Crimson, Fire 
King. 
1 733 Blue Cockade 
Prices on above varieties and mixed. Pkt. lOc; 54 
oz. 25c. 
1737 Collection. 1 Pkt. each of 7 varieties, 
70c value for only 50c. 
NEW TALL DOUBLE 
See natural color on 
page 2. Received an 
Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. 
This outstanding novelty is the purest deep azure blue 
that can be found in any annual. It is absolutely devoid 
of even a suggestion of rose. The formation of the flower 
is far ahead of existing varieties, it has great depth, 
almost conical. An excellent cut-flower. Half-hardy. 
Height 3 feet. Pkt. 29c; ^ oz. 35c. 
1 711 I I - _ Varying tones of delicate 
Loveliness salmon - rose. Delightfully 
fragrant. Pkt. lOc; >4 OZ. 25c. 
Sunflower Stella 
SchSzanthus 
Butterfly 
Flower 
Salvia Splendens Scarlet 
D| This beautiful variety is fine 
arincea DIUG for cutting or for bedding. 
Tall graceful spikes. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 45c. 
1715DI D J J Strain of Farincea Blue but 
DlUG DedClGr more dwarf and compact, free 
bloomer and deeper in shade. Pkt. 20c. 
1720 ROSE AND WHITE. A pretty plant growing 2 feet high and covered with small 
pink and white flowers, somewhat like large Baby’s Breath. Very pretty in the garden and 
desirable as cut flowers. Pkt. lOc; *4 oz. 29c. 
Scabiosa, Mourning Bride 
These lovely flowers are sometimes called ‘ Sweet Scabious” and ‘‘Pin Cushion Flowers.” 
Their delicate coloring and their dainty form with their long graceful stems make them 
especially adapted for cut-flowers on the dining table. They also look attractive in mixed 
bouquets. 
The flowers are 1 to 2 inches across and the plants 2 to 3 feet tall. Owing to the deli¬ 
cious sweetness of Scabiosas, they attract the most beautiful types of butterflies to your 
garden. 
LARGE FLOWERING TALL DOUBLE 
1724 Peach Blossom. 1725 Shasta, Pure 
white. 
1728 Sulphur Yellow. 
1730 Rose. 
1723 Mixed Colors. 
One of the most charming flowers for the garden in 
summer and for the house in winter. The plants are of 
compact branching growth 1 p 2 to 2 ft. high, covered 
with a multitude of butterfly flowers of the most en¬ 
trancing designs. For outdoor bloom sow seed in May. 
If you have a greenhouse you can sow the seed in 
August. Give lots of light and you will have plenty of 
bloom after the holidays. 
1738 CHOICE MIXED. A fine strain of this excell¬ 
ent annual flowers containing many beautiful contrast¬ 
ing colors. Pkt. 1 Oc; *4 oz. 25c. 
1739 GIANT FLOWERING HYBRIDS. A new and 
improved strain of the Giant Flowering type. Excellent 
color assortment. This is exceptionally fine for green¬ 
house growing, but also superior to the common mixed 
when grown out of doors. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 60c. 
Garden Sunflowers 
1801 D J Like immense Gaillardias. Height 5 to 
I\ea G feet, flowers 4 to 7 inches across, in 
shades of brown, red, yellow. Pkt. 5c; 54 07 • 20e. 
1802 Double Chrysanthemum many 
come single, a proportion of them will come fully double 
like big Chrysanthemums. Pkt. lOc; 54 oz. 25c. 
1 RlV} Cl II The best of the miniature type. A 
Oteila wealth of golden yellow, single 
flowers all summer. Fine for cuVflowers. See above 
picture. Pkt. 5c; 54 oz. 20c. 
1 804 Sunflower Collection * ? k \Te 
above 3 varieties, 1 5c. 
Tall Sunflowers 
4077 Sunflower Mammoth Russian 
The large flowered tall growing variety. Oz. 5c; 54 
lb. lOc; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. 
1034 T-iL ■ Mexican Sunflower. See 
litnonia page 29 . 
Double Stocks 
Farinacea 
Blue Cockade 
See Natural Color, 
1410 Sensitive Plant 
Scabiosa 
Page 2. 
Mimosa. See page 
19 . 
Stocks, GSIliflower 
These popular old hardy annuals have been greatly 
improved during the past few years. The varieties we 
list, below will give you a fine selection for bedding and 
potting. 
They come in a great variety of soft colors and are 
very attractive for cut-flowers both by the florist and 
the home gardener. They bloom in late summer, fall and 
winter. 
1 7 ax T \Y/ I Dwarf, Large Flowered 
100 len Weeks Mixed Colors. The favor¬ 
ites for outdoor bedding because of their dwarf, compact 
growth and large double flowers. Our strain shows only 
a few singles. Pkt. 10c. 
1767 r'' j. I ■_! Improved Bis- 
1 /0/ VJiant Imperial marck. A fine var¬ 
iety for greenhouse use, the plants growing large and 
branching, with long flower stocks, 214 feet tall. 
Double. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c; A oz. 35c. 
1791 Giant Excelsior or Column 
1732/’“ i.il The color is a rich rosy lilac of 
V»QttlGyQ the beautiful orchid tone, a new 
shade in Scabiosas. Pkt. lOc; '*4 oz. 25c. 
1722 New Giant Hybrids h/lh^new 
strain are much larger than the standard Scabiosas, 
often measuring 2 to 214 inches across, completely 
rounded and double. An unusual range of lovely colors. 
Pkt. 15c; 5& oz. SOc. 
2442 £ m j| ax Climbing Vine. See page 30. 
Snapdragons Antirrhinu,ns - See page 11 
C l_ Ornamental Fruits. See page 21. 
oolanums 
tice 17" 
Static'' Everlastings. Strawflowers. See page 
In contrast to the branching types, these Excelsior 
Stocks produce one large flowering spike 3 feet long on 
each plant. Double. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 20c. 
tjiti \/. . ■ Cl I Malcomia Uheir- 
U 34 Virginian Stocks an thus French 
Forget-me-nots. Dwarf plants 8 to 12 inches tall, 
bearing petaled rose or white flowers, somewhat resem¬ 
bling ordinary stocks. Useful for rock gardens, edgings, 
massing or naturalizing. Pkt. lOc; *4 oz. 20c. 
Dwarf Scabiosas 
Only 8 to 9 inches tall—Fine for Rock Gardens 
1734 C - 1 Neat and compact in 
V-OfOl IxOSG growth. Color is rose, with 
salmon over-tone. Pkt. lOc; oz. 20c. 
1 735 Tom Thumb Mixed pk^iocTS 
oz. 25c. 
Strawflowers Ever,astings * See page 17 ' 
1761 Stevia Serrata 
Form nice bushy plants about 2 ft. tall and bearing 
numerous fragrant pure white flowers. Grow outdoors 
in summer and indoors in winter, and have the flowers 
for cutting and mixing with bouquets of other blooms. 
Pkt. 10c; l /% oz. 30co 
Ursinla 
2036 AnothnidfMt A u ?‘ ive of ^ fric£ 5- a 
/xfieuHJIUO novelty in American 
gardens. Plants form tufts of leaves, flowers borne 
above on long wiry stems. Daisy-like flowers 1M inches 
across, of rich yellow, with purple center. (See cut 
above left.) Flowers remain open all day. Plants 1 foot 
high. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c. 
The Templin-Bradley Co., Nationwide Seedsmen and Nurserymen, Cleveland, Ohio 
