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I'ANSY OREGON GIANTS —Bright self colors and many five 
blotched blooms of great beauty and size. MIXED: T. pkt. 
40c; Vs oz. $1.50; oz. $10.00. 
ENGELMAN’S GIANTS —Early flowering Scottish Show type 
of Pansy. Flowers of immense size in light, dark, bronze and 
reddish shades. Plants of compact growth. MIXED: T. pkt. 
40c; Vs oz. $1.50. 
PARDANTHUS SINENSIS 
Easily raised hardy plant, growing thirty inches high and bear¬ 
ing star shaped tigred and marbled red flowers in June and July. 
Does well in any soil exposed to the sun and never winterkills. 
Makes a fair cut flower, blooming in June and July. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 00c; lb. $5.00. 
PENNISETUM 
A very showy grass, ideal as a border for canna beds, making a 
beautiful contrast with their beautiful leaves and plumes. Never 
get them closer than 18 inches apart. Sow the seed in February, 
transplant singly into flats and later place them into 3 inch pots. 
Plant outdoors when danger from frost is past. 
RUPPEL1ANUM—Purple Fountain Grass. Plumes purplish, foliage 
green, extremely graceful. Height 2 ft. T. pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
LONGISTYLUM—Plumes greenish white. Height 2 ft. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 60c. 
PERILA NANKINENSIS leaves which are sometimes 
striped with green. It grows 18 inches high and makes a neat border 
for canna beds. If another border of dusty miller on the outside is 
grown, the effect is striking. Plant a foot apart. If closer than that 
the stems become crooked. T. pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 1 lb. $2.00. 
NANKINENSIS CRISPA—Fine variety, with deeply cut and crisped 
foliage. Very ornamental. The leaves exhale a delicious perfume. 
Of same usefulness as the above. T. pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; lb. $2.25. 
PERILLA DWARF CURLED—P. Macrophylla Compacts. Of compact 
growth, foliage rich bronze-red gracefully curled, very attractive. Of 
great value for bedding. Height 15 in. T. pkt. 5c; oz. 40c. 
PHYSOSTEGIA 
Hardy, robust growing perennial of compact growth, thriving 
in any kind of soil fully exposed to sun. Very floriferous, in bloom 
from July to October, fine for cutting. Height 3 ft. 
VIRGINICA—A hardy perennial, bearing spikes of delicate pink 
flowers. T. pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 80c. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA GIGANT1IEA—Height 6 feet. Bears 
extra large flowers on long stems, deep crimson rose. An excellent 
cut flower. T. pkt. 15c; oz. $1.20. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VA. GRFL. ALBA—White. Large flowered. T. pkt. 
15c; oz. $1.80. 
VERBENA VENOSA 
Verbena Venosa can be used as a cut flower, for bedding, borders 
as a pot plant, for covering banks—can be marketed as a hardy peren¬ 
nial. Once established it multiplies fast. There are VERY few 
flowers as useful to the flower grower as this Verbena. 
Phlox Grandiflora Mixed 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI GRANDIFLORA 
The finest of all annual Phloxes, with largest heads of bloom as 
well as the largest individual flowers. Plant a foot apart. Height 
15 inches. 
SPLENDENS—Dark brilliant crimson. ISABELLINA—Pale yellow. 
CINNABARINA—Dazzling red of unusual brilliancy. 
ALBA—Snow white. COCCINEA — Fiery scarlet. ROSEA — Pink. 
VIOLACEA—Violet-blue. MIXED—Any color: T. pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 
15c; oz. $1.00. In bloom from June to October. 
ANNUAL DWARF PHLOX 
Unsurpassed for edgings and ribbon beds and as a pot plant. 
They grow about 8 inches in height, forming dense masses of blooms 
all summer. Plant 8 inches apart. 
CECILY MIXED—Rich, showy colors, extra large flowers. 
FIREBALL—Dark and most brilliant red. FAIRY—Beautiful pink 
shade. SNOWBALL—Pure white. VIOLETTA—Blue with white eye. 
MIXED. ANY DWARF PHLOX. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; oz. $2.20. 
STAR PHLOX—Dwarf growing, with beautiful star shaped flowers 
in many colors. T. pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 15c; oz. $1.00. 
PHLOX PERENNIAL 
Our mixture contains improved strains forming extra large per¬ 
fectly round flowers, with petals overlapping each other. The seed 
of this germinates slowly, often requiring 5 to 6 months. Mixed. 
T. pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 
PHACELIA CAMPANULARIA 
California Bluebell. A beautiful heat and drought resisting an¬ 
nual, in bloom early in the season and lasting in perfection for a 
long time. Flowers bell shaped, an inch long and nearly as wide, 
bright gentian blue in color, very showy. Height 8 in. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 60c; lb. $6.00. 
PHILADELPHUS VIRGINAL 
One of the finest of all shrubs. Pure white, extra large double 
flowers in clusters, all summer. Easily raised from seed which is 
quite small but germinates readily producing shrubs 2 feet tall the 
first season and heavy saleable shrubs the second year from date of 
sowing. T. pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI—Hardy perennial with yellow flowers 
producing balloon like husks with a berry inside of very brilliant 
orange red. The husks turn red when ripe and resemble Chinese 
paper lanterns. The dried branches make good material for winter 
bouquets. Sow in April and May; space the plants a foot apart. 
Height 18 inches. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $8.00. 
PHYSALIS BUNYARDI 
New. An elegant and striking 
hybrid, producing an abund¬ 
ance of glowing red “lanterns” highly decorative. Hardy. Height 
30 in. T. pkt. 20c. 
PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS 
Half hardy perennial climber of graceful growth, producing from 
spring till frost large panicles of porcelain blue flowers of extreme 
beauty in greatest profusion. Fine pot plant for spring sales and a 
high class cut flower. Will produce striking effect in beds, can be 
left trailing over the ground, trained to trellises or trimmed into a 
symmetrical bush. Culture same as Fuchsia. Loves rich soil and 
sun. Easily raised from seed. Height 3 ft. Price: 10 seeds 20c; 25 
seeds 45c: 100 seeds $1.50. 
WET SOIL—Never put seed iDto wet soil. See to it that 
your flats and benches are well drained. In tight flats and 
benches the water cannot run off quickly, all the air in the 
soil is forced out, seeds suffocate and do NOT “come” up. 
