SELECTED STRAINS OF SEEDS ADAPTED TO SOUTHERN SOILS AND CLIMATE 
MARIGOLD TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA 
MARIGOLD—(Continued) 
TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA, 10 inches. A minia¬ 
ture type forming compact plants completely 
covered with bright yellow flowers with brown 
stripe down the center of each petal. Very 
striking for edgings.Pkt. 10c. 
POT MARIGOLD—(See Calendulas) 
MARVEL OF PERU (Four o # Clocks) A 
A very popular and most interesting garden 
plant, growing to a height of 2Vz feet and spreading 
to perfect tree-shaped bushes IV 2 feet through, 
which are literally covered with bright-colored morn¬ 
ing-glory-like blossoms. The foliage is very dense, 
solid in form, and dresses the plant completely from 
the bottom up. The flowers open in the afternoon 
and close each morning. They range in color from 
white to yellow, pink, orange, and red. Seeds may 
be sown in the open garden. 
DWARF ALL COLORS MIXED.Oz.- 25c; Pkt. 10c. 
MIGNONETTE (Reseda) A 
No garden is complete without this fragrant plant 
of unassuming mien. One of the principal uses is 
for cutting and combining in bouquets with other 
more pretentious blossoms lacking its delicate odor. 
GIGANTEA PYRAMIDALIS, 2 ft. The largest and most 
robust variety. The flowers are wonderfully fra¬ 
grant and many plants carry 50 to 60 spikes of 
bloom, each 14 to 18 inches long.Pkt. 10c. 
GOLIATH, 12 inches. Foliage rich green, with 
bright red flowers, spikes often 7 inches long by 2 
inches in diameter.Pkt. 10c. 
ODORATA (Sweet Scented), The old-fashioned Migno¬ 
nette which is prized for its fragrance. Pkt 10c. 
MIMULUS A 
MIMULUS (Monkey Flower): Showy, profuse flow¬ 
ering plants with brilliantly spotted flowers. Ex¬ 
cellent as house and greenhouse plants when grown 
in the shade. 
MIXED COLORS: .Pkt. 10c. 
MOONFLOWER—(See Ipomea) 
MORNING GLORY—(See Convolvulus) 
MOSS ROSE—(See Portulaca) 
MOURNING BRIDE—(See Scabiosa) 
MORNING GLORY 
HEAVENLY BLUE (CLARK'S MAMMOTH EARLY FLOW¬ 
ERING: One of the few flowers of true blue and 
probably finest of all morning glories. Flowers 
measure 3*4 to 4 inches across, deep blue with white 
throat. They blossom profusely and for a long sea¬ 
son, opening in the morning and facing the sun. Use 
gravelly, sandy soil and give southern exposure. 
Pkt. 10c. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) B 
The following varieties are biennial, but will 
bloom the first year from seed. If you want them in 
flower early in the spring, sow the seed in August. 
BLUE, ALPESTRIS, Beautiful little bushes completely 
covered with large azure-blue flowers.Pkt. 10c. 
NEMOPHILA A 
INSIGN IS BLUE (Baby Blue Eyes), A cute little an¬ 
nual growing about 8 inches high and producing 
an abundance of bright blue, cup-shaped flowers 
in clusters. Very dainty for cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
NICOTIANA A 
(Sweet-scented Flowering Tobacco) 
A lovely class of fragrant annuals that bloom 
freely throughout the spring and summer. Plants 
are bushy, 2 to 3 feet high and branching. They 
open towards evening, emitting a very pleasant odor. 
CRIMSON BEDDER, A compact growing variety with 
rich crimson flowers.Pkt. 10c. 
WHITE, AFFINIS, or tuberose flowered tobacco. A 
very continuous and profuse bloomer, with waxy 
white flowers. Plants of branching, bushy habit, 
starting to bloom a few weeks after sowing. 2 Y 2 
to 3 feet.Pkt. 10c. 
HYBRIDS, AFFINIS, Like above in growth, a splendid 
mixture of rose, red, white, and blue. Pkt. 10c. 
OLD MAID'S PINCUSHION—(See Scabiosa) 
PAINTED TONGUE—(See Salpiglossis) 
PAINTED DAISY—(See Pyrethrum) 
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