Flowers add Charm 
to your Home 
COBAEA SCANDENS or Cathedral Bells 
(Annual Climber) 
1303 Height 15-20 ft. A rapid-growing, handsome 
climber with beautiful bell-shaped flowers 1 % 
inches across and 2 inches long. Flowers 
open a clear green, gradually changing to deep 
violet blue. Particularly desirable for cov¬ 
ering arbors, walls, etc.Pkt. 10c 
COLEUS (Tender Perennial) 
1305 Height 12-18 in. Handsome foliage plants 
valuable for bedding, borders and window 
boxes. The leaves are large of various shapes, 
marked and bordered in brilliant color combi¬ 
nations. Finest mixed.Pkt. 10c 
COLUMBINE, see Aquilegia, page 44 
COREOPSIS (Perennial) 
Height 2 ft. Large orange-yellow flowers on 
long graceful stems. Bloom profusely during the 
summer and fall, affording a constant supply of cut 
flowers. 
1308 Mayfield Giant. Tall vigorous plants with 
long stiff stems and very large flowers of rich 
golden yellow.Pkt. 15c 
1309 Double Yellow. This new form is very 
popular, the extra petalage adding a further 
charm to the immense bright yellow flowers. 
Pkt. 15 c 
DIDISCUS, Blue Lace Flower(Annual) 
1354 Height 2-3 ft. Clusters of lovely umbel¬ 
shaped flowers, 2 to 3 inches across are pro¬ 
duced from July to frost. The color is an 
exquisite shade of clear lavender-blue. A very 
desirable cut flower.% oz. 25c; pkt. 10c 
DIGITALIS or Foxglove (Perennial) 
1355 Height 3-5 ft. June-July. Showy plants pro¬ 
ducing many tall spikes closely set with 
large Gloxinia-like flowers of white, pink, rose 
and crimson, with beautiful throat markings 
of purple or maroon. Mixed colors.. Pkt. 10c 
DOLICHOS, Hyacinth Bean (Annual Climber) 
1357 Height 10 ft. Large dark green leaves and 
erect racemes of purple and white flowers, fol¬ 
lowed by ornamental seed pods of a shining 
bronze-purple. Grows rapidly. Oz. 25c; pkt. 10c. 
ENGLISH DAIS'/, see Beilis, page 44 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA, California Poppy (Annual) 
The plants are of low spreading growth with 
finely cut foliage, and produce bright poppy-like 
flowers from early summer until frost. Attractive 
for bedding and edging. 
1361 Aurantiaca. Rich orange; the true California 
poppy ..% oz. 35c; pkt. 5c 
1368 Brilliant Mixed. Colors include crimson, pink 
and orange-scarlet .Vk oz. 35c; pkt. 5c 
COSMOS (Annual) 
Plants form fine symmetrical bushes of feathery 
green foliage covered with lovely long-stemmed 
flowers from July until frost. 
1310 Early Flowering Mammoth Mixed. 4-6 ft. 
Contains soft shades of crimson, rose, pink 
and lavender.Pkt. 10c 
1311 New Early Giant Flowering Cosmos “Sensa¬ 
tion.” Winner of Award of Merit All- 
America Selections for 1936. Blooms eight 
weeks from sowing, and surpasses all existing 
strains in size of flowers. The mammoth 
blooms of pink and white are from 4-6 inches 
across. Unexcelled for cutting.Pkt. 50c 
1312 Early Klondyke Orange Flare. 3 ft. 
Blooms in less than 4 months from 
seed. Flowers are a deep brilliant 
orange, with handsome light green foli¬ 
age .Pkt. 15c 
1314 Double Early Flowering Mixed. 3-4 ft. 
Combines the beauty of the double- 
crested with the earliness of the single 
type. Colors are shades of crimson, pink 
and white.Pkt. 15c 
Digitalis—Foxglove. 
DATURA, Angel’s Trumpet(Annual) 
1325 Cornucopia. 2-3 ft. Large strong-growing 
plants with immense trumpet-shaped, fragrant 
fl.iwers of creamy white with violet markings. 
Blooms from early summer to fall....Pkt. 5c 
DELPHINIUM or Hardy Larkspur (Perennial) 
Tall stately perennials unequalled for massing in 
the hardy garden or among shrubbery. The plants 
are of strong healthy habit with handsomely cut 
foliage and produce immense spikes of beautiful 
flowers in June and again in September. 
1333 Bellamosum. Rich, deep blue.Pkt. 20c 
1334 Belladonna. Clear turquoise blue....Pkt. 15c 
1335 Gold Medal Hybrids. Flowers range in color 
from pale lavender to deep blue, with many 
of them double flowered.Pkt. 15c 
1336 Wrexham Hollyhock Flowered Strain. Pro¬ 
duces spikes of enormous size, with individual 
blooms from IV 2 to 2 inches in diameter, 
many of them bicolor.Pkt. 25c 
1338 Chinese Delphinium “Blue Butterfly.” Rare¬ 
ly grows over 3 ft. high, and blooms the first 
year if seed is sown early. The plants are 
graceful with fern-like foliage, and the flow¬ 
ers which grow in panicles are of an intense 
gentian-blue. Lovely for the border and for 
cutting .Pkt. 15c 
Double Coreopsis 
CYNOGLOSSUM or Chinese Forget-Me- 
Not (Annual) 
1318 Amabile. 18-24 in. Of easy culture, 
producing large sprays of bright blue 
Forget-me-not-like flowers all summer. 
Splendid in bouquets.Pkt. 15c 
CYPRESS VINE (Annual Climber) 
1319 Height 10-15 ft. A good vine for train¬ 
ing on a light ornamental trellis. Bears 
a profusion of star-shaped scarlet and 
white blossoms from midsummer to frost. 
Fine fern-like foliage. . % oz. 20c; pkt. 5c 
DIANTHUS or China Pinks (Annual) 
Easily raised from seed, they bloom abundantly 
and continuously from early summer until frost. 
1340 Sweet Wivelsfield. A splendid border and cut 
flower. The blooms are larger than Sweet 
William, with beautiful brilliant colorings and 
markings .Pkt. 10c 
1341 Heddewigi Laciniatus. Double Mixed. 1 ft. 
Brilliant colors, many striped and mottled 
. 14 oz. 25c; pkt. 10c 
1348 Heddewigi Laciniatus. Single Mixed. 1 ft. 
Very large fringed flowers ranging from white 
to deep crimson. Mixed colors. 
.% oz. 25c; pkt. 10c 
DIANTHUS Clove or Grass Pinks (Perennial) 
1351 Plumarius. Single and Double Mixed. 1 ft. 
Charming old-fashioned flowers cherished for 
their spicy fragrance and rich coloring. Fine 
for rock gardens and edgings . 
.*4 oz. 25c; pkt. 10c 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS, see Sweet William 
Delphinium—Hardy Larkspur. 
oltzia — California Poppy. 
Grow Dahlias from Seed 
1320 Dahlia, Zulu Strain. Early Dwarf 
Double Hybrids. A new bedding 
strain. Blooms in 4 months from sow¬ 
ing. The bushy, compact plants grow 
2 ft. tall and flower profusely. Col¬ 
ors, various shades of crimson, red and 
orange.Pkt. 25c 
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