CHARLOTTE M. HAINES, ROCKFORD, ILL., SEEDS GROWN BY A WOMAN 
and HARDY PERENNIALS 
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To brighten your home 
garden and border 
Tangerine Poppy 
^Perennial Poppies 
ICELAND 
Hardy, perennial plants, bloom first year from 
seed as early as the annual varieties. 12 inches 
high; fern-like foliage and graceful, brilliant and 
fragrant flowers produced profusely all season. 
New Hybrids. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 25c; Vs oz. 75c. 
TANGERINE 
This is the newest of 1 the Iceland Poppies, and 
is a color very unusual in this flower, being a 
true tangerine or orange scarlet. Stems are 
strong and long enough to make satisfactory cut 
flowers. Pkt. 12c; Vs oz. 32c. 
COONARA PINK 
A perennial Iceland Poppy of rose-pink color 
faintly suffused with salmon pink. Flowers are 
borne freely and keep well either on the plant 
or when cut for bouquets. Iceland Poppies have 
always been great favorites in the perennial 
beds, as the colors are so bright and lasting. 
Blooms the first year from seed and is in bloom 
nearly all season. 15 inches high. Pkt. 10c; 
Vg cz. 62c. 
GIANT ORIENTAL HARDY 
Among hardy perennials these wonderful 
Poppies hold an unrivaled position for gorgeous 
effectiveness in gardens and hardy borders; 
height, 2 to 3 feet; salmon, fiery scarlet, rose, 
lilac and copper-color, pink blotched purple, 
blood-red blotched black, orange, etc. Pkt. 10c; 
Vs oz. 25c; V 2 ° z - 75c. 
Oriental Poppy 
Haines Beautiful 
Portulaca or Moss Rose 
Smilax 
One of the finest climbers or trailing plants 
for the house. Leaves a deep glossy green. 
Flowers white and fragrant. Soak the seed in 
water for a day to start growth, and keep the 
plant rather moist. Pkt. 7c; Vs oz. 16c; Vz 
oz. 50c. 
^rSweet Rocket 
Hardy perennial. Stocky little plants grow¬ 
ing 2 to 3 feet high, and bears an abundance 
of flowers in spikes of lilac, purple and snowy 
white. Very fragrant. Mixed colors. Pkt. 6c; 
Vg oz. 16c; Vs oz - 45c. 
Job’s Tears 
Curious ornamental grass with broad corn¬ 
like leaves and hard, beadlike seeds. Valuable 
for winter bouquets with everlasting flowers, 
and also for basket making. The seed is strung 
and worn around the neck as an ornament, and 
teething babies may chew the beads. Annual. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
Baby Primrose 
PRIMULA MALACOIDES. The freest-flower¬ 
ing of all Primroses; sprays of fragrant rosy 
lilac flowers. Blooms in three months from 
seed. Pkt. 12c. 
Haines Chinese Primrose 
SINGLE FRINGED, FINEST MIXED. —Many 
persons seem to think the Primrose can be 
grown only in the greenhouse, and hesitate to 
try to grow them. They are, however, easily 
grown and are unequalled as winter bloomers, 
and give a succession of flowers throughout 
the season. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUBLE, BEST MIXED. —A splendid strain of 
the finest large flowering fringed varieties. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Primrose 
FREE 
GIFTS 
This is undoubtedly the most brilliant¬ 
ly colored annual that was ever grown. 
Easy to grow and sure to please. Of low 
spreading growth, about 6 inches tall. 
Double Mixed 
See 
page 1 
Many Beautiful Colors in a Splendid 
Assortment 
This charming annual contains a large 
percentage of fully double flowers and is 
unrivaled for brilliancy among plants of 
low growth. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 45c; V 2 oz. 
$1.25. 
Single Mixed 
A Riot of Color from Summer Until Fall 
Special 
Notice 
Be sure to 
refer to the 
splendid vari¬ 
eties of vege¬ 
table seeds 
listed in this 
book. 
Portulaca—Double Mixed 
Wonderful single varieties which many 
consider more beautiful than the double. 
Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 15c; V 2 ° z - 45c; oz. 80c. 
All Postpaid 
^Red Hot Poker 
Ranunculus—French Hybrids 
Very large double Camellia flowered varieties of the 
brightest and most attractive colors. Although they 
slightly resemble the English Daisy, they are much 
brighter and prettier. Flowers are carried on long 
strong stems. Pkt. 10c. 
RED HOT POKER PLANT— 
Blooms incessantly from August 
until November and surpasses 
the finest Cannas for attrac¬ 
tiveness and brilliancy. Six to 
ten gorgeous flower stalks are 
in bloom at a time, each holding 
at a height of 3 feet a great 
cluster of flame colored flowers. 
New Hybrid varieties. Pkt. 15c; 
Vs oz. 39c; 1/2 oz. $1.15. 
^Ornamental Grasses 
These are of the easiest culture, the seed may be sown 
where they are intended to bloom as soon as danger from 
frost is past. Cut the leaves and panicles of bloom and 
dry for winter decoration. Mixed. Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 15c. 
Ricinus or Castor Oil Bean 
CRIMSON SPIRE. A beautiful novelty both in foliage 
and flower. Plant does not grow as tall as the ordi¬ 
nary Ricinus; usually about 4 feet high. Leaves 
deeply serrated with prominent red ribs, giving the 
plant a unique appearance. Spikes of flowers or seed 
pods of brightest red color. Pkt. 10c; V 2 oz. 15c; 
oz. 25c. 
ZANZIBARIENSIS. From seed sown in the open ground 
in May the plants are in full foliage early in July, 
and attain a height of 12 to 14 feet. The enormous 
leaves, beautifully lobed, measure 2*4 to nearly 4 
feet across. Planted as a solitary plant on the lawn, 
^ it makes a perfect pyramid of foliage, thickly set from 
top to bottom with gigantic leaves. Pkt. 7c; oz. 15c. 
GOOD MIXED. Many choice varieties mixed. Pkt. 6c; 
oz. 10c. 
Rhodanthe 
Flowers May Be Dried for Winter Bouquets 
Charming, delicate looking flowers; a valuable garden 
plant and also for pot culture. Annual, 1 foot high. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 6c; Vs ° z - 16c; V 2 oz. 45c. 
Red Hot Poker Plant 
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