New Pink Gypsophila 
Baby’s Breath 
PACIFICA. This is a aew pink-colored 
hardy perennial Baby’s Breath that is 
easy to grow and thrives in most any 
soil. The second year the seedlings make 
dense plants 3% to 4 feet high and are 
a veritable cloud of numerous tiny pink 
blooms on slender spreading panicles. 
The great advantage of this new Baby's 
Breath is that it blooms after Paniculata 
varieties have passed. 
Pkt., 104 ; 3 pkts., 254- 
Delphinium —Hardy Larkspur 
One of the most beautiful of all peren¬ 
nial plants because of the stately dower 
spike and beautiful shades of coloring. 
They are hardy and easy to grow. 
NEW HYBRID DELPHINIUM—DeLuxe 
See Page 29. 
PURE WHITE—See Page 29. 
GOLD MEDAL HYBRIDS — A very 
choice strain offered of this popular 
perennial. The strong, vigorous plants 
produce enormous flowers in every shade 
of blue from pale lavender to the richest 
oxford blue and many other shades; in 
fact, the colorings are simply exquisite. 
Thrive in almost any situation and are 
easily increased, being perfectly hardy 
Choicest Mixed. Pkt. (150 seeds) 104! 
3 pkts., 254; Ms oz., 654- 
SCARLET CARDINALE — Quite new. 
Plants grow 1 to 1% feet tall and throw 
a flower spike about 8 to 10 inches long, 
of a distinct brilliant scarlet color. 
Pkt. (100 seeds), 154- 
CHINESE DELPHINIUM — This type 
grows about 1 foot tall and blooms firs, 
year if sown early. They are fine foi 
garden display or for cutting. 
Mixed Shades. Pkt. (150 seeds) 104 
3 pkts., 254 ; Vs oz., 354 - 
Hardy Perennial Phlox 
DECUSSATA. Hardy Herbaceous peren¬ 
nial quite distinct from the annual Phlox 
offered on page 44. The seed we offer is 
saved from the very best specimens of 
the perennial phlox plants having many 
shades and colors. Grows about 3 feet 
high. Mixed Colors: 
Pkt., iO<; 3 pkts. 254. 
Statice —Sea Lavender 
LATIFOLIA. A lovely hardy perennial 
with large loose flower heads composed 
of many small lavender flowers. Grows 
about 18 to 20 inches tall. 
Pkt., 54 ; 1/16 oz., 354- 
Thalictrum— Meadow Rue 
AQUILEGIFOLIUM. The graceful feath¬ 
ery flower heads are produced in a shade 
of rosy purple in mid-summer. Grows 
about 3 feet, fern-like foliage. 
Pkt., 1 04- 
Platycodon Japanese Bellflower 
One 01 our best blue hardy perennials 
producing very showy flowers all season. 
Easily grown from seed. 2 feet. 
Pkt. (300 seeds), 54- 
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Giant Double Shasta Daisy 
This new Giant Double Shasta Daisy is 
a perennial and a great addition to our 
cut flower varieties. The blooms are 
large, about 5 inches across; white, with 
fringe-like petals and a golden yellow 
center; the stems are long and wiry, each 
plant producing several of the long stems 
and they flower for about 3 months. The 
flowers look very much like Giant Asters 
(see photo above) and.is one of our out¬ 
standing novelties. 
Pkt., 204; 3 pktS., 504- 
Heliopsis — Scabra Zinniaeflora 
Very desirable, growing 3 to 4 feet high, 
flowers early in the season, a beautiful 
deep golden yellow. 
Pkt. (75 seeds), 104", 1/16 oz., 254- 
Wallflowers 
Bloom early in Spring, having spikes of 
beautiful, delicately fragrant flowers in 
many colors of closely set flowers on the 
flower spikes. 
Single and Double Mixed: Pkt. (100 
seeds), 104; 1/16 oz., 504- 
Polemonium — Jacob’s Ladder 
A stately, hardy perennial border plant, 
2 feet high with bell-shaped flowers, 
flowering from May until July; color of 
flowers a very attractive blue. An inter¬ 
esting plant for the hardy border. 
Pkt. (100 seeds), 5 4 : Vk oz., 204- 
Rudbeckia —Golden Glow 
A most popular perennial plant, 6 feet 
high, producing masses of large, double, 
yellow flowers with dark centers. 
Pkt. (500 seeds), 1 04 Vb oz., 354- 
Valeriana (Hardy Heliotrope) 
A hardy perennial 2 feet high, having 
S ink, red, and white flowers that bloom 
uring June and July, with a very de¬ 
lightful odor. 
Mixed Colors: Pkt. (100 seeds), 54 . 
Veronica— speedwell 
An elegant hardy perennial border plant, 
growing about 18 inches high, producing 
long spikes of flowers in June and July. 
In white, pink, and violet-blue. 
SPICATA MIXED: Pkt. (300 seeds), 54- 
Liatris —(Kansas Gay Feather) 
SPICATA. A highly desirable hardy 
border plant growing from 3 to 4 feet 
high and producing Tong spikes of pur¬ 
ple and rosy-purple flowers from July 
to September. The flowers are very at¬ 
tractive and much used for cutting. 
Pkt., 1 54 . 
Baby Rose —Roses from Seed 
From seed of these roses plants may 
bloom in about 90 days. The plant is 
perfectly hardy in the garden and the 
flowers are produced in clusters. In pots 
they bloom both Summer and Winter. 
The seed produces roses of various 
colors, hardly any two alike. 
Mixed: Pkt. (30 seeds), 104 : 3 pkts., 
254. 
Sweet William 
A most satisfactory old-fashioned hardy 
perennial. The rich colors are very pleas¬ 
ing and should be in every garden. It is 
of easiest culture succeeding most any¬ 
where. 
Mills Special Mixture: Contains the 
best colors in double and single flowering 
varieties. Plant in solid beds, rock gar¬ 
den, or the perennial border for a fine 
display. 
Pkt. (200 seeds), 54 ; Vk oz., 254 . 
Jerusalem Cherry-5o/<mum 
Showy and interesting plants for the 
garden and for house plants. about s 
foot tall of branching habit, leaves small 
and oval shaped and plant bears quan¬ 
tities of bright scarlet berries. 
Pkt., 104J 3 pkts., 254- 
Primula —English Primrose 
VULGARIS. This charming Spring flow¬ 
ering perennial produces plants averag¬ 
ing about 8 inches in height and is cov¬ 
ered with very pleasing bright yellow 
flowers with delightful fragrance. Easy 
to grow from seed and very showy. 
Pkt., 104; 3 pkts., 254. 
Stokesia— Stoke’s Aster 
CYANEA. A beautiful lavender-blue 
flower 4 to 5 inches across, on plant 
about 18 inches high, fine for cutting 
and one of our most desirable perennials. 
It bears freely from July to frost and 
is of easy culture in a sunny position 
and is an excellent border plant. 
Pkt., 1041 3 pkts., 254. 
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