WHOLESALE GARDEN SEEDS 
Clarkia Elegans, Double Mixed 2 feet 
A graceful and popular hardy annual 
which is excellent for borders, beds or cut 
flowers. Erect, bushy plants with attractive 
light green foliage. Rapid growers and con¬ 
stant bloomers. The stalks bear quantities 
of delicately colored double flowers in 
shades of red, white, pink and purple. Each 
stalk resembles a spray of Flowering Al¬ 
mond, and the blooms are placed axially 
along its length. Each bloom about V 2 inch 
across, resembling a small carnation. Does 
well in sun or shade. 
Castor Beans (Ricinus) 6 to 1 0 feet 
This very showy, ornamental plant is 
classed as a tender perennial but is planted 
as an annual over the greater part of the 
country. Stately, tropical growth with bril¬ 
liantly colored spikes of seed pods. Rapid 
grower, requiring rich soil and plenty of 
water. Some gardeners say moles will not 
live in gardens where castor beans are 
growing. Several varieties provide varied 
colorings and sizes of growth. 
Chinese Lantern Plant— Physalis 
Franchetti 1 8 inches 
This hardy perennial ornamental plant 
has come into favor for its brilliant orange- 
scarlet lantern shaped fruit pods. These 
pods are usually produced the second year. 
The plant is an addition to any perennial 
border, the yellow and brown flowers being 
quite pleasing. 
Chrysanthemum—Eastern Star 20 ins. 
This hardy annual is a summer blooming 
sort, easy to grow and a fine addition to any 
garden. Flowers are of the daisy type with 
delicate primrose petals and brown center. 
Free-blooming, bearing the flowers on long, 
stiff stems. Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandijiora 
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Chrysanthemum, Single Annual Mixed 
20 inches. A mixture of annual chrysanthe¬ 
mums similar to Eastern Star, but with dif¬ 
ferent colors in petals and centers, yellow, 
primrose, white. 
Carnation 
Carnation— Early Flowering 1 5 inches 
A very showy and handsome type of an¬ 
nual carnation (Marguerite). Blooms in 
four months after seeding. Fine bushy 
plants producing exquisitely fragrant, dou¬ 
ble flowers, red, rose, yellow, white. Colorful 
in the garden and fine for cutting. Where 
winters are not severe they can be wintered 
with slight protection, or potted for house 
use. 
Coreopsis or Calliopsis Mixed 
18 to 24 inches. Many varieties of this 
hardy annual, very satisfactory for beds 
and borders. Blooms from early summer 
to frost. Plants bushy with attractive foli¬ 
age, covered with a mass of bloom, ranging 
in colors through yellow, golden and crim¬ 
son. Flowers up to 2 inches across, excel¬ 
lent for cutting. 
Coreopsis, Lanceolata Grandiflora 
2 feet. This is the hardy perennial Calli¬ 
opsis. Fine bushy plants. The bright yellow 
flowers, about 2 V 2 inches across, are borne 
on long, wiry, graceful stems. Blooms re¬ 
semble daisies, and have broad fluted petals 
with ends attractively cut. In blossom over 
a long period and when cut are long-lasting. 
They flower the first year from seed. 
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