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TUCKERS’ SEED HOUSE, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI 
Petunias (A) 
Petunias are unsurpassed for massing in beds. 
They are also used along walks and driveways and 
are often grown in window boxes. Their richness 
of color, duration of bloom and easy culture will 
always make them popular. They endure drought 
exceptionally well. The seed we offer is the result 
of excellent strain and can be depended upon to 
give a profusion of lovely flowers. Single Finest 
Mixed Dwarf, pkt. 5c; % 07 . 25c; 07. 75e. 
Double Large Flowering Petunias 
This is a mixture of the best large flowering and 
fringed double petunias. Of course, only a certain 
percentage of double flowers may be expected from 
seed, but our mixture will produce from 60 to 80 per 
cent of doubles, while the remainder will be choice, 
large single flowers. The weaker seedlings should 
be carefully saved, as those invariably produce the 
finest double flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
Rosy Morn 
Profuse bloomer, brilliant rose color, with white 
throats. Fine for beds and pots. Pkt. 10c; y s oa. 40c. 
General Dodds 
The best of the blood red varieties. Pkt. 10c; 
y& oa. 40c. 
Royal Purple 
Rich velvety purple or nearly blood red. Pkt. 
10c; % o*. 50c. 
Snowball 
An attractive petunia for beds and borders. Sat¬ 
iny white blooms. Pkt. 10c; % oa. 45c. 
Phlox < A) 
Unequalled in the magnificent display of their 
many and brilliantly colored flowers. The plants 
are hardy bushlike annuals with many broad, flat- 
topped clusters of nearly round and star-shaped 
flowers. They are of easiest culture and bloom pro¬ 
fusely through a long season. Especially attractive 
in masses of ribbon beds of contrasted colors; use¬ 
ful as window-garden plants and very desirable for 
combining in mixed bouquets. Gramliflora Finest 
Mixed Colors, pkt. 10c; ^4 ox. 35c; ox. $1.10. 
Portulaca (A) 
Rose Moss— This plant will grow and blossom 
profusely in a dry situation, where almost any 
other plant would soon die. Easily transplanted. 
In sowing mix the seed with dry sand to insure an 
even distribution. Sow in May when the ground is 
thoroughly warmed through. Single Finest Mixed, 
pkt. 5c: % ok. 25c. 
Double Finest Mixed, pkt. 10c; % ox. 75c. 
Poppies ( A > 
Shirley 
Flowers exceedingly graceful and elegant; single 
colors ranging from blush, white, delicate pink, 
rose, carmine, to bright, sparkling crimson, occa¬ 
sionally with white. The best and most showy of 
all single poppies. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 5c; y> ox. 
15c; 07, 25c. 
Carnation Flowered Mixture of 
Double Poppies 
Large sized flowers of all shades many striped. 
The Opium Poppy. Pkt. 5c; % o*. 20c; ox. 00c. 
Flanders Poppy 
This is the fine Single Scarlet Poppy that has 
gained such a hold on our hearts from its associa¬ 
tion with the past world’s war. It is one of the 
most beautiful of all the poppies. Pkt. 5c; y± ox. 
20c; 07. 05c. 
Orientale (Oriental Poppy) 
For gorgeous coloring the Oriental Poppies have 
few rivals among hardy plants. They produce mag¬ 
nificent effect in shrubberies and herbaceous bord¬ 
ers, while for cutting they are invaluable. Scarlet. 
Pkt. 5c; y x 07. 25c. 
Pansies 
To have a bed of pansies one must start the seed 
in the house in early spring and transplant when 
danger of frost is over, or else plant in fall in cold 
frame and winter over. Seeds may also be sown in 
spring out of doors for late summer and fall flow¬ 
ering. They like a cold, moist situation. 
Tucker’s Mammoth Flowered Mixture (A) 
In this magnificent mixture of mammoth flower¬ 
ing Pansies, the blossoms are borne on long stems 
well above the foliage and are distinguished for 
their gorgeous and varied colorings and beautiful 
markings, of fine substance, velvety texture, per¬ 
fect form and giant size, frequently measuring 3 
inches in diameter. The colorings are wonderfully 
rich and varied; every shade and tint of rose, can¬ 
ary-yellow, black, white, cream lavender, garnet, 
sky-blue and orange are produced in endless varia¬ 
tion. An unequalled collection of all the finest 
types. The best, handsomest, and most perfect 
giant-flowering varieties. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; % 
07. $1.00; y> 07. $3.50; 07. $6.00. 
Liberty Pansies 
The Liberty Pansies are noted for their most end¬ 
less variations, which include striped, blotched, 
bordered, veined and marble combinations, in every 
possible color and shade. The plants are of com¬ 
pact growth, and flower most profusely and con¬ 
tinuously all summer. Pkt. 5c; y& ox. 40c; */2 ox. $1.50. 
Poppy Hunnemannia 
Santa Barbara Poppy —1% ft. Another golden 
yellow poppy, pleasing both in the border and as a 
cut flower. The plants grow into shrubby bushes, 
producing their large cup shaped flowers 3 in. 
across on stems 12 in. long. The clear yellow petals 
are broad and crinkled. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c. 
Verbenas (P) 
Mammoth Mixed— A carefully selected and fine 
strain of Verbenas. The trusses and individual 
flowers are of the largest size, of brilliant colors, 
free blooming and of vigorous habit. Pkt. 5c; 
*4 07. 25c; 07. 85c. 
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