28 Annual Flower Seed 
Scabiosa Loveliness 
Schizauthus, Butterfly Flower 
Salvias s r.r 
Salvia is too well known as one of the best bedding and 
border plants to need description here. Start the seed in¬ 
doors. With a little effort you can raise many plants from 
a packet of seed. 
1 71 1 l—l L • One of the finest Salvias. Will 
'' 11 naroinger bloom early and continue till 
frost. About one foot tall, compact, with rich green foliage 
and vivid scarlet flowers, freely borne. Pkt.SJOc; 14$ oz. 
60c. 
1 707 D C ■ Clara Bed man. Plant of globular 
DOn lire form, I Vi to 2 feet tall, upright 
spikes of dazzling flowers. Uniform growth, profuse 
bloomer. Pkt. lOc; '/& oz. 45c. 
706 Splendens Scarlet variety. A scorching 
scarlet. Pkt. lOc; oz. 30c. 
These are tender perennials but are best treated as annuals. 
Start the seed early indoors or in hotbed. 
Sunflower Stella 
Schizanthus 
Salvia Splendens Scarlet 
Butterfly 
Flower 
1 
Blue Salvias 
F _ ■ _ D| . This beautiful variety is fine 
rarincea DIU6 for cutting or for bedding. 
1713 i arincea uiue for cutting or 
Tall graceful spikes. Pkt. lOc; ^ oz. 45c. 
1715 Blue Bedder Strain , of Fariacea Blu ? . but 
UlUc Ucuucl more dwarf and compact, free 
bloomer and deeper in shade. Pkt. 20c. 
Sanvitalia 
Creeping Zinnia 
See Page 30 
Ursiuia 
Saponaria, Bouncing Bet 
1720 BOSE AND WHITE. A pretty plant growing 2 feet high and covered with small 
pink and white flowers, somewhat like large Baby's Breath. Very pretty in the garden and 
desirable as cut flowers. Pkt. lOc; oz. 20c. 
Scabiosa, Mourning Bride 
These lovely flowers are sometimes called * Sweet Scabious” and “Pin Cushion Flowers.” 
Their delicate coloring and their dainty form with their long graceful stems make them 
especially adapted for cut-flowers on tne dining table. They also look attractive in mixed 
bouquets. 
The flowers are 1 to 2 inches across and the plants 2 to 3 feet tall. Owing to the deli¬ 
cious sweetness of Scabiosas, they attract the most beautiful types of butterflies to your 
garden. 
LARGE FLOWERING TALL DOUBLE 
Pure 
A charming and dainty annual. Plants are compact and 
branching, \ to 2 feet high, with delicate, fern-like 
foliage. The flowers are bright, in a bewildering range 
of colors, all blotched and marked with contrasting 
shades. Sown in the spring for garden decoration and in 
pots in the fall for the house. Seed germinates quickly. 
173$ CHOICE MIXED. A fine strain of this excell¬ 
ent annual flowers containing many beautiful contrast¬ 
ing colors. Pkt. 1 Oc; *4 oz. 25c. 
1742 EXCELSIOR COMPACTUS FINEST MIX¬ 
ED. Best for pot plants. 6 inches tall, pyramidal in 
form, free flowering. Colors, pink, rose, cream, white and 
all pastel shades, as well as darker colors. Pkt. 15c. 
1730 GIANT FLOWERING HYBRIDS. An ex¬ 
cellent strain for greenhouse growing but also fine for 
garden use. Wonderful color assortment. Pkt. 15c; 
A oz. 60c. 
Garden Sunflowers 
1801 Like immense Gaillardias. Height 5 to 
l\ea 6 feet, flowers 4 to 7 inches across, in 
shades of brown, red, yellow. Pkt. 5c; *4 oz. 20c. 
1802 Double Chrysanthemum many 
come single, a proportion of them will come fully double 
like big Chrysanthemums. Pkt. lOc; \4 oz. 25c. 
1803 Qi^lU The best of the miniature type. A 
Oteiia wealth of golden yellow, single 
flowers all summer. Fine for cut-flowers. See above 
picture. Pkt. 5c; *4 oz. 20c. 
1 804 Sunflower Collection of kt tTe 
above 3 varieties, 15c. 
Tall Sunflowers 
4077 Sunflower Mammoth Russian 
The large flowered tall growing variety. Oz. 5c; 14 
lb. lOc; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. 
Double Stocks 
1984 
Tithon 
ia 
Mexican 
Page 30. 
Sunflower. See 
Salvia 
Farinacea Blue 
1725 Shasta, 
white. 
1728 Sulphur Yellow. 
1730 Rose. 
1723 Mixed Colors. 
Pkt. lOc; 14 
1724 Peach Blossom. 
1726 Azure Fairy. 
1727 King of Blacks. 
1729 Crimson, Fire 
King. 
Prices on above varieties and mixed, 
oz. 25c. 
1737 Collection. 1 Pkt. each of 7 varieties, 
70c value for only 50c. 
NEW TALL DOUBLE 
1733 See natural color on 
Dlue Lockade page 2. Received an 
Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. 
This outstanding novelty is the purest deep azure blue 
that can be found in any annual. It is absolutely devoid 
of even a suggestion of rose. The formation of the flower 
is far ahead of existing varieties, it has great depth, 
almost conical. An excellent cut-flower. Half-hardy. 
Height 3 feet. Pkt. 15c; 'A oz. 30c. 
1731 Loveliness 2SJ“. °' 
fragrant. Pkt. lOc; *4 oz. 25c. 
The color is a rich rosy lilac of 
the beautifid orchid tone, a new 
shade in Scabiosas. Pkt. lOc; 'A oz. 25c. 
lyorids 7h t h ?,°:” 
strain are much larger than the standard Scabiosas, 
often measuring 2 to 2V> inches across, completely 
rounded and double. An unusual range of lovely colors. 
Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 30c. 
See page 
1 732 Cattleya 
shade in Scabiosas. Pk 
1722 New Giant Hybrids 
Dwarf Scabiosas 
Only 8 to 9 inches tall—Fine for Rock Gardens 
1 734 Coral Rose 
See Natural Color, Page 16. 
1410 Sensitive Plant 
2442 5milax Cli,nbing Vine. See page 31. 
Snapdragons Antirrhinums - See 11 
Solanums Ornamental Fruits. See page 28. 
Statice ®^ r,astin S s * Strawflowers. See page 
Strawflowers s “ *»• 
Neat and compact in 
growth. Color is rose, with 
salmon over-tone. Pkt. lOc; l A oz. 20c. 
1735 Tom Thumb Mixed t? veI ^- olor8 
oz. 25c. 
1761 
Stevia Serrata 
Pkt. lOc; V 4 
Form nice bushy plants about 2 ft. tall and bearing 
numerous fragrant pure white flowers. Grow outdoors 
in summer and indoors in winter, and have the flowers 
for cutting and mixing with bouquets of other blooms. 
Pkt. lOc; oz. 30c. 
Stocks, Gilliflower 
These popular old hardy annuals have been greatly 
improved during the past few years. The varieties we 
list below will give you a fine selection for bedding and 
potting. 
They come in a great variety of soft colors and are 
very attractive for cut-flowers both by the florist and 
the home gardener. They bloom in late summer, fall and 
winter. 
17 Ac; t w/ I Dwarf, Large Flowered 
/OD ien Weeks Mixed Colors. The favor¬ 
ites for outdoor bedding because of their dwarf, compact 
growth and large double flowers. Our strain shows only 
a few singles. Pkt. lOc; l A oz. 30c. 
1767 fC;- Improved Bis- 
Oiant Imperial marck. A fine va¬ 
riety for greenhouse use, the plants growing large and 
branching, with long flower stocks, 2]/<i feet tall. 
Double. Mixed Colors. Pkt. lOc; oz. 35c. 
1791 Giant Excelsior or Column 
In contrast to the branching types, these Excelsior 
Stocks produce one large flowering spike 3 feet long on 
each plant. Double. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 20c. 
1 353 Ci__|.. Malcomia Cheir- 
Virginian stocks anthus French 
Forget-me-nots. Dwarf plants 8 to 12 inches tall, 
bearing petaled rose or white flowers, somewhat resem¬ 
bling ordinary stocks. Useful for rock gardens, edgings, 
massing or naturalizing. Pkt. lOc; <4 oz. 20c. 
Ursinia 
2036 Anethoides 
gardens. Plants form tufts of leaves, flowers borne 
above on long wiry stems. Daisy-like flowers 1J4 inches 
across, of rich yellow, with purple center. (See cut 
above left.) Flowers remain open all day. Plants 1 foot 
high. Pkt. lOc; f, oz. 25c. 
The Templin-Bradley Co., Nationwide Seedsmen and Nurserymen, Cleveland, Ohio 
