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The Blue Book of Gardening 
Steel’* Oregon Giant Pansies 
Giant Ultramarine Blue. Fine even blue 
Giant Indigo Blue. A deep indigo color, 
faced variety. 
Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Three lower petals 
purple, upper two lavender. 
Giant Madame Perret. Wine color and 
white. 
Giant Purple. A fine rich shade of purple. 
Giant Pure White. Snow white. 
Giant White, Three Spotted. Trimardeau 
type. Three large purple spots. 
Giant Pure Yellow. The largest size of this 
color. 
Giant Yellow, Three Spotted. Trimardeau 
type of yellow-faced pansies. 
Giant Masterpiece. These pansies are a 
most beautiful combination of rich, vel¬ 
vety, ruffled petal type. Rich dark color¬ 
ings 
Giant Trimardeau, Mixed. Large flowering 
type of Pansies, called the French strain. 
The top petals are larger than the three 
lower ones and are beautifully marked. 
Package, 10c. 
Improved Swiss Giant Pansies. The 
flowers are gigantic size, perfectly 
round and exhibit shades previously 
unknown in this family, they bloom 
early in the spring, continuing in 
flower all summer until late in fall. 
Package, 50c; -fa oz., $2.25. 
The following are really good varieties but 
not as large flowered as the Giants. Very 
suitable for massing in beds or for borders. 
In separate colors. 
Atropurpurea. Dark maroon. 
Azure Blue. Light blue, shaded darker. 
Bronze. Deep mahogany. 
Coquette de Poissy. Distinct mauve, shad¬ 
ing to white on the petals, very pretty 
shade. 
Fairy Queen. Blue, with azure margin. 
Fire King. Yellow, with maroon face. 
Golden Gem. Pure yellow. 
King of the Blacks (Faust) . Black. 
Lord Beaconsfield. Deep violet blue on 
lower petals, shading to azure on the 
upper petals. 
White (Snow Queen). Pure white. 
White, With Black Center. 
Bedding Varieties, Mixed. 
Packages, 10c; any 6 packages, 50c. 
Ultramarine Blue. Bright blue. 
PETUNIAS. Petunias grow with little atten¬ 
tion or care and in any soil when once 
started and bloom profusely all spring and 
summer. The large, double varieties do 
not produce seed, but the pollen from 
them is artificially crossed on the large, 
single and fringed plants, and the seed so 
produced will make a percentage of double 
blossoms. The giant flowered types pro¬ 
duce large, single, plain edged or fringed 
edged blossoms, or very thickly double 
flowers. As Petunia seed is exceedingly 
fine, start the plants in a box or flower 
pot and merely press into the soil after 
sowing, cover with chopped moss, or sift 
a little sand over to cover, and, if pos¬ 
sible, allow the water to soak up from 
beneath. The weakest looking plants will 
develop the handsomest flowers, so save 
all the plants carefully. 
Petunia seed is very fine and very expen¬ 
sive ; there is, therefore, but very little 
seed, almost like dust, in each package. 
GIANT FLOWERED VARIETIES 
(All Fertilized by Hand) 
Single, Plain Edged, Mixed. Deep throat¬ 
ed ; brilliantly blotched. Package, 25c. 
Single, Fringed Edged, Mixed. Deep throat¬ 
ed, brilliantly blotched. Package, 25c. 
Superb Giants. Very strong, vigorous 
plants with enormous flowers in a great 
variety of colors, some blotched, some 
veined and in pretty light shades. If you 
appreciate fine giant Petunias, try these. 
Package, 50c. 
SINGLE VARIETIES 
Alba Magnifica. Pure white. Package, 25c. 
Rosy Morn. Bluish pink. Package, 25c. 
Single Mixed. Package, 25c. 
Double Fringed. Saved from the finest 
blossoms. Package, 50c. 
Bright Blue. Package, 25c. 
Bright Rose. Package, 25c. 
Scarlet. Package, 25c. 
PENTSTEMON. Pentstemon sends up spikes 
of bright colored and spotted flowers 
somewhat like the foxglove, but in a great 
variety of carmine shades and colors; 
decidedly beautiful. 
Mixed. Package, 10c. 
Excelsior, Mixed. An extra superb strain 
of this fine flower. Selected for largest 
size and finest light colors. You will be 
pleased with this. Package, 25c. 
PERENNIAL PEA. See Lathyrus latifolius. 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETII (Chinese Lan¬ 
tern Plant). Has bright yellow or scarlet 
seed pods. The fruit inside the pod is 
sometimes made into preserves. Package, 
10c. 
POPPY. Sow seed in open ground where 
plants are to remain and thin to 6 to 12 
inches. If left thick the plants will be 
weak and spindling and the blossoms in¬ 
ferior. To avoid getting the seed too 
thick, it can be mixed with dry sand be¬ 
fore sowing. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES 
Cardinal. A bright scarlet; fringed ; double. 
Package, 10c. 
Cardinal Chamois. Salmon pink. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Double White, Peony-flowered. Straight 
edges. Package, 10c. 
White Fringed, Carnation-flowered. Large; 
double ; fringed. Package, 10c. 
Double Chinese, Mixed. Unusually fine 
double flowers, in a wonderful range of 
colors. Package, 10c; oz., 50c. 
SINGLE VARIETIES 
Admiral. Large pure white flower with a 
broad crimson border. Package, 10c. 
Tulip flowered. Intense scarlet, single blos¬ 
soms. Plant about 2K to 3 feet high. 
The brightest colored ot all poppies. Pack 
age, 10 c. 
Shirley. The most beautiful type of poppies, 
having soft, hairy foliage and an immense 
variety of single blossoms in white, pink, 
apricot and shades of red and scarlet. 
The petals are very dainty and look as if 
made from crepe paper. Mixed. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Umbrosum. Vermillion petals, with black 
spots on each, similar to Shirley. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
(Bloom First Year from Seed) 
Iceland. A graceful, delicate variety, a foot 
tall, with white, orange and yellow single 
blossoms, the petals resembling crumpled 
tissue paper. The plant is low and com- 
Giant Flowered Petunia 
