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FLOWER SEEDS FOR FLORISTS ' 7 
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MISCELLANEOUS PERENNIALS 
® indicates plants suitable 
for rock gardens. 
Aquilegia Longissima 
Quite o striking novelty. Perfectly hardy and 
nice for cutting. Aquilegias deserve more 
attention by retail growers. 
ACHILLEA Ptarmica. 
The Pearl. 30 in. Double white. Excel¬ 
lent for cutting. 
Tr. pkt., 30c; Va oz. ( 65c; oz., $2.25. 
©Tomentosa Aurea. 6 to 8 in. Finely 
cut foliage. Golden yellow flowers in 
umbels. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; Vs oz., $1.25. 
ACONITUM Fischeri. Monkshood. Deep 
blue, seeds must be sown outdoors and 
frozen over winter for good germina¬ 
tion. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
*AETHIONEMA Grandiflorum. Persian 
Candytuft. Free flowering light rosy 
lilac Candytuft. Likes light, sandy soil 
and a sunny location. Keeps well when 
cut. 8 to 10 inches. 
Tr. pkt., 50c. 
AGATHAEA Coelestis. Felicia or Blue 
Daisy. Seed must be frozen over win¬ 
ter for proper germination. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 40c; oz., $1.25. 
©ALYSSUM. 
Saxatile Compactum. Golden yellow. 
12 in. Excellent for rock gardens. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; Va oz., 25c; 1 oz., 85c. 
' Moellendorfianum. Extra dwarf yellow. 
3 to 4 inches. Very nice. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; 1/16 oz., $1.00. 
ANCHUSA. 
©Myosotidiflora. Forget - me - not - blue. 
1 5 inches. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; Vs oz., $1.35. 
Italica. Dropmore strain. Blue. 6 ft. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
Italica Grandiflora, Picotee. Same as 
above but blue and white striped 
petals. Very attractive combination. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; Va oz., 80c. 
©AQUILEGIA. Columbine. Valuable for 
outdoor cutting and spring forcing. 
"Longissima. (New). Extra long- 
spurred 4 inches, in shades of yellow. 
A very outstanding new Aquilegia. 
Tr. pkt., 50c. 
:: Glandulosa Vera. Fairly dwarf. Extra 
large spurless flowers of bright, fairly 
deep blue color with white center. 
Tr. pkt., 75c. 
Jaetschaui. Large-flowered yellow with 
red spurs. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
Chrysantha, Silver Queen. Long- 
spurred white. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
COERULEA. Long-spurred, large-flow¬ 
ered type. 
Blue. Rocky Mountain Columbine. 
Sky-blue with white outer petals. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 50c; 1 oz., 
$1.75. 
’"Candidissima, Snow Queen. Fairly 
dwarf, large-flowered, pure white. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; Va oz., $1.00. 
"Crimson Star. (New). Deep blood-red 
with white outer petals. Very attrac¬ 
tive. 
Tr. pkt., 50c. 
*Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrids. A new 
popular and fine long-spurred mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; Va oz., $1.25; 1 oz., 
$4.00. 
Mixture of All Colors. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 45c; oz., $1.50. 
©ARABIS Alpina. Rock Cress. White; 
dwarf. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
ASCLEPIAS Tuberosa. 2 ft. Orange, fine 
for cutting. Needs free drainage. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; Va oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
^ASPARAGUS Verticillatus. A very 
valuable completely hardy climbing 
Asparagus. Light, finely textured 
foliage. Seed germinates in three 
weeks in a warm house. Rather 
slow growing at first. Valuable as 
an inexpensive all summer source of 
green material. Probably benefited 
by partial shade. Every retail grow¬ 
er should have a planting coming on. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; Va oz., 60c; 1 oz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
ASTER. 
©Dark Beauty. Alpinus. Single deep 
blue. 12 inches. June-flowering. 
Tr. pkts. only, 50c. 
Wartburg Star. Subcoeruleus. Lighter 
than Dark Beauty and considerably 
longer stemmed and larger flowered. 
June flowering. Makes very excellent 
cutting material for table decorations 
and low vases. 
Tr. pkts. only, 50c. 
Novi-belgii. New Hybrids. Fall-flower¬ 
ing. 4 feet. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; Va oz., $1.25; 1 oz., 
$4.00. 
©BELLIS Perennis. Double English Daisy. 
6 inches. The choicest are the Mon- 
strosa varieties as follows: 
Rose, White, Red. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 65c; 
1 oz., $2.25. 
Mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 
CAMPANULA. 
MEDIUM CALYCANTHEMA. Double or 
Cup-and-Saucer varieties. 3 feet. 
Biennial. 
Dark Blue, Light Blue, Rose, White. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 20c; Va oz., 40c; 
1 oz., $1.40. 
Mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; Va oz., 30c; oz., $1.00. 
MEDIUM SINGLE. Single or Canterbury 
Bells. 3 feet. Biennial. 
Blue, Lilac, Rose, White. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
Mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 40c. 
©CARPATICA. Perennial. Dwarf and 
very nice for rock gardens. 12 inches. 
Blue, White, Mixture. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 20c; Va oz., 30c; 
1 oz., 90e. 
©CANDYTUFT. 
Sempervirens. White. 12 in. Flowers 
second season, in May. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; Va oz., 50c; oz., $1.50. 
G i b ra I ta ri c a. Large-flowered lilac 
shading to white. Free flowering. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; Va oz., 25c; 1 oz., 75c. 
PERSIAN CANDYTUFT. See Aethionema 
Grandiflorum. 
CATANANCHE Coerulea. Everlasting. 30 
inches. Light lavender-blue flowers re¬ 
sembling Centaurea Cyanus. Good for 
cutting either indoors or outdoors. 
Very free flowering the first season 
from seed. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 40c; oz., $1.25. 
CENTAUREA Montana. Cornflower-blue. 
24 inches. Large-flowered. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 60c. 
©CERASTIUM. 
Tomentosum. Snow-in-Summer. Silvery 
white foliage. Completely hardy with 
us. Flowers in May and June. 10 to 
1 2 inches. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; Va oz., 40c; oz., $1.25. 
"Columnae. 4 in. Extra dwarf, compact 
and free flowering variety. Excellent 
for borders and rock garden work. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; Va oz., 75c. 
CHEIRANTHUS Allionii. Free-flowering 
deep orange Wallflower. 18 inches. 
Tr. pkt., 1 5c; 1 oz., 30c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Japonicum. (Hardy 
Chrysanthemum). Double and sem.- 
double hybrid strain. An early sowing 
flowers in October. Very hardy. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; Vs oz., $1.00. 
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