ABEL’S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA. 
Flower Seeds 
Helichrysum 
Hunnemannia—Sunlight 
Heliotrope 
Mixed Double. This mixture is truly wonderful. It has been care¬ 
fully blended from eight colors in order to give a beautiful 
effect in the garden and yield lots of flowers for cutting and 
for winter bouquets. Every garden should include some of these 
wonderful large Straw-flowers because they are so easy to grow, 
so free blooming, and serve so many different purposes. Our 
strain has been carefully selected for size and doubleness. Pkt. 
10c; 14 oz. 30c; %oz. 50c; oz. 85c. 
HELIOTROPE. Lemoine’s Giant Hybrids, Mixed. Half-hardy Peren¬ 
nial. Immense heads of lovely, very fragrant, little flowers that 
range in color from white through shades of blue and violet. 
Sow indoors in February if a long season of bloom is desired. 
Height 2 ft. Pkt. 15c; V&oz. 50c; 14oz. 85c. 
HIBISCUS. Mallow Marvels. Perennial; blooms first year from 
seed if planted early. A very hardy plant growing 4 to 6 feet 
tall, with immense flowers in various shades of pink, rose and 
crimson all summer. Pkt. 10c. 
HEUCHERA—Coral Belle. Sanguinea Hybrids—Dwarf compact 
plants with numerous flower-spikes in white, pink, rose and 
crimson. Grows 12 to 18 inches tall. Blooms from June until 
September. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 85c; %oz. $1.50. 
HOLLYHOCKS. (Althaea Rosea). Perennial. Showy plants, 6 to 8 
feet tall, blooming during June and July. Excellent as a back¬ 
ground for other lower-growing plants. The colors vary from 
white to the deepest maroon and from cream to deep yellow. 
We have Single Mixed and Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Vi oz. 30c; 
14 oz. 50c. 
HUNNEMANNIA—Santa Barbara Poppy. Fumariaefolia. Magnifi¬ 
cent golden yellow, Poppy-like flowers borne erect on stiff stems 
2 ft. tall. Easy to grow in well-limed soil, particularly if it is 
rather sandy. The plants bloom from July until frost. This is 
also known as Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy. Sow the seed where 
it is to bloom as they cannot stand transplanting. Pkt. 10c; 
14 oz. 25c; %oz. 40c. 
HUNNEMANNIA—Sunlite. Sunlite is a double flowered poppy 
which is different. Its extra band of petals is produced on the 
outside, rather than the inside of the tulip shaped flowers, giv¬ 
ing the impression of being open, even after the cuplike blos¬ 
soms have closed for the night. The flowers are bright canary 
yellow, and the foliage of the two foot bush is a light gray- 
green. They like a sunny position in a well drained border and 
flower freely in late summer. Pkt. 15c; %oz. 40c; 14 oz. 70c. 
IBERIS—Perennial Candytuft. Sempervirens—A favorite perennial 
for edging or rock gardens. Blooms from April to June and 
makes a wonderful show, with its white flowers borne profusely 
on plants 10 inches tall. An old-fashioned favorite. Pkt. 15c; 
%oz. 60c; !4oz. $1.00. 
IVY—Kenilworth (Linaria Cymbalaria). Perennial. A fine trailing 
cover plant with small, bright green leaves and attractive little 
lilac-blue flowers. Forms a solid mass and is excellent for rock 
gardens. Pkt. 15e. 
KOCHIA—Burning Bush. Giant Christmas. Symmetrical plants 3 ft. 
tall, resembling an ornamental Evergreen. Fine for hedges. 
Turns deep crimson-purple in late fall. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 20c; 
Vz oz. 30c. 
LANTANA—Finest Mixed. Verbena-like flowers from midsummer 
until frost. Yellow, orange, red and pink shades. Height 18 
inches. Slow germinating. Pkt. 10c; l4oz. 30c; %oz. 50c. 
LAVATERA—Annual Mallow—Loveliness. A splendid free-flowering 
annual, growing 2 ft. tall. Large, soft pink flowers shaded car¬ 
mine. Blooms from midsummer until frost. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 25c; 
14 oz. 40c. 
LAVENDER—True (Lavandula Vera). Perennial. The lovely, sweet- 
scented, blue flowers are often dried for use in the linen-closet. 
Pkt. 10c; 14oz. 35c; %oz. 60c. 
LIATRIS-—Kansas Gay Feather—Spicata. Elegant, fluffy, purplish 
rose flowers on long spikes. Blooms from July to September. 
2 to 4 ft. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 40c; 14 oz. 70c. 
LINUM—Perennial Flax—Perenne, Blue. Beautiful light blue flowers 
borne profusely from May until August, on graceful plants 2 ft. 
tall. Every day a new set of flowers opens up. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 
30c; %oz. 50c. 
LOBELIA—For beds, borders, porch boxes, etc. The compact vari¬ 
eties are splendid for beds and borders. The spreading or hanging 
varieties cannot be surpassed for growing in porch or window 
boxes. 
Erinus, Finest Mixed. All are of compact habit. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 
35c; 14oz. 60c. 
LINUM—Crimson Flax—Grandiflorum Rubrum. An old favorite with 
large, rich crimson blooms borne profusely on plants growing 18 
to 24 inches tall. Though the flowers last only one day, new 
ones appear every morning. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 25c; 14 oz. 40c. 
ABEL’S ANNUAL LARKSPUR—-Tall Branching Double Stock-Flow¬ 
ered. A magnificent type of larkspur growing 3 14 ft. tall and 
producing throughout the summer a glorious display of long¬ 
stemmed flower-spikes closely set with large double blooms. The 
plants are of branching habit and are splendid for the mixed 
border, for large beds, and for cutting. 
Mixed. A blend of all the Tall Branching Double Stock-Flowered 
varieties including Flesh Pink, Orchid, Carmine, Sky-Blue, Rose 
White, Striped Light Blue and others belonging to this type. 
Pkt. 10c; 14oz. 25c; 14oz. 40c; oz. 70c. 
GIANT IMPERIAL LARKSPUR—Upright Delphinium Form. This is 
the greatest improvement ever made in Larkspur. The plants are 
of an upright growth, as found in the perennial Delphinium. Each 
branch—and there are many to a plant—produces a solid spike 
of color 3 fo 4 ft tall 
Giant Imperial Mixed. A well-balanced mixture of all the colors 
belonging to this glorious new large-flowered type of Larkspur. 
Pkt. 15c: 14 oz. 30c: Ho* 50c: oz 85c 
Giant Imperial Blue Bell. Blue bell is a fine medium blue Lark¬ 
spur, deeper than sky blue, yet much lighter than lilac, a color up 
to this time lacking in the giant imperial type. The type is de¬ 
cidedly upright, with long basal branched flowering spikes well 
adapted for cutting. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 65c; 14 oz. $1.00; 
Vi oz. $1.50; y 2 oz. $2.50; oz. $4.00. 
Giant Imperial Los Angeles Improved. This is the same color as 
that popular stock flowered variety, Los Angeles, but in the 
vastly improved giant imperial type. It is the best of this type 
on the market. For greenhouse use, or where a tall, compact 
growing strain is wanted in the garden, this variety is preferable. 
The spikes are long and without side branches, making it an 
excellent kind for cutting. The color is a brilliant rose on 
salmon. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 65c; 14oz. $1.00; 14oz. $1.50; 
14 oz. $2.50: oz. $4.00. 
Stock Flowered Rosamond. Rosamond is a pure rose color, a 
shade which has been entirely lacking in Larkspurs up to this 
time. All other rose varieties have faded badly, but this one has 
that rare quality of holding the pure rose color until out of flower. 
It is very uniform in height, and comes into flower two weeks 
earlier than other stock flowered varieties. Pkt. 10c: 1/16 oz. 
65c; %oz. $1.00; %oz. $1.50; %oz. $2.50; oz. $4.00. 
LUNARIA—Honesty or Money Wort—Biennis. These biennial plants 
will bloom the first year if sown early. Has beautiful, stock-like, 
sweet scented, light purple flowers followed by large round seed- 
pods, with a thin, silvery paper-like partition, which are splendid 
for winter bouquets. Pkt. 10c; Vioz. 30c; %oz. 50c. 
LUPINES—Mixed—Annual. Free-flowering, easily grown plants with 
long, graceful spikes of rich, vari-colored, pea-shaped blooms. 
Height 2 ft. Our mixture includes Blue, White and Rose. Pkt. 
10c; 14oz. 25c; 14oz. 40c. 
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