Home Beautification Is Easy With Hardie’s Selected Flowers 
Hardie’s Superior Flotver Seed 
PRODUCE BETTER AND BRIGHTER FLOWERS 
Do you take pride in your home? Even though it be lowly, you can make it 
a beauty spot—a delight to you, your family and all passers-by—with the 
plantings of Hardie’s Superior Flower Seeds listed below—all selected from 
varieties which we know will thrive and blossom best in this section. 
Flowers are divided into three classes: Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. 
Annual flowers grow from seed, blossom and die in one season. Biennials 
grow from seed, blossom the following season and then die. Perennials make 
plants from seed the first year, blossom the next and continue to bloom each 
succeeding year. 
CULTURE—A common error in planting flower seeds is covering them too 
deep; they should not be covered more than twice the thickness of the Beed; 
small seed, such as Portulaca, need only be pressed down with a board or the 
hand; always press the soil down firmly after sowing, else there is danger 
of the young plants prying up before their roots can get hold of the soil. 
Flower seeds generally succeed best in rich soil; some leaf mold out of the 
woods is good to put on the beds. All prices quoted on Flower Seeds are 
postpaid. 
Aquilegia 
(COLUMBINE) 
Charming hardy plants, bearing in countless numbers through May and 
June exquisite clear, blue, white, rose, yellow, purple and striped blossoms. 
For planting in permanent borders or edges of shrubbery this old-fashioned 
favorite is one of the best. They thrive well with ordinary garden culture. 
Few hardy perennials are so easily grown from seed. 24 in. 
359—MIXED—Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
Sweet Alyssum 
Antirrhinum 
(SNAPDRAGON) 
For gorgeous coloring few flowers can match Snapdragons. The flowers of 
this new strain are of very large size, are very fragrant and are produced on 
immense long spikes, which render them extremely well adapted for cut 
flowers. They are easily raised from seed in any rich, sunny bed. If intended 
for winter-flowering inside, cut back in September. 
360A—RUST PROOF—Mixed colors. This is the best all around type, equally 
fine for borders or cutting. Every home maker will want a bed of mixed colors 
in her garden. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; oz. $1.20. 
360— HARMONY—Copper-Rose and Yellow. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
361— CRIMSON KING—Brilliant-Carmine. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
362— GOLDEN KING—Yellow. Pkt. 10c: oz. $1.00. 
363— QUEEN VICTORIA—White. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
364— ROSE DORE—Bright Rose. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
365— MIXED COLORS—Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 
366— TOM THUMB—Mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.75. 
Amaranthus 
Brilliantly foliaged annuals, some of the varieties bearing curious racemes of 
flowers. All are useful in borders of tall plants among shrubs, or for the 
centers of large beds. Do not grow them too closely together, but give them 
sufficient room to develop their full beauty. When flowered in small pots under 
glass they are very charming. 
367— CAUDATUS (Love Lies Bleeding)—3 ft., drooping red spikes. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c. 
368— CRUENTUS (Prince Feather)—3 ft. Dark red feathery flowers. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 30c. 
369— TRICOLOR (Joseph’s Coat)—2 y 2 ft. The inner foliage is of blackest 
bronze, tipped with green, while the outer foliage is bright scarlet and gold. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 
Asters 
This splendid fall favorite of our grandmother’s garden still continues to 
beautify our garden, and should be sown more generally, it being perfectly 
hardy and easily grown. 
373— COMET—Finest mixed colors, beautiful curved petals. 15 in. Pkt. 10c; 
•z. $1.00. 
374 — QUILLED—Mixed colors. 18 in. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
378—GIANT BRANCHING—Mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
ALL 10c PACKETS FLOWER SEED: 3 FOR 25c; POSTPAID. 
Stim-@-planT 
Sec page 39. 
Antirrhinum—Snapdragons 
Alyssum 
(SWEET ALYSSUM or MAD WORT) 
357— SWEET—One of the finest an¬ 
nuals we have for edging and is be¬ 
loved by many on account of its modest 
blossoms. Pleasantly fragrant. Begins 
to bloom early in the season, and con¬ 
tinues until frost. Mix the seed with 
sand before sowing to prevent sowing 
too thickly. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 
358— LITTLE GEM—The plants, which 
are only a few inches high, grow so 
dense and are so completely covered 
with snow-white blossoms, they create 
the impression of a beautiful snow- 
white carpet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 
Aquilegia—Columbine 
Ageratum 
(FLOSS FLOWER) 
Perennial. One of the best summer 
blooming plants grown from seed. 
Rapid growers, early and constant 
bloomers. During the hot, dry summer 
months their bright flowers are pro¬ 
duced in the greatest profusion. Set 
the dwarf sorts 10 inches apart and 
they soon make a low mass of charm¬ 
ing flowers. 
355—BLUE PERFECTION—Light blue ; 
about two feet high. Pkt. 10c; az. 
50c. 
356 —IMPERIAL DWARF WHITE — 
Very attractive when grown with the 
blue varieties ; 8 to 9 inches high. Pkt. 
10c; oz. $1.00. 
MIXED COLORS—Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 
PLANT HARDIE’S SEEDS FOR HARDY PLANTS 
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