ALNKER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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IPOMOEA Heavenly Blue 
Heavenlv Blue (Early Flowering Rubro Coe- 
neaveniy Diue rulea). One of the few flow¬ 
ers of true blue and probably finest of all morning 
glories. Flowers measure 314 to 4 inches across, 
deep blue with white throat. They blossom profusely 
and for a long season, opening in the morning and 
facing the sun. While many have easy success 
sowing seed in the open ground, others prefer to 
sow two' seeds in a 3-inch pot indoors in April and 
by end of May plunge pot in place where they are 
to bloom. They are then sure to produce many 
flowers. Use gravelly, sandy soil and give southern 
exposure. Pkt. 10c, V4 oz. 50c. 
Free flowering, handsome plant. 
The flowers are in verbena¬ 
like heads, color very brilliant and constantly changing in 
hue; very fine. Sow seed in house. Half hardy perennials. 
Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
A fine, half hardy 
annual with bright 
Sow seed in the open ground. Pkt. 5c. 
crimson flowers. 
Lobelia Very fine growing plant, admirable for front 
lines of ribbon borders and vases and hang¬ 
ing baskets. Flowers of deep blue and white. Sow seed 
under glass. Half hardy perennials. Choice mixed. Pkt. 
5c, »/ 4 oz. 30c. 
Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta 
blue with dark foliage. The best for bedding. 
Vi oz. 30c. 
Rich, 
deep 
Pkt. 5c, 
Lup 
colors. 
inus 
A free flowering plant, bearing long and 
graceful flower spikes of rich and varied 
Hardy annuals. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Lilium Regale—The Regal Lily 
It is absolutely hardy, and is excellent for forcing. 
The flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, 
with a beautiful shade of canary-yellow at the cen¬ 
ter, and extending part way up the trumpet. It is 
delightfully perfumed, reminding one of the jasmine, 
and lacking the heavy, oppressive odor of most lilies. 
Blooms out of doors early in July, and seedling bulbs 
will flower the second year. Lift the bulblets in fall 
and replant to greater depth in their permanent loca¬ 
tion. Pkt. 10c. 
Livingstone Daisy (Mesembryanthemum 
Criniflorum) The plants which are of slightly 
' spreading habit, are literally covered 
with daisy-like flowers, measuring about 2 inches of the 
most delightful shades imaginable. There are pure whites 
tinted and edged with rose, crimson, pink and buff; and 
self colors including primrose, golden, buff, apricot, crim¬ 
son and pink. An ideal carpet or rockery plant and a gem 
for edging. Will succeed admirably in crevices of crazy 
paving or old walls and thrives well in poor soil. Pkt. 10c. 
Marigold Tall African Double 
Choice Mixed A well known free-flowering plant 
with fine double flowers of rich, 
beautiful 0 olors. Half hardy annuals. Pkt. 5c, V 2 oz. 25c. 
Orange Ball 
Lemon Ball 
Rich golden orange, very showy. Pkt. 
5c, V 2 oz. 30c. 
Double, lemon colored, 
oz. 30c. 
Pkt. 5c, V 2 
Eldorado (New) The u large bushy plants are 
x ' each a ball of brilliant colors, 
single plants having from 75 to 100 flowers in full bloom 
at one time. Pkt. 5c. 
Guinea Gold (Annual) 
This is a very distinct 
type of Marigold, of 
graceful pyramidal habit, growing 2 to 2% feet high, and 
producing 30 to 40 flowers, 2 to 2 Ms inches across, of 
brilliant shade of orange flushed with gold. Unlike the 
ordinary African Marigold, this new variety produces no 
single flowers, but practically 100 per cent semi-double. 
The characteristic Marigold odor is much less pungent 
than in other sorts. Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf French Double (12 in.) 
riruiKl#* Here is a mixture of Dwarf French 
* Marigolds which has been blended 
for a rich color effect. It contains shades of yellow, 
orange, mahogany, brown, and combinations of these. The 
neat, compact plants are of even height and habit, growing 
but 1 ft. tall. Pkt. 5c; *4 oz. 20c; V 2 oz. 30c. 
Mignonette 
A well known, most fragrant little flower. Wants a sunny 
situation. Sow seeds in May where it is to remain. 
Reseda Sweet Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
Golden Queen Extra choice. Pkt. 5c. 
Nineteen Hundred 
This valuable mignonette 
makes an almost incredible 
mass of charming golden yellow flowers. A single plant 
has produced 400 flower spikes of most delicious fragrance. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Mimulus Hybridus (Monkey Flower) 
A genus of very fine flowering plants with brilliant colored 
flowers. They want a damp, shady situation, do best in 
pots. Half hardy perennials. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Marvel of Peru (Four O’Clock) Beautiful 
foliage and flowers, are exceedingly fragrant, expanding in 
the evening, withering next morning: color white, yellow, 
variegated: two feet. Mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
Marvel of Peru, Mixed 
The New Livingstone Daisy 
Marigold 
Lupinus, Mixed 
Mountain Beautv 
Mountain Beauty (Ten¬ 
der Perennial Climber) 
( Antigonon ) * . £ a h nd e 6 r om 0 e f 
Mexican origin. Flowers of bright¬ 
est rose color, borne in graceful 
clusters. Pkt. 10c. 
