PERENNIAL FLOWERING PLANTS 
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SALVIA SPLENDENS. HARBINGER 
Rosemary 
ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS. An old favorite 
aromatic herb, delightfully fragrant, flowers light 
blue and grows about three feet high. 4-ineh 
pots 25c. 
NEW TRAILING 
ROSEMARY 
For sunny slopes, or to 
trail over rocks and walls 
here is a most valuable and 
effective plant. Its silvery 
grey foliage and pale blue 
flowers make a beautiful 
cascade effect of soft color, 
in lovely contrast to the 
deep greens and brighter 
colors in surrounding parts 
of the garden. 
Our new TRAILING 
ROSEMARY is bound 
to become a favorite 
for pleasing land¬ 
scape effects, and 
for the delightful 
fragrance of its foli¬ 
age and flowers. 
2V4-inch pots 25c 
10 for $2.25 
4-inch pots 50c 
10 for $4.50 
Rudbeckia 
GOLDEN GLOW. A well-known popular plant, 
very hardy and growing from five to six feet 
high. Produces great masses of double golden- 
yellow flowers, resembling Dahlias. 
HIRTA. (Black-Eyed Susan). The large single 
flowers have bright yellow petals surrounding a 
small black cone. Makes an artistic cut flower. 
NEWMANI. Dark orange-yellow flowers with 
deep purple cones, borne on stiff wiry stems, 
three feet high. Flowers from July to September. 
NITIDA. "Autumn Sun". An attractive single 
flowered variety, growing five to six feet high, 
with long, broad petals of bright primrose yellow. 
August to October. 
PURPUREA. (Giant Purple Cone-Flower). 
Flowers about four inches across of a peculiar 
reddish purple, with a remarkable large cone- 
shaped center of brown. Very artistic for vases 
or basket work. Forms bushy plants three feet 
high; blooms from July to October. 
Price of any of the above: 2'/t-inch pots 15c; 
4-inch pots 25c. 
Salvia 
SAGE 
AZUREA. (Pitcheri is better) 
FARINACEA. "Blue Bedder". Tall growing, with 
spikes of deep blue flowers, fine for cutting. 4- 
inch pots 25c. 
LEUCANTHA. (Purple Sage). Bears spikes of 
deep royal purple bloom, like velvet, in dense 
whorls along a stem six to twelve inches long. 
Foliage grey-green. 4-inch pots 25c. 
PITCHERI. This is the finest of all the Blue 
Sages for decoration purposes. Resembles Azurea 
in habit but is more branching and the flowers 
are larger and of a deeper blue. 3-inch pots 25c; 
4-inch pots 35c. 
SCARLET SAGE 
Salvia Splendens 
HARBINGER. New. Salvia splendens is one of 
the most brilliant of all bedding plants, and this 
new variety is the finest of all. Dwarf, compact 
in habit, producing a profusion of their long 
spikes of dazzling bright scarlet, they maintain 
a blaze of color from early spring 'till frosts. 
In Southern California it is practically ever-bloom¬ 
ing. Its fine foliage and habit makes it a splen¬ 
did pot plant. 2!/2-inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 25c. 
Shamrock 
t TRUE IRISH SHAMROCK. Trailing, for pots, 
baskets and window boxes. 2’,4-inch pots 15c. 
Statice 
SEA LAVENDER 
The beautiful sprays of “Everlasting” 
flowers are much prized for cutting, and 
the plants make lovely sub-shrubs, especi¬ 
ally beautiful near the coast, with attrac¬ 
tive bold leaves surmounted continuously 
with dense clouds of blue flowers. 
STATICE ARBOREA HYBRIDS. A new variety, 
similar to perezii with much larger flower bracts, 
of deeper, richer blue. 4-inch pots 25c. 
STATICE LATIFOLIA. Long, broad leaves and 
large heads of deep lavender-blue. 3-inch pots 
15c; 4-inch pots 25c. 
STATICE CASPIA. Tiny pale lavender flowers 
in great sprays, popular for mixing with other 
flowers. 2 Vi-inch pots 15c. 
STATICE PEREZII. The most popular variety, 
bright lavender blue flowers above the rounded 
blue-green leaves. 3-inch pots 10c; 4-inch pots 
25c each. 
t STATICE PUBERULA. A rare and lovely little 
dwarf growing Sfatice for rockeries and filling in 
small spaces. The leaves are in compact tufts, 
surmounted by dainty lavender-pink flowers. 4- 
inch pots, 25c each. 
Scabiosa 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA. Isaac House Strain. 
The finest of the blue flowered perennial Scabio- 
sas and a wonderful improvement in size, form, 
and colors over the older type. The strain in¬ 
cludes various shades of blue, all giant flowered 
and wonderful for cutting, 2%-inch pots 15c; 
4-inch pots 25c. 
SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA. An invaluable flower 
for cut-flower decorations. An especially fine 
winter bloomer and continues in bloom most of 
the year. Flowers are very lacy and graceful on 
long stems, and the colors are exquisite, rang¬ 
ing from beautiful lavender-blue, through deli¬ 
cate mauve to an almost clear pink. Of easy cul¬ 
ture. 2'/ 4 -inch pots 10c; 4-inch pots 25c. 
Shasta Daisy 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM 
A collection of the best sorts for garden 
and cutting. 
For clumps, borders, beds, pot plants 
and cut flowers Shasta Daisies find a wide 
use in the garden. 
ALASKA. The most popular variety, large 
glistening white flowers, often 5 inches across, 
on stems 2 to 2'/2 feet high. 
CONQUEROR. Large, pure white. 2Vi to 3 ft. 
DOUBLE. (Dieners Giant). Grown from selected 
seed producing a good percentage of double 
flowers of varied type of petals and form. The 
balance will be single, of giant size. 3-inch pots 
20c; 4-inch pots 25c. 
MAY QUEEN. Ox Eye Daisy. Lower growing, 
with an abundance of medium sized flowers. Fine 
for pot culture. 
Price of above, except where noted: 2V4-inch 
pots 10c; 4-inch pots 25c. 
THE LOVELY CHIFFON DAISY 
CHIFFON. A favorite newer Daisy for florists' 
use. The flowers are semi-double, showing a 
golden yellow center, the petals beautifully frilled 
at the edges giving the whole an attractive, airy 
appearance. Free flowering, both in Spring and 
Fail. 3 inch pots, 20c; 4 inch pots, 35c. 
SNOWDRIFT 
Paul J. Howard’s beautiful new 
Daisy. See page 12. 
SALVIA PITCHERI, the best blue salvia 
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