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GURNEY’S HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
DELPHINIUM LARKSPUR 
Perennial Blue — Blooms freely the first year 
from seed. The most showy of any of the peren¬ 
nials. We use only the famous florists strains 
which make stately plants 4 to 5 feet tall. The 
flowers vary in color from light lavender to deep¬ 
est blue. One of the best cut flowers. Pkt., 7c; 
Ms oz., 20c; 'A oz., 35c. 
Hollyhock Strain, Wrexham Type—These 
are the greatest advance in Delphiniums. Their 
graceful spire shaped spikes of enormous size 
and beauty of form are rapidly bringing them to 
the front as the most popular flower for cutting 
or the garden. This mixture contains all the 
colors in Delphiniums, many individual blooms 
measuring over two inches across. Pkt., 15c; 
2 for 25c. 
LYCHNIS 
Chalcedonia, or Burning Star—One of the 
greatest hardy perennials, which grow and bloom 
year after year, requiring no protection and 
easily started. Color, brilliant scarlet. Height 
2 feet. Pkt., 5c i/ 2 oz., 20c. 
PERENNIAL PHLOX 
Height, 2 feet. The immense flower heads 
often grow 6 inches across and 8 inches long. 
Bloom from early in the .spring until frost. They 
come in a wide range of color from pure white 
to the deepest scarlet. The most continuous 
bloomer of any of the perennials. Pkt., 10c; 
2 for 15c. 
PEONY SEED 
We gathered a quantity of these seeds, more 
than we shall need for our own use in the pro¬ 
duction of new varieties. Peony seeds, you 
understand, do not reproduce true to their par¬ 
ents, but produce different varieties of flowers 
single, semi-double and double. It is really worth 
while watching them from year to year, and as 
new varieties are produced in this way, you 
might secure something better than any of the 
varieties of today. They are very easily grown 
and bloom the second year after planting. Pkt., 
10c; 'A oz., 30c; 1 oz., 50c. 
POPPIES—HARDY PERENNIAL 
New Hardy Oriental Red Popples— 
This new race of Oriental Poppies when once 
planted, continues blooming for several years 
without further trouble. The flowers often 
measure 6 inches across and are of the most in¬ 
tense brilliant red. Pkt., 7c; Vi oz., 25c. 
Oriental Perennial Hybrids, Mixed— 
Flowers of gorgeous brilliancy, ranging from 
soft flesh and rose to brilliant dazzling scarlet. 
Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. 
ICELAND POPPIES 
Hardy perennials, flower the first year from 
seed, blooming almost as quickly as the annual 
sorts. Height 12 inches. 
New Hybrid Iceland Single Mixed—The 
latest development in this lovely species, varying 
in color from sulphur yellow through different 
shades of orange to chamois and salmony-rose. 
Pkt., 5c; Vi oz., 25c. 
Iceland Double Mixed—This new perennial 
Iceland Poppy comes in all the beautiful colors 
of the single with the added beauty of perfect 
double and semidouble flowers.. Pkt., 10c; 
3 for 25c. 
SHASTA DAISY (Alaska) 
Hardy perennial. A bed of these giant white 
Daisies in full bloom is a sight worth seeing. 
Flowers measure 3’/ 2 inches borne on stems 18 
inches long. The numerous long, slender-stem¬ 
med white flowers rise most gracefully amid the 
bed of green, blooming all through the spring and 
summer months. 
■ Of the many varieties the Alaska is the best 
bloomer and hardiest. Blooms first season. 
Pkt., 5c; Vi oz., 20c. 
ENGLISH DAISY DOUBLE 
This hardy, early spring blooming plant is 
easily grown. Maximum height 6 inches, pro¬ 
ducing flowers in various shades of pink and 
white, double mixed; Chinese varieties. Pkt., 8c; 
14 oz., 25c. 
PAINTED DAISY 
Pyrethrum Roseum—Height 2 feet. This 
hardy Persian Daisy has long been a favorite in 
European gardens. The plants are erect growing, 
consisting of upright slender stalks adorned 
with fern-like leaves and carrying fine terminal 
blossoms. 
Single Mixed. Radiating petals in many tones 
of rose and red about a golden center. Pkt., 7c; 
'A oz., 25c. 
GOLDEN MARGUERITE DAISY 
The golden yellow flowers are borne on long 
2-foot stems from July until frost. The sweet 
scented flowers are about 2 inches across and 
will keep perfectly for over a week after being 
cut. Pkt., 5c; 14 oz., 25c. 
PERENNIAL FLAX 
Linum Perenne Sibiricum—A rich blue- 
flowered Flax. The attractive flowers last only 
a day, but they are borne continuously from 
July on; 15 inches tall. Pkt., 5c; 14 oz., 15c. 
SWEET PEAS PERENNIAL 
Hardy vines of robust growth resembling 
Sweet Peas but the flowers are not fragrant. 
Bloom through a long season and are excellent 
as cut flowers. Height, 4 feet. Colors: White, 
pink and rose. Pkt., 5c; 14 oz., 15c; 1 oz., 25c. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Red Sweet William—A beautiful hardy scar¬ 
let flower borne in large clusters on sturdy 
stems. A continuous bloomer. Height 1 ft. Pkt., 
7c; Vi oz., 15c. 
Dwarf Double Mixed—These seldom groW 
over 6 to 8 inches high. Profuse bloomers; ex- 
cellentforbordersoredging. Pkt.,5c; 14 oz., 15ci 
SNOW IN SUMMER 
Cerastium Tomentosum — A valuable 
spreading plant with attractive silvery white' 
foliage and showy white, star-shaped blooms 
covering the plants during May and June. When 
in full bloom, the plants resemble a drift of 
snow. A wonderful low border plant and perfect 
for rock gardens. Will stand any amount of 
heat and sun. Pkt., 10c; 2 for 15c. 
VIOLET 
Sweet Violet—Well known, old fashioned 
hardy garden violet; prized for their fragrance 
and pretty blue and white flowers. Pkt., 10c.. 
HOLLYHOCK 
Double Mixed—We have improved this old 
garden favorite until it is the highest and 
best type yet developed. Colors ranging from 
white and apricot, rose, cerise and crimson, to the 
darker shades of wine, maroon, and black. Eveiy 
garden should have some of these majestic 
flowers. Pkt., 7c; 14 oz., 20c. 
Mammoth Fringed Single Mixed—The flow¬ 
ers of this grand variety are from 4 to 6 inches 1 
across, single, finely fringed and curled. Pkt., 
5c; 1 oz., 20c. 
HOLLYHOCK DOUBLE 
"IMPERATOR" 
Rising to a stately height it bears flowers 5J4 
to 614 inches across, consisting of wide outer 
petals elegantly frilled and deeply fringed, in 
the center of which appears a very double rosette, 
about 2 inches across, the whole suggesting a ; 
crested Begonia on a giant scale. The plants 
branches from the base, forming a majestic., 
clump. Pkt. 15c; 2 for 25c. 
Double "Imperator" Hollyhock 
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Plant Perennial Flowers—~they last for many years 
