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wiijD flower seeds ☆ APR 17 1937 
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Colorado is a state with many climates* We live at an altitude of 3800 feet 
in a hot desert region with severely cold winters. Our seeds offer you some¬ 
thing that is drouth and heat resistant far beyond most plants grown in 
moister sections of the country, probably all of you wish for plants that 
do not wilt and die at the first signs of a hot dry spell. In recent drouth 
years ours have grown under rainfall conditions of 6-11 inches during the 
entire year. So they can survive drouth, and yet they ail respond well to 
more favorable conditions with more water. Our seeds offer you something new 
in ornamentals. Probably not all will thrive under your conditions but most 
are 'easily grown. With our moderately priced 5^ packets you cannot risk 
much. Many will self sow once you get them started. We invite you to try 
some that seem desirable to you and in turn we know you will have new 
flowers with beauty and drouth resistance. All our flowers naturaxiy grow 
in full sunlight on the treeless deserts and all will respond to the addition 
of lime if your soil lacks lime. Do not plant all your seeds at once but 
leave some for trial under different conditions. The perennials will 
prooably not bloom until the second year. 
Trees and Shrubs 
A morpha . A shrub larger than A* canescens, the Lead Bush that i3 offered by 
many nurseries. It grows rapidly from seed. It is 5 feet tall with locust 
like foliage and many small spikes of dark purpie flowers in June. 
Atriplex ca n escens . A rapid growing shrub from dry alkali deserts, that is 
desirable for the silvery leaves and bark that contrast; so effectively with 
tne 'green of other plants. It is evergreen with us. 
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Desert Cedar, Jun iper us monospe rma. A hardy desert cedar. There are many 
trees that were alive before the days of the Spanish Conquistadors. The leaves 
are scale like and the whole color is light green. 
Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis . A tree very similiar to the American Elm 
but without 30 many insect p© 3 ts. Our strain grows near desert springs and 
is cold,wind, and heat hardy. 
perennials 
Prickly Poppy,Argemone intermedia is a white flowered poppy bearing 3 inch 
flowers. It is a hardy perennial poppy from our deserts, growing 30 inches 
tall and flowering profusely. Leaves are silvery green. 
Argemone grandiflora hybrida is the usually cultivated form. It is a smaller 
less prickly annual with smaller pale yellow flowers. 
Eve ning Star, Mentzelia decapetala . A hardy perennial with Stout bushy growth 
30 inches high. It has dozens of 4 inch creamy white flowers opening toward 
evening, and quite fragrant. Each blossom is like a Night Blooming Cereu3 
( and indeed lient z alias ere very distant cousins of the cacti) with 10 
petals and hundreds of creamy stamens. Mentzelias are also called Nuttalia. 
Mentzeiia nuda does not branch and grows 3 feet tall. The plant growth i3 
not as desirable but the blossoms are prettier and have more petals,altho 
they are a little smaller. The large straight root transplants easily. 
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