NORTHRUP. KING & CO.’S 
African Marigold 
Job’s Tears, Coix Lachrymae 2 feet 
A hardy annual ornamental grass with 
broad corn-like leaves and seeds of a light 
slate color. These seeds have medicinal value 
and are used as beads. The leaves are used 
as greens in making bouquets. 
Kochia Childsii—Summer Cypress 
2% feet. This hardy annual, known also 
as “Mexican Fire Bush” is an excellent 
hedge or background plant. It grows into 
dense bush form, very symmetrical and with 
very fine cut, green foliage. After a frost 
the foliage turns a beautiful bronze red. 
Larkspur—Tall Double Stock Flowered 
Dark Blue—2 to 3 feet. Very popular an¬ 
nual of branching growth and with soft 
green finely cut foliage and tall spikes of 
dark blue flowers. An early bloomer stay¬ 
ing in flower all summer. Excellent for sev¬ 
eral kinds of garden planting and a most 
attractive cut flower. This is the annual 
Delphinium. 
Larkspur—Lustrous Carmine 
Same as dark blue except the color. 
Larkspur—Mixed 
Same as dark blue except that instead of 
single color, a mixture of colors is provided. 
Lupins—Annual Mixed 2 feet 
A hardy annual which is especially popu¬ 
lar for mixed borders, beds and for cutting. 
The foliage is a handsome green, leaves be¬ 
ing in the form of many long narrow shoots 
radiating from a center. Plants are of 
robust branching habit, and the spikes con¬ 
tain pea-shaped flowers over most of their 
length. Blue, rose, yellow. If spikes are 
picked as they mature, the plants will con¬ 
tinue in bloom for a long time. Semi-shade 
preferred and seeds should be sown where 
plants are to remain. 
Marigold—African 2 Yl feet 
A hardy annual of dense, bushy habit 
with finely cut bright green foliage. The 
blooms are large, frequently 3 inches across, 
globular in shape, composed of a compact 
mass of tubular or quilled petals in very 
regular arrangements. Predominating 
shades are orange and lemon. A very satis¬ 
factory garden flower for summer and 
autumn. Also excellent for cutting, but 
emits an extra pungent odor if stems or 
flowers are bruised. 
Marigold—French (Tall, Double) 
24 inches. A hardy annual of the same gen¬ 
eral family as the variety above, but differ¬ 
ing in flower growth and colorings—some 
of the sorts being beautifully striped and 
spotted. The plants are symmetrical, bushy 
and attractive for bedding and edging. Bear 
flowers over a long period. 
Marigold—Guinea Gold 2 to 2/i ft. 
An unusual type of marigold, one plant 
producing 30 to 40 blooms of brilliant orange 
flushed with gold. Nearly all flowers are 
double or semi-double and their odor is much 
less pungent than that of other marigolds. 
Mignonette (Reseda) Sweet 12 inches 
A hardy annual which derives its great 
popularity from its fragrance. The plant is 
of rather rambling, branching growth, with 
dark green leaves. The branches bear cone 
shaped spikes of closely set blossoms. Does 
well in the sun as well as in partial shade. 
For cutting it is used mainly in combina¬ 
tion with showier flowers, supplying the 
fragrance. 
Dwarf Nasturtiums 
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