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SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus). Hardy Perennial. 
A more beautiful sight than a thick, massed bed of Sweet 
Williams is difficult to find. The plants, which are hardy, 
will present a glorious sheet of bright flowers continually. 
Pink Beauty. Full, double heads; single salmon-pink flowers 
borne freely. Pkt. io cts.; yoz. 30 cts.; yoz. 50 cts.; 
y 2 oz. 90 cts. 
Scarlet Beauty. Double heads; single scarlet flowers. 
Blooms throughout the summer. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 30 cts.; 
Xoz. 50 cts.; yoz. 90 cts. 
Newport Pink. Double flower-heads; single flowers, very 
rich pink. Pkt. 20 cts.; Xoz. 50 cts.; yoz. 90 cts. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; y oz. 30 cts.; yoz. 50 cts.; 
yoz. 90 cts. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 50 cts.; Xoz. 90 cts. 
Crimson. Double heads; single, dark crimson flowers. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; yioz. 30 cts.; yoz. 50 cts. 
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus), Mammoth Double Cali¬ 
fornia or Chrysanthemum-flowered. Hardy Annual. 
The individual flowers are full to the center and so very 
double that they are half globe shape. They resemble 
mammoth yellow dahlias. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 25 cts.; 
Koz. 40 cts. 
Mammoth Russian. This is the large common Sunflower. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; lb. 15 cts., postpaid 25 cts. 
SAPONARIA vaccaria multiflora rosea. This is an annual. 
The plants grow 2 feet high and are a perfect mass of the 
daintiest and most graceful pretty satiny pink flowers, 
somewhat resembling an enlarged Baby’s-Breath. Beauti¬ 
ful in the garden and exquisitely charming as a cut-flower 
for vasing alone or with any other flowers. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
F2OZ. 20 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
Vaccaria alba. White. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 20 cts.; yoz. 35c. 
SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis; Dame’s Rocket; Dame’s Violet). 
Hardy Perennial. (Ger. 18 days.) Very pretty old- 
fashioned flower, excellent for naturalizing among shrub¬ 
bery or for planting in a permanent border. Plants grow 
2 to 3 feet high and bear spikes of fragrant, showy white, 
lilac, and purple flowers. Pkt. 5 cts.; yoz. 20 cts.; y oz. 35c. 
SCARLET RUNNER BEANS. Annual rapid-growing vine; 
makes a good screen or shade. Vines are covered with 
sprays of bright scarlet pea-shaped blossoms, and these are 
followed by dark scarlet pods which are very delicious when 
cooked. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 2 ozs. 35 cts. 
SN O W - ON -THE - MOUNT AIN. See Euphorbia. 
THUNBERGIA or BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Hardy Annual. 
A rapid-growing annual vine used for hanging-baskets and 
low trellises. 3 to 5 feet long. Very pretty little flowers in 
orange, buff, white, etc. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 30 cts.; oz. $1. 
VERBENA hybrida grandiflora, Largest Flowering Strain. 
Hardy Annual. Very few plants will make such a gorgeous 
display during the summer months as the Verbenas, or 
furnish more flowers for cutting. Start seed in the house 
or under glass early in the spring or sow outside in May, 
and transplant after 3 to 4 inches of growth. Good, healthy 
plants can be produced from seed as readily as almost any 
tender annual. They flower in July, and continue strong 
and healthy until destroyed by frost. 
New Verbena, Floradale Beauty. Another winner in All- 
America Selections of Best New Flowers for 1937. Large- 
flowering rose shades with salmon-rose predominating. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
Largest White. Pkt. 10 cts.; Xoz. 75 cts.; oz. $ 2 . 50 . 
Lucifer. Vivid scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 75 cts.; oz. $ 2 . 50 . 
Tagetes, Little Giant 
Sweet William, Schell’s Extra-Choice Single Mixed, 
with large, full heads 
Verbena, Salmon-Pink. White eye. Pkt. 10c.; yoz. 75c. 
Schell’s Mammoth, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 75 cts.; 
oz. $ 2 . 50 . 
Verbena, Dwarf Compact Fireball. New. A dwarf, com¬ 
pact Verbena about 6 inches high, literally covered with 
bright scarlet blooms, excellent for borders, beds, or pot- 
plants. Continuous bloomer. Pkt. 15 cts.; yoz. $ 1 . 25 . 
Verbena, Dwarf Compact, Violet Bouquet. New. A charm¬ 
ing companion to Fireball. The plant is 8 inches high and 
8 inches in diameter. Deep violet, tinged with garnet, 
changing to deep violet as the flower gets older. The eye 
is cream, making a very rich color combination. Pkt. 
IS cts.; yoz. $1.25; oz. $ 4 . 
Moss Verbena (V. erinoides). Annual. Produces a mass of 
lace-like foliage, spreading over the ground like a carpet. 
The blue and white flowers are borne in great profusion 
from June until frost. Fine for beds, borders, baskets, and 
rock-gardens. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; yoz. 50 cts. 
See also Schell’s Gigantea Giant-flowered Mixed 
Verbenas, in natural colors, on third cover 
PUERARIA (Kudzu Vine). Hardy Perennial. The fastest- 
growing hardy vine. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 35 cts. 
RICINUS (Castor-Oil Plant). Hardy Annual. Heavy plants, 
with large leaves, giving a sort of subtropical effect when 
grown on lawns or in the center of beds. Plants grow 5 to 
8 feet high. 
Zanzibarensis. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; Xlb. 80 cts. 
PRIMROSE (Primula). Half-hardy Perennial. These beauti¬ 
ful Primulas are among the most desirable house-plants 
for winter blooming in pots. While Primulas are grown 
very extensively by florists, they can be grown just as 
successfully in your window-garden. They are not nearly 
so easy to grow as many other flowers. The seed is exceed¬ 
ingly small and very expensive—just a little of it in a 
packet. It is strictly a pot-plant. Sow the seed in a row 
across a pot or box, so you can distinguish it from any 
weed or grass that may come up out of the soil. Transplant 
when an inch high to other pots. 
Obconica grandiflora. Mixed Hybrids. Pkt. 15c.; r^oz. $1. 
Chinensis. The Chinese Primrose is one of the most beauti¬ 
ful and popular window plants. Mixed Colors, pkt. 25 cts. 
VINCA (Madagascar Periwinkle). Annual. Grows 2 feet high. 
One of the best free-flowering bedding plants. If seed is 
sown outside in May they bloom abundantly from August 
until frost and may be potted and kept in bloom all winter. 
Fine cut-flowers, every bud opening when placed in water. 
Alba, white with crimson eye; Alba Pura, pure white; 
Rosea, rose with dark eye; Mixed, all colors. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts.; V 4 OZ. 50 cts. 
WALLFLOWER. Half-hardy Perennial. Deliciously fragrant. 
Blooms early in the spring. Start the seed inside and set 
out in April or May. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; yoz. 35 cts. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. 
TAGETES, LITTLE GIANT ( 
Marigold ) 
Signata pumila. Annual. We are proud to offer Little Giant 
as the highest development yet attained in this pretty little 
Miniature Marigold, with slender, fern-like foliage and 
literally covered with a sheet of dainty, single, golden orange 
flowers on plants which are only 4 to 6 inches high with a 
spread of 8 to 10 inches. A charming annual. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
3 pkts. 25 cts.; yoz. 75 cts.; yoz. $1.40. 
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