THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER 
Acroclinium 
Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth) 
Ornamental Grasses in border 
ACROCLINIUM 
Here is another very pretty annual Everlasting. The plants grow about 
1 % feet high and the flowers are white and rosy pink. When cut in the bud 
state, they will dry for winter bouquets. Single Mixed or Double Mixed. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; }4oz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
AMMOBIUM alatum grandiflorum 
Winged Everlasting. Annual 
Plants grow about 2 feet high and are covered with silvery white flowers 
having a yellow disc. A very pretty annual Everlasting. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 
25 cts.; yioz. 45 cts.; oz. 80 cts. 
ERYNGIUM amethystinum 
Sea Holly. Perennial 
These are very beautiful hardy plants 2 to 
3 feet high, covered with pretty thistle-like 
heads of rich, glistening amethystine blue, in 
finely cut spiny foliage. The flower-heads are 
produced from July until September and are 
very desirable for vasing and for drying for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; 
Koz. 45 cts.; %oz. 75 cts.; oz. $1.35. 
GOMPHRENA 
Globe Amaranth. Annual 
The bushy plants grow about 2 feet high 
and are covered with pretty little flowers 
resembling clover-heads. The flowers are 
very useful for winter bouquets, and if cut 
before they are fully matured and allowed to 
dry in a dark, airy room, they will retain their 
color the whole winter through. 
White, Orange, Striped, Rose, Violet, 
or Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; %oz. 20 cts.; 
J^oz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
Helichrysum (Straw Flower) 
HELICHRYSUM 
Straw Flower; Everlasting 
Hardy Annual 
Exceedingly effective double flowers of the 
richest colors for bedding or borders. They 
grow about 2 feet high and are used exten¬ 
sively, after being dried, in vases during the 
winter. 
Crimson, White, Yellow, Violet, Rose, 
or Schell’s Splendid Mixture. Each, 
pkt. 10 cts., 1 pkt. each of 5 colors, 40 cts.; 
yi oz., any color, 25 cts.; yioz. 45 cts.; 
oz. 80 cts. 
Rose Queen. The blooms are immense, of a 
very rich deep rose. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 
25 cts.; K° z - 45 cts.; oz. 80 cts. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
These add grace and beauty to your mixed 
flower-bed and border in summer, then the 
spikes or panicles can be dried for winter. 
Xeranthemum (Everlasting or 
Immortelle) 
Pennisetum longistylum (Fountain Grass). Annual. Greenish white 
plumes. Plants grow 2 feet high. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; J^oz. 30 cts. 
Pennisetum japonicum (Hardy Fountain Grass). Perennial. Easily 
grown from seed the first year and hardy thereafter. Desirable for beds 
and vasing. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; }ioz. 30 cts. 
RHODANTHE (Swan River Everlasting) 
Among the very pretty and very desirable varieties of Everlastings is 
Rhodanthe. Its small, dainty pink and white flowers, borne on wiry stems 
10 inches long, make this a fine flower for summer and fall bouquets and to 
dry for winter use. The flowers are formed in sprays and are bell-shaped, 
star-like, very graceful and charming. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 
25 cts.; Koz. 45 cts.; oz. 80 cts. 
XERANTHEMUM annuum flore-pleno 
One of the most beautiful of the Everlasting group. The plants grow about 
3 feet high and bear an abundance of bright rose, white, and violet flowers. 
Very showy in the garden and very pretty as winter bouquets after the 
flowers have dried. Seed sown in May will bloom until frost. Rose, White, 
Violet, or Mixed, Each, pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; }4oz. 50 cts.; oz. 90 cts. 
Rhodanthe (Swan River Everlasting) 
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