"FLOWER SEEDS FOR FLORISTS" 
MISCELLANEOUS ANNUALS — Continued 
GODETIA—Cont. 
Sybil Sherwood. Bright salmon-pink edged 
white. 18 in. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 80c. 
:: ‘Thunderbolt. Deep crimson. Dwarf. 1 ft. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 70c. 
* Duchess of Albany. Pure satiny white. 
Extra large flowered. 18 in. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 60c. 
Wild Rose. Dwarf single. Pleasing shade 
of medium deep pink. Nice for pots or 
border work. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 80c. 
Tall Double Mixture. For cut flower work. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth). 5500 s. 
Everlasting. The way our Chicago mar¬ 
ket snapped up the few bunches we cut 
from our trial ground lines this fall sug¬ 
gests their use for cutting. Good stems 
and long lasting flowers. 
*Aurea Superba. Orange. Large flowered. 
Needs support for straight stemmed, cut 
flowers. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 40c. 
GLOBOSA. Round, ball-like flowers. 
Rose. Light rose-pink. 30 in. 
* Rubra. Bluish purple. A very bright deep 
purple. 30 in. 
White. A grayish white. 30 in. 
Mixture of above colors. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 25c. 
©Nona Compacta Rubra. 8 in. Dwarf 
strain of Rubra. Very nice for edging. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
Ornamental Gourds—all types mixed 
GOURDS, Ornamental. Easily grown and 
when properly dried and varnished, last 
indefinitely. We will be glad to send you 
a copy of a circular written by Louis 
La Montague of Woburn, Mass., outlin¬ 
ing his practical method of growing the 
fine exhibition Gourds for which he is 
famous. 
*La Montagne Strain. 475 s. The best 
mixed Gourd Strain We have. Our seed 
comes direct from the originator. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; % oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
LARGE TYPE. 135 s. 
Calabash (Pipe or Powder Horn Gourd). 
Light green. 10 in. Long tapering to 
bottom. 
Dipper. Light green, slightly mottled 
white. 18 to 24 in. and very slender. 
Sugar Trough or Corsican Gourd. Light 
green, turning to white. 4 in. high by 
6 to 8 in. wide. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 25c. 
GOURDS—Cont. 
SMALL TYPES. 450 s. 
Small Bottle. Greenish white, shape of 
small bottle. 2 to 4 in. high and 1 to 2 
in. through. 
Orange. About the color and shape of an 
orange. 2 in. through. 
Pear. Striped alternately with green and 
yellow bands with some white markings. 
About 2 in. high and 1 in. through. 
Spoon. More or less spoon-shaped. Orange 
and white striped. 4 to 6 in. long by 
1 in. 
Warted Types Mixed. Not over 4 in. in 
diameter. A rather novel and attractive 
mixture. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 30c. 
GREVILLEA Robusta (Australian Silk 
Oak). 3000 s. Seeds sown in early spring 
and grown in 60-degree house will make 
nice 5-in. pot plants by fall. Give bottom 
heat and a well-drained soil. Valuable 
for combinations. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 75c. 
GYPSOPH* t Elegans (Baby’s Breath). 
The fir? strains listed, from the stand¬ 
point ( „xtra large flowers and strong 
growth, _i'e the finest we have been able 
to locate, and we have flowered in our 
greenhouses all reliable strains of annual 
Gypsophila. 
c Covent Garden Market. Large and full 
petaled flowers. About 60 per cent are 6 
to 8 petaled instead of the usual four. 
Very excellent stock. 
1 oz., 20c; 4 ozs., 50c; 1 lb., $1.60; 5 lbs., 
$6.50. 
London Morket. The largest flowered stock 
we know of. Long-stemmed and a fairly 
even strain. 
1 oz., 25c; 4 ozs., 60c; 1 lb., $1.75; 5 lbs., 
$7.00. 
'‘Paris Market. The standard medium 
sized strain. Flowers of this smaller flow¬ 
ered type outlast the larger flowered va¬ 
rieties when cut because of their size. 
1 oz., 15c; 4 ozs., 40c; 1 lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., 
$4.50. 
Carminea. Same as Paris Market except 
color a bright carmine-pink. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; 4 ozs., 75c. 
Crimson. Same as above but color consid¬ 
erably deeper—a carmine-crimson. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; 4 ozs., 75c. 
For other Gypsophila see Perennial List. 
HELIANTHUS (Sunflower). 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered. 650 s. 
Good proportion of fully double flowers. 
Tr. pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 20c. 
Russian. 8500 s. Large single Sunflower. 
1 oz., 10c; 1 lb., 50c. 
HELICHRYSUM Monstrosum. 36,000 s. 
Popular double Strawflower. Canary- 
Yellow, Crimson, Fireball, Golden Globe, 
Rose-Carmine, Rose Queen, Salmon, 
Scarlet, White, Mixture of above colors. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
HELIOTROPE. 
* Dwarf Regale Mixture. 12 to 14 in. The 
preferred strain for clear colors and even 
growth. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; % oz., 60c; 1 oz., $1.85. 
Lemoine's Giant Mixture. 5300 s. Grown 
easily from seed. 2 ft. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; % oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
HUNNEMANNIA Fumariaefolia. 8000 s. 
* Sun life. Brilliant canary-yellow, semi¬ 
double. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 45c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
Bush Eschscholtzia. Yellow. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
IBERIS. See Candytuft in Annual and Per¬ 
ennial lists. 
IMPATIENS. The introduction of two 
new dwarf strains has increased our 
seed sale of this standard pot plant 
100 per cent. The dwarf habit of these 
strains makes them ideally suited to 
pot plant work. Our 4-in. plants in 
flower in October, 1937, were 6 in. 
high and flowered very profusely. Very 
good in dwarf combinations. 
‘ : ‘Sulfani Nana. A dwarf form of this 
familiar bright carmine variety. 
Tr. pkt.. 50c; 1/32 oz., $1.25. 
*Sultani Hybrida Nana. A bright mix¬ 
ture of colors in this dwarf class. 
Tr. pkts. only, 50c. 
Sultani. 20,000 s. Bright rose. 18 in. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; 1/16 oz., $1.00. 
Holsfi Liegnitzia. Vermilion-red. Free 
flowering. Tr. pkt., 50c. 
Holsti Hybrids. Mixture. 55,000 s. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; 1/16 oz., $1.00. 
Oliveri. Rosy lilac. 24 in. 
Tr. pkt., 75c. 
IPOMOEA (Moonflower). 
’"Heavenly Blue. 400 s. Clark’s Mammoth 
Early Free Flowering Strain, several 
weeks earlier flowering than the original 
strain. Suggest the seeds be sown early 
and the plants hardened in pots for 
spring flowering. Should be planted out 
in a loose well-drained, rather poor soil. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 75c. 
Rose Marie. 1100 s. Double deep rose. 
Free flowering and early. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 1 oz., 75c. 
Quamoclit (Cardinal Climber). 9500 s. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 60c. 
NOCTIFLORA. 110 s. Large flowered 
white. 
Black-seeded, White-seeded. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 40c. 
ISOLOMA Hirsutum Multiflorum Hybri- 
dum. Choice tuberous-rooted pot plant. 
6 to 8 in. Requires about same care as 
Gloxinias. Tr. pkt., $1.00. 
’ : ‘KALANCHOE Globulifera Coccinea. 
Popular spring flowering pot plant and 
easily grown from seed. From a January 
or February sowing grown in a light por¬ 
ous soil in a 55- to 60-degree house they 
can be flowered for Christmas by shading 
with black cloth from 5 p. m. to 7 a. m. 
from August 15th to September 15th. 
Tr. pkt., 60c; 3 tr. pkts. for $1.25. 
KOCH IA (Summer 
Cypress). 45,000 
s. 
’ s Childsi. This va¬ 
riety stays a light 
fresh green 
throughout the 
summer until fro¬ 
zen down. This 
variety pictured 
on our catalog 
cover planted 
with Celosia, 
Fiery Feather. 
Tr. pkt., 10c ; 1 
oz., 20c. Kochia Childsi 
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