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FOR FLORISTS" 
FLOWER SEEDS 
MISCELLANEOUS ANNUALS — Continued 
Phlox should be sown direct in our 
latitude for best results outdoors. 
PHLOX-Cont. 
Leopoldi. Fairly deep rose with white cen¬ 
ter and dark eye. 
Lilac with white eye. A pleasing shade. 
* Rosea. Medium rose-pink with dark cen¬ 
ter. Nice. 
Stellata Splendens. Brilliant scarlet with 
white eye. 
Vermilion. 
Violet. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 oz., 30c; 1 oz., 
$ 1 . 00 . 
*Gigantea Art Shades. With flowers 50 
per cent larger than the regular Grandi- 
floras. Mixture of pastel shades with 
white eyes. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
Cuspidata Mixture (Star of Quedlinburg). 
A bright mixture in this novel star-shaped 
type. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 oz., 30c; 1 oz., $1.00. 
Special Mixture of all colors in this tall 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 oz., 30c; 1 oz., $1.00. 
NANA COMP ACTA. Of dwarf compact 
growth, 6 in. 
Apricot. Deep apricot-cream shade. Nice. 
Atropurpurea. Deep purple. 
*Chamois. Soft pastel chamois shade with 
deep center. 
Defiance. A cinnabar shade of salmon- 
scarlet. 
’"Fireball. Real fiery crimson. 
Isabellina. Creamy yellow. 
’"Mirabilis. Attractive bright salmon-rose. 
*Sky Blue with white eye. Nice shade. 
’"Snowball. Good clear white. 
Violet. 
*Cecily Mixed. The popular semi-dwarf 
mixture. Excellent stock. 
Each: Tr. pkt., 35c; 14 oz., 75c; 1 oz., 
$2.50. 
Nana Compacta Mixture of above varie¬ 
ties. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 60c; 1 oz., $2.00. 
POPPY. 
Peony-Flowered Mixture. Double. 3 ft. 
Tr. pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 20c. 
Carnation-Flowered, Fairy Blush Hybrids. 
71,000 s. Double. 3 ft. Mixture of light 
pink shades. 
Tr. pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 20c. 
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POPPY—Cont. 
Annual Single Mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 20c. 
ICELAND (P. Nudicaule). 150,000 s. Lends 
itself well to greenhouse forcing from a 
January sowing. Will also flourish out¬ 
doors. 
*The Emperor. (New). Brilliant orange. 
Distinctly improves El Monte in flower 
size and long, stiff stems. Excellent. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 50c; 14 oz., 85c. 
*The Empress. (New). Of the same extra 
large flowered and long-stemmed type as 
The Emperor but in shades of salmon- 
rose. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; % oz., 75c; 14 oz., $1.35. 
*Yeilow Wonder (Amurense). Large but¬ 
tercup-yellow shade. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; % oz., 50c; 14 oz., 85c. 
El Monte. Standard tangerine-orange. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.75. 
’"Sandford's Giants. We find this the finest 
hybrid strain we have; for indoor spring 
flowering sow in January. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 60c; 1 oz., $2.00. 
Fakenhom Hybrids. Extra large flowered 
and long stemmed. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.75. 
Gartref Strain. A large flowered mixture 
of pastel shades with picoteed edges. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 65c. 
SHIRLEY. (P. Rhoeas). 70,000 s. 
;: ’American Legion. Single orange-scarlet. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 35c. 
Double begonia-flowered Sweet Briar. 
Deep rose-pink. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 60c. 
For Oriental Poppy see Perennial List. 
©PORTULACA. Very excellent for out¬ 
door bedding or border work. Easily 
grown from seed. Should be sown direct; 
will flower 30 to 45 days from seed sow¬ 
ing in late spring or early summer. The 
following separate color strains coming 
nearly 100 per cent true can be used in 
creating definite landscape and garden 
color effects. 
Single Mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
* DOUBLE. Our trials of double strains 
produce 80 to 90 per cent true double 
flowers. 
Red, White, Yellow. 
Prices each: Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 70c; 
1 oz., $2.35. 
Mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 60c; 1 oz., $2.00. 
RHODANTHE. 13,000 s. Everlasting. 
Semi-double flowers. 12 in. 
Atrosanguinea. Deep carmine. Good bright 
color. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 65c; 1 oz., $2.15. 
Maculata Rose. Dark centered. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
RICINUS (Castor Bean). 
Borboniensis Arboreus. 55 s. 10 ft. 
1 oz., 15c; 4 ozs., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50. 
Zanzibariensis Enormis. 25 s. Carmine. 
12 ft. 
1 oz., 20c; 4 ozs., 60c; 1 lb., $2.25. 
RUDBECKIA, *My Joy. 85,000 s. Large 
single brilliant orange-yellow with dark 
center. Nice for cutting. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 40c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
For other Rudbeckia see Perennial List. 
SAINTPAULIA (African Violel). Special 
care is required to germinate the fine seed 
of this attractive pot plant. 
Cordata. Lavender-violet, 
lonantha. Deep blue. 
Each: Tr. pkt., $1.00. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. Besides an attractive gar¬ 
den flower, Salpiglossis furnish the retail 
grower with good cutting material either 
from a February sowing indoors or a later 
one grown outdoors during the summer. 
If plants must be transplanted, the seed 
should be sown in pots as they don’t like 
transplanting. With the advent of the 
new dwarf strains for bedding another 
use is added to this richly colored annual. 
DWARF GIANT FLOWERED. (New— 
MacDonald). This new class gets around 
three-fourths as tall as the regular Em¬ 
peror strain, making it useful for bedding 
and border work. 
Blue and Gold, Bright Scarlet, Scarlet and 
Gold, Mixture. 
Prices each: Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 75c; 
1 oz., $2.50. 
EMPEROR. 30 in. 
Brown and Gold, Rose and Gold, Scar¬ 
let and Gold, Violet and Gold, White 
and Gold, Yellow and Gold, Emperor 
Mixed. 
Prices on above Emperor varieties: Tr. 
pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 30c; 1 oz., 80c. 
SALVIA. The full advantage of our ex¬ 
tensive West Chicago trials, as well as 
inspections of all the principal seed 
fields of the world, is reflected in the 
quality of our strains of bedding Sal¬ 
via. We are confident our list com¬ 
prises “All the Best—.” 
SPLENDENS. 12,000 s. 
* Firebrand. Our earliest flowering 
dwarf and compact variety. 12 to 15 
in. with us. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; 14 oz., 85c; 1 oz., $3.00. 
’"America (Globe of Fire). Our strain 
of this standard variety grows about 
18 in. with us. Absolutely even and 
uniform. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; 14 oz., 60c; 1 oz., $2.00; 
4 ozs., $6.50. 
Harbinger. Quite similar to Firebrand. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; 14 oz., 70c; 1 oz., $2.50. 
Rocket. About same height as Firebrand 
with more foliage and not quite as free 
flowering. 
Tr. pkt., 50c; 14 oz., $1.00. 
Bonfire. Medium tall. 30 in., very uniform. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.75; 
4 ozs., $5.00. 
Splendens, Toll. 36 to 40 in. Not early 
flowering. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 40c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
4 ozs., $4.00. 
Maroon Prince. Rather heavy maroon 
shade. 30 in. Not very free flowering. 
Tr. pkt., 35c; 14 oz., 85c; 1 oz., $3.25. 
FARINACEA. 24,000 s. 
’"Blue Bedder (Blue Salvia). 36 in., with 
long stems suitable for cutting. In flower 
middle to end of July from early spring 
sowing. 
Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.75. 
