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Pansies—Separate Sorts 
GIANT STRIPED—A strain made up of various colors, all elegantly 
and grotesquely stripped and variegated. 
KING OF THE BLACKS—Almost black, of truly giant size. 
GIANT ADONIS—Light blue, very beautiful. 
PRINCE HENRY—Darkest blue, extra large, fine. 
VULCAN—Dark red with five large spots, petals fluted extra. 
GIANT MAUVE QUEEN—New. Slate or mouse color. 
GIANT GOLDEN QUEEN—Pure rich yellow. 
MME. PERRKT—Shades of dark wine red (claret red). 
SNOW QUEEN—Satiny white. 
RUBY KING—Purplish red shades, very beautiful. 
LORD BEACONSFIELD—Flowers large, deep blue ends of petals 
prominently blotched show-white. Very effective, 
oz. 60c; lb. $6.00. Requires perfect drainage. 
MERCURY—Velvety purple. 
PRINCE BISMARCK—Light brown shades, with black eye. 
COLOSSEA VENOSA—Light shades veined and marbled. 
PANSY BRONZE BEAUTY—Flowers very large, ruffled, color bronze, 
with deeper spots and rays. 
PANSY LULU PERRET—Large flowers color mahogany shaded with 
yellow with dark centers. Beautiful shade. 
ODIER FIVE BLOTCHED—The petals are light colored, the blotches 
of dark color, the flowers large and beautiful. 
EROS GOLD EDGED—Magnificent strain. Deep velvety brown with 
broad gold margin. 
PANSY ST KNUD—Golden orange. 
VICTORIA—Fire red with a metallic lustre. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE: T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. $1.40; lb. $18.00. 
GIANT PANSY FANAL—New. Color the warmest and most attract¬ 
ive in all pansies namely coppery-red blended with bronze scarlet. 
T. pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35c; % oz. 65c; oz. $5.00. 
GIANT PANSY PORCELAIN—Color highly appealing, dainty por¬ 
celain blue. T. pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 40c; Vs oz. 80c; oz. $6.00. 
ENGELMAN’S GIANTS —Early flowering Scottish Show type 
of Pansy. Flowers of immense size in light, dark, bronze and 
reddish shades. Plants of compact growth. MIXED: T. pkt. 
40c; % oz. $1.50. 
Pansies love a cool, moist, well enriched soil. 
Seed sown in spring in a partially shaded 
situation will produce fine plants for autumn 
flowering. However, as most people want pansies in the spring we 
will tell you how to proceed to secure the finest and best. 
Sow the seed in August or September In a cold frame in rows 
about four inches apart, covering the seed with 1/16 inch of fine clean 
sand or sandy soil. This is generally applied by sifting with a 
screen. Dust the soil with sulphur to keep the damping-off fungus 
from starting. For the same reason it is advised that the boards 
of the cold frame be thoroughly clean of any fungus. After seeding 
pat down with a board and apply a light application of water with 
a fine spray. Then cover the seed bed with burlap to hold the 
moisture and hasten germination, being careful, however, to remove 
the burlap as soon as the plants have sprouted. Failure to do this 
results in drawn, spindly plants. 
Be sure to keep the bed damp, as there is no way of reviving 
pansy plants or seeds once these have become dry. Neglect here is 
responsible for seeds failing to “come up.” A temperature of 75 
degrees or a bit less is just right for sprouting pansies. 
When the plants are large enough to handle they are trans¬ 
planted to stand four inches each way, in cold frames with the rich¬ 
est soli to be had. Pansies must be transplanted but once; the often- 
er transplanted the smaller the flowers. 
When the ground is frozen to a depth of six inches cover the 
frames well, not to protect against frost, but to insure the ground 
remaining frozen uninterruptedly until spring. There must be plenty 
of “fall” to the frames, so the water from melted snow and rains 
will run off quickly; one inch to the foot or six inches for a standard 
(3x6 ft) frame Is about right. 
The above suggestions are for middle northern states, of the lat¬ 
itude of Iowa. Farther south the plants may be transplanted to the 
open ground with just enough mulch to hide them from view after 
the ground freezes. One ounce of seed produces 15 thousand plants 
and over. 
The seed of our American Pansy will produce at LEAST twice 
the number of plants. The seed has an exceptional vitality because 
grown In the U. S. in sunny, dry climate. 
VERBENA VENOSA 
Verbena Venosa can be used as a cut flower, for bedding, borders 
as a pot plant, for covering banks—can be marketed as a hardy peren¬ 
nial. Once established It multiplies fast. There are VERY few 
Dowers as useful to the flower grower as this Verbena. 
THE QUALITY of our seeds is the very best every time 
ill all cases. In actual field trials we find that our seeds are 
the equal and in MANY cases of better quality than seeds 
from other sources. Lower prices asked by us NEVER mean 
low quality. Our policy is—give the customer most for their 
money. 
PANSY OREGON GIANTS —Bright self colors and many five 
blotched blooms of great beauty and size. MIXED: T. pkt. 
40c; Vs oz. $1.50; oz. $10.00. 
PHACELIA CAMPANULARIA 
California Bluebell. A beautiful heat and drought resisting an¬ 
nual, in bloom early in the season and lasting in perfection for a 
long time. Flowers bell shaped, an inch long and nearly as wide, 
bright gentian blue in color, very showy. Height 8 in. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 60c; lb. $6.00. Requires perfect drainage. 
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT 
PHY8ALI8 FRANCHETTI—Hardy perennial with yellow flowers 
producing balloon like husks with a berry inside of very brilliant 
orange red. The husks turn red when ripe and resemble Chinese 
paper lanterns. The dried branches make good material for winter 
bouquets. Sow in April and May; space the plants a foot apart. 
Height 18 inches. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $8.00. 
PHYSALIS BUNYARDI 
New. An elegant and striking 
hybrid, producing an abund¬ 
ance of glowing red “lanterns” highly decorative. Hardy. Height 
30 In. T. pkt. 20c. 
PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS 
Half hardy perennial climber of graceful growth, producing from 
spring till frost large panicles of porcelain blue flowers of extreme 
beauty in greatest profusion. Fine pot plant for spring sales and a 
high class cut flower. Will produce striking effect in beds, can be 
left trailing over the ground, trained to trellises or trimmed into a 
symmetrical bush. Culture same as Fuchsia. Loves rich soil and 
sun. Easily raised from seed. Height 3 ft. Price: 10 seeds 20c; 25 
seeds 45c; 100 seeds $1.50. 
Dwarf Phlox 
Unsurpassed for edgings and ribbon beds and as a pot plant. 
They grow about 8 inches in height, forming dense masses of blooms 
all summer. The seed germinates in 2 to 4 weeks after sowing. 
Annual. 
CECILY MIXED—Rich, showy colors, extra large flowers. 
FIREBALL—Dark and most brilliant red. FAIRY—Beautiful pink 
shade. SNOWBALL—Pure white. VIOLETTA—Blue with white eye. 
MIXED. ANY DWARF PHLOX. T. pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 30c; oz. $2.20. 
STAR PHLOX—Dwarf growing, with beautiful star shaped flowers 
in many colors. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 15c; oz. $1.00. 
DWARF PHLOX BRILLIANT KL/W Si! 
placed in a full bloom on the market during the spring selling sea¬ 
son. Color intense vermillion red (cinnabar), extremely alluding. 
T. pkt. 15c; V s oz. 40c; 1 oz. $3.00. 
PHLOX PERENNIAL 
Our mixture contains improved 
strains forming extra large per¬ 
fectly round flowers, with pedals overlapping each other. The seed 
of this germinates slowly, often requiring 5 to 6 months. Mixed T. 
pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 
PENTSTEMON OVATUS—Flowers rich purplish blue on stems 3 feet 
long, first rate for cutting. Does xvell in any soil. Vigorous grower 
in bloom from June to October. Perfectly hardy. 2. pkt. 15c; 1/16 
oz. 30c. 
PENTSTEMON UNILATERATUS—Produces in June 6 to 10 erect 
spikes 2 feet long covered from top to bottom with opalescent blue 
flowers. Splendid for cutting as well as a border plant. Height 
3 ft. T. pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
