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PHLOX—MOST BRILLIANT OF ALL ANNUALS 
PHLOX DRUMMONDII □ 
Culture 1 or 4. Normal germination, 8-10 days. 
Phlox is the showiest and most easily grown of all 
annuals. All our seed is specially grown for us, and 
we have one of the most complete lists of colors in 
America. 
Phlox grows well in any soil, requiring only plenty 
of sun, but is at its best in a rather light, sandy 
loam. It may be planted either in clumps or in 
rows, but shows its brilliancy to best advantage 
when grown in masses. 
This charming flower may be sown under glass in 
March, and the plants set out in late May, or it can 
be sown where wanted to bloom, as soon as danger 
from frost is over. Its season is very long, being from 
early July until killed by frost. 
Phloxes resemble zinnias in that they thrive with 
little or no care, and will stand all sorts of abuse. 
For best results, do not allow plants to stand closer 
to each other than 4 inches. Cultivation should be 
very shallow, as the roots are near the surface. 
Phlox is indigenous to many parts of the U. S. but 
particularly so to Texas. 
(Perennial Phlox does not come “true” from seed, 
hence we do not list it.) 
TALL VARIETIES (Grandiflora) 12 to 15 inches 
•Coccinea —Brilliant crimson, very floriferous 34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Alba Oculata —White with maroon eye. ..34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Atroviolacea —Pansy violet with deep purple star; a true 
velvet Phlox.3£ oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Chamois Rose— Newport Pink with deep salmon eye; very 
line strain .34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Chamois Rose Alba Oculata —Choice salmon pink with 
white eye.34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Splendens —Bright scarlet with white eye. 34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Carnea —White, suffused with pink, and deeper pink eye; 
particularly lovely .34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Rosea —Medium rose with red star; heavily flowered. 
34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Kermesina Splendens —Brilliant lipstick with white star 
and red eye.34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Isabellina —Coffee-and-cream or yellow; a most unusual 
color.34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Atropurpurea Alba Oculata —Crimson-purple with white 
eye .34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Cinnabar Scarlet —Brightest of all scarlets; very vivid. 
34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Striata Rosea —Good rose with stripes and eye of white. 
34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Striata Coerulea —Blue with stripes and eye of white. 
34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
•Striata Coccinea —Red with stripes and eye of white. 
34 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
Bloomsdale Grandiflora Mixed —Really superb mixture 
with many light colors.34 oz. 30 pkt. 10 
(New) Gigantea Art Shades Mixed —“All-America” Award- 
of-Merit 1935. Lovely new pastel shades..... 34 oz. 60 pkt. 15 
DWARF VARIETIES (Nana Compacta) 6 to 8 inches 
•Nana Cinnabarina —Best brilliant scarlet; unexcelled for 
edging.34 oz. 30 pkt. 10 
•Nana Meteor —Superb dwarf Newport Pink 34 oz. 30 pkt. 10 
•Nana Rose Carmine —Carmine rose with red eye; choice 
stock.34 oz. 45 pkt. 10 
Bloomsdale Nana Compacta Mixed—Fine mixture of 
about 12 dwarf types.34 oz. 45 pkt. 10 
Cuspidata Mixed (Star of Quedlinburg) —Perfect star¬ 
shaped flowers—12 inches tall.. 34 oz. 25 pkt. 10 
PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) O 
Culture 1 or 4. Normal germination, 10-15 days 
Franchetti —Scarlet balloon-like pods which resemble a 
miniature lantern appear the second and following years. 
After cutting, remove leaves, and hang stalks sidewise until 
fruit is dried, when they make interesting winter bouquets. 
S. E. Europe to Japan.34 oz. 25 pkt. 10 
Pinks —See Dianthus. 
POPPY □ O 
Culture 1 for Annuals. Culture 3 for Perennials 
Normal germination, 6-15 days 
Every garden should have a supply of Poppies. They fit in 
almost anywhere and the perennial varieties remain for years. 
Sow seed in open ground in Spring or Fall, or may be sown on 
top of the snow, and thawing will take them down into the 
earth in Nature’s own way. Poppies may be used as cut-flowers, 
if cut just before the bud opens, which will open in water. 
Poppies in their various forms are found all over the world, 
but in Europe and the Orient more than anywhere else. 
Carnation-flowered Double Mixed □.1 oz. 25 pkt. 5 
Rev. Wilke’s Selection Shirley Single Mixed □—A strik¬ 
ingly beautiful plant.1 oz. 25 pkt. 5 
Shirley Double Queen Mixed □—Double flowered and very 
pretty.. 1 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
Double Scarlet KingD.*1 oz. 35 pkt. 10 
Orientale New Hybrid Art Shades Mixed O —Red, orange, 
salmon, pink, and white singles.34 oz. 40 pkt. 10 
•Princess Victoria Louise O —Delicate salmon-pink in 
Orientale type.34 oz. 45 pkt. 10 
Iceland or Nudicaule Sunbeam Hybrids Mixed O —If 
sown in February will flower the same year and yield brilliant 
flowers all the season. Single. Is an early flowering giant 
strain from Australia.34 oz. 30 pkt. 10 
California Poppy —See Eschseholtzia. 
Pueraria Thunbergiana —See Kudzu Vine. 
PORTULACA □ 
Culture 1. Normal germination, 8-10 days 
One of the most showy and beautiful of border flowers, making 
a carpet of color. The seed germinates freely and flourishes in 
almost any situation, and self-sows from year to year. Sow 
where wanted to bloom. Does not grow over 3 to 4 inches 
high, but each plant spreads 10 inches wide. In the open they 
make a gorgeous bed, as they love the hot sun and a sandy soil; 
bloom for 60 days. Natives of Venezuela and Brazil. 
Finest Single Mixed.34 oz. 30 pkt. 10 
Finest Double Mixed Colors —Resemble beautiful double 
Roses, though only two inches in diameter. Several colors, 
very showy, sow in beds. Will produce about 40% single 
flowers.34 oz. 65 pkt. 10 
Primrose —See Evening Primrose. 
Pyre thrum —See Chrysanthemum. 
Ricinus —See Castor Beans. 
Rock Cress —See Arabis. 
St. Peter’s Penny —See Lunaria. 
SALPIGLOSSIS—Painted Tongue □ 
(Variabilis superbissima) 
Culture 1 or 4. Normal germination, 5-10 days 
This is a very easily grown annual 24 to 30 inches tall, which 
blooms from mid-summer until frost. Blossoms are funnel 
shaped, gloxinia-like in their velvety appearance and veined 
with gold. One of the very finest annuals. Our mixture 
covers a very large range of colors. Prefers sandy soil and 
partial shade. Salpiglossis was brought to civilization from the 
wilds of Chile. 
Emperor Gloxiniaflora Mixed. 34 oz. 30 pkt. 10 
