40 
THE MARTIN-PRATT SEED CO. 
Tritoma—Red Hot Poker 
Valuable showy border plants that pro¬ 
duce brilliant spikes of bloom effective 
as a mass in the border, and also excel¬ 
lent for cutting-. In the North they need 
protection over winter or the roots must 
be taken up. 
Pfitzers Hybrids. The showiest of all. 
Immense spikes of the bright scarlet 
and orange. Conies surprisingly true 
from seed showing some variation. 4-5 
ft. Vs oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, oz. $1.60. 
Early Flowering Hybrids Mixed. These 
bloom the first year from seed sown 
early. Shades of yellow, orange and 
red. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 55c, oz. $1.S0. 
Trollius 
Trollius produce the biggest crop of flow¬ 
ers during May and June. In cool sum¬ 
mers they bloom more or less throughout 
and then again more fully in the fall. 
They like cool moist soil. 
Trollius is usually slow in germination 
and is benefited by freezing. 
Earliest of All. Early and very free 
flowering, golden yellow. Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
oz. 70c, V* oz. $1.20. oz. $4.00. 
Ledeliouri. Prolongs blooming season, 
flowering later than the others. Rich 
orange. Tr. Pkt. 35c, % oz. 70c, Vi oz. 
$1.30, oz. $4.80. 
Ledebouri, Golden Queen. New splendid 
strain late blooming. Very large deep 
orange flowers. Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vs oz. 90c, 
Vi oz. $1.60, oz. $6.00. 
Europeus, Golden Ball. Fine yellow ball¬ 
shaped flowers. Late blooming. Tr. Pkt. 
25c, % oz. 50c, V* oz. 90c, oz. $3.20. 
Hybrida Orange. Large golden orange. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vs oz. 90c, V* oz. $1.60, oz. 
$ 6 . 00 . 
Mixed Varieties. Includes many of the new 
early flow^fing varieties and later sorts 
in all shades of yellow, gold and orange. 
Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vs oz. 50c, Vi oz. 90c, oz. 
$3.20. 
Tunica 
Saxifraga (R). Very profuse blooming lit¬ 
tle plant for the rock garden or low 
border. Lilac pink flowers in bloom all 
summer. 8 inches. Vi oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Valeriana 
Rubra. Showy heads of reddish purple 
flowers are borne for the entire sea¬ 
son from June to October. The flowers 
are nice for cutting. 2% ft. Vi oz. 20c, 
oz. 60c. 
Alba. White flowered form of the above. 
Vi oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Officinalis. The very sweet scented gar¬ 
den Heliotrope. One of the most delici¬ 
ously fragrant flowers known to the 
hardy garden. The small white tinted 
rose flowers are borne in showy heads. 
3-4 ft. Tr. Pkt. 35c. Vs oz. 70c, Vi oz. 
$ 1 . 20 . 
Verbascum 
Tall growing showy perennials for the 
background of the border. They do well 
in ordinary soil. 
Harkncss Hybrids. Vigorous growing with 
large spikes of candle-like bright yel¬ 
low flowers. Grow as a biennial. 6 ft. 
Vi oz. 25c, oz. 75c. 
Phoeniccum Hybrids. The graceful spikes 
in various shades of white, pink, sal¬ 
mon and violet. Perennial variety. 3 ft. 
Vi oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Yucca—Adam’s Needle 
Filamentosa. Clumps of slender bayonet¬ 
like leaves with immense branching 
spikes of drooping flowers of creamy 
white. 5 ft. Vi oz. 15c, oz. 40c. 
Violas 
Cornuta and Cornuta Hybrida Varieties 
Some varieties are hardier than others 
and in case of doubt give some protection 
over winter, in the Northern States. They 
vary some from seed but in general come 
quite true. They will bloom the first year 
from seed started in January or February 
or may be sown in summer for the follow¬ 
ing springs bloom. 
Admiration Cornuta. Large dark blue. 
Vs oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Apricot Hybrida. Very fine yellow, blotch¬ 
ed apricot and orange. A oz. 30c, Vs oz. 
55c, Vi oz. $1.00, oz. $3.60. 
Arkwright Ruby, Hybrida. Wonderful 
large rounded flowers of ruby crim¬ 
son with terra cotta and darker 
markings. Fragrant. Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
Vs oz. 80c, Vi «z. $1.50, oz. $5.00. 
Avalanche, Hybrida. Fine large flower¬ 
ed pure white. Compact habit. Better 
than White Perfection. Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
Vi oz. 80c, oz. $2.SO. 
Black Prince. Rich, almost black. Tr. 
Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 50c, oz. $1.80. 
Blue Perfection, Cornuta. Large flowered 
fine light blue. % oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, 
oz. $1.50. 
Chantreylaml Hybrida. A beautiful 
pure apricot shade. Free flowering. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vs oz. 75c, Vi oz. $1.40, 
oz. $4.SO. 
Cyclops, Cornuta. Deep violet with large 
white eye. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. 
$2.40. 
G. Wermig. Fine long stemmed violet 
blue, trifle lighter than Jersey Gem. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vs oz. 80c. 
Ilona, Cornuta. Deep purple. Tr. Pkt. 25c, 
Vi oz. 60c, oz. $2.00. 
Jersey 
Gem. (Blue Gem), Cornuta. 
Con- 
sidered the finest deep 
violet 
blue. 
We 
have an excellent 
strain. 
Tr. 
Pkt. 
50c, % oz. $1.50, Vi 
oz. $2.75. 
Lord Nelson, Gracilis. Blooms very freely 
in April and May and more or less con¬ 
tinuously throughout the summer. 
Glowing violet-purple shade. We rec¬ 
ommend it very highly. Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
Vi «z. 80c, oz. $2.80. 
Lutea Splemlens. Free blooming, bright 
yellow. Vs oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Mauve Queen, Cornuta. Light mauve blue. 
Vs oz. 30c, Vi «z. 55c, oz. $1.80. 
Papilio Light Blue, Cornuta. Upper petals 
light blue, lower white with- dark vei'n- 
ing. %s «z. 30c, Vi oz. 50c, oz. $1.S0. 
Excellent subjects for the rock garden or 
hardy border. They like full sun, and 
rich well drained soil. 
Blue Fay. Valuable new variety, upright 
2 to 3 ft. tall carrying many spikes of 
bright lavender blue. Excellent cutting 
or garden variety. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vs oz. 
60c, Vi oz. $1.00. 
Elcgantissinia. Charming pink variety, 
quite tall with good stems. Tr. Pkt. 
35c. 
Incana Blue. Semi-dwarf variety with 
silvery foliage and azure blue flower 
spikes, 1 ft. A oz. 25c, Vs oz, 45c, Vi «z. 
80c, oz. $3.00. 
Longil’olia Blue. Late blooming variety 
with clusters of tall spikes of deep blue, 
a very rich grade. 2 ft. Vs «*. 20 c, Vi oz. 
35c, oz. $1.20. 
Long, Henderson, Nana. Dwarf and deep¬ 
er blue than Longifolia. 12-15 in. Tr. 
Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 80c, oz. $2.80. 
Viola, Blue Perfection 
Primrose Dame Hybrida. Very large pale 
yellow coming quite true from seed. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vi oz. 80c, oz. $2.80. 
Primrose Perfection, Hybrida. New va¬ 
riety, large light bright yellow, coming 
very true from seed. Tr. Pkt. 35c, % 
oz. 80c, Vi oz. $1.50, oz. $5.00. 
Puck, Cornuta. A fancy rich colored va¬ 
riety, the upper petals purple, the low¬ 
er, golden yellow. Vs oz. 35c, Vi oz. 
60c, oz. $2.00. 
Rose Queen. Rich rose shade. Tr. Pkt. 
35c, Vi oz. 80c, oz. $2.80. 
Spring Messenger, Cornuta. Bright rich 
purple blooming very early and for a 
long time. Vs oz. 35c, Vi oz. 60c, oz. 
$ 2 . 00 . 
White Perfection, Cornuta. Large white 
blooms. % oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
W. II. Woodgate, Cornuta. Large long 
stemmed flowers, of amethyst violet 
Tr. Pkt. 50c, Vs oz. $1.20. 
Yellow Queen Hybrida. The finest deep 
golden yellow. Large size and good 
substance. Comes true from seed. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vs oz. 80c, Vi oz. $1.50, 
oz. $5.00. 
Cornuta Mixed. Good mixture of Cornuta 
or tufted pansies. % oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, 
oz. $1.50. 
Martin’s Large Flowered Mixed. Con¬ 
taining the larger flowered kinds 
and many of the new varieties. Vs 
oz. 35c, Vi oz. 65c, oz. $2.40. 
Viola Odorata—Hardy Violet 
Late fall or winter sowing for germina¬ 
tion the following spring is desirable. 
The Czar Blue. Large dark blue. Tr. Pkt. 
25c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
White. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
Rose. Large bright rose color. Tr. Pkt. 
30c, Vi oz. 90c, oz. $3.20. 
Rupcstris (R). Dwarf trailing or spread¬ 
ing variety with many small blue 
spikes. Tr. Pkt. 35c. 
Spicata Blue (R). Very free blooming va¬ 
riety with violet blue spikes. Quite 
dwarf. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 60c, oz. $2.00. 
Spicata Rose (R). Pure rose pink. 1-1% 
ft. Tr. Pkt. 35c, % oz. 60c. 
Spicata White. White. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi 
oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
Repens (R). Very early dwarf trailing 
species with white and light blue flow¬ 
ers. 2-3 inches. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 60c, 
oz. $2.20. 
Teucriuin Royal Blue. Rich dark blue 
spikes on dwarf plants. 1 ft. Tr. Pkt. 
25c, Vs oz. 45c, Vi oz. 80c, oz. $3.00. 
Teucriuin Prostata (R). Various shades of 
blue and rose, free blooming prostrate 
plants for the rock garden. 6 inches. 
Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
Veronica 
