STATICE, Sea Lavender 
Splendid plants, either for the border or rockery, producing 
all summer, panicles of small flowers, which can be dried and 
used for winter bouquets. 2 feet. 
Rosea Superba. Yellow. 
Snow White. Mixed Colors. 
Kampf’s Tall Improved. Deepest blue. 
STOCKS, Gilliflower, AF 
These popular flowers are easily grown, are so highly fra¬ 
grant, and of such great beauty that they deserve a place in 
every garden. The Early Giant Imperial class are half-hardy 
annuals. Beauty Stocks are biennials, but if sown in early 
spring will bloom the same year. They are also valuable for 
winter forcing. 
DWARF TEN WEEKS. This early class forms dwarf compact 
plants that are excellent for edgings or low beds. They often 
do well in sections where plants of the later types cannot be 
grown. 12 inches. 
Bright Pink. Lavender. 
Canary Yellow. Mauve. 
Crimson. Purple. 
White. Mixed. 
BEAUTY OF NICE. It follows the Ten Weeks Class m season 
of bloom. The plants are pyramidal in shape, branching above 
the base. This sort is excellent for bedding and for cutting. 
16 inches. 
Canary Yellow. Rose Pink. 
Crimson. White. 
Lavender. Mixed. 
GIANT IMPERIAL (Improved Bismarck). Long stems and 
imposing spikes of large flowers make this the outstanding 
variety for florists. It is about as early as Beauty of Nice and 
resembles it in habit, except that the plant is somewhat less 
spreading and considerably taller. 2 feet. 
Crimson. White. 
Golden Rose. Yellow (Golden Ball). 
Lavender. Mixed. 
Old Rose 
TYPICAL SPIKE OF GIANT 
IMPERIAL STOCKS 
SUN FLOWER, Helianthus, A 
Well known and popular plants, the small flowering sorts 
being useful for cutting. The tall varieties are valuable for 
backgrounds. 
Dwarf Sort. Grows about 3 feet in height. Nice cut flower. 
Excelsior Double Mixed. Medium sized flowers. Height, 5 ft. 
Russian Mammoth. Immense single yellow flowers on tall 
heavy stalks. Height, 8-16 feet. 
SWEET SULTAN (See Centaurea) 
SWEET WILLIAM, Dianthus Barbatus, P 
A well known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, 
producing a splendid effect in beds and borders with their 
rich and varied flowers. 18 to 24 inches. 
Newport Pink. Watermelon pink or salmony rose color. 
Scarlet Beauty. Rich, deep scarlet. Rare color in hardy plants. 
Dark Crimson. 
Pink Beauty. 
White. 
Pui’ple Beauty. Newest color; beautiful. 
Single Varieties, Mixed. 
Double Varieties, Mixed. 
Dwarf Alpine Mixed. Novelty for your rockery. Newest Sweet 
William. 4 inches high. See Novelty pages. 
SWEET ROCKET, Hesperis, P 
An old, hardy garden favorite. Fragrant flowers resembling 
perennial Phlox. Sow seeds early and transplant once before 
placing in permanent location. Height, 2-3 feet. 
White and Mixed. 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue 
Though not of bright and conspicuous color, the feathery 
flowers of the Thalictrums are decorative and interesting, and 
their leaves, resembling the maiden-hair fern, are attractive 
both in the border and when cut. They grow easily from seed. 
Dipterocarpum. 4 to 5 ft. Aug.-Sept. Very graceful plumes 
of rosy-purple flowers with conspicuous yellow anthers. 
THUNBERGIA, Black-Eyed Susan 
Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climber, preferring a warm, 
sunny situation; used extensively for hanging baskets, vases, 
low fences, etc. Very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, 
etc., with dark eyes. 4 feet. Mixed Colors. 
TITHONIA, AF 
Orange Vermilion. Resembles single African Marigolds. Grows 
6 feet high. Fine cut flower. 
TRITOM A, Red Hoi Poker, P 
A perennial, not strictly hardy, but will live through the 
winter with a protective covering of leaves or short manure; 
or the roots may be lifted and carried over winter in sand 
in a cellar. 
Mixed Hybrids. 
Pfitzer’s Hybrids. Very large, brilliant red. 
URSINIA, Jewel of theVeldl, AF 
A native from South Africa, easily grown from seed. Lovely 
daisy-like flowers borne on long stems. Blooms during the 
summer and fall. Height, 12 inches. 
Anethoides. Deep orange with dark center, beautiful. 
Anethoides Hybrids. Shades of orange, yellow and apricot. 
VALERIAN, Garden Heliotrope, P 
Hardy perennial. Pinnate foliage and panicles of flowers 
with odor of heliotrope. 5 feet. June and July. 
Pink, Red, White, and Mixed. 
VENIDIUM, Monarch of the Veldt, A 
Fastuosum. It suggests the exotic splendor of its native Africa 
and luxuriates in the mid-summer sun. The plants grow about 
2 feet high and bear golden-yellow sunflower-like blooms with 
black centers. 
Fastuosum Hybrids. The color range is varied and very inter¬ 
esting—apricot shades, pure white, canary yellow, golden yel¬ 
low and the well-known orange. We find that the hybrids 
stand extreme heat better than the original orange. 
VERONICA, Speedwell, P 
An elegant hardy perennial plant of easy culture and free 
flowering habit. Of value as a cut flower or for the garden, 
^picata. Bright blue flowers. 18 inches. 
VINCA, Madagascar Periwinkle, Old Maid, A 
Ornamental free-blooming annual with bright green, shiny 
foliage and one of the most satisfactory and long-flowering 
bedding plants we have. 12 to 18 inches. Mixed Colors. 
VIOLET, Sweet-Scented, Viola Odorata, P 
The well-known sweet-scented single-flowering Violet, thriv¬ 
ing best in a semi-shaded situation. Blue. 
WE HAVE A FULL SELECTION OF ALL GARDEN TOOLS. 
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