WHOLESALE GARDEN SEEDS 
ASTERS (Continued) 
Ostrich Plume 
(Similar to Giant Comet.) 
Queen of the Market 1 8 inches 
Considered the best early among the 
Asters. Plant of spreading habit and very 
productive. Before most other asters begin 
to bud, this variety is blooming profusely. 
Blooms of good size, nearly round, beauti¬ 
fully formed, fully double, and carried on 
long graceful stems. Excellent for bedding. 
Separate colors—scarlet, rose, dark blue, 
lavender. Also offered in mixture. 
Blue Lace Flower 
Bachelor’s Button— Double Blue 2 ft. 
Centaurea Cyanus—also known as Corn 
Flower. An old fashioned hardy annual easy 
to grow. Foliage is plain but blooms are 
very attractive, excellent for a mass or 
border of gorgeous blue color in the garden 
and especially desirable for cut flowers. In 
bloom from early summer to hard frost. 
The mixed colors include blue, white, 
maroon, pink, red. 
Balloon Vine 5 to 1 0 feet 
A hardy annual climber, also known as 
“Love-in-a-Puff.’' A quick growing plant 
with delicate foliage, in demand as a cover 
for fences, arches, garden houses, etc. 
Bears small white flowers followed by in¬ 
flated seed pods about 1 inch in diameter, 
resembling small balloons. Succeeds well in 
light soils. 
Balsam or Lady Slipper 1 8 inches 
An old-time popular hardy annual. Bushy 
plants grow rapidly and may be trans¬ 
planted when of good size. Grow well in 
partial shade. The flowers are double as 
roses, frequently 2 inches in diameter. They 
are produced on short stems close to the 
central stalk. Leaves may be trimmed back 
if they hide the bloom. Plants require con¬ 
siderable moisture. Bloom in about 60 days. 
Blue Bonnet, Blue Lupin (Lupinus 
Subcarnosus Texensis) 1 8 inches 
A hardy annual which produces long 
stemmed flower spikes bearing deep blue, 
pea shaped flowers. The foliage is a hand¬ 
some green in the form of many narrow 
leaflets radiating from a center. Soil must 
be lime free. This particular variety stands 
drouth better than other lupins. 
Blue Lace Flower— Didiscus 2 Yl f^^t 
A hardy annual of great charm. It is 
somewhat slow to germinate but it is easy 
to grow and a constant bloomer. The plant 
bears umbrella-like clusters of pale laven¬ 
der, tubular flowers with expanding rim 
petals. Attractive in the garden and very 
desirable as a cut flower. 
Bouncing Bet (Saponaria Vaccaria 
Rosea) 2 feet 
A hardy annual, also known as Soapwort. 
A popular edging plant. Produces dense 
trailing growth which is covered with 
starry, little, rosy-scarlet blossoms through¬ 
out the summer. Bloom quite similar to 
Gypsophila. 
Calendula— Pot Marigold 1 8 inches 
An old time, hardy annual favorite which 
succeeds almost everywhere. Very showy in 
the garden and most attractive as a cut 
flower. Bushy plants. Blooms disc-like and 
very double. 
Orange King—An extra fine calendula, 
producing dark orange-red blossoms 
averaging about 3 inches across. 
Mixed—All the double sorts in an excel¬ 
lent mixture producing flowers ranging 
through the various shades of orange and 
yellow. 
California Poppy— Eschscholtzia 
12 inches. The state flower of California. 
This brilliant hardy annual is very easily 
grown and does well over the whole coun¬ 
try. The foliage is finely cut and blue-green 
in color. The blossoms are saucer shaped, of 
rich yellow color, about 2 inches across. Sow 
the seeds where the plants are to remain. 
Calliopsis, Coronata Maxima 2 feet 
Bright, showy, hardy annual, also known 
as Tickseed. Plants of easiest culture doing 
well in any sunny location, blooming all 
summer. Excellent for massing and cutting. 
Sow seed where plants are to grow. Blooms 
pure golden yellow, 2 inches across, borne 
on long, wiry stems. 
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