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I. N. SIMON & SON, 529 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA 
LUPINUS (A) 
Plants of branching habit, of easy culture and very popular, pro¬ 
ducing long spikes of pea-shaped blossoms, useful for mixed borders 
and for cutting. 
Hartwegi. —A splendid mixture of colors. 
Choice Mixed. Oz., 75c.; pkt., 10c. 
NEW GIANT KING 
A new improved strain of Annual Lupines. King Lupines are 
from three to four feet tall or one to one and a half feet taller than the 
Lupinus Hartwegii type. They have the base branching habit, 
with four to six long spikes to a plant. Each spike has from twenty- 
five to fifty more blooms than the Hartwegii type. 
Choice Mixed. ^ oz., 50c.; pkt., 15c. 
LUPINUS (P) 
Polphyllus Mixed (P). —A handsome perennial variety, very 
effective for borders. Oz., 40c.; pkt., 10c. 
LYCHNIS (JERUSALEM CROSS) (P) 
A fine variety for beds or borders, producing showy heads of 
scarlet flowers the first season, if sown early. 2 to 3 feet. 
Chalcedonica. Pkt., 10c. 
MARVEL OF PERU (FOUR O'CLOCK) (H. A.) 
Large, showy, fragrant flowers, blooming the entire season. Suc¬ 
ceeds well in any ordinary garden soil; flowers are usually crimson, 
yellow and purple, requiring a sunny location. Fine for beds or 
borders. 
Finest Mixed. 
African Double 
Oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
MARIGOLD (TAGETES) (A) 
In autumn when many bedding and 
other plants are past their prime. Marigolds 
afford a wealth of color that is invaluable. 
The African varieties produce large self- 
colored blossoms on tall plants, the French 
are smaller, but the colors and markings 
are very interesting, some of the varieties 
being elegantly striped and spotted. Fine 
for garden display and exceptionally good 
for cutting. See page 44 for novelties. 
DOUBLE AFRICAN VARIETIES 
All Double. —Very large double flowers which form a perfect 
ball. Free blooming. 3 feet. 
Choice Mixed. 14 oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Guinea Gold. —A splendid new variety, producing a mass of 
medium sized flowers of a brilliant orange color flushed with gold. 
Fine for cutting. 2^ feet. ^ oz., 50c.; pkt., 10c. 
Yellow Supreme.— Broad loose frilled petals, similar to Guinea 
Gold of a rich creamy lemon yellow color. The plant is very sym¬ 
metrical. 2H ft. M oz., 50c.; pkt., 10 c. 
Orange Ball, double orange.— 3 feet. oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Lemon Ball, double, sulphur-yellow. —3 feet. 
3^ oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Mammoth African, Double.—Finest mixed. 3 feet. 
H oz., 20 c.; pkt., 10 c. 
DWARF FRENCH 
VARIETIES 
Monarch Strain. —Dwarf compact growth 
with very large tight double flowers in a 
wide range of color, which includes com¬ 
binations of orange, bronze, yellow and 
mahogany. 2 feet. 
Choice Mixed. oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
Monarch Strain 
Legion of Honor, Little Brownie.— 
Splendid for borders, rock gardens, etc 
6 inches. ^ oz., 20 c.; pkt., 10 c. 
Tagetes Pumila Signata. —This fine compact variety is splendid 
for the rock garden or for edging, growing only 6 to 8 inches in height 
and producing an abundance of dainty single golden orange flowers 
covering the entire plant. ^ oz., 25c.; pkt., 10 c. 
French Dwarf Double.—Finest mixed. 2 feet. 
}4 oz., 20 c.; pkt., 10 c. 
MATRICARIA CAPENSIS (A) 
Double White Feverfew. —Free flowering annuals, blooming the 
entire season, fine for pots and borders. Pkt., 10c. 
MIGNONETTE (RESEDA ODORATA) (H. A.) 
Seed of this popular hardy annual can be sown at any time, and if 
successive sowings are made, its fragrant, modest-colored flowers 
may be gathered outdoors until November. 
Sweet-scented (Reseda Odorata). —The old variety, with small 
spikes, but very sweetly scented. Oz., 15c.; pkt., 10c. 
MOMORDICA (A. C.) 
Handsome climbing vines with inconspicuous flowers, but having 
large warted, golden yellow fruits, which, when ripe, split open and 
display showy, bright red seeds. Often used medicinally. 
Balsaminia (Balsam Apple).—Yellow. Oz., 35c.; pkt., 10c. 
Charantia (Balsam Pear).—Yellow. Oz., 35c.; pkt., 10c. 
MYOSOTIS (FORGET-ME-NOT) (B. P.) 
Small, star-like flowers, borne on terminal racemes. Excellent for 
borders and flowering extremely early. Seed should be sown in 
August and young plants wintered in cold frames. 
Palustris Semperflorens. (P.). —Dwarf; blooms the entire sea¬ 
son, deep blue. Pkt., 10c. 
Alpestris Victoria. —Deep blue. Pkt., 10c. 
Finest Mixed. —8 inches. oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
NIGELLA (LOVE-IN-A-MIST) (H. A.) 
Plants bear very showy flowers, with the foliage finely cut which 
surrounds the flower. 
Damascena. —Fine mixed colors. }4 oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
Miss Jekyll. —Sky blue, extra double, splendid variety. 
34 oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
NICOTIANA (FLOWERING TOBACCO) (A) 
Extremely showy annual plants, giving a continuous display of 
brilliant flowers through the summer and autumn; plants are of 
branching habit. 
Nicotiana Affinis. —An annual with sweet-scented pure white 
star-shaped flowers, 3 inches across, blooming continually; 2 to 3 
feet high. 34 oz., 20 c.; pkt., 10 c. 
Sanderae Crimson King. —The foliage is luxuriant and tropical 
in appearance; plants surmounted with immense clusters of rich 
crimson flowers, 5 feet. Pkt., 10c. 
Sanderae Hybrids. —Bears its brilliant flowers on bushy, 
branching plants, 2 feet high. It will give a continuous display of 
bloom all the summer and autumn in the open ground. 
Mixed Colors. 34 oz., 25c.; pkt., 10c. 
NASTURTIUM (TROPAEOLUM) (A) 
A great variety of soft and pleasing colors. 
The seed we offer is a selected strain and 
mixed in proper proportions so that our cus¬ 
tomers may be assured of having all the 
effective shades of pink, rose, scarlet, crim¬ 
son, brick, claret, chocolate brown, garnet, 
orange, primrose, yellow and white. Seed 
may be planted one inch deep, early in 
April, in any convenient place, and the 
plants when large enough, transplanted to 
their permanent places. 
See page 44 for novelties. 
Golden Gleam 
TALL VARIETIES 
Choice Mixed -1 lb., $1.50; ^ lb., 50c.; oz., 15c.; pkt., 10c. 
TOM THUMB OR DWARF VARIETIES 
Choice Mixed -1 lb., $1.50; lb., 50c.; oz., 15c.; pkt., 10c. 
NASTURTIUM, DOUBLE VARIETIES 
New Double Scarlet Gleam. —Ever since the introduction of 
Golden Gleam Nasturtium, interest has run high awaiting new colors 
in this Double Sweet-Scented Type. Scarlet Gleam is the first of 
the new colors. The flowers are a fiery orange scarlet of immense 
size, very fragrant and borne on long stems. Oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
Double Golden Gleam. —Still maintaining its position as one 
of the most popular novelties of the past two seasons. The large 
double, sweet scented, golden yellow flowers on long stems, are borne 
profusely on the semi-dwarf plants. Oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
New Double Gleam Hybrids. —The Hybrids are a collection of 
gorgeously colored double fragrant flowers, never dreamed of before 
in a Nasturtium. They thrive under any cultural condition and this 
factor combined with the brilliance of their colors assure them of a 
universal popularity. The plants are semi-dwarf and the flowers are 
borne on long stems. Choice Mixed. Oz., 20c.; pkt., 10c. 
