ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
PANSY, STEELE’S MASTODON 
PANSY, Heart's Ease (b) 
When the bright hues of the Tulips and Daffodils have 
faded, the rich, deep and varied shades of the Pansies pro¬ 
vide a welcome change in the flower beds. The varieties 
listed produce large blooms of good substance, regular mark¬ 
ings, and full rich coloring. Low growing. 
Shakespeare’s Pansies. (Novelty) See page 3. 
SWISS GIANT or ROGGLI. Within the last few years the 
blossoms of this strain have been remarkably improved in 
every way. The plants are compact in habit and they pro¬ 
duce immense circular flowers for a long blooming season. 
Attractive shades. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
STEELE’S MASTODON. A vigorous Oregon type, particularly 
desirable for cutting as the plants are taller and have longer 
stems. Esteemed for bedding. A fine blend for bright effects. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25o. 
POPULAR BEDDING MIXTURE. These are the popular 
saucy-faced beauties that everybody loves, comprising the 
finest varieties in all colors. Pkt. 10c. 
PAPAVER (See Poppy) 
PENTSTEMON, Beard Tongue (p) 
Beautiful perennial plants for the hardy border. 
New Hybrids, Mixed. Produces large spikes. 3 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI (a) 
A valuable and showy annual highly esteemed for bedding, 
for massing and for borders. The plants grow about 1 foot 
high, thrive in practically any soil if given a sunny location 
and bloom the entire season. Seed may be started in boxes 
and transplanted or sown in the open in Spring. 
Gigantea Salmon Glory. See inside back cover. 
Grandiflora. Comes in a grand mixture of fine colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Gigantea Art Shades. A new strain of annual Phlox with 
single florets as large as an inch and one-half in diameter. 
The colors are soft pastel shades, such as apple blossom pink, 
salmon, light blue, pale violet, etc. Pkt. 15c. 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETI, Chinese Lantern Plant (b) 
This hardy biennial plant grows to a height of about 2 feet 
and is a profuse bloomer, producing many large, striking 
flowers of a beautiful, brilliant orange red color resembling 
Chinese lanterns in shape. 
Franclieti. Pkt. 10c. 
PIN CUSHION FLOWER (See Scabiosa) 
PINKS (See Dianthus) 
PORTULACA, Moss Rose (ra) 
Brilliant hardy annual, of easy culture; excellent for mass¬ 
ing in beds, edging or rock work, thriving best in a light, 
sandy soil and a sunny situation. Flowers of the brightest 
colors. Height, 6 to 10 inches. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
POPPY, Papaver 
Annual Poppies should be sown as early as possible in 
the Spring where they are to remain as they do not trans¬ 
plant readily. Mix the seed with builders’ sand, using about 
25 times as much sand as seed, then broadcast seed on surface 
of the ground and firm well. Plants should be thinned out to 
6 inches apart for best results. Seed may be sown in rows 
also and in succession up to the middle of May. 
SHIRLEY, (a) Known as the Flanders Field Poppy of the 
World War. The plants with their deeply cut foliage, slender 
hairy stems, and silky petaled blossoms, often fluted, present 
an airy picture as they nod in the breeze. Height, 18 inches. 
Single American Legion. Dazzling scarlet with white cross at 
center. Best substitute for the wild Flanders Poppy. Pkt. 10c. 
Single Mixed. A superb blend of this beautiful type of Poppy 
ranging in color from pure white through tones of salmon, 
pink, and rose to brightest carmine-red. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Pink Shades. This charming sort with its double and 
semi-double flowers in several shades of pink is of great 
merit. Pkt. 10c. 
TALL SOMNIFERUM. (a) These robust plants are of impos 
ing stature, carrying an abundance of thick wide leaves, and 
bear large flowers on stout stems. Height, 3 feet. 
Double Carnation Flowered Mixed. Perfectly double, glob 
ular flowers with fringed petals in many brilliant colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
NUDICAULE (p) (Iceland Poppy). A hardy Poppy slightly re¬ 
sembling the Shirley. Somewhat different in habit and con¬ 
tains many shades of yellow and orange. Height, 18 inches. 
Yellow Wonder. Special Mention, All-America Selections, 1937. 
Tallest, strongest and largest flowered Iceland Poppy. Showy 
4-inch cup-shaped flowers of rich lemon yellow, with a vivid 
silky sheen on the broad petals. Pkt. 25c. 
Sandford’s Mixed Giants. The finest strain of mixed colors in 
Iceland Poppies. The colors are well balanced. Large flowers 
grow on strong stems from 2 to 3 feet high. Pkt. 15c. 
ORIENTALE. (p) The royal members of the Poppy family— 
majestic in all their characteristics. Magnificent foliage, 
sturdy stems, huge cup-shaped flowers with crinkled petals- 
large decorative pods. Height, 2% feet. 
Mixed Hybrids. A splendid collection mostly red, with some 
white, rose, lavender, orange, and crimson. Pkt. 10c. 
POT MARIGOLD (See Calendula) 
PYRETHRUM, Painted Daisy (p) 
This plant is cousin to the Chrysanthemum and Matricaria 
and should play an important part in many a well planned 
garden. Height, 1 to 3 feet. 
ROSEUM. The plants are erect growing, consisting of up¬ 
right slender stalks adorned with fern-like leaves and carrying 
fine terminal blossoms. 
Single Mixed. Radiating petals in many tones of rose and 
red about a golden center. Pkt. 10c. 
RED HOT POKER (SeeTri toma) 
a, annual; b, biennial c, climber; p, perennial; ra, rock plant 
annual; rp, rock plant perennial. 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
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USE PEAT MOSS TO ADD HUMUS TO THE SOIL IN FLOWER BEDS 
