Winsel-Gibbs Seed Co. 
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pact; excellent for cutting. Sow in the 
fall where plants are to remain and thin. 
Orange. The well known florists’ variety. 
Orange shade. Package, 10c; oz., 75c. 
White. Package, 10c. 
Yellow. Package, 10c. 
Mixed. Package, 10c. 
Orientate. The large oriental poppy. A 
hardy plant, bearing large brilliant crim¬ 
son flowers, with a black blotch o« each 
petal. Very showy and attractive. Height, 
2y£ feet. Package, 10c. 
Victoria. A large salmon colored Oriental 
Poppy. Package, 15c. 
Stock! 
PHLOX DRUMMONDII. One of the most 
satisfactory bedding plants because it 
blooms over so long a time. A hardy 
annual, growing from 6 inches to 1 foot 
high, and bearing beautiful and brilliantly 
colored flowers. Sow seed in the fall for 
early flowers. Package, 10c; 6 packages 
for 50c. 
Alba. Pure white. 
Atropurpurea. Deep purple. 
Carnea. Bluish pink or flesh. 
Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet. 
Large Blood Red. 
Rosy Chamois. With yellow center. 
Splenderin. Dwarf; bright red, with white 
eye. 
Violet. With white center. 
Yellow (Isabellina). Soft primrose. 
Starred and Fringed, Mixed. A mixture 
producing star shaped and pointed blos¬ 
soms. Package, 10c. 
PERENNIAL PHLOX, Mixed. Individual 
flowers similar to the annual variety, but 
borne in clusters of 30 to 40 flowers on 
a tall stiff stem 2 to 4 feet high. Pack¬ 
age, 15 c. 
PORTULACA. Tender creeping annual, 6 to 
8 inches high, bearing glossy, cup-shaped 
blossoms in very brilliant colors. The 
foliage and stems are thick. The seen 
germinates slowly and should be started 
Annual Phlox 
under glass or when the weather is hot. 
These flowers love the sunshine and do 
best on rather dry ground. 
Golden Yellow. Package, 10c. 
Scarlet. Package, 10c. 
Pink. Package, 10c. 
White. Package, 10c. 
Single Mixed. Package, 10c. 
Double Mixed, Large-flowering. Package, 
10c. 
PRIMULA (PRIMROSE). Greenhouse or pot 
plants, bearing trusses of large, single or 
double blossoms in bright colors, as well 
as soft tints. Sow seeds in April or May 
for winter blooming. Our seed is from the 
very finest strains. 
HALF HARDY VARIETIES 
Auricula. The primrose of the Alps. Flow¬ 
ers variously colored, mostly yellow; fra¬ 
grant. Seed selected from selected strain. 
Package, 15c. 
Obconica Grandiflora. A lovely free flower¬ 
ing Primula, white tinged with lilac; 
stems 9 inches high. Package, 25c. 
Veris Polyantha. A hardy sort, blooming 
early in the open gardens. Colors mostly 
red and yellow. Mixed colors. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Vulgaris. The true yellow English Prim¬ 
rose. Package, 10c. 
Primrose, Evening. See Oenothera. 
PYRETHRUM PART HEN I FOLIUM AU- 
REUM (Golden Feather). Small curled 
leaves of bright golden yellow. Much 
used for edging and borders. Package, 
10 c. 
Roseum Hybridum. Red petaled flowers 
radiating from a golden yellow center. 
Buhach, or insect powder, is made from 
the dry leaves. Package, 10c. 
RHODANTHE (Everlasting Flower). For 
winter boquets the blossoms should be 
gathered before fully expanded, and if 
dried in the shade will retain their bril¬ 
liancy for years. Rose and white, mixed. 
Package, 10c. 
RICINUS. See Castor-Oil Bean. 
ROMNEYA COULTERI (California Trer 
Poppy). Also well known as the Matilijt 
Poppy. This fine perennial is of a su¬ 
preme and stately beauty. The flowers 
are large, 4 to 5 inches across, pure 
white, crinkled like crepe paper, with a 
fine bunch of yellow stamens, resembling 
white single peonies. The seed takes 
from three to nine months to germinate. 
Package, 10c. 
RUDBECKIA BICOLOR SUPERBA (Cone- 
flower). The center of this flower is 
brown, the petals golden yellow, with vel¬ 
vety brown spots at the base. A free 
flowering annual 3 feet high; very effec¬ 
tive as a cut flower. Package, 10c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. A half hardy annual, 
growing about 3 feet high, and bearing 
trumpet-shaped blossoms of richest shades 
and colors. Mixed. Package, 10. 
Superbissima, Emperor. A splendid giant 
flowering strain, each stem loaded with 
these most handsome flowers, and each 
one richly veined with gold. Package, 10c. 
SALVIA (Flowering Sage). A very free 
flowering late summer plant with flowers 
of intense scarlet. Start seed indoors 
early. 
Splendens. Bright scarlet flowers. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Bonfire. A new dwarf scarlet Sage of 
dense, compact growth. Height 20 to 24 
inches. Package, 15c. 
Dark Blood Red. A new tall variety with 
large flower spikes. Much darker and 
richer in color than other scarlets. Pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Patens. Bright blue flowers. Height 2 
feet. Package, 25c. 
SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride). Also called 
Sweet Scabious, Old-Maid’s Pincushion, 
etc. Self sown in California. Our mam¬ 
moth flowering strain of this old-fashioned 
flower is very beautiful and worthy of a 
place in every garden. The tall flowers 
are especially adapted for cutting and 
massing. These new flowers are double 
clear to the center, covering the thimble¬ 
shaped cone. Height 2y£ to 4 feet. 
Mammoth Flowered Double, Mixed (S. max¬ 
ima). An improved strain with large 
petals and beautiful colors. Package, 10c. 
Caucasica. A hardy perennial variety, with 
pale blue flowers 4 to 5 inches across, and 
long stems. One of the handsomest per¬ 
ennial flowers; valuable for cutting. Pack¬ 
age, 15c. 
Japonica. Hardy perennial. Artistic laven¬ 
der blue, single flowers. Height 2}4 feet. 
Package, 10c. 
TALL DOUBLE SORTS 
Azure Fairy. Light blue. Package, 15c. 
Black Purple. Package, 15c. 
Snowball. Pure white. Package, 15c. 
Rose Pink. Package, 15c. 
Red. Package, 15 c. 
SCHIZANTHUS. Hardy annuals, growing 
lyi to 2 feet high, and covered with 
bright, showy, butterfly-like blossoms. 
Wisetonensis. Remarkably free flowering 
and presents a beautiful appearance with 
its myriads of blooms, the ground color 
of which is white, dotted with delicate 
rose. A very shy seeder. Make several 
plantings as the plants come into bloom 
quickly and are a mass of color. Pkg., 
15c. 
Large Flowering Mixed. Package, 10c. 
STATICE SUWOROWI. Long rat-tail spikes 
of small pink flowers. Very effective and 
are everlasting. Package, 10c. 
Sinuata (Sea Lavender). Annual. Ever¬ 
lasting flower much used by florists for 
winter boquets. Each floweret is small, 
but in a boquet becomes a mass of blue, 
yellow or white. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
Yellow, blue and white, each, per pack¬ 
age, 10c. 
Bonduelli. Producing numerous heads of 
bright yellow flowers, valuable for drying; 
very attractive. Pkt., 10c. 
Sinuata Rosea Superba. The statices are be¬ 
coming more and more popular as garden¬ 
ers realize the possibilities of these, not 
only as beautiful garden flowers, but also 
the keeping qualities, which make them a 
joy in a winter bouquet cl everlasting 
flowers. 
Matilija Poppy 
