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NICOTIANA affinis hybrids (Flowering- Tobacco) 
Sweet scented, tubular flowers on plants three feet 
tall. Sun. Gal. containers. 
OENOTHERA praetensis (Sundrops) 
Erect plant to one and one-half feet. Four-petaled, 
buttercup-shaped flowers of bright canary yellow. 
Dark green foliage. Blooms profusely through sum¬ 
mer. Sun. 2 V 2 inch pots. Gal. containers. 
*OPHIOPOGON Japonicus 
Substantial, glossy, grass-like foliage from which sud¬ 
denly springs in summer, one or more stems of pure 
white flowers which look very much like hyacinths. 
Excellent for mixing in the shady border. Grows to 
one foot. We also carry a variety with green and 
white variegated leaves. Gal. containers, 40c. 
ORANGE SUN FLOWER (Heliopsis helianthoides 
Pitcheriana) 
Vigorous plants growing to three or four feet. Produce 
through summer and fall showy, golden-yellow flowers 
that are two inches in diameter. Gal. containers. 
ORIENTAL POPPY (Papaver orientale) 
The finest of all cultivated poppies. Their large 
silken petals form single, orange-scarlet flowers that 
are often six inches across. Plant in light, well 
drained soil and give them a little shade. 2 V 2 inch 
pots. Gal. containers. 
*OXALIS 
Round, thick clumps of clover-like leaves. In spring 
and early summer hundreds of flower stems crowd 
their way through the thick foliage to burst in the 
sunlight. Add a clump here and there in the peren¬ 
nial border. Useful for edging. Plant in sun. Grows 
to eight inches. 
Pink. .Gal. containers. 
PARDANTHUS chinensis (Leopard Flower) 
Handsome red flowers spotted with orange. Iris-like 
foliage. Grow to two or three feet. Sun. Gal. con¬ 
tainers. 
PENTSTEMON 
For sunny locations we believe there is no perennial 
more satisfactory than pentstemon. Keep the old 
flower stems removed and you will have an array of 
flowers from June until January. Never plant them 
in the shade. 
Barbatus Coccineus (Scarlet Bugler). liOng racemes 
of slender scarlet flowers in summer. Grows to three 
feet. Gal. containers. 
*BI»ue Gem. And a gem it is—with its glowing, blue 
flowers. Keep the dead flower stems picked and it 
will bloom almost continuously from late spring until 
winter. Growing only to a height of about one foot, 
it is particularly useful as an edging for your peren¬ 
nial beds. 2% inch pots. Gal. containers. 
Flamingo. Long, tubular flowers on graceful stems, 
rich red in color. Blooms in summer and fall. Height 
two and one-half feet. Gal. containers. 
* Particularly useful in rock gardens. 
