Ipomoea, Heavenly Blue 
Improved, for All-Summer Joy 
Gaillardia 
While the perennial forms of this flower 
are better known than the annuals, the superb 
varieties offered here are equally as fine for 
cutting, more compact in habit, and bloom 
for a longer period. Useful for beds, borders, 
and cutting. Grows 18 inches high. 
Indian Chief. A superb new variety with 
dark mahogany-red flowers. Practically 
100 per cent true. A marvel for continuous 
bloom, remaining in flower from June 
until October. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Woodgro Superb Mixture. Single and 
double varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gomphrena 
Mixed. Very 
Globe Amaranth 
Eschscholtzia 
DIANTHUS, continued 
Single Varieties 
Very large flowers, exquisitely beautiful 
in form and coloring. The plants are about 
1 foot high and flower abundantly through¬ 
out the summer and autumn. 
Salmon Queen. Delicate salmon-red. An 
exquisite variety. 
Scarlet Beauty. 
The Bride. Pure white, crimson eye. 
Single, Mixed. All varieties. 
Any of above 4 varieties, pkt. 10 cts.; 
Vioz. 30 cts. 
Dolichos • Hyacinth Bean 
Lablab, Mixed. An annual climber that 
reaches 10 feet, flowers freely in erect 
racemes, and produces ornamental seed- 
pods. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 
pretty Everlasting flowers 
which look like chaffy heads of red clover, 
although white, pink, and purple shades 
may be expected. The plants grow 1J^ to 
3 feet high. Flowers may be dried for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Godetia • Satin Flower 
These are superb garden flowers, making 
bushy plants 1 to 2 feet high, with blooms of 
silky texture, strongly resembling those of 
the azalea. 
Crimson Glow. 1 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Duchess of Albany. 1 ft. White. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Lady Albemarle. 1 ft. Carmine. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Rosy Morn. 2 ft. Beautiful coral-pink. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Woodgro Special Mixture. Single and 
double varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Gourds 
Annual climbers of quick growth, bearing 
weird, oddly shaped fruits which are a source 
of never-ending interest. Enormously popu¬ 
lar for table decorations. 
Apple-shaped 
Bottle-shaped 
Dish-Cloth 
Egg-shaped 
Gooseberry-shaped 
Hercules’ Club 
Lemon-shaped 
Orange-shaped 
Pear-shaped 
Mixed 
Any of above Gourds, pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 
Eschscholtzia • California Poppy 
This beautiful and brilliant annual has 
been greatly improved in recent years and 
we now have many lovely and unusual colors. 
Aurantiaca. Rich golden orange. 
Chrome Queen. Rich chrome-yellow. 
Rosy Queen. Soft flesh-pink. 
Crimson King. Rich carmine-crimson. 
Purple Glow. A new color in California 
Poppies—a bright, reddish purple and the 
darkest shade yet obtained. 
Gypsophila • Baby's Breath 
Frail, quick-growing plants 13^ to 2 feet 
high, producing great numbers of small 
flowers in loose, graceful sprays. Especially 
valuable for cutting. Also fine for mixing 
with other flowers. 
Elegans grandiflora alba. Large, pure 
white flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 
Elegans grandiflora rosea. Delicate pink 
blooms. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Choice Mixture. 
Any of above varieties, pkt. 10 cts. 
Euphorbia 
Variegata. Snow-on-the-Mountain. 2 ft. 
An annual with attractive foliage striped 
with white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Heterophylla. Annual Summer Poinsettia. 
2 to 3 ft. Bright, variegated leaves. Easy 
to grow from seed in sunny gardens or in 
pots indoors. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Four o’Clock • Mira bil is 
Helichrysum • Strawflower 
The best-known of all the Everlastings or 
Immortelles, having a superficial resem¬ 
blance to small chrysanthemums. Flowers 
should be gathered when only the outer 
bracts are unfolded, and suspended, heads 
downward, in a cool place to dry. They will 
grow in any sunny situation, making plants 
2 to 4 feet high. 
White Violet 
Salmon Rose 
Crimson Choice Mixed 
Yellow 
Fine Mixed. Well-known, hardy annual, 
free-flowering plants, 2 feet high, called 
Four o’Clocks because they open their 
blossoms at that hour in the afternoon; 
also called Marvel of Peru. All colors. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 
Gilia 
Capitata. Quick-growing annual, 2 to 3 feet 
high, with finely divided foliage and 
clustered, cottony balls of blue flowers. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Any of above, pkt. 10 cts.; Vioz. 35 cts. 
Special Collection: One pkt. each of above 
6 colors for 50 cts. 
Hunnemannia • Tulip Poppy 
Fumariaefolia. Somewhat similar to Cali¬ 
fornia Poppies, with finely divided foliage 
and large, clear yellow, tulip-shaped flowers 
3 inches across on 2-foot stems. Superb 
cut-flower, continuing in bloom throughout 
the entire season. Pkt. 10 cts.; }/£oz. 30 cts. 
Ipomoea (Convolvulus) 
Morning-Glory 
Annual climbers of rapid growth, excellent 
for covering arbors and trellises with luxu¬ 
riant foliage, bearing bell-shaped flowers of 
many colors. 
Imperialis, Mixed. Japanese Morning- 
Glories have enormous flowers, spotted, 
striped, and flecked with many colors. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Heavenly Blue Improved. New. See 
illustration in color on page 18. We of¬ 
fer an extra-early blooming strain of this 
enormously popular and much-sought- 
after annual climber. Its extremely early- 
flowering habit, its compact growth, and 
its true heavenly blue coloring make it dis¬ 
tinct and infinitely superior to all other 
strains. Pkt. 15 cts.; 4 pkts. 50 cts. 
Plants in 3-in. pots, ready in May, 30 cts. 
each; $3 per doz. 
Major, Mixed. Choice colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts. 
Minor, Mixed. Choice colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts. 
Grandiflora mexicana alba. White Mexi¬ 
can Moonflower. Blooms at night. Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Kochia • Burning-Bush 
Trichophylla. A popular plant, sometimes 
called Mexican Firebush, or Summer Cy¬ 
press, because of its symmetrical habit and 
resemblance to a coniferous evergreen. It 
is much used for temporary hedges, re¬ 
maining bright green all summer long, but 
at the approach of autumn its foliage 
turns brilliant red. Pkt. 10 cts.; VC°z. 
25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
Lantana 
An optimistic flower, full of the comforting 
belief that on this earth there is more sun 
than shadow, and a lot more fun than grief. 
Dwarf, Compact Hybrids. Flat heads of 
brilliantly colored flowers. Sow seed very 
early. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 
Lavatera • Tree Mallow 
A good hardy annual growing 3 to 5 feet 
high, producing large, funnel-shaped flowers 
like those of a hollyhock, which last a long 
time when cut. 
Trimestris splendens alba. White. 
Trimestris splendens rosea. Rose. 
Mixed. 
Any of above, pkt. 10 cts.; 
Vioz. 50 cts. 
Full cultural directions appear on 
each seed packet 
Gaillardia, Indian Chief 
Flower Seeds 
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THOMAS WOOD & SONS, Inc., Montclair, N. J 
