ANNUAL POPPIES 
Slilliant Poj>j>ie$ 
ICELAND POPPIES (Nudicaule) Perennial 
To brighten the garden, you can make 
no better choice than the new improved 
Iceland Poppies. They bear immense 
flowers with broad, deeply fluted petals, 
giving a semi-double effect. Bloom freely 
the first year from seed if sown early. 
1707 THE EMPEROR. 18 in. Deep tang¬ 
erine, orange .Pkt. 20c 
1708 THE EMPRESS. 18 in. Shades of 
salmon and rose-pink.Pkt. 20c 
1709 YELLOW WONDER (Amurense). 
An All-America Selection. 24 in. 
Bright buttercup yellow. Heat and 
drought resistant.Pkt. 20c 
ORIENTAL POPPY Perennial 
1710 Height 2-3 ft. For gorgeous coloring 
Oriental Poppies have few rivals 
among hardy plants. The flowers are 
often 6 inches across and are borne 
on tall stems. Produce a magnifi¬ 
cent effect.Pkt. 10c 
ICELAND POPPY “EMPEROR.” 
Has silky-textured, fluted flowers of deep 
tangerine orange. 
1691 AMERICAN LEGION. An improved 
variety of Flanders Poppy. Flowers are 
a brilliant orange-scarlet of enormous 
size, on long stout stems. 
. % oz. 25c; pkt. 10c 
1692 GIANT SHIRLEY (Silk or Ghost). 1ft. 
Beautiful satiny flowers, 4 inches across, 
with fluted, crinkled petals. Colors con¬ 
tain delicate shades of rose, apricot, sal¬ 
mon-pink and crimson with occasional 
blues. Foliage is hairy and finely cut. 
.Oz. 30c; pkt. 10c 
1695 DOUBLE SHIRLEY POPPY, “Sweet 
Briar,” Deep rose-pink flowers, full and 
double. Resembles a large double Be¬ 
gonia.Pkt. 15c 
1704 SINGLE MIXED. Especially fine for 
massing. Large flowers in a great variety 
of colors.Oz. 25c; pkt. 10c 
1705 DOUBLE CARNATION FLOWERED. 
Immense double flowers with fringed 
petals, many striimd. Finest mixed 
colors.Oz. 30c; pkt. 10c 
California Poppy, see Eschscholtzia, page 48. 
Tulip Poppy, see Hnnnemannia, page 48. 
RHODANTHE, Everlasting (Annual) 
1729 MANGLESII ROSE. 1 ft. One of the 
few everlastings which retains its grace 
and beauty after being dried. The flow¬ 
ers should be cut before they fully ex¬ 
pand to retain their beautiful bell form 
.Pkt. 10c 
RICINUS or Castor Bean (Annual) 
1730 RED SPIRE. 6-8 ft. Foliage plants 
of luxuriant and rapid growth, valuable 
for backgrounds and screens, producing 
a rich tropical effect. The leaves are 
of enormous size, deeply lobed and con¬ 
spicuously veined, dark green and 
bronze in color.Oz. 25c; pkt. 8c 
tatice, ea £a0enc)e\ 
1769 
SINUATA. 
Suitable for 
growing i n 
rock gardens 
and charm¬ 
ing when 
dried for 
winter bou¬ 
quets. T h e 
flowers are 
produced in 
racemes o n 
long, grace¬ 
ful stem s. 
Colors: rose, 
blue and 
white; re¬ 
tains its true 
colors when 
dried. . . . V 2 
oz. 20c; pkt. 
5c. 
(Annual) 
Indispensable 
In 
Making 
Winter 
Bouquets. 
SALPIGLOSSIS, 
Painted Tongue or Velvet Flower 
(Annual) 
1741 Height 2-214 ft. Beautiful velvety petu¬ 
nia-like flowers, greatly prized for cutting. 
They range in color from various shades of 
purple and blue through red and yellow 
to creamy white, delicately veined and 
penciled with gold. Bloom from July -to 
frost.!4 oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 
Scarlet Sage (Annual) 
Handsome summer and autumn-flowering an¬ 
nual with brilliant flowers; very effective for 
massing, bedding and cutting. Useful also for 
window box and pot plants. 
1745 SPLENDENS. 2-3 ft. Plants are much 
branched with large spikes of bright scarlet 
flowers produced in profusion during the 
summer and fall. This is the old favorite 
bedding variety.14 oz. 75c; pkt. 10c 
1746 FIREBALL. 15-18 in. Compact plants 
with fiery scarlet flowers on massive 
spikes, erect and stiff; over 200 spikes 
to a plant is not unusual. 
. Vs oz. 65c; pkt. 10c 
SAPONARIA, Soapwort (Annual) 
1749 VACCARIA ROSEA. 2 ft. Produce a 
profusion of light graceful sprays of 
satiny-pink flowers. Charming in bouquets 
combined with other flowers. 
.14 oz. 25c; pkt. 5c 
Pin-cushion Flower (Annual) 
Showy in the garden and one of the finest 
annuals for cutting. Bloom continuously from 
early summer until frost, in a wide range of 
rich, beautiful colors. They grow 2 to 3 feet 
high, with flowers on long slender stems; also 
known as Mourning Bride. 
1750 ROSETTE. Deep rose suffused salmon. 
..Pkt 25c 
1751 KING OF THE BLACKS. Reddish-black. 
1752 AZURE FAIRY. Delicate lavender-blue. 
1755 FIERY SCARLET. 
1757 FINEST MIXED. 
Each of the above, !4 oz. 30c; pkt. 10c. 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA. 
Blue Bonnet (Perennial) 
1758 GIANT HYBRIDS. Height 18-24 in. Hand¬ 
some hardy plants that thrive in ordinary 
garden soil. The semi-double flowers are 
2 to 3 inches across and are borne on long 
stout stems; color is an exquisite lavender- 
blue shading to deep blue. Exceptionally 
good for cutting.Pkt 15c 
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN 
(Annual Climber) 
1760 Brilliant scarlet flowers followed by green 
shell beans excellent for table use. 
.Lb. 30c, y 2 lb. 17c; pkt. 5c 
SALPIGLOSSIS is one of the most 
richly colored of all garden flowers. 
SCHIZANTHUS, Butterfly Flower (Annual) 
1764 Height 18-24 in. Plants are of bushy lux¬ 
uriant growth, with delicate finely-cut 
foliage and exquisite orchid-like flowers in 
a great range of bright colors, blotched and 
marked in contrasting shades. One of the 
daintiest of annuals.Pkt. 10c 
Shasta Daisy, see page 46. 
Snapdragon, see Antirrhinum, page 44. 
STEVIA (Annual) 
1770 SERRATA. 2 ft. A fine bouquet mixer. 
Sprays of small white, sweetly-scented 
flowers are borne on long slender stalks. 
Flowers quickly after sowing. Covered 
with litter or straw plants often survive 
the winter.Oz. 65c; pkt. 10c 
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