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Lace Flower (See Didiscus) 
Lantana 
A tender perennial plant with Verbena- 
like flowers in shades of white, red, 
orange and yellow. Flowers have a 
very fragrant perfume. Grow in pots 
and set out in summer. Blooms until 
late in the fall, 15 to 20 inches high. 
Dwarf Hybrids, mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Hybrids, mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Lavatera (Annual Mallow) 
Showy plants, 2% feet in height, pro¬ 
ducing large cup-shaped flowers from 
mid-summer until frost. White, rose 
or mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Larkspur, Tall Double Stock Flowered 
(Giant Imperial) 
These annual Larkspur are among our 
showiest garden flowers. The flower 
spikes of various shades are among 
our finest for cut flowers. Spring-sown 
seed will produce flowers from July 
until frost. Larkspur are very effec¬ 
tive planted among other garden fa¬ 
vorites, or among shrubbery. They 
thrive in almost any soil but do better 
in a sunny situation. Height, 3 feet. 
Azure Blue 
Carmine Rose 
Coral Pink 
Dark Blue 
Deep Rose on 
Salmon 
Delicate Lavender 
Rose Pink 
Salmon Rose 
Soft Pink Shaded 
Salmon 
Scarlet 
White, Rich Red 
Bach Above or 
Mixed Colors. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Dark Blue or Mixed Colors. % oz. 20c; 
oz. 35c. 
Rosamond (Double Stock Flowered). 
New, a pure bright rose color, holding 
the pure rose color until out of flower. 
A rare beauty. Pkt. 5c. 
Linaria (Miniature Snaps) 
Gold Medal Winner 1934 All America 
Selections. The free flowering plants 
are very compact, about 8 inches in 
height, covered with a mass of dainty 
Snapdragon-like flowers in all the pop¬ 
ular pastel shades. 
Fairy Bouquet. Pkt. 10c. 
Linum (Crimson Flax) 
One of the most effective and showy 
bedding plants, growing to a height of 
18 to 24 inches. Flowers are a bril¬ 
liant scarlet. Bloom from May until 
October by successive sowing. Pkt. 5c. 
Lobelia (Crystal Palace Compacta) 
Charming little ball shaped, bushlike 
plants covered with a profusion of 
deep blue flowers. On account of its 
evenness of growth it makes an excel¬ 
lent plant for use in edging or bed¬ 
ding. Also for pot culture. 4 inches 
high. Pkt. 10c. 
Mrs. Clibran. Deep blue, white eye. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Lupinus (Lupine) 
These garden favorites are among the 
most beautiful and few annuals give 
such a glorious display in the garden 
as do Lupinus. The long and graceful 
spikes of pea-shaped flowers make fine 
cut flowers. The glossy foliage makes 
a most charming background for the 
flower spikes. Blooms during July and 
August. Plant in partly shaded place. 
Height about 2 feet. 
Hartwegi. White, Blue, Rose, Mixed. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Try Vigoro in your flower garden. 
You will be amazed at the vitality 
your plants will show and the most 
wonderful blooms you will get. _ 
Larkspur, Giant 
Imperial. 
Marigolds (Tall Varieties) 
These old garden favorites are of 
easiest culture. The French and Dwarf 
grow 12 to 18 inches high, while, the 
African and other tall varieties grow 
2 to 4 feet. 
Early Sunshine. Bronze medal winner 
in the 1939 All-America selections. A 
very early and dwarf strain of Dixie 
Sunshine, especially adapted for our 
northern sections. Plants about 24 
inches tall and bushy, covered with 
lemon or sulphur yellow flowers. Pkt. 
25c. 
Burpees Red and Gold Hybrids (new). 
The only large Red Marigold in exist¬ 
ence. Earliest of all Marigolds, bloom¬ 
ing less than 8 weeks from seed. Plants 
are 1% ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. Flowers 
vary from pure golden yellow to rich 
mahogany scarlet, according to sea¬ 
son. Profuse bloomers all summer. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Golden Glow. Honorable Mention in the 
1939 All-America Selections. Bright, 
golden yellow flowers resembling the 
familiar old perennial, Rudbeckia Gold¬ 
en Glow. Grows 2 y 2 inches across. 2 y 2 
ft. plants bloom in 17 weeks from seed. 
Entirely odorless foliage. Vigorous and 
free blooming. Pkt. 25c. 
Spanish Gold (new). Honorable Men¬ 
tion in the 1939 All-America Selec¬ 
tions. Plants grow 20 inches high and 
30 inches wide; in full bloom the en¬ 
tire top and sides are covered with 3- 
in. golden orange flowers. Start indoor. 
Begins to bloom in 20 weeks. Pkt. 25c. 
Marigold Color- 
ette Crown of 
Gold. The out¬ 
standing flower 
and Gold Medal 
All-America Win¬ 
ner for 1937. 
Odorless foliage 
and no B. O. Fra¬ 
grant flowers of 
orange bloom 
early. Plant in 
full bloom has the 
a p p e a r a nee of 
solid orange on 
top with green 
base. Plants grow 
2 feet tall. Pkt. 
10c. 
Marigold Gigantea 
Sunset Giants. A 
prominent horti¬ 
culturist has said 
that a flower to 
be desirable in 
the home garden 
must have one or 
more of three 
outstanding char¬ 
acteristics: very 
showy, o r fra¬ 
grant, or of ex¬ 
ceptional size. 
Marigold Sunset 
Giants has all 
three. Foliage and 
flowers have a 
definitely sweet 
fragrance. Flow¬ 
ers will average 
5 inches, plants 
usually from 3V 2 to 4 feet high. Colors 
range from orange, yellow and prim¬ 
rose. Mixed, Pkt., 10c. 
Guinea Gold. A 
carnation- flower¬ 
ed type of Mari¬ 
gold that pro¬ 
duces nearly 100 
per cent semi¬ 
double flowers. 
Plant grows 2 to 
2% feet high on 
which are pro¬ 
duced 30 to 40 
flowers, 2 to 2% 
inches across, of a 
brilliant shade of 
orange, flushed 
with gold. Prac¬ 
tically odorless. 
Marigold Guinea Pkt. 5c. 
Gold. 
Marigold Sunset 
Giants. 
Yellow Supreme. Gold Medal Winner 
1935 All America Selections. A com¬ 
panion to the popular Guinea Gold. 
Flowers are a creamy ■ lemon yellow 
and somewhat larger than Guinea 
Gold; plants 2 to 2% feet. Pkt. 5c. 
African Beauty Strain. Special mention 
1935 All America Selections. Beauty 
Marigolds produce flowers that are flat 
in appearance, as contrasted to the 
ball-like effect of other sorts. The 
petals are semi-quilled, rather broad, 
with flowers very double. Plants 2% 
feet high, flower early. 
Golden Beauty, golden yellow. Pkt. 5c. 
Yellow Beauty, lemon yellow. Pkt. 5c. 
African (Tall). Plants grow 2% feet 
high and produce an abundance of 
large double flowers in great profusion 
of glowing colors from mid-summer on. 
Do best in a sunny situation. 
Improved Orange Ball. Pkt. 5c. 
Improved Lemon Ball. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Tall Golden Emblem. Large flowers 
measure 4 to 5 inches in diameter. Col¬ 
or is mid-shade between lemon and 
orange. Plants 2^ feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Marigold Dwarf Varieties 
Marigold Dwarf Royal Scot, All Double. 
Special mention in the 1937 All-Amer¬ 
ica Flower Winners. Of dwarf French 
type, 12 to 15 inches tall, large and 
rather flat flowers, 
brown and gold ir¬ 
regularly striped. 
Plants of uniform 
height and long 
blooming. Pkt. 5c. 
French Marigold 
(Dwarf). Dwarf 
compact plants 10 
to 15 inches high, 
very attractive, 
covered with hun¬ 
dreds of small 
bright flowers of 
various colors. Few 
annuals are as 
effective or flower 
over so long a 
period. Double or 
single mixed. Pkt. 
French Marigold 5c. 
Dwarf French Double Harmony. (New.) 
A charming and distinct novelty in 
Marigolds. The scabiosa-like formation 
with tubular deep orange center petals 
is flanked by broad velvety dark 
maroon-brown outer petals. Plant 
about 12 inches high. Pkt. 5c. 
Monarch Strain. (Dwarf French Dou¬ 
ble.) Of compact growth, flowers in 
combinations of orange, bronze, yellow 
and mahogany. Pkt. 5c. 
Legion of Honor. A single flowering 
Marigold, compact bushes 9 inches high. 
Flowers golden yellow, with maroon 
at base of each petal. Blooms from 
June until frost. 10 in. Pkt. 5c. 
Robert Beist. Attractive dwarf, double 
mahogany-red flowers. Plant grows 
about 12 inches high. Pkt. 5c. 
Marvel of Peru— See Four O’Clocks 
Matricaria 
(Feverfew) 
The plant is cov¬ 
ered with numer¬ 
ous and freely 
branching flower 
stems, which are 
literally covered 
with very double 
flowers, resem¬ 
bling a button 
Chrysanthemum. 
Cnpensis (Fever¬ 
few). Small, dou¬ 
ble white flowers 
grow on plants 3 
feet tall. Pkt. 5c. 
Matricaria 
Matthiola BicornisCEvening Scented Stock) 
An old-fashioned little annual, with a 
delightful perfume which its purplish 
lilac flowers give out in the evening. 
Grows 12 inches high. Pkt. 6c. 
