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SUNFLOWER 
Showy annuals favored for their 
stately growth and brilliant flowers. 
Culture. Sow after last frost where 
plants are to bloom, and thin to 1 foot 
apart for the miniature and 2 feet apart 
for the Japanese. 
1935 Double Japanese. The Chrysan¬ 
themum Sunflower. Immense dou¬ 
ble brilliant yellow blooms. 
Height 6 feet. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 
15c; oz. 25c. 
1938 Miniature Hybrids. Attrac¬ 
tive single blooms in shades of 
yellow with black centers. 
Height 4 feet. Pkt. IOc; Vs 
oz. 25 c; oz. 40C. 
SALPiGLOSSIS 
Painted Tongue 
1900 Mixed Colors. One of the most illus¬ 
trious and brilliant of all garden annuals. It 
is a branching grower, carrying numerous 
petunia-like flowers in colors ranging from 
white, rose, scarlet, crimson, yellow, and pur¬ 
ple to deep violet-blue—all strikingly veined 
and netted silver and gold. Highly prized as 
a cut-flower and extremely showy in beds and 
borders, blooming continuously for several 
months. Prefers sunny location. Height 2 Vs 
feet. Pkt. IOc; Vs, oz. 50c. 
Culture. Sow outdoors when danger of frost 
is past and thin to 10 inches apart. 
SCABIOSA, Mourning Bride 
Beautiful annual for beds and bor¬ 
ders. It is an 'upright, branching 
grower, carrying, on long, slender 
stems, a profusion of showy, large, 
half-ball-shaped, graceful flowers, 
supremely adapted for cutting. 
Height 2% feet. 
Culture. Sow early in protected 
seed-beds for later transplanting, or 
sow when soil is warm, where plants 
are to bloom, and thin to 8 to 10 
inches apart. 
1913 Azure-Blue 
1915 Rose 
1916 Fire King 
1918 King of the Blacks 
Each: Pkt. IOc; Vs oz. 25c. 
1910 Mixed. Pkt. IOc; Vs oz. 
20c ; oz. 35c. 
STOCKS 
By virtue of their delightful fra¬ 
grance, brilliant colors, and profusion 
of blooms. Stocks deserve a place in 
every garden. They are bushy grow¬ 
ers, with attractive, double, rosette¬ 
like flowers borne on fine stems. Par¬ 
ticularly showy massed in beds. Fine 
cut-flowers. 
Culture. Start the seed early in in¬ 
door boxes for later transplanting. 
Set 6 inches apart in beds and rogue 
out singles. 
Large-flowering Ten Weeks 
Fine dwarf compact growers. Height 1 foot. 
1940 White ' 1941 Pink 
1942 Crimson 1943 Azure-Blue 
1944 Canary-Yellow Each: Pkt. 15c. 
1945 Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c: 14 oz. 50c. 
Double Giant Imperial Bismarck 
Early-flowering Stocks of branching habit. 
Fine cut-flowers. Height 2 feet. 
1946 White 1947 Rose 
1948 Blood-Red 1949 Lavender 
1950 Canary-Yellow Each: Pkt. 20c. 
1951 Mixed Colors, Pkt. 15c: Vs oz. 45c. 
Giant 
Bismarck 
Stocks 
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5Q2! Giant Kobe A eeP clear blue.. _, 5 .4^ 
2624 Mariner. Deep lavender • • ,5 .4. 
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2064 Whke » <)se Gia nt P^e. .15 
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SWEET PEA : 
Dwarf Mixture 
2050 Dwarf growers 
with large, waved flow¬ 
ers on short stems. Very 
popular bedder bloom¬ 
ing profusely for sev¬ 
eral months. Height 1 
ft. Pkt. IOc; oz. 30 c; 
% lb. 90c. 
GIANT SPENCERS (Orchid-flowered) 
Hardy growers with vigorous, branching vines. The large, 
blossoms have attractive, widespread wings, .beautifully < 
waved, and are borne three to four on long stems. 
Pkt. Oz. 
2011 Adonis. Bright rose-cerise. $0.10 $0.20 
2012 Capri. Giant pale blue-lavender.10 .20 
2022 George Shawyer. Large orange-pink.. .10 .20 
2013 Gigantic. Black-seeded white.10 .20 
2014 Grand Slam. Bright scarlet-cerise.10 .20 
2025 Heavenly Blue. Delphinium blue.10 .20 
2016 Lullaby. Rose-pink, shaded cerise.... .10 .20 
2017 Olympia. Fine large rich purple. .10 .20 
2032 Pinkie. Giant rose-pink.10 .20 
2021 Red Boy. Rich oxblood crimson.10 .20 
2027 Stylist. Immense salmon-rose pink... .10 .20 
2041 Tangerine. Brilliant orange. .10 .20 
2048 Spencer or Orchid-flowered Mixture. A glorious blend 
of prize-winning varieties unsurpassed for richness and bril¬ 
liancy. Pkt. IOc; oz. 15c; *A lb. 45c; lb. $1.35. 
REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans 
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