IMPROVED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. This Aster bids 
fair to become a universal favorite. Characterized by the 
well-known Crego type of flower, combined with the Beauty 
Aster’s long, non-lateral, branching stetns, the California 
Giants, double type Aster, stands at the head of the list. 
Apple Blossom. Shell pink, creamy center. 
VV’hite. Very large. Dark Puiple. Very distinct. 
Light Blue. Very delicate. Mixed. Above and other colors. 
Deep Rose. Rich shade. 
SUNSHINE ASTER 
IMPROVED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE (Single). 
This fascinating new Aster type, rightly called the most beau¬ 
tiful in the world. The flowers, 4-5 inches across, are composed 
of a single row of loosely placed outer petals which contrast 
with the unique yellow quill-like center disc. Stems are long 
and heavy, on plants from 2 to 3 feet in height. Blooms early 
to mid-September. 
Apple Blossom or Shell Pink. Light Blue or Azure Blue. 
Enchantress Pink, Salmon pink. White. 
Rose. Light rose or deep pink. Finest Mixed. 
LILLIPUT. Also known as the “Butter Aster’’. Small, flat 
topped double flowers, 12 to 14 inches tall, fine for cutting 
and pot culture. 
Mixed Colors. 
PERENNIAL ASTER, Michaelmas Daisy. Newest varieties 
mixed. 
AUBRETIA, False Wall Cress, PR 
Pretty dwarf-growing rock plants, forming broad masses 
of silvery green foliage and sheets of flowers in spring and 
early summer. 
Large Flowering Hybrids. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Also separate colors: Blood Red, Purple, Pink. 
BALLOON VINE, Love-in-a-Puff, A 
Cardiospermum. A rapid growing annual climber. White 
flowers are followed by interesting seed pods resembling mini¬ 
ature balloons. 
BALSAM, Lady Slipper, A 
An old and popular garden flower of easy culture. Gorgeous 
masses of brilliant colored double flowers are produced in the 
greatest profusion. Height, 2 feet. 
Camelia Flowered. Finest mixed. 
Rose Flowered, Finest mixed. 
BEANS, Scarlet Runner 
A rapid climber, flowering profusely. Very showy. 
BEGONIA, P 
A splendid class of plants, suited for bedding, borders, pots, 
and boxes. Blooms profusely and continuously right up to 
frost. Besides their use for the garden, they are fine indoors, 
blooming during the winter. 
Gracilis Luminosa. Small scarlet flowers in great profusion. 
Semperflorens. Mixed colors. Larger flowers than the Gracilis 
type. 
Tuberous Rooted. Single mixed. The most popular Begonia 
grown. Save the tubers from year to year. Nothing surpasses 
the tuberous-rooted Begonias for brilliance and amount of 
bloom. Fine for shady places. Start early in boxes. Pkt. 25c. 
BOLTON I A, False Chamomile, P 
Blooms from July to September bearing white daisy-like 
flowers. Grows 4 to 6 feet. Grows in semi-shade. 
BRACHYCOME, Annual Cineraria, A 
Brilliant free-flowering annual blooming throughout the 
summer months and suitable for beds or borders. The dainty 
flowers resemble small Cinerarias. Height, 9 inches. 
Mixed Colors. 
BROWALLIA, Amethyst, A 
Favorite annual, covered with beautiful rich blue flowers 
during summer and autumn in the garden. Blooms freely 
in winter if the plants are lifted in autumn and cut back. 
Mixed. 
BACHELOR BUTTON, Centaureau, A 
Particularly well adapted for border planting. The types 
cultivated for their flowers have bulging calyxes from which 
many finely cut petals expand. Others have a downy growth 
on their leaves, making the foliage quite ornamental. All of 
them are of easy culture from seed. 
Cyanus Double (Bachelor Button). This superb class of Corn¬ 
flowers produces handsome, large double blooms, effective 
out-of-doors and in bouquets. 
B-ue. Rose. Mixed. Red. White. 
Impei’ialis (Sweet Sultan). These beautiful long stemmed 
flowers with their soft velvety heads make very enchanting 
bouquets. They measure 2 to 2% inches across while the en¬ 
tire plant stands about 2% to 3 feet tall. You can grow them 
readily in any fair garden soil, and your friends are sure to 
admire them. 
.Vmaranth Red, White. Yellow. Mixed. 
.Americana (Basketflower). Immense, thistle-like flowers of 
rosy lavender. 
Gymnocarpa. Lavender. Finely cut, silvery white foliage. 12 
inches. 
Candidissima. Very decorative foliage plants for borders, etc. 
Silvery white leaves broadly cut. Flowers yellow. Dusty Miller. 
Cornflower, Jubilee Gem. Award of Merit, All-America Selec¬ 
tions, 1937. Jubilee Gem is a dwarf variety of Cornflower 
making a compact plant literally covered with flowers. The 
plant is about 12 inches in height. Easy to grow, it is “every¬ 
one’s” flower and is adaptable for almost any purpose to which 
a plant may be put. As an edging plant, a border plant, or for 
ground work in formal beds of roses, etc., it will be found 
admirable. Pkt. 15c. 
CORNFLOWER, JUBILEE GEM 
CACALIA, Tassel Flower, A 
Very showy hardy annual, tassel shaped. Colors of gold, 
yellow and scarlet. Blooms from June to September. Suitable 
for rockery and border planting. 18 inches. Mixed. 
CALCEOLARIA 
Hybrida Grandiflora (Pouchflower). 1% ft. A colorful green¬ 
house plant bearing a profusion of small, pocket-shaped 
orange or yellow flowers, many of which are beautifully 
tigered or spotted. Pkt. 35c. 
CACTUS, P 
Grow your own cacti from seed. It is lots of fun. 
All Vai’ieties Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
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