PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Superior Flower Seed 31 
Salpiglossis 
Double Chrysanthemum Sunflower (Page 32) 
Scabiosa 
Stocks or “Gillyflower ” 
fRHODANTHE 
(Strawflower) 
Excellent garden cut flowers, bloom¬ 
ing freely in late summer on plants 9 
to 12 inches high. These come in white, 
pink and red, and when dried are charm¬ 
ing “everlastings” for winter. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c; Yk oz. 35c. 
RICINUS 
Plant) 
Tender annual. Singly, it makes _ a 
perfect pyramid, thickly set with its 
enormous beautifully lobed leaves; or, 
a large group gives a tropical effect. 
Zanzibarensis. Robust strong grower, 
foliage green and red. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Yk lb* 75c. 
RUDBECKIA 
Newinanni (Black-Eyed Susan). 1 Y 2 to 
2 ft. Daisy-like flowers, orange-yellow 
with prominent blue-brown cone. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c; Yk oz. 35c. 
Purpurea (Purple Coneflower). Plants 
2 to 3 feet. Large flowers with the 
drooping petals colored reddish pur¬ 
ple, with a large cone-shaped center 
of brown. Each bristle golden tipped. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c; Yk oz. 35c. 
fSALPIGLOSSIS 
Half-hardy annual, 2 feet. The flowers 
are open bell-shape, numerous and 
gracefully set on the stems, varying by 
culture from 2 to 4 inches across. The 
colors are rich and voluptuous, with 
metallic luster, marbled and penciled on, 
many flowers having the appearance of be¬ 
ing sprinkled with gold dust. Bloom from 
August to October, on long stems, making 
an ideal cut flower. 
Emperor Choice Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 
20c ; Yk oz. 25c. 
SALVIA [Flowering Sage] 
SAPONARIA( Soa P wort > 
Vaccaria Rose. A showy summer border 
plant, 2 feet high, bearing great masses 
of small single flowers; a soft, satiny 
pink. Cut, they mix well in bouquets. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 15c; Yk oz. 25c. 
This very popular plant is a tender peren¬ 
nial, but should be treated as an annual. 
Amorif'a Because of its uniform growth 
” coupled with profuse and con¬ 
tinuous bloom, America is particularly 
valuable for extensive mass bedding. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 45c; Yk oz. 75c. 
Blue Bedder. Actually perennial, but treat 
as an annual. Flowers deep blue, fine for 
cutting. Seed sown in early spring blooms 
from July to October. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 60c; Yk oz. $1.00. 
Splendens. The plants grow from IY 2 to 3 
feet in height, inclined to branch freely 
towards the top. Bright scarlet. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c; Yk oz. 35c. 
fSCABIOSA 
(Mourning- Bride) 
“Blue Moon.” —See novelties, page 17. 
Double Mixed. 2 to 2 Y 2 feet. Blooms 
profusely from July until severe 
autumn frosts. Flowers are of compact 
rounded shape, long stems, making 
them ideal cut flowers which keep in 
water a week. The colors are both 
strong and dainty. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c; Yk oz. 35c. 
Grandiflora Rosette. A glorious new 
color ; deep rose, heavily suffused with 
salmon. Should be a rare cut flower 
with its long, stiff stems. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 30c ; Yk oz. 50c. 
Peach Blossom. A beautiful shade of 
peach-blossom-pink, large size and 
long stems. An excellent cut flower. 
Pkt. 10c ; Ys oz. 20c ; Yk oz. 35c. 
fSCHIZANTHUS 
(Butterfly Flower) 
Annuals, producing in a few weeks 
from seed, a plant obscured by a wealth 
of beautiful flowers in many colors—- 
spotted, blotched and veined. 
Hybridus Grandiflora. Choice mixed. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 20c ; Yk °z. 35c. 
f ST ATICE 
This is one of the most popular 
“Everlastings,” producing liberal crops 
of medium-size cut flowers in a wide 
range of colors—spotted, blotched and 
veined—in just a few weeks from sow¬ 
ing. Dried, they keep indefinitely. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c ; Ys oz. 15c ; Yk oz. 25c. 
*STOKESIA 
(Stokes’ Aster) 
Cyanea. Showy deep lavender-blue, 
aster-like flowers, in broad clustered 
heads from June on. Blooms first 
year from seed. 1*4 to 2 feet. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c ; Yk oz. 40c. 
STOCKS 
The “Gillyflower” is a half-hardy 
annual. The flowers in close-set, thick 
panicles on both main and side stems. 
Giant Double Perfection 
“Cut-and-Come-Again” 
An “everblooming” strain commenc¬ 
ing in July (from seed sown in March 
or April), but attaining perfection in 
September and October. Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 25c ; Yk oz. 40c. 
Dwarf Double Ten Weeks 
Sturdy, dwarf, compact growth, all 
but a small percentage coming fully 
double, in very large size flowers. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c ; Ys oz. 30c ; Yk oz. 50c. 
