18 Annual Flower Seeds 
Grasses, Ornamental 
For descriptions, see alphabetical list of annual flowe^* 
This abreviated list shows all the kinds that can be 
grown from seed, which we offer. 
11 AGBOSTIS NEBULOSA, Cloud Grass. Pkt. 8c. 
358 BRIZA MAXIMA, Quaking Grass. Pkt. lOc. 
11T3 JOB’S TEARS or Coix. Pkt. 5c. 
1565 PENNISETUM, Fountain Grass or Ruep- 
pelianum. Pkt. lOc. 
Hellchrysum 
1016 HELICHRYSUM, Monstrosum Straw- 
flower. The most popular Everlastings. The 
best known and most desirable because of the 
great improvement in recent years. This Mon- 
strosum or large double is the best type. The 
plants grow 2 to 3 feet high and are literally 
covered with these large double brilliant flowers. 
In all the gay colors and shades. Mixed 
Colors. Culture D or E. Pkt. 8c; >4 oz. 25c. 
Heliotrope 
1031 HELIOTROPE, GIANT MIXED. Perfume 
of this makes it great for bouquets. Pretty house 
or summer bedding plant, blooms all season. 
Start indoors, or the seed may be sown right 
outdoors in May. Lavender, pink and white, m 
compact, roundish clusters. Culture D or E. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. lOc. 
Hollyhocks, Annual 
The marvelous development in Hollyhocks which 
enables gardeners to secure blooming plants the 
first year from seed should place this fine plant 
in every garden. Sown in April will bloom in 
August and by starting plants inside they may 
be brought into bloom much earlier. CCL1 LiKb t,. 
1077 ANNUAL DOUBLE SCARLET BEAUTY. 
The finest of the doubles. Pkt. 20c. 
1076 ANNUAL SINGLE MIXED. All the deli^t- 
ful colors of the popular perennial sorts. Pkt. lOc. 
1078 INDIAN SPRING, See Natural Color 
Page 29. 
Hop Vine, Japanese 
2397 JAPANESE HOP VINE, Humulus. A rapid 
climbing vine for verandas, arbors, or screens. 
Foliage mottled green and yellow. Culture D or 
E. Pkt. lOc. 
Hunnemannia 
1075 SLTVLITE, Buttercup Poppy. New strain, 
semi-double flowers, clear canary-yellow, bright 
as sunlight. Extra row of petals adds greatly to 
the beauty of the flowers. Sunlite received the 
Award of Merit from the All-America Selection 
Committee. Culture A or B. Pkt. 1 Oc. 
1074 GOLDEN BUTTERCUP POPPY. Bush 
Eschscholtzla. Imagine great long stemmed 
buttercups. Lacy foliage. The only poppy suitable 
for cutting. Bloom all summer. Pkt. 5c. 
House Plant Seed 
Many of our customers like to grow their own 
house piants from seeds. It is an interesting 
hobby in the coid, winter months. For your con¬ 
venience, if you like this type of growing, we offer 
here a complete list of those varieties which can 
be so grown. For descriptions of the separate 
varieties, please refer to each in its aiphabetical 
iisting among the Annuai Fiower Seeds, pages 
8 to 33. The foilowing iist is a guide as to what 
we have in this ciass. 
Pkt. 
5 ABUTILON, Flowering Maple.20c 
139 ASPARAGUS FERN, Plumosus.l»c 
137 ASPARAGUS FERN, Sprengerii.15c 
334 BEGONIA, Sgl. Tuberous Mixed .40c 
335 BEGONIA, Dbl. Tuberous Mixed.50c 
336 BEGONIA, Pendula Tuberous.50c 
321 BEGONIA, Seinperflorens, Mixed.15c 
326 BEGONIA, Bedding, Luminosa.15c 
327 BEGONIA, Prima Donna.20c 
403 CACTUS, Oniy sorts used indoors.25c 
404 CALCEOLARIA. Dwarf Hybrids.30c 
561 CEVEBABIA, Giant Semi-Dwarf.20c 
562 CINERARIA, Multiflora Nana.20c 
601 COLEUS, Exhibition Mixed.25c 
603 COLEUS, Rainbow Mixture.25c 
628 CYCLAMEN, Mixture.20c 
921 GERANIUM, Mixture .15c 
928 GERBERA, Jamesoni Hybrids.2ac 
946 GLOXINIA, Hybrid Exhibition.25c 
1031 HELIOTROPE, Giant Mixed,.lOc 
1121 IMPATIENS, Best Hybrid.15c 
1257 LANTANA, Dwarf Mixed.lOc 
2413 LIN ARIA, Kenilworth Ivy or 
Cymbalarla .Sc 
1410 MIMOSA, Sensitive Plant.lOc 
1661 PRIMULA, Obconica, Giant.25c 
1701 SAINTPAULIA, lonantha.35c 
1742 SCHIZANTHUS.15c 
1751 SOLANUM, Jerusalem Cherry.lOc 
1752 SOLANUM, Capsicum, Peppers.lOc 
2442 SMILAX .10c 
1761 STEVIA SERRATA.lOc 
Impatiens 
1121 IMPATIENS BEST HYBRIDS, Sultans 
Balsam. A charming plant for the house, bloom¬ 
ing almost continuously. Light pink to reds, and 
purple-violet. About 18 inches tall. Satisfactory 
bedding plant for partial shade. Culture D or E. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Job*s Tea rs 
1172 JOB’S TEARS. (Coix) Ornamental Grass. 
Old remedy for sore throat and teething babies, 
strung on hnen thread worn around the neck. 
Culture A. Pkt. 5c. 
Kochia 
1228 KOCHIA, MEXICAN FIRE BUSH, Giant 
Summer Cypress. Effective decorative plant. 
It has light green feathery foliage, which changes 
to crimson in the fall. May be grown as single 
specimens or as an ornamental hedge, 2 to 2 
feet high with a spread of about 15 to 18 inches. 
Plant seed where the plants are to stand and thin 
out later, or start the seed indoors. Culture 
D or E. Pkt. 5c; 14 oz. 20c. 
See Kochia in Natural Color on Page 12. 
Hyadnih Bean Vine 
2399 HYACINTH BEAN. DOUCHOS. Rapid 
gro'W'tb, makes dense and attractive screen, 
flowers freely in upright spikes like Hyacinths. 
Culture D or E. Pkt. Sc. 
Lantana 
1257 LANTAN.4, DWARF MIXED. Verbena¬ 
like heads, white rose, and orange. Excellent in 
house and garden. Compact plants 10 inches high. 
Culture D or E. Pkt. lOc. 
Larkspur, Giant Imperial 
Larkspurs, Annual 
This big famiiy of free-flowering, coiorful, long 
stemmed Annuals will bring you plenty of 
pleasure in your garden. It stands up well as a 
cut-flower, too. • , 
In addition to spring sowing of seed, it is 
possible to make a fall sowing for early blooms 
the following spring, because the young plants 
will winter over In your garden. ... 
We are proud of the fact that many of the best 
Florists in the United States buy their Larkspur 
Seed from us. CULTURE D OR E. 
Glani Imperial Type 
Their type of growth allows closer planting 
without influencing the amount of their bloom. 
Height 3 to 4 feet. 
1280 BLUE BELL. Deep sky-blue. Pkt. lOc. 
1274 LOS ANGELES IMPROVED. Brilliant rose 
on salmon ground. Pkt. lOc. 
1284-A GIANT CORAL KING. Beautiful blush- 
pink with a strong suffusion of coral. Pkt. lOc. 
1275 WHITE SPIRE. Pure white. Pkt. lOc. 
1376 BLUE SPIRE. Deep oxford-blue. Pkt. lOc. 
1284 GIANT WHITE KING. Pkt. lOc. 
1279 CARMINE KING. Carmine-rose. Pkt. lOc. 
1272 EXQUISITE PINK. Delicate pink. Pkt. lOc. 
1282 MISS CALIFORNIA. Deep pink, salmon 
ground. Pkt. lOc. 
1271 MIXED COLORS. A fine mixture including 
all the above and other rare colors. Pkt. lOc; 
5^ oz. 20c. 
Dwarf Larkspurs 
Bedding Varieties 
1301 EMPEROR. An improved class, more dwarf 
and compact in growth, making a fine bedding 
variety. Plant grows about 2 feet tall, producing 
an abundance of spikes, bearing double flowers 
of the stock flowered type. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 8c. 
1302 ENCHANTRESS. A beautiful new variety of 
the Dwarf Emperor class. The compact, bushy 
plant is literally covered with soft, salmon-pink 
flowers. For potting or bedding. Pkt. 1 Oc. 
Tall Double Stock Flowered 
The plants grow 3 to 4 feet high and bear long 
cutting spikes of beautiful double flowers. 
1269 LA FRANCE. Salmon-pink, very large, 
double and well placed on long stems. Pkt. 1 Oc. 
1263 ROYAL DARK BLUE. Rich, deep blue, 
almost purple. Pkt. lOc. 
1270 ROSAMOND. All-America. New pure deep 
rose, self-colored, fully double. Pkt. lOc. 
1267 WHITE. A grand Annual for your white or 
moonlight garden. Pkt. lOc. 
1261 MIXED COLORS. Includes a great variety 
of colors, blues, reds, pinks and white of the tall 
double flowered type, considered the best of all. 
Pkt. 8c; 1/4 oz. 20c; 0z.60c. 
The Templin-Bradley Co., Nationwide Seedsmen and Nurserymen, Cleveland, Ohio 
