The I. W. Scott Company, Pittsburgh, Pa 
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Phlox Drummondi 
Annual 
Blooming in midsummer, these easily 
grown flowers make the most brilliant of beds. 
They prefer an open, sunny situation, but are 
not particular as to soil and will give good 
results under almost any conditions. Sow 
the seed in April or early May and thin the 
plants to stand about 4 inches apart. 
TALL VARIETIES (about 15 in. high) 
Crimson Violet, white eye 
Lilac White 
Rose, dark eye Yellow 
Finest Mixed 
All Tall Phlox, pkt. 10 cts., V 4 OZ. SO cts., oz. $1.50 
Gigantea, Art Shades. All-America 
Winner. A lovely strain with flowers over an 
inch in diameter of soft pastel shades, each 
with a distinctive eye. Bushy plants about 
10 inches high. Pkt. 25 cts., ^oz. $1, oz. $3. 
DWARF VARIETIES Annual 
Nana compacta. Mixed. These grow 
about 8 inches high and quite bushy, making 
fine borders and ribbon beds. Mixed colors, 
pkt. 10 cts., } 4 oz. 60 cts., oz. $2. 
HARDY VARIETIES Perennial 
Finest Mixed. Produces large heads of 
brilliantly colored flowers of many shades. 
Plants grow 2 to 4 feet high. Pkt. 10 cts., 
}4oz. $1.50, oz. $5. 
Poppy • Papaver 
Although the Poppies last for only a short 
time, while they are in bloom no flowers can 
rival them in brilliant colors. The seed is 
fine and should be scattered thinly in the 
place where the plants are wanted to bloom, 
as they do not transplant well. Height, 2 feet. 
Sow the annual sorts in April and the per¬ 
ennial kinds June to September. 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Double Shirley, Dazzler. Double flow¬ 
ers of vivid orange-scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts., 
}4oz. 25 cts. 
Double Shirley, Sweet Briar. Double 
flowers of the same color as the Single Wild- 
Rose-Pink. Pkt. 10 cts., }ioz. 25 cts. 
Shirley, American Legion. Brilliant 
scarlet, single blooms. An improved Flanders 
Poppy. Pkt. 10 cts., yioz. 25 cts. 
Shirley, Wild-Rose-Pink. Single flowers 
of soft wild-rose-pink. A beautiful flower. 
Pkt. 10 cts., }4oz. 25 cts. 
Papaver nudicaule 
Scabiosa, Peach Blossom 
Rhodanthe 
Swan River Everlasting 
Annual 
Mixed Colors. Can be dried in its natural 
colors for winter bouquets. It is an easily 
grown annual, about 1 fi feet tall, with silvery 
gray leaves and very pretty, little, double 
flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
POPPIES, continued 
Shirley, Mixed Colors. Probably 
the finest strain of annual, single- 
flowered Poppies. White and pale pink 
to bright scarlet and deep crimson, 
including rose with white edge, red 
with white edge, etc. Very showy. Pkt. 
10 cts., ) 4 oz. 20 cts. 
Tall Peony-flowered, Mixed. Large, J 
double flowers with plain edges in a' 
wide range of colors. Pkt. 10 cts., Xoz. 
20 cts. 
Tulip Poppy (P. glaucum). Daz¬ 
zling scarlet with a black maltese cross 
at center. Pkt. 10 cts., }4oz. 25 cts. 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Nudicaule, El Monte. Large flowers 
of deep tangerine-orange. Pkt. 25 cts., 
yioz. 75 cts. 
Nudicaule, Sunbeam Hybrids, 
Mixed. A fine strain of Iceland Poppies in 
shades of yellow and orange. Pkt. 10 cts., 
%oz. 50 cts. 
Orientale, Scarlet. The big, bright scar¬ 
let Decoration Day Poppy. A hardy peren¬ 
nial form bearing immense single flowers. 
Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 50 cts. 
Orientale, Mixed. A fine mixture of the 
various Oriental Poppy colors. Pkt. 10 cts., 
yioz. 50 cts. 
Phlox Drummondi, Art Shades 
Salvia • Sage 
Start the seed indoors or in hotbeds very 
early, during January or February if possible. 
When 2 to 3 inches high transplant into small 
pots or space to 6 Inches apart. Transplant 
to the garden in late May, in a sunny loca¬ 
tion and rich, deeply dug soil, setting the 
plants at least 1 yi feet apart. 
America. Annual. Grows about 1K feet 
tall. Plants a mass of light blazing scarlet. Pro¬ 
fuse bloomer. Pkt. 10 cts., K^oz. $1.50, oz. $5. 
Bonfire. Annual. A select strain, fine for 
mass planting, as it is very compact in 
growth and has exceedingly brilliant scarlet 
flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., yioz. $1.25, oz. $3.50. 
Farinacea, Blue Bedder. A fine peren¬ 
nial with light blue flowers on spikes about 
2 feet long. Seed sown in early May should 
give plants that bloom from July to frost. 
Pkt. 15 cts., >^oz. $1.10, Xoz. $1.75, oz. $6. 
Splendens. Annual. The original Scarlet 
Sage. It grows about 2 feet tall and is covered 
with large, bright red blossoms all summer 
long. Pkt. 10 cts., yioz. 75 cts., oz. $2.25. 
Zurich. Annual. An early variety only 
1 foot high. Pkt. 10 cts., yioz. $1.50, oz. $5. 
Scabiosa • TAourning Bride 
Annual 
One of the finest annuals for cutting. 
Grows in almost any situation; 2 M to 3 feet 
high; blooms for a long season. 
Azure Fairy. Azure-blue. 
Black Prince. A very dark purple. 
Cherry-Red. A nice shade of red. 
Loveliness. Soft salmon-rose. 
Peach Blossom. Peach-blossom-pink. 
Shasta. Pure white. 
Above Scabiosa, pkt. 15 cts., V 4 OZ. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Blue Moon. Honorable Mention, 
1939 All-America Selections. Erect, 
free-blooming plants with thick heads of 
deep lavender-blue. Pkt. 25 cts., yioz. 75 cts., 
yioz. $1.25, J4oz. $2. 
Giant-flowered, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts., 
yioz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Schizanthus • Butterfly'Flower 
Salpiglossis • Painted Tongue 
Annual 
A popular, easily grown garden annual, 
richly colored and fine for cutting. The 
flowers are borne in clusters at the top of 
long stems and are produced very freely from 
midsummer to fall. Sow the seed in late 
April or May and thin the plants to stand 
about 10 inches apart. 
Brown and Gold Scarlet and Gold 
Golden Yellow Velvety Red 
Light Blue and Gold Finest Mixed 
All Salpiglossis, pkt. 15 cts., >Aoz. 35 cts., oz. $1 
Annual 
Wisetonensis Excelsior compactus. A 
dainty little plant 6 inches high, adapted to 
bedding and borders. Blooms freely during 
the entire summer. An excellent pot-plant. 
Finest mixed, pkt. 15 cts., yioz. $1.25. 
Stock • Gilliflower Annual 
Large-flowering, Mixed. The old-fash¬ 
ioned Ten-Weeks Stocks are beautiful, free- 
flowering, sweet-scented annuals, requiring 
a mellow soil. Sow the seed in April or May 
and give the plants 12 to 15 inches of space. 
Pkt. 10 cts., Xoz. $1.25, oz. $2.50. 
