ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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Everlasting Flowers 
Feverfew, Improved Double White 
Feverfew (Matricaria) 
Grasses, Ornamental, Annual Va¬ 
rieties, Mixed Very decorative in the 
’ _ garden, useful for mixing 
with flowers and indispensable when dried for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 8 c; Vi oz. 25c. 
Honesty—Lunaria Biennis 
(Everlasting-Biennial) Grown extensively for 
the large, silvery white partitions of the round, 
flat seed pods, which make attractive winter 
decorations. The seed pods follow the purple, 
sweet-scented, Stock-like flowers. If started 
early, the pods may mature the first year. 
4 ft. tall. Pkt. 10 c; Vi oz. 30c. 
Statice—Sea Lavender, Sinuata 
Clusters of colorful, strawy everlasting flowers 
of great value either in fresh or dried condi¬ 
tion. 2 ft. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 c, Vi oz. 20 c, 
Vi oz. 35c. 
quilled or tubular petals. 
Qaillardia 
Gaillardia—Blanket Flower 
Annual Gaillardias are among the most easily 
grown and free blooming "flowers of the gar¬ 
den : as colorful as the perennial but a trifle 
gray-green foliage: they 
well-drained soil. July to 
Strawflowers, 
Helichrysum 
Beautiful in the gar¬ 
den or when cut, but 
mostly grown to dry 
for winter bouquets. 
If flowers are wanted 
for winter use, cut 
them when partially 
open, remove foliage, 
bunch loosely, and 
hang with the heads 
downward in a cool, 
dry, shady place un¬ 
til dry. Strawflowers 
are the most widely 
used of all Everlast¬ 
ings. Flowers are 
double, 2 in. and 
more across, and are 
freely borne on 
strong, upright 
plants from mid¬ 
summer until fall. 
2 to 21/2 ft. Pkt. 5c, 
Vi oz. 25c. 
Xeranthemum 
A fine and showy 
class of everlast¬ 
ings ; flowers are 
used for winter bou¬ 
quets. Mixed, pkt. 5c. 
smaller. Attractive 
like sunshine and a 
frost. 16 to 18 in. 
Indian Chief Single, showy, metallic- 
red flowers with dark 
brown centers. Pkt. 10 c, Vi oz. 25c. 
Lorenziana, Double Mixed choice 
' mixture 
of yellow, red and white double flowers with 
Pkt. 10 c, Vi oz. 25c. 
godetia 
Godetia 
Handsome and showy annuals, 
bearing freely large flowers 3 to 4 
inches across, of exquisite colors that glisten in 
the sun like satin. Fine mixed, Pkt. 5c. 
SinSfle. Fine Mixed Bright, single, Daisy-like flowers of red and yellow. Pkt. 
^ ’ 5c, 1/4 oz. 20c. 
Perennial Gaillardia Can be depended upon tc bloom all summer and into the 
. fall. Bright and gaily colored, Daisy-like flowers are freely 
borne on long, strong, flexible stems. If seed is sown early, the plants will bloom 
the first year. 2 ft. tall. 
New giant type. Large, dark red 
flowers with bright orange tips. 
Strawflowers 
The Dazzler 
Pkt. 10c, V 4 oz. 50c. 
Portola Hybrids strong, stiff stems with 
^ flowers that are nearly 4 in. 
across. Bronzy scarlet, petals tipped with golden yel¬ 
low. Plants are sturdy. Pkt. 10c, Vi oz. 25c. 
Geum 
(Perennial) Double flowers like little roses on long 
stems from June to September, if not allowed to go to 
seed. Do best in rich, well-drained soil and a warm, 
sheltered location in beds, borders or rock garden. 
Needs winter protection in very cold sections. 1 Vi to 
2 ft. 
Lady Stratheden Rich golden yellow. Pkt. 10c, 
Mrs. Bradshaw Fiery scarlet. Pkt. 10 c. 
Gloxinia ^ bulbous rooted plant, producing in 
great profusion: has large welt shaped 
flowers of richest and most beautiful variety of bril¬ 
liant colors. One foot, Hybrida mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Gloxinia, Choicest Hybrids 
Capensis FI. PI. 
flowers. Compact, 
bushy plant, 1 foot high. Adapted to bedding, 
pot culture and cutting. Perennial but may 
be treated as annual. Pkt. 10c. 
Rail Compact bushes, 8 inches 
vauiuen Ddn covered with lovely, 
button-like, bright yellow blooms of densely 
double formation. Pkt. 10c. 
Chinese Lantern Plant 
Chinese Lantern Plant “p’^fT^n^t 
forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, produc¬ 
ing freely its bright orange-scarlet lantern-like 
fruits, which can be cut and dried for winter 
bouquets; highly interesting. Pkt. 10c, 
Acroclinium P"®. of the ever- 
lasting flowers; culture same 
as for Asters. Half hardy annuals. Pkt- 5c, 
Everlasting Flowers, All Va- 
Included in this mixture 
are the most popular 
types and varieties of Everlastings—Strawflow¬ 
ers, Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Rhodanthe, 
Statice, etc. Pkt. 8c, Vi oz. 25c. 
Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena 
Globosa, Fine Mixed y I,/ * t ® 
' mg) The strawy 
flower heads are Clover-like in appearance, 
about %, in. across, quite attractive in the 
garden, for cutting as fresh flowers, or for dry¬ 
ing for winter bouquets. White, flesh, purple 
and orange in mixture, 1% to 2 ft. Pkt. 8c; 
Vi oz. 25c. 
rieties. Mixed 
GERANIUM 
nAvaniiim These well known favorites are 
'^'^^**’*** *"**** indispensable for outdoor as well 
as indoor decorations. Sow seed in shallow 
boxes in March; when large enough transplant 
to similar boxes or small pots; plant out in 
May. Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
