NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
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AQUILEGIA GLANDULOSA VERA 
Exquisitely beautiful. Produces a wealth of large per¬ 
fectly formed clear blue flowers with snow-white corollas In 
May and June. Height 20 in. T. pkt. 50c. 
CAMPANULA COLUNA 
Hardy perennial of neat compact growth, blooming in May 
and June. Flowers intense blue. Placed potted in full bloom 
on the market will certainly sell. Height 8 inches. T. pkt. 60c. 
ERYNGIUM BOURGATII 
Hardy perennial. Flowers steel blue, first rate for cut¬ 
ting and for dry boquets from June to August. Foliage green, 
deeply cut, with whitish veins, very ornamental. Height 2 
ft. T. pkt. 40c. 
PENTSTEMON GRANDIFLORUS MIXED 
THERMOPSIS LANCEOLATA 
New. Robust growing hardy perennial treated as an 
annual producing in April and May an abundance of highly 
attractive lupin-like flowers in long spikes fine for cutting. 
Easily raised from seed doing well in any kind of soil if 
well drained. Heat and drought resistant. The best time to 
sow is from April to July. The seed germinates 4-6 weeks 
after sowing. Height 2 ft. T. pkt. 15c; oz. $1.00. 
SCABIOSA BLUE MOON 
An entirely new type. Flowers extremely large and 
double, three inches across and three deep about the shape 
of an old-fashioned beehive. Of unimagined beauty. Color 
a luscious shade of deep lavender blue. An ideal cutting 
type, stems over 2 feet long, T. pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c: oz. $2.00. 
SCABIOSA ROSETTE 
Besides the original blue flowered Pentstemon Grfl., we 
now have this beautiful Pentstemon in light and dark lav¬ 
ender, light wine-red and pure pink. If you will plant P. 
Grfl. in rich, well drained soil you will get spikes of ex¬ 
quisite beauty 4 to 5 feet tall, fully as valuable for cutting 
as gladiolus. T. pkt. 15c; A oz. 25c. 
RUDBECKIA HIRTA HYBRIDA 
Long lasting highly attractive cut-flower. Flowers large, 
! single, all of solid color without a center zone in shades of 
mahogany, bronze, orange and gold. In bloom all summer. 
To form an idea of the beauty, this Rudbeckia must be seen 
when in hloom. Height 20 inches. Hardy annuall T. pkt, 
15c; ^ oz. 25c. 
Very outstanding on account of its color which is a blend 
of pink, crimson and scarlet, very appealing. The flowers 
are perfectly double, large, borne on long stiff stems. The 
florist will find this new Scabiosa of high value as a cut 
flower. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
SCHIZANTHUS HYBRIDUS 
DB. BADCEK'S IJIl'ItOVED GIANT FI.OHEUED HYBRIDS. 
Large flowers, brilliant range of colors, from light pink 
through rose to deep purple, each flower with a large golden 
blotch. Contains no while flowers. Plants compact 12 to 
14 in. tall. Very outstanding strain for the Florist. T. pkt. 
16c; A oz. 30c; % oz. 65c; oz. $4.00. 
SWEET WIVELSHELD DOUBLE 
GIANT VERBENA ROSIE 
Flowers fully double in shades of crimson, scarlet and 
^ pink. Of high value for pots, beds, etc., and will prove hlgh- 
^ ly paying to those that will place the young plants on the 
S'!: market in full bloom, either potted or in flats. T. pkt. 15c. 
^ THAUCRUM DELAW A YI 
1 An extra choice hardy perennial. Foliage fern-like of 
( value as "greens” in flower arrangements, flowers pendulous 
bright purple, fine for cutting. In bloom during June and 
July. A really beautiful perennial, greatly admired. Height 
1 ft. T. pkt. 40c. 
ii TITHONIA EARLY AVALON 
^ Begins to bloom in mid-July from seed sown in the spring 
as soon as the weather is fairly settled, directly where the 
I plants are to stand. Blooms till frost and produces high class 
!j material for cutting, in many colors such as fiery scarlet, 
iri orange, pink, etc. Annual. Height 6 ft. T. pkt. 20c. 
A giant hybrid. Both florets as well as the flower heads 
larger than those of Oxford Beauty. Individual florets are 
1% inches across, trusses 6 to 8 inches across. Color varies 
from rose-pink to rose-red. Easily started from seed. T. 
pkt. 20c: oz. 30c; ^ oz. 60c. 
PENTSTEMON MIDDLETON GEM 
Very much out of the ordinary. Flowers 2V^ Inches 
across, gloxinia-like of rich rosy pink with pure white throat. 
Sown In February and planted out when danger of frost is 
past, will produce from August until frost, flowers of extra¬ 
ordinary beauty sure to create sensation in the flower market. 
Height 3 ft, T, pkt. 25c; sS oz. 35c. 
PLEASE NOTE 
That you may order half and quarter ounces at ounce 
rste. half and quarter pounds at pound rata. 
