Flower Seeds for the Greenhouse 
Exacum 
Affine atrocaeruleum. Masses of 
deep lavender flowers on plants 8 in. 
high. Blooms in 4 months. 53-58 
degrees. Pkt. 50c. 
Fuchsia 
Dwarf Double Early Flowering. 
Blooming in five months from seed. 
53-58 degrees. Pkt. $1.00. 
Gerber a - Hybrids 
Use a sandy soil with bottom heat. 
The fuzzy end of seed should be just 
above the soil surface. Plants may be 
carried outside over Summer. Crowns 
should be split at least every third year. 
55-60 degrees. 
Coral Shades Red Shades 
Rose Shades Yellow Shades 
Mixed Colors 
Pkt. 50c. each 
Gloriosa 
Superba rothschildiana. See page 54 
for description and culture. 
Gloxinia 
Gigantea. Large, trumpet-shaped 
flowers in rich colors. Fall blooming, 
the seed should be sown about Feb¬ 
ruary in a warm greenhouse. Pkt. 
50c. 
Grevillea - Silk-oak 
Robusta. A lovely foliage plant resem¬ 
bling a midget tree with decorative, 
fernlike leaves. 53-55 degrees. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Hunnemannia 
Sunlite. Bright yellow, Poppylike 
flowers with double row of petals. 
Bloom in 10 to 12 weeks in a cool 
house. Grow in pots or in the bench. 
Temperature 50 to 55 degrees. 
Larkspur 
An easily grown annual, invaluable 
for cutting. Blooms in 8 to 10 weeks. 
Bench plants 1 ft. apart. Temp. 50 to 
55 degrees. Sow in late January for 
Easter crop. 
Blue Spire. Violet blue. 
Lilac Spire. Lilac blue. 
White Spire. Pure white. 
Exquisite Pink. Soft salmon. 
Exquisite Rose. Rose pink. 
Formula Mixture. 
Pkt. 25c. 
We can supply rooted cuttings and 
Leptosyne 
Stillmani. Golden yellow. Coreopsis¬ 
like flowers on 15-in. stems. Seed 
sown in January will bloom in early 
April. Good for pot or cutting. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Lupin (Annual) 
Very easy to grow and fine for pot 
plants and cutting. For pots, sow five 
to six seed in each pot and thin to three 
plants, or bench 1 foot apart. Blooms 
in about three months. Temperature 
48 to 55 degrees. 
King Blue King White 
King Sky Blue King Mixture 
Pkt. 25c. 
Mignonette 
Ball’s Forcing. Blooms in 4 months at 
48 to 50 degrees in a soil with good 
drainage. Use great care if they are 
to be transplanted, as the roots will 
not stand being disturbed. Sweet- 
scented. Pkt. 50c. 
Mimosa 
Pudica (Sensitive Plant). Small plants 
in two months from seed. 48-58 de¬ 
grees. Pkt. 25c. 
Nasturtium 
Golden Globe. Makes a lovely pot 
plant with double, sweet-scented 
flowers on compact, globe-shaped 
plants. Use a poor soil and plants 
will bloom in six to eight weeks in a 
warm temperature. Pkt. 15c. 
Gem Varieties. Perfect ball-shaped 
plants with double sweet-scented 
blooms. 
Orange Gem Mahogany Gem 
Scarlet Gem Salmon Gem 
Pkt. 25c. 
Primula - Primrose 
Primula plants require a moist at¬ 
mosphere and will thrive in almost any 
good garden soil with plenty of drain¬ 
age in each pot. Plants bloom in 6 to 10 
months from seed. Shade during Sum¬ 
mer months. Keep plants well spaced 
at all times. 50-55 degrees. 
Obconica gigantea. Large flowers. 
Atrosanguinea. Deep crimson. 
Caerulea. Heavenly blue. 
Lilacina. Deep lilac. 
Rosea. Rose pink. 
Mixed. 
Pkt. 50c. each 
Malacoides (Baby Primrose). 
Lilac Alba True Rose 
Pkt. 30c. each 
Sinensis gigantea. Large fringed 
flowers. Pkt. 50c. 
small pot plants for growing on in i 
Schizanthus 
Poor Man's Orchid 
Wisetonensis. Masses of large, Or¬ 
chidlike flowers over finely cut, feath¬ 
ery foliage. Blooms in about four 
months from seed at 50 degrees to 
55 degrees. Pkt. 50c. 
Stevia 
Serrata. Graceful sprays of small, 
white-clustered flowers. For cutting 
only. 50-60 degrees. Pkt. 15c. 
Stocks 
MAMMOTH COLUMN FORCING 
While any variety of stocks maybe 
forced under glass, we particularly rec¬ 
ommend this strain for long stems and 
large spikes of flowers. When trans¬ 
planting, do not discard the weaker 
plants as they produce the double flow¬ 
ers. Blooms in 12 weeks from seeding 
time. 53-58 degrees. 
Pure White Blood Red 
Chamois Rose Moonlight 
Silvery Lilac Purple 
Choicest Mixed 
Collection: 
One pkt. each above six colors, $2.50 
Separately, pkt. 50c. 
For Other Types —see page 18. 
Streptocarpus 
Monarch Strain. Greenhouse peren¬ 
nial blooming in five to six months. 
Flowers are borne in sprays on stems 
12 in. long, resembling wide open, 
Gloxinialike blooms with Orchidlike 
lips. Needs a good compost soil with 
some rotted manure and sand added. 
An excellent pot plant. Temperature 
53 to 58 degrees. Pkt. $1.50. 
Sweet Peas 
Early-flowering Spencer Varieties 
are the best for forcing. Grow in a 
cool house at 48-53 degrees. Seed 
sown in early August will bloom from 
December through the Winter. See 
page 19 for listing of varieties. 
Venidium 
Fastuosum Hybrids. This is a 
startling pot plant subject as well as 
a valuable cut flower. As many as 
15 blooms grow on a plant at one 
time. Pkt. 50c. 
Wallflower 
Early Wonder. Seed should be started 
in May or June, grown outdoors, 
lifted just before frost and planted in 
the bench or in pots. Temperature 
45-53 degrees. Pkt. 50c. 
greenhouse. Let us quote prices. 
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