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TRY ISAAC HOUSE’S SCABIOSA CAUCASICA 
STATICE (Everlasting) □ 
Culture 4 or 5. Germination, 10-15 days 
Tom Thumb Hybrids Mixed —Statice is not only an attrac¬ 
tive border subject, but after cutting and drying will last in¬ 
definitely for winter decoration. Flowers are pink, white, 
lavender and yellow. Plants prefer sunny situation in rather 
poor soil.—packet 10c 
Schizanthus—Badger Strain 
SCHIZANTHUS (Poor Man’s Orchid) □ 
Culture 1 or 4. Normal germination, 5-10 days 
Dr. Badger’s Improved Giant Flowered Hybrids Mixed— 
Mainly pastel shades in this mixture. Seed germinates readily 
and in a few weeks plants are a mass of bloom. The finely 
cut foliage adds greatly to the attractiveness of the plant. 
18 inches.—packet 15c 
Speedwell —See Veronica! 
Snapdragon—Tall Maximum Rustproof 
SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride) □ 
Culture 1 or 4. Normal germination, 10-15 days 
Pincushion Flower, known the world over as Mourning 
Bride. Easy culture; blooms all the season. Fine foT cutting. 
2 to 3 feet high. Long straight stems. Sow early to secure 
best results. Thrives in any good soil with sunny exposure. 
May be started either indoors or outdoors, but inside starting 
gives earliest and best blooms. Native of Europe. 
Imperial Giant Blue Moon —This first of a new race received 
Honorable Mention from All-America Selections Council in 
1939. Resembling an old-fashioned beehive in shape, the 
flowers are deep lavender-blue in color. Plant nearly 4 feet 
tall.—packet 15c 
(New) Rosette —Deep-rose suffused salmon. 
Blue Cockade —-Deep Blue Fire King Scarlet 
Peach Blossom Pink Loveliness —Salmon-rose shades 
Shasta White Black Prince —Black purple 
Any of tne above packets 10c 
Bloomsdale Mixed —packet 5c 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA 
Culture 3. Set out Sept. Normal germination, 10-25 days 
Perennial Scabiosa is a most delightful novelty. Originally 
a native of Siberia, it has made a place for itself in the 
modern garden. With fine long stems, it keeps a long time 
in water. Flowers more than 3 inches across, which are 
produced all Summer on 3 foot stems. 
Isaac House Strain Giant Hybrids —Blooms June to 
October, in various shades of blue and lavender, very large 
and fringed and ruffled. This British strain is without 
doubt the finest offered today.—packet 15c 
SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum) □ 
Culture 4 or 5. Normal germination, 8-12 days 
An exquisite tender perennial, living for a second and third 
year, but best treated as an annual, blooming in July if sown 
early and then on until tilled by frost. By cutting off most of 
the flowering stems and giving a slight protection over winter, 
plants will bloom second summer for four months. As a cut 
flower, Snapdragon retains its fresh appearance for 4 or 5 days, 
and in this particular is very valuable for table decoration. A 
development of a genus known as Scrophularia, which is native 
in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres. 
Rust Resistant Strains Only 
Majus Yellow Jacket— 2 ft.— packet 10c 
Majus Scarlet Defiance— 2 ft.— packet 10c 
Majus Shasta Pure White— 2 ft.— packet 10c 
Majus Harmony —-Terra Cotta Orange, 2 ft.— packet 10c 
Majus Daintiness —Rose-pink, white tube, 2 ft.— packet 10c 
Univ. of California Strain Majus Mixed —2 ft. Awarded 
Certificate of Honor of ‘‘All-America Selections Council for 
1935.” The plants are 90 percent rustproof, and the strain is 
invaluable where conditions of rust prevail.— packet 10c 
(For Forcing or Outdoor Use—3 feet) 
•Tall Maximum Copper King —packet 15c 
•Tall Maximum Paradise Rose —packet 15c 
•Tall Maximum Canary Bird —packet 15c 
•Tall Maximum Alaska Snowflake —packet 15c 
•Tall Maximum Mixed —packet 10c 
Semi-Dwarf Mixed —Rose, yellow, white, etc. 18 in.—pkt. 10c 
