EVERLASTINGS OR STRAW FLOWERS 
The so-called Everlasting flowers compose a useful class as the flowers are straw-like, and 
when cut and dried in the shade retain their color and beauty for months. They are desirable for 
room decoration during Winter when fresh flowers are not available. Many of these flowers are 
valuable for showy beds in the garden during Summer; all of them are of easy culture. Every 
gardener should have a big bed of these. 
Everlasting Bouquet 
ACROCLINIUM.Larqe- 
flowered Double 
Hybrids, ha, 18 in. 
Greatly improved 
variety over any 
known. The ex¬ 
tremely large 
double firs upon 
long 14 to 20 in. 
stems come into 
bloom in a few 
weeks from sow¬ 
ing. Color range 
will suit the most 
fastidious. Rich 
shades of salmon, 
apricot, pink, rose, 
cerise with white, 
and creamy tones, 
mixed. 
AMMOBIUM Alatum Grandiflorum, hb, 3 ft. A 
very showy white everlasting of free growth, 
branching plants; firs double; profuse; keeps 
well, cut early. 
CATANANCHE (Cupid's Dart) Bicolor, hp, 18 in. 
Sturdy plants, long stemmed white firs with 
blue eye. 
Coerulea. Bright lavender, dark-eyed. 
CELOSIA Spicata, hha, 2 ft. A pretty garden fir 
and valuable everlasting from tropical Asia; firs 
rosy white in fine spikes. 
ECHINOPS Ritro, hp, 5 ft. Violet-blue firs, ever¬ 
lasting. 
Spherocaphalus, hp, 6 ft. Azure spherical heads. 
Complete Special Mixture above sorts. 
GNAPHALIUM Foetidum, hp, 2 It. Heads numer¬ 
ous, golden yellow; desirable everlasting. 
GOMPKRENA Globosa, hha, 2 ft. Beautiful free 
and continuous-blooming annuals of easy cul¬ 
ture; splendid tor beds and a first-class ever¬ 
lasting, retaining its form and color indefinitely; 
thrives in any soil and will endure drought and 
hot sun. It is a flower that should be generally 
cultivated for its beauty in beds, as well as for 
drying. Colors: White, Flesh, Rose, Violet, Varie¬ 
gated; Mixed. 
Globosa Compacts Rubra, 6 in. Pots or beds. 
Aurea Superba, 1 ft. Long orange heads, showy; 
a beautiful everlasting, should be better known. 
GYPSOPHILA Elegans (Angola' Breath), ha,' 18 in 
Small flowered plants, the firs appearing as a 
light cloud, being held on thread-like stems, 
and are very numerous. Very graceful and al¬ 
most indispensable for bouquets. 
Carmine Glory. 18 in. Elegant plant covered with 
deep ro-'^e firs. 
London Market, 2 ft. Splendid large white firs. 
Make several sowings during the season for 
continuous blooming. 
Rose Cloud, 18 in. Masses of lovely rosy firs. 
Complete Special Mixture. 
Muralis, ha, 6 in. Lovely plants for the rockery 
or edging, rose firs in profusion. 
HELICHRYSUM Angustifolium, hp, 2 ft. Showy 
v/hile foliage and handsome yellow firs; firie. 
Monstrosum fl. pL, ha, 30 in. Very beautiful large 
double firs, start readily from seeds and are of 
Statice. Caspia 
the easiest culture; 
showy in beds and 
one of the best for 
drying. Will grow 
in any good garden 
soil, free and con 
tinuous blooming 
Colors: Pure White 
Fiery Red, Bronze 
Golden Yellow 
Rose, Crimson, Sal 
mon-Rose, Sulphur 
Separate or mixed 
HELIPTERUM Corym- 
billonim, ha, 1 ft. A 
handsome white- 
flowered everlast¬ 
ing, the plant 
branching and 
blooming freely; flowers in corymbs. 
Sanfordii, ha, 1 ft. Big corymbs of showy yellow 
firs; very attractive and desirable. 
PHYSALIS Franchetti, Chinese Lantern, hp, 30 in. 
Large orange-scarlet balloon-like fruits in long 
racemes; dry and use for Winter decorations; 
edible when fresh; beautiful. 
RHODANTHE, hha, I ft. Excellent for pot and mar¬ 
ket plants, as well as fine for beds and drying; 
free and long-blooming; always admired. 
Maculata. Rose, also White; separate or mixed. 
Manglesii. Flowers rose and yellow; an elegant 
Australian everlasting. 
Complete Special Mixture of Rhodanthe. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender). These are of many kinds. 
All are showy in the garden and excellent for 
bouquets, either green or dry. 
Bonduellii, hha, 3 ft. Yellow, a good border spe¬ 
cies and a fine everlasting. 
Caepia, hp, 2 ft. The most beautiful of all peren¬ 
nial Sea Lavenders; big sprays of lavender firs. 
Dumosa, hp, 2 ft. New, pure silvery gray; fine. 
Fr. Kampl, hp, 3 ft. Intense indelible blue ever¬ 
lasting; full, strong, perfect spikes; earliest and 
finest of the Sinuata hybrids. 
Incana Nana Hybrida, hp, I ft. Plants branching; 
firs fragrant; many colors in masses. 
Latifolia, hp, 2 ft. A valuable garden fir retain¬ 
ing its place for years in rich soil and a sunny 
bed. Firs very numerous, produced in branch¬ 
ing panicles; blooms from June to August. A 
very useful showy perennial. 
Macrophylla, hha, 2 ft. Large-leaved, azure firs. 
Sinensis, ha, 18 in. White and yellow; fine, 
Sinuata Pastel Shades, 21/2 ft. Lovely delicate 
shades which do not fade. New and fine. 
Spicata, ha, 6 in. Pink firs in dense terminal 
spikes during Summer; pretty, showy. 
Suworowii, hha, 18 in. Long branched spikes of 
bright rose firs; strikingly beautiful. 
Complete Special Mixture of Statice. 
XERANTHEMUM, ha, 2 ft. Very beautiful ever¬ 
lasting, firs large, double, long-stemmed. 
Imperial. Double, large-flowered, dark red. 
Superbissima. Globular firs of great beauty, 
mixed colors. 
COMPLETE SPECIAL MIXTURE OF EVERLASTINGS 
NOTE: For curing Everlasting Flowers, cut Composite varieties just as their buds begin to open, 
Gypsophilas and Statice when flowers are well-formed, and Gomphrena only when matured. Other 
varieties may be dried by hanging in small bunches, heads down, tied loosely with rubber bands. 
Keep in a dry place out of direct sunlight. Curved stems may be prepared by bending green branches 
over rounded surfaces while fresh and supple. After thorough drying, Strawflowers may be dipped in 
colored dyes of desired attractive shades. There are no flower.s more highly prized for lasting and 
unusual dacoralions. 
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