TEMPTING NOVELTIES 
Annual Rudbeckia 
INDIAN MAID. 4 in. flowers, pronounced crown, rich brown center and golden Ups. 
double or double rows of petals. Sown March 1. bloomed in 3y 2 months. Wke spaces « . f 
rim. Tlie brown in petals is a little over half way out on petals. Vigorous habit. Excellent to 
cutting. 30 in. Pkt., 25c; 3 for 60c, postpaid. 
Wine-Red African Daisy 
DIMORPHOTHECA SPECTABILIS has a single daisy-like bloom about two inches in diameter of 
wine red with a shining black center. Taller than other varieties of » in 'orphotlie<a, st ems twelve to 
fourteen inches long are produced in abundance. A half hardy perennial that should, be treated as an 
annual. 12 to 14 in. Pkt., 25c, postpaid. 
STOCKS 
Known by some as 
perfume plant. A 
few plants growing 
well emit a delicious 
perfume which may 
be detected a half 
block or more away. 
GIANT PERFEC¬ 
TION (“Cut and 
Come Again”) — 
Height 1 Ya feet. 
Colors, white, yel¬ 
low, pink, scarlet, 
light blue, dark blue, 
old rose, mixed. Pkt. 
9c each. Vs oz. 38c, 
V 2 oz. $1.24, 1 oz. 
$2.39, postpaid. 
BISMARCK (Early 
Giant Imperial) — 
This variety grows 
to enormous dimen¬ 
sions. Height 2Yz 
feet. Excellent for 
pot plant and winter 
blooming. Colors, 
white, old rose, gold, 
flesh pink, golden 
rose, blood red, lilac, 
lavender, dark blue, 
and mixed. Pkts. 
10c each. Vs oz. 48c, 
Vt oz. $1.79, 1 oz. 
$3.48, postpaid. 
BEAUTY OF NICE 
—This variety does 
not flower as quick¬ 
ly from seed as the 
Old 11 e n Weeks 
Stock Dut requires 
from 12 to 15 weeks. 
Excellent for bed¬ 
ding plants. Height 
two feet. Colors, 
white, yellow, flesh, 
rose pink, crimson, 
light blue and mixed. 
Pkt. 7c each. Vs oz. 
38c, V 2 oz. $1.24, 
1 oz. $2.39, postpaid. 
(Perfume Plant) 
Beauty of Nice 
FINEST MIXED 
Pike’s Best Mixed—Our finest selection of mixed kinds. Pkt. 
10c; 3 for 27c. Postpaid. 
NEW STOCK 
Super Giant Imperial Dark Blue 
This new creation resembles the Delphinium growing three feet high and 
each plant producing from 12 to 15 huge flower spikes. *The flowers or 
florets are very double measuring 1V4 to 2 inches across with 40 to 50 
florets bloom ing at one time on a branch. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 25e. Postpaid. 
NEW STOCK 
Double Giant Excelsior Rose Pink 
Probably the most magnificent Stock ever produced. Florets are huge, 
measuring 2% inches across. A truly remarkable plant. Pkt. 35c; 3 for 
98c. Postpaid. 
Excelsior Giant Stocks 
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This new non-lateral Stock grows to a height of 3 to 4 feet. Each 
plant produces one large flowering spike. The individual florets measure 
2 to 2% inches in diameter, and are very double. This is the latest im¬ 
proved strain of Stocks, and our fine mixture of seed contains all the 
light and dark shades and colors. Pkt. (8c; 3 for 44c. Postpaid. 
Butterfly Flower 
SCHIZANTHUS (Grandiflora Hybrids)—Beautiful rose and amber shades. 
A fine strain of pink and rose tints, heavily blotched gold and bronze. A 
grand combination of rare colors. Pkt. 9c, 3 for 24c. Postpaid. 
SCHIZANTHUS (Butterfly Flower)—A dainty little flowering plant 
whose flowers are very attractive. The flowers completely obscure the 
foliage. One of the finest pot plants for the house in late winter or early 
spring. Sow seed in fall for winter blooming. Mixed. Pkt. 8c; 3 for 21c. 
Postpaid. 
Annual Flower Seed 
This is a beautiful mixture of the finest annuals which will be 
found desirable for planting in '‘fill in spots" and other places where 
it would be too costly to use named varieties. We offer tills as rea¬ 
sonably as we possibly can for the benefit of our many friends and 
customers. Large pkt. 4c; 3 for lie; I oz. 20c; 'A lb. 49c; '/% lb. 74c; 
I lb. 99c. Postpaid. 
ORDER YOUR “DEALS” BY NUMBERS 
Coupons cannot be used on “Deals” 
Verbenas 
VERBENAS—Hardy annual. Has a 
profuse variety of flowers in many 
shades. Grows quite low and fine for 
a blanket flower bed, the plants grow 
close together. Mixed. Pkt. 5c; 3 for 
12c. Separate colors, red, white, blue, 
pink. Pkt. 6c; 3 for 15c. Postpaid. 
SPECIAL MIXTURES. 
S-18 
Dwarf Mixture 
VERBENA HYBRIDA—All col¬ 
ors: Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. Post- 
paid. __ 
MOLTEN FIRE 
The Bright Colored 
Foliage Plant 
This is a most magnificent foliage 
plant and is attracting a great deal of 
attention wherever grown. It belongs to 
the Amaranthus family, and grows rapid¬ 
ly, attaining a height of 3 feet. It has 
handsome bronze foliage until it reaches 
a height of about 2 feet, when the leaves 
change to clear, glistening, fiery rose- 
crimson, increasing in size and brilliancy 
until the whole plant is illuminated with 
huge tufts of flaming fire which can be 
seen for half a mile. Retain their bril¬ 
liancy for 3 months or more. Very easily 
grown. Pkt. 10c, 3 for-27c. Postpaid. 
Spider Plant 
SALVIA 
SALVIA (Scarlet 
Sage)—Half hardy 
annual. One of the 
most showy of the 
fall flowering an¬ 
nuals. Bright scar¬ 
let. Grows from 2 
to 3 feet high. Pkt. 
8c, 3 for 21c. Post¬ 
paid. 
SATIN ROSE—See 
Godetia, page 10. 
NEW SALVIA— 
Blue Bedder—A 
perennial variety 
but best treated as 
an annual as seed 
sown in open ground 
in May will bloom 
from late July until 
frost. Plants are 
2% to 3 feet high 
producing long 
spikes well above 
the foliage set with 
very attractive light 
blue flowers, excellent for the bed or border. With 
slight winter protection the plants will last for years. 
Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 21c; Vo oz. 42c. Postpaid. 
New Blue Salvia 
Salpiglossis 
SPIDER PLANT (Cleome)—This large growing plant 
which attains a height of 4 to 5 feet is covered with 
panicles of flowers as large as hydrangeas, and seemingly 
unaffected by wind or weather. The flowers are deep pur¬ 
plish pink when they first open but turn to light pink so 
that the lower of the panicle is a different color from the 
upper. The stamens are several inches long, from which it 
derives the name—Spider Plant. Once the plant starts to 
blossom in July, it will continue until frost. Pkt. 8c 
each: 3 for 20c. Postpaid. 
SUNFLOWER 
Sunflower Double Yellow 
and Mixed, 
Pkt. 8c; 3 for 
20c. Postpaid. 
SUMMER 
CYPRESS 
(See Kochia) 
See Pagre 11. 
SHAMROCK: 
The Emerald 
Isle gift to 
the world. 
This beauti¬ 
ful evergreen 
plant is eas¬ 
ily grown 
from seed 
for house or 
? arden cul- 
u r e. Pkt. 
6c; 3 for 
15c, postpaid 
Sunlight Hunnemannia 
(Mexican Tulip Poppy) 
This plant has a clear canary yellow flower, is profuse, 
long blooming and has long stems for cutting. Awarded 
merit In All American Selections 1934. Pkt. 8c, 3 for 
21c; Vb oz. 24c. Postpaid. 
Salpiglossis 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue, also 
known as Velvet Flower)—Hardy annual. 
Grows’ from 2 to 3 feet high. Funnel 
shaped flowers of yellow veined with 
shades of red, purple, etc. Very odd -and 
exceptionally beautiful. Pkt. 6c, 3 for 
15c. Postpaid. 
SCARLET FLAX—See Linum. Page 12. 
SENSITIVE PLANT—See Mimosa. Page 
13. 
SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN— See Eu¬ 
phorbia. Page 8. 
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