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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
REALLY HARDY FALL FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Developed in the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry by the Celebrated Plant Breeder—^Mr. F. L. Mulford. 
For Picture See Inside Front Cover. 
We are offering five varieties this year, after having given them a full season’s test of heat and 
cold at our nursery. Varieties are Pocatello (double white), Laramie (double rose colored), Algon¬ 
quin (yellow), Manantico (dark red), Teton (early single white). Price 50c each; postpaid, each 
60c. 
GREAT PLAINS NATIVES 
Prices unless otherwise quoted; each, 18c; doz., $1.70; postpaid, 
AMORPHA, Fruticosa. Finely cut leaves, purple bloom in July. 4 to 6 ft. 
•V.MOKPHA, Canescens. Lead Plant. Gray divided foliag’e. Spikes of purple and gold in 
July. 
ANEIVIONE (Canadensis). Large waxy white flowers in late June. Bright gi'een foliage. 
BL.VZIXG ST.\R (liatris) Short. 12 to 18 in. Spikes of piu’ple buttons in July. Gay 
Heather, Tail. 18 to 24 in. Comes in white or purple. 
COXEFLOWER, Pink (echinacea). 18 to 36 in. July bloomer. Large pink blooms 
with brown cone-like centers. 
CONEFLOWER, Prairie (ratibida). 12 to 18 in. Blooms July and August. Handsome 
combinations of red, brown and yellow. 
FLAX, Native Blue. Graceful masses of heavenly blue flowers, renewed every morning 
for weeks. June to September. 18 in. tall. 
FLOWERING ONION (allium). We have the.sse gi'aceful and pretty little natives, bloom¬ 
ing late June and July in a yellow 12 in. high and a pink 18 in. 
GOLDEN ROD (Solidago). We have a tall July blooming variety 18 to 24 in., and an 
August blooming 12 to 18 in. species, both of the graceful, slender type. 
GUMBO LILY— Cjiwboy Lily (White evening primrose). One of the most beautiful of 
the Bad Lands flowers, 4 to 6 in. high with huge white blooms which turn pink as they 
age. Blooms from May through the season. 
each, 22c; doz., $2.00. 
Gumbo Lily 
Prairie 
Cone- 
flower 
1 Dome. 6 to 12 in. Blooms late July and August. Perfect domes 
01 small closely set bright yellow flowers. 
ERIGERON (flagellaris). A thick green ground cover, set throughout the summer with 
pretty daisy like blooms. Like a carpet. 
BLUE EYED GR.4SS. A dainty grass like plant of the iris family with a blue star on 
each stem. 12 in. Blooms in June. _ 
PENTSTEMCWS. These outstanding lovely western perennials are found at their best on 
the Great Plains and in the mountains. We are offering this year five different kinds, 
all native to our state and all very striking and handsome. 
GRANDIFLORA. 18 to 24 in. tall. Blooms in late June. A tall spike of lavender bells 
an inch across and of tremendous attraction. 
DWARF BLUE (Nitidus). The smallest and deepest blue of the group, 6 to 12 in. tall, 
blooms In May and early June. 
GL^IBER. 1 to 2 ft. tall. Blooms in June and through July. The clearest of blues, 
flowers 1 in. across on long spikes. 
ANGUSTIFOLIA. 12 to 18 in. tall, bright 
blue spikes with flowers crowded on 
them. Blooms in June. 
ALBIDUS. 10 to 15 in. tall. The earliest 
bloomer, coming in early to late May. 
Flowers pure white with mottled throats. 
MEADOW 'RUE (Tbalictrum). Feathery 
clumps with foliage like columbine. 3 
to 5 ft. June bloomer. 
MERTENSIA (lanceolata) — PRAIRIE 
BLUEBELL. 6-10 in. tall. Blooms in 
May and early June with a cluster of 
bright blue, bells. 
RED MALLOW (malvastnim). Known to 
prairie children as “wild geranium.” 4 
to 6 in. tall. Blooms from May to July 
with many scarlet flowers. 
MONARDA (flstulosa). Blooms July and 
August. 12 to 18 in. Called horsemint. 
Large flower heads of lavender pink. 
MONARDA HYBRIDS. Crosses between our 
native and the Cambridge Scarlet. In¬ 
teresting and beautiful. Ht. 18 to 30 in. 
Postpaid, each, 30c; 6, $1.50. 
MINT. Spearmint, the mint of mint juleps. Easily grown in every garden. Postpaid each 10c* Anv on 
PASqUE FLOWER—PRAIRIE CROCUS (Pulsatilla patens). The first prairie flowers of «nrin- ’ ’ ^ ' 
MISSOURI PRIMROSE. 6 to 10 in. Begins to bear in June tremendous bright yellow flowerfl in across 
• 13 1® Midsummer blooms olf puV or Eitber colo: 
PRAIRIE PHLOX. The creeping, hardy ground cover which becomes a mass of fragrant white stars in Mqtt 
‘'' blSms‘’riraoroi‘° hure w^it"e%"o«?stuh briS"yellow centers 
nd j'Sfe^^^’ common “yellow sweet pea” of our western prairies. 6 to 12 in. Blooms in. Mas 
Turyillo'w NmTami"o“re op?n“S^^ I'-’ “« 
YUCCA (Glauca) —SPANISH BAYONET. Hardiest of the sword plan1 
family. Long silvery blades with a tall spike of large greenish white 
with cactus. 
Di^OTA CACTI. Each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 
Opuntia oxy^antha. With the lovely lemon to orange clusters of flowers 
in July. The common prickly pear. 
Opuntia humifnsa. Like the above but with heavier joints and longer, 
white spines. Yellowish green flowers, red frnits. 
Opuntia fragilis. Another type with slender joints and more delicate 
spines. Pale yellow flowers. 
Opontia rutila. Resembles the regular prickly pear but bears lovely 
carmine flowers instead of yellow. • 
Mamillaria viylpora. The pincushion cactus with the rose colored flowers, 
juamiiiarla MIsHourlensis. Pincushion cactus with yellowish white flowers 
with sparkling reddish centers. 
viridiflorus. The only northern representative of the cylin¬ 
drical cactus. 3 to 7 in. tall. Flowers greenish in color. 
Basque Flower 
Grandiflora Penstemon 
Prairie Clover 
Mamillaria Vivipara 
