Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
Per Pkt. 
Per Pkt. 
POPPY 
The seed should be sown as early in 
the spring as possible where plants are 
to remain. They do not stand trans¬ 
planting. Thin 6 to 10 inches apart. 
If left thick the plant will be weak and 
the blossoms inferior. 
Shirley Varieties 
The most beautiful type of poppies, 
having soft foliage and an immense va¬ 
riety of blossoms in white, pink, laven¬ 
der, purple, shades of red and scarlet; 
the best and most showy of all single 
poppies. 
“A. S & I...” Single Mixed. 10c 
“A. S. & L.” Double Mixed. 10c 
American Legion. Orange Scarlet. 10c 
Double Carnation Flowered 
Large carnation-like double flowers, 
in a wide range of 
colors. 3 feet tall. 
Mixed. 10c 
Snowdrop. A superb 
pure white, 
fully double, 
vigorous, pro¬ 
lific variety. 3 
feet tall. 10c 
FORTULACA. 
Flowers of 
double variety like 
small roses. Sow 
seed in open ground 
as soon as the 
weather is warm, or 
in a hotbed earlier. 
The plants can be 
transplated when in 
full flower. Six 
inches hieh. 
Double Mixed Col¬ 
ors. . 10c 
Single Mixed Col¬ 
ors. 10c 
RHODANTHE 
(Swan River Everlast¬ 
ing). Hardy annual, 12 
in. high, having graceful, slender 
stems with silky, straw-like flowers, 
white, pink and red. One of the best 
everlastings for winter bouquets. 
Fine Single Mixed. . 
RICINUS (Caster Oil Bean). Half- 
hardy annual, growing from 6 to 15 feet 
high. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. Very showy half- 
hardy annual, with large veined funnel 
shaped flowers; much prized for cut¬ 
ting. This is an indispensable annual to> 
give color to the garden or border. 
Mixed. .. 
SCABIOSA 
Blue Cockade. Pure deep Azure-Blue 
flowers. 
Heavenly Blue. (New All America 
1939). Azure-Blue. Very early double. 
Dwarf, 18 inches. 
Loveliness. Soft Salmon Rose. 
Rosette. Glor¬ 
ious new col¬ 
or. A beautiful 
shade of Deep 
Rose, suffused 
with Salmon. 
Mixed colors. 
SALVIA 
Fari nacea. 
Blue bedder. 
Half- hardy 
perennial. Tall 
spikes of love¬ 
ly Pale Blue 
flowers. 
America. 
Dwarf, com¬ 
pact growth, 
brilliant scar¬ 
let flowers. 
Bonfire. Very 
compact, with 
long, erect 
spikes of bril- 
1 i a n t scarlet 
flowers. 1 8 
inches high. .... 
Salpiglossis 
SAN\ ITALIA (Trailing Zinnia). 
Flowers are deep golden yellow, like 
miniature zinnias. . 
SAPONARIA VACCARIA (Soap- 
10c wort). A hardy annual, growing 2 to 3 
feet tall, producing large gypsophila- 
like blooms. Excellent for bedding and 
cutting. 
Rose, White. 
Zanzibariensis Mixed. A very large- 
leaved variety, light and dark green and 
bronze foliage; 10 to 12 feet. 
POCK GARDEN ANNUALS. A splen¬ 
did mixture of hardy annuals adapted 
for garden plantings. 
SCHIZANTHUS. Hardy annuals, 
growing 1 V 2 to 2 feet high, and covered 
with bright, showy, butterfly-like blos- 
10c soms. 
Choice Mixed, Large Flowering. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender). Suworowi. 
Popular for house decoration. Flowers 
15° bright rose color. Height 18 inches. 
10c 
15c 
25c 
10c 
20c 
10c 
15c 
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10c 
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