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BUTZER’S SEED STORE, PORTLAND, OREGON 
GYPSOPHILA 
Graceful plants of light 
fairy-like growth. Much in 
demand for cutting and com¬ 
bining with other flowers 
for bouquets and vases. 
1740—Elegans Grandiflora 
Alba (Angel’s Breath)—This 
is an improved, large-flower¬ 
ing, pure white, of free, easy 
growth. Several sowings 
should be made during the 
season to keep up a supply. 
Pkt. 10c. 
1743—Elegans Crimson — 
Pkt. 10c. 
1746—Elegans Rosea—Soft 
pink. Pkt. 10c. 
1750—^GYPSOPHILA (Perennial) 
Paniculdta (Baby’s Breath)—2-3 in. July-August. 
Small flowers on branched stems, so thick as to give 
the plant a white lace-like effect. Per pkt. 10c 
1754—★Paniculata Flore Pleno (Perennial)-—A great 
improvement on the single-flowered type and more 
lasting, the flowers forming miniature balls of white 
petals. Pkt. 10c. 
1758-*GYPSOPHILA PACIFICA (Perennial) 
The new hardy pink Baby’s Breath. Thrives in any 
soil. The second year the seedlings form dense bushes 
4 feet high, and the thread-like stalks of tiny pink 
blooms in slender, spreading panicles. Pkt. 15c. 
17S6—HELIOTROPE 
A well known and highly prized plant because of 
the delightful fragrance of the flowers. Excellent for 
pots, or for bedding. Height, 18 inches. 
Choice Mixed. Pkt. 10c 
*HELLEBORUS (Christmas Rose) 
1791—Niger—1 ft. White flower appearing very late 
in season. Plant in rich loam and coarse sand with 
top-dressing of rotten manure. When once established 
do not disturb; seeds germinate very slowly. Seeds, 
per pkt. 15c. 
HELICHRY SUM 
(Everlasting Flower) 
A free-flowering hardy annual, growing four to five 
feet high and bearing beautiful straw-like flowers in 
a great variety of shades and colors. The stems are 
long and the blossoms large. It is the best and most 
satisfactory of the everlasting flowers, and makes a 
very handsome dried bouquet. 
1795—Fireball. Pkt. 10c. 
1799—Goldenball. Pkt. 10c. 
1804—Rose Carmine. Pkt. 10c. 
1816—Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
*HEUCHERA (Coralbells) 
Beautiful plants for front row of borders, with slen¬ 
der, fairy-like spikes of richly colored flowers; most 
striking in the garden and light and graceful for 
cutting. 
1821—Sanguinea Hybrida Grandiflora—New large 
flowered hybrids, very fine. Per pkt. 25c. 
^HIBISCUS (Rose Mallow) 
Noble shrub-like plants, with handsome green foliage, 
bearing throughout the summer large bright flowers, 
from 3 to 5 inches in diameter. Very hardy. Suitable 
for garden and indoor use when cut. 
1829—Mixed Mallow Marvels—Grand assortment. 
Pkt. 10 c 
^HOLLYHOCK 
A hardy perennial of upright, stately growth, five to 
eight feet high. The very double varieties are the most 
desirable, but the newer, semi-double, fringed types 
are also very popular. Hollyhocks make a fine row in 
the garden, or a fine background next to a building or 
high wall or fence. 
1848—Scarlet. 1855—Newport Pink. 
1851—Yellow. 1859—Double Mixed. 
All of above, pkt. 10 c 
1863—Double Imperator Improved—An entirely new 
formation. The blooms are composed of a very broad 
collar of frilled and fringed petals. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 15c 
1865—Indian Spring—Sow seed in cold frame and 
set out in 6 weeks. They will bloom in 10 weeks, large 
individual flowers from pink to deep rose. Pkt. 15c. 
Those Marked * are Perennials 
1873—HUNNEMANNIA 
Fumariaefolia—Double (Bush Escholtzia, or Santa 
Barbara Poppy)—Double. iy 2 ft. Another golden yel¬ 
low poppy, pleasing both in the border and as a cut 
flower. The plants grow into shrubby bushes, produc¬ 
ing their large cup shaped flowers 3 in. across on stems 
12 in. long. Pkt. 15c. 
ICE PLANT 
1880—Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum — 6 in. 
Foliage very ornamental, being covered with ice-like 
globules and prized for garnishing; a valuable plant 
for dry, sunny situations on banks, rockwork, old 
walls and ruins, etc., also for sunny borders. Pkt. 10c. 
IMPATIENS 
One of the prettiest plants for pot culture and also 
for outdoor planting in a half shaded situation. Re¬ 
markable for its long duration of bloom. 
1885—Holstii Hybrids—Range from pink through 
red shades to purplish-violet. Pkt. 20c. 
KOCHIA 
1895—Kochia (Standing Cypress, or Belvedere) — 
An easily grown annual, which, sown thinly in spring, 
soon forms a cypress-like hedge of the most lively 
green and of perfect symmetry; by midsummer it at¬ 
tains a height of about three feet, and on the ap- 
roach of autumn the whole plant becomes a deep red. 
Pkt. 10c; *4 oz. 35c 
LANTANA 
1905—Hybrida, Mixed—2 ft. Shrubby plant with 
Verbena-like flowers in shades of white, red and yel¬ 
low. May be grown in pots or set out in summer. 
They have an agreeable aromatic perfume. Pkt. 10c 
LARKSPUR GIANT IMPERIAL 
Tall, upright, compact, 
basal branching in habit, the 
Giant Imperials have super¬ 
seded all other types of Lark¬ 
spurs for florists’ and gen¬ 
eral garden use. The delphin¬ 
ium-like spikes of double 
flowers, carried on stems 4-5 
feet long, are compactly 
placed on the upright grow¬ 
ing plants. 
1925— Blue Bell—A delight¬ 
ful clear light blue. 
1926— Blue Spire—A mag¬ 
nificent tall blue larkspur. 
1928—Carmine King—Color 
rich carmine. 
1930—Exquisite Pink—Soft pink shaded salmon. 
1932—Lilac Spire—Exquisite lilac colored spikes. 
1934—Los Angeles Improved—Rich rose colored 
spikes with dark green foliage. 
1936—Miss California—A rich deep pink on salmon 
ground. 
1938—White Spire—Dazzling pure white. 
1941—Rose City Mixed Larkspur—A mixture of the 
newest larkspurs, including the new salmon shades. 
Pkt. 10c 
1945—Special Mixture — Annual Larkspurs. A 
charming mixture containing all the bright and deli¬ 
cate shades, makes wonderful cut flower material and 
should be planted generously. Pkt. 10c. 
*LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS 
(Hardy Pea) 
Very decorative climbing vines of the Pea family, 
for growing on fences, trellis, etc., as floral screens 
and for cutting. Blooms all summer. 
1950— Pink Beauty—Pale pink variety. Pkt. 10c. 
1951— Rubra—Bright rosy crimson. Pkt. 10c. 
1952— White Pearl—Large-flowering white. Pkt. 10c. 
1955—Mixed—The above colors. Pkt. 10c. 
*LIATRIS (Kansas Gay Feather) 
1979—Pycnosthachya—4 to 5 ft. One of the choicest 
and boldest species. Flowers purple in dense spikes, 
which bloom a long time. Foliage thick and grasslike; 
excellent for masses in the border. July-August. 
Pkt. 15c 
LINUM 
1983—Grandiflorum Rubrum (Crimson Flax)—2 ft. 
One of the most brilliantly colored of summer annuals, 
flowers glowing crimson-rose. Very beautiful in beds 
and borders, and may be had in bloom from May to 
October by successive sowings. Pkt. 10c. 
1986—*Perenne, Blue— Light blue flowers. May until 
August. Pkt. 10c. 
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