PHLOX GIGANTEA, Salmon Glory. Silver Medal All-America 
Selections 1939. Individual florets 114-12 inches across. 
Pure salmon-pink with a distinct creamy-white eye. One 
of the most beautiful color combinations. Pkt. 10c. 
GIGANTEA ART SHADES. A new strain of annual Phlox 
with single florets as large as an inch and one-half in diam- 
eter. The colors are soft pastel shades, such as apple blos- 
som pink, salmon, light blue, pale violet, etc. Pkt. 15c¢. 
PIN CUSHION FLOWER, Scabiosa (a) 
These beautiful hardy annuals are in great demand. They 
grow about 21% feet high and bloom from early in July 
without interruption until cut down by frost. As a flower 
for cutting they are very popular. Seeds should be sown any 
time in the spring after danger of frost is past. 
SCABIOSA IMPERIAL GIANTS, Blue Moon. Honorable 
Mention, All-America Selections 1939. Rich, deep lavender 
blue, fully double. Lacks the usual pincushion effect, tall 
and erect. Flowers borne on long, wiry stems. Pkt. 15e. 

os aS 
Double California Poppy 
POPPIES 
POPPY, Papaver 
Annual Poppies should be sown as early as possible in 
the spring where they are to remain as they do not trans- 
plant readily. Mix the seed with ‘builders’ sand, using about 
25 times as much sand as seed, then broadcast seed on sur- 
face of the ground and firm well. Plants should be thinned 
out to 6 inches apart for best results. Seed may be sown in 
rows also and in succession up to the middle of May. 
SHIRLEY. (a) Known as the Flanders Field Poppy of the 
World War. The plants with their deeply cut foliage, slender 
hairy stems, and silky petaled blossoms, often fluted, pre- 
sent an airy picture as they nod in the breeze. Height, 18 
inches. 
Single American Legion. Dazzling scarlet with white cross 
at center. Best substitute for the wild Flanders Poppy. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Single Mixed. A superb blend of this beautiful type of 
Poppy ranging in color from pure white through tones of 
salmon, pink, and rose to brightest carmine-red. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Pink Shades. This charming sort with its double 
and semi-double flowers in several shades of pink has 
great merit. Pkt. 10c. 
DOUBLE CARNATION FLOWERED MIXED. Perfectly double 
globular flowers with fringed petals in many brilliant colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
NUDICAULE (p) (Iceland BOPP yl A hardy Poppy slightly 
resembling the Shirley. Somewhat different in habit and 
contains many shades of yellow and orange. Height, 18 in. 
Gartford Giants. A superb mixture; all colors. Pkt. 15c¢. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA, California Poppy (a) 
The state flower of California and one of the most attrac- 
tive low growing annuals. The foliage is finely cut, fern- 
like, and silvery green in color. They start to bloom a few 
weeks after the seed is sown. Height, 12 to 18 inches. — 
Ramona Hybrids. A new strain containing many lovely 
shades. The plants grow compact and upright, with flowers 
beautifully frilled. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Eschscholtzia. The flowers are like little silken 
flags, beautifully fluted and crinkled, double and semi- 
eee The colors are yellow, orange, salmon. Mixed Colors. 
t. 10c. 
Aurantiaca, Orange. Ordinary California Poppy. Pkt. 10c. 
MEXICAN TULIP POPPY, Hunnemannia (a) 
Seed sown early in May will, by the middle of July, pro- 
duce plants covered with their large buttercup yellow, 
poppy-like blossoms, and are never out of flower until hard 
oo The plants grow 2 feet high, with beautiful feathery 
oliage. 
Sunlite. Award of Merit, All-America Selections. Semi- 
double, canary yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
ICELAND POPPY (See Poppy Nudicaule) 
GIANT HYBRIDS, Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
PINKS, Dianthus (a) 
A charming class of annual flowers for beds, borders, 
edgings and cutting. The dwarf, rather compact plants av- 
erage 1 foot in height. Of easiest culture, succeeding in 
ordinary garden loam. Blooms from July until frosts. 
HEDDEWIGII LACINIATUS DOUBLE MIXED (Japan). Su- 
perb flowers rivaling the Carnation in size and doubled 
blossoms. Excellent for bouquets. Pkt. 10c. 
HEDDEWIGII SINGLE MIXED. Large finely marked flowers 
having fringed petals. Pkt. 10c. 
PORTULACA, Moss Rose (ra) 
Brilliant hardy annual, of easy culture; excellent for 
massing in beds, edging or rock work, thriving best in a 
light, sandy soil and a sunny situation. Flowers of the 
brightest colors. Height, 6 to 10 inches. 
DOUBLE MIXED. Pkt. 10c. 
SINGLE MIXED. Pkt. 10c. 

RED HOT POKER, Tritoma (p) 
_A perennial, not strictly hardy, but will live through the 
winter with a protective covering of leaves or short manure; 
or the roots may be lifted and carried over winter in sand 
in a cellar. Height, 4 to 6 feet. 
MIXED HYBRIDS. Pkt. 15c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS (See Painted Tongue) | 
a, annual; b, biennial; c, climber; p, perennial; ra, rock 
plant annual; rp, rock plant perennial. 

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