3-WAY TESTED 
1. Germination 
2. Quality of Flower 
3. Completeness of Mixture 
CADWELL & JONES’ 
Brief Hints on Sowing 
Famous Fiower Seeds 
and Cultivation 
The Soil. A mellow loam, which is a medium 
earth between the extremes of clay and sand, 
enriched with a compost of rotted manure and 
leaf-mold, is adapted to the general run of flow- 
ering plants. Previous to planting flower beds 
or borders, care must be taken that they are so 
arranged that the ground may be a little elevat- 
ed in the middle, that the water may run off, 
and that the plants may show to better ad- 
vantage. 
Sowing the Seed. We urge every purchaser of 
our seeds to carefully study the cultural direc- 
tions printed on each package, and the follow- 
ing general rules: 
Do not plant any of the seeds when the 
ground is wet. Make the surface as fine and 
smooth as possible. Cover each sort of seed to 
a depth proportionate to its size; the finest, like 
Portulaca, Campanula, Digitalis, etc., should be 
merely sprinkled on the surface of the ground, 
and barely covered with finely sifted, light, mel- 
low soil. Press soil down firmly over the seed 
with a brick or short piece of board. For large 
seeds, depth should be regulated according to 
size of seed; those the size of a pinhead, 14 inch 
deep, and those the size of a pea, % of an inch. 
Procure a bit of lath (it would be better if 
planed smooth) about 2 feet long, press the edge 
down into the soil evenly, so as to make a 
groove as deep as the seed is to be planted; 
scatter the seed along this, allowing four or five 
of the larger to fifteen or twenty of the smaller 
seeds to the space one plant is to occupy when 
a's grown. Cover the seed by pressing earth to- 
ee gether over it, then turn your lath sideways and 
press soil down firmly and evenly. 

6 PEK 
Plan and Plant a Flower Coie for Beauty, Health and Recreation 

Sn nee a 4 
Acroclinium 
Beautiful, everlasting flower, largely used for winter 
bouquets. 
Amaranthus 
Tricolor Splendens (Joseph's Coat). Brilliant foliage of 
New Large-Flowered Double Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Single Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Ageratum 
This plant blooms throughout the summer and is par- 
crimson-yellow and bronze, excellent for borders. 2 
ft. Pkt., 10c. 
Arctotis 
Giant Hybrids. Large, narrow-petaled, daisy-like flowers 
in unusual shades of bronze, brown, russet, terra cotta, 
apricot, light and dark yellow, pink, rose, red, mauve 
and almost scarlet, besides white. 10 to 12 in. Pkt., 15c. 
ticularly effective for bedding as well as decidedly valu- 
able for cut flowers. Can be started in hotbed or window 
box and transplanted after frost. 
Blue Perfection. This is the darkest colored of all large- . 
flowering Ageratums. Color deep amethyst-blue, com- Balloon Vine 
pact growth; fine bedder. Pkt. 10c. A handsome summer climber, having small white flow- 
Fairy Pink. Delightful salmon-rese-pink flowers. A dwarf ers. 15 ft. Hardy annual. Pkt., 10c. 
compact plant. Fine for edgings. Pkt., 25c. 
Midget Blue. See page 2. 
Tom Thumb. Blue; rarely exceeds 6 inches in height. A 
ery desirable variety; good for edges of beds, etc. Pkt., 10c. 
Alyssum 
Queen of the Edging Plants 
The delicate honey-like fragrance of its flowers, 
so much prized in bouquets and baskets, makes 
this old favorite largely grown. Hardy annual. 
Sweet Alyssum. Flowers white. 1 ft. Pkt., 10c; 
OZn LCs 
Lilac Queen. Improved deep lilac, very dwarf, 6 
inches. Pkt., 10c. 
Tom Thumb. Neat, compact, 6 inches. 
Violet Queen. See page 2. 

Pkt., 10c. 

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Border of Alyssum 

A GARDEN Every child enjoys tinkering with a shovel—give him a patch 
a srOunG, a few packets of seeds, and Nature will do a rest. 
rom the first appearance of the young plants, up through stages 
for the KI DDIES of development to the final floral grandeur, their young minds 
will develop an appreciation for the workings of Nature, no story book has yet told. 
HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS. See pages 18, 19, 20—Please. 
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