NEMESIA 
These easily raised annuals bloom from June to September if in a cool location. They dislike hot, dry 
weather. The compact plants bear orchid-like flowers often 34-inch across, in splendid colors. 
Dwarf Hybrid Varieties. Each, pkt. 20c; #;0z. 40c; 140z. $1.25: oz. $3.75 
The dwarf 8-inch plants branch freely from the base, forming attractive, rounded specimens excellent 
for pot culture in a 40 to 50-degree greenhouse. If started in January or February and forced but kept 
cool, they will be in bloom for Iate April or May sale. Pinching back plants once is advisable. For 
outdoor bloom sow the seed indoors about March 1st, and harden off plants for setting out in May. 
Dwarf Aurora, carmine-red with white lip; Dwarf Blue Gem Improved, myosotis-blue; Dwarf 
Fire King, scarlet-crimson; Dwarf Orange King, orange-yellow; Dwarf White Gem, pure white. 
Dwarf Hybrids, Mixed. ; , Pkt. 10c; Ygoz. 35c; 140z. 65c; oz. $2; 14Ib. $6 
Including carmine-red, myosotis-blue, scarlet-crimson, orange-yellow, and white. 
NICOTIANA 
Flowering Tobacco. A very desirable, easily grown annual, making wonderful showy displays from 
June until frost. Sown outdoors in May and thinned to stand 9 inches apart, it thrives in rich soil 
and full sun. The flowers open toward evening, when they scent the air with delightful perfume. 
Affinis. , : : 4 Pkt. 10c; Moz. 15c; oz. 35c; Ib. $1 
Pure white flowers, not unlike a Petunia, but with a longer tube and held im clusters on 214 to 3-foot branching 
plants. They are very attractive just at dusk, when their fragrance is the strongest. Height 3 feet. 
Affinis Hybrids. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c; oz. 40c; lb. $1.25 
Clusters of sweet-scented trumpet flowers in shades of pink, red, blue, and pure white. Height 3 feet. 
Crimson Bedder. Pkt. 15c; Moz. 30c; 140z. 50c; oz. $1.50 
This is a dwarf variety with clusters of bright pale crimson flowers on large-leaved plants, 15 inches high. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
Cup Flower. With the exception of Zinnia linearis, this will outbloom any other flower if properly 
grown. Fine for pot culture if started in early January, or for bedding plants if started in February. 
Hippomanica. Pkt. 25c; 1/128 0z. 40c; oz. 75c; woz. $1.25; y,0z. $2; oz. $3.50 
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The dwarf, compact plants, 6 inches high and 9 inches across, are literally covered with hundreds of blooms from 
15 weeks after sowing right up until frost. The foliage is light gray-green and very inconspicuous. The lavender- 
blue, yellow centered, cup-shaped flowers are very attractive throughout the season. As it is a half-hardy perennial 
it should be cut back and protected in winter. Is fine for edgings, borders, window boxes and rock-gardens. 
NIGELLA 
Loye-in-a-Mist. A fine annual for bedding and borders, but particularly as a cut-flower. It blooms 
from May to September and the seed may be sown outdoors in April. 
Miss Jekyll. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4Ib. 50¢ 
Bushy plants, 11% feet high, with slender, mist-like foliage and clear cornflower-blue flowers on long stems. 
PANSY 
These are strictly bienntals, but as they flower easily the first season from seed they are often started 
indoors in February or March to bloom outdoors from July on. Most plants are grown from seed sown 
in frames during July and August. transplanted later and wintered over with protection, to give full- 
flowering plants by the following May. If Pansy seed is sown in the garden bed in May, some beautiful 
flowers are produced on the plants by fall of the same year. They like a rich, loamy soil and full sun. 
We offer below the very finest strains produced by Pansy seed specialists throughout the world. 
America. Pkt. 25c; j40z. 60c; 'oz. $1.15; oz. $2.15; oz. $7.50; 4lb. $26; Ib. $90 
This is a special florists’ strain and meets the demand for very large flowers in lighter, brighter colors. 
The plants are strong and vigorous, yet compact and stocky. The flowers, of good substance, come 
extra early in an attractive array of bright color combinations and variations with different markings. 
Dwarf Swiss Giants. : Pkt. 25c; hoz. 60c; Moz. $1.15; Woz. $2.15; oz. $7.50; 4b. $26 
All-America Winner. This strain has dwarfer, more compact plants than the regular Swiss Giants, but the flowers 
are large and come in the same range of colors as the original strain. These do quite well on muck soils. 
Engelmann’s Giant. _ Pkt. 25c; gyoz. 45c; soz. 80c; }40z. $1.50; 14oz. $2.85; oz. $10; 4Ib. $35 
This strain is very vigorous growing, compact, and early flowering. It produces very huge, well-forme 
flowers in a great variety of shades, both dark and light, all of the blotched type. Very fme. 
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Nierembergia hippomanica Nigella, Miss Jekyll 



Pansy, Super 
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