Burpee’s Showy Portulaca 
% Rose Moss or Sun Plant 
For a brilliant display in low borders, edgings, beds, rock gardens, or ground 
‘cover nothing can excel portulaca. 
frost; must have a sunny location, but will grow in almost any soil if well 
drained. Forms a dense, thick carpet; 4 to 6 in. tall. Nice to sow between 
stepping stones. Seed is very fine, so should be barely covered when sown. 
Double Large Flowered 
Flowers are like little roses. Seed 
saved from perfectly double flowers 
will produce some singles. As singles 
usually bloom first, they can be re- 
moved if desired and a double flow- 
ering plant put in its place later. 
Grown by some in pots or boxes. 
2654 Pink. Bright and lively color. 
2655 Red Large scarlet-red blooms. 
2656 Salmon Exquisite shade. 
2657 White Yellow stamens. 
2653 Yellow Soft orange-yellow. 
Any of the above separate colors: 
Pkt. 15¢; "46 oz. 50¢; 1% oz. 85¢. 
2659 Double Large Flowered, 
Mixed A charming blend of all the 
above colors and others, some of 
which are striped with contrasting 
colors. Pkt. 15¢; "46 oz. 40¢; 
1Z oz. 70¢; 14 oz. $1.25. 
P hacelia Bee’s Friend fR| 
2578 Campanularia (California 
Blue Bells) Attractive little plants 
delighting in dry soil and a sunny 
situation. Fine for edgings and rock 
gardens. Intense gentian-blue flow- 
ers with white anthers. 9 in. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 1% oz. 50¢. 
Rhodanthe 
Swan River Everlasting 
2850 Simgie Mixed Silky, straw- 
like flowers in white and shades of 
pink and red; nice to dry for winter 
as you would strawflowers or other 
everlastings. They may, of course, 
be used as fresh flowers during the 
summer. Airy and graceful. 
Pkt. 10¢; %4 oz. 25¢; 14 oz. 40¢. 
Blooms early and continuously until 
Single Flowered 
2662 Giant Flowered Parana Ex- 
tremely large, single flowers of a 
luminous rich Tyrian-rose of unusual 
beauty. Most distinctive color and 
one that is very well liked. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1g oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢. 
2652 Single Flowered, All Colors 
Mixed Complete mixture of orange, 
red, white, buff and other shades. 
Very colorful and effective, espe- 
cially if grown in masses. Makes a 
gorgeous showing on banks. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 50¢; 4 oz. 85¢. 

COLLECTION 
Five Large Flowered Double Portulacas 
Pink, Red, Salmon, White, and Yellow. 
7805-5 Pkts. —one each of these 5 lovely colors for a particularly 
brilliant show in full sun (value 75¢) for only 
7806—“s« oz. each of the 5 separate colors for a glorious floral 
carpet display in a sunny location (value $2.50) for’ only 

Ricinus Castor Oil Bean 
Magnificent, tall, large-leaved plants of 
tropical appearance, succeeding in a 
warm, sunny location. Beautiful for 
large groups and backgrounds. 
2670 Red Spire Large purplish leaves 
changing to bronzy green. The stems, 
stalks and veins are rich red. The seed 
spikes and seed pods are brilliant rosy 
crimson. Most showy of all. 6 ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 ozs. $1.00. 
2671 Zanzibarensis Of enormous 
growth, 12 to 14 ft. high. Rich green 
leaves which grow 2% ft. across. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 4 ozs. 75¢. 
2669 Mixed <A wonderful assortment 
of finest varieties, with large leaves in 
green, red, and bronze. 8 to 10 ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 20¢; 4 ozs. 60¢. 
Rud beckia—siack-Eyed Susan Dp] 
Showy plants with well-formed, daisy-like blooms. Easily grown in almost any 
soil and situation—sun or half-shade. 
Excellent for garden display and fine 
for cutting. Blooms continuously during summer and fall. 2 ft. 
Rudbeckia, Kelvedon Star 

Pkt. 15¢. 
2674 Bicolorsuperba Bright yel- 
low, spotted mahogany-red at base. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 25¢; 14 oz. 40¢. 
2664 Golden Sunset Beautifully 
bicolored golden yellow and mahog- 
any flowers, 3 to 4 in. across. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4g oz. 35¢; 4 oz. 60¢. 
2646 Kelvedon Star Attractive 
double and semi-double golden yel- 
low flowers with a broad band of 
mahogany-red around the brown 
central disc. One of the prettiest. 
Pkt. 15¢; 44 oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
2675 My Joy Enormous flowers, 
5 in. and more across, with orange- 
yellow petals and dark center cone. 
Pkt. 15¢; 44 oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
For Perennial Rudbeckia, see page 87. 
a 
Schizanthus—surrerpy Flower 
Beautiful bushy plants with finely laciniated foliage and hundreds of butterfly- 
like blooms. 
climates. 
For beds, borders and pot culture. 2 0 
In hot sections, start seed early so plants will flower before mid- 
Blooms all summer in cool 
summer. Easily grown, profuse blooming and most desirable. 
2694 Wisetonensis Many exqui- 
site colors and markings. 1% ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; % oz. 25¢; 4 oz. 40¢. 
2695 Giant Hybrids Large blooms of 
many colors, prettily marked. 2 to 2% 
_ ft. Pkt. 25¢; 146 oz. 60¢; 1% oz. $1.00. 


Salpiglossis, 
Scarlet and 
Gold Pkt. 10¢. 
@ 2 
Salpigloessis, Emperor 
Painted Tongue—Velvet Flower 
Large, showy, trumpet-shaped flowers 
of velvety texture, the colors charmingly 
penciled, netted, and veined with golden 
yellow, crimson and purple. In bloom 
from July until frost. 2) ft. tall. 
2676 Light Blue and Gold 
2678 Scarlet and Gold 
2679 Velvety Red 
2680 Velvety Violet 
Any of these: Pkt. 10¢; 1% oz. 30¢. 
2677 Large Flowered Finest Mixed 
Complete mixture of all the best colors. 
Pkt. 10¢; 1% oz. 25¢; 14 oz. 40¢. 

7807 COLLECTION 
Four Colorful Salpiglossis 
4 Pkts. —one each of the above 
four separate varieties 
(value 40¢) for only 
Sedum Stonecrop 
2746 Coeruleum Small, dainty, por- 
celain-blue flowers, % in. across, borne 
on plants 3 to 4in. tall. The fine foliage 
is pale green. spotted red. 
Pkt. 25¢; %42 oz. 70¢; %6 oz. $1.25. 
For Perennial Sedum, see page 87. 
W. Atiece Burpee Co. 69? 
25¢ 

