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Giessler’s Annual Flower Seeds 

HELICHRYSUM 
(Double) —Strawflower 
For winter bouquets, flowers should be 
picked in tight bud and hung head 
downward in a moderately dry place. 
Canary Yellow Golden Ball 
Rose Queen Violet 
Fireball Finest Double Mixed 
Salmon 
One each of six colors, 75c. 
Separately, pkt., 15c; 4 0z., 50c. 
HOLLYHOCK 
Double Annual 
Indian Spring. This semidouble an- 
nual Hollyhock will bloom in about 
three and one-half months from seed. 
Individual flowers measure 5 inches 
across and the center stalk grows 6 
feet tall. The color range is from 
pale pink to crimson-rose. Pkt., 25c; 
YZ 0z., 50c. 
HUMULUS 
Japonicus (Hop Vine). Luxuriant foli- 
age makes a dense, ornamental cov- 
Baines, lalate (iy Poy at, Ie. iste 
Vy 0z., 50c. 
~ HUNNEMANNIA 
Tulip Poppy 
This subject is very difficult to trans- 
plant. Sow seed early in pots or right 
outdoors when the ground is warm. 
Seed sown in May will bloom in July. 
Semi-Double Sunlite. Golden yellow. 
Picta2, UGA /A5 OZ DG NOZe oe 00: 
Single Yellow. Pkt., 15c; V4 0z., 50c; 
oz., $1.50. 
IMPATIENS 
Particularly suited to shaded areas, the 
plants will bloom continuously all sum- 
mer. 18 in. 
Holsti. Orange-scarlet. Pkt., 50c. 
Sultani. Carmine-rose. Pkt., 50c. 
IONOPSIDIUM 
Acaule (Violet Cress). Miniature 
blooms, white tinged violet. A good 
annual for filling in the rock garden. 
Rita oc 

IPOMOEA 
(See Morning Glory and Moonflower) 
KOCHIA 
Trichophylla (Summer Cypress). 
Green, lace-like foliage turns red in 
thedallowekte loicro7n Oc 
LEPTOSYNE 
Stillmani (Golden Daisy). Golden yel- 
low, daisy-like flowers, easily and 
quickly grown from seed, producing 
flowers on 12 in. stems; good for cut- 
ting. Pkt., 25c; 14 0z., $1.00. 
Golden Rosette. The flowers are perfect 
rosettes of bright buttercup-yellow. 
The blooms resemble small, double 
Dahiliass 0; insetall- ss Bkt=o Oc 
pkts., $2.00. 

Larkspur, Giant Imperial 
LOBELIA 
Popular low-growing border plants. 
Start seed early for all-summer bloom. 
Produce flowers in such profusion that 
foliage is almost completely covered. 
Crystal Palace Compacta. Ultramarine 
blue. Compact. 4 in. Pkt., 25c; 
Ye oz., $1.00. 
Erinus compacta, Gentian Blue. 4 in. 
Deep gentian-blue without any eye. 
Pkt. /eroze play 0: 
Pendula, Sapphire. Trailing. Deep 
navy blue, white eye. Pkt., 25c. 
LUPIN Annual 
Continue the Lupin blooming season in 
your garden by planting some annual 
varieties. Fine for cutting and for show. 
KING VARIETIES. Giant spikes 
on tall, straight stems. 
King Blue. Oxford blue. 
King Sky Blue. Light blue. 
King White. Pure white. 
King Mixture. All Lupin shades. 
Rk. 20calArozeano0c: 
Hunnemania, 
Sunlite 

Impatiens, Holsti 
LARKSPUR 
Annual Delphinium 
Sow the seed early in the frame or out- 
side as soon as the ground is open. 
Plants should be well established be- 
fore hot weather sets in. Excellent for 
cutting and very showy in the annual 
border. Plants should stand about 12 
in. apart. 
GIANT IMPERIAL. Upright 
base-branching, long stems. 
Blue Spire. Violet-blue. 
Exquisite Pink. Soft pink shaded sal- 
mon. 
Exquisite Rose. Rose-pink. 
Lilac Spire. Deep lilac-blue. 
White Spire. Pure white. 
Formula Mixture. Mixed from sep- 
arate colors. 
Collection: 
One each above five varieties, $1.00. 
Separately: Pkt., 25c; 4 oz., 60c; 
0z., $2.00. 
TALL DOUBLE BRANCHING. 
Stem-branching habit. 
Dark Blue Lilac 
Rose White 
Salmon Pink 
Collection: 
One each above five varieties, 60c. 
Separately: Pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 50c; 
yg; SILO), 
Finest Mixture. Made to formula from 
separate colors. Pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 
0c; 075, $1250: 
Larkspur seed may be sown in the fall 
as early as September. The small plants 
will generally winter over well, giving 
tall plants with long stems early in the 
spring. 
LAVATERA 
Annual Mallow 
Sunset. An easily grown annual, flow- 
ering from July to September; these 
plants grow 3 ft. tall, with rose-car- 
mine blossoms 214 to 3 in. in diam- 
eter. Allow 2 ft. between’ plants. 
Pkt, lel oz 50c 
