

ASTER — EARLY BEAUTY ASTER — AURORA 
A FEW EASILY GROWN FLOWERS 
In recent years more new flowers have been introduced and more old types have 
been rejuvenated than existed altogether twenty years ago. There are so many 
new shades and forms and types of all flowers today that the average gardener is 
filled with confusion in selecting the kinds he wants and even the seedsman is 
bafed in knowing what to select and offer. 
We do not pretend to even begin to offer a complete list of flowers, but the ones 
we do list are beautiful and attractive. They will grace the garden and the home, 
and the more variety you grow the greater will be your return in pleasure and beauty. 
AGERATUM is a dwarf plant with heads of feathery blue flowers for borders 
and bouquets, and ALYSSUM are short plants covered with tiny snow-white flowers 
for borders and edging. ANTIRRHINUM or SNAPDRAGON make spikes of 
clusters of large blossoms in various colors. 
ASTERS constitute one of the largest groups of flowers. In general there are 
two classes, the feathery type and the compact or Peony-flowered type. The GIANT 
CREGOS are the earliest of the feathery or long-petaled class, while the CALI- 
FORNIA GIANTS are later but much larger. The SUPER GIANTS produce 
tremendous blossoms on very long stems and are later maturing. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET has nearly round, fully-double flowers, of the Peony- 
Flowered class and is the earliest of this type, while the EARLY BEAUTY and 
GIANT MAMMOTH are later, larger, and more graceful in form. AMERICAN 
BRANCHING are the late maturing in this class and have gigantic flowers. 
HEART OF FRANCE is a rich, glowing ruby-red, and AURORA has an outer 
band of petals with an inner crest of a contrasting color. CALIFORNIA SUN- 
SHINE is a single Aster with a quilled center, and is wonderfully attractive. 
BALSAM are clusters of brilliant flowers on stout stems. The new Bush type is 
very dwarf and brilliant. 
CALLIOPSIS are vivid, single flowers in exotic color combinations of orange 
and brown. 
CALENDULAS are flat-petaled, double flowers in various shades of orange and 
yellow which bloom all summer long, while CANDYTUFT produces clusters of 
tiny bright flowers in all shades. 
Garden CARNATIONS are similar to the greenhouse flower but of course much 
smaller. They are very easily grown and CENTUREA or BACHELOR'S BUTTON 
are bright, double flowers in various shades. The IMPERIALIS type resembles the 
thistle flower. 
ESCHSCHOLZIA or CALIFORNIA POPPY has gay, satiny, Poppy-like flowers 
on very dwarf plants, while EUPHORBIA or SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN is a 
foliage plant with decorative green and white leaves. The annual form of the 
brilliant GAILLARDIA has just as rich and vivid colors as the perennial and the 
charming GODETIA resembles Gardenias but blooms in a variety of bright colors. 
GYPSOPHILA or BABY’S BREATH grows quickly and furnishes dainty sprays of 
tiny, white flowers for combining in bouquets. 
The KOCHIA or FIRE BUSH is a pyramidal green bush resembling an evergreen 
tree, which turns a vivid red in the autumn, and the popular LARKSPUR is an 
‘annual form of the perennial DELPHINIUM, with its tall spikes covered with 
florets of all shades and colors. 
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