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Paul J. Howard’s Cutting-grown Verbenas 
Scabiosa 
SCABIOSIA CAUCASICA. Very hardy plants, 
with lovely large flowers on tall slender stems, 
wonderful for cutting. Our strain includes ail 
shades of blue and lavender. 24-inch pots, each 
15¢c; 4-inch pots, 25c. 
SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA. One of the most 
beautiful flowers for cutting, and just as attrac- 
tive in the garden. The plants bloom almost con- 
tinuously, being especially free flowering during 
the winter. Flowers are very graceful and lacy, 
on long strong stems, and the colors are exqui- 
site, ranging from lavender blue to delicate 
mauve and light pink. 24-inch pots, each 10c; 
4-inch pots, each 25c. 
SCABIOSA GRAMINIFOLIA. A fine new intro- 
duction, of much dwarfer habit of growth than 
the preceding, with silvery green foliage and 
showy flowers varying from vivid pink to soft 
rose. Each 35c. 
Statice 
SEA LAVENDER 
STATICE CASPIA. Tiny pale lavender flowers 
in great sprays, popular for mixing with bouquets. 
Shiny foliage, good for the rock garden and bor- 
ders. 21-inch pots, each 15c. 
STATICE PEREZII. Grows 18 to 30 inches tall, 
with broad leaves and sprays of bright lavender 
flowers. The most popular Statice, does well all 
along the Coast. 21-inch pots, each 10c¢; 4-inch 
pots, each 25c. 
Thalictrum 
MEADOW RUE 
THALICTRUM DIPTEROCARPUM. One of the 
real gems among hardy plants, for cool shady sit- 
uations, in rich moist soil. Has graceful sprays of 
fern-like foliage and delicate small mauve flow- 
ers on tall, slender stems; charming in the garden 
and in flower arrangements. 4-inch pots, each 25c. 
Thymus 
THYMUS VULGARIS. Common Thyme. The old 
garden herb, with dense, compact fragrant foliage 
and small white flowers. A good plant for the 
rock garden and ground covers, about ten inches 
high. 24-inch pots, each 15c. 
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Salvia 
SAGE 
SALVIA FARINACEA. Blue Bedder. Tall grow- 
ing, with shiny foliage, good for massing. Spikes 
of deep blue flowers, good for cutting. 24-inch 
pots, each 10c; 4-inch pots, each 25c. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS—HARBINGER. Scarlet 
Sage. Salvia splendens is one of the most bril- 
liant of all bedding plants, and this new variety 
is the finest of all. Dwarf, compact plants, pro- 
ducing long spikes of dazzling bright scarlet from 
early spring until late in fall. In southern Cali- 
fornia, it is almost everblooming. Splendid also, 
as a pot plant. 24-inch pots, 2 for 25¢; 4-inch 
pots, each 25c. 
Trachelium 
TRACHELIUM CAERULEUM. An attractive late 
flowering perennial from the Mediterranean re- 
gion, that thrives in almost any soil and exposure. 
Bears dense clusters of deep lecendar flowers on 
wiry stems, about three feet high; a lovely cut- 
flower. 22-inch pots, each 15¢; 4-inch pots, 25c. 
Verbascum 
MULLEIN 
Plants of stately growth for background 
plantings, like Foxglove, splendid for warm 
situations, thriving in well drained sandy soil. 
COTSWOLD GEM. An outstandingly beautiful 
plant, producing tall slender branching spikes, 4 
feet high, of soft amber yellow flowers, purple 
centered. In bloom from July to the end of Sep- 
tember. Each 50c. 
COTSWOLD QUEEN. A grand plant for the 
border, anc for specimen planting. Tall flower 
spikes of delicately shaded old rose and buff 
pink. Each 50c. 
MISS WILLMOTT. Very tall, five feet, 
creamy white flowers in spikes. Each 35c. 
OLYMPICUM. Silvery foliage, golden yellow 
flowers in large pyramidal spikes, to 6 feet high. 
21-inch pots, each 20c; 4-inch pots, each 35c. 
PHOENICEUM HYBRIDS. An excellent strain 
containing interesting colors, ranging from white, 
pink, rose, purple, to bronze and brown. 21- 
inch pots, each 20c; 4-inch pots, each 35c. 
with 
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VERBENA ERINOIDES. 
dense mats of lacy foliage and bearing dainty blossoms. 
Paul J. Howard's 
MAMMOTH VERBENAS 
Plant Verbenas in pots, window boxes, use them 
in beds, borders, parkways, and for covering slopes. 
Our Mammoth Flowering Strain produces immense 
heads of bloom, the individual florets often as large 
as a_half-dollar. 
flowers are borne in constant succession, almost the 
year ‘round. 
Only from cuttings can Verbenas, true to type and 
name, be grown. Seedlings display great variation and 
do not give such pleasing uniformity in the garden. 
While it costs more to grow Verbenas from cuttings, 
the long-lasting effect is worth many times the small 
difference in price. 
BEAUTY OF OXFORD. Splendid light rose-pink. 
BLUE TRIUMPH. Deep lavender-blue self-color, the near- 
est approach to true blue in Verbenas. 
CRIMSON GLORY. 
DIENER’S RED. Giant, glistening red. 
ELLEN WILLMOTT. 
MAROON. Unusual shade of dark maroon. 
PURPLE KING. Vivid deep purple. 
WHITE. Large glistening pure white. 
10 for 90c; 100 for $8.00. 
The clusters of brilliant, fragrant 
Huge blossoms of deep, rich crimson. 
Rich deep rose-pink. 
VERBENAS FROM SEED 
The tinest type of Mammoth Verbenas that can be grown 
from seed. Red, Lavender, Cerise, Pink, White, or Mixed. 
25 for 63c; 100 for $2.50. 
MOSS VERBENA 
Plants of trailing habit, forming 
White 
25 for 90c; 100 for $3.50. 
Tritoma 
RED HOT POKER 
TRITOMA PFITZERI. Showy spikes of brilliant 
orange scarlet tlowers, growing 3 to 4 feet high, 
from clumps of grassy foliage. Succeeds in any 
good garden soil, in a sunny, well drained situa- 
tion. 1-gallon containers, each 35c. 
TRITOMA, CALIFORNIA FLOWERLAND HY- 
BRIDS. New Midget Flowering. Smaller spikes of 
flowers, in many new and beautiful colors, includ- 
ing rose, red, saffron, orange, cream, yellow, 
cee in mixture only. 1-gallon containers, each 
c. 
Veronica 
VERONICA REPENS. A_ charming creeping 
plant, with low, closely matted foliage, and num- 
erous short spikes of lilac-tinted white flowers. 
An attractive plant for ground cover, borders, 
window boxes and rock gardens. 21-inch pots, 
2 for 25c; 100 for $10.00. 
Violets 
PRINCESS OF WALES. Clear violet-blue flow- 
ers, delicately fragrant, on long stems. The larg- 
est single violet grown. 21-inch pots, 2 for 25¢; 
Fragrant white flowers. 
10 for $1.13. 
SINGLE WHITE. 2),- 
inch pots, 2 for 25¢; 10 for $1.13. 
SILVER BLUE. Porcelain-white flowers with 
blue pencillings. Strong growing and free flower- 
ing. 22-inch pots, 2 for 25c; 10 for $1.13. 
MARIE LOUISE. Parma Violet. Large fragrant 
double flowers of rich mauve. 2Y2-inch pots, 
each 20c; 10 for $1.80. 
SWANLEY WHITE. White Parma Violet. Love- 
ly double white blossoms of intense fragrance; an 
old favorite for bouquets, always scarce and quite 
rare. 22-inch pots, each 35c; 10 for $3.15. 
ROSINA. Charming new pink violet, delicately 
fragrant. 22-inch pots, each 20c; 10 for $1.80. 
For other New Violets, see page 25. 
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Vittadinia 
CALIFORNIA FLOWERLAND IMPROVED 
STRAIN. Free flowering, low spreading plants, 
literally smothered with dainty, daisy-like blos- 
soms of pinkish white, during the greater part of 
the year. This new strain produces flowers of 
larger size, and is exceptionally fine for the rock 
garden, edgings, and for hanging baskets and 
pots. 3 for 25¢; 25 for $1.25. 
