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Rudbeckia, Kelvedon Star 
Rudbeckia 
737 KELVEDON STAR. A perfect long-stemmed flower for cutting, a sturdy and 
floriferous plant for bedding. The flowers vary both in form and in coloring, but 
all have dark brown centers, surrounded by a shining mahogany zone, deep 
golden petals. It is a rampant grower, reaching a height of 3 feet, and should 
be planted 18 inches apart, with 2 feet between rows. Will bloom from June until 
frost. Sowings should be made in February or March and the seedlings planted 
out during early May. Pkt., 15c. 
Salvia - Scarlet Sage 
One of the most useful and effective bedding plants, which produces immense 
masses of flowers from early in the season, continuing in uninterrupted succession 
until frost. Blooms are borne on long spikes well above the foliage and continue 
in good condition a long time. 
739 SPLENDENS. Tall growing sort with dark green foliage and bright fiery scarlet 
blooms. Annual. Height, 2% to 3 ft. Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 35c; 1% oz., 60c. 
740 AMERICA or GLOBE OF FIRE. This is the freest and most continuous bloom- 
ing of all the Scarlet Sages, also the most uniform in habit of growth, which 
makes it particularly valuable for bedding or planting in lines. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 
25c; % o2z., 70c, 
741 BLAZE OF FIRE. This new Salvia will be welcome as a novelty of the year. 
It far surpasses Harbinger in earliness. The flowers are the most brilliant and 
vivid scarlet imaginable and the habit is ideal for bedding. Blaze of Fire is with- 
out doubt the earliest and most dwarf of all scarlet salvia, blooming 10 to 14 
days earlier than any other variety and of a much brighter color. Pkt., 25c. 
742 FARINACEA. (Blue Bedder). A more compact form of the graceful Salvia 
Farinacea, growing about 2% feet high, and with a better habit, the plants 
branching freely from the base. The 
flowers, borne on long terminal spikes, 
are of a bright mid-blue, deeper than 
in the type, and very showy and effec- 
tive. The plant is vigorous and fairly 
hardy, and may be had in bloom from 
August to October. PEt., 20c. 
Sanvitalia 
(Creeping Miniature Zinnia) 
®743 PROCUMBENS FL. PL. 6-inch. Sanvitalia flowers are much like tiny zinnias, 
golden yellow with very dark purple centers, some single and others double. The 
plants are prostrate and creep over the soil instead of growing upward. They 
start blooming in June and continue until frost. Pkt.. 10c; 4% oz., 30c. 
Salpiglossis - Painted Tongue 
A very showy, half-hardy annual which is desirable both for bedding and border 
plants. Has richly colored funnel-shaped flowers of many shades including yellow, 
buff, crimson and scarlet and extends through to purple and almost black. 
738 DWARF GIANT FLOWERING. All colors. Pkt., 15c. 
Ricinus 
(CASTOR BEAN) 
736 ZANZIBARIENSIS. Grows to immense size, Leaves sometimes measure 30 
inches across and range in color from bright green to deep bronze. Choice mixed 
colors. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 4 ozs., 75c. 
Scabiosa 

Sweet Scabiosa 
(Pincushion Flower, Mourning Bride) Sa 
One of the old-fashioned popular annuals Salpiglossis—Painted Tongue 
which produce an abundance of many colored 
flowers excellent for cutting. Blossoms are borne on long stems, are fragrant, double and 
somewhat the shape of a pincushion, An effective plant for bedding or borders. 
Seed can be sown in open border and thinned out from 1 to 1% ft. apart. Grows 2 
to 2% ft. high. 
744 ROSETTE. As a result of many years’ selection and painstaking care in Rosette 
has been created a glorious new color in Annual Scabiosa. Rosette is a beautiful 
shade of deep rose, heavily suffused with salmon. The flowers are extra large and 
the stems are long and stiff. This glorious, glowing new color will undoubtedly make 
Rosette a most popular flower for the garden and also with the florist for cutting. 
A fitting companion to Scabiosa Loveliness, Peach Blossom and Shasta, which have 
received Awards of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 35c. 
745 BLUE COCEADE. This outstanding novelty is deeper than Azure Fairy in color, 
but the flowers are entirely devoid of any suggestion of rose. They are, in fact, the 
purest deep azure-blue that can be found in any annual. The formation of the flower 
is far ahead of existing varieties, and has so great a depth as to be almost conical in 
shape. Pkt., 10c; % 0oz., 25c. 
746 BLUE MOON. This new variety belongs to the Imperial Giant type, with large deep 
lavender-blue flowers, a reminder of Blue Cockade but with 3- to 4-ft. columnar plants; 
long, wiry, basal branching, erectly held stems. This is of the bee-hive shape, deep and 
wide, covered with petals and without the pincushion top, an excellent cut flower variety. 
Honorable Mention, 1938 All-America Selections. Pkt., 15c. 
747 GIANT LOVELINESS. Soft delicate salmon-rose, Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c. 
748 PEACH BLOSSOM. A beautiful shade of peach-blossom-pink, of large size and long 
stem. An excellent cut flower. Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 25c. 
749 SHASTA. A pure white of enormous size, the flowers measuring 3% inches across 
with extremely long stems. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c. 
750 AZURE FAIRY. Clear lavender-blue. Pkt., 10c; %4 o2z., 25c. 
751 CRIMSON. Rich rosy crimson. PEt., 10c; % oz., 25c. 
752 YELLOW. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c. 
753 KING OF THE BLACKS. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 25c. 
754 GIANT HYBRIDS. A splendid sort for large beds or borders, comprises many beau- 
tiful colors. Height 2% feet. Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 25c; oz., 80c. 

Scabiosa Collection 
2754 Contains 1 packet each of Azure Fairy, Peach Blossom, Crimson, Shasta, Loveli- 
ness and King of the Blacks. Value 65c, for 50c. 

ALL 10c PACKETS ARE 3 FOR 250; ALL 15c PACKETS ARE 2 FOR 25c—When ordering see page 64 of this catalog. 
