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Linum Flowering Flax 
A showy bedding plant of the flax family, having 
brilliant flowers of various colors, borne on slender 
stems, with fine foliage. Hardy annual. 
Grandiflorum Rubrum. (Scarlet Flax). Annual; 
bright scarlet. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 40c. 
Grandiflorum Blue. Annual. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 35c. 
Blue Perenne. Perennial. Bright blue. 24 in. Per 
pkt., 10c.; 0z., 40c. 
Lobelia 
The following dwarf and trailing varieties of 
this popular and beautiful flowering plant are de- 
sirable for pot culture, edgings, hanging baskets, 
etc., blooming profusely from June to November. 
Half-hardy annual. 
Gracilis. Light blue; nine inches, long slender, 
trailing stems. Per pkt., 10c.; %-oz., 40c. 
Speciosa. Deep blue, dark foliage, trailing. Per 
pktselGastoz as200: 
Crystal Palace. Compacta, 4 to 6 inches. Dark 
blue, fine for bedding. Per pkt., 10c.; %-oz., 50c. 
Emperor. Compacta, bright blue. Per pkt., 10c.; 
Y%-oz., $1.00. 
White Gem. Pure white. Pkt., 10c.; 14-0z., $1.00. 
Tenuior Compacta Improved. Cobalt blue with 
white center. Erect. (15 in.). Pkt., 10c.; %-0z., 75c. 
Lupinus 
The King varieties are of a stately, robust 
growth, valuable for mixed flower and shrubbery 
borders. A great advance over the old type. They 
prefer light shade and rich soil. 
King Sky Blue. Annual. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 75c. 
King White. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 75c. 
King Giant Choice Mixed. New annual strain, 3 
to 4 feet tall. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 60c. 
Downer’s Hybrids. Hardy perennial variety, in 
fine range of colors, many new to Lupinus, flower- 
ing first year from seed. Per pkt., 10c.; special 
pKt fy 25Cr 002 oUG: 
Russell’s Prize Mixture. A most interesting and 
remarkable introduction of perennial Lupinus, 
awarded Gold Medal R. H. S. 1937. Large spikes 
in great variety of new rich colors. Per pkt., 15c.; 
%4-oz., 50c. 
Lychnis 
Viscaria Splendens. (Catchfly). Rosy Carmine. 
Fifteen inches. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Chalcedonica. Brilliant Orange-Scarlet, Maltese 
Cross (Jerusalem Cross), 2 to 3 feet. Per pkt., 
10c.; oz., 85c. 
Marigold 
AFRICAN VARIETIES 
A popular hardy annual of vigorous growth, pro- 
ducing a magnificent display of yellow, orange and 
maroon flowers. 
Mission Giants Goldsmith. New, received Bronze 
Medal A. A. 1940. Immense golden-orange, chry- 
santhemum-flowered type of exceptional merit. 
Height 2 to 4 ft. Early flowering. Pkts. 25c. each. 
Gigantea Sunset Giants. A striking, new, giant- 
flowered Marigold from Mexico. Flowers 5 to 7 
inches across, loosely but well filled to the center, 
having a sweet fragrance; commence flowering 
early. Plants 3% to 4 ft. Pkt., 15c.; %4-oz., 50c. 
Guinea Gold. Distinct type. Plant base-branch- 
ing, pyramidal growth, 2 to 2% ft. Flowers 2 inches 
across, semi-double, beautiful rich golden on good 
stems; excellent for cutting or in border. Marigold 
odor is much less pronounced. Per pkt., 10c.; 
special pkt., 25c.; oz., $1.00. 

Marigold, Yellow Supreme 
Yellow Supreme. A grand companion to Guinea 
Gold. A rich, creamy, lemon-yellow, carnation- 
flowered type; an excellent cut flower having good 
stems and holding well in water. Per pkt., 10c.; 
special pkt., 25c.; oz., $1.00. 
Orange Alldouble. Comes 95% true. This is a 
great advance over the old, now superseded, in 
which 50% double was considered good. Per pkt., 
10c.; ™%4-oz., 50c. 
Lemon Alldouble. Like Orange Alldouble except 
color. Per pkt., 10c.; %-oz., 50c. 
Large African. Alldouble, tall mixed, especially 
fine large quilled type, orange and lemon shades, 
2 to 3 feet. Pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.: oz., $1.50. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered Hybrids. Consists 
of new and distinct types. Flowers all shades of 
yellow and orange, 2 to 4 inches in diameter. Plants 
ort erepkt,, oL5c. 0 34=0Z.,05C 
FRENCH VARIETIES 
Spry. New dwarf. See page 3. Pkts only 25c. 
each. 
Scarlet Glow. New. See page 3. Pkts. only 25c. 
each. 
Josephine. Single brown and gold, long stems, 
fine for cutting, height 2 feet, late flowering. Per pkt., 
L0Cos) Oz.) 00G. 
Legion of Honor. A dwarf single variety. Blooms 
early and until late in the fall. Flowers rich golden yel- 
low, marked velvety brown. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 50c. 
Golden Ball. Dwarf French. Monarch Strain. 
Very compact. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., T5c. 
Robert Beist. Dwarf double. 
Very rich color. Per pkt. 10c.; oz., 60c. 
Harmony. New dwarf double. French variety. 
Maroon with a golden crest. Excellent cut flower. Per 
pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 85c. 
Harmony Spotlight. A new much brighter Har- 
mony; same early flowering habit but with larger and 
brighter lively yellow crested center of dainty tubular 
petals; a shade which contrasts beautifully with the rich 
mahogany guard petals. Per pkt., 10c.; ™%4-oz., 5b5c. 
Dwarf Royal Scott Alldouble. (New. Received 
Special Mention for 1937). Rich mahogany and gold. 
Dwarf, uniform, bushy plants (12 inches). Per DEG LOC. 
%-oz., 65c. 
French Dwarf Double Mixed. Monarch strain. 
Per pkt., 10¢c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 75c. 
Golden Gem. (Tagetes Signata Pumila). Bushy 
plants, 1 ft., with numerous small, star-like, single golden 
flowers. Ideal for edging. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.25. 
Dark maroon. 
