

NORTHRUP. KING & CO..S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 


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Sweet William, Single Mixed 
1'4% to 2 feet 
One of the old popular hardy perennials. 
The large trusses of brilliant flowers are 
delightful in any garden. Require a good, 
rich, well fertilized soil for best results. 
The broad clusters of fragrant flowers are 
like little pinks with delicately fringed, 
overlapping petals. Color range, pink, scar- 
let, maroon, white, usually two shades to 
each plant. Fine for cut flowers. 
Verbena, Hybrida, Mixed 1 foot 
A free flowering tender perennial, usual- 
ly treated as an annual. Excellent for bed- 
ding and edging. Of creeping habit with 
dark green foliage. Many clusters of large 
star-shaped flowers with round lobed petals. 
Color range—blue, pink, scarlet, yellow, 
white—most of the flowers having white 
eyes. 
Verbena, Mammoth Flowering Pink 
1 foot 
Attractive pink and rose shades. 
Verbena, Mammoth Flowering Blue 
1 foot 
Several shades of violet, blue and purple. 
Verbena, Mammoth Flowering Scarlet 
1 foot 
A beautiful vivid scarlet. 
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Vinca or Periwinkle 15 inches 
A tender perennial brought from the 
island of Madagascar. Very free blooming, 
handsome bushy plants with glossy foliage 
and round, single flowers 1% inches across. 
The flowers are flat and circular with five 
petals. Colors, solid white, rose with crim- 
son eye and white with rose center. Plants 
are free from attack by insects. Usually 
treated as annuals and bloom during the 
late summer and autumn. In the fall it 
may be potted and grown indoors with 
success, 
Virginian Stock or 
French Forget-Me-Not 6 inches 
When sown early, these beautiful annuals 
give color to the garden during the period 
between Spring and Summer flowers. Four 
petaled single flowers with faint perfume, 
in shades of red and white. 
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Wall Flower, Mixed Colors 
A very desirable annual in the milder 
sections of this country. Adapted to garden 
and pot culture. Very fragrant. Oriental 
shades of red, yellow and brown. 
Wild Cucumber 
A very rapid annual climber. Dense, at- 
tractive foliage, white fragrant flowers, fol- 
lowed by ornamental, prickly seed pods. 
Grows almost everywhere. 
ZINNIA 
This deservedly popular, hardy, garden annual is a descendant of a wild Mexican 
zinnia. It is a rather voracious plant, thriving on rich, well fertilized soil and moderate 
moisture. Sunshine and warmth are necessities for its success. A delightful garden flower 
in masses, and equally desirable as a cut flower. 
Dahlia Flowered, Mixed 2\% feet 
Very large, robust, branching plants pro- 
ducing large blooms which resemble Deco- 
rative Dahlias—often measuring 3 to 4 
inches deep and 5 inches across. The flowers 
usually have slightly hollowed centers 
ringed with tubular petals. The petals over 
the flower have a tendency to curl inward. 
Dahlia Flowered—Orange 
Dahlia Flowered—Rose 
Dahlia Flowered—Scarlet 
Dahlia Flowered—Mixed 
Double Giants, Mixed 2'\% feet 
Large bushy, branching plants bearing 
above the foliage, numerous flowers on 
long stiff stems. The blooms average 5 
inches across, many running larger, and 
they are very brilliant in coloring. The 
center is more elevated than in the Dahlia 
Flowered type and the rows of petals are 
more regular. Excellent for brilliant beds 
and long-lived cut flowers. 
Double Giants—Bright Rose 
Double Giants—Burnt Orange 
Double Giants—Scarlet 
Double Giants—Mixed 
