44 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Delphinium—Hardy Larkspur 
Delphiniums are among the most beautiful and most widely used perennials for garden display and 
cutting. The regal stateliness of their massive, colorful spikes is unequalled by any other flower. 

They are of easy, culture, succeeding best in deep,’ rich, well-drained soil. 
are cut close to the ground after blooming, new flowering growth will be produced—usually three crops 
in one season. 
Perennial Larkspur 

California Poppy 
Escholtzia 
(California Poppy) 
12 to 15 in. 
The State flower of California. A 
bright free-flowering plant of low 
spreading growth with finely cut 
silvery foliage. The poppy-like 
flowers are produced from early 
spring until frost. Sow the seed 
where the plants are to remain. 
Flowers of im- 
Golden West mense size. The 
colors are intense and shining yel- 
lows, some with orange blotches. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Burbank’s Crimson 
The lovely flowers are a most attrac- 
tive clear rosy crimson. Pkt. 10c. 
Ramona Hybrid = This new 
ype is 
very erect and bears extra large 
flowers of tints and shades never be- 
fore seen. They include soft pink, 
searlet, chrome yellow, coppery red, 
shades of claret, royal purple, crim- 
son, pink and orange-scarlet. Mixed , 
colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Blooms the first year if sown early. 

Bloom in June, and if spikes 
1 | 1 Here igs a remarkably new strain of 
Pacific Giants, Mixed Delphinium developed on the Pacific 
Coast. Flowers are extremely large and well formed, 214 to 3% 
inches in diameter, symmetrically spaced and well balanced on a thin 
woody stem, practically 100 per cent double. This strain, although 
probably being the largest strain of Delphinium so far introduced, 
is also practically mildew resistant. The seed we offer includes 
many shades of colors including dark blue, violet, lavender, light 
blue, and white. Pkt. 25c, 2 pkts. 40c, 4% oz. $3.25. 
Blackmore & Langdon’s Strain—The Standard 
7 = Of all the English-grown Delphinium we have 
English Strain ever grown, Blackmore & Langdon’s have con- 
sistently been the best Their mixture contains many immense double 
deep blue and purple. Pkt. 25c. 
A wonderful, large- 
Wrexham or Hollyhock Flowered #wondpiiny, ey 
referred to as Hollyhock Flowered, because the stately plants with 
their large single, semi-double and double blooms closely set together 
form beautiful, tapering, spire-like spikes not unlike those of Holly- 
hocks. Many colors. 6 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
Gold Medal Hybrids The plants are of strong, vigorous 
habit. The large flowers, running 
in the lighter shades of blue, are closely set on spikes two feet long 
and over. Pkt. 10c, Y% oz. 60c. , 
Dianthus 
Annual Garden Pinks 
Brilliantly colored flowers for beds, borders, rockeries, edgings, 
and cutting. The dwarf, bushy plants average 1 ft. in height, are 
free blooming, and produce flowers of different forms, 2 to 3 in. across, 
from July until frost. Of easiest culture, succeeding in ordinary 
garden loam. Biennial in some sections. 

Foxglove—Digitalis 
(Biennial). Sow seeds each year for 
blooms the next. Tall, stately spikes 
of bell-shaped, spotted flowers car- 
ried high above the clumps of downy 
green foliage. Foxglove does well 
in a well-drained place, in either sun 
or half-shade. June and July. Mixed 
Colors. Pink, rose, purple and 
white, 8 to 4 ft. Pkt. 5c, Y% oz. 20c. 
Giant Shirley, Mixed Col- 
ors Large bells in many bright 
; colors, some attractively 
blotched or spotted crimson, maroon 
or chocolate, 
oz. 35c. 
id > 6 ft. Pkt. 10c, %4 
Marvelous (Dianthus Laciniatus Muira- 
billis The flowers are single with exceptionally large 
deeply fringed petals measuring two and one-half 
to three inches across the flower. The fringed edges are 
deeply and finely cut. 
In coloring the flowers range from 
pure white to richest crimson. 
True; fine extra 
Pkt. 10c. 
Diadematis (Diadem Pink) sae See 
strain of this beautiful pink is unrivaled in size of flowers 
and variety of colors. Pkt. 10c, ¥% oz. 40c. 
Selection of the 
Single and Double, Mixed Selection | of nual 
single and double flowering garden Pinks for an unsurpassed 
display of colors; some are edged, spotted and eyed. 
Pkt. 5c, Y4 oz. 25c, Ye oz. 40c. 
Hardy Garden Pinks 
All kinds of Hardy Pinks with their refreshing spicy 
fragrance are a delight in any garden. They bloom through 
a long season and adapt themselves to meet most any 
situation. 























Single and Double Mixed 
1 ft. 
Plumarius, 
Various shades of beautiful sweet-scented flowers. 
high and spreads rapidly. Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 85c. 
. 7 These will bloom the first year 
Allwoodi alpinus from seed. Showy single and 
semi-double fragrant flowers representing all the colors 
found in Dianthus. The plants grow 4 to 6 inches high and 
bloom profusely. A real gem for rock gardens. Pkt. 25c. 
Sweet Wivelsfield—Hardy 
7 ; 15 inches. Mixed Colors. 
Biennial (Hybrid Dianthus). A cross 
of Dianthus Plumarius and Sweet William 
blooming the first year from seed. The 
flower heads resemble Sweet William in an 
almost unbelievable range of colors. Pkt. 
10c, Y% oz. 45c. 
Euphorbia 
Variegata (Snow-on-the- 
Mountain) Annual 4*Plendid 
showy plant 
for beds and borders. From midsummer on 
the top leaves of every branch are attractive- 
ly marked with white; 2 ft. Pkt. 10c, %4 
oz. 25c, Y oz. 40c. 
Heterophylla (Mexican Fire 
Known also as Annual Poin- 
Plant settia, with rich red leaves 
crowning the end of each branch; 2% to 
8% ft. Pkt. 10c, % oz. 40c. 
