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- “ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 45, 
Everlasting Flowers Riffs 



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Feverfew (Matricaria) 
Capensis Fl. Pl]. Small, double white 
° °* flowers. Compact, 
bushy plant, 1 foot high. Adapted to bedding, 
pot culture and cutting. Perennial but may 
be treated as annual. Pkt. 10c. 
Compact bushes, 8 inches 
Golden Ball high, covered with lovely, 
button-like, bright yellow blooms of densely Vy Y} } f \\ Wen: 
° double formation. Pkt. 10c. yy } 
Chinese Lantern Plant 4? ornancets ‘ Lili 
forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, produc- 
ing freely its bright orange-scarlet lantern-like M 
fruits, which can be cut and dried for winter 
bouquets; highly interesting. Pkt. 10c. k f it 
; These well known favorites are 
Geranium indispensable for outdoor as well 
as indoor decorations. Sow seed \in shallew 
boxes in March; when large enough transplant 
to similar boxes or small pots; plant out in 
Acroclinium 0©r¢ of the best of the ever- 
May. Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 



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3 lasting flowers; culture same 
as for Asters. Half hardy annuals. Pkt. 5c. 
Everlasting Flowers, All Va- 
rieties Mixed Included in this mixture 
’ are the most popular 
types and varieties of Everlastings—Strawflow- 
ers, Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Rhodanthe, 
Statice, etc. Pkt. 8c, %4 oz. 25c. 
‘Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena 
Globosa, Fine Mixed (Evertiast- 
ing) The strawy 
flower heads are Clover-like in appearance, 
about % in. across, quite attractive in the 
garden, for cutting as fresh flowers, or for dry- 
ing for winter bouquets. White, flesh, purple 
and orange in mixture, 1% to 2 ft. Pkt. 8c; 
WY oz. 25e. — : 
Grasses, Ornamental, Annual Va- 
rieties, Mixed Very decorative in_ the 
: z garden, useful for mixing 
with flowers and indispensable when dried for 
wanter bouquets. Pkt. 8c; 14 oz. 25c. Gaillardia 
Honesty -Lunaria Biennis Gaillardia—Blanket Flower 
(Everlasting-Biennial) Grown extensively for 
the large, silvery white partitions of the round, Annual Gaillardias are among the most easily 
flat seed pods, which make attractive winter grown and free blooming flowers of the gar- 
decorations. The seed pods follow the purple, den; as colorful as the perennial but a trifle 
sweet-scented, Stock-like flowers.. If started smaller. Attractive gray-green foliage; they 
early, the pods may mature the first year. like sunshine and a well-drained soil. July to 
4 ft. tall. Pkt. 10c; ™% oz. 30c. frost. 15 to 18 in. 
Statice—Sea Lavender, Sinuata Indian Chief Sinzle, | showy, metallic: _ 
Clusters of colorful, strawy everlasting flowers brown centers. Pkt. 1 3 - 25c. . ; 
of great value either in fresh or dried condi- H ° cess aoe S ee Godetia Sy es oy gre sane) 
tion. 2 ft. Mixed colors, Pkt. 10c, % oz. 20c, Lorenziana, Double Mixed Choice . earing freely large flowers 3 to_ 
Ym oz. 35c. : ; mixture inches across, of exquisite colors that glisten in 
‘ of yellow, red and white double flowers with the sun like satin. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Strawflowers, quilled or tubular petals. Pkt. 10c, % oz. 25c. 
Helichrysum Single, Fine Mixed Bright. single, Daisy-like flowers of red and yellow. Pkt. 
E z 5e, Yq. oz. 20c. 
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fall. Bright and gaily colored, Daisy-like flowers are freely 
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for winter bouauets. peers en fone: Ay eae stems. If seed is sown early, the plants will bloom 
for Prine cmse, cut The Dazzler New giant type. Large, dark red 
Uf them when partially oe . : flowers with bright orange tips. 
Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. 50c. 
Portola Hybrids Strong, stiff stems with 
flowers that are nearly 4 in. 
across. Bronzy scarlet, petals tipped with golden yel- 
low. Plants are sturdy. Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. 25c. 
- open, remove foliage, 
- bunch loosely, | and 
hang with the heads 
-* downward in a cool, 
_ dry, shady place un- 
til dry. Strawflowers 
are the most widely 
used of all Everlast- 
ings. Flowers are 
double, 2 in. and 
-more across, and are 
freely borne on 

Geum 
(Perennial) Double flowers like little roses on long 
stems from June to September, if not allowed to go to 
seed. Do best in rich, well-drained soil and a warm, 
sheltered location in beds, borders or rock garden. 
Needs winter protection in very cold sections. 1% to 
Dette 
Lady Stratheden Rich golden yellow. Pkt. 10c. 





eo 2% ft. Pkt. 5c, 
Vy oz. 25c. 
y Mrs. Bradshaw Fiery scarlet. Pkt. 10c. 

showy 
everlast- 
are 
r winter bou- 
swt A bulbous rooted plant, producing in 
Gloxinia great profusion; has abe well Aelia ; 
flowers of richest and most beautiful variety o ril- 
liant colors. One foot, Hybrida mixed. Pkt. 10c. ~ Groxinia, CHoicest Hysrios 

Strawflowers 
