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Dusty Miller 
DUSTY MILLER (Candidissima)—For bed- 
ding, hanging baskets and pots and for edg- 
ing of beds where white foliage is desired. 
Silvery white, finely cut leaves. 15 inches. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Four o’Clocks 
FOUR O’CLOCKS or MARVEL OF PERU 
(Mirabilis)—This handsome, well-known free 
flowering garden favorite does well in any 
soil and under almost all conditions. Produces 
large flowers of many brilliant colors. The 
flowers are at the height of perfection during 
the afternoon. Height, 2 feet. Mixed—Pkt., 
10c; % oz., 20c. 
Tall Red—Pkt., 5c: “4 oz.. 20c. 
White—Pkt., 5c; %4 oz., 20c. 
Foxglove 
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis) — A very beautiful 
and interesting old-fashioned plant whose cul- 
ture is very simple. The bell-shaped flowers 
borne on long’ spikes make an exceedingly 
handsome and stately border. Keep plants 2 
feet apart. Height, 3 to 5 feet. Hardy biennial. 
Perfection Brand Mixed—Pkt., 10c; %4 0z., 
75sec. 
Gaillardia 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) — Annual. 
Blooms July to October. The annual varieties 
are very showy and are well adapted for gar- 
den decoration and cutting. Grandiflora. Dou- 
ble Mixed. Two ft.; large flowering. Pkt., 
10c; %4 oz., 25c. 
Geranium 
GERANIUM (Pelargonium)—These univer- 
sally admired plants are easily grown from 
seed and bloom the first season. Half-hardy 
perennial. 1 to 2 feet. 
peeeacuon Brand Mixed—Pkt., 10c; % oz., 
c. 
Gomphrena 
GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth)—A showy 
annual everlasting or strawflower, resembling 
a large clover blossom. Mixed colors, pkt., 10c. 
Gypsophila 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath)—Easy to 
grow in any soil. Open bell-shaped blooms used 
so much for mixing with other flowers in bou- 
quets. Blooms quickly. ; 
Elegans Grandiflora (London Market) — 
White. 
Elegans Grandiflora (Carminea)—Deep rose. 
Pkt., 5c3 44 0z.. 15e: 
Helianthus 
HELIANTHUS (Annual Sunflower) —Sun 
Gold (new) Brilliant golden yellow large dou- 
ble flowers, free flowering, 4 to 5 inches. Pkt., 
lOc; %4 oz., 15c. 

Helichrysum 
HELICHRYSUM (Monstrosum Strawflower) 
—The finest of all everlastings for the home 
garden. They are very handsome when grow- 
ing in the open and make unusually fine win- 
ter boquets if cut when partially opened and 
dried slowly in a cool place, heads downward 
to keep the long stems straight. They come in 
a wide range of brilliant and soft colors. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Hollyhock 
HOLLYHOCK (Althea Rosea)—The holly- 
hock is an old garden favorite. The tall, 
stately spikes bear immense quantities of 
blooms of the most brilliant colors and as dou- 
ble as a rose. Plant 3 feet apart and water 
freely. Height, 5 to 6 feet. Hardy perennial. 
Perfection Brand Double Mixed—Pkt., 10c; 
% oz., 25c. 
Chaters Double—Yellow, pink, crimson, ma- 
roon and white. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c. 
Kochia 
KOCHIA (Summer Cypress) — Sometimes 
called burning bush. This annual plant is of 
surprising rapid growth, regular pyramids 
about 2 feet high. Leaves slender, of light pea 
green until fall, changing to blood red and 
carmine. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 10c; oz., 30c. 
Mignonette 
Larkspur 
LARKSPUR (Giant Imperial)—Tall, upright, 
compact, basal branching in habit, the Giant 
Imperials have superseded all other types of 
Larkspurs. The delphinium-like spikes of dou- 
ble flowers, carried on stems 4 to 5 inches long, 
are compactly placed on upright growing 
plants, requiring about one-half the space 
needed for the old stock flowered type. 
White King—White. 
Bell Blue—Azure Blue. 
Blue Spire—Very deep violet blue. 
Carmine King—Deep carmine rose. 
Dazzler—Rich scarlet. 
Miss California—Deep Rose on Salmon. 
Finest Mixed. 
Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c, postpaid. 
Linaria 
LINARIA Toad Flax—The Linarias, com- 
monly known as miniature snapdragons, are 
very charming, free flowering border plants in 
bright and pastel shades. 18 inch. 
Perfection Brand—Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 20c. 

The hest remedy for ailing plants is an applica- 
tion of complete plant food. It can also be used 
in aes of the vegetable garden to speed up 
grvwtb, 
Lupins 
LUPINS— Long graceful spikes of pea 
shaped flowers from July until August. Plant 
in lime free, moist soils. 
Hartwegii—Dark blue. Pkt., 5c; %4 oz., lic. 
15c. 
Hartwegii—Finest mixed. Pkt., 5c; %4 oz., 
15c. 
Russel’s Prize Mixed. Pkt., 20c. 
Marigolds 
POT O’ GOLD Dwarf Giganthea (New)— 
This widely acclaimed new variety bears a 
dozen or more of its large blooms at one time, 
beginning in early June and continuing for as 
long as 7 to 8 weeks. Excellent for bouquets. 
Golden orange. 4 to 4%4-inch blooms, 12 to 15- 
inch stems. Pkt., 25c. 
MARIGOLD, HARMONY TYPE ~ (New)— 
French Dwarf Double Harmony Hybrids, de- 
scribed and priced on inside front cover. Illus- 
trated in full color. 
MARIGOLD, HARMONY TYPE (New)— 
French Tall Single Ferdinand, described and 
priced on inside front cover. Illustrated below. 
MARIGOLD, GUINEA GOLD (2 ft.)—Car- 
nation-like petals and unusually brilliant 
golden color makes this flower outstanding 
among Marigolds. It lacks much of the pun- 
gent odor of other Marigolds. The plants bloom 
very freely, and practically all flowers are 
double. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 35c. 
MARIGOLD, HARMONY, Dwarf French 
Double—Compact plants, free flowering, golden 
yellow bordered maroon red, scabious shaped. 
Pkt., 10c. 
MARIGOLD, COLLARETTE CROWN OF 
GOLD—New, orange, 2%-inch flowers, crested 
center, broad guard petals, odorless foliage. 
Pkt., 10c. 
MARIGOLD (Gigantea Sunset Giants)—The 
largest flowered of the Marigold group. Aver- 
aging 5 inches and some attaining a size of 
74% inches across, but they are produced in 
such profusion that a plant of Sunset Giants 
is one of the showiest places in the garden. 
Instead of the usual marigold odor these have 
a definitely sweet fragrance. This strain comes 
from 60% to 65% double. Pkt., 25c. 
MISSION GIANT MIXED—The colors in the 
blend are deep, medium and golden orange, as 
well as bright lemon. Very early. Blooms 4 to 
5 inches in diameter, are almost a perfect ball. 
Height 18 inches. Pkt., 20c. 
Mignonette 
MIGNONETTE—The mignonette 
is a uni- 
versal favorite and no other flower is so gen- 
erally known for fragrance. The dense semi- 
globular heads of flowers on stalks about 6 
inches high, making the whole plant reach to 
1 to 1% feet high. Hardy annual. Mixed— 
10c; ™%4 oz., 15 
Pkt., 15¢c. 

Marigolds—Ferdinand 
