
STOCKS 
Dwarf Bachelor Button 
Jubilee Gem (Centaurea) Corn Flower. Dwarf and compact. Cov- 
ered with large double blue flowers. An excellent plant for edging 
purposes. Consistent bloomer and fine for cutting. 
Chinese Forget-Me-Not 
Firmament (Cynoglossum), Another beautiful blue flower for the 
front of the border and showy enough to be used in beds. Eight to 
10 inches high with deep blue flowers. 
Dwarf Dahlias 
Unwin’s Dwarf Hybrids. Double and semi-double flowers in an 
attractive color range. Plants seldom exceed 18 inches in height and 
with their bright colors are an important part of the garden. 
Sweet Peas 
Now. available, A&M ruffled winter and spring flowering sweet 
peas, as plants. Set out in the garden in well enriched soil; they 
grow rapidly and the display they produce will be the envy of all. 
Evening Star. Bright orange scarlet with a lighter tone on wings. 
Hiawatha. Deep rich rose, exceptionally large and long stems. 
Hope. Pure white, chaste flowers. One of the latest improvements. 
Mariner. Large ruffled flowers, almost blue. Very fine. 
Treasure Island. Sparkling golden orange, large, non-fading. 
Triumph. Delightful shade of lilac mauve. 
Cockscomb 
Celosia cristata. The oddity of the garden. Magnificent combs of 
velvet produced on strong plants. For summer only. Tall mixed— 
Rich colors. Dwarf mixed—Shades of crimson and yellow. 
Canterbury Bells 
Cup and Saucer (Calycanthema). These biennials are always use- 
ful for their large bell-shaped flowers set in saucers of the same 
color. Heretofore small plants required a season to get established 
for flowering. With husky plants in 4-inch bands all this waiting can 
be shortened. Set out in fall, they will flower the next season. 
Chinese Lanterns 
Chinese Lanterns, Physalis francheti. A hardy perennial plant 
useful for its bright orange-red “‘lanterns’’ so gay in the garden. 
Fine if cut and dried for the home where they last indefinitely. 
Cineraria 
What winter garden can do without the showy mass of color 
offered by these magnificent annuals? The Super Giant strain 
offered is a vigorous free-blooming type, 15 to 18 inches high with 
flowers often 4 to 6 inches across. Unbelievable! Colors salmon, 
light blue and white, deep red, and violet blue. 
Annual Plants 
Discriminating gardeners like to keep their plantings in tip-top 
condition throughout the season. Here is your opportunity to get a 
quick start with new worth-while varieties. You may lose very little 
time between changes and after replacement with these plants 
grown in Plant Bands. Just slit or break open the containers and 
plant out as if they were potted. No hurry to get planted before 
they wilt, no messy looking beds afterward as they suffer no set- 
back and give unusually quick returns. 
Reasonably priced according to variety and quantity. 
Pink African Daisy 
Dimorphotheca spectabilis. Dainty single daisy-like blooms of 
rich deep pink with glossy black centers cover the compact plants 
in a most charming way. Half hardy perennial, 1 to 2 feet high. 
Indispensable for hot, dry places. 
Stocks 
Giants of California. Branching stocks with very large flowers 
and long strong stems. Average growth 30 to 34 inches. Don't miss 
this in the winter garden. Yellow, purple, pink, blue, white, rose 
carmine, lavender, blood red, and rose. 
Brompton Stocks. Robust disease resistant strain of early and 
long blooming stocks; 24 inches. Fine in front of the larger Giants 
of California. Lavender blue, deep carmine, rose, carmine, pale 
rose-buff, dark violet and pure white. 
Dwarf Large Flowered Petunias 
Ramona Strain. Excellent dwarf compact plants with large ruffled 
and fringed flowers. Available in light and dark shades. 
Zinnias 
Super Giant Pastel Tints. This remarkable improvement in giant 
flowered zinnias leaves none of the old stiff paper-like flowers and 
muddy colors to mar the garden. Wonderful light pastel shades in 
enormous flowers. Beautiful and desirable both in the garden and 
as cut flowers. 
Lilliput Pastel Tints. The same colors but very dwarf Lilliputians 
of the Zinnia world. Try them as edging plants. 
Mexican Tulip Poppy 
Hunnemannia Sunlite. Usually difficult to move. This glorious 
tender perennial can now be safely planted anywhere. Finely cut 
foliage, a total height of only 2 feet and glorious yellow semi- 
double flowers 3 to 4 inches across. Makes a splendid cut flower. 
Browallia 
Elata Blue. Need an annual for shady places? The rich blue 
flowers come equally well in sun or shade and either winter or 
summer. 18 inches. Let it sprawl] about in the rock garden. 
Gaillardia 
Indian Chief. Brilliant annual with copper red flowers. 
fails to win admiration with its profusion of unusual color. 
Baby’s Breath 
Gypsophila elegans. Sprays of this lovely annual are nice in 
bouquets or to lighten the effect of color masses in the garden. Try 
them among bulbs, in front and between zinnias and other bright 
flowers. 
grandiflora. The large white flowered form so useful in bouquets. 
Never 
carmine. Deep carmine flowers. The same airy grace but in a 
different color. 
Scarlet Flax 
Linum. Slender graceful hardy annuals with fine foliage and bril- 
liant red flowers. Profuse bloom in fall and winter when most 
needed. 11% to 3 feet, it is best in the background. 
Scabiosa 
The large flowered annual scabiosas are delightful in the gar- 
dent and for cutting. No special requirements. Long, graceful stems 
and full flowers grace the garden in late summer. 
Black Prince. Deep red. 
Salmon Beauty. Huge pure salmon. 
Shasta. Pure white. 
Verbenas 
This excellent ground cover needs no recommendation to anyone. 
Gay cheery flowers cover in a mass the one foot plants. Now avail- 
able from rooted cuttings in four delightful colors: Cerise pink, 
Steel blue, Deep red (give protection), and Pale pink. 
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