ANNUALS HERE 
Fourteen pages of quick flowers for the summer (and 
autumn) garden, all being plants that will bloom freely 
and long the same season that the seed is sown. 
AGROSTEMMA NEW MILAS VARIETY—ecbkt(2-3)35. A 
new arrival that brings brilliant all-spring showiness, wide 
up-facing salvers of most pleasing lilac-tinted violet, the 
centers lighter, and with radiating white striations. In this 
giant-flowered form, discovered but lately near Milas in 
Turkey, the individual blooms may reach a_ three-inch 
diameter, from early sowing and good growing. The stems 
are long and slender, the foliage narrow and widely spaced, 
so that the plants show chiefly as great graceful sways of 
blossoming. Try it for cutting, it takes up water well and 
lasts for days. Be sure ‘to sow it early in the spring (you 
might even have sown it the fall before). Definitely it 
will not be thrifty if sown so late that it does not get a 
cool start. Stock still limited. Illustrated on opposite page. 
Pkt. of not less than 15 seeds for 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA — eogrdx(3-5)5. Clustered, frag- 
rant, rose-hued blossoms over mats of fat, crispy foliage. 
Rock garden or hot, dry ground cover. Pkt. 10c. 
ACROCLINIUM GIANT MIXED—ek(3)16. Strawflower or 
everlasting. Semi-double to double flowers, white, soft pink, 
rose. Botanically Helipterum. Pkt. 10c ; oz. 25c. 
AGERATUM or FLOSS-FLOWER 
Pleasing annuals of easiest culture. 
AGERATUM BLUE BALL —eirk(3-4)7. Low domes of in- 
tense blue. A uniform edging. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20ce. 
AGERATUM IMPERIAL DWARF WHITE — eirbk(3-4)7. 
Purest fluffy white snowdrifts. Plant it where it shows at 
dusk, it gives back day’s light. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c. 
GOLDEN AGERATUM—erx(2-4). It’s really and truly a 
golden yellow, rich, deep, wide yellow clusters in fluffy 
effect. It is not, though, as truly an Ageratum, just one by 
courtesy, a step-in-law that enriches the family. Botanically 
it is Lonas inodora, but ‘horticulturally it will always be 
the Golden Ageratum. As to height, you can, within degree, 
govern that to your choice. If for edgings, then sow thickly, 
crowd it, and you will have a close, Midas-hued hedge to 
not more than ten inches. For cutting, though, or for 
general garden display, space and feed it to get well- 
stemmed twenty-inch beauties, _Particularly good for cutting, 
lasting far longer in water than -will most other flowers. 
Illustrated on opposite page. Pkt..20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 7 
for $1.00. 
AGERATUM CUT-FLOWER BLUE — ecbk (38-4) 24. 
azure blue, densely clustered in tall branching effect. 
cellent cut flower. Pkt. 5c; 144 oz. 30c; 
AGERATUM CUT-FLOWER WHITE—White and soft as 
high-piled summer clouds. Pkt. 5c; %4 oz. 80c. 
AGERATUM LASSEAUXII—eck (3-4)20. Pink it is called, 
but the blossoms, showers of fluff-flakes’ caught all through 
the wide branchings, have more the memory-sweet coloring 
of the old door-yard Lilac; name it pink-toned lavender, or 
lavender-toned pink, and in either direction you will be 
inadequate. The long-profuse bloom will be enjoyed for 
cutting. Botanists make this a Eupatorium. Pkt. 15¢c; 38 
for 40c; 8 for 90c. 
OFFER 1A12—One pkt. each of the six for 55c. 
STAR OF THE DESERT 
This lace-edged beauty, Amberboa muricata, comes from 
the driest, near-desert areas, ranging, as did once the Moors, 
on both sides of Gibraltar Strait, delighting in sun-baked 
places. The flowers are lace-stars three inches across, 
tyrian purple with lighter cushion centers. It’s easy to 
grow, in bloom for months, fine for cutting, and of superb 
decorative affect in the garden. Good foliage always. If 
your garden has a hot and dry problem-space, sow Am- 
berboa there, but it will thrive, too, in deep, rich, moisture- 
filled soils, and it is beautiful enough to be worthy of the 
best. Illustrated page 24. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; 1% oz. 40c; 
% oz. 70c. 
Bright 
Ex- 
ANACYCLUS RADIATUS—ebk (3-4)25. It’s Morocco again, 
for that is where this pretty fern-leafed Daisy bides. The 
flowers range from pale primrose or cream, with rosy re- 
verse, to others of deep golden hue, the buds and petal- 
backs then bronzed. Pkt. 10c. 
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SWEET ALYSSUM 
Free-blooming, long-blooming annuals, quick to grow, use- 
ful for edgings, borders, pot culture, rock gardens, window 
boxes, bedding. Botanically these are Lobularias, though 
quite usually called Alyssums. 
ALYSSUM CARPET OF SNOW—ek(2-4)4. The name de- 
scribes it, a fragrant snowy carpet. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 80c. 
ALYSSUM VIOLET QUEEN—ek (2-4)6. A sensational ad- 
vance, blossoms of rich deep violet, sweetly scented, carried 
in closely packed clusters. Pkt. 10c; \% oz. 20c; % oz. 35c. 
ALYSSUM BENTHAMI VARIETY—eik (2-4)10. A low bushy 
hedgelet, to ten inches, of white, honey-sweet bloom. Pkt. 
5e3" 44 oz. 15e3 1 0z.-25c. 
ALYSSUM CREAMY VARIETY—eik (2-4)7. Blossoms of a 
rich cream tint, not far from primrose. Pkt. 10c. 
Know men by their gardens, for gardens are mirrors. 
AJUGA CHIA—egtrk(2-4)6. Bright green low leafage, yel- 
low flower-flakes. Sunny ground cover or rock garden filler. 
Pkt. 15¢; 3 for 40c. 
AMARANTHUS FINE MIXED — ebfk(3-5)50. Amazing 
variations in color and form, in foliage and flower. Here’s 
for rich brocade. Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 20e. 
ANCHUSA CAPENSIS BLUEBIRD—ebx(3) 20. Blue as 
vivid as the brightest Gentian are the constellations of starry 
intensity that top each’*stem. Compact, quick, easy, good; 
what more would you have. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 20c; %4 oz. 35c. 
ANCHUSA RIPARIA—ecbx (2-4)35. Ultramarine, rich, dark, 
glowing. The flowers are carried in graceful, fountain-like 
sprays. It’s perennial, and winter-hardy well north, but it 
blooms so quickly from spring-sown seed that you may very 
wel Brow, it, and think of it, as an annual. Pkt. l5c; 1/16 
OZ. Cc. 
ANODA OPALCUP—ecbx(8)48. Delightful long-blooming 
annual that has our fullest recommendation. TEHasiest pos- 
sible culture. Quick from seed. Pretty opaline blue-lilac. 
See page two for full description, page 8 for illustration. 
Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c; 1 oz. T5e. 
ANODA SNOWCUP—ecbx (8) 35. 
som cups of shining whiteness. As quick and easy as the 
last, but more compactly formal, and a trifle lower,. De- 
scribed and illustrated, page 24. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 20c; 
% oz. 85c; 1 oz. $1.00. . 
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ANAGALLIS SCARLET PIMPERNEL—eruk (2-4)8. -Scarlet | 
it must be, by virtue of romance and the Baroness Orczy, 
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though we see it rather as an odd and pleasing terra cotta 2 ; 
red. Long in bloom. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
ANAGALLIS or BLUE PIMPERNEL — eruk (2-4)8. ‘Tur- 
quoise, spreading undulate blue brilliance, for long summer- 
time effects. Quick and easy low, wide annual, valued for 
edgings, path borders, rock gardens, porch boxes, pot cul- 
ture and the like. Full sun. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
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