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CORAL FLOWER 
Exquisite, jewel-like @aintiness here, along with rich 
coloring. Even the foliage is decorative, leaves of a crisp, 
thick succulence in dark emerald colorings. Above the piled, 
massed leafage are very many stems, growing to some thirty 
inches, and bearing in loose alternate clusters, little five- 
pointed blossom stars of luminous rosy pink. Then come 
airy, long-hanging capsules, like beads of coral, polished to 
brilliancy, hundreds of them on each great, glowing plume 
of a stem. A single plant will have 25 to 35 of the blossom, 
and bead-filled stems; that’s actual count, made from the 
growing plants at Old Orchard. Effectively ornamental from 
mid-June until late in October. In full sun, of easiest pos- 
sible culture, but remember, no matter how early you sow 
the seed, there will be no germination until soil is warm 
in late spring, but after that, speed and the growth of this 
plant are synonyms. Iilustrated page 21. Pkt. 15c; 1/s2 oz. 
25c; 4/16 oz. 40c. 
THE GOLDEN SWEET PEA 
It was around 1896 that Crotalaria retusa was introduced 
and given catalog featuring under the name of New Dwarf 
Golden Sweet Pea, a name that is, perhaps, both inadequate 
in expressing its desirability, as well as, in certain ways, 
overly comprehensive. The flowers are in rather Sweet Pea 
form, and of, or near; Sweet Pea size, but unlike those 
of the Sweet Pea, they are carried in spire-like spikes on 
sturdily erect plants, and though with a delicate, elusive 
sweetness, they do not have the Sweet Pea fragrance. On 
the other side, the coloring is unusual, and good, a rich 
and glossy golden hue, bronze-brown markings. on the 
wing reverse, and it will give fine mid-summer bloom in 
hot, dry places where never a Sweet Pea would thrive. It is 
regrettable that this valuable decorative annual was ever 
lost to American horticulture, and we are happy to have 
this opportunity of making it once more generally available. 
ek (3-4)35. Pkt. 15¢ 14 oz. 25c; 4 oz. 40c. 

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COMMELINA DIFFUSA—erbx(w)(8)8. Great wavy-winged 
blossoms that may be either brilliant indigo, or a charm- 
ing orchid-rose. Blooms long and freely. Low-growing 
semi-trailer for edging, bedding or rock garden. Also some- 
times grown in hanging baskets, porch boxes or pots. Syn- 
onym of C. nudiflora. Pkt. 15c. 
CONVOLVULUS TRICOLOR MIXED—erbk(3)10.  Low- 
growing, up-facing annual of easiest growing. Not a vine. 
Flowers like those of Morning Glory, but stay open much 
longer. Shades of blue and of rose. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 1b5c. 
CONVOLVULUS—See also Morning Glory, page 31. 
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COSMOS FOR SHOW 
With Cosmos it is much for little. 
COSMOS SENSATION—Giant flowers, six inches, some- 
times across, with fluted and overlapping petals, you may 
have within ten weeks from planting. Exquisite pink and 
pure white in mixture. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 20c; %4 oz. 35c. 
COSMOS ORANGE FLARE—Most showy golden orange 
flowers. Easy and quick. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 20c; 1% oz. 35c. 
COSMOS CRIMSON GIANT—Rich crimson flowers five 
inches across, on six-foot stems. Needs long season, so get 
off to early start. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
COSMOS EARLY DOUBLE CRESTED—Flowers with high 
center crests in Anemone fashion, with some that are fully 
double. Pink, white and crimson in mixture. Pkt. 15c; 
1/16 oz. 25c; 144 oz. 40c; % oz. 70ce. 
COSMOS ORANGE RUFFLES—Vivid orange with golden 
tones, blossoms half-double, two to four petal rows, giving 
richly ruffled effects. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
OFFER 16A12—One pkt. each of above for 50c. 
CUPHEA FOR COLOR 
Thrice pleasant are they in their gaiety of coloring, oddity 
of blossom form, and long season of bloom display, and if 
still we need incentive for trying of them, add then their 
exceeding ease of culture and speed of growing. 
CUPHEA AVALON HYBRIDS—ecbx(8)20. Curiously at- 
tractive, irregularly fashioned blossoms in season-long pro- 
fusion, the compact-foliaged plants at a little distance seem- 
ing to be covered with fluttering, bright-hued butterflies. 
There will be lavender, lilac, pure pink, rose-purple, crim- 
son, fire-scarlet and vermilion. An annual of easiest cul- 
ture in any sunny place. Comes into bloom with speed. 
Illustrated page 29. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 40c; % oz. 70c. 
CUPHEA FIREFLY—ecbx(8)16. Live-coal brilliance here, 
a glowing cerise scarlet. Dwarf, compact, free-flowering, 
ever-flowering. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
CUPHEA LANCEOLATA—ecbx(8)40. Differs from the oth- 
ers in taller growth and more intricately wrought blossoms, 
two large upper petals of rich maroon, four lower and 
smaller of brilliant crimson. Inexplicably quite, the en- 
semble suggest Black Pansies, and that, in the cliche of the 
radio commentator, ‘‘is one for the books.’’ Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 17A12—One pkt. each of the three for 40c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM 
Long notable for blue vividness. 
CYNOGLOSSUM BLUEBIRD—ebx(2-4)24. Chinese Forget- 
menot. Lustrous blossoms of intense and brilliant indigo in 
close sprays. A desirable all-summer annual for every 
garden. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; % oz. 35c. 
CYNOGLOSSUM AMABILE PINK—Though called pink, the 
flower-color is more a soft lilac-rose. Rather pleasing, you 
will probably like it. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 30ce. 
DELPHINIUM (Annual) 
Do not confuse with the Larkspurs. They are on page 30, 
and they are a very different sort of thing from the annual 
Delphinium species and varieties described below. Definitely, 
your garden misses much if you do not have both. 
DELPHINIUM CARDIOPETALUM—erx(3)16. A little beauty. 
Violet flowers, green-tipped, and with exceedingly long up- 
curved spurs, are arranged in loose graceful spikes. No 
other Delphinium in the least like it. Pkt. 25c. 
DELPHINIUM ORIENTALE—ernbkt(2)28. A rare, and alto- 
gether different species from Kurdistan. Broad plants, long 
loaded with bloom, blossoms of richest tyrian purple, a 
striking, vivid, unusual shade of it. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25ce. 
DELPHINIUM GRANDIFLORUM CAMBRIDGE BLUE— 
erbx (2-3)24. Chinese Larkspur. Large flowers of brilliant 
light blue on much branched plants. Actually a short-lived 
perennial, but quick to flower from seed, and perhaps best 
handled as an annual. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c; 1%4 oz. 40c. 
DELPHINIUM GRANDIFLORUM WHITE BUTTERFLY— 
erbx(2-3)16. Large flowers of pure white. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 
oz. 20c; 1% oz. 35c. 
DELPHINIUM PANICULATUM—ecbx(2-5)25. The most 
airy and graceful annual Delphinium that we have ever seen. 
Flowers of darkest richest blue are carried in loose panicle 
clusters. Splendid cut flower. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 74A12—One pkt. each of the above for 60c. 
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