- NEMESIA GAYETY BLEND—erk(2-3)12. Easy annuals of 
extraordinary beauty; large, oddly formed flowers of white, 
pale yellow, pink, rose, crimson, orange and lilac, carried 
in long and great freedom. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
THE EVERBLOOMING NEMESIA—ex(8)18. Pretty flowers 
of white or blush, always with golden touch on lip, are car- 
ried continually from late spring to late autumn. Well- 
formed plants. Botanically, Nemesia foetens. Pkt. 15e. 
NEMOPHILA MIXED—ekt(2). Wide flowers in sky blue, 
violet, pure white, or white splashed with violet. Rather 
handsome. Sow in earliest spring. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. 
odd chalices of bright blue, white-centered; then come curi- 
ous dry fruits. Robust, branching plants. Easily handled. 
Called Shoo-fly Plant. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25ce. 
NICOTIANA 
The gardens of those who delight in sweet scents will 
always hold Nicotiana. The fragrance is richest as dusk. 
Easy culture; showy flowers. eobx(8). AFFINIS—Long, 
white trumpets, sugar-sweet perfume. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. 
SANDERAE HYBRIDS—Long brightness in pink, rose, red, 
lilac, crimson. Pkt. 10ec; 4% oz. 25e. NEW LAVENDER— 
Varying suffusions of lilac and lavender. Pkt. 15c. CRIM- 
SON BEDDER—Velvety crimson. Low; compact. Pkt. 15c; 
1% oz. 30c. OFFER 30A12—One pkt. each of above for 40c. 
NICOTIANA GLAUCA—ebtfk(9)140. Branching, silvery 
lue pyramids, even to 12 feet in a summer. Clustered 
blossoms, small, tubular, yellow. For exotic accent. Sow 
in position early, or under glass and transplant. Pkt. 1l65c. 
NIEREMBERGIA COERULEA 
A lovely and dainty thing, with open chalices, skyblue to 
richest violet, carried in prodigal floriferousness for many 
tonths. Though of easiest garden culture, and usually 
grown there as an annual, it will make, if desired, a de- 
lightful pot plant. Actually it is perennial, and with a bit 
of extra care and protection, as a thick mulching of loose 
_NICANDRA PHYSALODES—ebx(2-4)40. The blossoms are . 
straw or other material that will not mat down, will winter . 
It is a 
safely, and start then its blooming in early April. 
erx(8)8. 
splendid species of great beauty and many uses. 
Illustrated page 21 as N. hippomanica, the name by which 
it is usually offered. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00. 
NIEREMBERGIA FRUTESCENS — ek(8)20. Big cup-like 
owers of blue-suffused white, touch of yellow in deep 
throat. Vigorous, attractive, easily grown. Pkt. 15c. 

. Those who really know how to live, will thereby 
know how to live with and in a garden, the part 
_being necessary to the whole, but those who know 
only how to make a living will both waste and be 
wasted in gardens, no matter how many of them 
they buy. 

NIGELLA DAMASCENA—ek (2-3)20. Love-in-a-mist. Blue 
and white. Pretty. Pkt. 5c; 4% oz. 15c. 
NOLANA BLEND—ergdx(8)6. Wide mats of crispy, suc- 
culent foliage, set thickly with up-facing blossoms that 
may be brilliant indigo with black pencilings. Sometimes, 
though, there is variation into pale blue, pure white or 
deep volet. A summer-long delight. It carpets the sunny 
northern slopes of Chilean hills. Pkt. 15c. 
NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA (Mentzelia) — ebltyt(3-4)45. 
Ivory white blossoms of great size for some two months, 
each flower-bowl centered with golden stamen-tassel. Sow 
m late aun if possible. Illustrated page 40. Pkt. 15c; 
16 OZ. c. 
ONOPORDUM SALTIERI—ebx(3)72. This most attractive 
of the ornamental Scottish Thistles offers fine first-year 
effects in its great rosettes of spiny decorative foliage that 
might have been wrought from silver. Pkt. 10c. 
EVENING PRIMROSE 
These are the annual Oenotheras, for perennial forms 
see page 55. The flowers are of a brilliant, satin-petaled, if 
evanescent, showiness. Very easy. Sow early. AFTER- 
GLOW— Petals of polished gold, subtending calyx of glow- 
ing red. Pkt. 10c. ODORATA—Opens primrose yellow 
and gradually suffuses with delicate apricot. Perfumed. 
Pkt. 10c. TRICHOCALYX—A beauty. Enormous flowers 
of diaphanous white. Pkt. lic. OFFER 31A12—One pkt. 
each of the three for 30c. 
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PENSTEMON ANNUAL GIANTS—cbkt(2-4)35. Gorgeous 
flowers that remind rather of Gloxinia in their brilliant and 
erratically applied colorings. Though actually perennial, 
may be handled as an annual if sowing be made very early 
while soil is cool. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
PENSTEMON CAMPANULATUS—ecbkt(2-4)35. Graceful 
sprays, pure rose to violet. Winter-hardy, though from 
ete but sown early, handles well as an annual. 
t. 20c. 
PANSY 
It works automatically, the plants themselves set the 
price of their seed. The larger-the flowers in a given strain, 
the smaller is always the yield of seed, pretty much in even 
inverse ratio. Then, the smaller the yield, the greater the 
cost of production, and cost to final purchaser. Nowhere 
more surely than in buying of Pansy seeds do you get just 
what you are willing to pay for. 
PANSY BABY DELIGHT—Here is a daintiness of charm, 
plants of crowded, bushy compactness, loaded with round 
wavy-edged blossoms of lovely light blue, an exquisite jewel- 
like tone. Baby Delight comes into bloom with great speed 
from seed, and then it stays long in bloom, spring, summer, 
autumn, with bonus of flowers during even mild periods of 
winter. Pkt. 15c. 
PANSY TRIMARDEAU GIANT BEDDING—Excellent mix- 
ture of large-flowered Pansies for mass effects. Wide range 
of colorings. Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
PANSY SUPER-SWISS GIANTS—Flowers of very large 
size, carried on sturdy plants. Deep, rich, unusual shades, 
reds, salmon-rose, purple velvets and the like, along with 
contrasting vivid blotchings. Pkt. 30c; 1/s2 oz. 45c; 2/16 oz. 
80c; 14 oz. $1.50. 
PANSY BLEND TRIUMPHANT—Here, if you grow it well, 
you should reach the ultimate of Pansy size, nothing beyond. 
The enormous blossoms are round in form, with broad, thick 
petals, that so overlap as to make the flowers seem almost 
double, an effect enhanced by the curled and undulate mar- 
gins. The colors are brilliant and varied, running mostly 
to richer tones, and usually with a contrasting spot on each 
petal. Vigorous plants, robustly stemmed. Here are Pansy 
aristocrats. Pkt. 40c; 1/s2 oz. 75¢c; 1/16 oz. $1.35. 
OFFER 32A12—-One pkt. each of the four for 80c. 
THE DELIGHT PETUNIAS 
From young days of June on through pitiless sun of sum- 
mer, and far into cooling autumn, the Delight Petunias 
will hold their garden display; and everyone knows with 
what carefree ease Petunias may be grown. FAIRY—Ex- 
quisite shell pink, cream center. Pkt. 15¢c. ULTRAMARINE 
—Rich clear blue. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. CREAM STAR— 
Creamy white, yellow star in throat. Pkt. 25c. SALMON 
SUPREME—Lovely salmon pink. Pkt. 20c. FLAMING 
VELVET—Red-mahogany with luminous scarlet lustre. Rich 
and velvety. Pkt. 20c. WHITE GEM—WNeat, compact six- 
inch mounds, covered with white flowers. Pkt. 20c. TOPAZ 
ROSE—Flaming cherry rose with throat of hummingbird 
topaz. Pkt. 15e. TWINKLES—White stars over vivid rose. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 25ec. PURPLE PRINCE—Rich, dark blue 
purple. Large flowers. Pkt. 15c; 1/s2 oz. 30c. SNOW- 
STORM—Drifts of snowy white. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 20c. 
ROSY MORN—Clear rose with white throat. Pkt. 10c; 3/16 
oz. 25c. OFFER 33A12—One'pkt. each of above for $1.60. 
PETUNIA DELIGHT BLEND—Above, with others. Pkt. 10c; 
1/1g oz. 200; % oz. 85c; %4 oz. 60c. 
PETUNIA GIANTS 
Immense blossoms, deeply frilled. 
PETUNIA GIANT FRINGED BLEND—Flowers of this, 
grown rightly, often reach six inches diameter, rarely less 
than four. The petals are attractively fringed and frilled, 
the colorings unsurpassed in wide variety. There will be 
selfs in every better Petunia hue and tone, with often con- 
trasting blotchings and variegations. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA MARTHA WASHINGTON—Blush pink with deep 
violet throat, radiations of rich wine red about it, all in 
suggestion of Pelargonium. Flowers large, well-ruffled, 
but plants are dwarf, compact mounds. Pkt. 20c. 
PETUNIA ALL-DOUBLE FRINGED—Fully double flowers, 
largest size, marvelously fringed, carried on dwarf, compact, 
free-blooming plants. There will be pure white, purple, 
pink, lavender and red, with about all possible shades and 
combinations of these hues. Practically every flower will 
be double. Pkt. 75c. 
