Staffel’s Flowers Make Homes Out of Houses 
great masses of color or the simplest plantings of selected varieties, and with hundreds of 
| Datta growing is an intensely interesting and delightful occupation, whether your taste runs to 
easily grown flowers from which to choose, there is endless opportunity for creating new effects 
and discovering new beauties. 
ing touch which makes the picture perfect. 
Ageratum (a) 
One of the best summer blooming plants 
grown from seed. They are rapid growers, 
early and constant bloomers. During the hot, 
dry summer months their bright flowers are 
produced in the greatest profusion. Sow in 
spring. 
TOM THUMB LITTLE BLUE STAR—Flower 
opens light blue with purple center and de- 
velops to a bright blue self. 6 inches tall. 
Alyssum (a) 
This most popular hardy annual is used ex- 
tensively for borders, edging and rockeries, 
but equally valuable as a cut flower, covering 
itself with clusters or trusses of small pure 
white flowers of a peculiar delicate fragrance. 
Sow in fall. 
SWEET ALYSSUM—Little Gem, white and 
lilac. 6 inches tall. 
Amaranthus (a) 
Tall, robust, showy colorful foliage plant. 
Likes hot sunny sites, lean soil, and plenty 
of room. 
Hardy annuals grown especially for their 
brilliant foliage. Sow in early spring. 
TRICOLOR—Well known as Joseph’s Coat. 
A hard, annual with leaves of red, yellow 
and green. Especially brilliant if grown in 
poor soil. 
MOLTEN FIRE—The top leaves are a fiery 
crimson, the lower ones maroon. This type 
often seen in Brackenridge Park. 
Aquilegia—Columbine (hp) 
Old-fashioned garden favorite. Fine for cut 
flowers. Height 21 feet. Hardy perennial. 
Sow indoors in fall in boxes. 
Plant a Red, White and 
Blue Garden This Year! 
Everybody will be defense conscious in 
1942. Styles in clothing and decoration 
lean more and more towards the patriotic. 
Why don’t you do something clever in 
your garden with the reds, whites and 
blues of Old Glory! Look carefully thru 
this catalog for flowers which will fit 
in with this theme and treat yourself to 
real delights in color schemes. 

BALSAM DOUBLE ROSE FLOWERED 
Asters (a) 
The mainstay of the garden in late summer. 
Need rich new soil and good sun. Most are now 
wilt-resistant. 12 to 214 feet. 
EARLY BEAUTY, WILT-RESISTANT TYPE—Early 
Beauty Asters begin blooming in July until frost. 
The plants are 2¥%2 to 3 feet with long, stout 
stems, bearing large, well-shaped flowers in dark 
lavender, carmine rose, delicate flesh pink, white, 
finest mixed. 
GIANT HARMONY MIXTURE—Colors _ include 
lovely shades of light and deep blue, flesh, 
peach blossom, silvery rose, purple and white. 
Balsam (a) 
LADY SLIPPER—A favorite old time annual. 
Hardy, bushy plants 18 inches high. Wants partial 
shade and plenty of moisture. Flowers on short 
stems, sometimes 2 inches across. Bloom for 
sixty days. Sow late, keep watered. 
DOUBLE WHITE—Well adapted for bouquets. 
Ounce, 60c. 
DOUBLE DARK RED—Very beautiful. Ounce, 60c. 
DOUBLE CAMELLIA—This variety resembling a 
Double Camellia, is white blotched with various 
colors; mixed. Ounce 75c. 
DOUBLE ROSE FLOWERED—Finest mixed. 
Ounce, 60c. 
Begonia (p) 
EVER-BLOOMING BEDDING VARIETIES 
A continuous flowering section of begonias of 
the greatest value for bedding; the flowers, 
although small, are of brilliant colors and borne 
in great profusion from summer to autumn. 
Seedlings of spring bloom in summer while seed- 
lings of summer make valuable decorative plants 
for the house during the winter. 
GRACILIS LUMINOSA — Large, bright scarlet 
flowers. Package 25c; 5 packages, $1.00 
GRACILIS PRIMA DONNA—1 ft. The flowers 
are a brilliant, clear pink, shading to carmine- 
rose. Package, 25c; 5 packages, $1.00. 
Bellis Perennis (p) 
(Double Daisy) 
About six inches high, charming little plants 
for edging and borders. Sow in fall. 
EXTRA DOUBLE—Mixed. 
Castor Bean (a) 
CRIMSON SPIRE—Finest Cas- 
tor Bean in the world. The 
bushy plants grow 6 to 8 feet 
high with large palmate leaves 
of a lustrous purple color 
gradually changing to bronze 
green, with red stems, stalks 
and vines. Sow in_ spring. 
Ounce, 25c. 
Calliopsis (a) 
A beautiful showy annual, fine 
for beds, borders, and cut 
flowers. Color: crimson, orange 
and gold. Height 1 feet. 
Sow outdoors from February 
to May. 
Then too, there is nothing like Flowers to give your house the finish- 

ASTER GIANT HARMONY 
MIXTURE 

AQUILEGIA LONG 
SPURRED HYBRIDS MIXED 

CANDYTUFT GIANT 
HYACINTH FLOWERED 
Key to the 
Symbols 
DWARF MIXTURE—Very showy. 
All Flower Seed, 10c 
Package, 3 for 25c, 
unless otherwise 
specified. 
(a)—Annual 
(b)—Biennial 
(hp)—Hardy Perennial 
(hhp)—Half-hardy Perennial 
(tp)—Tender Perennial 
(p)—Perennial 

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