the flower border in combination with Alyssum saxatile, Colum- — 
bine, Yellow Snapdragons, Stocks and Marigolds. Varieties: Ore- 
gon Giant Mixed; Cornflower Blue; Golden Queen, pure 
yellow; King of the Blacks: Packet, 10c. Steel’s Jambo Mixed. 
Packet, 25c. 
P, A SSIF. 10 RA (Passion Vine). (hA). Evergreen vine growing 
10 to 20 feet or more. Grows in sun and partial 
shade. Rampant in growth, climbing by tendrils; entire or digi- 
tately lobed, glistening, light or dark green leaves; large, tubular 
flowers with flat, expanded corolla. Grows in any soil. Good for 
covering screens, covering trellises, arbors, etc. Packet, 10c. 
PENTSTEMON (Beardtongue). (tP). Grows 2 to 4 feet, 
thriving best in open situations in soil well 
drained but not too dry. Fast growing, bushy plant, branching from 
the base, medium-sized, bright-green, shiny leaves. Rather large, 
long tubular flowers of red, pink, coral and lavender. Blooming 
April to September. Sow seeds in early spring. Fine for the per- 
ennial and mixed borders. Combine with Clarkia, Delphinium, 


RUST PROOF SNAPDRAGON 
PETUNIA 
NEPETA (Catnip). (a). Growing to 3 feet, 
with pale downy foliage and whitish 
or pale purple flowers 14 inch long borne in 
dense spikes to 5 inches long. The plant has a 
characteristic pungent odor liked by cats. 
Grows in any soil but prefers a moderately rich, 
light loam, either sun or slight shade. Useful as 
a border plant or in the flower border combining 
with French Marigold, Gaillardia, Calliopsis. 
Blue. Packet, 10c. 
NICOTIANA (Flowering Tobacco). (hA). 
These stately plants are very 
fine for background in an annual bed. Produces 
large, trumpet-shaped blooms until frost. Sow 
seed March-June in rich moist light loam. Grow 
from 3 to 5 feet. Crimson, White, Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
NIGE ll A (Love-in-the-Mist). (hA). Grows 
to 1% feet and has pale blue or 
white flowers surrounded and partially con- 
cealed by the finely cut green leaves. The 
flowers which last well when cut, are most at- 
tractive in mixed bouquets. Seed can be sown 
in the spring as early as the ground can be 
worked. Packet, 10c. 
PA NSY (Viola Tricolor). (hA). Has long been 
grown in beds and borders because 
of its ease of culture and the wonderful diver- 
sity in color and markings. They do well in any 
good light soil, but prefer a sandy, loamy deep 
planting where the roots may be kept cool, and 
a location where they will not be overshadowed 
by trees or too much exposed to hot dry sun. 
Planting is best performed in spring or early 
autumn; it is advisable to sow in June for trans- 
planting in autumn and in late August for the 
early spring transplants. Sow seed in light soil, 
cover slightly, and transplant to boxes as soon 
as large enough. Low growing and blooming 
from March into fall. Used in mass plantings in 
Pyrethrum, Shasta Daisy, Verbena. 
Packet, 10c. 
Very showy and popular plants, effective in 
beds, borders, porch boxes and pots. They thrive in 
a mixture of 2 parts of loamy soil and 1 part of 
leaf mold and require plenty of water during 
summer. The seeds, which are minute, should 
be sown in March in light, finely sifted soil, very 
lightly covered and given gentle heat. When 
large enough, pot singly, and pinch back the 
points before they get too high, to induce com- 
pact growth. For planting out these potted plants 
should be gradually hardened off early in May. 
When setting out transplants be careful to avoid 
the direct sun as tender Petunia plants wilt 
rapidly. 
Martha Washington ushers in an entirely new 
version. The plants are about 9 inches tall. 
Frilled portion of flower is about 3 inches in 
diameter. It is a beautiful blush pink and center 
portion is strongly veined a rich wine red, deep- 
ening in the throat to dark violet. It comes ex- 
ceedingly true to color and type. Packet, 15c. 
Miniature Petunias Rose Gem and Pink Gem. 
These two charming types have filled a vacancy 
home gardeners have had for years. Where a 
low, solid bed of color is needed nothing does 
quite as well as these two varieties of miniature 
petunias. The plants are neat and compact, 5 
to 6 inches in height and smothered with richly 
colored blossoms about 2 inches in diameter. 
Rose Gem; Pink Gem. Packet, 10c. 
Giant of California are the largest of the single 
flowering petunias. The flowers of crimson, 
white, lavender, violet and pink, are completely 
ruffled with large, graceful throats. Excellent 
in beds by themselves or grouped with Dwarf 
Lobelia. Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
Dwarf Giant of California are a compact form 
of the above. Especially fine for potting and also 
go well in a bed with the taller variety. Mixed. 
Packet, 15c. 
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