Sweet Peas 
TITHONIA (Mexican Sunflower). 
Speciosa. Exciting flaming blood- 
orange, 3% inch single Dahlia-like 
flowers on long, heavy cutting 
stems. Large shrubbery plant for 
backgrounds and among. shrubs. 
Long season blooming; richest 
waxy flame colored flowers known. 
Creates a sensation wherever seen 
and everybody wants it for strik- 
ing cut-flowers. Treat as an annual. 
Tithonia blooms the first season 
from seed, giving an abundance 
of flowers. 
Fireball, Grandifiora. New exotic se- 
lection with brilliant scarlet flowers 
to blend and contract with other 
late summer and fall colors. 
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TORENIA (Wishbone). 
Sweet Peas 
SWEET PEAS, GIANT SPENCER. 
Spencer Sweet Peas are the biggest 
and most beautiful of all known 
Sweet Peas, the flowers frequently 
measure 2 to 2% inches across. They 
are also remarkable for their pro- 
fusion of continuous bloom. 
Amethyst. Clear blue. 
Smiles. Salmon shrimp pink. 
Flamingo. Orange scarlet cerise. 
Grand Slam. For those who like bril- 
liant colors this sparkling flower 
will have a great appeal. It is 
bright scarlet cerise, shaded orange. 
Does not burn in the sunshine, 
Gigantic. Giant white. 
King Lavender. Robust lavender. 
Mary Pickford. Blossoms large, well 
waved, and sometimes duplexed. 
Olympia. Rich purple. 
Pinkie. Largest size rose pink. 
Red Boy. Deep crimson. 
Welcome. Brightest scarlet. 
What Joy. Primrose yellow shading 
to crimson. 
Superb Spencer Mixture. Special 
mixture, grown as separate colors 
and blended especially for us. 
Spring Flowering Sweet Peas. This 
remarkable new class of Sweet 
Peas recently introduced is steadily 
becoming more popular. It com- 
bines the qualities of extremely 
vigorous vines, huge blossoms of 
beautiful new color shades, long 
blooming season and long, strong 
stems, with heat resistance. When 
the regular Sweet Peas are begin- 
ning to fire due to hot weather, the 
Spring Flowering group will remain 
vigorous and growing. Colors: 
rose, pink, lavender, blue. 
Early Flowered Spencer Mixture. The 
best of the early flowering types. 
Perennial (Lathyrus Latifolius). 
Mixed perennial sweet peas. (No 
odor.) 
SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barba- 
tus). 18 in. Well-known, attractive, 
free-flowering, hardy flower, produc- 
ing a splendid effect in borders and 
beds. Flowers are handsomely colored 
and marked, borne on stiff stems and 
form round heads or clusters 3 to 4 
in. across. Colors white through rose, 
lilac, red, carmine, crimson, maroon 
to nearly black, usually two shades 
to each plant. Sow seed very early 
and transplant or thin to 6 in. apart 
in rich mellow soil. : 
Double Mixed. Double flowers, bright 
colors. 
Single Mixed. 
colors mixed. 
Brilliant flowers all 
TEXAS BLUE BONNET (Lupinus). 
Free flowering, graceful spikes, pea- 
shaped blooms. 
THUNBERGIA (Black Eyed Susan). 
Trailing plant for ground cover, hang- 
ing baskets or window boxes. Colors 
white, yellow, buff and orange. 
Blue, snap- 
dragon-like flowers borne profusely 
during summer. Bushy plants. Ex- 
cellent for shady places. 

Sweet William 
VERBENAS. Colorful, dwarf plants, 
ideal for edgings, ground cover, rock- 
eries, porch boxes and cutting. The 
flowers are borne in large trusses 
from midsummer until late fall. 
Thrive in poor soil and withstand 
drought remarkably well, but dislike 
freshly manured soil. Plant in a 
sunny location. We offer several 
types and give distinguishing char- 
acters with each group. All are lovely 
and fill certain needs. 
@)Cerise Queen. Special Mention—1934 
All-America Selections. Scintillat- 
ing soft salmon-cerise. 
@Spectrum Red. Extra bright rich 
scarlet, no eye. Large flowered. 
Giant White. Purple white, very fra- 
grant. 
Royale. Royal blue with a creamy 
yellow eye. 
Giant flowered, Finest Mixed. Con- 
tains all the colors carefully pre- 
pared and blended for color values. 
DWARF VERBENAS. A lovely type 
which lends itself admirably for edg- 
ing, bedding and pot culture. In- 
stead of the plants being of creep- 
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All-America Selections—Bronze Medal 

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