EVERLASTINGS FOR WINTER BOUQUETS 

Helichrysum 

Grasses, Ornamental HA 
For borders and ornamental gardening; also, when dried, for 
winter bouquets and decorations. 
Agrostis nebulosa (Cloud Grass). An airy and graceful grass that 
looks like a line of mist when in bloom. Beautiful to mix with 
cut-flowers. 1% feet. 
Briza maxima (Quaking Grass). Valuable for winter bouquets 
and wreaths. The seed-clusters are heart-shaped and graceruliy 
poised on such slender stems that they are almost constantly in 
motion. 1 foot. 
Coix lacryma-Jobi (Job’s Tears). Broad, corn-like leaves with 
hard, shining, pearly seeds which may be used as beads. 2 to 4 feet. 
Eragrostis elegans (Love Grass). Of erect growth about 18 inches 
high, with feathery panicles, nice for cutting. 
Pennisetum longistylum. Graceful, greenish white plumes; fme 
for beds or dried bouquets. 2 feet. 
Pennisetum Ruppeli (Purple Fountain Grass). Excellent for beds 
or for dried bouquets; purple plumes. 3 feet. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
COLLECTION: Six varieties, 50 cts. 
Grevillea - Silk Oak Gp 
Robusta. Really a greenhouse plant, but can be successfully grown 
as an annual. It is a neat little shrub, with delicate fern-like 
foliage. Very useful for table decoration and in foliage groups. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
Gypsophila - Baby’s Breath HpP,HA 
Feathery panicles of tiny star-shaped flowers, gracefully and 
daintily borne on slender stems. A charming effect may be had by 
mixing sprays of Baby’s Breath with other long-stemmed cut-flowers. 
Annual Varieties 
Elegans alba grandiflora. This is an improved, large-flowering, 
pure white form of the annual Baby’s Breath, oi free, easy growth. 
Several sowings should be made during the season to keep up a 
supply. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 
Elegans carminea. Bright carmine-rose. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
Elegans rosea. A pretty blush-pink form of the above. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 02. 35 cts. 
Muralis. A lovely little rock or edging plant with rose-pink flowers. 
Pkt. 10 ets.; oz. 30 cts. 
Perennial Varieties 
OLDHAMIANA. Large light pink flowers in great profusion. More 
erect in habit than the Paniculata type. Award of Merit by the 
R.H.S. 4 feet. June blooming. Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Paniculata. White flowers; fine for bouquets. 2 feet. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; goz. 25 cts. 
Paniculata fl.-pl., Snow-White. The double-flowering Baby’s 
Breath, and one of the finest for cutting. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Pacifica. Graceful, branched panicles of rose-colored flowers. Comes 
into bloom after the Paniculata varieties have passed. 314 feet. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Repens, White. An elegant trailing plant for the rockery, with 
clouds of small white flowers in July and August. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Repens rosea. A rose-flowered form of the above. : 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Helenium HP 
A hardy and beautiful perennial, producing a large quantity of 
long-stemmed yellow flowers with black centers; very suitable for 
cutting. In bloom from July to October. 2 to 3 feet. 
Bigelowi. Golden yellow, with black center. 
Pkt. 20 cts.; large pkt. 50 cts. 
Riverton Gem. Orange-yellow, dark center. 
Pkt. 20 cts.; large pkt. 50 cts. 
Helianthemum - Rock or Sun Rose Hp 
Chamecistus mutabile. Exceedingly pretty, evergreen plants 
about 1 foot high, forming broad clumps which are hidden by a 
dense mass of bloom from July to September. Well adapted for 
the front of the border, the rockery, or a dry, sunny bank. Choice 
mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 

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Hunnemannia, Sunlite Larkspur, Giant Imperial 
Helichrysum - Straw Flower HA 
One of the best of the “Everlastings.’’ They succeed in any good 
garden soil. The large, double flowers of rich, glittering colors make 
a fine display in beds or borders, but are especially grown to dry for 
winter use in baskets, vases, etc. Our seeds are of the Monstrosa or 
large-flowering type, which insures you an abundance of large, 
double flowers. 
Double Rose Queen. Old-rose. 
Double Silver Ball. White. 
DoubleViolet Queen. Richcolor. 
Double Canary- Yellow. 
Double Salmon-Pink. 
Double Fireball. Bright red. 
Double Golden Ball. Yellow. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 30 cts. 
COLLECTION: One pkt. each of above 7 colors, 60 cts. 
Double Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
Heliopsis HP 
Pitcheriana. Pretty, branching plants with numerous large yellow 
blossoms resembling sunflowers. Fine for cutting; blooms all 
summer. 2 to 3 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
Heliophila HHA 
Linearifolia. Pretty blue flowers in long racemes. Treat as a half- 
hardy annual, or can be grown in a cool greenhouse. 18 inches. 
Pkt. 15 ets.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Leptophylla. Bright blue, clear white eye. 9 to 12 inches. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Heliotrope HHP 
A universal favorite on account of its delightful fragrance and 
duration of bloom. Seed sown in the spring makes fine plants for 
bedding out. 
Lemoine’s Giant. Of robust habit of growth and produces heads 
of flowers nearly double the size of the old sort. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Queen Marguerite. Very large umbels of dark blue flowers. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
Regale. An improved variety of dwarf habit, with large masses of 
bloom. Pkt. 20 cts.; large pkt. 50 cts. 
Heuchera HP 
Sanguinea. Excellent plants for rockeries and borders. The foliage 
grows close to the ground, and above it rise numerous graceful 
panicles of flowers of a vivid shade of coral-red, which make fine 
cut-flowers. Blooming period from May till September. 1 foot. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; large pkt. 75 cts. 
Choice Hybrids. New. From white to glowing crimson. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; large pkt. 75 cts. 

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