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Chinese Lantern Plant 
. An ornament- 
Chinese Lantern Plant 4! ip eS 
forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, produc- 
ing freely its bright orange-scarlet lantern-like 
fruits, which can be cut and dried for winter 
bouquets; highly interesting. Pkt. 10c. 
Acroclinium One of the best of the ever- 
é lasting flowers; culture same 
as for Asters. Half hardy annuals. Pkt. 5c. 
Everlasting Flowers, All Va- 
rieties Mixed Included in this mixture 
’ are the most popular 
types and varieties of Everlastings—Strawflow- 
ers, Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Rhodanthe, 
Statice, etc. Pkt. 8c, % oz. 25c. 
Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena 
Globosa, Fine Mixed (Everiast- 
ing) The strawy 
flower heads are Clover-like in appearance, 
about % in. across, quite attractive in the 
garden, for cutting as fresh flowers, or for dry- 
img for winter bouquets. White, flesh, purple 
and orange in mixture, 1% to 2 ft. Pkt. 8c; 
VY, oz. 25c. 
Grasses, Ornamental, Annual Va- 
rieties Mixed Very decorative in the 
’ garden, useful for mixing 
with flowers and indispensable when dried for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 8c; 1% oz. 25c. 
Honesty—Lunaria Biennis 
(Everlasting-Biennial) Grown extensively for 
the large, silvery white partitions of the round, 
flat seed pods, which make attractive winter 
-decorations. The seed pods follow the purple, 
-sweet-scented, Stock-like flowers. If started 
early, the pods may mature the first year. 
4 ft. tall. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 30c. 
. Statice—Sea Lavender, Sinuata 
Clusters of colorful, strawy everlasting flowers 
of great value either in fresh or dried condi- 
tion. 2 ft. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 20c, 
YY oz. 35c. 
‘ Strawflowers, quilled or tubular petals. 




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Feverfew (Matricaria) 
’ Small, double white 
Capensis Fl. PI. flowers. Compact, 
bushy plant, 1 foot high. Adapted to bedding, 
pot culture and cutting. Perennial but may 
be treated as annual. Pkt. 10c. 
Compact bushes, 8 inches 
Golden Ball high, covered with lovely, 
button-like, bright yellow blooms of densely 
double formation. Pkt. 10c. 
aoe. # *o. GERANIUM 
7 These well known favorites are 
Geranium indispensable for outdoor as well 
as indoor decorations. Sow seed in shallew 
boxes in March; when large enough transplant 
to similar boxes or small pots; plant out in 
May. Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 

Gaillardia 
Gaillardia—Blanket Flower 
Annual Gaillardias are among the most easily 
grown and free blooming flowers of the gar- 
den; as colorful as the perennial but a trifle 
smaller. Attractive gray-green foliage; they 
like sunshine and a well-drained soil. July to 
frostwalo to. ls: in: 
1 ; Single, showy, metallic- 
Indian Chief red flowers with dark GODE u ; = 
brown centers. Pkt. 10c, 4 oz. 25c. Cadetin Handsome and. showy annuals, 
Lorenziana Double Mixed Choice bearing freely large flowers 3 to 4 
’ mixture inches across, of exquisite colors that glisten in 
of yellow, red and white double flowers with the sun like satin. Fine mixed. Pkt, 5c. 


Pkt. 10c, 1% oz. 25c. 
Helichrysum Single, Fine Mixed Bright. single, Daisy-like flowers of red and yellow. Pkt. 
Beautiful in the gar- 
5c, 44 oz. 20c. 
leas. GE. wert Bisekda Perennial Gaillardia ©2" be depended upon te bloom all summer and into the 
mostly grown to dry 
for winter bouquets. 
If flowers are wanted 
for winter use, cut 
them when partially 
open, remove foliage, 
bunch loosely, and 
hang with the heads 
downward in a cool, 
dry, shady place un- 
til dry. Strawflowers 
are the most widely 
used of all Everlast- 
ings. Flowers are 
double, 2 in. and 
more across, and are 
freely borne on 
strong, upright~ 
plants from  wmid- 
summer until fall. 
2 to 2% ft. Pkt. Sc, 
VY, 02z, 25c. 
Xeranthemum 
A fine and showy 
class of everlast- 
ings; flowers are 
used for winter bou- 
quets. Mixed, pkt. 5c. 
Strawflowers 
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borne on long, strong, flexible stems. If seed is sown early, the plants will bloom 
the first year. 2 ft. tall. 

fall. Bright and gaily colored, Daisy-like flowers are freely 
The Dazzler New giant type. Large, dark red 
flowers with bright orange tips. 
Pkt. 10c, Y%4 oz. 50c. 
Portola Hybrids Strong, stiff stems with 
flowers that are nearly 4 in. 
_ across. Bronzy scarlet, petals tipped with golden yel- 
low. Plants are sturdy. Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. 25c. 
Geum 
(Perennial) Double flowers like little roses on long 
stems from June to September, if not allowed to go to 
seed. Do best in rich, well-drained soil and a warm, 
sheltered location in beds, borders or rock garden. 
Needs winter protection in very cold sections. 1% to 
poo i 
Lady Stratheden Rich golden yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Mrs. Bradshaw Fiery scarlet. Pkt. 10c. 

; A bulbous rooted plant, producing in 
Gloxinia vreat profusion; has large well shaped ; 
flowers of richest and most beautiful variety of bril- — 
liant colors. One foot, Hybrida mixed. Pkt. 25c. Groxinia, CHOIcesT Hysrios 

