Portulaca (Moss Rose) 
A low growing annual with thick stems 
and foliage; bearing brilliant colored 
cup shaped flowers during the entire 
summer. This plant is suitable for 
rockeries and banks and will grow and 
bloom profusely in a dry hot situation 
where other plants would fail. Plants 
about 6 inches high. 

Moss Rose 
Dry Places 
Portulaca, 
For Hot, 
Single Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Grandiflora Double. In colors of pink, 
salmon, scarlet, white, yellow, or mix- 
ed. Pkt. 15c. 
Grandifiora, Single, large flowers, mix- 
ed colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Queen Anne’s Lace Flower 
An old favorite of our grandparents. 
Plants grow upright 2 to 2% feet high, 
heavily branched, with white flowers 
spread out umbrella-like from each 
branch end. Easily grown and cut 
flowers last long in water. Pkt. 5c. 
Rhodanthe (Everlasting) 
One of the finest and most beautiful of 
the Everlasting flowers. For winter 
bouquets, the dainty flowers will retain 
their brilliancy for years. 12 to 15 
inches. Mixed. Crop failure in 1943. 
Ricinus (See Castor Oil Bean) 
Rudbeckia (Cone Flower) 
Attractive annual of compact growth. 
Excellent for cutting. Golden yellow 
flowers with brown markings, on long 
stems. Grows 2 to 3 feet high. Blooms 
June to August. 
Bi-color Superba, golden yellow with 
brown center. Height, 2 feet. Pkt. 5c. 
Starlight. Honorable Mention in the 
1942 All-America Selections. T he 
branching plants about 3 ft. tall. 
Flowers fully double to single, colors 
primrose yellow to mahogany and bi- 
colors with TSO eenY centers; on nice 
long stems. Pkt. 25c. 
Salpiglossis (Painted Tongue) 
inches tall, 
ering freely from 
1 July to early au- 
| tumn. 
Emperor. A large 
type having only 
one leading stem 
iat the top from 
1 which it produces 
ja large cluster of 
eautiful flowers. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 
5c. 
| Gloxinifiora Mix- 
eee Ep eea pe. 
; ‘ ection oO e 
Bulvicloesis Painted Tube 
Tongue. Flowers large, fancifully 
veined in contrasting colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Dwarf Large Flowering. A new type 
of Salpiglossis, about 8 inches shorter 
than the spreading types. Plants are 
bushy and compact and flowers sur- 
pass the taller varieties in size and 
color combinations. Velvety Violet. 
Blue and Silver. Scarlet and Gold. 
Red Star Chamois. Lilac, Red Throat 
Bright Scarlet. Mixed. 
Any of above, Pkt. 10c. 
ing 

_ Started 

Rock Garden Mixture 
This is a fine variety of annual 
flowering plants suitable for Rock 
Gardens. A select mixture, Pkt. 5c. 

Salvia (Scarlet Sage) 
A standard bedding plant 12 to 24 
inches tall, that keeps the garden 
bright with color until late in autumn. 
It is especially 
adapted for a bor- 
der in front of 
tall shrubs or in 
back of dwarf 
growing plants. 
Salvia should be 
indoors 
and transplanted 
to the garden 
after danger of 
frost is past. 
Splendens. Blooms 
from August until 
killed by _ frosts. 
The old favorite, 
Producing scarlet 
flowers in summer 
and fall. Height 
peut 2) ft) (Pkt: 
c. 

Salvia Splendens 
Sanvitalia (Creeping Zinnia) 
An annual of dwarf, compact growth; 
but spreads itself over the soil instead 
of growing upright. Useful for rock- 
ery, edging, beds, baskets or vase. 
Showy, bright yellow flowers bloom all 
Summer. Procumbens, 6 ins. Pkt. 5c. 

: Flowering Plants 
During the months of May and early 
June we offer daily many thousands 
of annual seedling flower plants. 

Scabiosa (Mourning Bride) 
Commonly known as the Pincushion 
Plant, growing to a height of 20 to 30 
inches. The flower stems are long and 
the blossoms keep well in water. When 
picked off regularly they will bloom 
all through the summer, 
Large Tall Double. 2% ft. high. 
Large and greatly improved variety. 
Azure Blue. Pure White. 
Black Purple. Reddish Black. 
Cherry Red. Rose. 
Fiery Scarlet. Rosy Lilac. 
Mid-blue. Salmon Rose, 
Yellow. 
Any of above or Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Peace. A 1941 All-America. The fully 
double white flowers are semi-tall and 
easier handled than the taller varieties. 
Flowers nearly 2 inches across on 6 
to 8 inch stems. Pkt, 10c. 
Heavenly Blue. Winner in the 1940 All- 
America Selections. A distinct and 
lovely azure-blue, very early and free 
flowering. Plants are dwarf, about 18 
inches, uniformly bushy, with short but 
wiry stemmed, high crowned, double 
Pkt. 5c. 
flowers. 
Bilue Cockade. 
This long stem- 
med and free 
flowering Scabiosa 
is outstanding. 
The deep azure 
blue flowers are 
almost conical in 
shape. Pkt. 5c. 
Giant Flowered 
Hybrids, Mixed. 
Large ball-shaped 
flowers, unusual 
colors. About 2% 
feet tall. Pkt. 5c. 
Tom Thumb 
Mixed. Miniature 
Plants, only 6 to 
8 in. high: Pkt. 5c: 
New Salmon Beauty. This new giant 
Scabiosa of pure salmon color is the 
result of 12 years of work. Pkt. 5c. 
Rosette. A lovely new color. A beauti- 
ful shade of deep rose heavily suffused 
with salmon. An exquisite color for the 
garden and for cut flowers. Blooms are 
large on long, stiff stems. Pkt. 5c. 

Seabiosa 

Blue Moon. Hon- 
orable Mention in 
1939 All-America, 
Has no pincushion 
center but flowers 

are lsisterr ailel cv 
double, color a 
rich deep laven- 
der blue on long 
stems, Plain tis 
about 42 to 48 
inches in height. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Feed With 

ViGORO 
OMPLETE PLANT FOOD 


Scabiosa Blue Moon 
Schizanthus (Butterfly Flower) 
A charming annual which yields an 
abundance of blooms on delicate fern- 
like stems from July to September. 
Very desirable for cut flowers and a 
nice house plant. Height 6 to 15 in. 
Excelsior Compactus. Finest Mixed. 
Semi-dwarf, free flowering. 6 inches. 
Plsts dive, 
Dr. Badgers Improved Giant, Flowered 
Hybrids, A super strain of large flow- 
ers in a brilliant range of colors, from 
light pink to deep purple. The 12 to 15 
inch plants have a fern-like foliage. 
Flowers measure about 1 inch across. 
Pict Loc: 
Snapdragons—See Antirrhinum 
Statice (Everlasting) 
A very charming flower in the garden 
which may be cut and dried for winter 
bouquets. 3 ft. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Stocks (Early Giant Imperial) 
Improved Bis - 
marks, One of the 
most thsivei ho ley: 
prized of our an- 
nuals. This select 
strain produces a 
high percentage 
of double flowers. 
Suitable for pots 
as well as the 
garden. The de- 
lightful frag- 
rance, free 
blooming, long 
lasting character 
make them in- 
valuable for cut- 
flowers. Flower 
from July until 
October. Grow 20 
to 30 inches tall. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Sweet Peas—See next page 
Sweet William (Annual) 
The plants are of the same type and 
habits as of the old perennial kinds, 
but this annual variety will bloom the 
first year from seed. The flowers are 
very similar to the older sorts, having 
a variety of colors and very fragrant. 
15 to 20 inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Tagetes (Single Dwarf Marigolds) 
Dwarf, compact, bushy annuals of the 
Marigold family, with beautiful fern- 
like leaves, densely covered with 
flowers of bright orange and golden 
yellow, which flower from June until 
frost. A fine plant for the border or 
also potting. 
rockery, 


Signata Pumila 
Gnome. The 
newest of the 
popular Tage- 
tes family of 
Miniature Mar- 
igolds. Plants 
are only 6 in. 
high, covered 
i golden 
yellow flowers 
i all summer. 
Tagetes Gnume Pkt. 5c. 
Signata Pumila. Bright orange flowers 
covering the small bushy plants all 
summer. A lovely plant, 10 in. Pkt. 5c. 
Signata Pumila Little Giant. A new 
strain, very dwarf plants, only 4 to 6 
inches high and a spread of 8 to 10 
inches, with an abundance of dainty 
single golden orange flowers. Pkt. 5c. 
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