MORNING-GLORY 
Heavenly Blue, Clark’s Early Flowering—A 
beautiful blue flower 4 or 5 inches across. White 
and yellow throat. Ideal climber. Sandy, gravelly 
soil and southern exposure best. Start indoors after 
soaking seed in water 24 hours. Transplant outside 
in original pots. Fertilizer not desirable. 
NASTURTIUMS 
Normal germination, 8-10 days. ‘‘Black Bugs’’ 
may be kept off Nasturtiums by placing an 
ordinary camphor ball every 6 inches along the 
row. This should be done when plants are 
about 2 inches tall. 
Double Sweet-Scented Novelties 
Dwarf Double Gem Mixed—Compact_ball- 
shaped plants in splendid colors. Free-flowering 
and sweet-scented. 
Golden Gleam Double—A bouquet of these 
golden-yellow flowers distinctly double in form, will 
fill a room with delightful fragrance, in addition to 
being a treat to the eye. Late planting is best. 
Needs considerable moisture to bloom really well. 
Scarlet Gleam Double—Flowers of an intense 
fiery-orange-scarlet, and of very large size, held 
well above the foliage and of more pronounced 
fragrance than its parent, Golden Gleam Double. 
This variety needs a good deal of moisture for best 
blooming. 
Glorious Gleam Double Hybrids — These 
Nasturtiums are the result of a “‘cross’’ between the 
famous Golden Gleam Double, and the old-fash- 
jioned singles. Flowers of salmon, golden-yellow, 
orange-scarlet, cerise, cream-yellow, orange, crimson, 
and gold flushed with scarlet combine with the fresh 
green foliage. Stems are long, and bear flowers 
well above the leaves. Sweet scented. Like cool 
nights and considerable water. 
Dwarf Single Nasturtiums 
The Dwarf Sorts are adapted for beds and 
borders. 8 to 15 inches. 
Landreths’ Dwarf Single Mixed—A mixture of the 
best dwarf varieties, producing an agreeable effect. 
These flowers require next to no care and thrive 
best in a moderately poor soil, enduring heat and 
dry weather remarkably well. The flowers are of 
all colors, from deep chocolate to nearly white. 
Bloom from early summer until killed by frost. 
Sow where wanted to bloom, and thin out to 4 
inches apart. One ounce sows 30 feet of single 
row. 
Tall Single Nasturtiums 
Climbing 4 to 5 feet high 
Landreths’ Tall Single Mixed—A combination 
of the best tall varieties. 
PORTULACA 
Finest Double Mixed—Splendid ground cover of 
vivid colors. Grows in nearly any soil but must 
be in the sun. Barely cover seed. A few singles 
are mixed in with the double, rose like flowers. 
SWEET ALYSSUM 
Carpet of Snow (Little Gem)—Pure white flowers 
which grow over 4 inches tall. Spreading plants. 
Ideal for borders. 
DL Venduth Seed Ce. 
SWEET PEAS 
Normal germination, 15-20 days 
Sow in permanent location, in single row, 
two seeds to the inch, quarter-ounce of seeds 
for two yards of row; cover one inch deep. 
There are approximately 340 seeds to the ounce. 
Culture: Sweet Peas are quite hardy, and may 
be planted very early in the Spring, or late in the 
Fall. They thrive best in heavily fertilized ground, 
and need considerable water on warm days. Best 
results are obtained by sowing in the Fall, where 
Winters are not too severe, as with the resulting 
deep roots, the season of blooming is greatly length- 
ened. Sweet Peas do best when trained on trellises 
made of string. They should be thinned to about 
8 inches apart in rows, while the rows should be 34 
feet apart. Develop best only with a rainy season 
or with extensive watering. Keep seed pods clipped. 
Early Flowering Spencers Mixed—Very popular 
with florist for greenhouse culture. Planted in 
open ground the same time as summer flowering 
Spencers, they flower fully four weeks earlier. 
Becoming increasingly popular among home gar- 
deners. Planted for winter bloom in greenhouses. 
Summer Flowering Spencers Mixed—Spencer 
Sweet Peas are the finest type of Sweet Peas in 
existence. All varieties in this mixture are well 
blended from the purest white to deepest maroon. 
ZINNIAS 
Normal germination, 5-10 days. 
The Landreths, who introduced the Zinnia from 
Mexico to commercial use more than 140 years ago, 
feel that their strain is unsurpassed by that of any 
seedsman. Blooms from July to frost. Seeds can 
be planted in the open or sown indoors and he 
young plants transplanted if desired. Will grow 
anywhere and stand rough treatment. Plant in 
July to get the largest and best flowers. 
Giant Dahlia Flowered 
3-4 ft. 
(Awarded a Gold Medal by The Royal Horticultural 
Society of England.) Blooms measure about 4 
inches in depth and, under very favorable con- 
ditions, will reach 7 inches in diameter. They 
closely resemble Dahlias in appearance, and are 
the most popular variety we grow. They are best 
for bedding purposes. 
BloomsdaJe Gold Medal Mixture 
California Giants 
3 to 4 ft. 
The symmetrical flowers of this variety are large 
and very pleasing. The petals are more loosely 
placed than in the Dahlia type, giving the effect of a 
neater, flatter center, thus serving to accentuate the 
great size of the flower. Better for cutting than the 
Dahlia Flowered type, as the stems are longer. 
Bloomsdale Finest Mixed 
Improved Double Lilliput 
or Pompon 
12 to 15 Inches 
This charming strain is becoming more popular. 
Dwarf and very bushy, it is the ideal bedding 
variety. Extremely double and almost ball-shaped 
flowers, in color tones not usually found in other 
types. The daintiness of its large number of tiny 
flower-heads (13 in.) makes it particularly desirable 
for cutting. 
Bloomsdale Mixed 
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