THE SLEEPY DAISY 
Some call it STAR OF TEXAS, botanists know it as 
Xanthisma texanum, but the real folk-name of it is Sleepy 
Daisy, for the flowers seem loath to wake each morning, 
staying closed until past nine o’clock. Then of a sudden they 
are widely open, up and shining for the day. The blossoms 
are two inches across, mostly petal, center tiny, petals 
closely overlapping and at an angle that gives a salver- 
shaped bloom. Xanthisma is in constant flowering for 
many months, thriving in sun, heat and drought, an ex- 
ceedingly showy flower. So bright and glistening is it 
that you must need shade your eyes to see a bed of it 
at noonday. Excellent cut flower. 20 inches. Sow it 
early. Illustrated page 56. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 30c; 44 oz. 50c. 
THE GORGEOUS ZINNIAS 
They like full sun. Sow seed after soil is warm. Splendid 
for cutting. FANTASY MELODY—Shaggy, ray-like petals, 
twisted and interlaced in Chrysanthemum fashion. Rich 
orchid lavender. 380 inches. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 40c. FAN- 
TASY BLEND—Like last, but full color range. Rich in 
pastels. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz 40c. FANCY TINTS—Magnifi- 
cent blossoms, perhaps largest in Zinnia. Shades from old 
rose, through gold, to cerise center. Pkt. 15c. GIANT 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED MIXED—Massive blossoms, about 
two by five (inches, of course). Gorgeous colorings. Pkt. 
10c; 4% oz. 25c; % oz. 45e¢. MISS WILMOTT—Enormous 
flattened flowers with imbricated petalage. Rich pure 
pink. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25e. CALIFORNIA GIANT MIXED 
—Like Miss Wilmott, but in exceedingly wide color range. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 4 oz. 45ec. HALF-DWARF SALMON 
ROSE—Delightful under artificial light. A favorite cut 
flower. Medium size. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25e. SUNSHINE 
TINTS—Luscious autumn tints, along with soft pastel tones. 
A half-dwarf, much liked for cutting. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. 
CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN MIXED—20 inches. Like last 
two, but includes full Zinnia color scheme. Size just right 
for cutting and for bowl arrangements. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 
25c. RED RIDING HOOD—Miniature flowers, intensely 
doubled, fire red, concentrates of hot light. 18 inches. 
Pkt. 10c; *% oz. 20c. LILLIPUT MIXED—Exquisite pom- 
pons in full color range. Bedding, edging, cutting. 18 
inches. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25¢e. LINEARIS—Delightful, 
floriferous single, orange, striped yellow. Pkt. 15ce. 
ANGUSTIFOLIA AVALON—Mexican miniature. Starry 
form, semi-double to double. Rare color tones, autumn 
brown, sulphur, orange, blood red, crimson, maroon jin 
varied imbrications and tesselations. Pkt. 15¢c; %& oz 30e. 
OFFER 56A23—One pkt. each of Fantasy Blend, Fancy 
Tints, Miss Wilmott, Sunshine Tints, Lilliput Mixed, Lin- 
earis and Angustifolia Avalon for 55c. OFFER 57A23— 
One pkt. each of all above for $1.20. 
OTHER ANNUAL DESIRABILITIES 
Following kinds were crowded out of descriptive listings 
simply through lack of space. Every one of them is worthy 
of your garden, and seed is of precisely same high quality 
as that of the rest. Try them. Anthemis altissima, pkt. 
10c; Anthemis ruthenica 10c; Adonis autumnalis 15c: 
Asperula azurea 10c; Calendula Balansae 20c; Calendula 
stellata 15c; Cassia Roemeriana, pretty buff yellow, 15c; 
Cephalaria transylvanica, lavender, 10c; Chareis hetero- 
phylla 15¢; Cleome serrulata 10¢c; Cleome speciosissima 10c; 
Cerinthe species 15¢; Cynoglossum pictum 15¢; Cynoglossum 
Wallichi 10c; Daucus muricata 15¢; Echium Broteri 15c: 
Echium plantagineum 10c; Hypecoum Mixed 15¢; Hypericum 
gentianoides 15c; Isatis Boisseriana 10c; Ipomoea crassicaulis 
20c; Jurinea mollis 15¢; Maurandia Mixed 15¢e. Malacothrix 
californica, double flowers, cream and yellow, good, sow 
early, 15¢; Nemophila insignis 10c; Nicotiana glauca 15¢e;3 
Nicotiana Lavender Tones 15¢; Nicandra violacea 10c: 
Notobasis syriacus 15¢; Onopordum Saltieri 10c; Pericome 
caudata 15c; Phacelia Parryi 10c; Phacelia tanacetifolia 
10c; Papaver macrostomum 15c; Portulaca marginata 10c: 
Proboscidea diandra 15c; Proboscidea lutea 1c: Proboscidea 
Jusseui 15¢c; Roemeria violacea 15c; Rudbeckia amopulexi- 
caulis French Strain 10c; Sesamum alatum, the stately 
Rose Sesame, 10c; Polygonum tinctorium 10c; Sabatia 
angularis, pink-gentian, desirable, seed needs cold, 15c: 
Silene armeria Mixed 10c; Silene pendula Mixed 10c: 
Stevia serrata (Piqueria trinervia) 15c; +; oz. 30¢e; Sweet 
Wivelsfield 10¢; SCABIOSA STELLATA, very odd, unlike 
other Scabiosas, seed-heads dried for winter bouquets, 15e 
(3 for 40c); Thelesperma Burridgeanum, easy, attractive, 
10c; Thunbergia alata Mixed 10c, %4 0z. 30c: Tinantia fugax, 
a_rose-colored, tall Tradescantia-cousin. 10¢c; Tonella tenella 
(Plue-eyed Mary) 15¢; TRIDAX TRILOBATA, early orange 
daisy, 10c; Wellflower English Cottage Strain, 15¢e; WALL- 
FLOWER EARLY DOUBLE MIXED lic; Ye oz. 40c: 
Xanthoxalis corniculata atropurpurea 10c; Zaluzianskya 
villosa (LACE VERBENA) 15c; Solanum integrifolium 15c. 
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AVALON ROCK GARDEN BLEND 
Seeds of the world’s finest rock garden plants are here, 
near to 400 kinds of them, all perennials, all hardy. It 
includes all our alpines, a bit of seed of every perennial 
we grow that is of temperament and figure to neighbor 
pleasantly with rocks and ledges. Doubt that anyone has 
better facilities than we for making up such a mixture, 
considering the large number of rare and desirable kinds 
that we actually grow and offer. Remember, some of the 
sorts will be quick germinating, others are by nature 
rather slow, so don’t destroy seed-bed too soon. Order as 
AVALON ROCK GARDEN BLEND. 1/32 oz. 35c; 7g oz. 
60c; 1% oz. $1.00; 14 oz. $1.75; 1 oz. $6.00. 
OLD ORCHARD ROCK GARDEN BLEND—A very good 
mixture of a large number of the easier and less costly 
low growing perennials that fit the rock garden. 1/32 oz. 
20c; ws oz. 35c; % oz. 60c; % oz. 95c; 1 oz. $3.50. 
WILD FLOWER BLENDS 
Most wild flowers, (there are exceptions), may be grown 
from seed with fair readiness. Directions are included in 
special cultural notes sent out with all seeds. Bear in 
mind that there is nothing about a flower being wild in a 
given area that makes it either easier or harder to grow 
than other flowers that happen to be among those custom- 
arily cultivated in gardens. All flowers are wild flowers 
in some part of the earth. Blends below include some 
annual wild flowers (for quick effect), but most of the 
kinds are hardy perennials, and even the annuals will tend 
to self-sow. : 
WILD FLOWERS FOR SUN—At least one hundred differ- 
ent and delightful wild flowers are in this mixture, but 
not, of course, in equal proportions. This group contains 
more relatively quick and easy germinators than : do. the 
other two. Here are Windflowers, Lychnis, certain Gen- 
tians, Monarda, Gay Feather, Buttercup, Shooting Star, 
Datura, Golden and Purple Asters, Petalostemon, False 
Indigo, Cassia, Columbine, Solidago, Lepachys, Black-eyed 
Susan, Sundrop, Lilies, Camassia, Bellflower, Penstemon, 
Flowering Cactus, Centaurea maculosa, Saponaria, Yucca, 
Wild Rose, Dove Mullein, Tradescantia, several Violets, 
and the like. Blossoms from spring until late in autumn 
are here. Particularly good for use in old fields, along 
roadsides and the like. 1% oz. 20c; %4 oz. 35c; 1 oz. $1.0u; 
dT Ab. $38.10.s21) bs 914.0056 (xs 4culture). 
WILD FLOWERS FOR SHADE—Woodland wild flowers 
bloom mostly in spring, a few kinds later on. Here we 
have Trillium, Anemone, Anemonella, Wild Geranium, 
Gillenia, Violets again, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Claytonia, He- 
patica, Celandine, Winter-green, Smilacina, Erythronium, 
Bearberry, Polemonium, Bloodroot, Pentstemon, Wild Ber- 
gamot, Mertensia, Wild Sweet William and the like. These 
mostly need cool soil for germination, so “yt’’ culture. 
ts oz. 20c; 1% oz. 385c; 14 oz. 60c; 1 oz. $2.00; % lb. $7.40. 
WILD FLOWERS FOR DAMP SOIL—Made up for moist 
meadows, streamsides, marsh borders and other damp but 
fairly open places. In it are Sabatia, Rhexia, Lythrum, 
red and blue Lobelia, Sisyrinchium, Mimulus, Pink Asclep- 
ias, Vernonia, Xerophyllum, Shore Golden Rod, Meadow 
Lilies, Meadow Iris, Sida, Pink Mallow, certain Gentians, 
Sarracenia, Kosteletzkya, Meadow Sweet, with many others. 
“kt” culture. 7 oz. 20c; % oz. 85c; % oz. 60c; 1 oz. 
$2.00; 14 lb. $7.40. 
SPECIAL BROADCAST BLEND 
Mostly these are not wild flowers, at least not in the 
usual sense, but instead sturdy showy kinds that will be 
glad of the chance to run wild, making a splendid color 
showing year after year, in field or hillside, or by road 
border They are vigorous kinds that may be broadcast 
right where the effect is desired, giving usually quite good 
results even when there has been little soil preparation. 
The more the soil preparation, though, the finer the eventual 
showing. We have chosen only those sorts that will main- 
tain themselves and spread through their own self-sowings. 
Included are Coronilla, Aesclepias tuberosa, Grecian Poppy, 
Anthemis, Blue Verbena, Rudbeckias, Jurinea, Boltonia, 
Portulaca, Dianthus, Tahoka Daisy, Gaillardia, certain 
Violas, Helianthus, Scarlet Field Poppy, Xanthisma, Blue 
Linum, Manchurian Gypsophila, Scutellaria, Yellow Scab- 
iosa, Blue Salvia, Coreopsis, Orange California Poppy, 
Moldavian Balm, Centaureas, Isatis, Chelidonium, Salvia, 
Blackberry Lily, Melandrium and quite a number of others. 
Broadcast Blend is not intended for shady places. It will 
give you summer-long color year after year. oz. 20c; 
A, 
1% oz. 85c; 1 oz. 65c; 14 Ib. $2.45; 1 lb. $9.00; 5 Ibs. for 
$40.00. 
