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PHLOX DRUMMONDI (hA). One of the 
most beautiful and easiest grown of our hardy 
garden annuals. The flowers are produced in 
large trusses. Grows 8 to 10 inches. Requires a 
sunny position. Bushy, branching plant with 
linear-lanceolate, bright-green leaves. Sow seed 
in March in a rich, moist, well fertilized, light 
loam for best blooms. Blooms from July to Oc- 
tober. Used as a cover plant in rose beds, in 
the foreground of the shrub border, in large 
mass plantings in the flower border, or com- 
bined with Verbenas, Petunias, Gypsophila, 
Snapdragons. Varieties: Rose, carmine eye; 
Scarlet; White; Crimson; Mixed. 
‘ Packet, 10c. 
PHLOX DECUSSATA (P). Grows 2 to 4 
feet. Stout stems bearing long, dark-green, 
smooth, oblong-lanceolate leaves; great trusses 
‘of soft to brilliantly colored flowers of white, 
pink, salmon, scarlet, that bloom from June to 
November. The secret of success in growing 
Perennial Phlox is to keep the soil moist dur- 
ing the dry season, to provide a mulch of straw, 
peat, or of leaf mold during winter and sum- 
mer, and to supply well balanced fertilizers, cut 
down after flowering. Combine with Scabiosa, 
Pyrethrum, Michaelmas Daisy, Sweet Williams, 
Petunias. Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
PHYSALLIS (Chinese Lantern). Growing to 
2 feet, bears small white flowers followed by 
Jarge brilliant red calyxes becoming 2 inches 
long when the plant is in fruit. It is a peren- 
nial and forms long tuberous roots which are 
not killed by frost and spread all over flower 
beds. The bright red “lanterns” are valued for 
winter bouquets, but the plants should be grown 
only on waste spots where their aggressive at- 
tempts to occupy the earth will not become 
objectionable. Francheti. Packet, 10c. 
PINKS (Dianthus). (A). Grows from 10 to 
14 inches high, and bear beautifully colored 
single and double blossoms in profusion all 
summer. Blooms are very sweet smelling. For 
best results seed should be sown in flats and 
transplanted when soil is warm. Requires a 
rich, light, fairly moist garden loam well fer- 
tilized. Largely used for borders or massed in 
beds. Excellent for cut flowers. Grouping— 
can be planted in separate beds or with Snap- 
‘dragons, Stocks, Carnations, Sweet Williams, 


FRENCH MARIGOLD 
Varieties: (Annuals) 
Petunias. 
flowers produced in clusters, medium sized, 
fragrant flowers with fringed petals. Single 
Mixed; Double Mixed. Heddewigi, velvety 
flowers, Double Scarlet, Double White, 
Double Mixed, Single Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
Chinensis, 
POPPY (Papaver). (A&P). Flowers growing 
from 6 inches to 4 feet, according to type. 
Perennials are planted in fall and annuals in 
early spring. All kinds require a well drained, 
moderately rich, light loam, and not too moist 
soil. Grouping—effective by themselves or 
grouped in a mixed border with yellow and 
orange Snapdragons, Lobelia, etc. Varieties: 
(Annuals) Shirley, height 1 to 2 feet, branch- 
ing plant with gray-green finely divided leaves; 
fringed flowers, white, through shades of pink 
or deep scarlet. Single Mixed; Double 
Mixed. 
California Poppy (Aurantisca), the true 
California Poppy—color is deep orange. (Per- 
ennial). 
Elmonte Tangerine, deep orange, grows 2 
feet high. 
Iceland, grows 1 to 114 feet, slender stemmed, 
with a tuft of bright green leaves; leafless 
stems bearing single, medium large, delicately 
fragrant flowers in light yellow, orange, orange- 
scarlet, rose pink. 
Stanford Giant Mixed; Oriental Mixed, 
grows 3 to 4 feet, stout, leafy stems, rough 
hairy, large leaves; very large, terminal flowers, 
mixed colors in salmon, red, orange, pale pink. 
Packet, 10c. 
PORTULACA (Rose Moss). (hA). An ex- 
ceptionally fine flower for dry sunny spots 
where most plants are unable to thrive. A dwarf 
plant only 6 inches in height that blooms pro- 
fusely from June to August. Brilliant colors of 
red, yellow, pink, white, and striped. Sow seed 
in May, when the ground is _ thoroughly 
warmed. In sowing mix seed with many times 
its bulk in dry sand. Requires a fairly rich 
sandy loam and the hottest position to give the 
best results. Used on narrow borders or on dry 
embankments. Plant alone. Varieties: Single 
Mixed and Double Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
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” HEAVENLY BLUE MORNING GLORY 

PRIMULA (Primrose). (hP). A favorite for 
growing outdoors in mild climates and very 
fine for potting, window boxes and rockeries. 
Seeds sown in early fall usually, or in early 
spring. Requires a rich, light, moist, acid mod- 
erately fertilized loam. Best in a cool, some- 
what shady spot. Use Ortho Nursery Volk at 
time of transplanting to avoid root weevil. Va- 
riety: Malocoides, grows 8 inches high. Soft, 
light-green leaves, slender scapes bearing lay- 
ender-mauve flowers, blooming December to 
May. Lilac; Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
PYRETHRUM (Painted or Single Daisy). 
(hP). Grows 1 to 3 feet. Has long, slender 
flower stems; clear green, finely dissected fern- 
like leaves; daisy-like flowers several inches 
across that bloom from April to August. Sow 
seeds in early spring in a cool, well drained, 
rich, loamy soil well fertilized. Used in the 
perennial border combined with pink and rose 
Sweet Williams, Iceland Poppy, Sweet Scab- 
iosa, Nicotiana and Coral Bells. Deep Scarlet. 
Packet, 10c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongle). (hA). 
One of the easiest of annuals to grow. Erect 
branching plants, reaching a height of about 
2 feet. Produces funnel-shaped flowers 2% 
inches long and wide of velvety texture and in 
many colors, including rich tones of purples, 
blues and reds; the interior of the blossoms are 
strikingly veined, giving a “paisley effect”. 
Blooms from May until killed by frost. Sow in 
the full sun in fairly rich soil as early as pos- 
sible and preferably in the place where they are 
to grow. Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
SALVIA (tP). Grow from 2 to 4 feet high and 
blooming the first year from seed. The brilliant 
red tubular blossoms are borne on long stems 
in racemes or spikes, flowers blooming in sum- 
mer and fall. Any average garden position suits 
them, although they are at their best when 
planted in an enriched loamy soil where they 
get sun most of the day. Best with background 
of shrubs having dark-green, glossy leaves. 
Sow seeds in early fall or early spring. Vari- 
eties: Bonfire, compact bush 2 feet in height, 
clear red; Splendens, height 3 feet, brilliant 
scarlet; Zurich, dwarf, early mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 

