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Chinese Lantern Plant 
Chinese Lantern Plant 4? Orne 
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. 
mt One of the best of the ever- 
Acroclinium lasting flowers; culture same 
Half hardy annuals. Pkt. 5c. 
Everlasting Flowers, All Va- 
sati , Included in this mixture 
rieties, Mixed are the most popular 
types and varieties of Everlastings—Strawflow- 
ers, Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Rhodanthe, 
Statice, etc. Pkt. 8c, 44 oz. 25c. 
Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena 
Globosa, Fine Mixed (Everlast- 
ing) The strawy 
flower heads are Clover-like in appearance, 
about %4 in. across, quite attractive in the 
garden, for cutting as fresh flowers, or for dry- 
ing for winter bouquets. White, flesh, purple 
and orange in mixture, 1% to 2 ft. Pkt. 8c; 
4, oz. 25c. 
Grasses, Ornamental, Annual Va- 
rieties Mixed Very decorative in the 
Z ? garden, useful for mixing 
with flowers and indispensable when dried for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 8c; 4 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, % oz. 20c, 
Ye oz. 35c. 
Strawflowers, 
Helichrysum 
Beautiful in the gar- 
den or when cut, but 
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 
plant from mid- 
summer until fall. 
2 to 2% ft. Pkt. 5c, 
14 oz. 25c. 
as for Asters. 
quilled or tubular petals. 
the first year. 2 ft. tall. 
Xeranthemum 
A “fine and showy 
class of everlast- 
ings; flowers are 
used for winter bou- 
quets. Mixed, pkt. 5c. 
Strawflowers 
borne on long, strong, flexible stems. 

Feverfew (Matricaria) | 
7 Small, double white 
Capensis Fl. Pi. flowers. Compact, 
bushy plant, 1 foot high. Adapted to bedding, 
pot culture and cutting. Pefennial 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. 

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 
frost. 15 to 18 in. 
1 1 Single, showy, metallic- 
Indian Chief red flowers with dark 
brown centers. Pkt. 10c, 4 oz. 25c. 
° ® Choice 
Lorenziana, Double Mixed ree 
of yellow, red and white double flowers with 
Pkt. 10c, 4 oz. 25c. 
Single, Fine Mixed Bright, single, Daisy-like flowers of red and yellow. Pkt. 
5c, yy, oz. 20c. 
? New giant type. Large, da:k red 
The Dazzler flowers with bright orange tips. 
Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 50c. 
Portola Hybrids 
across, 
Strong, stiff 
Geum 
seed. 
2. ft 
Gloxinia A bulbous rooted plant, 
Geranium These well known favorites are — 
boxes in March; when large enough transplant 
to similar boxes or small pots; plant out in~ 
May. 
Godetia 
the sun like satin. 
stems with 
flowers that are nearly 4 in. 
Bronzy scarlet, petals tipped with golden yel- 
low. Plants are sturdy. Pkt. 10c, 1% oz. 25c. 
(Perennial) Double flowers like little roses on long 
stems from June to September, if not allowed to go to 
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 
Lady Stratheden Rich golden yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Mrs. Bradshaw Fiery scarlet. Pkt. 10c. 

producing in 
great profusion; has large well shaped 
flowers of richest and most beautiful variety of bril- 
liant colors.. One foot, Hybrida mixed. Pkt. 25c. 


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GERANIUM | 



indispensable for outdoor as well 
indoor decorations. Sow seed in shallow 
Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
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GODETIA ja 


Handsome. and showy annuals, 
bearing freely large flowers 3 to 4 
inches across, of exquisite colors that glisten in 
Pkt. 5c. 
Fine mixed. 
Perennial Gaillardia C©2n be depended upon te bloom all summer and into the 
fall. Bright and gaily colored, Daisy-like flowers are freely 
If seed is sown early, the plants will bloom 

