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These are majestic 
Hollyhock plants 5 to 7 feet 
high. Fine for background planting. 
Finest Double Mixed F!°wers 
large and 
double as roses, of every shade and 
color. Sow seed out of doors in spring, 
where they are to bloom. Hardy peren- 
nials. Pkt. 5c, 144 oz. 60c, oz. $1.00. 
(Mammoth Fringed.) 
Allegheny The flowers, which are 
8 to 5 inches in diameter, and either 
double or half double, are _ finely 
fringed, cut and curled. Mixed pkt. 10c, 
 Y% oz. 50c. 
Annual Indian Spring / sown 
_ ruary it will bloom freely in early 
_ August, producing flowers of varying 
attractive bright rose and rosy-carmine 
semi-double. It grows a central stem 
six feet in height. Both stem and 
_ branches bear flowers. Awarded silver 
-_ medal in 1989 All-America trials. 
= Pkt. 5c. 

ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Calabash or Pipe Gourd 9 
wet ground, however. We suggest sowing seed where plants are to bloom, 
- as they sometimes resent being transplanted. When seedlings are large 
enough to handle, thin talk varieties to stand 2 ft. apart, the dwarfer 
varieties, 1 ft. apart. 
New Giant Imperial Annual Larkspurs These new  up- 
branching Larkspurs with long straight upright flower spikes (2 to 4 
feet) are much superior to all others for cut-flowers. All colors, Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c, 1% oz. 30c. 
Tall Double Stock-flowered Plants branch freely, bearing > 
flowers, 2% ft. Mixed.’ All colors. Pkt. 5c, %4 oz. 25c. ‘ 
Mesembryanthemum 
Criniflorum (Livingstone Daisy) 4, Profusion of fluffy 
GOURDS 
Mixed Ornamental, fine and curious. Very valuable for covering old trees, 
fences, etc. Mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, %4 Ib. 85c. 
Luffa or Dish Cloth The peculiar lining of this fruit sponge-like, porous, 
; tough, elastic and durable, makes a natural dish 
cloth. Fruit grows about two feet long; the vine is very ornamental, with clusters 
of large yellow blossoms. Many ladies prefer this dish cloth to any other. Pkt. 5c. 
Sugar Trough or Bucket Gour 
Tr A valuable imitation and answe 
ceed Japanese Nest Egg Gourd the purpose well; rapid grower. Pkt. 
able buckets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
beyoz, 2c. 
Dipper Gourd A valuable household article. Train the vine on fence or 
trellis and necks grow straight. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
kt, 5c,s0z.025c, 
Annual Lupinus 
Hartwegi These are easily grown, fre 
plants grow 2 feet high and bloom profuse 
WY oz. 25c. 
Perennial Lupinus 
Improved Hybrids page se: ta 
the more delicate colors—creamy pin 
35c, Yo oz. 60c. 
of profuse flowering habi 
excellent for bedding purposes or pot culture. Sow seed in the house. 
Half hardy perennials.! Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
HIBISCUS 
A desirable border plant, succeeding in any sunny position, but 
doing best in a damp place; grows 8 to 5 feet high, with large 
foliage and large, showy flowers of delicate coloring, produced dur- 
ing the entire summer. 
A robust type of upright habit, producing 
Mallow Marvels an abundance of flowers of enormous size 
in all the richest shades of crimson, pink and white; mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Hunnemannia 
i i Seed sown outdoors in May 
Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy produces large quantities of 
giant, tulip-like flowers during latter part of July and continuing for 
the rest of the season. 1 ft. 
S li All-American winner. Semi-double; bright canary-yel- 
unlite low gray-green foliage. Pkt. 10c. 
Helianthus (Double Dwarf Sun- 
d Useful and interesting. Makes desir- 
dd-shaped fruit which is used in making pipes. 
flowering annuals with long 
graceful spikes of richly colored, pea-shaped 
flowers. They are very valuable for the 
mixed border, beds, and for cutting. The 
throughout the summer and fall. They pre- 
fer light shade and a rich soil. Pkt. 5c, 
‘ showy spikes 
with well-formed blooms in a wide range of 
orange, salmon, chocolate, lavender, etc.; 
many delicately scented. Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. 

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Dwarf plants, neat and compact 
in habit, for edgings, garden 
decoration, rock gardens, and pot 
culture. Plants are always a 
sheet of bloom. They grow and 
bloom quickly from seed. Their 
height, 4 to 6 in., makes them 
ideal subjects for cemetery use, 
especially as edgings to taller 
plants. 
Crystal Palace Com- 
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One of the most popular deep 
blue Lobelias. The foliage is 
quite dark. Pkt. 10c, ¥g oz. 45c. 
Choice Varieties Mixed 
A very choice mixture of dwarf 
compact growing Lobelias; many 
varieties and shades. Pkt. 5c, 
14, oz. 35c. 
flower) A dwarf variety, growing about 2% Lilium Regale—The Regal Lily 
feet high; flowers very double, rich, It is absolutely hardy, and is excellent for forcing. The 
golden yellow. 5 to 7 inches in diameter. Pkt. 5c. flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, with a 

beautiful shade of canary-yellow at the center, and ex- 
Lantana Hybrida Free flowering, hand- tending part way up the trumpet. It is delightfully 
some plant The flow- perfumed, reminding one of the jasmine, and lacking 
ers are in verbena-like heads, color very bril- the heavy, oppressive odor of most lilies. Blooms out 
liant and constantly changing in hue; very fine. of doors early in July, and seedling bulbs will flower 
Sow seed in house. Half hardy perennials. Mixed. the second year. Lift the bulblets in fall and replant to 
Pkt. 5c. greater depth in their permanent location. Pkt. 10c. 


A fine, half 
Linum (Flowering Flax) hardy annual 
LARKSPUR arse Bhe 
ground. 
The culture of Annual Larkspur is quite easy. = 
They do best in a sunny position, in rich, well- Lychnis 
drained garden soil, free from fresh manure. As 
they like cool weather in which to germinate and é 
to grow best, seed should be sown as soon as the mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
frost is out of the ground. Do not sow in cold, 
right base 
long spikes of beautiful double 
daisy-like flowers, 2 to 
8 inches across, in every imaginable shade and color. Height, 8 inches. 
Larkspur Crystallinum. (Ice plant). Flowers, small, pinkish white. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Imperial 
Height 8 inches. Pkt. 10c. Foliage cov 
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son flowers. Sow seed in the open 

Very handsome, useful perennials of 
easy culture. Sow seed in March, trans- 
plant in open-ground in May in partial shade. Choice 

The New Livingstone Daisy 
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