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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
STREPTOCARPUS HYBRIDUS 
STREPTOCARPUS— Winter blooming greenhouse plant. Flowers 
large, trumpet shaped in shades of violet, pink rose down to pure 
white. What we offer is seed sayed from the finest, large flowered 
hybrids, the best money can buy. Treat same as Gloxinia. Seed 
very fine. Height 1 tue 
SWAINSONIA GRANDIFLORA 
An elegant plant with large white, pink and red flowers and 
delicate bright green foliage, excellent for bouquets, as a green, in 
basket and design work, for high class wreaths and sprays and as a 
substitute for Valley in brides bouquets. Readily started from seed. 
Grow in a 5U deg. house, give rich soil and plenty of sun. The 
flowers resemble somewhat sweet peas, the plants are in bloom al- 
most every day in the year if kept in a large pot or tub so as to 
restrict them as to root room. Once you try Swainsonia you will not 
be without it. Tender perennial. Height 3 feet. Th pkt.. 20¢: 
SWEET VIOLET QUEEN CHARLOTTE 
SWEET VIOLET— Viola Odorata. Blue hardy English violet, sweet- 
lv scented. Violet requires rich, well drained, somewhat sandy soil 
and should never suffer from lack of moisture. Plant seed in fall 
or spring. Of all violets, Queen Charlotte is the hardiest—does not 
winter kill even In Iowa. Blooms in the spring and again in the 
fall. Seed lays long before it sprouts. Top lst10c. 
PLANTS—Tohree for 60 cents, prepald. 
THALICRUM 
THALICRUM DIPTEROCARPUM—F lowers rosy purple in June and 
July. Beautiful cut-flower. Height 3 ft. T. pkt. 15ce. 
DIPTEROCAKPUM ALBUM—Beautiful foamy Mowers, pure white. 
Height 8 ft. T. pkt. 20c. 
Thalicrum is an absolutely hardy and long lived perennial of vig- 
orous growth, doing well in rich soil and full sun, withstanding 
most severe hot and dry weather. The foliage of all Tralicrum is 
a first class material for boquets and baskets. Sow the seed in the 
spring or fall, space the plant foot apart each way. 
THALICRUM PURPUREUM—Produces in June and July large beau- 
tiful plumy flowers of bright lavender pink. Height 4 ft. T. pkt. 
15¢c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
THUNBERGIA ALATA—Black Eyed Susan 
A fine climber with ornamental leaves and attractive blooms 
ranging from white to deep orange from May to August. Much used 
for hanging baskets. Sow in January to February under glass. 
Teuder. Height, 6 to 8 ft. Mixed. T. pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; 1b. $7.00. 
THYMUS SERPYLLUM 
Mother of Thyme, Wild Thyme or Mountain Thyme. A rapid 
growing, creeping plant, absolutely hardy, unexcelled for covering 
bare spots, as an edging plant and for rockeries. Blooms in June 
and July, filling the air with a most pleasant and delicate fragrance. 
T. pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35e. 
THYMUS SERPYLLUM RED (Coccineum)—Flowers bright red, 
while the flowers of Serpyllum are pale pink. Hither variety has 
strongly perfumed foliage. both are of neat dense growth not over 
2 inches tall, ideal as ground cover. 
TORENIA FOURNIERI 
FOURNIERI GRANDIFLORA—A charming dwarf-growing annual 
with blooms in which deep and sky blue as well as golden yellow is 
blended in a charming fashion, and thriving under the hardest of 
conditions. Will do well in rich soil as well as in dry sand, along 
with cacti or in moist and shady places, and is invaluable for the 
South, where it is used in the same way as pansies in the North. 
Makes a great plant for hanging baskets or window boxes, also fine 
as pot plant and for bedding. Very floriferous, keeping in goed leaf 
and flowers from spring to frost. Of easiest culture. Sow the seed 
in January and February and when all danger of frost is past set 
outdoors 8 inches apart. It forms neat rounded bushes. Height 1 
ft. T. pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; % oz. 55c; oz. $4.00. 
rer aes tee ie Neeson pate meeralnoes and habit as Fournieri 
: r rge, white over 5; 
1/33 oz. 30; 1/16 07. Boe.” woe es PRO: 
TRITOMA—FLAME FLOWER 
Sow in February or March, line out in May, lift before f 
sale plats aie a ae nage tae set out in May, Blooms He a 
er. e roots are fleshy and k 
Hardy south of Kansas City. Height 3 Lt Mea, Batt eee 
oe SPECIAL MIXTURE—Composed of choice early flowering 
varieties. Our mixture will produce elegant flowers in shades of 
orem yellow, rose and salmon pink and some crimson flowers if the 
ee eae yeieladar dN eats edhe but some protection over win- 
. Avera . 5 
ig coc iieh oat teen ge height 3 ft. T. pkt. 20c; 1/32 oz. 30c; 
TRICHOLAENA ROSEA 
Of all ornamental grasses suitable as fillers i 
n bouquets Tri . 
ae is ne prettiest. Grows 2 ft. tall, produces an Orandanesent 
ereen umes of pale silvery pink, dainty and striking in a bouquet 
Dp roses or other flowers where pink predominates. Annual. 
TAHOKA DAISY Valuable cut flower, easily raised. Flow- 
; ers daisy-like, 2 inches or mor 
ao binedevendex fading to rose with golden yellow ety 
Hot vel % on R908 long stems, from mid-June until late autumn. 
re rought resisting plant. Plants compact, bushy, 20 inches 
F nual. T. pkt. 20c; % oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 4 
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TAGETES LITTLE GIANT 
Plants very compact, only 4-6 inches high, dense fernlike foliage, 
flowers dainty single birght golden orange touching one another and 
as many as 200 blooms on a single plant that ina a spread of 8-10 
inches. A _ veritable floral cushion of striking effect when used for 
edgings. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. $1.20. 
TROLLIUS HYBRIDUS MIXED 
Perfectly bardy, free flowering perennial, producing giant bull 
shaped flowers resembling tulip, from May until August. A valu- 
able cut flower. Succeeds in rather light soil and in a half shady 
position. The seed we offer is from a collection of new large flow- 
ered hybrids in all shades of yellow with a percentage of double 
flowers. Divisions of clumps placed in 2% in. pots late in August, 
upee planted 8x6 in. will produce bloom from February on. Height 
a, xeet. 
TROLLIUS LEDEBOURI (GOLDEN QUEEN)—Valuable, new hardy 
perennial plant, of vigorous growth, attaining a height of 4 feet and 
producing quantities of intense orange-yellow flowers four in. across, 
from June till November. Unlike other varieties of Trollius the seed 
of teeekeut germinates readily. Will bloom the first year if started 
early in spring. 
TUNICA SAXIFRAGA 
A nice, tufted plant with pale pink, carnation-like, single flowers, 
born on thin, wiry stalks all summer. Fine for borders or rock- 
eries. Hardy. Height 10 in. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
TIGRIDIA—Fasily raised from seed Sown in January or February 
in heat most of the seedlings will bloom the same year. Sow in very 
sandy soil, transplant as soon as the seedlings are large enough to 
handle, the sooner the better and let them come to bloom in the 
flats. Or you can plant the seedlings outdoors in May in very rich 
soil in full sun. ‘Trigidias must have lots of water to do well and 
must be planted four inches deep, not less. Seed saved from a 
collection of very fine varieties. T. pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35c; Wy Oz. 
60c; oz. $4.00. 
TRICYRTIS HIRTA 
Hardy perennial flowers, lily-Hke, shaded pink dotted red, from 
September till frost. Fine for cutting and very striking when planted 
in groups in semi-shaded position. Height 20 in. 
TITHONIA EARLY AVALON 
Begins to bloom in mid-July from seed sown in the spring 
as soon as the weather is fairly settled, directly where the 
plants are to stand. Blooms till frost and produces high class 
material for cutting, in many colors such as fiery scarlet, 
orange, pink, ete. Annual. Height Gutta Lopkt..20c 
VIRGINIAN STOCK 
CRIMSON GEM—The best variety, producing large deep crimson 
flowers on plants 18 in. high from May to September. Thrives in 
any kind of soil exposed to sun, especially so in the coast regions 
and is one of the best plants for bedding, borders, ete. Annual. TS 
pkt. 10c; oz. 80e. 
VISCARIA—FLAME FLOWER 
CARDINALIS—Hardy annual growing in tufts and bearing flery, 
red single flowers 2 inches across. Grown in a bed the brilliant 
coloring of these flowers makes a strong effect. Fine for bouquets, 
as a pot plant and for bedding. Will do well in any kind of soil 
and withstand hot and dry weather, blooming all summer. Sow the 
seed where the plants are to stand, later thin out to 6 inches apart. 
Height, 12 inches. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; lb. $4.00. 

