SALPIGLOSSIS. Painted Tongue. Em- 
peror Mixed. 3 ft. Exquisite Petunia- 
shaped flowers, but of more refinement. 
They are fancifully veined crimson, black, 
pink, violet, yellow, blue, purple and scarlet, 
some bicolored. Culture as for Petunias, 
though plants are bushy and with more 
flowers for cutting or border display. 
_ SALVIA. Flowering Sage. Scarlet Sage 
is extremely popular, with its fiery red 
spikes of bloom through the summer until 
frosts, on uniform bushy plants in borders 
and beds. The tall annual blues make useful 
cutting and border plants. 
America, Globe of Fire. 18 in. Best 
bloomer, most uniform, grandest scarlet. 
Firebrand. 15 in. Extra early, dwarf 
scarlet. 
Splendens. 3 ft. Favorite tall scarlet. 
Blue Bedder. 3 ft. Long silvery spikes of 
blue. Can be dried. 
Roya! Blue. All-America Selection. 3 ft. 
Deeper blue, bushy, best annual blue. 
_ SANVITALIA. Creeping Baby Zinnia. 6 
in. Miniature 1-in. double golden yellow 
flowers. Serene plant for ground cover, 
rockery, edging, boxes. Blooms in 6 weeks 
and all summer. 
SCABIOSA. Pin Cushion. 3 ft. Annual 
varieties are erect, long branching, with wiry 
stems supporting cushion-like double flowers 
2-3 in. across. Caucasica is a perennial type 
with large single flowers of delicate beauty. 
For border and cutting. 
Blue Moon. All-America Selection. Colum- 
nar, base-branching plants of new Imperial 
Giants type, with large bee-hive shaped 
flowers of deep lavender blue. 
Fire King. Fiery scarlet. 
Loveliness. Salmon-rose shades. 
Rosette. Deep rose, suffused salmon. 
Giant Hybrids. Mixed colors. 
Caucasica, New Giant Hybrids. 214 ft. 
Perennial; dark blue to lavender shades of 
these giant lacy single flowers like huge 
snowflakes. 
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN. 8 ft. 
Regular climbing snap bean, good to eat, 
with bright scarlet pea-shaped blooms. 
Dried beans are red with purple blotches. 
SCHIZANTHUS. 18 in. Wisetonensis 
type, Butterfly flower. Dainty, orchid-like, 
small flowers in plumes over lacy foliage. 
Wide color range. Recommended for cool, 
moist air locations. 
STAR OF TEXAS. Xanthisma Texanum. 
18 in. Delightful bushy plants with brilliant 
yellow Daisies on wiry cutting stems. Sow 
early in open; blooms freely and likes dry, 
sunny places. 
STATICE. 2% ft. Annual Sinuata. 
Mixed shades of blue, lavender, pink an 
white flowers in long racemes. For dry, 
sunny borders and cutting for strawflowers. 
STOCK. 2 ft. Our Early Giant Imperial 
or Improved Bismarck type is suitable for 
greenhouse or outdoor use. It produces huge 
spikes with a high percentage of large double 
florets for bedding and cutting. 
Blood Red. Lavender. 
Buttercup. Rose. Rose-pink. 
Elk’s Pride. Purple. Shasta. White. 
Golden Rose. Mixed Colors. _ 
Large-Flowering Ten Weeks. 12 in. 
Mixed colors of this dwarf, early type to 
bloom in about 10 weeks. 
STOKESIA. Cornflower Aster. 2 ft. 
Native Southern hardy perennial; base- 
branching plants with long stemmed, 4-5 in. 
Sweet Sultan-like blue and white flowers for 
cutting or the garden border. 
SWEET WILLIAM. Dianthus Barbatus. 
18 in. Perennial, but better to sow seed 
early each year for large heads. Use rich 
soil, thinning or transplanting to 6 In. apart. 
Wide color range with many bicolors. 
Single Mixed. Double Mixed. 
TEXAS BLUE BONNET. Native Lupin. 
12 in. Easiest grown Lupin and grows wild, 
reseeding itself, in large areas. Light blue 
spikes for drifts or cutting. Texas State 
Flower. 


SWEET PEAS 
Giant Spencer, Late-Flowering, are the 
largest, wavy flowered, most floriferous of all. 
Start seed very early, for blooming before 
hot weather. 
Amethyst. Clear medium blue. 
Flamingo. Cerise-scarlet. 
Gigantic. Large white, black seeded. 
Grand Slam. Sunproof scarlet-cerise. 
King Lavender. Big clear lavender. 
Mary Pickford. Salmony cream-pink. 
Olympia. Rich purple. 
Pinkie. Glorious rose-pink. 
Red Boy. Rich crimson. 
Smiles. Salmony shrimp-pink. 
Welcome. Dazzling scarlet-vermilion. 
What Joy. Primrose yellow to cream. 
Superb Spencer Mixture. Above and 
many other fine varieties in a balanced 
mixture, blended for our customers. 
Early Flowering Spencer Mixture. For 
earlier blooms outdoors and for greenhouse 
forcing. Dwarfer growth. 
New Spring Flowering Type. Grandest 
and most satisfactory. All-America Selec- 
tions awarded a Silver Medal to Rose-Pink, 
Bronze Medal to Blue, Honorable Mention 
to Lavender, the first varieties of this new 
class. They are earlier than regular Spencers, 
stand heat better, and bloom over a longer 
period. Try them. 
THUNBERGIA. Black Eved Susan. 3 in. 
Creeping, trailing plant with little heart 
shaped leaves for hanging baskets, boxes, 
any sunny rockery or covering fence or 
stumps. Orange, buff and white with black- 
ish violet eyes, 114 in. single flowers. 
TITHONIA. Mexican Sunflower. 5 ft. 
Tall, large Ieaved, spraddly plants unless 
planted thickly. 3% in. single Dahlia-like 
blooms of richest color in plantdom, a waxy 
orange-tangerine or flame. Dazzling cut- 
flowers on long clean stems. At home in 
the South and blooms until frost. 
Speciosa. Flaming burnt orange. 
Fireball. Flaming tangerine-red. Color pic- 
ture Page 12 
TORENIA.,. Wishbone Flower. 10 in. Erect, 
tufty plants with exciting Snapdragon-like 
flowers of velvety blue with contrasting yel- 
low lip and throat. For shady, moist places; 
blooms all season. 
VERBENA 
Our giant, hybrid grandiflora, varieties 
are the strongest, largest flowered Verbenas. 
Low spreading growth adapts them for 
edging, Iow beds, boxes and ground cover. 
About a dozen florets form each flower 
cluster in rich, attractive colors for garden 
or cutting all season. Try also the Dwarf 
Erect type with their neat, compact habit. 
Cerise Queen. All-America Selection. Huge 
salmon-cerise; grand. 
Giant White. Largest white. 
Royale. Royal blue, cream-yellow eye. 
Spectrum Red. All-America Selection. 
Brightest color in Verbenas, intense scarlet- 
red. No eye. 
Giant Mixed. AII colors; superb. 
Blue Sentinel, Erect. All-America Se- 
lection. 8 in. Deep trusses of royal violet- 
blue. Dwarf, erect growth. 
Fireball, Erect. 6 in. Bright scarlet. 
VINCA. Periwinkle. 15-18 tn. One of 
the best bedding and box plants in existence. 
Blooms all summer and until frost and always 
colorful. Erect growing, but branches 
freely, with handsome rounded single flowers. 
Most satisfactory and no insect or disease 
seems to bother it. 
Pure White. Very showy. 
Rosea. Clear rosy-pink, self color. 
Rosea alba. White, rosy-pink eye. 
Mixed Vinca. All 3, always blooming. 
MEXICAN ZINNIA. Double Haag- 
eana. 12 in. Small flowering type, re- 
sembling pompon Dahlias. Varied color 
combinations of orange and brown, suitable 
for cutting, edging, beds and rockery. 
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ZINNIAS 
Most popular of garden annuals. Easily 
grown in any sunny bed or border; grand for 
garden color display and for cutting. Grow 
from 1 to 4 feet tall, according to class, and 
from 1 to 6 inch flowers. 
Lilliput, Baby Zinnias. 114 ft. 
Small pompon flowers on compact plants. 
Black Ruby. All-America Selection. Rich 
blackish maroon beauty. 
Canary Gem. Canary yellow. 
Golden Gem. Golden orange. 
Lilac Gem. Light violet-purple. 
Rosebud. Rose-pink. 
White Gem. Ivory white. 
Pastel Mixed. Light colors. 
Finest Mixed. All colors. 
Red Riding Hood. Gracillima. 1 ft., bushy 
plants; 1 in. button flowers of rich scarlet. 
Tiny Tim. Cupid Zinnia. 1 ft. Tmy scarlet 
button flowers; more compact plant. 
Tom Thumb Mixed. 6 in. Tiniest plants 
and flowers in pastel colors. 
Medium Size Types. 114-3 ft. 
Picotee Delight, Salmon Rose. 26 ft. 
Picoteed scarlet. Finest cut-flower color and 
type; medium size. 
Picotee Delight, Mixed. 214 ft. Cut-flower 
delights; light shades. 
Fantasy, Star Dust. 21 ft. All-America 
Selection. Golden yellow with shaggy, Cactus 
Dahlia-like petals. Daintiest, most artistic 
garden and cutting Zinnia type. 
Fantasy, Wildfire. 214 ft. Dazzling scarlet. 
Fantasy Mixed. 216 ft. All-America 
Selection. All colors. lc picture Page 12. 
Harmony Mixed. Scabiosa Type. 2% ft. 
High crested center with outside collar of 
flat petals, like Harmony Marigold. Many 
colors. 
Navajo Mixed. Al!-America Selections 14% 
ft. Medium sized bicolored flowers, mostly 
semi-double, of orange and scarlet tipped 
white or yellow. Quite decorative. 
Giant Dahlia-Flowered. 3 ft. 
Largest, deepest flowers; most popular 
garden flower and type. Petals lightly 
cupped, they resemble Decorative Dahlias, 
even in size. 
Canary Bird. Pure light yellow. 
Crimson Monarch. Largest; deep crimson. 
Dream. Deep rosy lavender. 
Exquisite. Light rose, deeper center. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow. 
IMumination. Richest deep rose. 
Oriole. Bicolor orange and gold. 
Polar Bear. Clearest white. 
Royal Purple. All-America Selection. Deep 
rich unfading reddish purple. 
Gold Medal Mixed. Grandest colors, 
formula mixture of these Giant Zinnias. 
Super Crown o’Gold. 3 ft. Pastel Tints. 
Each petal, regardless of flower color, is 
overlaid with deep golden yellow at tts base, 
giving a bicolor or blend effect of warmth and 
distinction. Most beautiful of all. Color 
picture Page 12. 
Howard’s New Giant Crested. 3 ft. While 
not Dahlia-flowered these largest of the 
Scabiosa or crested-flowered Zinnias are 
making a big following. They vary in form 
but a good percentage come true and they 
make the most beautiful of all Zinnias, 
especially for cutting; 4 to 5 inches across 
with beautiful crests like giant Sunshine 
Asters. 
California Giants. 3 ft. 
Similar to Dahlia-flowered in tall, luxu- 
riant growth, and even wider big blooms 
because flatter petals and flowers. Considered 
better for cutting, as not as heavy or conical 
in shape and thus more graceful even with 
larger size. 
Cerise Queen. Big cerise-rose. 
Daffodil Improved. Canary yellow. 
Enchantress. Light rose, deeper center. 
Golden Queen. Golden yellow. 
Miss Willmott. Soft pink. 
Orange King. Burnt orange. 
Scarlet Queen. Glowing deep scarlet. 
Violet Queen. Rich purple. 
California Giants Mixed. Balanced mix- 
ture of all Zinnia colors; largest size. 
