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SNAPDRAGON or ANTIRRHINUM 
No bouquets needed for Snapdragon, it supplies its own. 
Of easiest culture, succeeding in any decent garden soil, 
gorgeous for months in its blooming. 
The kinds offered below grow to thirty inches or more 
of height, the last foot at least of it set with immense, ex- 
quisitely formed blossoms in varied rich, gay colorings. 
There are often a dozen or more flower-filled stems to a 
plant. ARTISTIC—Rose pink and white. COPPER SHADES 
—Copper and Bronze in blending tones. LOVELINESS— 
Pure deep pink. RED CROSS—Contrasting crimson and 
pure white. SNOW GIANT—Three guesses. YELLOW 
GIANT—Exquisite canary. CAMPFIRE—Bronze, with 
touches of crimson, carmine and yellow. UNIFORM PRICE, 
each kind, 20c per pkt. OFFER 4A54—One pkt. each of the 
ie LOTsseL aD. 
ANTIRRHINUM PEERLESS MIXED—The colors above, 
with others, in one superb blend. Largest flowers, for these 
are of the “Maximum” section, strain rust-resistant. Crop 
short everywhere this year, so only available in packets. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
ANTIRRHINUM MAGIC CARPET — erik(2-4)5. Low, 
spreading plants, with hint of creepmg habit. Flowers in 
varied tones and shades, from light to dark. Long in bloom. 
Profuse. A delight in the rock garden, or for edgings and 
beds. This is a true hybrid, a cross of Antirrhinum majus, 
the garden Snapdragon, with the hardy rock garden species 
Antirrhinum molle. Pkt. 25c (3 for 70c). 

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AMBROSIA—ecofx(8)20. Graceful green “ostrich plumes.” 
Decorative cut flower effects. Aromatic. Called Feather 
Geranium; botanically a Chenopodium. Pkt. 15c. 
DAISIES PINK-AND-WHITE 
The buds are soft pink, but the flowers are purest white, 
though still pink-suffused in reverse. Blossoms are about 
an inch across, tiny yellow centers from which radiate 
many narrow, over-lapping petals in horizontal plane to 
make the flat upfacing bloom. The foliage is scanty, nar- 
row, flower-obscured. Plants are in continuous bloom from 
early June, on through September. Give them full sun. 
This dainty newer annual is sometimes called Lazy Daisy, 
simply because the plants bow under the weight of bloom, 
but always the flowers face upward. Botanically it is, 
heavily, APHANOSTEPHUS SKIRROBASIS. If you pre- 
fer, order it simply as LAZY DAISY. ek(2-4)20. Pkt. 
15e% 1/32 0z.. 25e: 
ARCTOTIS, Daisy of Africa 
Delightful daisies of largest size, effective for garden 
decoration or for cutting. 
ARCTOTIS ACAULIS—erbx (3-5) 15. 
cream, salmon, pleasing apricot, 
bronzed carmine. Pkt. 20c. 
ARCTOTIS ASPERA HYBRIDA—erbk(3-5)18. The big 
flowers remind of Gerberia in their soft tones, apricot, 
lemon, russet, bronze, coppery rose, reds of the autumn 
oakleaf. Then there are blush and lilac tints; others with 
decorative zonings. Handsome pinnate foliage deeply in- 
cised, rilver-sparking above. Both this and Acaulis above, 
need long season and full sun. Sow in position at first 
spring moment. Pkt. 20c (3 for 50c). 
ARCTOTIS GRANDIS—ecrx(4)10. Blue-eyed African Daisy. 
Big pearl-white flowers with blue centers. Profuse, showy, 
long in bloom. Easiest and quickest Arctotis. Sow after 
soil is warm. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
OFFER 5A24—One pkt. each of the three for 40c. 
BRAZILIAN BUTTERFLY FLOWER 
Golden buff to orange scarlet are the oddly formed flow- 
ers of ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA, corolla of the glowing 
red-orange, hood soft to deep yellow. Even the buds are 
bright, of a burnished coral tone. From seeds sown in 
the garden in early spring there will be continued glorious 
bloom, June until cut off by black November frosts. An 
excellent cut flower. Though usually handled in garden, it 
makes a good everblooming pot plant, too, in blossom then 
almost year around. Actually it is a tender perennial, 
though it starts blooming so quickly from seed that it is 
most often handled as an annual. Sometimes roots are 
lifted in autumn and stored over winter packed in dampish 
Planted out, they will start flowering 
again right quickly. 30 inches. Illustrated above. Pkt. 
L0c; py oz 20c; % oz. 35c. 
Very large flowers in 
brilliant tangerine and 
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THE SUNLIGHT FLOWER 
Living embodiment of warm sunshine gold are the blos- 
soms of BAILEYIA MULTIRADIATA, each with its double 
ruffle of glossy yellow petalage about the little golden 
center cushion. The long-stemmed flowers appear continu- 
ously from late May until November. Attractive silvery, 
sun-glinting foliage. Sow Baileyia early, in full sun and 
in perfectly drained position. Highly drought-resistant. 
edk(2-5)18. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
AGROSTEMMA 
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ASTERS ANNUAL 
China Aster is an old name for them, but botanically 
they are CALLISTEPHUS, or “Beautiful Crown’. Of 
easy handling. 
ASTER ANNUAL GIGANTIC — (Los Angeles). Probably 
the largest-flowered variety ever available, blossoms have 
been grown to 8-inch diameters. Clear shell pink, fully 
double, petals long, airy, interlacing. 86 inches. Pkt. 
20c; 3 for 50c. 
ASTER GIANT BRANCHING MIXED—This class is the 
mainstay of any Aster planting. Big flowers of fullest 
doubleness, carried on long stems. In bloom from mide 
summer on. Widest color range ot any Aster group. 
white, blush, shell pink, peach, deep rose, scarlet, crimson, 
azure blue, royal purple. Pkt. 15e; % oz. 35e. 
ASTER CALIFORNIA GIANTS —A newer giant-flowered 
strain feathery fullness in blossoms of ‘truly enormous 
size. Petals curled and interlaced in fashion of florist 
Chrysanthemum. Exceptionally vigorous growth. Splendid 
color range. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 35e. 
ASTER RAINBOW SINGLES — The most graceful class, 
delightful when cut. Long slender petals, small center, 
varied vivid colorings, good stems. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 30c. 
OFFER 6A24—One pkt. each of the 4 for 55c. 
ASTER AVALON ANNUAL BLEND — An _ unsurpassed 
mixture. Contains seeds of all above (only a trace of 
the Singles), together with those of the Beauty, the new 
Crested, creamy yellows, the needle or King types, El 
Monte, Pompoms and the like; a carefully balanced blend. 
It wil make, and keep, your garden gay. Pkt. 15c; % 
OZ. Cc. 

Spring gardens, vibrant as warm showers fall. 
Hidden Lilacs that the breeze betrays. 
- Deep June meadows, rich with Buttercup. 
Soft mists that silver the morning east. 
Violet arrows of sunset cloud, edged with glory. 
Goldenrod that sweeps forgotten fields. 
Startle of Gentian in sway of wisp-brown grass. 
Dark Pines, flare-set with radiant autumn Oak. 
Wild-goose wedges cleaving keen moon-flooded skies. 
All these we have, if ever we had them. Though wars 
oes and flame, though nations melt, this of life is still 
good. 
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