THE VELVET FLOWER 
Wide velvety trumpets, color laid on in rich brocade 
simulations, that’s SALPIGLOSSIS. Gold veinings over 
pale blue, over violet, over cream, over rose, over scarlet, 
over brown. Then there will be straight self colorings in 
crimson, chamois, yellow, purple, black maroon. As easy to 
grow as Petunia, and in same way. A flower of rare 
beauty. eck( 3-4)30. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
THE ANNUAL SALVIAS 
If that title means just Scarlet Sage to you, then treasure 
lies undiscovered before you. Explore a bit. 
THE BABY SALVIA—ex(8)16. A rare delight is this dis- 
tinctive Mexican species SALVIA MICROPHYLLA, the 
most compact of our Salvias, and save Horminium, the 
most dwarf. The ,several upright, closely gathered stems 
are covered with tight imbrications of 
attractive foliage, olive green, so dark 
it hints of black. Above, the plants 
hourglass. out into a thicket of bloom- 
spikes and white-bracted buds, the 
bracts falling as the flowers open. Blos- 
soms are a charming coral rose with 
ecarmine suffusion. Of easy handling, 
you can start early under glass, or you 
can even sow outside in position and 
get flowers by mid-July. Blooming con- 
tinues until late October. Jllustrated 
opposite, Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
OTHER FINE SALVIAS—tThese are an- 
nual, too, or so grown. ARGENTEA— 
rdk(9)6. As an annual this is grown 
for the decorative, silvery first-year 
rosettes, lovely beyond compare. Pkt. 
lhe. CARDUACEA—kt(2)18. Fringed, 
undulate skyblue blossoms in prickly cushion-whorls. 
very early. Pkt. 15e. COCCINEA—ecbx(2-4)36. Long slen- 
der racemes of coral-tinged carmine. Sow in_ position. 
Handsome, different. Easy. Pkt. 15c; 7; 0z. 25e. COCCINEA 
ALBA—Pure white. Pkt. 25¢c. SPLENDENS BONFIRE— 
Most satisfactory true Scarlet Sage for general planting. 
Dense fire-red plumes for months. Pkt. 20c; 7 oz. 40c. 
FARINACEA BLUE BEDDER eck (3-5) 28. Flowers 
wedgewood blue, bracts white-powdered, foliage a bit sil- 
vered. Desirable. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. HORMINIUM 
MIXED—erk(8)12. Attractive long-blooming oddity, floral 
leaves pink, white or rich violet blue. Long in bloom. 
Pkt. 15c. PATENS—erw(3-5)25. Large and attractive sky- 
blue flowers. One of the more beautiful. Pkt. 25c. 
each of the 8 (omitting Coc- 

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And the greatest of blessings is this,—pleasant, need- 
ful work for hand and mind to do, that so we may 
know full joy of good accomplishment. 


SCHIZANTHUS BLENDED HYBRIDS—erx(2)18. 
Exqui- 
site butterfiy-blossoms in amazing profusion. White, pink, 
carmine and lavender, often yellow marked. Pkt. 15c. 
SCLEROCARPUS MAJOR—ebx(8)35. Nice yellow daisy 
with high, loose ‘“‘pincushion’’ center, set with gold-star- 
headed brown pins. After the petals fall, the flower 
centers are still attractive. Easy everbloomer. Kt el bcs 
SENECIO ARENARIUS—erdk(2-3)15. A vivid little flower, 
easy if sown early. Mauve rose to violet. Called Annual 
Cineraria, or sometimes, Sand Daisy. Pkt. 15c. 
SISYRINCHIUM ANNUAL BLEND—k(3)8. Airy, starry 
little Iris-cousins in blue, yellow, varied mauves and violets, 
with buff eye. Rock gardens or edgings. Pkt. 15c. 
SOLANUM INTEGRIFOLIUM—ebk(w)30. Gives greatly 
showy shining scarlet fruits. Garden decoration and winter 
bouquets. Salvia splendens culture. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
STATICE ANNUAL BLEND—cbkt(2-4). Everlasting. May 
be dried and used for ornamental winter effects. Good, 
too, for summer cutting and garden decoration. Unexcelled 
blend, white, yellow, ‘and tones of rose, lavender, blue 
violet. Sow early. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; %4 oz. 40ce. 
SUNFLOWERS—These showy annuals are splendid cut- 
flower material. DWARF DOUBLE—Shaggy golden ‘“Chrys- 
anthemums.” Pkt. 10c. RED SUNFLOWER—Chestnut to 
maroon. Tall. Pkt. 10c. STELLA—Starry golden yellow. 
Pkt. 10c. ITALIAN WHITE—Pure white to pale cream. 
Pkt. 15e. GERBERIA-TONED—Soft pastels, rose, apricot, 
coral, chestnut. Pkt. 15c. OFFER 37A24—One pkt. of each 
for 50c. 
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STAR OF TEXAS 
It is perhaps the gayest, easiest and longest blooming of 
all the daisies, this XANTHISMA TEXANUM, known again 
as Texas Daisy, and, from the late-rising propensities of it, 
as Sleepy Daisy. The blossoms, great many-pointed golden 
stars, are two inches across, mostly petal, center tiny, petals 
closely overlapping and at an angle that gives a salver- 
shaped bloom. Xanthisma is in constant flowering for 
many months, thriving in sun, heat and drought, an ex- 
ceedingly showy flower. So bright and glistening is it 
that you must need shade your eyes to see a bed of it 
at noonday. Excellent cut flower. 20 inches. Sow it 
early. Illustrated page 19. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30; %4 oz. 50c. 
THE FRAGRANT STOCKS 
Massive spikes of snowy white or delightfully colored 
flowers; coppery tones, deep blues, canary, soft pink, 
lavender, golden rose, blood red. They come mostly fully 
double, but there are occasional singles (these pretty, too). 
Stocks, well grown, will be a treasure, and pleasure, of 
your annual garden, but be sure to sow early. They cut. 
Also can be grown as pot plants. Two strains here. 
DWARF TEN-WEEK MIXED—15 inches. Earliest, good. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25e,. GIANT IMPERIAL MIXED—28 inches. 
Largest, spikes massive. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
SWEET PEAS 
It’s high time that the popularity pendulum swung back 
to the Sweet Peas. They are the most delighful of all 
annual flowers, nothing else will quite replace them. True 
you must take a bit of pains with them; they are not 
quite as foolproof in the growing as are Marigolds, but 
they are worth the difference in attention. Just sow early, 
first moment ground will work in spring, in soil that has 
been made, and kept, rich. In drought, see that they get 
a good soil-soaking now and then. Give a mulching of 
grass-clippings, leaves or straw about their roots if you 
ean, for they like cool soil. 
FRILLED GIANT BLEND—tThe cream of the Giant Spen- 
cer or Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas; about every color, hue 
or tone that has appeared in Sweet Peas is here, but in 
eareful balance of desirabilities. Pkt. 10c; 2 pkts. for 15c; 
1 oz. 25c; % lb. 70c. 
EARLY SPENCER MIXED—Big waved flowers in full 
color range. Early blooming, suited for first garden show 
or for forcing. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 35¢; 4 Ib. $1.10. 
CUPID SPENCER BLEND—Dwarf trailers to nine inches, 
needing no support. Waved flowers in full pleasing color 
range. Give full sun, good drainage. Pkt. 15¢; 1 oz. 45e. 
TAHOKA DAISY 
Best of the Blue Daisies for all-summer bloom. Sow it 
early and it will be flowering by mid-June, continuing then 
for months with its big blossoms of pure blue-lavender, with 
little golden centers. Foliage fern-like, flower stems of 
good length, cutting and lasting qualities excellent. Jllws- 
trated page 16. Our introduction. Machaeranthera tan- 
acetifolia. eck(2-4)20. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c, %4 oz. 40c. 

November days of blue crystal skies set with clipped 
white cloud, brown oakleaf. winging over green willow 
sway, clatter of pheasant and scurry of rabbit, shining 
red rose-fruit and burnt-orange of bittersweet, fragrance 
of wood smoke—and of memory; hope and planning 
for the years that will come. 

SUTERA COERULEA—eirbk(8)10. Pretty South African 
everbloomer, a bushy, fine-leafed plant that bears in great 
profusion for many months little star-flowers of soft blue- 
lavender. Valued particularly for edgings. Pkt. 15c. 
THELESPERMA BURRIDGEANUM—eox(3)18. Calliopsis- 
like flowers in ruddy brown with golden tips to petals. 
Aromatic, profuse, long in bloom. Pkt. 10c. 
THUNBERGIA ALATA MIXED—ex(8)50. Pretty vine or 
trailer with attractive foliage. Flowers buff to orange, or 
sometimes white. Always black-eyed. Pkt. 10c. 
TORENIA BLEND —erk(4-5)12. Velvey blossoms, 
purple, touched gold, or rarely white, marked rose. 
borders, pot plant. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
TONELLA TENELLA—ernkt(1)8. A pretty Blue-eyed Mary 
from the Pacific Northwest. Broadeast it for spreads of 
airy violet blossoming. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
TRIDAX TRILOBATA—ex(8)24. Yellow daisies with brown 
centers, ever-bloomer. Pkt. 10c. 
TRIPTERIS HYOSEROIDES—ek(2)18. 
African daisy in soft yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
blue to 
Beds, 
Very pretty South 
