Plant SALVIA for a Blaze of Color 
POPPIES—P. . 
Alpine Mixed. 6 in. A charming minia- 
ture poppy with brilliant colored flow- 
ers including white, pink, apricot, yel- 
low or orange-scarlet, etc. Useful for 
rockwork. 
Nudicale (Iceland Poppy). 
Grendon Hybrids Mixed. 
The Emperor, orange. 
The Empress, salmon rose. 
Amurense Yellow Wonder. 
Oriental Poppy. 
Oriental Scarlet. 
Oriental Mixed. 
Any of the above, pkt., 10c: ¥% oz., 50c. 

POPPIES, Nudicale 
PORTULACA (Rose Moss)—A. Portulacas 
not only bear in the poorest soil without 
complaint, but during a dry season when 
everything else is looking sorry for itself 
these brave little fellows gaily nod their 
thousand bright metallic looking flowers 
and seem to enjoy the drought. Easily 
transplanied. In sowing mix the seed 
with dry sand to insure an even dis- 
tribution. Sow in May when the ground 
is thoroughly warmed through, and very 
soon one of the loveliest of floral carpets 
will appear. Sow between stepping 
stones. 
Large Flowering Double. 
Best Mixture. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Large Flowering Single. 
Mixed. 
Pkt., 10c. 
POT MARIGOLD (See Calendula)—A. 
RICINUS (Castor Bean)—A. Giant, strong 
growing plants, with ornamental foliage, 
well adapted for border backgrounds, 
temporary, screen planting or as center 
plants in groups of cannas, dahlias, etc. 
Moles are kept away by planting castor 
beans in the borders. Ricinus’ attract 
Japanese beeiles. After devouring the 
leaves the insect dies. 
Mixed. Many sorts. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 15c. 

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SALPIGLOSSIS, Emperor, Mixed 
RUDBECKIA (Cone-Flower). 
Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers 
with deep purple cone borne on stiff, 
wiry stems. Three feet high. Flowers 
from July to September. 
Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-Flower). 
Flowers about 4 inches. across, of a 
peculiar reddish purple with a remark- 
ably large cone-shaped center of 
brown. Forms bushy plants 3 feet 
high and blooms from July to October. 
Pkt., 10c: 4% oz., 50c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS—A. One of the easiest of 
annuals to grow, the salpiglossis is in 
appearance an aristocrat, which is prized 
in the gardens of the wealthy. It is rich 
in deep color.tones rare in the floral 
world, which are set off by:veins of 
gold, marking every peial. The rule for 
growing salpiglossis, is give it room and 
do not coddle. Sow in partial shade in 
fairly rich soil as early as possible, and 
do not crowd. Its blossoms, similar in 
shape to a petunia, on strong stems are 
borne profusely until frosts kill the plants. 
Emperor Mixed. 21!2 ft. Large improved 
strain, complete range of colors. 
Pkt., 10c: 2 oz., 50c. 

SALVIA, Splendens 
SALVIA—A. The brilliant scarlet Salvia 
Splendens, so highly valued as a source 
of this vivid color in summer beds, hbor- 
ders, window boxes and flower pots. 
Splendens (Scarlet Sage). 
Farinacea Blue Bedder, deep blue. 
Pkt., 10c:; %4 oz., 50c. 
‘“SANVITALIA (Creeping Miniature Zinnia) 
—A. 
Procumbens FI. Pl. 6 in. Sanvitalia flow- 
ers are much like tiny zinnias, golden 
yellow with very dark purple centers, | 
some single and others double. The 
plants are prostrate and creep over the 
soil instead of growing upward. They 
start blooming in June and continue 
until frost. 
Pkt., 10c; Y2 oz., 50c. 

SCABIOSA, Blue Moon 
SAPONARIA—P. 
Ocymoides Splendens. 6 in. A showy 
dwarf trailing plant, producing a sheet 
of vivid crimson flowers. June-August. 
Pkt., 10c. 
SAPONARIA (Soapwart)—A. 
Vaccaria Rose. 2 ft. Light, graceful 
sprays of glistening pink flowers, 
somewhat like a “glorified’’ Gypsoph- 
ila, produced in profusion. 
Pkt., 10c: 142 oz., 30c. 
SCABIOSA (Pincushion)—P. To those per- 
sons who are familiar with the annual 
sorts of scabiosa, we need only say the 
perennials resemble, the annuals except 
that the perennials have shorter florets 
at the center. 
Caucasica Perfecta. 18, in. Light blue 
flowers prettily fringed on long stems. 
Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 50c. 


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