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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 


FLOWERS 
Abronia—Sand Verbena 
Umbellata grandiflora Quick - growing, 
trailing, succulent 
plant, especially adapted for dry, poor soils and 
sunny locations in border, rock garden or hanging 
basket. Rosy lilac, verbena-like flowers. 10 in. Pkt. 
10c.. 
Ageratum—Fioss Flower 
One of the best bedding plants being literally a sheet 
of bloom from early summer until frost. 
7 Deep amethyst blue 
Blue Perfection flowers almost hide the 
dwarf, compact plants from view. The darkest colored 
of all. 9 in. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 40¢; 14 oz. 70c. 
Alonsoa 
An attractive bedding plant with remarkable brilliant 
scarlet flowers, in bloom from July till frost. Re- 
moved to the house they bloom well during winter. 
Height, 18 inches. Half hardy annual. Alonsoa 
myrtifolia. Pkt. 10c. 
Anchusa 
Cape Forget-Me-Not 
= Bright Gentian-blue For- 
Capensis, Annual get-Me-Not-like flowers; 
early summer to late fall. Fine for beds and cut- 
ting. 2 ft. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 25c. 
1 (Perennial) Large, tur- 
Italica, Dropmore quoise-blue Forget-Me- 
Not flowers in June and July and again in the fall. 
8 to 5 ft. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c. 
A pleasing 
Anemone (Wind Flower) hardy | peren- 
nial; easily grown from seed, producing large flow- 
ers; few plants compare with them in brilliancy; 
fine for bouquets. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 

Alyssum Sweet 
ALYSSUM 
An easily grown annual succeeding in any ordinary 
garden soil in full sun. The plants bloom freely 
for many months, particularly where the ‘Summers 
remain reasonably cool. Sweet Alyssum is unsur- 
passed for edging and planting in the rock garden. 
Sweet (Maritimum) This is the old-fashioned 
Sweet Alyssum. The plants are _ of 
dwarf, spreading growth about 10 in. tall. The 
small white flowers are produced in masses on in- 
numerable spikes. Fine for the rock garden and 
for edgings. Pkt. 10c; ¥2 oz. 20c, oz. 35c. 
: The plants are of dwarf, com- 
Lilac Queen pact, upright growth, 4 to 5 in. 
tall. 
The fiower clusters are composed of small, 
rich lilac florets which become lighter as they age. 
Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 25c, % oz. 45c. 
= This is without question the best 
Little Gem pure white, dwarf Alyssum, The 
plants make a dense growth spreading but slightly, 
attaining a height of only 3 to 4 in. They bloom so 
profusely that they merit their surname “Carpet 
of Snow.” Pkt. 10c, 1% oz. 25c, Y% oz. 45c. 
Alyssum Hardy Perennial Saxatile 
The plants grow about 9 inches 
Compactum high; of easiest culture and 
very free blooming. Broad masses of bright yellow 
flowers in early Spring. 
An excellent plant for the 
rockery or front of borders. Pkt. 10c. 




5 A month before you expect to set the started plants out- 
Starting Seed Indoors doors fill a flat epbdic, bak one inch deep with coal ashes 
or small stones and cover that with an inch of finely sifted rich soil. Sow the seed thinly, 
cover about one-eighth of an inch and press firmly. Cover with a pane of glass and two 
thicknesses of newspaper to prevent too rapid evaporation. Keep in a temperature between 
60° and 70° and water regularly and carefully. When the seeds have germinated remove 
the glass. When large enough to handle, transplant one inch apart in a similarly prepared 
box where they may be kept until time to set outdoors. 
1 A fine seed bed is necessary and the seed should not be 
Starting Seed Outdoors planted deeper than four times their size. 
i ; Annual flowers grow from seed, bloom, and die in one year. Biennials 
Classification bloom the second year and die. Perennials live on from year to year 
and generally do not bloom the same year the seed is planted. 















Amaranthus ~ 
Molten Fire 
Anagallis 

Anagallis Annual 
Large-flowered Pimpernel 
Charming plants covered with 
5-petalled flowers, about 1 in. 
Effective as edgings; 
Agrostemma 
Amaranthus 
Ornamental foliage plants, 
Agrostemma (Rose 
very graceful. Sow seed in 
of Heaven) 
: across. 3 house, plant out about May _ 
An attractive free-flowering lovely in porch or window 45th. Half hardy annuals. — 
hardy perennial, producing boxes, rockeries, and _ pots. J 
bright colored flowers on long, Must have a sunny location. , 
slender stems like a single 8 to 10 in. x 
Tri-color (Joseph’s| 
Mixed Colors Coat) Leaves red, yel- 
‘ low and green. 
Unusual shades of lilac, scar- pkt, 10c. ; 
let, crimson, blue, brick-red te 
and others in mixture. Greatly | 
admired. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 30c; Molten Fire oa 
Maroon foliage; fiery crim- 
Y oz. 50c. - 
ah 
son top leaves. Pkt. 10c; . 
1 oz. 30c. ; ; 
pink; blooms the first season; 
fine for cutting 1 to 2 feet. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Agquilegia, Long-Spurred 
Hybrids 
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xf Arctotis, Grandis 

AQUILEGIA 
(Columbine) 
Hardy perennials. Attractive 
plants with large, long-spurred 
flowers borne on slender, wiry 
stems during May and June. 
Excellent for garden display 
and cutting. 38 ft. 
Long-Spurred Hy- 
brids, Mixed 
Extra long-spurred. Pkt. 10c, 
4, oz. $1.00. 
Finest Mixed 
A grand mixture. Pkt. 10c, 4 
oz. 40c, 2 oz. 75c. 
ARCTOTIS 
‘(Blue-Eyed African Daisy) 
Hardy Annual 
7 Quickly forms 
Grandis branched bushes 
2 to 8 feet high; flowefs pure 
white on the upper surface, the 
reverse of the petals being lilac 
blue. Easily grown, blooming 
all summer until frost. Valu- 
able for cutting. Withstands 
hot, dry weather better than 
many annuals. Pkt.-10c. 
Antirrhinums 
or Snapdragons 
The Antirrhinum, better known as Snapdragons, 
easy culture. 
in May. 
Fine Mixed Pkt. 10c, 44 oz. 40c, oz. $1.25. 
} j : is of very 
Sow in the house in April, transplant in ground 
New Rust-Proof Snapdragons 
Certificate of Honor, All-America Selections, 1935 
Rust has discouraged the growing of snapdragons greatly in 
recent years. After 8 years’ work there has been developed 
rust-proof varieties which will give snapdragons the popularity 
they deserve. Tests show they are 75% rust proof, having 
clean, healthy foliage. 
Rust-Proof Mixture 




Wonderful range of popular colors. 
Pkt, 10c, Y% oz. 75c. 
wads, 
7h? Pig 
Snapdragon J 
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