
Balcony Petunias - - - Ideal Windowbox Plants 

Rhodanthe 
(Swan River Evertasting) 
A charming annual; does well in a light 
rich soil and warm sheltered situation. 
Fine for pot culture; flower everlasting. 
Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. 
Ricinus (Castor Oil Bean) 
Ornamental plant and _ picturesque 
flowers, brilliant colored fruit. Fine for 
lawns or center plants for beds. 
Zanzibariensis. A distinct class, which 
surpasses in size and beauty all varie- 
ties. The plants attain great dimen- 
sions, presenting a splendid aspect with 
their gigantic leaves. The different va- 
rieties included in our mixture have 
light and dark green leaves and some 
of coppery bronze, changing to dark 
green, with reddish ribs. The seeds are 
beautifully marked. Pkt., 10c. 
Rock Plants 
Finest mixed. A mixture composed of 
all the different varieties appropriate for 
this purpose. Pkt., 10c 
Salpiglossis 
(Painted Tongue) 
One of the greatest favorites among 
annuals, partly on account of its easy 
culture, but mostly for its beautiful, al- 
most orchid-like flowers. Mixed sorts. 
Pktz, 10c: 
Salvia (Flowering Sage) 
A favorite bedding plant, bearing long 
spikes of flowers in great profusion from 
July until frost, half-hardy perennial. 
Blooms the first year from seed sown in- 
doors and transplanted when weather per- 
mits. 
Splendens (Scarlet Sage). Beautiful bright 
scarlet. Pkt., 10c. 
Splendens Comp., Blaze of Fire. Pkt., 15c. 
Bonfire. Pkt., 10c. 
Harbinger. Early. Scarlet. Pkt., 15c. 
Patens (Blue Sage). Annual. Pkt., 10c. 
Farinacea. A perennial variety, but best 
treated as an annual. Color light blue. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Sanvitalia 
Procumbens (Creeping Zinnia). Pkt., 10c. 

Stocks 


Scabiosa (Mourning Bride) 
(Pin-Cushion Flower) 
Grow 2 feet high, bloom early in 
July, until hard frost. Flowers on long 
stems, and when cut keep in perfect con- 
dition for the best part of a week. No 
garden is complete without both the an- 
nual and perennial Scabiosas, especially 
where flowers are wanted for cutting. 
Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. 
Blue Moon. Pkt., 15c. 
Hardy Perennial Scabiosas (Caucasica; 
Blue Bonnet). One of the handsomest 
of hardy perennials, blooms lasting a 
long time in water, color soft lavender- 
blue. 3 feet. Pkt., 10c. 
Columbaria, Hardy perennial. A _ low 
growing variety with flowers 2 to 214 
inches across; color a delightful shade 
of pink; splendid for cutting. Pkt., 25c. 
Scarlet Runner Beans 
Great favorite of England and con- 
tinent of Europe, not only as an orna- 
mental climber, but for the delicious edi- 
ble Beans which succeed the bright scarlet 
blossoms. Pkt., 5c. 
Schizanthus 
(Butterfly or Fringe Flower) 
Splendid annual with a profusion. of 
various colored flowers. Fine for green- 
house decorations and flower garden; of 
easy culture. 
Dwarf Large-Flowered. A new variety, 
forming compact pyramidal plants a 
foot high, literally covered with large, 
beautiful orchid-like flowers in a be- 
wildering range of color. Pkt., 10c. 
Mixed. A splendid mixture of the regular 
type, which forms pretty plants 18 
inches high with fine foliage and cov- 
ered with blooms throughout the sum- 
mer. Pkt., 10c. 
Shasta Daisies 
(Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) 
A splendid hardy perennial variety with 
flowers rarely less than 5 inches across, 
of the purest glistening white with broad 
overlapping petals, and borne on long, 
strong stems. A beautiful cut flower, re- 
maining. in good condition a week or 
more. Pkt., 10c. 
Diener’s Giant White. Double white. Pkt., 
Sac. 
Scabiosa 
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Ricinus—Castor Oil Bean 
Snapdragon 
(See Antirrhinum.) 
Solanum (Jerusalem Cherry) 
Very useful pot plant for winter dec- 
oration; dwarf branching habit, leaves 
small and oval-shaped, bearing in great 
profusion bright sacrlet globular berries. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Statice 
An annual which is very desirable for 
rock gardens or border plant. Flowers are 
borne in racemes on long graceful stems, 
and may be cut and dried like everlast- 
ings. Sow indoors during March or April 
and transplant to open ground after dan- 
ger of frost is past. Height of plants 2 
to 214 feet. 
Sinuata Mixed. A choice mixture in 
shades of blue, pink, yellow, and white. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Stokesia 
Cyanea (Cornflower Aster). The plant 
grows 24 inches high, bearing from 20 
to 30 lavender-blue Cornflower-like 
blossoms; in bloom from July till frost. 
Indispensable for cutting. Pkt., 10c. 
Stocks 
Cut-and-Come-Again 10-Weeks Stocks. 
Splendid perpetual-blooming class; sown 
in March or April they begin flowering 
in July, continuing till frost, and are 
especially valuable during September 
and October, when other flowers are 
scarce. They throw out numerous side 
branches, all bearing very double, fra- 
grant flowers. Finest mixed, all colors. 
PKtaaOc: 
Sunflower 
Plants of majestic growth and immense 
showy flowers, suitable for shrubberies, 
woodlands, wild gardens and sub-tropical 
gardening; the dwarfer kinds, with smaller 
flowers, are charming grouped in mixed 
flower borders. Excellent for cutting. 
Double Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
Russian Mammoth. Single, of gigantic 
dimensions. 1 oz., 10c. 

