VERBENA 
Few plants give a more gorgeous display of brilliant flowers from July until frost than this universal 
garden favorite. They are ideal for borders, for cutting, and look well in rock-gardens. Outdoor 
sowings may be made in May, but for better results sow the seed indoors in February or March, giving 
bottom heat, and set out the plants 15 inches apart in ate May or early June. Soaking the seed mn 
warm water overnight hastens germination, and pinching back plants induces bushy growth. 
Giant Hybrids. Each, pkt. 15c; ys0z. 30c; 14oz. 85c; oz. $2.50 
Magnificent strong, compact, free-flowering plants one foot high. ‘The flower heads are immense, with individual 
florets an inch across. This class comes in a marvelous array of colorings and is the finest of all annual Verbenas. 
Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. Rose shades. Rosea Stellata. Rose-pink; white eye. 
Brilliant. Flame-rose, white eye. Better than Luminosa. Royale. Royal blue with creamy yellow eye. 
Lavender Glory. All-America Winner. True Javender. Violacea Steliata. Violet; pure white eye. 
Lucifer. Brilliant scarlet without an eye. White. Large pure white flower heads. 
Giant Hybrids, Mixed. Not available. 
A marvelous mixture of all available colors in a well-proportioned balance. Ideal for growing spring 
bedding Verbena plants of the highest quality. 
Special Dwarf Bedding. Not available. 
A very select, medium large-flowered strain which is ideal for bedding plants because of its very compact, erect 
habit. The 8-inch plants are covered with attractive flower heads, which bloom through a long period. This strain 
is especially suitable for flowering pot plants for spring sale. 
Blue Sentinel. All-America. Violet-blue, white eye. Dark Blue. Deep marine blue. (Sold out.) 
Carmine Ball. Bright carmine ball heads. Fireball. Very fine brilliant scarlet. 
Chamois. Pale chamois tinted with buff. Snowball. Free flowering, pure white. 
Violet Bouquet. All-America Winner. Upright; deep violet. 
Special Dwarf Bedding, Mixed. Not available. 
This is an extra-select mixture with a delightful assortment of colors, including an extra proportion of 
brilliant scarlet. The plants are of the dwarf, compact size so popular for mixed beds and borders. 
Especially recommended to flat-plant growers. 
Large-fiowering. Each, pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; oz. 55c; oz. $1.65; 14Ib. $5; Ib. $15 
An excellent mammoth type with dark green, 12-inch plants and fine heads of star-shaped florets with rounded, 
lobed petals. The flower clusters are large and produce very freely. Blue, Pink, Purple, Scarlet, and Mixed 
WALLFLOWER 
These magnificent flowers are noted for their exquisite fragrance and for the rich, dull, velvety colors 
of the blooms. The flowers are borne in spikes on good stems, and are beautiful in beds and delightful 
for cutting. Sow the seed indoors im March and set out in the garden in May for early summer bloom. 
Double Annual Early Wonder, Mixed. : Pkt. 15c; oz. 30c; Woz. 50c; oz. $1.50 
A splendid early-flowering strain 114 feet high, which blooms in three months from seed. The plants bear many 
fragrant, graceful spikes filled with large double blooms m an excellent color mixture, ranging from yellow to brown, 
some tinged with red and purple. Splendid for greenhouse, cutting and for pot culture. 
Early Forcing, Single Mixed. 
oi es of fragrant single flowers, each with four rounded petals on attractive plants 114 feet high. The flowers 
come in the yellows, browns and dull reds characteristic of the Wallflower. 
ZINNIAS, MISCELLANEOUS. see OTHER ZINNIAS ON NEXT PAGE. 
D f Double-F1 ed, Mixed. ; Pkt. 10c; 4oz. 35c; oz. $1; WY4Ib. $3 
Bache iain SEs with an abundance of fully double flowers, averaging 2 inches across, held above the (alinee 
“ Linearis. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1402. 50c; oz. $1.50; Ib. $4.50 
A very fine, dwarf bedding plant. Splendid small bushes, 10 inches high and 18 inches across, with long, narrow 
foliage, laden with 14-inch, daisy-like flowers with deep orange petals striped light yellow, and orange centers, 
from early summer until frost. This has an unusually long period of bloom. 
Mexican Double Mixed Haageana. Pkt. 10c; 140z. 50c; oz. $1.50; 1¢Ib. $4.50 
Compact 10-inch plants bearing a nice lot of double flowers, 114 inches across, in charming color combinations. 
d Riding Hood. a Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; oz. $1.35; W4Ib. $4 
Beatie batch crimson double flowers, about half the size of Lilliputs, on dwarf, compact plants 1 to 2 feet high. 



In this catalog wherever we offer Formula Mixture, it means we make a special mixture of sep- 
arate or named varieties, according to a specific formula, each variety in proportion to Its popularity. 
Such a mixture, of course, is very much superior to an ordinary commercial mixture grown as sucn. 
Dg. 
Pkt. 10c; Y4oz. 30c; oz. 50c; 14Ib. $1.50 







Verbena 
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