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Kochia trichophylla 
HELIOTROPE 
A well-known plant, highly prized for the delightful fragrance of its flowers. Seed started indoors m 
February or March will make nice plants for summer blooming. Fine for both pot-plants and bedding. 
Giant Hybrids, Dark Varieties. : Phil bce ozooc: Ae ae ee $3 
Very large, delightfully fragrant flower-heads in dark blue-purple shades on strong plants, growing 2 feet high. 
HOLLYHOCK 
Stately plants for garden display and for the background of perennial borders or in front of walls. 
Indian Spring. Pkt. 15c;140z. 35c; oz: $1; 14Ib. $3 
All-America Winner. Branching 5-foot plants with lovely semi-double flowers varying in color from light rose 
to crimson-rose. Succeeds best in rich, well-drained soil. Start the seed indoors in February for August bloom. 
KOCHIA 
Summer Cypress. Sow in April or May in the garden where to bloom, thinning out to allow room. 
Trichophylila. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %Ib. 65c; Ib. $2 
The light green pyramidal bushes, close and compact, may be grown singly or in the form of a hedge or background 
and may be clipped to resemble an ornamental evergreen. In autumn the 3-foot bushes turn beautiful deep red. 
LANTANA 
This is a showy half-hardy plant of rapid growth, fine for pot-culture in the winter or for garden beds 
in the summer. Start the seed indoors in February and give bottom heat. The seed is slow to germinate. 
Dwarf Bedding Hybrids. Pkt. 15c; 4oz. 50c; oz. $1.50 
Compact 1-foot plants, bearing miniature verbena-like flowers in white, yellow, orange, rose, and scarlet. 
LARKSPUR 
No garden is complete without a liberal showing of this graceful, attractive double flower. It is un- 
excelled for cutting and with its many soft colors makes delightful beds for the garden. For early 
outdoor bloom start the seed about March 1 indoors in flats; these plants can be set out in the garden 
in Iate April or May, as soon as the ground is ready, and will bloom from late June on. They must 
be grown cool and in good, but not over-rich soil. A later sowing may be made direct in the open ground 
in April or May, and again in the fall for an earlier display in the following spring. Before seeding in 
hot weather it is best to chill the seed for several days. 
Giant Imperial. : Each, pkt. 15c; goz. 40c; oz. $1.20; 14Ib. $3.50; Ib. $10 
This is a magnificent base-branching strain with sturdy, upright, compact plants, 3 to 4 feet high. 
The fernlike foliage 1s attractive and the tapering flower spikes are crowded with double florets. 
Blue Bell. All-America Winner. Azure-blue. Gloria Improved. Deep salmon-rose. 
Blue Spire. Deep Oxford blue. Lilac Spire. Lilac. 
Carmine King. Deep carmine-rose. Los Angeles Improved. Brilliant pink on salmon. 
Dazzler. Rich scarlet. 5 Miss California. Deep rose on salmon. 
Exquisite Pink Improved. Soft salmon-pink. White King. All-America Winner. Pure white. 
Exquisite Rose. Rose-pink. 
Giant Imperial, Special Mixed. Pkt. 10c; 140z. 30c; oz. 90c; 14Ib. $2.75; Ib. $8.50 
An especially fme mixture of the colors m this class, and each is proportioned according to its popu- 
larity. This is largely used by commercial growers of flat plants for bedding purposes. 
Double Stock-flowered, Mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c: 65c: Ib. $2: 
The fern-leaved plants are vigorous and free flowering, 3 to 4 feet high, With enadela eee ee 2 aan 
flowers ideal for cutting and for tall borders. The long stems are covered with fully double flowers. 
LOBELIA 
An ideal edging and pot-plant, forming small, round compact plants, covered with blooms. The seed 
should be planted indoors in January to produce well-flowered pot-plants for spring sale. A Feb- 
ruary or March seeding will provide plants for outdoor spring bedding to bloom from J uly to frost. 
Blue Gown. Pkt. 15c: & Ey : 
The plants are of fine, compact habit, with an abundance of good-sized flowers: of tee pees ste 
Blue Stone. Pkt. 15ce: 2 ae : 
This is the finest compact Lobelia for bedding, with large, brilliant mid-blue flowers CRERem ee ae Pe tae et 
Crystal Palace. Pkt. 10c; y50z. 25c; Moz. 75c; oz. $2.50; ly Ib. $7.50 
An exceptionally fine variety, producing 4-inch plants with dark bronzy green foliage and dark blue flowers 
Mrs. Clibran Pp 
: ° ee ‘ kt. 15¢; j40z. 25c: 1 . } 
An improved, extra-fine strain with dwarf medium green plants and deep blue floweroewith a ig eee nae aoe 
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