Candytuft 
Showy branching plants for edging or 
to fill in empty spaces in the garden. 
Desirable for cut flowers. Blooms 8 
weeks from sowing and until frost. 
Plants grow from 12 to 18 inches high 
and succeed in any light airy place. 
Do not plant closer than 6 inches 
apart, but 8 inches is better. 
Umbellata. Lilac, White, Crimson, Rose, 
Red, 12 inches. Each, pkt. 5c. 
All colors mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Hyacinth Flowered. White, 12 inches. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Little Prince. Snow White, 6-8 inches. 
Pkt. 6c. 
Canterbury Bells (Annual) 
After many years of experimenting, an 
Annual Canterbury Bell has been de- 
veloped that will bloom from seed in 
less than six months. The plant grows 
2 to 2% feet tall, each plant having 
from 6 to 8 spikes of bloom. We offer 
mixed packets only, of the following 
colors: Pink, Rose, Dark Blue, Light 
Blue and White. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. 
California Poppy (Eschscholtzia) 
This is the state flower of California. 
The beautiful and brilliant poppy-like 
flowers produced on a low-growing and 
finely-cut silver foliage will bloom 
freely from spring until frost. Seed 
must be sown where they are to re- 
main. Plants are about 12 inches tall. 
Hybrida Dwarf Erecta Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Aurantiaca. 
Orange, 
Pkt. 5c. 
spreading type. 
Golden West. Yel- 
low orange center. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Lovely. Carmine 
rose, suffused sal- 
mon, Dwarf. Pkt. 5c. 
| Ramona Hybrids, 
Flowers are beauti- 
fully frilled and 
incurved. Finest 
mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Creamy Crinkles. 
Large extra double 
flowers of a de- 
lightful apricot- 
buff. Most unusual. 
Pkt. 10c. 

Calif. Poppy. 
Cardinal Climber 
This is a very attractive, rapid growing 
climber, attaining a height of 25 feet, 
with deep, cardinal-red flowers and 
fern-like foliage. Flowers are about 
one inch in diameter and are borne in 
clusters five to seven blooms each, from 
mid-summer till frost. Does best in a 
sunny situation and rich soil. Pkt. 10c. 
Carnation 
Chabaud’s Giant Double. 
months from sowing. 
plants produce double, clove-scented 
flowers of large size. Grows 18 in. 
high. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10ce. 
Marguerite. These carnations bloom in 
about five months after sowing. The 
flowers are of brilliant colors, ranging 
through many beautiful shades of red, 
pink, white, and variegated. About 
one-half the blossoms are extremely 
double, while balance are partly dou- 
ble and single. Most beautiful for cut 
flowers and very fragrant. Seeds 
should be sown indoors in February 
and transplanted to the open when all 
danger of frost is past. Height, 18 to 
20 inches. All colors mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Bloom 5 to 6 
Vigorous erect 
Climbing Vines Special Mixture 
This mixture consists of Morning 
Glory, Hyacinth Bean, Wild Cucum- 
Ipomea, Climb- 
ber, Cypress Vine, 
Pkt. 5c. 
ing Nasturtiums, etc. 
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Castor Bean (Ricinus) 
Ornamental plants of stately growth 
and picturesque foliage, with brilliant 
colored blossoms, producing a tropical 
effect. It thrives in rich well-drained 
sandy or clay loam, but is not suited 
for stiff clay or very sandy soil. 
Borboniensis Arboreus. Very large and 
beautiful. The foliage is light green, 
height 12 to 15 ft. Pkt. 5c. 
Sanguineus. Blood red stems with 
green foliage. Growing to a height of 
5 to 6 feet. Pkt. 5c. 
Zanzibariensis. The ornamental leaves 
of a variety of colors beautifully lobed, 
are 2% to 4 ft. across. Each_plant 
thickly set from top to bottom. Height 
10 to 12 ft. Pkt. 5c. 
All Varieties Mixed. Height 5 to 12 ft. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Celosia Childsii (Chinese Woolflower) 
Plants grow 2 to 8 feet high; the bloom 
starting early with a central globular 
head which reaches an immense Size. 
Many branches are thrown out, each 
bearing a woolly-like ball of scarlet. 
These blooms of scarlet balls will con- 
tinue to multiply and enlarge until 
killed by frost. Pkt. 5c. 
Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb) 
Freely flowering annuals of easy cul- 
ture, producing large comb-like heads. 
Does better in light soil that is not 
too rich, 
Tall, mixed, 24 to 
30 in. high. Pkt. 5c. 
Dwarf, mixed, 8 to 
12 in. high. Pkt. 5c. 
Celosia Plumosa 
(Feathered 
Cockscomb) 
These are extra 
fine in groups, sim- 
ilar to the Cristata 
in habit of growth. 
Blossoms are slen- 
der, of a feathery 
appearance. Height, 
18 to inches. 
Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Celosia (Dwarf) 
Form compact plants with numerous 
feathery spikes which resemble ostrich 
plumes. Very showy. 12 inches high. 
Golden Feather. Yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Fiery Feather. Red. Pkt. 10c. 
Centaurea Cyanus 
(Double Bachelor’s Button or Cornflower) 

Celosia Plumosa. 

Bachelor’s Button—Fine for Cut 
Flowers 
Produces a mass of very attractive 
flowers in many colors. It is a very 
hardy annual and reseeds itself from 
year to year. Make sowings at inter- 
vals of three weeks apart beginning 
in can May. Plants 18 to 24 inches 
high. : 
Lavender, ruby, maroon, rose, blue, 
cerise, white or mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Blue Boy. A great improvement over 
the older Blue Bachelor Button. Fully 
double. Pkt. 5c. 
muntal frosts 
Centaurea Cyanus Dwarf Jubilee Gem, 
Received 1937 All-America Award. 
Plants are dwarf, compact, about Lore 
tall, and covered with vivid blue, dou- 
ble blooms. Fine for rockery, garden 
and as a pot plant. Does.best in semli- 
shade. Pkt. 5c. 
Centaurea Imperialis (Sweet Sultan) 
The most beautiful of all Centaureas. 
The sweet scented, artistic-shaped 
flowers are borne on long, strong 
stems, and when cut will stand for days 
in good condition. It is of easy culture 
and one of the best annuals for cut 
flowers. Blooms all summer. Height, 
15 to 24 inches. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Chrysanthemum 
- Annual varieties. 


These are showy 
and effective gar- 
den favorites. HEx- 
tensively grown 
for cut flowers. 
The foliage is or- 
namental and fine- 
ly cut. The single 
varieties grow 12 
to 24 inches high, 
and produce on 
long stems large 
f- 160 weirs. ere- 
sembling t he 
daisy, but of 
many bright col- 
orings in distinct 
bands or rings. 
Flowers June un- 
fide ROsits 
Chrysanthemum, 
Annual Single 
Finest single or double-mixed. Pkt. 5c. 

Best Annuals for Cemetery 


Ageratum. Lobelia. 
Alyssum., Pansy. 
Coleus. Petunia. 
Geranium.. Portulacca. 

Clarkia Elegans 
Bright and attrac- 
tive annuals of 
easy culture. The 
Lown se graceful 
sprays are valuable 
for table decora- 
tion. They thrive in 
sun or shade, grow- 
ing 2 to 2% feet 
high, with masses 
of double flowers 
and buds which 
will all open in 
water when cut. 
Blooms July and 
August. Mixed col- 
OTS kta OC 

Clarkia Elegans 
Cleome (Spider Plant) 
Showy and interesting because of the 
long purple spidery stamens and showy 
rose-colored petals. Does well in sandy 
soils and sunny situations. A good bee 
plant. The airiness of the Cleome lends 
a touch to the garden which nothing 
else gives: 
Giant Pink Queen. Second-place win- 
ner in the 1942 All-America Flower 
Awards. A tall and attractive border 
plant, 4 ft. high. Flowers of a delight- 
ful refreshing pink. Blooms from June 
Pketouve: 
Cobaea Scandens (Cathedral Bells) 
One of the handsomest and most rap- 
id growing of the annual climbers. 
Climbs twenty to thirty feet in a sea- 
son. The flowers are bell shaped, white 
or blue color. Should be started in- 
doors. Blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Coix Lachryma (Job’s Tears) 
An ornamental grass with broad leaves 
and shiny, pearly-like beads. Height 
from 30 to 40 inches. Plant early in 
the spring, four or five seeds in a hill, 
one-half inch deep, at a distance of 12 
or 15 inches apart. Pkt. 5c. 
Corn, Ornamental Indian (Squaw) 
The ears of corn have multi-colored 
Kernels, much desired for ornamental 
decorations. Pkt. 5c. 
