18 Mite HicH SEED Co. 
FLOWERS 
CULTURE 
A good sandy loam soil supplemented with well rotted 
manure and a small portion of commercial fertilizer is the 
ideal soil for flowers. Flowers will always do better if watered 
from a small trench dug along the sides of the plant. 
DO NOT LET THE GROUND DRY OUT OR CRUST. 
The following symbols are used in connection with each item: 
A—Annuals: The plants live and bloom one season only. 
B—Biennial: The plants live two seasons, often blooming the 
first year when antes early. 
P—Perennial: The plants pete live from year to year. 
H—Hardy: Plants at are easily grown and resist average 
seasonal extremes of temperature. 
H-H—Half-Hardy. 
T—Tender. : 
Approximate height of each plant is also given. 
FLOWERS BEST ADAPTED TO VARIOUS USES 
For Cut Flowers Petunia Swan River Daisy 
Antirrhinum (Snap Stock Verbena 
ee: Sweet Peas For Partial Shade 
Calendula Sweet William Boaannie 
Dees For Window Boxes eed 
Sweet Sultan Antirrhinum Columbine 
pee ee sitet Geranium Godetia 
i : Pans 
. Morning Glory Oe eeenet 
giant ap Nasturtium Sweet William 
Gaillardia Petunia For Withstanding 
Gypsophila Phlox Drought 
Marigold Perens Candytuft 
Shasta Daisy For Rock Gardens ones area 
Stock Alyssum Hollyhock 
Sweet Peas Columbine Petunia 
Zinnia ere Portulacca 
For Fragrance Candytitt ae 
Alyssum Dianthus : A 
Candytuft Gypsophila For Climbing 
Carnation Phlox Cypress Vine 
Centaurea Portulacca Morning Glory 
We offer on the following pages a list of worthwhile flowers 
shat are grown from seed. You will enjoy a flower garden. 
ant one. 
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15¢c, Postpaid. 
AFRICAN DAISY 
807—(HA 12-In.) Showy annuals. Fine daisy-like blooms. 
Good for rock gardens, edgings and cutting. Mixed. Pkt, 5e. 
AGERATUM (HA 8-In.) 
815 Purple Perfection. Attractive border plant. Pkt, 5c. 
ALYSSUM 
822 Little Gem. (HA) Small white flowers completely cover 
the dwarf compact plants, which grow only 4 to 5 inches 
tall. Wonderful for edgings. Pkt, 5c. 
823 Gold Dust. (P-12-In.) Brilliant gelden yellow flowers 
borne so profusely as to hide the plants. Pkt, 5c. 
824 Alyssum Violet Queen. (HA 4-In.) A new edging plant 
with a color peculiarly its own, being of a very pretty violet 
tint much deeper in color than the Alyssum Lilac Carpet 
offered previously, does not fade in hot weather. Has the 
usual honey-like odor of the white variety. Pkt, 5c. 
BRACHYCOME 
899—Swan River Daisy. (HA 12-In.) Blooms nearly all sum- 
mer. Fine for edgings, rock gardens or pots. Free flowering. 
Pkt, 5c. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON (HA 2 Ft.) 
878 Red Boy. Deep glowing red. Pkt, 5c. 
879 Blue Boy. True cornflower blue. Pkt, 5c. 
880 Finest Mixed. (HA 2 Ft.) Pkt, 5c. 
BALSAM 
(HA 18-In.) Double flowers set thickly along the stems. 
Good border. 
889 Camellia Flowered. Mixed. Pkt, 5c. 
SCARLET RUNNER BEANS 
895 ae pare large scarlet blossoms. (HA 8-Ft.) Pkt, 5c; 
» 35c. 
