20 Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 

Sterling Quality 
Choice Annual Flower Seeds 
NOTICE TO FLORISTS—Ask us for special quantity quotations on Flower Seeds. Our stock 
is most complete and the varieties—BODGER GROW N—nothing more reliable. 
The Chinese know that the Lotus, 
the loveliest flower that grows, is found 
sometimes growing under the most 
unfavorable conditions. 

Per Pkt. 
Biue Perfection. Dark 
blue,’ 8 inches. <.......0.0.... 10c 
Midget Blue. A dwarf 
Ageratum that will 
come uniformly dwarf 
and true to color from 
BEC S aut sc Sea tere 25c 
ALYSSUM 
Flower small and sweet. 
O77 DUG See ae 10e 
Little Gem. Pure 
white, very dwarf and 
sweet scented. Oz., $1. 10c 
Violet Queen (new). 
Plants dwarf, compact 
free flowering. The 
sweetly scented flowers 
are a rich deep shade 
Of Vinlet ee ee eee 25c 
AMARANTHUS 
(Summer  Poinsetta.) 
Molten Fire. A beauti- — 
ful annual producing rich 
maroon foliage crowned with 
fiery crimson top foliage, 
making a brilliant display 
until late in the fall. 
3 feet tall. 
ANCHUSA (Summer Forget-Me- 
Not) Capensis. This hardy, free grow- 
ing annual produces sprays of lovely 
Forget-me-not like flowers, of a beauti- 
ful azure blue. Plants compact and uni- 
form, 2 feet high? a eee ese. Seances 10c 

Antirrhinum—Shasta 
Per Pkt. 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon). A 
half-hardy perennial, easily raised from 
seed as an annual. Blooms profusely 
from mid-summer till fall. Excellent 
for cut flowers. 
CALIFORNIA GIANT 
RUST RESISTANT 
ANTIRRHINUMS 
With the introduction 
of Rust Resistant 
strains of Snapdragon 
it is now possible to 
again grow the luxuri- 
ant, graceful, stately, 
colorful spikes. 
Buttercup. A gorgeous 
two tone flower of 
deep canary yellow, 
shading to creamy yel- 
low margins. 
Crimson, A magnifi- 
cent Antirrhinum with 
huge. individual crim- 
son flowers and large 
spikes. *.ci3)4 NAS se i eee 
Indian Girl. This is a 
very floriferous’ strain, 
producing beautiful 
brownish-orange flow- 
ers, overlaid with 
bright yellow. .............. 
Loveliness. A real fav- 
orite, producing excep- 
tionally large, attract- 
Se a ad 
tive, pure, soft rose 
flowers. ter 2 ee 
Shasta. This is early 
flowering, producing 
six spikes of pure, glistening white 
flowers: toa: plantiy 3003 
Mixed. A well balanced blend of the 
rust resistant types. 
ARCTOTIS (African Lilac Daisy) 
Grandis. A remarkable, handsome an- 
nual, forming bushes well branched. 
The flowers are pure white with sky 
blue eye while the reverse of the rays 
are pale. lilac-blue. An excellent cut 
flower,’ 2 feet high... [0.4 5" 42am 
20c 
