sown directly in its permanent outside position. 
Grows wild in Eastern Asia. 
FOUR O’CLOCK (Marvel of Peru)—Normal ger- 
mination, 8-20 Days. Flowers open late each 
afternoon, are fragrant, with desirable colors 
and fine markings. Makes a fine summer hedge 
if set in rows a foot apart. Tubers may be lifted 
in the fall, and stored like dahlias, and replant- 
ed in spring, making larger plants with more 
flowers. 2 feet. Habitat is tropical America. 
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis) — Normal germination, 
10-15 Days. Hardy perennials of easy culture, 
living for several years without care and hav- 
ing tall spikes of showy, curiously shaped flow- 
ers. Blooms second year. 3 feet. Digitalis was 
first brought to America from Great Britain. 
Finest Mixed. 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket-flower) — Normal ger- 
mination, 10.20 Days, Do best in full sunlight 
in light, open, well drained soil. 2 feet. Bloom 
from June to Frost. Flowers ideal for indoor 
decorative purposes. Can be grown from seed 
sown indoors or in open garden. 
Annual Single Mixed. 
GLOBE AMARANTH (Gomphréna) — Normal 
germination, 10-15 Days. Well known annuals 
of easy culture, To preserve for winter decora- 
tion, the flowers (resembling clover heads) 
should be fully matured before being gathered. 
15 inches tall. Indigenous to tropical sections 
of the Old. World. 
Mixed—Pink, White, Purple. 
GOURDS (Ornamental) — Normal germination, 
12.15 Days. The Gourds are annuals, rapid 
growers, from 10 to 20 feet high, valuable for 
screening or arbors, should have moist, rich, 
loamy soi) to attain perfection. The fruit is 
useful for decoration, due to its unique appear- 
ance. Native to many of the world’s tropical 
sections. Small Mixed, 
HOLLYHOCK (Althaea Rosea)—Normal ger- 
mination, 10-30 Days. Nothing better for back- 
ground or among shrubs. Blooms sometimes 
first year; always second year. 5-8 feet tall. 
Will grow anywhere. Originally from the gar- 
dens of the Old World. 
Allegheny Semi-Double, Fringed Mixed. Mam- 
moth flowers. 
KOCHIA (Fire Bush)—Normal germination, 10 
Days. The seed should be sown when the oak 
trees are bursting into leaf. The plants develop 
very rapidly, finally reaching three feet in 
height, and forming perfect globes of green, 
feathery branches, which turn red after frost. 
Anyone can grow this plant in almost any sit- 
uation, and we accordingly recommend it most 
highly. An annual hedge plant. 3 feet. Native 
both in Europe and United States. 
LARKSPUR (Annual Delphinium)—Normal ger- 
mination, 20-25 Days. Larkspur is of unsur- 
passed merit for massing in the border, as well 
as for cutting, Native to many parts of North 
Temperate Zone. Tall, upright, base-branching 
in habit, the Giant Imperials have passed all 
other types of Larkspur for florists’ and gen- 
eral garden use. The: Delphinium-like spikes of 
double flowers, carried on stems 4-5 feet long, 
are compactly placed on upright growing 
plants, requiring only about half the space 
needed for the old Stock Flowered type. May be 
started either indoors or outside, but indoors 
starting improves the quality of the flowers. 
Placing the seed in a refrigerator for from 24 
to 48 hours immediately before planting always 
induces greater and higher germination, 
Imperial Mixed. 
LINUM (Flax) —Normal germination, 10-15 
Days. Easy to grow and very much used re- 
cently because of their graceful airy habit. 2 
feet. Self-sows readily. European native. Foxglove Four O'Clock 



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