National Seed & Importing Co., Omaha, Nebr. 

*% PHACELIA 
Campanularia — Sow where they are to grow. 
Dwarf plants bearing terminal racemes of gentian 
blue flowers with conspicious white anthers. 
Pkt. 10c. 
* PASSIFLORA — Mucenka 
Coerulea Grandiflora (Passion Flower) -Slend- 
er but strong grower. Flowers 2% to 31% inches 
across, slightly fragrant, greenish white; the cor- 
ona is blue at the tip, white in the middle and 
purple at the base. 
Pkt. 10c. 
% PHYSALIS — Chinese Lantern Plant 
Franchetti — Has come into favor for the deco- 
rative value of its orange-scarlet lantern-shaped 
pods. Although a perennial, the pods are pro- 
duced the same year from spring sown seed. 
Height 2 feet. 
Per 500 seed 50c; pkt. 10c. 
* PHLOX — Plamenky 
Drummondii — For beds nothing can surpass these beauti- 
ful annuals. Separate colors, planted in separate beds, or the 
scarlet or pink surrounded by the white, or planted in de- 
signs, will form a floral picture. They produce immense 
tresses of large, brilliant flowers throughout the summer; 
14 feet high. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Phlox Decussata Mixed — 2-3 ft. (Seed ready end of 
November or early December). This special mixture comes 
from a superior collection of large-flowering sorts. We 
flowered this mixture in our nursery last summer and 
were greatly pleased with the size of the flowers and flower- 
heads and colors. Perennial Phlox do not come true from 
seed and can be had only in mixture. Seeds germinate slowly. 
Pkt. 15c. 
* PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 
They are very showy, growing from 2 feet to 4 feet 
high, are rather bushy and have long, slender spikes which 
bear many trumpet-shaped flowers. 
Pkt. 10c. 
* HARDY POPPIES — Mak 
\ Coonara Pink Improved — Gorgeous pink shades of vary- 
ae intensity from soft pink to deep rose, apricot, salmon, 
etc. 
Pkt. 15e; 14 oz. 50c; %4 oz. 85c. 
New Double Shirley Poppies — A new double type with 
very beautiful and graceful flowers. Mixed. All colors. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 50c; oz. $1.50. 
Carnation-flowered Varieties — These striking double 
Poppies attain a height of 214 feet. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Peony-flowered Varieties — These beautiful flowers have 
the shape of a bursting bomb — similar to a large peony. 
Height 2% feet. | 
Pkt. 5e 

Phlox Drummondii 


Platycodon 
Oriental Hardy Giant (Papaver Orientale) — Among 
hardy perennials these hold an unrivaled position for gor- 
geous effectiveness in gardens and hardy borders. Height 
2 to 3 feet. Flowers immense, often 6 inches or more across. 
They are also grand, cut in bud state, for vases. The seed 
should be sown in the open ground in June or July in 
order to bloom the following summer. 
Pkt. 10c. 
%* PORTULACA — Moss Rose 
Portulaca makes a brilliant carpet for a sunny spot where 
a ground cover is needed. Flowers like little Roses. In 
sowing, mix the seed with many times its bulk in dry sand. 
Sow in May, when the ground is thoroughly warmed. Easily 
transplanted. 
Single Mixed — 1 oz. $2.00; 14 oz. 65c; pkt. 10c. 
Double Best Mixed — Extra selected true double. 
1 oz. $$3.50; 144 oz. $1.00; 1% oz. 60c; pkt. 15c. 
% PHYSOSTEGIA — False Dragon Head 
Spikes of flowers resembling tiny snapdragons rise above 
attractive foliage. The buds and flowers grow on the stem 
as if growing four sides of a square; very attractive foliage. 
Blooms in August-September. 
Virginica — Dense bushes with spikes of delicate lavender 
pink tubular flowers. June-September. 4 ft. high. 
Pkt. 10c. 
% PLATYCODON — Chinese Bell Flower 
They resemble Campanulas,, with dainty bell flowers on 
graceful stems, and are effective in the border foreground. 
They flower from June to September. 
Pkt. 10c. 
% PYRETHRUM ROSEUM — Painted Daisy 
Easily and quickly grown from seed. Bloom in May and 
June and if the plants are cut back will bloom again 
later in the season. They make wonderful cut flowers. The 
fern-like foliage plants are beautiful even when not in 
bloom. Should be grown in rich soil and a sunny location. 
2 ft. high. 
Pkt. 10c 
