Giants of California 
Golden Gate. Yellow. 
Monterey. Light pink. 
Pacific. Dark blue. 
Red Woods. Blood red. 
Santa Barbara. Chamois. 
Santa Maria. White. 
Sequoia. Rose carmine. 
Tahoe. Light lavender. 
Yosemite. Rose. 
Giant Imperial Mixture. 
Pkt., each 15¢ 
Group Collection. One packet of each (9), 
(EXCEDUAMIKEC) ise este cussreterencverensvs ee $1.00 
SWEET PEAS (a) 
Sweet Peas do best where the nights are 
cool and days moderately warm. Plant in 
open, sunny location, in deep rich soil, which 
must be well drained. Cover with 1 inch of 
fine soil. Do not water till all the seeds are 
up 1% inch out of the ground, then water 
freely twice a week. If not sown in the fall, 
sow as early as the ground can be prepared 
in the spring. The varieties listed have the 
largest and best formed flowers, the longest 
and strongest stems and the most desirable 
blooming and growing habits. 
Giant Spencer (Waved and Frilled) 
Ambition. Lavender lilac. 
Amethyst. Clear amethyst blue. 
Brilliant Rose. Tyrian rose suffused bronze. 
Melody. Golden salmon and pink on cream 
ground. 
Pinnacle. Deep rose-pink. 
Red Boy. Bright deep crimson. 
Ruffled White. Pure white, ruffled and du- 
plexed. 
Smiles. Salmon to shrimp pink. 
Pkt., each 15c¢ 
Sweet Pea Collection. One packet each of 
therelghticolors sane meciene eer 85c 
Giant Ruffled Mixture. Flowers large and so 
much ruffled that they appear double. 
Includes many named varieties as well 
as many other colors of which there is 
not, as yet, sufficient stock to offer sepa- 
TOCCLY Saccterere.ascic toe cereals ahetavee we Pkt. 25c 
THALICTRUM, Meadowrue (p) 
Dipterocarpum. Dainty rose purple flowers 
produced on lacy fern-like sprays. Espe- 
cially useful in informal gardens and fine 
as a filler in cut flower arrangements. 
4% to 6 feet. May to October. Blooms from 
July to September. Best in partial shade 
and moist ground. Plant out of doors or 
AN TlAtS ear src bis erpeire siren areercre Pkt. 25c 
ZINNIAS (a) 
March to July. Zinnias are hot weather 
flowers, bright and colorful in the garden 
and without peer in cut-flower arrange- 
ments. March is early enough to start seeds 
in boxes. When the ground gets warm the 
seeds may be sown where plants are to 
flower. Dig a trench alongside the row of 
plants and let the water run slowly for sev- 
eral hours, watering only once a week or 
every two weeks. Cultivate after each irri- 
gation to conserve moisture. Blooms from 
early summer till hard frost. 2 to 3 feet. 
Lilliput or Pompon Type 
Blooms the size of, and resembling pompon 
dahlias. Small, round, compact flowers on 
strong stems. All shades of pink, rose, yel- 
low, lilac, buff, crimson. 
Lilliput Full Color Mixture 
Pkt. 15¢e; 4 oz. 35¢ 
Tall Large Flowering Varieties 
Super Crown O’Gold. Pastel tints. The very 
finest large flowered zinnia introduced 
since the original dahlia flowered zinnia. 
Pkt. 25e; 4% oz. 75c 
Dahlia Flowered 
Huge fully double flowers, resembling deco- 
rative dahlias. 
Canary Bird. Canary yellow. 
Cherry Queen. Very large cherry red. 
Crimson Monarch. Deep crimson. 
Dream. Lavender. 
Exquisite. Light rose. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow. 
Illumination. Deep rose. 
Orange King. Large orange scarlet. 
Oriole. Orange, gold bi-color. 
Polar Bear. White. 
Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. 
All 15¢e Per Pkt. 
Group Collection. All 11 varieties...... $1.00 
Gold Medal Mixture....Pkt. 25c; % oz. 75c 
VISCARIA, Rose of Heaven (a) 
A single pink-like flower, free blooming, 
making bright clumps in the border. Sow 
in well-drained, loose soil and a sunny or 
half-shady exposure. Fine for edgings, pot 
culture and cutting. March to May for sum- 
mer flowering; September to October for 
early spring flowering. 1 foot tall. 
Brilliant Mixed. Pink, rose, red, blue, and 
WHITER Ah ee eee Pkt. 15c¢ 

HOW TO GROW 
SEEDS 
When sown outdoors, most seeds should 
be scattered over well pulverized ground, 
then covered lightly with a layer of finely 
pulverized soil or sand. Large seeds 
should be covered about twice their thick- 
ness. Keep ground moist during germina- 
tion and while plants are small. Thin if 
plants are too thick. 
If seeds are started in boxes or flats, be 
sure that the bottom of the flat provides 
good drainage. The soil should be made 
up of equal portions of leaf-mold (or peat), 
sand, and good garden loam. This should 
be screened to remove any hard lumps, 
stones or other coarse material. Wet the 
soil, preferably with boiling water, the 
day before planting. When the soil has 
dried out sufficiently to permit planting 
loosen the top slightly and plant seeds, 
not too close together. Barely cover with 
light soil, then firm the ground with a 
smooth board. Cover the top of the flat 
with a newspaper or cheesecloth. If the 
ground is moist at time of planting it will 
not be necessary to water at planting 
time. Too much water is apt to cause 
damping off. The soil should be kept 
“moist,” not “wet.’’ When the seeds begin 
to come up, gradually lift the paper or 
cheesecloth to permit air and light. 
DAMPING OFF will occur only if flats are 
kept too wet or in a greenhouse without 
proper ventilation. Watering with a weak 
solution of clorox, about 5 to 6 per cent, 
we have found to be the best cure and 
preventive. 
The plants should be transferred to other 
boxes when they begin to show the sec- 
ond pair of leaves. Prepare the soil as 
when seeds are just planted, but add a 
little well decayed manure to stimulate 
the growth. Transplant to open ground 
when the young plants are two to four 
inches high depending on the natural 
growth of the various plants. 
When seeds are sown directly in the 
ground in dry climate, it will be necessary 
to use a very light covering of peat moss 
or other good mulch to hold the moisture 
—otherwise the small plants will perish 
for lack of top moisture. 


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