44 ALNEER SEED COMPANY—FEstablished 1883. 
Everlasting Flowers 
Strawflowers, Helichrysum 
pare ors ~™ Beautiful in the 
: his. | garden or when 
eut, but mostly 
grown to dry 
for winter bou- 
quets If flowers 
are wanted for 
winter use, cut 
them when par- 
tially open, re- 
move foliage, 
bunch . loosely, 
and hang with 
the heads down- 
ward in a cool, 
dry, shady place 
untildry. Straw- 
flowers are the 
most widely 
used of all Ev- 
erlastings. 
Flowers are 
double, 2 in. and 
more across,and 
are freely borne 
on strong, up- 
right plants from mid-summer until fall. 2 to 
2% ft. Pkt. 10c, Y% oz. 25c. 

Strawflowers 
mt One of the best of the ever- 
Acroclinium lasting flowers; culture 
same as for Asters. Half hardy annuals. Pkt. 15c. 
5 An ornament- 
Chinese Lantern Plants 4 lent fora 
ing dense bushes about 2 feet high, producing 
freely its bright orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits, 
which can be cut and dried for winter bouquets; 
highly interesting. Pkt. 15c. 
Everlasting Flowers, All  Va- 
tat} 1 Included in this mixture 
rieties, Mixed are the most, popular 
types and varieties of Everlastings—Strawflow- 
ers, Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Rhodanthe, 
Statice, etc. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c. 
Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena 
ho: ; 1 (Everlasting ) 
Globosa, Fine Mixed __,{Fverlasting) _ 
er heads are Clover-like in appearance, about 34 
in. across. White, flesh, purple and orange in 
mixture, 1% to 2 ft. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c. 
Grasses, Ornamental, Annual Va- 
wonky 1 Very decorative in the 
rieties, Mixed garden, useful for mixing 
with flowers and indispensable when dried for 
winter bouquets. Pkt. 15c. 
Honesty—Lunaria Biennis 
(Everlasting-Biennial) Grown extensively for 
the large, silvery white partitions of the round, 
fiat seed pods, which make attractive winter 
decorations. 4 ft. tall. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 30c. 
Statice—Sea Lavender, Sinuata 
Clusters of colorful, strawy everlasting flowers 
of great value either in fresh or dried condi- 
toin. 2 ft. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 20c; 
Yo oz. 35c. 
Xeranthemum A fine and showy class 
of everlastings; flow- 
ers are used for winter bouquets. Mixed, pkt. 10c. 






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Feverfew (Matricaria) 
; 1 Small, double white 
Capensis Fi. Pl. flowers, Compact bushy 
plant, 1 foot high. Adapted to bedding, pot cul- 
ture and cutting. Perennial but may be treated 
as annual. Pkt. 10c. 
Golden Ball Compact bushes, 8 inches 
high, covered with lovely 
button-like, bright yellow blooms of densely 
double formation. Pkt. 10c. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 40c. 
“blooms in rich shades of orange, scarlet, and’ 
















Gaillardia 
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Gaillardia 
Blanket Flower Annual 
Varieties 
Exceedingly showy flowers produced con- 
tinuously from early summer until Novems 
ber. Excellent for beds, borders, and cut- 
ting. Sow where to bloom. 1% feet tall. 
= These well known favorites are 
Geranium indispensable for outdoor as well 
as indoor decorations. Sow seed in shallow boxes 
in March; when large enoygh transplant to 
similar boxes or small pots; plant out in M * 
Seeds, choice mixed. Pkt. 25c, ¥ oz. $1.25. 2 
Picta, Indian Chief Showy single 
ooms of glis- 
tening metallic bronzy red with dark center. 
° s Includes many fine 
Single Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 
30c. 
\ 
Double Mixed 
(Lorenziana). Very 
howy, fully double 
erimson. Can stand heat and drought. 
Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 50c. 
Perennial Varieties (HP ) 
New giant type. Large, 
The Dazzler dark red flowers with 
bright orange tips. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c. 
; Strong, stiff stems 
Portola Hybrids with flowers, that 
are nearly 4 in. across. Bronzy scarlet, petals 
tipped with golden yellow. Plants are sturdy. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25c. 
4 
Godetia Handsome and showy 
annuals, bearing free- 
y large Win 3 ae inches ees tf 
é of exquisite colors that glisten in the © 
Geum—Avens (HP) A splendid class of hardy per- sun like satin. Fine mixed. Pkt. 10 
ennials blooming throughout s 
the summer. 18 in. ; 
A new variety with double 
golden yellow flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
Lady Stratheden 
Large, double, rich searlet blooms 
which give a splendid effect. Pkt. 
Mrs. Bradshaw 
20c. 
] ind A bulbous rooted plant, producing in great 
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G a profusion; has large well shaped flowers of 
richest and most beautiful variety of brilliant colors. One 
foot, Hybrida mixed. Pkt. 35c. 
Irish Green Bellflower 
Bell of Ireland Graceful 2-foot branching stems 
are so surrounded by 2-inch flow-_ 
ers there is little room for leaves. The bell-shaped calyx of 
the flower is green and delicately veined, containing the 
white corolla. Both curious and beautiful. Pkt. 25c. : 
