1947 GARDEN CATALOG 5 

FLOWER SEED SELECTION 
BELLIS PERENNIS English Daisy 
Delightful little button-like flowers, loved 
for their bright color, long season, and pro- 
fuse bloom. Stiff stems. Dwarf, 6 to 8 inches. 
Mixed. In many colors. Packet 25c. 
BLANKET FLOWER. See Gaillardia. 
BLUE LACE FLOWER Didiscus 
Exquisitely dainty clusters of lavender- 
blue flowers that look like tiny parasols. Fine 
for cutting, and bedding. Packet 10c. 
BRACHYCOMBE Swan River Daisy 
Most of the summer this dwarf-growing 
annual is covered with a mass of dainty 
blooms that resemble small cinerarias. For 
small beds, edgings or pot culture. Plants 12 
inches tall... Packet 10c. 
BURNING BUSH or FIRE BUSH. 
Kochia. 
BALSAM Lady Slipper 
A favorite old-time annual. Hardy, bushy 
plants 18 inches high. Wants partial shade 
and plenty of moisture. Flowers on short 
stems, sometimes two inches across. Blooms 
for sixty days. Sow late, keep watered. 
Double Mixed. A pleasing color range 
Packet 10c. 
CALENDULA Pot Marigold 
Hardy annual, with rich green foliage. 
Grows anywhere. Stands drought and heat. 
Plant breeders have vastly improved this 
old-fashioned favorite. Flowers from early 
summer to frost. 
See 
Campfire Improved. Huge 4-inch, double 
flowers of deep orange. Heavy stems. 
Fine for cutting. Packet 10c. 
Orange Fantasy. Distinctive, new, rather 
dwarf and heavily foliaged. Flowers are a 
delightful orange with a seal-brown crest 
of petals. Packet 10c. 
Orange King. Extra fine, dark color. Large 
bloom. Packet 10c. 
Orange Shaggy. Here is a new type with 
fringed and laciniated orange blooms of 
brilliant coloring. Packet 10c. 
Sunshine or Chrysantha. Fine, loose 
petals of an unforgettable buttercup yel- 
low. The plants are tall, imposing, and 
bloom freely. Packet 10c. 
Yellow Colossal. Immense, double, clear, 
bright yellow flowers 414 in. and more 
across. In addition to being the biggest, 
Yellow Colossal is also the most profuse 
blooming of all large-flowered calendulas. 
Petals are long, loose and gracefully curved. 
Stems are long and strong. Packet 15c. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY. See Eschscholtzia. 
CALLIOPSIS Tickseed 
A gay annual in bright varied combinations 
of yellows, orange, browns, and maroons. 
Long wiry stems for cutting. Easy to grow; 
bloom all summer. 2 ft. 
Mixed. A great variety of color combina- 
tions. Packet 10c. 
CAMPANULA MEDIUM Canterbury-Bell 
Popular biennial, producing large clusters 
of single, bell-like flowers in June. 2) ft. 
Mixed. Packet 10c. 
m. calycanthema. 
flower. 
Mixed. Packet 10c. 
Single and Double Mixed. Annual Can- 
terbury Bells which bloom from seed the 
first year — fine for late summer border. 
All colors. 
Cup-and-Saucer Bell- 
All colors. Packet 10c. 
CANARY BIRD VINE 
The flowers somewhat resemble a bird with 
half opened wings and are a fine canary 
yellow. Grows rapidly. Climbs well. A fine 
cut flower. Grows in shade. Packet 10c. 
CANDYTUFT 
Excellent in large masses or for borders. 
Grows quickly. Successive plantings should 
be made about every two weeks to assure 
continuous bloom. 12 inches. 
White Hyacinth. Large spikes of bloom. 
For border, bedding or cutting. Packet 10c. 
Umbellata, Mixed. A splendid color range. 
Packet 15c. 
CANTERBURY BELLS. See Campanula. 
CARDINAL CLIMBER. Rapid climber — 
sometimes to thirty feet — with fern-like 
foliage and a blaze of cardinal red tubular 
flowers. Needs full sun and rich soil. 
Packet 15c. 
CARNATION 
Spicy scented. With care and favorable 
conditions greenhouse quality flowers may 
be produced in the open garden. 
Chaubaud’s Giant. Double, extra large, 
clove-scented flowers. Bloom five months 
after seeding. Packet 25c. 
Giant Marguerite. Highly scented, large, 
beautifully fringed flowers, sometimes 3 
inches across. White, crimson, pink and 
several striped forms. Packet 25c. 
Annual. 
