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MISCELLANEOUS 
SCABIOSA —4500 S. Pleasing colors and long stemmed, free 
ANNUALS-—Continued 
flowering habit make annual Scabiosa a worth while spring cut 
flower item when grown in a cool house. Sow directly in the 
open for summer cutting. No retail grower should be without 
some of this. The first two listed are our finest strains and 
biggest sellers. 

*Giant Hybrid Mixture. A special strain containing only 
the new large flowered varieties. Well-balanced in good 
cut flower colors. Use this mixture if you want only a 
small planting of Scabiosa for cutting. Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 
0z., 35e3 1 oz., $1.00. 
*Blue Moon. Fine lavender-blue color with extra large, 
fully double flowers and long, wiry stems. The standard 
market color. Tr. pkt., 25e; 14 0z., 65c3; 1 oz., $2.25. 

Ageratum Blue. Large-flowered azure blue. 
Fire King. Bright scarlet. - 
King of the Blacks. Deep rich maroon. 
*Loveliness. Extra large flowered, deep salmon-pink. 
*Shasta Improved. Fine pure white. 
Prices on each above: Tr. pkt., 15e; 14 0z., 25e; 1 oz., 75e. 
DWARF CLASS. For bedding and garden work. The stems 
are long enough for short-stemmed cut flowers and the shorter 
plants will hold themselves upright without support. 
*Heavenly Blue. Clear azure blue. Tr. pkt., 25e; 14 0z., 55e3 
1 oz., $1.75. 
Peace. White. Tr. pkt., 25c; Yy 0z., 55e3 1 oz., $1.75. 
Tom Thumb Mixture. 10 in. Extra dwarf and compact 
plants for bedding and edging. Mixture of colors. Tr. pkt., 
20c; 14 0z., 35c;3 1 oz., $1.00. 
For Perennial Scabiosa, see page 42. 
SCHIZANTHUS— 60,000 S.—*Ball Giant Flowered. Remark- 
able flower size and brilliant color range are the outstanding 
points about this new strain. Medium tall in habit with flowers 
2 inches in diameter. Tr. pkt., 75e; 4 oz., $2.00; 14 0z., $3.60. 
*Ball Dwarf Mixture. A distinctly dwarf growing strain with 
large compact heads of medium sized flowers. Makes an excel- 
lent pot plant. Tr. pkt., 50c; 14 oz., $1.50; 14 0z., $2.50. 
Ball Brilliant Blend. A carefully blended mixture of fairly 
tall growing varieties recommended for the grower who grows a 
limited number of plants and wants a complete mixture. Tr. 
pkt., 35e; 14 oz., 75e; 14 oz., $1.25. 
Dr. Badger’s Improved Hybrids. <A brightly colored large- 
flowered strain of medium height. Suitable either for pots or 
cutting. Tr. pkt., 35e; 14 oz., $1.15. 
*Giant Blotched. Bright colored rose and pink shades, with 
contrasting dark centers. Somewhat earlier than most strains 
and a good pot plant if well pinched. Tr. pkt., 50ce; 1% 0z., 
$1.25; 14 oz., $2.25. 
Monarch Strain. An attractive mixture of bright golden 
rose colors. Tr. pkt., 50ce; 14 0z., $1.25; 14 oz., $2.25. 
Pansy-Flowered Mixture. Flowers flat and full petalled, re- 
sembling small Pansy flowers. Tr. pkt., 35e; 14 0z., $1.00; 
V4 oz., $1.80. 
SHAMROCK — True Irish Shamrock. 38,000S. Sow Jan. Ist 
in Carnation house temperature (cooler after germination) for 
2-inch St. Patrick’s Day plants; use 3 or 4 seedlings per pot. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 0z., 35e3 1 oz., $1.20. 
SMILAX—7800 S. Well-known greenhouse climber. Tr. pkt., 
35e3 1 oz., $1.50. 
SNAPDRAGONS—See pages 14 and 15. 
For Snow-on-the-Mountain, see Euphorbia, page 40. 
Annual Scabiosa 
is valuable as an 
outdoor summer 
cutting item because 
of its ability to 
produce long stems 
and clean flowers 
under adverse 
conditions. 
Sow out direct in 
early spring. 

SOLANUM —To insure an even, first class strain of this valuable 
pot plant, we grow our seed crop of these varieties at West 
Chicago where we can personally supervise selection and 
rogueing. 
CHRISTMAS CHERRY. 12,000 S. Sow seed in February, 
summer plants outdoors; lift and pot in September for Christ- 
mas pot plants. 
*Ball Strain (Hlavacek’s Masterpiece). A uniform, bushy 
strain without the wild growth of the original Cherry varieties. 
Large, round red fruit is very freely produced. 
Patterson. A compact strain of Christmas Cherry. Fruit 
medium sized and freely produced well above foliage. V +l 
suited for the smaller sized pot specimens. 
Prices above two, each: Tr. pkt., 35e; 14 0z., $1.00; 1 oz., 
$3.00. 
CHRISTMAS PEPPER (Capsicum). 9,000 S. Sow April to 
June and carry along indoors for Christmas sales. 
*Ball Reselected. Compact plants with a profusion of cone- 
shaped fruit that is first green, later turning purple and then 
red. Selected for. absolute evenness and large brilliantly 
colored fruit. Tr. pkt., 35e; 14 0z., $1.00; 1 oz., $3.00. 
*Craigi. Differs from the above in that the plants are 
smaller leaved and rather flattened across the top with 
somewhat smaller fruit very freely produced well above 
the foliage. Fruit is first a clear even white, later turning 
a brilliant red. This fine strain is widely grown by many 
eastern pot plant growers. Tr. pkt., 50c; 14 oz., $1.50; 
aOZe $5.00. 

MISCELLANEOUS SOLANUMS 
Love Apple. An annual shrubby plant growing to 3 ft. with 
long thorny branches of brilliant orange-red fruits about 11% in. 
across. Decorative and colorful material to cut for use in fall 
floral arrangements. Tr. pkt., 50c; 14 0z., $1.50. 
STATICE—SINUATA. 350 seed heads per oz. A midwinter 
sowing brings this attractive class into flower in late spring. 
Flowers grown outdoors for drying extensively in southern 
climates. 
Piers Grower’s Blue. Fine even deep blue. Excellent 
stock. 
Kampf’s Tall Improved. The standard long-stemmed blue. 
The asterisk (*) indicates varieties most dependably satisfactory in our experience and observation. So 
