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1 A month before you expect to’ set the started plants out- 
Starting Seed Indoors doors fill a flat wooden box one inch deep with coal ashes 
or small stones and cover that with an inch of finely sifted rich soil. Sow the seed thinly, 
cover about one-eighth of an inch and press firmly. Cover with a pane of glass and two 
thicknesses of newspaper to prevent too rapid evaporation. Keep in a temperature between 
60° and 70° and water regularly and carefully. When the seeds have germinated remove 
the glass. When large enough to handle, transplant one inch apart in a similarly prepared 

-LOWERS 
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~ Abronia—Sand Verbena 
~ Umbellata grandiflora @uick- growing, 
trailing, succulent 
plant, especially adapted for dry, poor soils and 
sunny loeations in border, rock garden or hanging 
_ basket. Rosy lilac, verbena-like flowers. 10 in. Pkt. 
10c. 
xX 
Ageratum—Floss Flower 
One of the best bedding plants being literally a sheet 
of bloom from. early summer until frost. 
Deep amethyst blue 
Blue Perfection flowers almost hide the 
dwarf, compact plants from view. The darkest colored 
Of alli 9 in. Pkt. 15c, ¥g oz. 40c, 4% oz. 70c. 
, 
Alonsoa 
An attractive bedding plant with remarkable brilliant 
scarlet flowers, in bloom from July till frost. Re- 
moved to the house they bloom well during winter. 
Height, 18 inches. Half hardy annual. Alonsoa 
myrtifolia. Pkt. 15c. 
Anchusa 
Cape Forget-Me-Not 
C 7c Bright Gentian-blue For- 
Capensis, Annual get-Me-Not-like flowers; 
early summer to late fall. 
Fine for beds and cut- 
ting. 2 ft. Pkt. 10c, Y oz. 25c. 
. ' (Perennial) Large, tur- 
Italica, Dropmore ((erenvia) Peet Men 
Not flowers in June’and July and again in the fall. 
8 to 5 ft. Pkt. 15c, %4 oz. 25c. 
Anemone (Wind Flower) A, pleasing 
ardy peren- 
nial; easily grown from seed, producing large flow- 
ers; few plants compare with them in brilliancy; 
fine for bouquets. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 

Alyssum Sweet 
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ALYSSUM 
An easily grown annual succeeding in any ordinary 
garden soil in full sun. The plants bloom freely 
for many months, particularly where the summers 
“yemain reasonably cool. Sweet Alyssum is unsur- 
passed for edging and planting in the rock garden. 
Maritimum) This is the old-fashioned 
Sweet See Alyssum. The plants are of 
dwarf, spreading growth about 10 in. tall. The 
small white flowers are produced in masses on In- 
numerable spikes. Fine for the rock garden and 
for edgings. Pkt. 10c, 1% oz. 20c, oz. 35c. 
The plants are of dwarf, com- 
Lilac Queen pact, upright growth, 4 to 5 in. 
tall. The flower clusters are composed of small, 
rich lilac florets which become lighter as they age. 
Pkt. 15c, Y, oz. 25c, Y2 oz. 45c. 
’ This is without question the best 
Little Gem pure white, dwarf Alyssum. The 
plants make a dense growth spreading but slightly, 
attaining a height of only 3 to 4 in. They bloom so 
- profusely that they merit their surname “Carpet 
_ of Snow.” Pkt. 15c, YY oz. 25c, V2 oz. 45c. 
Alyssum Hardy Perennial Saxatile 
The plants grow.about 9 inches 
Compactum high; of easiest culture and 
very free blooming. 
Broad masses of bright yellow 
flowers in early Spring. An excellent plant for the 
_rockery or front of borders. Pkt. 15c. 





Classification 
and generally do not bloom the 

Agrostemma 
Agrostemma (Rose 
of Heaven) 
An attractive free-flowering 
hardy perennial, producing 
bright colored flowers on long, 
slender. stems like a_ single 
pink; blooms the first season; 
fine for cutting 1 to 2 feet. 
Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 

Aquilegia, Long-Spurred 
Hybrids 
AQUILEGIA 
(Columbine) 
Hardy perennials. Attractive 
plants with large, long-spurred 
flowers borne on slender, wiry 
stems during May and June. 
Excellent for garden display 
and cutting. 3 ft. 
Long-Spurred Hy- 
brids, Mixed 
Extra long-spurred. Pkt. 15c, 
Y%, oz. $1.00. 
bloom the second year and die. 

box where they may be kept until time to set outdoors. 
Starting Seed Outdoors 
same year the seed is planted. 

Anagallis 
Anagallis Annual 
Large-flowered Pimpernel 
Charming plants covered with 
5-petalled flowers, about 1 in. 
across. Effective as edgings; 
lovely in porch or window 
boxes, rockeries, and _ pots. 
Must have a sunny location. 
8 to 10 in. 
Mixed Colors 
Unusual shades of hlac, scar- 
let, crimson, blue, brick-red 
and others in mixture. Greatly 
admired. Pkt. 15c, 4% oz. 30c, 
YY, oz. 50c. 

“Arctotis, Grandis 
ARCTOTIS 
(Blue-Eyed African Daisy) 
Hardy Annual 
: Quickly forms 
Grandis branched bushes 
2 to 8 feet high; flowers pure 
white on the upper surface, the 
reverse of the petals being lilac 
blue. Easily grown, blooming 
all summer until frost. Valu- 
able for cutting. Withstands 
hot, dry weather better than 
many annuals. Pkt. 15c. 
Antirrhinums 
or Snapdragons 
The Antirrhinum, 
easy culture. Sow in the house 
in May. 
better known as Snapdragons, 
is of very 
in April, transplant in ground 
Rust has discouraged the growing of snapdragons greatly in 
recent years. 
After 8 years’ work there has been developed 
rust-proof varieties which will give snapdragons the popularity 
they deserve. 
clean, healthy foliage. 
Rust-Proof Mixture 
Tests show they are 75% 
rust proof, having 
Wonderful range of popular colors, 
Pkt. 15c, 4% oz. 75c. 
A fine seed bed is necessary and the seed should not be 
planted deeper than four times their size. 
Annual flowers grow from seed, bloom, and die in one year. Biennials 
Perennials live on from year to year 


Amaranthus 
Molten Fire 
Amaranthus 
Ornamental foliage plants, 
very graceful. Sow seed in 
house, plant out about May 
15th. Half hardy annuals. 
Tri-color (Joseph’s 
Leaves red, yel- 
Coat) low and green. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Molten Fire 
Maroon foliage; fiery crim- 
son top leaves. Pkt. 15c, 
¥% oz. 30c. 
Snapdragon 
