T. W. WOOD & sONS 
SEEDSMEN SINCE 
- RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

1204. Stokesia Cyanea (Cornflower As- 
ter). A hardy perennial 
for permanent border or beds. Easy to 
grow; blooms the first season, producing 
lavender flowers from June till frost. Two 
feet high. Pkt. 20c. 
(Gilliflower). Few flowers sur- 
pass stocks in brilliance and 
toc S diversity of color, duration 
and profusion of bloom and 
fragrance, each plant a perfect bouquet, 
Plant early indoors, transplant when an 
inch high and set out the end of April in 
a cool location. Fine for beds borders and 
cut flowers. Half hardy annual. 
1199. Cut-and-Come-Again. [xtra fine for 
cutting; 18 inches high, throwing out side 
branches, each bearing rosette - shaped 
flowers on fine stems. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c; 4g 02. 50c; 14 oz. 85c. 
1200. Large Flowering Ten Weeks. A splen- 
did mixture of brilliant colors. Pkt. 10c; 
¥ oz. 40c; 4 oz. 70c. 
—Plant the tall kinds 
for centers of beds 
un ower and backgrounds; the 
dwarf for cut flowers, 
Plant in April. Hardy annual. 
1207. Red. Some are a rich chestnut red, oth- 
ers are of interesting color combinations. 
The long petals are often curled. Pkt. 10c; 
2 oz. 35¢. 
1208. Miniature. Bushy plants, 3 feet high, 
bearing all summer masses of 3-inch sin- 
gle yellow flowers with dark centers; fine 
for cutting. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. 
1209. Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
Golden yeliow with long fringed petals; 
beautiful. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c. 
1210. California. The deep yellow double 
flowers are extra large; 3 to 5 feet high, 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c. 
1216. Sweet Rocket (Hesperis). A de- 
liciously sweet- 
scented hardy perennial bearing showy 
blooms; fine for permanent borders and 
cut flowers. Plant outside in April or 
earlier indoors. Height, 3 feet. Pkt. 10c; 
4 02. 25c; 4 oz. 40c. 
1218. Sweet Sultan Fairly covered 
with beautiful 
scented blooms that will keep for days. 
Plant at intervals for succession of blooms 
till fall. Height, 2% feet. Easy to grow. 
Hardy annual. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c; 
V% oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. 
—Splen- 
ll If fl did in beds, 
weet i lam borders and 
rock gardens. 
Hardy perennial, but blooms the following 
fall if planted early. Colors range from 
white to nearly black. Height, 18 inches. 
1223. Newport Pink. Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 50c. 
1224, Scarlet Beauty. Pkt. 15c;14 oz. 50c. 
1227. Single Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 
25c; le oz. 40c. 
1233. Double. All colors mixed. Pkt. 15¢c; 
¥ 0z. 30c; 44 0z. 50c. 
SCARLET RUNNERS.—See page 5, 
SNAPDRAGON.—See Antirrhinum. 
SPEEDWELL.—See Veronica, 
STRAWFLOWER.—See Helichrysum, 
SWEET ALYSSUM.—See Alyssum, 
TOUCH-ME-NOT.—Sce Balsam, 
1236. Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan). 
A rapid climber 4 to 
6 feet high. Splendid for hanging baskets, 
y trellises, fences, etc., bearing beautiful 
flowers in profusion. Half hardy annual. 
Pkt. 10c; 44 0z. 35c. 
1238. Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower ). 
Brilliant orange-scarlet 
flower on long stems. Particularly fine for 
cutting; superb background plants. Height, 
6 feet. Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 35c. 
12415 Torenia Snapdragon-like sky-blue 
flowers with yellow 
throats. Fine for rock gardens, beds and 
ylow borders. Annual. Height, 10 inches. 
Pkt. 50c. 





Sweet William 
Tithonia 

—Annual for beds, bor- 
ders, massing, window 
er @Na@ eardens, covering 
mounds,etc. Bears flow- 
ers of brilliant colors from early summer 
till fall. Soak a few hours and plant in 
boxes indoors, transplanting when an inch 
high, or plant outside in April. 
1251. Spitfire Grandiflora—The livest color in 
grandiflora verbenas. The deep scarlet- 
rose blooms are 8% inches across. The 
plants measure 25 to 30 inches in diameter 
with each floret stem held erect. Pkt. 25c: 
% oz. 75c. 
1250. Floradale Beauty. A giant hybrid with 
individual florets averaging 1% inches 
across, making up into heads 4 to 5 inches 
across. Many colors mixed. Pkt. 15c; 
lg oz. 50c; 14 oz. 75c. 
1249. Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. The florets 
easily cover a silver half-dollar. The color 
shades from clear rose-pink to rose-red. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c; %4 oz. 75c. 
1245. Defiance Scarlet. The most intense rich 
brilliant scarlet variety. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 
35c; 14 oz. 60c. 
1246. Mammoth White. Extra large. Pkt. 
10c; 4% oz. 35c; %4 oz. 60c. 
1247. Mammoth Pink Shades. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 
35c; 1%4 oz. 60c. 
1248. Mammoth Purple Shades. Pkt. 10c; 
lg 0z. 35c; 4% Oz. 60c. 
1252. Mammoth Mixed. The richest and most 
varied colors; very fine. Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 
30c; % oz. 50c. 
1253. Venosa. The hardy variety for bed- 
ding, producing bright purple flowers all 
summer; 1 ft. high. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 60c. 
; (Speedwell). Hardy per- 
1260. Veronica ennial of easy culture. 
Bears long spikes of bright pink and white 
flowers. A fine cut: flower. Height, 18 
inches, Pkt. 20c. 
(Periwinkle). Splendid for 
1267. Vinca bedding, window gardens, 
house plants and borders. If planted early 
indoors will bloom the same summer; 
germinates slowly. Tender perennial. 
Height, 15 inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c; 
14 0z. 40c. : 
VIOLA—See Tufted Pansy, page 34. 
1272. Virginian Stock Beautiful free 
flowering an- 
nual for beds and edgings; succeeds well 
in any soil. Mixed colors. Hardy annual. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25c; oz. 40c. 
—Bears large spikes 
of deliciously fra- 
Wallflower grant blooms, Useful 
tor beds, borders and 
winter house plants. Plant early and trans- 
plant. Height, 1% feet. 
1276. Single. A fine mixture of all shades. 
Pkt. 10c; 144 oz. 35c. 
1277. Double. Very large and fragrant. 
Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 60c. 
1278. Allioni (Siberian Wallflower). Beau- 
tiful biennial for rock gardens and low 
borders; dazzling orange flower. Height, 
1 foot. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 25c. 
1279. Linifolius (Alpine Wallflower). A pro- 
fuse bloomer for rock gardens; an unusual 
lilac shade; biennial; 1 foot high. Pkt. 10c; 
14 oz. 40c. 
1282. Chinese Woolflower The large 
globe- 
shaped flowers resemble balls of silky 
scarlet wool. Grows 2% feet high, and 
from midsummer till hard frost covered 
with blooms. A fine bedding plant, grown 
either singly or in groups; keeps for days, 
and when dried remains bright for weeks. 
Plant when the ground is warm and thin 
out to a foot apart. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 50c. 
1284. Mixed Flower Seeds 
—More than a hundred varieties for sow- 
ing amongst shrubbery, in fence corners 
or out-of-the-way places. It will give a 
constant succession of bloom until frost. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4 lb. 70c; 1b. $2.25, post- 
paid. 

