SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 1] 

All Flower Seed Prices Are Postpaid. 
PRICES: All Packets are 5c Each, 
Postpaid, except as noted. 
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All Summer FLOWER SEEDS 
Loads of Beautiful Flowers 
Flowers are something everyone should 
be Interested in. They do so much to 
make the home beautiful and lovely. The 
flowers outside a home largely reveal the 
character within. 
_ From just a few packets of seed you 
will be able to cut flowers by the basket- 
fuls all summer and by doing so they Just 
bloom all the harder. 
- Our seeds germinate quickly. All are 
tested and sent to you in big full-measure 
packets with instructions for planting on 
the back of each packet. 
This year we are offering plants, too, 
of many of our finer varieties. All are 
grown from the finest selected seed 
stocks, transplanted and ‘‘topped,’’ which 
means healthy, vigorous tops, as well as 
sturdy roots. Postpaid and satisfaction 
guaranteed. Send your order for plants 
plane along with your seed order and we 
will mail the plants at the proper plant- 
ing time. 


RED ARROW 
GARDEN sinned 
See page 32. 
AFRICAN DAISY 
(Dimorphoteca.) Grows 15 inches high. 
Blooms are 2% inches across, ranging in 
color from white to salmon and orange 
with dark centers. 

Daisy 
AGERATUM 
One of the best bed- 
ding plants. Splendid for borders or edg- 
ing. Blooms the entire season. Rapid 
grower. Pkt., 10c. 
Blue and White Mixed. 
SWEET ALYSSUM 
Pretty little plants for beds or vases, 
blooming all summer long. Very sweetly 
scented. 
Dwarf Yellow. 
Carpet of Snow. 
Five inches tall. 
Lilac Queen. 
Mixed. 
AMARANTHUS 
(Tri-Color Splendens — Joseph’s Coat). 
Very useful in borders of tall plants, 
among shrubs, or for centers of large 
beds. Grows 2% feet tall. Inner foliage 
is of blackest bronze tipped with green. 
Outer foliage scarlet and gold. 

Glant Branching Aster 
ASTERS 
Early sorts begin blooming in July, fo! 
lowed by the midseason sorts, which are 
at their best in August. Then come the 
late blooming kinds which bloom through 
September and October. 
CREGO ASTERS. This variety produces 
the largest flowers of the comet type. 
Very full and fluffy, 4 to 5 inches in di- 
ameter. When cut they outlast all other 
types. 
Crimson, White, Shell Pink, Lavender, 
Purple, 10c pkt. Mixed, 5c pkt. 
EARLY BEAUTY ASTERS. Attain a 
height of around two feet. Are of a 
branching habit. Flowers large, resem- 
bling Chrysanthemums, borne on long 
stout stems. Bloom at same time with 
Crego varieties. 
Black Prince, Lavender, Crimson, 
White, Pink, 10c pkt.; Mixed, 5c pkt. 
WILT RESISTANT ASTERS. Many of 
our friends have had trouble with wilt at 
some time or another. These varieties 
are able to grow and bloom beautifully on 
infested ground. Some of the largest and 
finest flowers in America in these new 
strains. 
Pink, 
Purple, 10c pkt.; 
Crimson, White, Lavender, 
Mixed, 5c pkt. 
For Lawns, use. 
VIGORO 
The best 
use. All 
shades and colors with golden centers. 

SUNSHINE MIXED ASTERS. 
mixed assortment for home 
BRILLIANT QUILLED ASTERS. Mixed 
zolors. 
MAMMOTH AMERICAN BRANCHING 
ASTERS. Large. Late blooming. Mixed 
colors. Best in September. 
PEONY ASTERS. Mixed colors. Large 
double blooms resembling peonies. 
LILLIPUT MIXED. Small flowered, in- 
tensely doubled of ideal habit. Seed pkt., 
10c. 

Flowers—Vivid in Color, Healthy, Sone 
Stems. Flowers lacking in color 
blooms sparse and poorly formed : 
stems spindly . foliage scant and 
faded. These are sure signs of starva- 
tion. Your flowers need a square meal— 
a complete plant food—Vigoro. It sup- 
plies each of the essential elements re- 
quired for healthy plants and abundant, 
colorful flowers. 
BLUE LACE FLOWER 
DIDISCUS COERULEUS, ANNUAL. 
Grows upright about 2 feet high, branch- 
es freely, each end bearing a cluster of 
light blue flowers spreading umbrella-like. 
Each blossom is carried on a thin, long 
tube lending the flower head a delicate 
and dainty touch. Lasts unusually long 
in water. 
BABY’'S BREATH 
This annual variety has larger flowers 
than the perennial and is a soft pink in 
color. BALSAM 
The old-fashioned Camelia-flowered 
“Touch-Me-Not”’ or ‘‘Lady’s Slipper.’’ 
Produces a great profusion of brilliantly 
colored blooms. 



Balsam 
BUTTERFLY FLOWER 
(Schizanthus) 
The fern-like foliage is very attractive 
even before the flowers come on. The 
blooms are all colors, shaped like many 
delicate butterflies. 
BURNING BUSH (Kochia) 
Makes a beautiful hedge or background. 
Grows very compact, turning from light 
green to blood red in early autumn. 
BLOOMLIFE 
Cut Flower Food 
Has been developed especially 
to give extra life, color, and fra- 
grance to all hard stem blooms 
such as Roses, Carnations, Lark- 
spurs, Zinnias, Snapdragons, Gyp- 
sophilas, Peonies, Bouvardia, 
Humboldtii, Chrysanthemums, 
Pompons, Lilies, ete. No after 
change of water or no recutting 
of stems. Results are remark- 
able. Price per packet, enough 
for 2 quarts of water, 10c each. 
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