STRAWFLOWER and 
IMMORTELLE 
HELICHRYSUM. (a) The finest of all 
Everlastings. They make unusually fine 
winter bouquets if cut when partially 
opened and dried slowly in a dry place, 
heads downward to keep the long stems 
straight, The centers of the double pom- 
pon-like flowers are nearly covered by 
the stiff overlapping petals. A wide 
range of brilliant and soft colors. Height, 
2 to 3 feet. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
SUNFLOWER, Helianthus (a) 
Well known and popular plants, the 
small flowering sorts being useful for 
cutting. The tall varieties are valuable 
for backgrounds. Will thrive in the hot- 
test places. 
Sun Gold. New. Large double flowers 
of brilliant golden yellow. Free flower- 
ing. Pkt. 10c. 
Red Sunflower. Tall single flowered va- 
riety with bright red blossoms. Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET SULTAN, Centaurea (a) 
These beautiful long stemmed flowers 
with their soft velvety heads make very 
enchanting bouquets. They measure 2 to 
2% inches across while the entire plant 
stands about 2% to 3 feet tall. You can 
grow them readily in any garden soil, 
and your friends are sure to admire them. 
Mixed, Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET WILLIAM, 
Dianthus Barbatus (b) 
A well known, attractive, free-flower- 
ing hardy biennial, producing a splendid 
effect in beds and borders with their rich 
and varied flowers. Height, 10 to 20 
inches. 
Single Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Double Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
WALLFLOWER, Cheiranthus 
English Wallflower (p). Spring blooming 
low erect perennial, in appearance much 
like stocks but flowers include yellow, 
yellow-brown, red and almost black. 
Sweetly fragrant. In mild climates plant 
in fall for early spring bloom and where 
winters are severe they should be carried 
over in a frame and set out early in 
spring. May be sown early in March for 
bloom the first year but the former meth- 
od gives better flowering plants. Pkt. 15c. 
Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus Allion). 
(b) This unusual little plant deserves a 
place in your rock garden or low border. 
Upright spikes bear numerous four- 
petaled flowers of dazzling rich orange. 
Flowers the first season from seed and 
when established will bloom all summer. 
Height, 1 foot. Single. Pkt, 15c. 

Zinnia, California Giants 
ZINNIA (a) 
One of the most showy and satisfactory 
of our hardy annuals for beds, mixed 
borders and for cutting purposes. Easy 
to grow in any good garden soil. They 
commence flowering early in the summer 
and continue until frost. 
SUPER CROWN OF GOLD, Pastel 
Tints. The finest large-flowered Zinnia, 
with large well formed flowers. Contains 
a wide range of pastel shades, including 
soft yellow, old gold, light pink, various 
shades of salmon, peach, and buff, cerise 
salmon, white, and cream, each petal 
overlaid at the base with deep golden 
yellow. Flowers are borne profusely 
throughout the season on strong, robust 
plants. Mixed shades. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUBLE DAHLIA FLOWERED. 2% 
feet. Enormous double flowers are pro- 
duced on robust branching plants. The 
flowers usually have slightly hollowed 
center ringed with small tubular florets. 
Crisp, fresh appearance. 7 
Dream. Deep rosy lavender. Pkt. 15c. 
Hxquisite. Light rose, deep rose centers. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
Deep self rose. Pkt. 15c. 
Orange and gold bicolor. Pkt. 15c. 
White. Pkt. 15c. 
Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. 
Will Rogers. 
15e. 
illumination. 
Orioie. 
Polar Bear. 
Pkt. lic. 
3rilliant scarlet red. Pkt. 
RED RIDING HOOD. 1 ft. of compact 
form covered the entire season with dou- 
ble scarlet flowers not over an inch 
across. Highly effective borders. Pkt. 15c. 
CALIFORNIA GIANTS, This variety is 
taller than the Dahlia flowered type, 3 to 
4 feet high, with long stems which make 
the flowers fine for bouquets. The blooms 
are large and flat and very graceful. 
Finest Mixed Shades. Pkt. 15c. 
FANTASY. A new Zinnia type. Shaggy, 
medium sized flowers. Plant 2% to 3 ft. 
high. Free blooming. Excellent cutting. 
Wildfire, A rich, dazzling scarlet. Wilda- 
fire adds a distinct note of color and 
cheerfulness to the garden and will en- 
liven any home when used in flower ar- 
rangements. Plants neat in habit, strong 
growing, and very free blooming, 2% to 
3 feet in height; coming into flower 45 to 
50 days after seed is sown. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUBLE LILLIPUT. 12 inches. A 
charming dwarf which is excellent for 
low borders or edgings. The plants are of 
tidy habit and produce a bounteous sup- 
ply of very double pompon flowers about 
1% inches across. The colors are bright. 
Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
LINEARIS. This little dwarf variety of 
Zinnia is most unusual and interesting. 
The flowers are single and of a lovely 
shade of golden orange, with a delicate 
lemon yellow stripe through each petal. 
Blooms are produced in great profusion. 


Zinnia, Fantasy Wildfire 
VERBENA (a) 
One of the most popular garden an- 
nuals for beds and massing and for a 
gorgeous display during the summer 
months. Cannot be excelled, commencing — 
to flower in July and continuing until 
frost. Height, 6 to 8 inches. 
Spectrum Red. The brightest Verbena 
in existence, The huge flowers are an 
intense bright red, and having no eye, 
the color is intensified and its brnie es 
is quite dazzling. Pkt. 25e. 
Brightness, A bright rosy cerise scarlet, 
large white eye, semi-compact. Pkt. 25e. 
Floradale Beauty. A giant hybrid, the 
flowers varying from bright rose- pink to 
deep rose-red of exceptional brightness. 
Individual florets of perfect form, fully 
rounded, and average 1% inches across: 
heads or trusses 4 to 5 inches across. i 
Pki. 
Lavender Glory. Immense lavender Gor 
ored flowers with creamy white eye. 
Varies somewhat, a small percentage 
25¢. 
being pure white. Pkt. 2 25. 
Hybrid Grandiflora Giant. Mixed asia 
Pkt. 15c. 
VIOLA, Tufted Pansies (a) 
Waller Franklin Formula Mixture. This 
blend of bright gay colors far surpasses | 
any mixture of Violas we have seen. 
Bright shades of self colors of red, yel- 
low, blue, and apricot combined with 
many shades which are blotched, un- — 
doubtedly make these Violas a suprem 



Mixed. Pkt. 10c. Height, 8 to 10 inches. Pkt. 15c. mixture. Pkt. 25e. ey 
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