COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 

Liatris—Gay Feather 
To produce beautiful, shapely spikes of bloom must be 
grown in poor soil or if your soil is rich the plants must be 
crowded so that they will suffer from lack of moisture and 
nourishment. Given care and rich deep soil they grow too rank. 
Can be sown in the spring as well as late in the fall, cover 
the seed very lightly. 
LIATRIS CALLILEPIS—Same as Pycnostachya, but 3 weeks 
earlier. Height 3 ft. T. pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 
LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA—Every flower grower will gain 
by growing this showy, hardy perennial. Blooms during July 
and August, produces elegant purple flowers, spikes foot long 
or over. High class cut flower either fresh or dried. Height 
5 ft. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 15c; 1 oz. $1.00; Ib. $14.00. 
Strong one year old bulbs. Dozen for 60c, prepaid. Un- 
prepaid: 100 for $6.00. 
SEPTEMBER GLORY—Hardy perennial, flowers double 
color purple from September to frost. Priced as a cut flower. 
Height, 5ft. T. pkt. 15c. 
LIATRIS HYBRIDS—Plants 4 to 5 ft. high with enormous 
individual florets in great spikes. In bloom from August to 
November. T. pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c. 
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MARIGOLD CROWN OF GOLD Delightfully dit- 
ferent from 
other Marigolds, an entirely new type of flower—a chrysan- 
themum-like top or crown of incurved petals surrounded by 
a collar of big and broad petals. Flowers 214 inches across 
on long stems, color brilliant golden orange, possessing a 
delicate very agreeable fragrance. Plants two feet tall en- 
tirely free from any odor, extremely floriferous, giving the 
plant in full bloom the appearance of a large orange top with 
a green base. T. pkt. 15c; oz. 80c. 
MARIGOLD DWARF ALL DOUBLE ROYAL SCOT—Broad- 
petaled French carnation type. Golden yellow, evenly marked 
with mahogany brown stripes. Plant compact, foot high. T. 
pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. $1.20. 
MIMOSA PUDICA—SENSITIVE PLANT 
A curiosity among flowers; the fern-like leaves closing 
when touched and a clump of plants are quite a sight when 
hit by a handful of sand. They close their leaves instantly. 
Produce a whisper-like noise. A perennial treated as an an- 
nual. Flowers purple in elongated heads. Easy to grow. 
Seedlings should be transferred to small pots, later shifted 
with care to larger pots. Temperature 50 deg. This plant 
could be easily made popular as a house plant. Height 1 to 2 
ft. T. pkt. 10c; oz. $1.20. 
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Sow in September up to Decem- 
LIEB’S MARIGOLD ber to get a crop of flowers from 
October to May. Flowers mahogany brown with golden yel- 
low crested centers double and sweet scented, three inches 
across. Space the plants 10x10 in. and pinch back once. 
Height 3 ft. T. pkt. 20c; 1 oz. $1.40. 
Carnation 
MARIGOLD YELLOW SUPREME flowered tall 
double marigold of light lemon yellow with flowers of me- 
dium size. Height 30 in. Pkt. 10c; oz. 80c. 
MARIGOLD EARLY SUNSHINE 
Hard to beat for earliness, as an immense flower pro- 
ducer and for its extreme neatness and perfect shape of the 
plants which are a huge perfectly arranged boquet from June 
to frost. To our way of thinking this is the finest and most 
valuable marigold for flower work and garden decoration. 
The whole plant is fragrant flowers 214 in. across of ‘bright 
lemon-yellow color. Comes 100% double. Height 24 in. T. 
pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 20c; oz. $1.40. 
OSTROWSKYA MAGNIFICA 
Few hardy perennials are as showy as Ostrowskya. Noth- 
ing new, yet still rare. If you will undertake to grow Ostrow- 
skya you will wait for blooming plants 3 years from date of 
sowing. If you will wait, you will be richly repaid. Your 
plants will be a delight to you and in great demand by flower 
lovers when seen with their pale blue bell-shaped flowers that 
are 4-5 inches across, in clusters of 3 to 6 at the top of each 
stem. Full grown plant throws 6-10 flowering stems and is 
a sight long remembered. Hasy to grow. Demands well 
drained deeply worked soil and a cover of coarse litter after 
blooming which is in August. When through blooming noth- 
ing is left of the plant above the ground, it needs covering 
to keep it dormant during rainy fall weather. It is perfectly 
hardy and enjoys our dry and hot climate. Height 4-5 ft. 
CULTURE—Sow in flats filled with one half well rotted 
screened sod soil and one half coarse sand. Press the seed 
to the soil and cover lightly with clean sand. . The seed lays 
for 2 to 4 months before it germinates. When the seedlings 
are large enough to handle place them singly in small pots. 
Plant in the open late in the spring in deeply worked ground 
that is perfectly drained. Perfect drainage is very import- 
ant. The tops of Ostrowskya die down after through bloom- 
ing and it is time to cover the plants with boards or pine 
boughs and the cover must be left on the plants till late in 
the spring. The covering excludes moisture and keeps the 
plants dormant preventing injury from late frosts to the 
tender shoots of the plant which would appear early if left 
uncovered. 
WE CALL 
Your special attention 
to the following items: 
Antirrhinum Pumilum 
Antirrhinum Supreme 
Matricaria Ball 
Pentstemon Grandiflorus Mixed 
Petunia Glamour 
Petunia Velvet Ball 
Petunia Mars 
Dianthus Spring Beauty 
Larkspur White Wonder 
Scabiosa Imperial Hybrids 
Early Aster. Page 70 

