blooming from March into fall. Used in 
mass plantings in the flower border in 
combination with Alyssum saxatile, Col- 
umbine, Yellow Snapdragons, Stocks and 
Marigolds. Varieties: Cornflower Blue; 
Golden Queen, pure yellow; King of the 
Blacks: Packet, 25c. Swiss Jumbo Mixed. 
Packet, 25c. Oregon Giant Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
PASSIFLORA (Passion Vine). (hA). 
Evergreen vine growing 10 to 90 feet or 
more. Grows in sun and partial shade. 
Rampant in growth, climbing by tendrils; 
entire or digitately lobed, glistening, 
light or dark green leaves; large, tubular 
flowers with flat, expanded corolla. 
Grows in any soil. Good for covering 
screens, covering trellises, arbors, etc. 
Packet, 10c. 
PETUNIA (A). Very showy and popular 
plants, effective in beds, borders, porch 
boxes and pots. They thrive in a mixture 
of 2 parts of loamy soil and 1 part of leaf 
mold and require plenty of water during 
summer. The seeds, which are minute, 
should be sown in March in light, finely 
sifted soil, very lightly covered and given 
gentle heat. .When large enough, pot 
singly, and pinch back the points before 
they get too high, to induce compact 
growth. For planting out these potted 
plants should be gradually hardened off 
early in May. 
Martha Washington ushers in an entirely 
new version. The plants are about 9 
inches tall. Frilled portion of flower is 
about 3 inches in diameter. It is a beauti- 
ful blush pink and center portion is 
strongly veined a rich wine red, deepen- 
ing in the throat to dark violet. It comes 
exceedingly true to color and type. 
Packet, 25c. 
Miniature Petunias Rose Gem and Pink 
Gem. These two charming types have 
filled a vacancy home gardeners have had 
for years. Where a low, solid bed of 
color is needed nothing does quite as 
well as these two varieties of miniature 
petunias. The plants are neat and compact, 
5. to 6 inches in height and smothered 
with richly colored blossoms about 2 
inches in diameter. Rose Gem; Pink 
Gem. Packet, 25c. 
Dwarf Giant of California are the largest 
of the single flowering petunias. The 
flowers of crimson, white, lavender, 
violet and pink, are completely ruffled 
with large, graceful throats. Excellent in 
beds by themselves or grouped with 
Dwarf Lobelia. Mixed. Packet, 35c. 
Bedding Petunias: Varieties: Balcony 
Blue, Balcony White, Balcony Red, 
Rosy Morn, Single Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
Elks Pride Dwarf. Deep Purple. 
Packet, 25c. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI(hA). One of 
the most beautiful and easiest grown of 
our hardy garden annuals. The flowers 
are produced in large trusses. Grows 8 
to 10 inches. Required a sunny position. 
Bushy, branching plant with  linear- 
lanceolate, bright-green leaves. Sow 
seed in March in a rich, moist, well fer- 
tilized, light loam for best blooms. Blooms 
from July to October. Used as a cover 
plant in rose beds, in the foreground of 
the shrub border, in large mass plantings 
in the flower border, or combined with 
Verbenas, Petunias, Gypsophila, Snap- 
dragons. Varieties: Rose; Scarlet; Sal- 
mon; Crimson; Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
PINKS (Dianthus). (A). Grows from 10 to 
14 inches high, and bear beautifully 
colored single and double blossoms in 
profusion all summer. Blooms are very 
sweet smelling. For best results seed 
should be sown in flats and transplanted 
when soil is warm. Requires a rich, light, 
fairly moist garden loam well fertilized. 
Largely used for borders or massed in 
beds. Excellent for cut flowers. Group- 
ing—can be planted in separate beds or 
“with Snapdragons, Stocks, Carnations, 
Sweet Williams, Petunias. Varieties: — 
(Annuals) Chinensis, flowers produced in 
clusters, medium sized, fragrant flowers 
with fringed petals. Single Mixed; 
Double Mixed. Heddewigi, velvety 
flowers, Double Scarlet, Double White, 
Double Mixed, Single Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
PORTULACA (Rose Moss). (hA). An 
exceptionally fine flower for dry sunny 
spots where most plants are unable to 
thrive. A dwarf plant only 6 inches in 
height that blooms profusely from June 
to August. Brilliant colors of red, yellow, 
pink, white, and striped. Sow seed in 
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