CARNATIONS 
For Your Garden 
Ideal flowers for cutting and for growing in beds and 
borders when their delicious spicy fragrance and rich colors _ 
make them universal favorites. All Carnations do best in 
a sweet soil, well drained and in a sunny location. 
Giant Double Sweet Scented 
A new hardy Carnation from the French specialist Chabaud that 
flowers from seed five months after sowing and continues to pro- 
duce splendid double flowers, some of solid colors, others tinted 
and blended, year after year. This is a sweet scented variety and 
a splendid addition to the list of hardy garden flowers. 
Cardinal-Red Flesh-Pink 
Deep Rose Rose-Pink 
Crimsen White 
Deep Salmon Yellow 
Any of above: Pkg. 20c; large pkg. 65c; 1/4 oz. $1.50 
Collection: One package each of the above—8 colors for $1.45. 
Mixed. Many colors Pkg. 15c; large pkg. 55c; Y% oz. $1:35 
Grenadin Carnations 
Compact growing, hardy plants bearing long-stemmed double 
flowers the first year if the seed is sown early. Cut the tops back 
when they are through blooming. 
Pink Red Yellow White Mixed 
Any of above: Pkg. 20c; large pkg. 65c 
Royal Sweet Sultan 
(Centaurea imperialis) 
This beautiful class is undoubtedly the finest 
of all Sweet Sultans for cutting purposes. The 
deliciously sweet scented flowers are borne 
on long, strong stems, and when cut will keep 
for several days in perfect condition. The plants 
grow 24 feet high, are well branched, and 
make a splendid display in the garden. Sow 
the seed early. 
Choice Mixture. Splendid colors. 
Pkg. 10c; large pkg. 25c 
Giant 
Double 
Sweet-Scented 
Carnations 
Hart & Vicki Centaureas 
And Double Cornflowers 
Easily grown, blooming profusely and equally good for garden display; as for cut- 
ting, these are among the most popular flowers. Sow seed of the annual kinds either 
spring or late fall. Broadcast where you want the plants to bloom. Make repeated 
sowings every three weeks for continuous bloom. 
Bachelor Button or Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) 
Known as Bachelor's Buttons, Ragged Sailor, 
Blue Bottle, etc. These hardy, easily grown 
bright flowering plants are among the most 
attractive and graceful of old-fashioned flow- 


White-Leaved Centaureas 
(Dusty Millers) 
Fine for bedding, vases, hanging baskets, 
and pots. As an edging to beds of geraniums, 
Pinkie. Large; clear rose-pink. 
Red Boy. Very attractive deep red. 
Snow Man. Pure white; very double. 
ers, and bloom all summer. We have discarded 
the old single-flowering type, the greatly im- 
proved double-flowering kinds offered below 
Each of above: Pkg. 15¢; YW oz. 35c; oz. 95c 
Collection: One package each of the above— 
salvia, or dark-leaved cannas, they are very 
effective. Sow the seed indoors and transplant 
outside in May. 
5 colors for 65c. 
Double Mixed. Pkg. 15c; 4 oz. 35c; oz. 95c 
Candidissima. 
Broadly cut silvery white 
leaves. 
Pkg. 15c; large pkg. 45c¢ 
. Gymnocarpa:. Finely cut, silvery white leaves. 
Jubilee Gem Cornflower Pkg. 15¢; large pkg. 45¢ 
A low, compact growing plant about 12 
inches high. Liberally covered with dark 
blue, very double flowers. Good for edging 
plantings of taller annuals or perennials, 
for mass planting, or for bordering walks 
and drives. Combines very well with Mari- 
golds. Pkg. 15¢; Yg oz. 35c 
‘Polar Gem Cornflower 
New introduction this year. A companion 
plant to the most popular Jubilee Gem Corn- 
flower. Very double, pure white flowers on the ¢ 
same low, compact growing plant. About 12 
inches high. We feel sure that this will be wel- 
comed by gardeners everywhere because, like its 
companion, it has so many uses and is adapt- 
able to so many situations and conditions. 
Pkg. 20c; Vg oz. 50c 
being much better in every way. 
Larger, brighter colors, more double, this new 
Florists’ Strain is so superior to the old type 
that every gardener should insist on getting it. 
Black Boy. Rich deep maroon. 
Blue Boy. Extremely large; rich deep blue. 
Very fine in the garden and as a cut flower. 


Cobaea 
(Cup-and-Saucer Vine) ae 
A rapid growing annual climber that often @&™ | 
attains a height of 40 feet in a season. Flow- / 
ers purple, bell-shaped. Fine for covering arbors , 
and trellis. Plant seed edgewise, cover lightly; 
to get best results start the seed indoors in 
March or April; can also be sown out-of-doors 
in May. 
Scandens. Purple Pkg. 15c 
Instead of using soil this year to start early 
plants in, use Vermiculite, it’s light, clean and 
sterile. No damping off. Makes plant growing 
a pleasure. 

Royal Sweet Sultan Jubitee Gem Cornflower 
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