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Salpiglossis 
Hardy Primroses 
These are among the best of the early spring 
blooming plants. With a slight protection they 
will stand the winter, but do better if protected by 
a cold frame. 
Primua Japonica. (Japanese Primrose). Mixed 
colors. Bright and showy flowers, borne in whorls 
on stems six to nine inches long. Per pkt., 35c. 
Primula Auricula. Large flowering choice strain, 
cream white to golden yellow and palest mauve to 
the deepest purple. Sweet scented. Per pkt., 35c.; 
Te-OZ., $3.00. 
Pyrethrum 
Handsome herbaceous plants of easy culture. 
P. Aureumis, the well-known Golden Feather, so 
much used for carpet bedding, edging, etc. From 
the flowers of P. Roseum is obtained the Persian 
insect powder. P. Hybridum and varieties are 
among the handsomest of hardy flowering herba- 
ceous plants. 
Aureum. (Golden Feather). Dwarf compact form. 
Bright yellow foliage. Per pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 75c. 
Hybridum Grandiflorum. Large-flowering, single 
mixed. Hardy perennial, ranging in color from 
light pink to deep red, with bright yellow centers. 
Per pkt., 15c.; oz., $4.00. 
Hybridum Double Mixed. Saved from a very 
choice collection. Per pkt., 25c.; 0z., $6.00. 
Rhodanthe 
Swan River Everlasting 
Garden annual, one foot high, flowering early 
and continuously. Flowers are mostly rose shades 
on long slender stems. 
Rose Shades. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $2.00. 
Ricinus 
Castor Oil Bean 
Large, luxuriant, rapid-growing foliage, annual, 
with palm-like leaves; much used for sub-tropical 
effects on the lawn, or for centers of beds of 
foliage plants. 
Borboniensis. Grows very large and rank; foli- 
age green, 15 feet. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 35c. 
Red Spire. New, 6 feet. Attractive bronzy green 
foliage with rosy crimson seed spikes. Per pkKt., 
10G% 50Z. 2 55c. 
Gibsonii Mirabilis. Compact dwarf plants, 4 feet, 
very fine, red foliage and stems. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 
Bott 
Zanzibarensis. Mixed. The different varieties 
included in our mixture have light and dark green 
leaves and some of coppery bronze, changing to 
dark green, with reddish ribs; six to ten feet. Per 
pipe l0G = OZeUG. 41D Ane, 
Rudbeckia Cone Flower 
These robust-growing plants are fine free-flow- 
ering annuals. Of very easy culture. 
Bicolor Superba. An annual variety; bright yel- 
low with black-purple center. Pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.50. 
Newmanii. Perennial; height two feet, large gold- 
en-yellow flowers, with velvety maroon center cone. 
Out 1948. 
Salpiglossis 
Annual, bearing throughout the season large flow- 
ers of many beautiful colors, all exquisitely veined 
and laced. 
Superbissima Large Flower Mixed. Height 30 
inches. Per pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.; %4-oz., 40c. 
Dwarf Giant Flowered Exquisite Mixed. Height 
20 inches. Excellent type, requires no stakes. Per 
DKE, olUcseozs ant 5U: - 
Salvia Flowering Sage 
Splendid ornamental plants for outdoor decora- 
tions, their beautiful spikes of brilliant scarlet 
flowers being produced in great profusion, from 
July until October. Half-hardy annual. 
Salvia Harbinger. (12 inches). Very‘early, uni- 
form, dwarf and compact. Pkt., 25c.; %-oz., $1.25. 
America. (Globe of Fire). Very dwarf and uni- 
form, the bushy plants are only 16 inches tall, with 
spikes in profusion rising ten inches above the 
plant; exceptionally valuable for beds, borders or 
edging. Per pkt., 15c.; oz., $4.50. 
Splendens “Bonfire”. Grows in a compact bush, 
two feet high. Its erect spikes of flowers of bril- 
liant scarlet stand clear above the dark green foli- 
age and completely cover the plant. Per pkt., 15c.; 
oz., $4.00. 
Splendens. Scarlet, free bloomer, three feet tall, 
old favorite variety. Per pkt., 15c.; oz., $4.00. 
Farinacea Blue Bedder. Improved type, bright 
blue, long spikes on compact plant, 2 to 3 feet 
tall. Perennial, but best grown as an annual; fine 
for cutting or border; seed sown in open ground 
in May, blooming from July until frost. Per pkt., 
10c.; %-oz., $1.00. 
Patens. Deep blue, tender perennial, for green- 
house or border. Out 1948. 
Scabiosa Mourning Bride 
Beautiful annuals with large double flowers on 
long stems; fine for cutting; various colors. Height 
2% feet. They bloom from July until frost. 
Imperial Giant Blue Moon. Greatly improved, 
oe flowered, lavender-blue. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., 
V253 
Shasta. New large, pure white. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., $1.00. 
Azure Fairy. Lavender blue. Pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Peach Blossom. New, very large. Per pkt., 10c.; 
oz., $1.00. 

