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Nasturtiums will always be garden favorites. 
are excellent in the garden as well as for cutting. 
The double types 
NASTURTIUM 
This valuable annual with vivid single or double 
flowers of yellow, orange or red, thrives in a sunny 
position or in shade. An overly rich soil will cause the 
plants to produce more leaves than flowers. The bril- 
liant colors and refreshing fragrance of the flowers 
makes them ideal for cutting. Nasturtiums are sub- 
ject to pernicious black lice which, if unchecked by a 
nicotine spray (See page 39), completely ruin the 
plants. Sow in the garden after danger of frost. Thin 
to 12 inches. Height 1 ft. 
Golden Gleam. Beautiful, rich golden yellow, 
Ppa eis flowers. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; oz. 
45c. 
Glorious Gleam Hybrids. A wide assortment of 
new and unusual colors. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 20c; oz. 
35c. 
Dwarf Single Mixture. Old favorites that are still 
popular. Valuable as an edging plant as well as for 
bedding. Our blend contains a wide range of soft 
and brilliant colors that are very fragrant. Pkt. 
15c; % oz. 20c; oz. 35c. 
NICOTIANA 
Flowering Tobacco 
Sweet-scented large blossoms that open in the even- 
ing. Mass in the border for fragrance. Start in the 
house March 25th or in the garden after danger of frost. 
Thin to 12 inches. Height 4 ft. 
Mixed Colors. Shades of white, pink and red. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 25c. 
Affinis. Large fragrant white flowers. Pkt. 15c; 
PeaePktese: 
Crimson Bedder. One of the finest red flowers of 
recent introduction. Plants 18 to 24 inches high 
are covered with sweet-scented blooms throughout 
the summer and fall. Thin to 10 inches. Pkt. 
15c3 Les Pkt730c: 
NIEREMBERGIA 
Cup Flower 
Purple Robe. All-America Bronze Medal Winner 
1942. Here is a new flower that is ideal for edging. 
Plants form a dense mat 6 inches high, | ft. or more 
across, and are thickly covered through the summer 
and fall with rich, deep violet purple cup-shaped 
flowers that are 1 inch across. Good in sun or half 
shade. Very effective in clumps at edge of peren- 
nial border and in rock gardens. Start in the house 
March 25th or in the garden as soon as the soil can 
be worked. Thin to 8 inches. Pkt. 25c; Lg. Pkt. 
50c. 

Nierembergia, Purple Robe. 
PANSIES 
The Pansy is one of the most alluring flowers in the garden. 
strains which we offer. 
This is especially true of the improved Pansy 
The flowers are beautiful in beds by themselves and are excellent used in edging or plant- 
ing with bulbs such as Tulips, Snowdrops, Crocus, and Narcissi. Just as the bulbs finish blooming the pansies 
will be at their best. 
ing or in August for early spring flowering. 
Spring sowings should be made early in a coldframe or in boxes in a cool window in the house. 
Pansy seed may be sown as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring for summer flower- 
Transplant 
the seedlings as soon as they are large enough to where they are to bloom. 
The largest and earliest flowers are produced on plants grown from seed started the previous summer. 
Seed 
should be sown in a coldframe in August and carefully shaded and watered. When the plants are large enough 
they may be transplanted in the coldframe to 4 inches apart to be set out where wanted in the spring or may 
be transplanted directly to beds—set them 9 inches apart. 
SWISS GIANTS SPECIAL MIXTURE. A magnifi- 
cent blend of Swiss Giants characterized by a pre- 
dominance of rich wine colors, which far surpasses 
in form and range of dark, rich colors, any mixture 
of Swiss Giant Pansy that we have seen. The 
plants are uniformly compact and most of the blooms 
are waved, giving them the appearance of being 
frilled. These are Pansies you will want to grow. 
Pkt. 45c; Lg. Pkt. 80c; 14 oz. $2.50. 
* 
“Seeds arrived O.K. Thanks for the rapid service.” 
April 29, 1947 J aaa se Dodds 
Gouverneur, N. Y. 
SWISS GIANTS FINE MIXED COLORS. A de- 
lightful mixture of very large flowered Pansies in vivid 
and outstanding shades of blue, purple, red, bronze, 
yellow and primrose. The plants are of exception- 
ally strong and robust growth. Pkt. 35c; Lg. Pkt. 
65c; 4 oz. $2.00. 
TRIMARDEAU STRAIN. Where color effect is of 
more importance than size of bloom, this mixture 
will be found very desirable for beds, borders, and 
edgings, as plants are compact, of neat habit, very 
hardy and free blooming in a wide range of delicate 
self colors, some prettily blotched. Pkt. 25c; Lg. 
Pkt. 50c; 1% oz. $1.50. 
