PLANT TWISTS 


Schisanvaa! Giant- flowering Hybrids 
SCHIZANTHUS 
Fringe Flower; Butterfly Flower 
Annual. Pretty, irregularlyshaped, notched 
and blotched flowers, like small butterflies. 
Grown largely as a greenhouse plant, also of 
easy culture outdoors. 
Canadian Super-Giants. Blooms 2 inches 
across, Rich colorings and unusual mark- 
ings; distinct. Pkt. $1, 3 pkts. $2.50. 
Giant-flowering Hybrids, Mixed. Used 
by many professional gardeners and florists 
as a splendid pot-plant and cut-flower. 
15in. Pkt. 25 cts., Yoz. $1, Moz. $1.50. 
SHAMROCK. (True Irish.) Sow under 
glass around January 10 to have a supply 
of plants in pots by March 17. Pkt. 10 cts., 
Yyoz. 30 cts., oz. $1. 
SIDALCEA (Checkerbloom). Perennial. 
Erect, mallow-like plants of easy culture. 
Stark’s Hybrids. Brightly colored. Use- 
ful for cutting. Pkt. 15 cts., 14oz. 50 cts. 
SILENE Schafta (Autumn Catchfly). Per- 
ennial. Pink flowers July— Sept. 4 to 6 in. 
Pkt. 25 cts., Yoz. 60 cts., oz. $1. 
SOLANUM_ Capsicastrum (Jerusalem 
Cherry). Greenbouse Plant. Dwarf, branch- 
ing plants; bright scarlet globular berries. 
15in. Pkt. 25 cts., oz. $1, Woz. $1.50. 
STAR OF TEXAS (Xanthisma texanum). 
Sow in spring, thin or transplant to 1 foot 
apart. Grows 11% feet high and produces 
showy yellow daisy flowers 2 inches across | 
with narrow florets. Good for poor soil. 
Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1, Y4oz. $1.50. 
STEVIA serrata (Piqueria trinervia). Green- 
house and Bedding Plant. Fragrant, pure 
white flowers. Excellent for cutting. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 35 cts., Yoz. $1, Woz. $1.75. 
STOKESIA 
Cornflower Aster 
Cyanea. Hardy Perennial. Plant bears 
from twenty to thirty handsome lavender- 
blue cornflower-like blossoms often 3 to 
4 inches across; July to frost. For the 
perennial border and indispensable for 
cutting. 2 ft. Pkt. 25 cts., Woz. $1. 
STRELITZIA Reginz (Bird-of-Paradise). 
Majestic greenhouse perennial with re- 
markable orange and blue flowers. 6 ft. 
Pkt. $1.50. (Seed ready March 15.) 
TAGETES signata pumila, Little Giant. 
Compact annual, with fern-like leaves 
and yellow flowers, striped brown. 10 in. 
Gnome. A large-flowered variety with 
beautiful golden yellow flowers. 6 in. 
Above, each, pkt. 25 cts., 4oz. $1, oz. $3.50 

for tying plants to stakes, make the work actually interesting, because they are so easy to use. 
100 for 50 cts. 

STOCKS 
Fragrant and showy plants of simple cul- 
ture. For the garden and greenhouse. 
Early Giant Imperial Stocks 
These bloom very quickly and continue 
through the summer. Plants are of branch- 
ing habit, 2 to 21% feet high. 
*Antique Copper. Rich hellebore-red, over- 
Iaid with copper. Fully double. 
*Buttercup. An improved new yellow Stock 
of a rich deep tone. 
*Elk’s Pride. An intense royal purple; 
sweetly perfumed, double flowers. 
*Shasta. A new, glistening, giant white, 
with longer stems and more blooms to the 
stem. 
*Chamois-Rose Blood-Red 
Apple Blossom Deep Rose 
Dark Blue Mixed *Lavender 
Each, pkt. 25 cts., oz. $1, 4oz. $1.75 
COLLECTION: 
Pkt. each of 6 varieties marked*, $1.25 
NON-BRANCHING or COLUMNAR 
TYPE. For greenhouse forcing. Each 
plant produces only one stem, on which is 
the large flower-spike of from 15 to 20 
blooms. A high percentage of the plants 
are double. Outstanding as the favorite 
florists’ variety. 3 feet. 
American Beauty. Similar to the Ameri- 
can Beauty Rose. 
Ball Blue. Rich lilac shade. 
Ball Supreme. Rich silvery rose; extra- 
long, heavy spikes. 
Purple. Deep purple with Iong stems. 
Gardenia. Waxy white. 
Yellow Wonder. Cream-yellow. 
Chamois-Rose Pure White 
Deep Rose Ruby 
Lilac-Lavender Silvery Lilac 
Mixed 
Each, pkt. 75 cts., 3 pkts. $2 
Giants of California 
Ideal new greenhouse type with long 
flower-spikes. 70% double- blooming plants 
may be looked for. Quick-growing, im- 
mense florets, and especially good colors. 
Santa Maria. White. Mixed. 
Each, pkt. 25 cts., Ygoz. $1, 4oz. $1.75 
STATICE (Sea Lavender). Annuals except 
Caspia and Perezii, which are perennials; 
Everlasting. Cloud- like flowers make bor- 
ders gay, while they blend well with other 
Everlastings In winter. Sow outdoors In 
May. 
Sinuata, Kampf’s. Large blue flowers. 
Sinuata, Pastel Shades. 
Sinuata, Rose Superba. Rose; 2 ft. 
Sinuata, Yellow (S. Bonduelli). 3 ft. 
Sinuata, Mixed. 
Each, pkt. 10 cts., %4o0z. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Suworowi. Cloud-like masses of rose; 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 60 cts., oz. $2. 
Perennial Types 
Caspia. Pyramidal habit; graceful. Lav- 
ender-blue flowers. 214 ft. Pkt. 25 cts., 
Yyoz. 60 cts., oz. $1 
Perezii. Rich blue. 
50 cts., Moz. 75 cts. 
Pkt. 20 cts., Yoz. 




Stocks, Bary Gin inert 
Special Cultural Note 
Sow Stocks for outdoor blooming early, 
so as to reach the bud stage before the 
60S) Fe; 
average temperature exceeds 
otherwise the bud may not develop and 
an excessive leaf-growth result. 

ALPINE STRAWBERRIES. From Seed. 
An abundance of small but exceedingly 
sweet berries may be -obtained within 12 
weeks of sowing seed. Sow indoors in 
February or March; keep moist and 
shaded. Plant out in early May. 
Baron Solemacher. Red ry Pkt. 
35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
Plants of Alpine Strawberries ready April 1, 
$1.75 per_doz., $3 for 25, $10 per 100. 
TAHOKA DAISY. Sow in the open im early 
spring to produce plants which will bear 
11-inch blue daisies from July to October. 
Pkt. 25 cts., Woz. $1, Woz. $1.50. 
THALICTRUM dipterocarpum (Meadow 
Rue). Perennial. Attractive in the garden 
and invaluable for cutting. Flower sprays 
are violet-mauve, brightened by a’ cluster 
of Ilemon-yellow stamens. 3 ft. June, July. 
Pkt. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts., oz. $2.50, 
THERMOPSIS. Perennial. Striking plant; 
long spikes of yellow blossoms. June, July. 
Caroliniana. 4 ft. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
THUNBERGIA, Mixed (Black-eyed Susan). 
Annual Climber. Beautiful, rapid-growing 
climber, preferring a warm, sunny situa- 
tion. Very pretty flowers in buff, white, 
orange, etc., with dark eyes. Used -ex- 
tensively for hanging-baskets, vases, low 
fences, etc. All colors. 4 ft. Pkt. 15 cts., 
Yoz. 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 
THYMUS Serpyllum (Mother of, or Creep- 
ing Thyme). Perennial. Valuable plant 
for the alpine garden. Trailing habit with 
bright lilac-purple flowers. 4 in. Pkt. 
50 cts., 3 pkts. $1.25, loz. $2. 
TITHONIA speciosa (Mexican Sunflower). 
Annual. Early-flowering. Sow in spring 
outdoors, or earlier indocrs for transplant- 
ing. Shrub-like plant of enormous dimen- 
sions, and the orange-colored, daisy-like 
flowers are 3 to 4 inches in Peg a eh 8 ft. 
Pkt. 15 cts., Yoz. 40 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
TORENIA Fournieri. eae and Bed- 
ding Plant. A very fine annual; splendid 
for vases, hanging-baskets, borders, etc. 
Sky-blue flowers, bright yellow centers. 
Pkt. 25 cts., Yoz. 75 cts., oz. $1.25. 

NEW YORK 8, N. Y. 
For a fragrant and beautiful annual garden, 
plant Giant Imperial Stocks 
Flower Seeds 51 
