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before the seed ripens. This allows the plant to make a 
second flowering and prevents seedlings springing up and 
choking the parent plants. Seedlings are usually inferior 
in color and cause much confusion. 
40 cents each; $3.50 per ten except as noted. 
Five plants of one variety will be furnished 
at the ten rate. 
_ Annie Laurie — Medium height. Large heads of rich deep 
salmon. 
Border Queen — Dwarf, midseason. Large heads with 
unusually large florets of watermelon-pink. 
Charles Curtis — Medium height, midseason. Large heads 
of brilliant crimson-red. Effective color note in the 
border. 50 cents each, $4.50 per-ten. 
Daily Sketch — Medium height, late midseason. Extra 
large flowers of brilliant salmon-pink with darker eye. 
E. I. Farrington — Medium height, midseason. Salmon- 
pink with deeper center. 
Europa — Medium height. Midseason. Large broad 
heads. White with distinct carmine eye. 
Frau Anton Buchner — Medium to tall, midseason. Large 
ivory-white flowers make a fine mass effect. 
Le Mahdi — Medium to tall. Midseason. Dark bluish- 
purple. The best of this shade which we have seen. 
Leo Schlageter — Tall, early midseason. Brilliant scarlet 
with salmon lights. Growth strong and vigorous. 50 
cents each, $4.50 per ten. 
Maid Marian — Medium height, midseason. This variety 
which we originated is of strong growth producing masses 
of soft lavender flowers. 
Mary Louise (Saunders) — Tall, late. We introduced this 
variety some years ago and it is now considered to be 
the best white phlox. Well-formed heads bearing large, 
waxy white flowers of great beauty. 
Miss Lingard (P. suffruticosa) — Dark glossy green foliage 
and medium-height stems. White with a faint pink eye. 
Flowers early and intermittently throughout the summer. 
Mountain Laurel — Tall, midseason. The delicate shell- 
pink flowers are borne in broad heads. 
Ruth May — Medium height, late. Continuing in bloom 
over a long season. Fresh light pink with deeper eye. 
Salmon Glow — Medium height, late. Large florets of 
rich salmon-pink with somewhat lighter centers. A 
- group of these is very effective in the garden. 
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The bearded Iris have a wide range of color, their 
various tints and hues embracing all colors of the rainbow. 
They are hardy and easy to grow, continuing for years 
