DE GIORGI BROTHERS CoO. 

Reliable Flower Seeds 







PLEASE NOTE 
That you may order half and quarter 
ounces at ounce rate, half and quarter 
pounds at pound rate. Our trade pack- 
ets are double the quantity of retail 
packets and our retail packets are well 
filled and you will get your money’s 
worth every time. 

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UMBELLATA GRFL—Trailing Verbena with numerous clusters of 
sweet scented, rosy lilac flowers in June to November. Fine for 
borders, hanging baskets and rock work. Thrives in poer geil. 
Hardy annual, 6 in. tall. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 45¢c. 
ABUTILON—FLOWERING MAPLE 
Placed in 2 inch pots by April, carried outside over summer and 
put back on the benches in September will be in full bloom for 
Christmas. The bell-shaped flowers are in shades of pink, red and 
yellow. First class house plant, fine for beds, hanging baskets and 
as a border. Hardly ever out of bloom. The seed we offer ars best 
varieties in mixture. Pkt. 20c; vy 02. 85c; ys oz. 60c. 
ACACIA—MIMOSA 
Kasily grown greenhouse plant. Sow the seed in January, soak 
in hot water for 24 hours. Pot off, use sandy soil and always give 
plenty of water. Plunge the pots in soil, keep the plants cool from 
40 to 50 degrees. Never try to force it and you will have fine bloom- 
ing plants in March and April. They make fine Haster plants. There 
is scarcely a thing in flowers more beautiful. 
PODALYRIIFOLIA—Early flowering, fine silvery foliage, producing 
elegant sprays of golden-yellow flowers in quantity. Of great value 
for cutting. Height 3 ft. 25 seeds 20c; 100 seeds 60c. 
ACACIA DEALBATA—Large fern-like silvery leaves, flowers clear 
yellow, scented. Winter blooming sort. T. pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 
ACACIA LOPHANTA—(A. L. Speciosa Nana Compacta). 
pale Gree: T. pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 
ACACIA MIXED—Includes many dwarf corey act growing varieties, 
the best there '‘s in Acacia. T. pkt. 15c; oz. $1.60. 
ACANTHUS LUSITANICUS ‘velts) —an_ ctegant, 
tely, hardy peren- 
nial. Protect North. Height 8 ft. T. pkt. 15c. - 
ACHILLEA THE PEARL 
Hasily raised, blooming from June to October and useful no 
matter for what occasion flowers are needed, doing well in any kind 
of soil both in shade or gun. Hardy perennial. Height 2 feet. If 
py early will bloom the first season. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. 
ACHILLEA FILIPENDULA Parkers’ variety. 
ance of elegant, brilliant yellow flowers, firs 
fresh or dried. In bloom in June and July. 
3-4 feet. T. pkt. 10c; \%& oz. 40c: oz. $3.00. 
ACHILLEA TOMENTOSA AUREA—Forms a carpet of finely cut 
grayish green foliage, flowers golden-yellow in flat heads in spring 
and summer. Pxtra good rock plant, hardy and long lived if ex- 
posed to the sun and planted in light rather dry soil. Height 8 in. 
T. pkt. 10c; 1/16 os. 2he. 
ACHILLEA PERRY’S WHITE—Twice as large as Pearl, extra 
double snow-white, a real flower but Produces no seed. Multiplies 
fast by plant division. Do not order the seed of this, we have none. 
ADENOPHORA POLYMORPHA 
Hardy perennial, spikes of fine dark blue flowers produced 
freely in midsummer. Of robust growth in any good garden soil. 
Fine for large beds, borders and large rockeries. Height 3 ft. 
ANTIGONON—QUEEN’S WREATH 
Antigonon Leptosus is a handsome summer-blooming 
climber, doing well in a hot and sunny position, producing 
numerous sprays of rose pink flowers that every florist can 
use to advantage. Heicht 20 ft. Half hard ennial. T. 
pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $7.00. Sic! 
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Flowers 
Furnishes an abund- 
class for cutting either 
Hardy perennial, Height 

ACONITUM—MONKSHOOD 
Sow the seed late in the fall, in the open, det before the ar- 
rival of hard frosts to get a full stand of seedlings the following 
spring. If you will sow the seed in the spring handle the sowing as 
directed on page 60 of this catalog under the heading ‘Seed Germin- 
ates Slowly.” Hardy perennial. 
NAPELLUS—Long spikes of curiously shaped blue flowers, from 
July to October. Plant in shrubbery or shady spots of the garden. 
Height 8 to 4 feet. T. pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 50c; 1 oz. $3.60. 
ACONITUM WILSONI (Barkers’ Variety)—Regarded by many as the 
finest and most valuable of all Aconitums for cutting. The plants 
of exceptional robust growth, produce several massive spikes of large 
well-formed deep violet blue flowers of great beauty from Septem- 
ber to frost. One of the choicest perennials. Height 6 ft. T. pkt. 
15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 1 oz. $3.60. 
ACONITUM FISCHERI—Dxceptionally beautiful and of great value 
for cutting. The flowers are large, deep bright blue, a shade of 
blue that harmonizes well with other flowers, produced in dense 
heavy spikes so that three stalks make a large bouquet. Noth 
finer for vases, baskets and made-up floral pieces. Blooms in Augus 
and September. Height 3 ft. 
AETHIONEMA PERSICUM 
A lovely rock and border plant that can easily be included in 
the 10 or Io very best low growing hardy perennials. The plant 
orms a broad cushion covered with charmingly beautiful, pink 
owers in April and May. The foliage is clean, neat, bluish-green, 
making the plant highly attractive in or out of bloom. 
Wasily raised from seed, perfectly hardy, doing well under gross 
neglect, withstanding any amount of heat and drought. Meight 6 in. 
AETHIONEMA GRANDIFLORA—Of neat compact 
rowth, flowers 
lavender pink in June and July. Height 1 ft. 
ardy perennial. 

Valuable Florist 
ACROCLINIUM NEW HYBRIDS {222ble Zlortst 
flower). Flowers very arke and double, twice as large as the flowers 
of the old type, in many cy Le colors, produced from June to frest. 
Hasily raised in almost any kind of soil in full sun. Tender annual. 
Height 20 in. T. pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00; lb. $12.00. 
AGATHEA COELESTIS 
BLUE MARGUERITE, BLUE DAISY—Flowers single 1% inches 
across of exquisite sky blue, produced in quantity all summer and all 
winter under glass. Fine for pots, beds and as a cut flower. When 
cutting flowers cut away down to make the plants break from the 
bottom. Requires rich porous soil and full exposure to the sun. 
Temp. 40-45 degrees. When grown as a perennial in the greenhouse 
must be repoted every year. Height 18 in. T. pkt. 10c; ox. $1.00. 
AGROSTEMMA WALKERI—Large, single, bright dark pucle 
non from May to September. Hardy perennial 25 in. tall. T. p 
H oz. 256. 
