
Kellogg’s Famous Flowers 

(2) Botrytis blight: Buds and seed pods dry up. Control: 
Keep old flowers off, remove dead foliage in fall after killing 
frost, and@burn it. Keep clean, keep clean, keep clean! Pre- 
ventive: Spray with bordeaux mixture about every two weeks 
or oftener from time leaves appear in spring until blooms 
appear. 
(3) Nematodes: Buy only clean healthy plants, and plant in 
clean soil. ‘They cause poor bloom and are identified by 
small knots on the roots. 
(4) Ants: Don’t worry too much about ants. Do no harm in 
themselves. Can, however, spread other diseases, but not at 
all dangerous if you have a good, clean bed. 
Poppi 
If there is one very beautiful flower that is easy to grow, it 
is the Oriental Poppy. And, note that we say beautiful. We 

And How To Grow Them 

think the Poppies are one of the most exquisite of all. They 
require very little attention, and most any soil will do for 
them, providing it is well-drained, and providing it is in a 
sunny location. Do find room for them in your garden. 
SOIL PREPARATION: Same as for Peonies, excepting 
that it need not necessarily be prepared so deeply. Poppies 
will be perfectly happy in soil that is prepared to a depth 
of only about one foot. 
Drainage: same as for Peonies. It is one of the things that 
Poppies do require, as the roots may rot if it is not provided. 
Read back to your instructions for growing Peonies, and 
follow them for your Poppies. 
Poppies will be particularly valuable in your garden if you 
happen to have a rather heavy piece of soil that will not do 
well for other plants. ‘hey will do well on this soil, provid- 
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Africa 
DAILY SKETCH. Outstanding feature: extra large 
florets, 1% inches across, or more. Clear, beautiful 
pink with small carmine eye. Does not fade. Blooms 
July to frost. 
LILLIAN. The famous blue-eyed Phlox; rest of flower 
beautiful salmon-pink. Very compact flower heads. 
Very robust, plenty of vitality. Often 12 to 15 flower 
spikes per plant. 

A Tip Top Ten 
Hardy Phlox 
A combination of cheerfulness and beauty which will 
brightly color your garden in August and on into the 
late autumn. A collection both outstanding and rich in 
variety, which you really should possess! 
AFRICA. Dark carmine-red, so mysteriously beau- 
tiful that it seems to belong to another world. 
Strong, vigorous grower, healthy and hardy; easy 
to grow. 
MARY LOUISE. Pure white, like newly fallen snow. 
The favorite of all whites. 
BLUETTE. Shades of blue and rose magically inter- 
mingled. Unusually large florets. Vigor, produc- 
tiveness, well filled, symmetrical heads. 
CAROLYN VANDENBURG. The outstanding dark 
blue Phlox, not only because of its color; but it is 
extra large, healthy, vigorous, and productive. The 
nearest to a real blue. k 
BRIGHT EYES. No other red Phlox has the beau- 
tiful large florets and dancing dark eyes of Bright 
Eyes, and none has quite its brilliance. Gorgeous 
in mass displays. 
PINKETTE. Exceedingly delicate pink, like soft- 
shed light. Dainty, yet strong. Lustrous sea-green 
foliage. 
POLKA DOT. Petals have a very slight pinkish tinge 
with glorious fuchsia-colored eye. Beautifully 
shaped; extra large, overlapping florets. 
SALMON GLOW. A beautiful deep salmon-pink. 
Fye, deep carmine. Well filled, stately heads. 
Healthy, strong foliage. 
PRICES: 1 for 45c; 2 for 75c; 3 for $1.05; 4 for $1.35; 6 for $1.95; 8 for $2.55; 10 for $3.15; 20 for $6.15. 

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