
We offer on the following pages a list of worthwhile flowers 
of the sorts that are grown from seed. You will enjoy a flower 
garden. Plant one. 
The following symbols are used in connection with each item: 
A—Annual; The plants live and bloom one season only. 
B—Biennial: The plants live two seasons, often blooming only the 
second year. 
P—Perennial: The plants usually live from year to year. 
H—Hardy: Plants that are easily grown and resist average sea- 
sonal extremes of temperature. 
H-H—Half-Hardy. 
T—Tender.,. 
Approximate height of each plant is also given. 
FLOWERS BEST ADAPTED TO VARIOUS USES 
For Cut Flowers Petunia Hollyhock 
Antirrhinum (Snap Phlox Petunia 
Dragon) Verbena Portulaca 
Aster For Rock Gardens Verbena 
Calendula Ageratum Zinnia 
Calliopsis Alyssum For Climbing 
Candytuft Brachycome Cypress vine 
Carnation (Swan River Daisy) Morning Glory 
Centaurea Carnation Sweet Peas 
Chrysanthemum Campanula Perennials and 
Clarkia Candytuft Biennials ’ 
Columbine Columbine Alyssum Saxatile (P) 
Coreopsis Dianthus Candytuft Ibeis 
Cosmos Gilia Sempevirens (P) 
Delphinium Gypsophila Canterbury Bells (B) 
Dianthus Phlox Carnation (TP) 
Digitalis Poppy, Iceland Chrysanthemum Max. 
Gaillardia Portulaca _ (Shasta Daisy) (P) 
Gypsophila Rock Garden Peren- Columbine (P) 
Lupin nials Mixed Coreopsis Double 
Marigold Verbena Sunburst (P) 
Matricaria For Partial Shade Delphinium (Hardy 
Nasturtium Ageratum Larkspur) (P) 
Poppy, Iceland Balsam Dianthus Plumarius 
Shasta Daisy Campanula (P) 
Stock Centaurea Digitalis (Foxglove) 
Ewart Peas EE eat (P) 
innia Yolumbine torani 
For Fragrance Digitalis (Fox Glove) Gere ae 
Alyssum Godetia SY DEO 
: Paniculata (P) 
Candytuft Lupin FLOM 
Carnation Nasturtium ollyhock (P) | 
Centaurea Pansy Linum (Perennial 
Petunia Sweet William Flax)#(P) 
Stock For Withstanding Lupins Russell (P) 
Sweet Peas Drought Matricaria (Fever- 
Sweet William Ageratum few) (P) 
For Window Boxes Alyssum Poppy, Iceland (P) 
Antirrhinum Brachycome Rock Garden Peren 
Candytuft Candytuft “nials Mixed (P) i 
Geranium Calliopsis svete it 
Morning Glory Coreopsis Swee illiams (P) 
Nasturtium Cosmos Verbena (TP) usual- 
Pansy Four o’clock ly grown as annual. 
Plants, other than climbers, given as being 3 feet or more in 
height, may be used as backgrounds 2 to 3 feet for borders; 10 to 
20 inches for bedding and borders; less than 10 inches for edgings. 
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