Somerset s Perennial Flower Seeds 


Physalis Franchetti 
SHASTA DAISY 
See Chrysanthemum. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender) 
Dumosa. Forms dense cushions of silvery 
gray flowers. Excellent to dry and use- 
ful for Christmas wreaths, etc. 14 oz. $0.75 
Latifolia. Fleecy sprays of lavender blue, 
excellent for cut flowers ....14 oz. $0.65 
STOKESIA (Stokes Aster) (3300) 
Gycie con Visce cle Vy oz. $0.65 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Single Dark Crimson ......... Vy oz. $0.65 
Single Holborn Glory, Auricula eyed in 
mNStONY BIOSCI 5 woocaeossdgcd VY, oz. $0.65 
Single Newport Pink .......... V4 oz. $0.65 
Single Scarlet Beauty ........ 1 oz. $0.65 
Single sa hitomi errs 14 oz. $0.65 
Single Choice Mixture ........ 1, oz. $0.60 
Single Dwarf Mixture. Grows only 6" 
high, although there is usually some 
OUCH, G 5 oueormonadoaooe 4, oz. $1.00 
THALICTRUM 
Dipterocarpum magnificum. An improved 
form with larger deeper colored blooms. 
Excellent cut flower with 3-4 ft. stems, 
small airy nodding lavender flowers. 
4 oz. $1.00 
Adiantifolium. Flowers rather inconspicuous 
and unimportant. Mainly grown for the 
finely cut foliage which is useful in floral 
WOT), SE re a es eee 4 oz. $0.65 
Aquilegifolium. Graceful foliage and rosy 
purple and white blooms on 3 ft. stems. 
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TROLLIUS (Globe Flower) (8000 Seeds per oz.) 
Best sown during the winter months on 
shredded spaghnum moss and allowed to 
freeze and thaw before bringing under 
glass. 
Europaeus. The early flowering type with 
large rounded blooms of yellow and 
orange in early spring ...... 4 oz. $1.25 
Ledebouri. Three to four foot stems are pro- 
duced in June and July with quantities 
of large yellow blooms. ...... Wi oma. SAAS 
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Attractive many colored 
Fete ee ae te eee Vy oz. $0.60 .25 2.00 
TRITOMA (Red Hot Poker) 
Pfitzers Hybrids. 
spikes 
VALERIANA (Garden Heliotrope) 
Permeates the garden with the fragrance of 
heliotropes. The flowers are gray white and 
produced in large fluffy umbels in July and 
August. 
(Choices Vix ec sa Vy oz. $0.50 .35 1.50 
VERONICA 
Spicata. One of the more satisfactory sum- 
mer blooming perennials. The light blue 
spikes are produced from June to August. 
ly oz. $0.65 .25 2.00 
VIOLA (25000) 
Excellent for bedding. 
Arkwright Ruby. Rich ruby crimson with a 
darker eye ....¥/g oz. $1.35; 14 oz. $2.50 .50 8.00 
Blue Perfection. Clear medium blue. 
Vy oz. $1.75 .35 6.00 
Blue Beauty. Compact brilliant blue. 
Ye oz. $1.50; 14 oz. $2.50 .75 
Blue Gem (Jersey Beauty). Germination 
wsuellky Cally it, 2 ooo pats Vg oz. $1.50 .50 
Chantryland. Best pure apricot. Better 
than Apricot Queen. 
Ye oz. $1.35; 14 oz. $2.50 .50 8.00 
Firmament. Sky blue. ........ Vy oz. $1.75 .50 6.00 
Lutea Splendens (Yellow Perfection). Pure 
VellOWaernre cee rere tae 4 oz. $1.75 .50 6.00 
White Perfection. Fine compact pure 
White Wepretegs tein a ere hye 4, oz. $1.75 .50 6.00 
Select Formula Mixture ........ 4 oz. $1.75 .50 6.00 
WALLFLOWER (15000) 
Singles Finest Mixed ......... 4, oz. $0.75 .35 2.50 
Double Finest Mixed ......... 4 oz. $1.25 .50 4.00 

Growing Perennials From Seed— 
is an easy and inexpensive method of getting a stock of 
these valuable plants. Many items are better grown from 
cuttings or divisions but even with these, selection can be 
made of choice seedlings which can then be propagated in 
the usual manner. 
Seeds of perennials are mostly short lived, and there- 
fore, time and method is important. Midsummer is usually 
recommended and it has several advantages. Usually the 
press of work is less at this period. However, most peren- 
nials want cool conditions for germination and in those areas 
where humid and high midsummer temperatures prevail, 
Spring is best, except for items usually classed as bi- 
ennial such as Canterbury Bells, Digitalis, Pansy, Myosotis 
and Viola. 
We recommend spring sowing for best results. Light 
frosts will harm perennial seedings less than a few days 
of high temperatures. 
Where the work of transplanting is too much in the 
Spring, most perennials can be sown in open ground beds, 
in early April, in rows and allowed to stand until late 
August or early September when they can be transferred 
to permanent quarters. 


