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ASTOR BEAN RICINUS. PALMA CHRIS- 
C * Tl. Castor-oil plant. 
Wants well drained clay or sandy loam but will do 
well almost any place where it can get moisture. 
Leaves are large, sometimes 3 feet across. The flow- 
ers, without petals, are borne in panicles covered with 
dark brown spines. Used popularly as screen or fo- 
liage specimen. 
CRIMSON SPIRE. Bushy plant growing 6 to 8 feet 
high with large palmate leaves of a lustrous purple 
color gradually changing to bronze green with red 
stems, stalks and yines. Sow in spring. 
MIXED COLORS. 
CENTAUREA Bachelor’s Buttons. Hardy 
+ plants thrive under ordinary 
conditions in any good garden soil if given sunny loca- 
tion. Flowering from July to frost, they produce a 
profusion of blossoms excellent for cutting and are 
remarkably resistant to disease. Plant in early spring 
until mid-June. 
JUBILEE GEM. Dwarf, compact growth. Double, with 
dark blue blossoms. Grows 12 inches high. 
Also PINK GEM, BLUE, MIXED AND DOUBLE BLUE 
BOY. 
CELOSIA Cockscomb. Chinese Wool-flower. 
. Easily grown from seed. Do best 
in a fertile soil supplied with plenty of moisture. 
There are two forms, both producing large, orna- 
mental heads and both good for either pot culture 
or garden beds. The cockscomb varieties terminate 
in dense, plush-like spikes sometimes in pyramid form 
and sometimes grotesquely flattened like the comb 
of a rooster, or ruffled. The other kind (plumosa) are 
feathery and plumed varieties with large globular 
heads like balls of wool chenille. May be planted as 
early as March. Grow 12 to 18 inches tall (plumed 
type) 2 to 3 ft. 
DWARF IMPRESS. Bronze leaves; combs are rich 
crimson of collossal proportions. 
FLAME OF FIRE. A dwarf Celosia growing 12 inches 
in a pyramidal form, carrying large, blaze colored 
combs on each stem. Very branching, each plant 
grown to same size and form. 
RED CHENILLE. A new branching type. Each plant 
produces six or more branches ideal for cutting with a 
red crest resembling a mass of chenille. 
FINEST MIXED. A selection of the finest Dwarf- 
growing varieties. 
COLEUS Indispensable for grouping on lawns 
* or for ribboning, excellently adapted 
to window box culture and suitable for potting and 
bedding. Tender annual with brilliantly variegated 
foliage. Luxuriant foliage of maroon, green, crimson, 
yellow and combinations of these colors. We have 
the finest MIXED HYBRIDS. 
CHINESE WOOL - FLOWER. 
(See Celosia). 
COREOPSIS Tickseed. Grown as much for 
. cutting as for their long sea- 
son of garden decoration. Succeed in any good soil. 
Plant outside in early spring. Grow 114 to 4 feet, 
bearing flowers, yellow, orange, red or brownish-pur- 
ple from June to frost. Flowers are daisy-like with 
broad. fluted petals. Long stemmed and wonderful 
for cutting. 
(Same as Coreopsis) but com- 
CALLIOPSIS. monly used for the annual spe- 
cies. Hardy, easily cultivated and bright, cheerful, 
garden subjects. We have them in a gay Dwarf Mix- 
ture. Plant February to May. 
Hound’s Tongue. Grown 
CYNOGLOSSUM. for its blue flowers. 
Makes plants 2 feet tall with stiff-hairy leaves, the 
shape of which has given rise to the common name. 
DWARF FIRMAMENT. A color you'll love . . . and 
lots of it. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. jan Sinese Mixed 
° Japanese Mixed. 
Late summer bloomers. Easy to grow from seeds which 
generally are sown in the open ground as soon as it 
can be worked. Colors range from delicate pastel tints 
through the warm autumn shades and strong reds. 
CLEOME Spider Plant. A herb or small shrub 
* of the tropics which does well in 
Texas. Makes white, green, yellow or purple flowers, 
whose feathery petals and long stamens give them the 
appearance of orchids. Seed sown outdoors in May 
will germinate quickly. 
CLARKIA Rocky Mountain Garland. Easily 
. cultivated in sunny locations. 
Showy blossoms delicately rose or purple. The plant 
in form and color resembles a garland of almond blos- 
soms. Excellent for mass planting. Grows 2 feet 
high. Sow seed outdoors April and May. 
OLUMBINE AQUILEGIA. Popular, hardy, 
‘ * spring-flowering perennial. 
Makes exquisite lobed, durable foliage which often 
turns to rich colors in Autumn and spurred, gracefully 
hung blossoms produced in early summer. Seed sown 
in spring or early summer will give plants which can 
be set out into their permanent quarters in Septem- 
ber. 
Feathery foliage and light, airy 
COSMOS. blossoms reaching a height of from 
3 to 10 feet. Usually grown for late summer bloom 
in the tall border. Thrive in average soil and flourish 
in either sun or partial shade. Sow outdoors in April. 
SENSATION. Finest Mixed. Flowers are mammoth, 
4 to 5 inches in diameter with broad, heavy, fluted 
petals carried on very strong stems. Mixture contains 
white and shades of rose and pink. 
EARLY FLOWERING MIXED. A selection of all the 
lovely cosmos colors. 
EXTRA EARLY DOUBLE CRESTED CRIMSON KING, 
PINK BEAUTY AND MIXED COLORS. 
ORANGE FLARE. One of the loveliest! Comes into 
bloom less than 5 months after sowing. 
RADIANCE. The newest of them all. See page 1 
for description and illustration. 
A general mixture 
DAISY (SHASTA). saved from a large 
number of extra choice hybrids, and certain to pro- 
duce a large number of yarieties. 
BELLIS PERENNIS. Ex- 
DAISY (DOUBLE). tra double mixed. 
Grows about 6 inches high and are charming little 
plants for edgings and borders. 
DIMORPHOTHECA. We 
DAISY (AFRICAN). have the Aurantica, a 
bushy plant which grows 12 to 15 inches high. Flow- 
ers are 214 inches and over across and a unique, rich 
glossy orange-gold, with dark disc and halo. 
Garden Pinks. Sweet William. 
DIANTHUS. The lovely old fashioned “‘pinks’’ 
in newly created forms. Fragrant flowers ranging in 
size from tiny pinks to the larger Sweet Wivelsfield. 
Plant in full sun in any well fertilized soil. Plant 
early or late spring. 
SWEET WIVELSFIELD. Hardy annual producing fra- 
grant 2 inch, crimson blooms. 
DOUBLE CHINA MIXED. White and dark crimson 
selves. white tipped light purple and shades of red 
with darker blotches. 
HEDDENSIS. Finest Mixed. 
tration and description. 
10c Pkt, — $1.00 Oz. 
DELPHINIUM An ever-popular perennial. We 
* have the Gold Medal Hybrids 
which produce splendid spikes of very large flowers, 
single, semi-double and double. Flowers spike from 3 
to 5 feet in length and colors range from pure white 
through all tints and shades. 
10c Pkt. — $1.50 Oz. 
See page for illus- 
The dwarf bedding type dahlias are 
DAHLIAS. readily grown from seed and are 
easy to grow. Plant in morning sun or semi-shade 
. - in any loose type soil. 
UNWIN’S DWARF HYBRIDS. Height 18 inches. A 
special selected strain of even dwarf habit and at- 
tractive double and semi-double flowers covering a 
wide range of colors. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA. _Sslfnie "ope. Soe 
flowering poppy-like flowers with a satiny finish. Grow 
in full sun in any well drained loose soil. Ideal for 
beds or edging. 
Marvel of Peru. Flowers 
FOUR-O’CLOCK. open in late afternoon. 
Well branched plant about 3 feet tall with bright foli- 
age and fragrant long-tubed blossoms of good colors 
and markings, in shades of white. red and yellow. 
Blanket Flower. Do best in full 
GAILLIARDIA. simnstivee in light, open, well- 
“drained soil. Plants grow two feet high bearing large, 
showy, solitary heads with yellow or reddish rays and 
purple disks from June to Frost. All flowers produced 
on large stems which makes them ideal for cutting. 
Globe Amaranth. Some- 
GOMPHRENA. times known as Bachelor’s 
Buttons. May be dried for winter. Produces white, 
red or violet heads which somewhat resemble those 
of clover. Use for bedding and cut flowers. 
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