PETUNIAS—for Massing and Borders 
MORNING GLORY (annual) (Impomea). 
Plant 4” deep. Large bright blue flowers 
with white and yellow throats. Quick 
growing. 
Scarlett O’Hara. Bright rosy red. 
Pkt., 15c; % oz., 50c; % oz., 85c. 
Pearly Gates. Clear shining white. 
Pkt., 15c; 4% 0z., 50c; % oz., 85c. 
Tall Mixed. Good sized flowers in full range 
of colors. 
Pkt:, 10c3 47 0z.,, 30cs) 0z., 50c. 
Heavenly Blue. Large, bright sky-blue 
flowers, 4 or 5 inches across with white 
and yellow throats. 
Pkt., 15c; 144 oz., 35c. 
NASTURTIUM (annual). Plant %” deep. 
Exquisite, sweet-scented double and semi- 
double flowers. 
Double Glorious Gleam Hybrids. Exquisite, 
sweet-scented double and semi-double 
flowers. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; ¥% lb., $1.50. 
Dwarf Mixed, All Colors. Complete mix- 
ture containing all the gorgeous colors 
and markings to be had in single nastur- 
tiums, and in such proportions as to give 
a most beautiful effect in beds, borders 
or rock gardens; fine for cutting. Dwarf. 
free-blooming plants 1 ft. tall. 
PEt110¢; 0z., 30c3; 1% lb., $1.00; 1 Ib., 
$1.75. 
Scarlet Gleam. Fiery vivid orange. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; 1%, 1b., $1.25. 
Single Tall or Climbing. Splendid for trel- 
lis. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 1% lb., $1.00; ¥Y% Ib., 
$1.75. 
NICOTIANA (annual). Suited to semi-shade. 
Plant 1/16” deep. 
Affinis. Brilliant colors, including many fine 
shades of rose, red, crimson and clear 
white. 30-36” high. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c; % oz., 70c. 
NIGELLA Love-in-a-Mist. Pretty old-fash- 
ioned double flowers, nestled among the 
fine, feathery foliage. Blooms profusely over 
a long season. Grows 1% ft. tall. 
Miss Jekyll. Rich cornflower-blue. 
Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 45c; Ye oz., 75c. 
Damascena Double Mixed. White and var- 
ious shades of blue well blended. 
Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 25c; % oz., 40c. 
PANSY (annual). Suited to 
Plant %” deep. 
Oregon Giants. Long stems. 
cutting. 6” high. 
Pkt., 25c; 1/16 oz., $1.50; 14% oz., $2.50. 
Steele’s Jumbo Mixed Mastodon. Very large, 
nicely ruffled and crinkled blooms in 
many colors, ranging from white to deep- 
est mahogany. Included in this remark- 
able mixture are also lavender, rose, 
cerise, purple, mahogany, yellow, red, 
and light blue shades. Compact plants 
with the flowers held well above the 
luxuriant foliage. Profuse blooming. 
Pkt., 25c; 1/16 oz., $2.00; % oz., $3.50; 
VY, 0z., $6.50; 2 oz., $11.75; oz., $18.50. 
Large Flowered Mixed. Where color effect 
is more important than size of bloom, 
this mixture will be found highly desir- 
able for beds, borders and edgings as 
plants are compact, extremely free bloom- 
semi-shade. 
Excellent for 
ing, of neat habit, and very hardy. Flow- 
ers are large, borne on strong, stiff stems 
long enough for cutting. Excellent blend 
of colors, some prettily blotched, others 
richly margined and varigated. 
Pkt., 25c; 1/16 oz., $1.50; ¥% oz., $2.50. 
PETUNIA (annual). Plante ee 
Blooms fall and summer. 
All Double, America. Rose pink flowers of 
medium size. All double, dwarf plants. 
Pkt., 50c. 
Burgundy. Deep burgundy red with white 
tipped throat. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Cheerful. Clear salmon-pink with tipped 
rose veining at the throat. 
Pkt., 35c. 
Flaming Velvet. 
red. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Howard’s Star. Deep crimson oddly starred 
and blotched blush-white. 
Pkt; L0c?10z., 40cs 27 0z., 70c. 
Petunia hybrida nana compacta Mixed. A 
complete mixture of all bedding varieties 
of both the spreading and dwarf com- 
pact types. An assortment of colors that 
is rich and varied. 
Pkt., 10c; Ye oz., 40c; 1% oz., 75c; 1% oz., 
$1.25 
deep. 
Deep velvety mahogany 
Gen. Dodds. Vivid dark crimson flowers of 
a soft, velvety texture. Pretty. 
Pkt., 10c; 4% 02z.,. 45c; 14 oz. 75c. 
oe “ = pairs ne NTR 

Petunia, Fire Chief 
PORTULACA (Moss Rose) (annual). 
PYRETHRUM ROSEUM. 
Fire Chief. Rich, velvety red flowers, 2144” 
across, are freely borne throughout the 
season above the well branched, dwarf 
erect plants, 1 ft. tall. A planting of Fire 
Chief Petunia is most colorful and strik- 
ing in beds, borders, edgings, boxes and 
pots. As flowers have good substance 
and exceptional lasting quality, they are 
most suitable for cutting purposes. 
Pkt, 253" 1/32) 0z., 6S 1.5 0)tet7 16m oz., 
$2.50; % oz., $4.25; 14 oz., $7.50. 
Balcony. Single large mixture. An excep- 
tionally choice assortment of the finest 
varieties in blue, rose, white, with enough 
mahogany-red and crimson to give a 
depth of color and create a gorgeous dis- 
play. 
Pkt., 10c; 1/16 oz., 75c; ¥% oz., $1.25. 
Giants of California. Mixed. Large fringed 
and ruffled flowers in both light and dark 
shades. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Glow. Dazzling carmine red. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Rose of Heaven. 
light throat. 
Pkt., 10c; ¥ oz., 60c; %4 oz., $1.00. 
Rose Marie. Fully double. Delightful shade 
of rose pink. 
Pkt., $1.00. 
Rosy Morn. 
throat. 
Pkt., 10c; Ye oz., 60c; % oz., $1.00. 
PHLOX (annual). Suited to semi-shade. Plant 
1%” deep. 
Dwarf Compact, Mixed. Well-balanced 
blend of all colors in this type for beds, 
borders or low edgings. 
Pkt., 10c; Yg oz., 85c; % oz., $1.50. 
POPPY (annual). Plant %” deep. Easily 
grown in ordinary soil exposed to the sun, 
Iceland Mixed (hardy perennial). Culture 
Shirley Mixed. Large single flowers with 
papery silk-like petals with ruffled edges. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., $35c; ¥% oz., 60c. 
Shirley Double Hybrids. Double and semi- 
double blooms in an almost endless vari- 
ety of attractive colors. Many of the 
flowers are delicately suffused with a sec- 
ond tint, which add so much to their ap- 
pearance. Choice and highly desirable 
garden subjects. 
Pkt., 10c; 1% 0z., $35c; Y% oz., 60c. 
Exquisite shade of rose, 
Clear rose-pink with white 
( Plant 
ye” deep. Thrives best in sunny locations 
and light soil. Fine for edgings. 6” high. 
Double Mixed. Charming mixture of pink, 
salmon, white and yellow. Flowers re- 
semble small roses. 
Pkt., 15c; 1/16 0z., 50c; ¥% oz., 90c. 
Single Mixed. Complete mixture of orange, 
red, white buff and other shades. 
Pkt., 15c; Yg oz., 40c: %4 oz., 70c. 
Double Mixed. 
Seed has been saved from full double flow- 
ers, but some semi-doubles and singles can 
be expected. White, rose, pink, erimson, 
flesh-pink and red in mixture. Especially 
valuable for cutting. 
PEt LOC ly 16 ozs 70c: 
EVERBLOOMING HYBRID TEA ROSES 
TOP SIZE 2-YEAR FIELD GROWN PLANTS 
Gold Foil Patented Roses 
Crimson Glory—Dark Red 
Tally-Ho—Carmine Rose 
Lowell Thomas—Yellow 
Mary Margaret McBride—Pink 
Nocturne—Cardinal Red 
Peace—Yellow 
Forty-Niner—Vivid Red 
Sutters Gold—Yellow 
Capistrano—Rose Pink 
New Yorker—Fiery Red 
Climbing Peace—Yellow 
Dr. Nicholas—Climber—Rose Pink 
King Midas—Climber—Yellow 
Abel's Fruit Trees 
Cherry—Sour 
Black Tartarian Cherry 
Peach 
Apple 
Bartlett Pear 
Grape Vines 
Everblooming Floribundas 
Pinkie—Pink 
Red Pinocchio—Deep Red 
Goldilocks—Golden Yellow 
Pinocchio—Winsome Salmon 
Summer Snow—White 
World’s Fair—Velvety Crimson 
Fashion—Bright Coral-Peach 
Abel’s Selected Hybrid Teas 
Ami Quinard—Black, lustered Red 
Betty Uprichard—Carmine & Salmon 
Caledonia—Pure White 
ponte DeSastago—Yellow & Raspberry 
e 
Editor McFardand—Pink 
E. G. Hill—Red 
Etoile DeHolland—Orimson 
Golden Charm—Yellow 
Joanna Hill—Yellow 
Marg. McGredy—Brilliant Red & Yellow 
Abel’s Selected Hybrid Teas 
McGredy’s Scarlet—Rich, Velvety Scarlet 
Mme. Jules Bouche—Pink 
Picture—Clear Pink 
Pink Radiance—Pink 
Poinsettia—Scarlet 
President Hoover—Scarlet, Yellow, Cerise 
Red Radiance—Cerise, Red 
Soeur Therese—Buttercup Yellow 
Talisman—Orange, Yellow & Rose Red 
The Doctor—Satiny Pink 
Abel's Flowering Shrubs 
Forsythia 
Butterfly Bush Ile de France 
Spirea Anthony Waterer 
Spirea Van Houtte 
Weigelia Red 
Flowering Quince Red 

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