Keen Gay Color tw Your Garden with Hardy Blowers 
Picture taken last 
May showing visitors 
returning from our 
lower fields where 
acres of peonies and 
iris were in their full 
glory. (See pages 19 
and 21 for pictures of 
fields in bloom). Each 
year thousands of cars 
bring visitors from 
many states to see our 
fields and _ gardens. 
Our perennials listed 
on following pages are 
grown in raised beds 
of prepared soil as 
shown, are 2-year 
plants grown under 
irrigation. 
Sancoxie Nurseries’ Perennials - - - All Sent Prepaid - - 
Are Strong Gield-Groum Plants 
Anchusa, Dropmore; Summer Forget-me-not 
Its large, loose clusters of flowers 1/2 to 34 in. across, like 
Forget-me-nots, are produced freely in latter May on well 
branched stems 3 ft. high, a good deep, rich blue which does 
not fade. Remove the old flower stalks after blooming. Suc- 
ceeds in sun. 35c each; 3 for 90c. 
Baby’s Breath, Gypsophila 
Baby’s Breath, Bristol Fairy; Gypsophila Bristol Fairy 
One of the best flowers for producing an airy, graceful 
effect in the garden or in vases of cut flowers. Dainty double 
white flowers 1/4 inch across arranged in large, loose clusters 
on stems 2 to 3 feet tall in June. If dried for winter use cut 
before fully open and hang tips down. Thrives in sun, pref- 
erably in a limy soil. 90c each; 2 for $1.75. 
Washi labs Eis ual 
Balloon Flower 
Bleeding Heart 
Bleeding Heart; Dicentra spectabilis 
An old time favorite, rich in sentiment and association. 
Heart-shaped rosy-carmine flowers with protruding white in- 
ner petals, drooping on stems 1! to 2 ft. high, carried well 
above the foliage, in latter April. Needs rich fairly light soil. 
Succeeds in full sun; excellent in shade. 75c¢ each. 
Balloon-Flower; Chinese Bell-Flower; Platycodon grandiflora 
So named from the odd balloon-like buds which open into 
five-pointed broad bell-shaped blue flowers 2!/ to 3 in. 
across, at the tips of the branches on stems 11/, to 3 ft. tall 
in latter June, sometimes at intervals during summer. It 
should have well drained soil. 35¢ each; 3 for 90c; $3.00 doz. 
Blanket Flower; Gaillardia grandiflora 
It blooms from latter May until frost, in spite of heat, cold, 
wet and drouth, Flowers daisy-like, 2 to 3 in. across, maroon 
bordered yellow, as gaudy as a Navajo blanket, on stems 
1Y_ to 2M ft. tall. Prefers full sun. Very free from insects and 
diseases. Divide and replant every two or three years. Very 
effective in combination with Shasta daisies. 35¢ each; 3 for 
90c; $3.00 per doz. See illustration next page. 
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