FLOWER SEEDS 
SANTA BARBARA 
PORTULACA 
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SALVIA, SPLENDENS—RED 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
PORTULACA 
: A creeping annual with thick stems and foliage; bearing bril- 
liant colored cup-shaped flowers during the entire summer. This 
plant is suitable for rockeries and banks and will grow and bloom 
profusely in a dry, hot situation. In sowing, mix the seed with 
dry sand to insure an even distribution. Sow in late spring when 
the ground is thoroughly warmed up. 
Single Mixed. A large variety of the most brilliant colors. 
Pkt. 10c; Ve oz. 50c. ° 
Double Mixed. The most brilliant shades and choice flowers. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 75c. 
PRIMULA OBCONICA 
These are of the easiest culture in the greenhouse and also 
succeed well in the open border during the summer. The seed 
should be sown in good porous loam; they will not germinate 
well in any compost containing peat or leaf mold. If sown in 
February or March will bloom the same year. 
Obconica Gigantea. An Improved type. Mixed. Pkt. 50c. 
VARIOUS PRIMROSES 
Malacoides. Dainty flowers, very early and profuse blooming. 
If sown in August a fine display of bloom can be obtained during 
the winter months. 
Light Lilac. The variety 
used so extensively for 
Pkt. 15c. 
bedding. 
New Malacoides 
These new giant flowered Primula malacoides are the result 
of the very fine work of a Californa hybridist. The flowers are 
truly giant in size, and borne on wiry stems above the fine foli- 
age. Fine for pot plants. 
Fairy Jewels (Double). Rich rose-pink. The extra rows of 
petals appear first as a tuft in the center, later lying flat as the 
flower matures. Pkt. 50c. 
Lavender Glory. Very large flowers of soft mauve-lavender. 
Pkt. 50c. 
Snow- Flake. Large glistening pure white florets. Pkt. 50c. 
Polyanthus. A hardy sort, blooming early in the spring. Colors 
mostly red and yellow. Choice Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Feed Your Plants 
Piants, like animals, must have good food in order to 
thrive. Give them a complete plant food containing the 
three most necessary elements usually found in insuffi- 
cient quantities in the soil — nitrogen, phosphorus and 
potash. 
Each plant food element has a particular function of its 
own. Nitrogen produces luxuriant and rapid growth. Phos- 
phorus strengthens growth, develops a strong root system 
and accentuates productivity. Potassium promotes sturdi- 
ness and gives better color to flowers, also texture and 
flavor to vegetables and fruits. 
A plant food such as this should be used lightly (3 to 5 
pounds per 100 square feet) several times during the season 
rather than heavily once a year. It will give equally good 
results on vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns. 
See Pages 24 and 33 for Plant Foods. 
CALIFORNIA CUSTOMERS PLEASE 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
A half-hardy annual, growing about 3 feet high and bearing 
trumpet-shaped blossoms of rich shades and colors, beautifully 
veined. It is valuable for bedding and massing, and its long 
stems make it excellent also for cut flowers. Sow seed early in 
the spring and transplant, or sow the seed where it is to remain, 
in April, and thin to 6 or 8 inches. Enrich the soil. 
Gloxinaflora. A splendid large flowered strain; each stem is 
loaded with these most handsome flowers; each one richly veined 
with gold. Mixed eolors. Pkt. 15c, 4 oz. 50c. 
SALVIA or FLOWERING SAGE 
The scarlet Sage has long been a favorite bedding plant, bear- 
ing long spikes of flowers in great profusion from July until 
frost. Half-hardy perennials, blooming the first year from seed, 
which should be sown as early as possible either indoors or in a 
hotbed, and the young plants transferred to their flowering quar- 
ters when the weather has become settled and warm. 
Splendens (Scarlet Sage). Beautiful bright scarlet; 2 feet. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Farinacea. 
annual, 
held well above the foliage. 
feet. Pkt. 50c. 
A hardy perennial variety but best grown as an 
The bright light-blue flowers are borne on long spikes 
Blooms from July until frost; 2 to 3 
POLYANTHUS PRIMROSES 
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