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THE TILLINGHAST SEED COMPANY, LA CONNER, WASHINGTON 
CALENDULAS 
CLARKIA DOUBLE 
COLUMBINE 
Bachelor Button 
A hardy annual which everyone can grow in 
any garden soil. If the faded flowers are 
kept cut the plants will bloom continuously. 
Jubilee Gem.* A dwarf variety, making a 
compact plant covered with double dark blue 
flowers. The foliage forms a tufted mass of 
bught green. Height about 12 inches. Pkt. 
c. 
Double Finest Mixed. This old-time favorite 
is still a very popular flower for cutting 
purposes. Mixed colors in shades of blue, 
pink, white and lavender. Also called corn- 
flower. Pkt. 10c. 
Balsam 
Blooms throughout the summer and early 
fall. An old favorite for beds and borders. 
Bushy plants 2 to 3 feet tall with fine 
double blooms often 2% inches across. Ca- 
mellia mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Baby’s Breath 
A feathery perennial bearing a profusion of 
small starlike flowers. It is much used in 
bouquets with larger flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Blue Lace Flower 
A pretty annual that blooms nearly all sum- 
mer and fall. The plants are about 18 inches 
to 3 feet tall and bear an abundance of beau- 
tiful flowers. The flowers are lacy. Pkt. 10c. 
Butterfly Flowers or 
Schizanthus 
A dainty annual with finely cut foliage and 
many colored flowers. Hardy and of easy 
culture. Wide range of colors and dwarf 
habit make it fine for window boxes and 
borders. Each 10c. 
Cactus 
Good results in growing new varieties of cac- 
tus may be obtained with our seed as fol- 
lows: Sow the seed in flats or pans in soil 
made with even parts of sand and leaf mold. 
Cover seed lightly and keep moist but not 
wet. Cover with a pane of glass. Germina- 
tion period 14 to 40 days. 
Seed contains many varieties including rare 
kinds. Pkt. each 20c. 
Calendulas 
Calendulas are of the easiest culture, suc- 
ceeding in ordinary well drained soil and 
where summers are not too hot, plants will 
bloom from early summer until frost. Sow 
seed in early spring and again in early sum- 
mer to furnish blooms in the cool fall days. 
Plants grow 15 to 24 inches tall. 
Orange Fantasy. Winner of All-America 
Award. A new sort with long outer petals, 
the inner petals short, curled and interlaced 
to form a heavy crest which surrounds a 
large mahogany bronze center. Flowers 
grow over 3 inches across, of deep coppery 
orange, with petals edged deep mahogany- 
red; 15 inches tall. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed Calendula. One of the best and 
showiest of the hardy annuals. It does well 
in almost any soil, producing an abundance 
of bright flowers until the hardest frost in 
late fall. Mixed colors and shades. Pkt. 10c. 
Calliopsis 
One of the easiest and showiest of annuals. 
The flowers are of the daisy type and are 
produced in a pleasing variety of color mark- 
ings. Pkt. 10c. 
Candytuft 
A hardy annual growing about 8 to 10 inches 
high. Flowers very fragrant. It is very easy 
to grow and is much used for borders and 
massing. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Canterbury Bells 
There are few flowers in the garden as hardy 
or as easily grown as the Campanulas. They 
will grow in almost any garden soil and when 
once started they will usually reseed them- 
selves. 
Canterbury Bells. Single mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Cup & Saucer. Calycanthema. Pkt. 10c. 
Cardinal Climber 
This annual is very attractive, strong and 
rapid climber that sometimes attains a 
growth of 25 feet in a single season. The 
foliage is fern-like and dainty. During the 
flowering season the vine is literally a blaze 
of fiery cardinal blossoms, each about 1 
inch across. Pkt. 15c. 
Carnations 
Carnations do not produce flowers the first 
year unless started very early indoors or in 
a hotbed. Our mixture contains both the 
double and single varieties, and has all 
shades and colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Celosia 
This annual is also known as Cockscomb, and 
is a mixture of the plume and the cockscomb 
type of blooms. A wonderful mixture of 
shades and colors. Will transplant easily. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Chrysanthemums 
This flower is also called Painted Daisy be- 
cause of the bright colors of its daisy-like 
flowers. The plants are about 3 feet tall 
and covered with a mass of bloom in nearly 
every shade and color. Pkt. 10c. 
Clarkia 
Showy annual about 2 feet tall that blooms 
from July until frost. They resemble sprays 
of double flowering almond in various shades 
and colors. The seed germinates quickly and 
does well even on light sandy soil. Pkt. 10c. 
Columbine or Aquilegia 
One of the most beautiful and satisfactory 
of the perennials. The plant grows about 3 
feet tall and produces many long spurred 
flowers in a wide range of shades and colors. 
Exceptionally beautiful in mixed bouquets. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Coreopsis 
One of the hardiest and easiest grown of all 
summer blooming perennials. Plants 2 feet 
all adapted to bedding or massing effects. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Cosmos 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming plants, 
decorative in the garden and wonderful for 
cutting, lasting longer if the flowers are 
placed in water immediately after cutting. 
Do best in well drained soil in the sun. 
Early Flowering Mammoth Mixed. From 4 to 
6 feet tall. The flowers, which resemble ~ 
single dahlias in shape, are borne profusely 
on long stems. Pkt. 10c. 
Sensation Dazzler. The flowers are very 
large, from 4 to 5 inches across, with heavy 
Gted peta The color is dazzling crimson. 
t. 15c. 
Sensation Mixed. A fine mixture which con- 
_ tains red, pink and white colors. Pkt. 15e. 
Orange Flare. This new Cosmos of the Klon- 
dyke type is among the best of the All- 
America introductions. The flower which is 
borne on long stiff stems is of a color new 
in Cosmos. This is a vivid orange of striking 
hue. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Crested. This new and improved 
Cosmos is one of the most beautiful of recent 
introduction. The center of the flower has 
a crest or crown which is very attractive. 
The outer or guard petals are similar to the 
single Cosmos. Pkt. 15c. 
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