Canton 2, Ohio 
Annual Flower Seeds 
Portulaca, Double 
Silken Shirley Poppies 
More of these beauties should be grown. You sow the seed 
right outdoors early (they defy frost—don’t like transplanting). 
The silken flowers appear 8 to 10 weeks after sowing. Make 
successive sowings to enjoy all summer. 
1061 Single Mixed. Pkt. 10c, 14 02. 25c. 
1065 Double Begonia Mixed. Pkt. 10c, 14 02. 30c. 
1062 Pierrot. Dazzling red with contrasting black 
blotches. Pkt. 15c. 
Portulaca (Rose Moss) 
Portulaca does so well in hot dry locations and 
on such poor soil that it is always in demand. Low 
growing plants so useful for edgings, ribbon bed- 
ding and for sowing on dry banks and terraces. 
1112 Single Mixed. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 35c. 
1114 Double Mixed. Pkt. 15¢, 146 oz. 35c, 
l% oz. 60c. 
Ricinus (Castor Bean) 
Giant plants with very large ornamental leaves. 
1148 Mixed Varieties. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c. 
Rock Garden Mixture 
1152. A mixture of low annuals suited to growing 
in the Rock Garden. Pkt. 10c. 
Scabiosa (Pin Cushion Flower) 
One of the best cut flower annuals, the blooms 
being carried on long, slender wiry stems and they 
stay fresh for a long peri- 
od in water. Hardy 
enough to stand fairly 
early sowing outdoors. 
1190 Hybrids Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 30c. 
1191 Imperial Giants. 
These new Scabiosas 
are big ball shaped 
flowers petaled fully to 
the center without the 
old pin cushion. 
Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 35c. 
Scabiosa 
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Salpiglossis 
Salpiglossis (Velvet Flower) 
An easily grown annual with flowers of rich 
and rare colorings. The flowers are Petunia shaped 
with deep throats most of which are golden and 
golden veins spread out through the rest of the 
flower. Salpiglossis likes rather light sandy soil and 
to be allowed to grow fairly dry. 
1160 Finest Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 35c. 
Salvia (Sca rlet Sage) 
The favorite bright red summer bedding and 
border plant. Seed should be sown early indoors, 
given plenty of warmth. 
1171 St. John's Fire. The earliest Salvia to bloom, 
continuing in bright color until fall frosts. The 
scarlet spikes are only 10 to 12 inches tall, so 
ideal for bedding or borders. Pkt. 25c. 
1170 America or Globe of Fire. Very free and 
continuous bloomer and exceedingly uniform in 
growth. 15 to 18 inches high. 
Pkt. 20c, 146 0z. 60c. 
1168 Bonfire. Flowers of brightest scarlet carried 
well above the foliage. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 20c, 146 oz. 60c. 
1166 Splendens. The tallest, 21% to 3 feet. 
Pkt. 15c, 146 oz. 40c. 
Blue Salvia, Farinacea 
Has great beauty in the border or as a cut flower 
harmonizing with other garden flowers, the yellows 
and golds of Marigolds as an outstanding example. 
More resistant to cold than Red Salvia, so seed may 
be sown earlier outdoors. 
1174 Blue Bedder. Bright silvery blue spikes. Plants 
21% to 3 ft. high. Pkt. 15, 146 oz. 60c. 
