Tigridia--- The Tiger Blower 
Aptly called ‘Captive Spirits of the Aztec Sun-Dancers’’. Color! Gorgeous splashes 
of it, mid-summer till frost! Offered in mixture or separate colors. Culture same 
as Glads. Spring delivery. 
White—1550—Delightfully airy blooms, graceful and brilliant. 
Yellow—1552-A rich deep shade. 
Rose—1554-Clear and sparkling. 
MIXED-1558-A mixture of seven colors, a gorgeous show. 
Any of the above: 6 for $1.00, Doz. $1.95, 50 for $7.25 
NEW! CARDINAL-1559-First offering, a beautiful unspotted bloom, 
@ clear cardinal red. Goon eZ IDOZa 25250) fonpor25 
No order for less than six of onz kind 
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COLCHICINE the plant Mutation Chemical 
Would you like to experiment with the plant mutation chemical, 
Colchicine? This is a powerful organic drug, capable of producing 
inheritable changes in color, size, fragrance and many other plant 
characteristics. It was this chemical that gave us the famous Tetra 
Snapdragons and many other improved flowers and field crops. 
Treating lily bulb scales with colchicine has produced bulbs with 
blooms as much as 50% larger than normal, with taller stems and 
greater substance to the petals. Another lily was made to bloom 
several weeks later. The recent book, Garden Magic (offered on 
page 23, $3.00 postpaid), tells in simple language some of the 
possibilities of this chemical. 
Colchicine, almost unobtainable in recent years, is again available 
for plant experiments, ready-to-use both in liquid and paste form. 
Both forms are included in a Plant Mutation Experiment Kit, to- 
gether with such needed equipment as watch glasses, tweezers, 
vials, filter paper, etc. Simple but comprehensive directions are 
given for carrying on experiments with cuttings, seeds, seedlings, 
bulb scales and corms. A short bibliography is also included. 
Technical knowledge is not necessary to experiment and who knows, 
you may produce something of outstanding value. The entire plant 
world is open to experiment, limited only by one’s patience and 
sticktoitiveness. Burbank had no such an opportunity and look 
what he did. At least you'll have a lot of fun. 
This drug is still comparatively scarce and only a limited number nih cts 
of these Kits are available this year at....... $5.00 each, postpaid cd, Poppy 
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MATILIJA Poppy—1475-A gorgeous plant in full bloom. A western 
American native perennial with a profusion of big five to six inch 
crinkly crepe-paper-like blooms, pure glistening white with big 
golden-orange centers. Established plants send up three to a dozen 
six to eight foot stems with silvery or light bluish-green foliage, 
each one with up to two dozen beautiful fragrant blooms. Starts 
early in the spring, growing rapidly. 
It will thrive in the hottest, driest, poorest soil you have or in any 
average soil. Summer irrigation is not necessary once it is estab- 
lished though ample watering will keep it green and attractive 
longer. Demands good drainage. Few if any pests or diseases bother 
it. Generally hardy to 10 above zero and with plenty of protection 
will thrive most anywhere. Plant in late fall only and avoid disturb- 
ing in the spring. Matilija is very deep rooting. The plants should 
be set upright in the soil with the bud end about two inches below 
the surface. 
ahs Matilija makes a striking cut flower and lasts well in water. Cut 
THE PLANT MUTATION EXPERIMENT KIT just after flower opens. Blooms profusely in early summer with 
Colchicine Solution and Colchicine Paste together with full direc- scattered blossoms till frost. 
tions and materials to carry on experiments in plant mutations. MATILIJA POPPY-1475.............. Each $2.00, 3 for $5.00 
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