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ANNUALS—Continued 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
125,000 S. Salpiglossis furnishes the retail grower with good 
cutting material either from a January-February sowing indoors 
or a later one grown outdoors. 
EMPEROR. 30 in. The tall kind for cutting. 
@ Mixture of all colors. Tr. pkt., 20¢; %4 0z., 40¢; 1 oz., $1.20. 
DWARF GIANT FLOWERED. 20 in. Fine for bedding and 
borders. 
Mixture of all colors in this dwarf class. Tr. pkt., 25¢; 14 oz., 
45c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
SANVITALIA 
Procumbens. 50,000 S. 4 to 5 in. Double creeping Zinnia. 
Small golden yellow flowers. Very fine, dwarf edging plant. 
Tr. pkt., 25¢; 14 oz., 60c; 1 oz. $2.00. 
SAPONARIA 
VACCARIA. 5500 S. Gypsophila-like flowers. 
Rose White 
Prices above 2, each: 1 0z., 35¢; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.25. 
Saponaria Ocymoides. See page 59. 
SCABIOSA 
4500 S. Pleasing colors and long stemmed, free flowering habit 
make annual Scabiosa a worth-while spring cut-flower item when 
grown in a cool house. Sow directly in the open for summer cut- 
ting. No retail grower should be without some of this. 
Ageratum Blue. Large-flowered azure-blue. 
Fire King. Bright scarlet. 
King of the Blacks. Deep rich maroon. 
Rosette. Deep rose suffused with salmon. 
@ Shasta Improved. Fine pure white. 
Prices above 5, each: tr. pkt., 20e; 14 0z., 30c; 1 0z., 90c. 
@Oxford Blue. Somewhat darker than Ageratum Blue or Blue 
Moon. Extra large, fully double flowers on fine, long stems. 
Tr. pkt., 30c; %4 0z., 75¢; 1 oz., $2.50. 
@Loveliness. Extra large flowered, deep salmon-pink. Tr. 
pkt., 20c; %4 0z., 30¢; 1 oz., 90c. 
@Blue Moon. Fine lavender-blue color with extra large fully 
double flowers and long wiry stems. The standard market 
color. Tr. pkt., 30c; %4 oz., 75¢; 1 0z., $2.50. 
@ Giant Hybrid Mixture. A special strain containing only the 
new large flowered varieties. Well-balanced in good cut- 
flower colors. Use this mixture if you want only a small 
planting of Scabiosa for cutting. Tr. pkt., 25¢; %4 oz., 40; 
1 oz., $1.15. 
DWARF CLASS. For bedding and garden work. The stems are 
long enough for short-stemmed cut flowers and the shorter plants 
will hold themselves upright without: support. 
Heavenly Blue. Clear azure-blue. Tr. pkt., 30¢; %4 0z., 60ce; 
1 oz., $1.85. 
Peace. White. Tr. pkt., 30¢; 14 0z., 60¢; 1 oz., $1.85. 
Tom Thumb Mixture. 10 in. Extra dwarf and compact plants 
for bedding and edging. Mixture of colors. Tr. pkt., 30¢e; 
Y% oz., 60c; 1 oz., $1.85. 
Perennial Scabiosa. See page 59. 
SHAMROCK 
True Irish Shamrock. 38,000 S. Sow early in January in Car- 
nation house temperature (cooler after germination) for 2-inch 
St. Patrick’s Day plants; use 3 or 4 seedlings per pot. Our 
seed is the true Trifolium (clover). Tr. pkt., 20c; %4 oz. 35¢; 
1 oz.. $1.20. 
SCHIZANTHUS 
60,000 S. A January sowing will produce nice 3-in. plants for 
spring combinations. Sow September to November for larger pot 
plants and spring cut flowers. as cn 
@ Ball Giant Flowered. Extra large flowers (often 2 inches in di- 
ameter) and unusually brilliant colors. Nice for cutting or makes 
a choice pot plant if pinched. Tr. pkt., 85¢; 4 oz. $2.25; 
% oz., $4.00. . ; 
@Ball Dwarf Mixture. A distinctly dwarf growing strain with 
large compact heads of medium sized flowers. Makes an ex- 
cellent pot plant. Tr. pkt., 55¢; % oz., $1.65; %4 oz., $2.75. 
Crimson Cardinal. Large flowers of deep rose-red with velvety 
crimson centers are produced in great profusion on plants of 
medium height. Very uniform and true to type. Makes a good 
cut flower and a striking pot plant if pinched. Imported seed. 
Tr. pkt., 75¢; % oz., $2.25; % oz., $4.00. 
Ball Brilliant Blend. A carefully blended mixture of fairly tall 
growing varieties recommended for the grower who grows a 
limited number of plants and wants a complete mixture. Tr. 
pkt., 40e; 4% 0z., 80c; %4 oz., $1.40. 
Giant Blotched. Bright colored rose and pink shades, with con- 
trasting dark centers. Somewhat earlier than most strains and 
a good pot plant if well pinched. Tr. pkt., 55¢; 4% oz., $1.35; 
Y, oz., $2.50. 
SMILAX 
4000 S. Well-known greenhouse climbers. Tr. pkt., 40e; %4 oz., 
80c; 1 oz., $2.50. 
Snow-on-the-Mountain. See Euphorbia, page 22. 
SNAPDRAGONS 
See pages 36 to 39. 
SOLANUM 
See Cherries, Christmas, page 18; Peppers, Christmas, page 32.; 
and Love Apple, page 25. 
STATICE 
SINUATA. 350 seed heads per oz. This attractive annual is largely 
grown outdoors for drying, especially in southern localities, but a 
mid-winter sowing makes a nice late spring greenhouse crop. 
Heavenly Blue. Bright, clear sky-blue, the color of 
Heavenly Blue Morning Glory. Tr. pkt., 50c¢; 1 0z., 95¢; 4 ozs., 
$3.20; 1 lb., $9.60. 
Market Rose. Deep rose, a warmer shade than Rosea 
Superba. Excellent for cutting. Tr. pkt., 30¢; 1 02. 65¢; 4 ozs., 
$2.20; 1 lb., $6.60. 
@ Market Grower’s Blue. Fine even deep blue. Excellent stock. 
Kampf’s Tall Improved. The standard long-stemmed blue. 
Lavender Queen. A very pleasing shade of pastel lavender. Fine 
color and good grower. 
Rosea Superba. Rose. 
dart Witch. A clear white selection from the old Sinuata 
white. 
© Bonduelli Superba. Similar in type to the Sinuatas but with 
large yellow flowers. 
@Superb Hybrids. Contains a much more complete range of 
colors, from white through chamois, pink, rose, and light 
blue to deep blue, than has heretofore been possible. In addi- 
tion, most of the heads are larger and more compact. 
Prices above 7, each: tr. pkt., 20¢; 1 0z., 50¢; 4 ozs., $1.75; 
Telbse $5625; 
Suworowii (Russian or Rat-Tail Statice). 12,000 S. A very use. 
ee Se greenhouse forcing. Tr. pkt., 25¢; ™%4 oz., 60c; 
oz., $1.80. 
Perennial Statice. See page 59. 
STOCKS 
See page 40. 
34 The dot (@)- indicates varieties most dependably satisfactory in our experience and observation: 
