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Petunia Theodosia 
PETUNIA THEODOSIA 
Extra large, fringed, pink flowers, with well defined golden 
throat, very conspicuous, a flower that sells at sight. Won first 
prize at the Boston Flower Show in 1928, All florists that grew 
Theodosia report good sales at much better prices than is possible 
to get for geraniums. T. pkt. 30c; 1/64 oz. $1.00; 1/32 oz. $1.75; 
1/16 oz. $3.25; % oz. $6.25: 1 oz. 
$48.00. 
PETUNIA FIRECHIEF 
New. All-America sweepstakes winner, Color brilliant flery scar- 
let-red. The reddest Petunia ever seen. Plants dwarf, compact and a2 
mass of bloom all summer till frost. T. pkt. 20c; 1/16 0z. 40c; % oz. 
70c; oz, $5.00. 
PLATYCODON—Chinese Bell Flower 
A campanula-like flower of uncommon beauty, blooming during 
June and July, perfectly hardy if planted deep, the crown covered 
with 2-3 inches of soil. Most valuable cut flower, splendid in wreaths 
and sprays. If your business is to sell hardy plants have plenty of 
platycodon. See to it that visitors and passers-by will see your 
plants—you will sell no end of them. If sown in February will 
bloom the same year in July. Try platycodon, you will find that it 
is a magnificent plant from every viewpoint. 
PLATYCODON PINK—Flowers the same as of P. Graniflorum, col- 
or shell-pink. Plant 3 ft. tall. T. pkt. 25c; oz. $4.00. 
GRANDIFLORUM—Flowers cupped, star shaped, large, showy and 
graceful, with good keeping qualities. The seed we offer produces 
quite a pereentage of semi-double flowers. Height 3 ft. BLUE— 
WHITE—MIXED. Any color: T. pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c; 1/8 oz. 45c; 
om SEY CODON MARIESI. Of dwarf and compact habit with very 
large open bell-shaped flowers. Height 2. it: 
MARIESI BLUE—WHITE—MIXED. Any color: T. pkt. 10c; ys oz. 
25c; 1/8 oz. 45c; oz. $3.00 
POLEMONIUM COERULUM 
Hardy perennial bearing charming sky-blue flowers in large 
clusters from April to July. Requires rich soil. Height 2 ft. MO 
pkt. 10c; 1/8 oz. 15c; oz. $1.00. 
POLYANTHUS—See Primula Verlis. 
ONCE A YEAR 
We issue only one catalog a year. By issuing only 
one catalog we save money and we pass this saving to 
our customers. That helps to explain why in many 
cases our prices seem to be “too low”. We receive many 
letters and in these letters we are informed that the 
writer is afraid to send us an order for seeds on account 
of our low prices. Why? Every why has its because. 
Because our expenses of doing business are less, we 
sell for less. 
Ss ee a a a ee 
OUR TRADE PACKETS 
are double the quantity of retail packets. Our packets are well 
filled with fresh seed of strong germination, strictly true to 
name. When it comes to quality our seeds are 100 per cent. You 
will get no junk from us. 
Type ef Single Ieelend Poppy 
ICELAND POPPIES—Papaver Nudicaule 
These produce myriads of brilliant flowers, delicately perfumed 
on stalks, foot high, from early in May till frost if not allowed to 
seed and planted in gritty or ray. soil. There is a certain class to 
these flowers and a strong appeal that makes them ready sellers and 
there is no flower that is more profitable to grow. In European mar- 
kets millions of blooms are being sold every season and the wonder 
is that they are not being grown more liberally by the florists in this 
country. all is the best time to plant them, but they will bloom 
the same year if planted early in March. For eniprin they should be 
cut in bud stage. Absolutely hardy. Height 15 inches. Perennial. 
Should be spaced to 5 inches apart and exposed to full sunlight. 
Sow the seed in July and August to get a big crop of bloom the 
following spring and summer. 
ICELAND POPPIES DOUBLE MIXED—BSBesides white, yellow and 
scarlet the colors are straw, cream and deep orange shades. T. pkt. 
15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; oz. $3.00; % oz. 45c. 
KELMSCOTT GIANT STRAIN—Flowers of giant size borne on long 
clean, strong and straight stems. Colors in a very wide range of 
colors. T. pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; 1/8 oz. 40c; oz. $3.00. 
FAKENHAM HYBRID—Result of a cross made from Sunbeam, 
Coonara and a Thibetian poppy. Plants of vigorous growth, flowers 
of good size, more open than is the rule, borne on long slender wiry 
stems. Free, graceful and practically perpetual flowering. Wide 
a of colors, including many new shades. T. pkt. 15e; 14 oz. 30c; 
0z. $2.20. 
SANFORD’S GIANT—Very outstanding strain of Iceland poppies of 
vigorous growth flowers 4 to 6 inches across on extra strong stems 
in a wide range of colors. Height 2 ft. T. pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 30c; oz. $2.20. 
SPECIAL MIXTURE—Contains the best large flowered single vari- 
eties and is a very choice mixture. T. pkt. 15c; y oz. 25c: 14 oz. 45c. 
DOUBLE PORTULACA—ROSE MOSS 
Our seed produces perfectly formed flowers, mostly fully double, 
ranging from 1% inches to 2% inches across. The range of colors is 
the most extensive that we have ever seen, with many new and 
beautiful pastel shades. Seed of our own growing of superior quality. 
MIXED. T. pkt. 10ce; % oz. 30c; oz. $2.00; 1b. $28.00. 
PORTULACA LARGE FLD. Single 
oz. 15¢; 1 oz. 80c; Ib. $8.00. 
CULTURE—Sow the seed of Portulaca February-March, under glass, 
sow thinly, cover the seed lightly, transplant in the open the latter 
part of May. Can be transplanted even when the plants are in 
full bloom and for finest effect the plants should be spaced foot 
apart each way. Will thrive in any kind of soil but will stand no 
shade. Tender perennial treated as an annual. 
PYRETHRUM TSCHIHATCHEWIH 
Unexcelled as a border plant and for carpeting. Hardy 
perennial. Height 6 in. T. pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 35c. 
— Mixed. T. 
pkt. 10e; % 
CONSULT the front pages of this catalog. You will find many 
important novelties listed on those pages. 
