New Extra Choice Double Portulaca has larger 
flowers and better colors. 
PORTULACA 
Portulaca makes a quick growing brilliant 
carpet for dry sunny spots. The seed requires 
about 20 days to germinate and should not be 
planted until the soil has really warmed up. 
New home owners are finding it valuable as an 
inexpensive cover for bare spots until they can 
afford more permanent material. 
3875—Extra Choice Double Mixed Colors. 
Larger and more double flowers, a wider range 
of colors and increased vigor in plant growth 
make this a real improvement in double portu- 
lacas. Included in the mixture are white, shell 
pink, rose, salmon, scarlet, bronze, orange and 
yellow. 8 in. 
Pkt. 25c; Lg. Pkt. 50c; 14 Oz. $1.25; 14 Oz. $2.25. 
3870—Double Mixed Colors. This is no ordi- 
nary mixture but is blended by us from separate 
varieties and includes white, striped, yellows, 
scarlet and salmon pink. 8 in. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 144 Oz. $1.00; 14 Oz. $1.75. 
3880—Single Mixed Colors. The single por- 
tulaca are preferred by many. They make a 
brilliant display and bring color to dry spots 
where other plants will not thrive. 8 in. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 4% Oz. 50c; 14 Oz. 90c. 
PRIMROSE 
4023—Veris Colossea, Mixed Colors. Perennial. 
A hybrid of the English Cowslip which produces 
not only the soft yellow of that species, but 
shades of orange, red, bronze and white. Grows 
best in semi-shade. When plants become crowded 
divide in August. 10 in. 
Pkt. 35c; Lg. Pkt. 70c; 1% Oz. $3.00. 
For Primrose plants see page 68. 
PY RETHRUM (Painted Daisy) 
4015—Robinson’s Hybrids. Perennial. These 
are the pink and red ‘‘daisies’’ with fern-like 
foliage which bloom in June and July with 
many other perennials. The plants increase in 
size rapidly so may be divided every few years. 
Robinson’s is the best strain developed thus far 
because of its large flowers, good clear pink and 
red colors and long stems. As cut-flowers, the 
blooms hold up for several days. The foliage is 
attractive even when plants are out of bloom. 
26 ft. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 Oz. $1.00. 
For Pyrethrum plants, see page 69. 
SALVIA 
SCARLET SAGE 
4600—Harris’ Special Bonfire. Because many 
strains of salvia bloom too late for northern 
gardens we have developed our own early strain 
and grow our seed crops in the north. The 
result is uniform plants with long spikes of 
large brilliant scarlet flowers. 3 ft. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 14 Oz. 90c. 
4602—FIREWORKS. We have been on the 
look-out for a free flowering, uniformly dwarf 
red salvia which blooms early and continuously 
and have finally found it in this new variety. 
The flower spikes are heavy, the foliage very 
dark green and the color a brilliant scarlet. A 
row of the plants is as uniformly even as if it 
had been sheared. 12 in. 
Pkt. 40c; Lg. Pkt. 80c; 14 Oz. $2.25. 
4605 —Dwarf Harbinger. Dwarf compact plants 
2 ft. high are completely covered with brilliant 
scarlet spikes. This is the earliest salvia and is 
especially valuable in areas where flowering 
seasons are short or in garden plans calling for 
a low growing salvia. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c. 
BLUE SALVIA 
4603—Farinacea, Blue Bedder. The long grace- 
ful spikes are a most attractive shade of light 
blue, and the long stems make it ideal for cut- 
ting. The plants grow in the same way as the 
scarlet salvia and continue flowering until very 
late fall. Beautiful in combination with Cle- 
ome, Pink Queen and Helen Campbell. 
Salvia farinacea is really a semi-hardy 
perennial but blooms the first year from seed 
sown early. 31% ft. 
Pkt. 20c; Lg. Pkt. 40c; 1% Oz. 90c. 
Try a planting of Blue Salvia edged with 
Colossal Pink Snapdragons. 
SALVIA PLANTS 
For those who swant early bloom but have no 
facilities for starting seed indoors, we offer 
potted plants of both Bonfire and Fireworks 
Salvia. These will be large, well rooted, expert- 
ly packed plants. For prices and shipping 
directions, see inside back cover. 
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SALPIGLOSSIS 
(Painted Tongue) 
4500—Large Flowering Emperor Mixture. 
Rich tones of purple and lavender, pinks, yel- 
lows, buff, orange and red are all intensified by 
gold veining and the velvety texture of these 
exquisite flowers. To our way of thinking no 
garden is complete without them even though 
it is necessary to have a row in the vegetable 
garden. Sow the seed on top of the soil the end 
of May. 21% ft. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 50c. 
SCABIOSA 
(Pincushion Flower) 
Every garden should have an abundance of 
these easy to grow annuals, seed of which may 
be sown outdoors in May. These giants bear 
little resemblance to grandmother’s old fash- 
ioned Pincushion Flower. They grow 214 to 3 ft. 
tall and make excellent cut flowers blooming 
continuously from July until late October since 
they will stand very heavy frosts. 
IMPERIAL GIANTS 
4665—Mixed Colors. A new race of scabiosas 
which far surpass any developed thus far. The 
plants are sturdier and freer flowering, the 
flowers much larger and longer lasting and the 
colors richer and more varied. The globular 
flower heads are 214” across and 2” deep, com- 
posed entirely of broad frilled florets from 
which white tipped pistils protrude to give the 
whole a frosted effect. Colors range from white 
through shades of pink and salmon to scarlet 
and deep red. Shades of lavender and blue are 
also present. In fact it requires considerable 
imagination to see much relationship between 
the Imperial Giants and older varieties. 2% ft. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 14 Oz. 65c. 
HARDY SCABIOSA 
4663—Caucasica Perfecta. Perennial. A favor- 
ite perennial of many because it produces long 
stemmed lavender-blue flowers from June to 
September. Valuable in a perennial border be- 
cause it does not grow out of bounds. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 25c; Lg. Pkt. 50c; 1% Oz. 75c. 
For plants of Hardy Scabiosa, see page 69. 
The colors of Imperial Giant Scabiosa are among 
the loveliest of all annual flowers. 
