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PANSIES--We can accept orders for our giant flowering mixed pansies up to April 
15th, All pansy and viola plants must be shipped before May lst, as they 
get too large very early. You can order our giant mixed, red shades, 
pure yellow, pure white, light blue, dark blue and bronze shades. 
VIOLAS~-The same situation as to pansies. We can furnish these very free flower- 
ing violas in blue, yellow, ruby, apricot, white, purple, mixed. These 
violas are small flowered, more profuse blooming, stand heat better than 
pansies and bloom over a longer period. Grand for sunny borders. 
Price of pansies and violas, 12¢ each prepaid; 8¢ each 
express collect. Minimum order 25 plants, three of 4 
color. Do not order less than fifty to go by express. 
ASTERS~-Finest double types from the best strains of seed obtainable, All colors 
but yellow in the regular petal type, also white, blue, pink, rose, 
purple and mixed in the comet or curly petal type. In addition, pink, 
rose, scarlet and yellow in the Princess or anemone type. These make 
grand cut flowers. All varieties and types in a grand mixture, some 
twenty or more colors and kinds. All are priced at 75¢ a dozen, three 
dozen $2.00, 100 for $4.50. Not less than three of a kind or color. 
See another page for prices and descriptions of potted asters. 
ANTIRRHINUMS (Snapdragons)--For outside blooming. We are now able to offer the 
giant, free flowering Tetraploids in a complete color range, This is 
the first year this has been possible. Here they are: Orchid, White, 
_ Yellow, Rose, Rose with white lip, Pink, Crimson and Mixed. Any of 
these at 80¢ a dozen or 6¢ each for fifty or more prepaid. See another 
page for descriptions of pot grown snapdragon plants. 
MARIGOLDS--Giant African doubles in orange, lemon or mixed. In the dwarf or 
border marigolds we will have the new giant "Spry," mahoganyand gold; 
"Sunkist," orange; "Lemondrop," pure yellow; "Redhead," anemone type; 
"Naughty Marietta," bronze and yellow single and beautiful. Also our 
own select mixture of all imaginable marigold colors, a border of 
beauty you would not soon forget, All 75¢ a dozen, 50 for $2.35. 
See another page for description of potted marigolds. 
SALVIA--The brilliant red, showy summer flower which blooms until frozen down. 
Earliest is the new "Fireworks," 12 inches, blooms all summer; "Bonfire," 
midseason, 18 inches to two feet; "Splendens," tall, bushy and late, but 
the most showy for fall effect against walls or shrubbery. Plants 85¢ 
a dozen, three dozen for %2.30. Prepaid. 
VERBENSS--Brilliant colors in this grand bedding plant. Your choice of scarlet, 
royal purplé, mid-blue, white, pink, salmon or mixed. 90¢ a dozen,pre- 
paid. These will be strong transplanted, frame grown and will bloom 
until freezing weather, generally to November. 
NOTE: We have found that Petunias and Zinnias from flats do not stand shipping 
well, so this year we are offering these in pot grown plants only. 
See other pages for descriptions. 
