HELICHRYSUM 
STRAWFLOWER. This ranks with the most popular of hardy annual ‘‘everlast- 
ings’’ as a fine cutting variety and wonderful for drying. Very attractive when 
growing in the garden. Flowers selected for drying should be gathered when 
partially unfolded and suspended with their heads downwcrd in a cool place. 
Grow 2 to 3 feet. Sow seeds in permanent bed and thin to 8 inches apart. 
DOUBLE MIXED. Carefully blended mixture or reds, golds, 
rose, salmon, white and yellow. You'll love these! 
10e Pkt. $1.50 oz. 
HYACINTH BEAN (a) 
JACK BEAN. A half-hardy annual climber growing about 
10 feet high. Bears clusters of pea-shaped blooms on rigid 
stems 6 to 8 inches long. After the flowers have disappeared 
they are followed by ornamental seed pods which are velvety 
and of purple color. The foliage is heartshaped and green. 
10c Pkg. 30c oz. 
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HOLLYHOCKS (hba) 
These are tall and stately plants growing as high as six feet and very 
popular for growing against walls, as borders, as backgrounds cnd for closing out 
unsightly views. The majestic stalks are richly set with large, quite conspicuous 
double blooms against a background of cmple grecn foliage. They have a long 
season of bloom which can be prolonged by picking off faded flowers. A second 
crop will come if the first stalks are cut back. Plant in well-drained location. 
Sow seeds early, 1% inch deep, in hotbeds or boxes indoors and trcnspiant when 
three or four leaves show. 
CHATERS DOUBLE MIXED. Huge, double flowers in every 
possible tint and shade. 10¢ pkt., $2.40 oz. 
HUNNEMANIA (a) 
Mexican Tulip Poppy. Free flowering annual with large, attractive poppy- 
like blossoms. A pleasing border plant reaching a height of 2 feet. Sow from 
February to May, thinning to 1 foot apart. 3 
SUNLITE. Large, semi-double, yellow, poppy-like flowers 
borne on bushy plants with lovely blue-green foliage. 
10c: Pkg. $1.85 oz. 
LANTANA (tp) 
Popular southern variety which is used extensively for pot culture as well as 
for garden use. Heads of verbena-like flowers in shades of yellow, orange, red 
cnd pink from midsummer until frost. Average height: 11/2 feet. 
HYBRIDA MIXED. The best variety tor San Antonio and 
slrrounding areas. 10c Pkt. $1.80 oz. 
LARKSPUR (a) 
Giant Imperial 
This beautiful variety bears loads of blooms clustered on fine spikes which 
are delightfully graceful and attractive. Perfectly hardy, the seedling plants 
surviving coldest winter weather. Sow as early as possible in the spring, thin out 
the seedlings necessary and give cach plant room for good development. 12 
inches is sufficient. Wonderful for massing in beds and borders and furnish a 
charming material for cutting. Grow 3 to 4 feet tall. 
. . . and just look at these Texas-loving varieties we've stocked for your Texas 
gardening pleasure: 
Bushy 3 foot honeys with handsome, bright green, lacy foliage and tall, well- 
budded graceful spikes which open into breathtakingly beautiful blooms. The 
colors are clear and lovely and available in the following hues: 
GIANT IMPERIAL MIXED. Base branching. Lots of blues, 
searlets, whites, pinks, deep violet and pinks shaded salmon. 
Select strains. 10¢ pkt., 75¢ oz. 
SINGLE COLORS: CARMINE KING. BLUE SPIRE. 
WHITE. PINK MISS CALIFORNIA. LAVENDER DAIN- 
TINESS. PURPLE. 90c oz. 10c Pkg. 
LOBELIA (a) 
Dainty, low-growing (4 to 12 inches) bushy plants covered with dainty 
flowers from early summer until fall. May be used for edging. Sow early in 
indoor boxes or pans. Transplant 6 inches apart. 
CRYSTAL PALACE. Rich deep blue flowers with dark fo- 
liage. A favorite with everyone. % oz. $1.50 
MATRICARIA (hp) 
FEVERFEW. An upright grower with finely cut foliage 
and snow-white button-like flowers borne in clusters. Foliage 
is bushy, aromatic and ferny. Sow seeds in indoor boxes and 
transplant 8 inches apart. Fine cutting type. Grows well in 
almost any soil. Blooms resemble miniature chrysanthemums. 
Mixed yellow and white. 10c Pkg. $5.00 oz. 
MIGNONETTE (a) 
Popular because of its fragrance and ease of cultivation. The branches 
bear cone-shaped spikes of closely set blooms and make fine material for cut- 
ting for use in bouquets. Does well in sun or partial shade. Plant in early 
spring where plants are to grow and thin 8 to 10 inches apart. 
MACHET MIXED. A lovely selection of easy-growing, fra- 
grant types in all the popular colors. Pkg. 10c. 90c¢ oz. 
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HERE’S THREE LOVELIES WE UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEE WILL 
BRING LONGER LASTING LOVELINESS TO YOUR SPRING AND SUMMER GAR- 
DEN! BUT ORDER YOUR SEED NOW . . . AND PLANT IT EARLY .. . FOR 
BEST RESULTS. YOU’LL FIND THEM EASY TO GROW AND A JOY THROUGH 
WEEKS OF HEARTY BLOOMING. 
NASTURTIUMS 
VERBENIAS The ever popular 
Splotched creund sunshine and gold 
the rockery or flowers! Our finest 
banked against a Nasturtium — strains 
sloping border, Ver- will fleck your gar- 
benas make a dazz- den with gleaming 
ling show of color gold colors not eas- 
over a long bloom- ily surpassed by 
Ing season. other colors! 
MARIGOLDS! ror cou 
DIANTHUS 
BEAUTY IN YOUR GARDEN.... 
MATCHED ONLY BY A SUNSET! 
Well-known free flowering annuals. Can’t be beat for beds and borders. 
Sow in open ground and thin out 6 to 12 inches apart, depending on variety. 
Plant safely March through late spring. 
Blooming from early summer until long after the first cold snaps Marigolds are 
among those annuals which can be considered delightfully Dependable! The 
dwarf varieties are ideal for sowing in front of foundation plantings of shrubs, 
along driveways, in clumps in perennial borders or any other place where there 
is full sunlight. Hard to beat for cut flowers! 
TALL DOUBLE AFRICAN MIX. One of the tallest (3%4- 
4 feet) longest stemmed marigolds. Blooms are immense, 
round, tight petaled balls. Earlier bloom is obtained if the 
seed is started indoors in February. OGRE tame 0nOzs 
AFRICAN TYPE GIGANTEA SUNSET GIAN'IS. The 
largest of the new marigolds. Blooms have broad, fringed 
petals and quite varied and interesting sizes and forms. Colors 
range from creamy yellow through deeper yellows to shades 
or orange; 3 to 4 teet tall; delightfully fragrant. Oz. $1.50 
AFRICAN LEMON. Oz. $1.50. 10c Pkg. 
AFRICAN ORANGE. Oz. $1.50. 10c Pkg. 
GUINEA GOLD. Oz. 90c. 10c¢ Pkt. 
CROWN OF GOLD. Orange, odorless. Short center petals 
curled and quilled with flat, drooping outer petals. 
90c oz. 10¢ Pkt. 
CARNATION FLOWERED—TREASURE CHEST. 2% to 
3 teet tall. Colors run from deepest orange through golden 
orange, golden yellow, lemon yellow, buff-yellod to lightest 
primrose. $1.60 oz. 10c Pkt. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERED—GLI1TTERS. All-Amer- 
ican Bronze Medal Winner for 1951. Fluffy, chrysanthemum- 
like, sharp yellow flowers 3 inches and more across. Grow 
8 foot tall. O7a 2-2 eek Grist 
FRENCH DWARF TYPE HARMONY. A charming variety 
bearing unusual Scabiosa-type flowers with a central crest of 
deep orange surrounded by a collar of broad, brownish maroon 
petals. Oz. 90c. 10c Pkt. 
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