Verbena seed may be started early indoors or sown 
outside for later bloom. They thrive in window boxes, 
give color to bare spots in a perennial border, make 
showy borders, spreading over quite a wide area. 
If long stemmed branches are cut for arrangements, 
Colorful 
VERBENAS 
THE FINEST GIANT VERBENAS 
The following varieties are the best and most 
satisfactory colors available in the Giant Flowered 
Verbenas. 10 in. 
8003—Salmon Pink. A brilliant salmon pink. 
8005—Royale. Deep velvety violet blue with 
white center. 
8006—Royal Blue (Sutton’s). 
combining well with all verbena colors. 
8007 —Vivid. Intense bright scarlet. 
8008—Snowstorm. Best pure white. 
Any one of above 5 colors: Pkt. 20c; 
Lg. Pkt. 40c; 44 Oz. 70c; 14 Oz. $1.25. 
A new mid-blue 
the plants send out many new shoots. 
A NEW COMPACT VERBENA 
8000 — GRANDIFLORA HYBRIDA 
purple. 10 in. 
Pkt. 25c; Lg. Pkt. 50c; % Oz. $1.25; 
Ye Oz. $2.25. 
Illustrated in color on page 44. 
C801—COLLECTION of one packet each of the five 
Giant Flowered Verbenas listed above for 90c. 
8015—GIANT FLOWERED MIXTURE. 
equal parts of the five varieties listed above. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 1 Oz. 65c; 14 Oz. $1.10. 
Sungold Sunflower 
THUNBERGIA 
7940—Black-Eyed Clockvine. A small, easily 
grown vine having yellow and creamy white 
flowers with black centers or ‘“‘eyes.’’ Grows 
very rapidly from seed. Used in window 
boxes or as a ground cover. 11% ft. 
Pkt. 20c; 14 Oz. $1.00. 
Thunbergia is an attractive vine for window 
boxes. 
Made from 
NO-DAMP-OFF SPHAGNUM 
Start seeds indoors in this sterile material 
and you'll have no trouble with damping-off 
disease which often attacks seedlings planted 
in soil. See page 81. 
SUNFLOWER 
6195—Sungold. If you haven’t planted these 
you are missing a flower which will be a joy 
all summer. Brilliant double flowers on 5 ft. 
plants. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. $1.25. 
TITHONIA : 
7920—Torch. The brilliant orange-scarlet 
daisy-like blooms, often 4 inches across, are 
produced in abundance on tall plants and are 
in striking contrast to the large velvety gray- 
green leaves. Since its introduction several 
years ago, Torch has brightened many gardens 
in August and September. Useful as an in- 
expensive temporary hedge and for cut flow- 
ers. 34% ft. 
Pkt. 25c; Lg. Pkt. 50c; 44 Oz. $1.50. 
VIOLA See page 57 
VINCA ROSEA (Periwinkle) 
8050—Mixed Colors. If you have ever seen 
the bushy little shiny leaved plants of Vinca 
spotted throughout a foundation planting of 
evergreen and flowering shrubs you will agree 
that no other annual can compare with it for 
this purpose. Grows 18 inches high and pro- 
duces flowers 11% inches in diameter. Thrives 
in hot dry weather and is not troubled by in- 
sects or disease. Our mixture includes white, 
white with rosy center, bright rose and soft 
pink with a deeper center. Plant them after 
the weather has warmed up. 18 in. 
Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 30c; 44 Oz. $1.00. 
ANNUAL FLOWER SEED 
MIXTURES 
8385—Cut Flower 
Mixture. A_ well 
balanced mixture of many kinds of 
flowers that provide good cut flower 
material. Sow the seed in fairly good 
soil in a sunny place. 2 to 4 ft. 
Pkt. 10c; % Oz. 30c; Oz. 50c; 
1% Lb. $1.50. 
8387—Dwarf Growing Mixture. Made 
up of different flowers that grow 6 to 
15 inches high and are most effective 
when planted in masses. 
Pkt. 10c; % Oz. 30c; Oz. 50c; 
4 Lb. $1.50. 
COMPACTA, 
MIXED COLORS. Here is a new verbena which 
blooms two weeks earlier than other varieties 
and makes more compact growth so that there 
is the effect of more bloom. Ideal for narrow 
borders in sunny areas. Our mixture contains 
the best colors available in verbenas from white 
through shades of pinks, rose and salmon to 
scarlet and deep red as well as lavender and 
The new Compact Verbenas bloom 
two weeks earlier than the Giants. 
Torch Tithonia has brilliant orange-scarlet 
blooms and woolly grey-green foliage. 
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Vinca rosea has shiny foliage and flowers like 
old-fashioned Myrtle. 
