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AQUILEGIA Columbine 
A very graceful plant with spurred blossoms in 
great variety of colors; ranks among the finest 
early flowering. Hardy perennials. 
Blue Shades. Long Spurred. New, fine strain, 
huge flowers on plants 3 feet. Fer pkt., 20c.; %- 
Oz. vOICe 
Snow Queen. Long Spurred. Pure white flowers. 
Per pkt., 20c.; ¢-0z., 65c. 
Pink Shades. Long Spurred. Per pkt., 20c.; %- 
oz.200c 
Long Spurred Hybrids. A superb strain possess- 
ing a wide range of beautiful, rich, new colorings. 
Per pkt., 20c.; -0z., 65c. 
McKana’s Giant Columbine. New 1955 All Ameri- 
ca Bronze Medal Winner. The finest, longest 
spurred columbine ever introduced. Excellent color 
range. : Pere pkt... 00ci a5 47-07-9175: 
ARCTOTIS 
Grandis. 3 ft. African Blue-Eyed Daisy. Pale 
lilac-blue, flowers freely from July until frost. 
Good cut flower. Per pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 50c. 
Hybrids. 8-12 inches. Lovely daisy-like flowers of 
orange, bronzy-red, rose, cream, yellow and salmon 
shades; useful for cut flowers. Easily grown from 
seed, blooming from July until frost and suitable 
for hot sunny places. Per pkt., 25c.; %-oz., $1.25. 
ASTERS 
American Branching (wilt resistant). 2 ft. long 
stems. Large flowers. Excellent keeping qualities. 
Per pkt. %-oz. %-oz. 
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Powderpuffs (new) (wilt resistant). 2 ft. heavy 
blooming strain strong upright type with 3 inch 
double crested blooms. Every plant a bouquet. 
Mixed colors. Per pkt., 25c.; '/j4-0z., 85c. 
Queen of the Market. Dependable, wilt resist- 
ant; medium sized flower, perfectly double, of 
branching habit, good form and stem, about two 
weeks earlier than late branching. Mixed colors. 
Per pkt., 15c.; ™%-oz., 70c.; ™%-oz., $1.35. 
Improved Crego. Also known as Ostrich Feather 
because of loose shaggy arrangement of the petals. 
(wilt-resistant). Plants robust, branching, about 
2 feet. 
Azure Blue Shell Pink 
Deep Rose White 
Purple, Dark Violet Mixed Colors 
Price of any above: Per pkt., 15c.; %%-o0z., 70c.$ 
14-oz., $1.35. 
Princess Finest Mixed. New type with full quilled 
centers, excellent cut flower. Plants branching, 
wilt-resistant. Per pkt., 25c.; %%-oz., 70c.; ™%-oz., 
$1.35. 
BACHELOR'S BUTTON see Cornflower 
Platt’s Seeds and 
BALLOON VINE 
Cardiospernum—Love in a Puff 
Rapid-growing climber, remarkable for its inflated 
seed pods, from which it derives its name. Annual. 
Halicacabum. White Per pkt., 20c.; %%4-0z., 60c. 
BALSAM 
Balsams are among the showiest of our old favorite 
garden annuals, easy to grow blooming continu- 
ously with double flowers of brilliant colors. 
Bush Flowered Finest Mixed. Improved bushy 
habit, this new type bears flowers in full view in- 
stead of being hidden on side of stems. Per pkt., 
15Co 4-0Z., 0c: 
BELLIS PERENNIS English Daisy 
Prefers a cool, sheltered situation, and needs some 
protection in winter. Flowers are quilled or flat 
petaled, white, red or variegated. Half-hardy peren- 
nial. 
Montrosa Double Mixed. Per pkt., 20c.; %-oz., 
woce 
BELLS OF IRELAND Molucella laevis 
Annual. Sometimes called Irish Chimes. 2 ft. 
branching plants with spikes of translucent green 
bells. Excellent for cutting, also good dried for 
winter. Per pkt., 25c. 
CALCEOLARIA 
Splendid plants for greenhouse decorations, form- 
ing in spring dense masses of beautiful pocketlike 
fiowers. The seeds germinate best without heat. 
Hybrida Grandiflora Mixture. Giant strain, large 
flowers, very choice. Mottled and spotted. Per 
pkt., 50c. 
CALLIOPSIS Black-Eyed Susan 
(For perennial varieties, see Coreopsis.) 
One of the brightest annuals in the garden; easily 
grown; useful for massing and cutting. The colors 
are rich and striking; flowers numerous and beauti- 
ful on slender stems. 
Dwarf Mixed. 12 inches. Per pkt., 15c.; ™%4-oz., 
$1.00. 
Tall Semi-Double Mixed. 2% to 3 feet. Per pkt., 
15c.; %-oz., $1.00. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY Eschscholtzia 
An annual of easy culture. Seeds sown early will 
come into bloom in June and continue until frost. 
Aurantiaca. Spreading type. Rich orange. True 
California Poppy. Per pkt. 15c.; %-oz., 75c. 
Ramona Hybrids. New dwarf. Flower frilled and 
incurved. Erect type. Per pkt., 15c.; %4-0z., 65c. 
Hunnemannia. Sunlite. Bush Eschscholtzia. Two 
feet high, of bushy habit, has large buttercup yel- 
low, poppy-like blossoms. Per pkt., 15c.; ™%-oz., 
65c. 
