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345 So. Main Street, Los Angeles, California 23 FLOWER SEEDS GENERAL LIST READ CAREFULLY In sowing flower seeds in California it must be remembered that the conditions are entirely different from those existing in the Eastern States. There the time for sowing all hardy and half hardy annuals is In the Spring, while In California the majority of them do best when sown in the Fall and early part of the Winter; this being the season when most of our native annual wild flowers commence to grow. It naturally follows that it is the best time to plant most annuals In our gardens. There are, however, some exceptions to this rule, such as Asters, Zinnia, Portulaca, etc., which are distinctly Summer flowering plants. In the following pages I have endeavoredjTto give special instructions where needed as far as space will permit. Where no special time for sowing annuals Is mentioned, It Is understood that the Fall; and Winter months are the best time. Note.—All 6c packets at 50c per doz.; 10c pkts., $1.00 per doz.; 15c pkts., $1.50 per doz.; 25c pkts., $2.50 per doz. ACROCLINIUM. "Everlasting Flower." Annual 1 to 1% feet high. Pretty daisy-like flowers, very effec- m tiye for bouquets either fresh or as a dried flower. For drying, cut with long stems, just as the flower commences to. open, tie in bunches and hang up, with the flower downwards, for 4 or 5 weeks until thoroughly dry.jlt succeeds best in California when grown in the winter season. Sow in the open ground in fall or early winter. roseum. Bright rose. Pkt., 5c. album. White. Pkt., 5c. mixed. Pkt., 5c. AGERATUM MEXICANUM. Annual, 9 to 12 Inches high. A favorite bedding plant; flowers in clusters, of brush-like appearance; very free flowering and in bloom nearly all through the season. Seed should be sown in pots or seed boxes and afterwards transplanted. Imperial Dwarf Blue. Light blue. Pkt., 5c. AliYSSTJM. Free flowering annual, useful for beds, edgings, etc. maritimum. "Sweet Alyssum." White; height G to 9 Inches. Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c. maritimum compactum. (Little Gem.) Dwarf, white; height 4 to 6 inches. Pkt., 5c; oz., 40c. Lilac Queen. See Flower Seed Novelties, 'page 17. AMARANTHUS. Annual, ornamental foliaged plants succeeding well in California, especially in the summer season. Sow the seed in spring in a seed box and transplant to a sunny situation. tricolor. "Joseph's Coat." Leaves red, yellow and green; height 3 ft. Pkt., 5c. ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS. "Rosa de Montana." A beautiful perennial climber, producing Immense clusters of rose-colored flower-bracts. Sow in pots as early as possible and afterwards transplant. Pkt. 15c. ANTIRRHINUM. "Snapdragon." A perennial blooming the first season from seed and generally treated in California as an annual. Showy plants for borders or large beds. Large flowered, tall mixed. Height 2 to 2% ft. Pkt. 5 c. Intermediate, mixed. Height XVi to 2 ft. Pkt. 5c. Separate colors. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 17. Tom Thumb mixed; height 9 to 12 inches. Pkt., 5c. AQUILEGIA. "Columbine." Magnificent perennial plants growing from 2 to 3 ft. high and flowering in spring and early summer. The seed should be sown In spring in seed pans or boxes and afterwards transplanted to the open ground. They succeed best in a moist shady situation. callfornica hybrida. Very large yellow flowers with long orange-colored spurs, extra fine. Pkt. 10c. chrysantha. Rich canary yellow. Pkt. 10c. coerulea. (Rocky Mountain Columbine), pale blue and white. Pkt. 10c. Skinncri. Scarlet and yellow. Pkt. 10c. Single and double mixed. Pkt. 10c. Long Spurred Hybrids. See Flower Seed Novelties, page 17. ARCTOTIS GRANDIS. Annual forming large, bushy, much branched plants, 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers large, white on the upper surface, the reverse of petals pale lilac-blue. Of easy culture and remarkably free flowering. Pkt. 10c. ASTER. A popular annual, largely grown for cut flowers; also for bgds, etc. Sow the seed from March to May in seed pans or boxes, and when large enough transplant to rich, well worked soil. VIck's Branching. A large, late flowering variety in great demand for cutting. The plants form strong branching bushes 2 to 2% feet high, producing large Chrysanthemum-like flowers on long, stout stems. White, Daybreak pink, rose, crimson, lavender, purple or mixed. Each, per pkt., 10c. Giant Branching Comet. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 18. Victoria. Fine mixed; height lYi feet. Pkt. 10c. Truffaut's Paeony Flowered Perfection. Fine mixed; height 1% feet. Pkt. 10c. AURICULA. Perennial, 6 inches. Sow In seed pans and keep in house or frame; can be grown as a pot plant or planted out in sheltered border. Seed saved from splendid collection of finest mixed sorts. Pkt. 25c. AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE. (Dolichos lignosus.) A very rapid growing vine, with pretty foliage and rose and purple pea-shaped flowers. Valuable for covering up fences quickly; stands the heat well. The seed should be'soaked in hot water about 12 hours before sowing. Pkt. 5c. White Flowered. A pure white flowered variety of this valuable climbing plant. Pkt. 10c. BALSAM. "Touch-me-not." Annual 1 to \Yz feet high. Valuable for summer flowering. Sow the seed In boxes In early spring and afterwards transplant to beds of rich, well prepared soil. Camellia-flowered. Double mixed. Pkt. 10c. Rose-flowered. Double mixed. Pkt. 10c. BARTONIA AUREA. Annual 1 to 1% feet high. Large golden yellow flowers opening during the sunshine. Pkt. 5c. BEGONIA TUBEROUS-ROOTED. Beautiful perennial plants blooming the first season if sown early. Much used as pot plants; also for planting out In sheltered places. The seed should be sown In well drained seed pans, using a mixture of loam, leaf-mould and sand; press down firmly, sow the seed on the surface and do not cover, but press firmly with the hand; water with a fine spray. When the plants are large enough, pot off into small pots. Single varieties. Splendid mixed. Pkt. 50c. BEGONIA EVER-BLOOMING BEDDING VARIETIES. Perennials flowering the first season from seed. Very popular bedding plants doing well in the full sunlight, also in shady and partially shady situations, flowering for a long period. The plants grow about 1 foot high, forming dense, compact bushes, almost completely hidden by the bright colored flowers. They are also admirable for pot culture or window boxes. Sow the seed the same as the tuberous rooted begonias. gracilis. Delicate rose-color. Pkt. 15c. luminosa. Deep fiery scarlet, very fine. Pkt 25c. Vernon. Rich orange-scarlet flowers, dark red foliage. Pkt. 15c. BELLIS PERENNIS. "Double Daisy." Perennial, but flowering the first season from seed. Favorite plants for edgings, low beds, etc. Height 6 inches. Longfellow. Pink and white. Pkt., 10c. Snowball. Pure white. Pkt., 10c. Fine mixed. Pkt, 10c. Monstrosa. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 18. BRACHYCOME D3ERIDIFOLIA. "Swan River Daisy." Annual 1 to 1% feet, forming'a close, compact plant, with immense numbers of large single blue or white flowers. In bloom nearly all the year. Pkt, 5c.
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Transcript | 345 So. Main Street, Los Angeles, California 23 FLOWER SEEDS GENERAL LIST READ CAREFULLY In sowing flower seeds in California it must be remembered that the conditions are entirely different from those existing in the Eastern States. There the time for sowing all hardy and half hardy annuals is In the Spring, while In California the majority of them do best when sown in the Fall and early part of the Winter; this being the season when most of our native annual wild flowers commence to grow. It naturally follows that it is the best time to plant most annuals In our gardens. There are, however, some exceptions to this rule, such as Asters, Zinnia, Portulaca, etc., which are distinctly Summer flowering plants. In the following pages I have endeavoredjTto give special instructions where needed as far as space will permit. Where no special time for sowing annuals Is mentioned, It Is understood that the Fall; and Winter months are the best time. Note.—All 6c packets at 50c per doz.; 10c pkts., $1.00 per doz.; 15c pkts., $1.50 per doz.; 25c pkts., $2.50 per doz. ACROCLINIUM. "Everlasting Flower." Annual 1 to 1% feet high. Pretty daisy-like flowers, very effec- m tiye for bouquets either fresh or as a dried flower. For drying, cut with long stems, just as the flower commences to. open, tie in bunches and hang up, with the flower downwards, for 4 or 5 weeks until thoroughly dry.jlt succeeds best in California when grown in the winter season. Sow in the open ground in fall or early winter. roseum. Bright rose. Pkt., 5c. album. White. Pkt., 5c. mixed. Pkt., 5c. AGERATUM MEXICANUM. Annual, 9 to 12 Inches high. A favorite bedding plant; flowers in clusters, of brush-like appearance; very free flowering and in bloom nearly all through the season. Seed should be sown in pots or seed boxes and afterwards transplanted. Imperial Dwarf Blue. Light blue. Pkt., 5c. AliYSSTJM. Free flowering annual, useful for beds, edgings, etc. maritimum. "Sweet Alyssum." White; height G to 9 Inches. Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c. maritimum compactum. (Little Gem.) Dwarf, white; height 4 to 6 inches. Pkt., 5c; oz., 40c. Lilac Queen. See Flower Seed Novelties, 'page 17. AMARANTHUS. Annual, ornamental foliaged plants succeeding well in California, especially in the summer season. Sow the seed in spring in a seed box and transplant to a sunny situation. tricolor. "Joseph's Coat." Leaves red, yellow and green; height 3 ft. Pkt., 5c. ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS. "Rosa de Montana." A beautiful perennial climber, producing Immense clusters of rose-colored flower-bracts. Sow in pots as early as possible and afterwards transplant. Pkt. 15c. ANTIRRHINUM. "Snapdragon." A perennial blooming the first season from seed and generally treated in California as an annual. Showy plants for borders or large beds. Large flowered, tall mixed. Height 2 to 2% ft. Pkt. 5 c. Intermediate, mixed. Height XVi to 2 ft. Pkt. 5c. Separate colors. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 17. Tom Thumb mixed; height 9 to 12 inches. Pkt., 5c. AQUILEGIA. "Columbine." Magnificent perennial plants growing from 2 to 3 ft. high and flowering in spring and early summer. The seed should be sown In spring in seed pans or boxes and afterwards transplanted to the open ground. They succeed best in a moist shady situation. callfornica hybrida. Very large yellow flowers with long orange-colored spurs, extra fine. Pkt. 10c. chrysantha. Rich canary yellow. Pkt. 10c. coerulea. (Rocky Mountain Columbine), pale blue and white. Pkt. 10c. Skinncri. Scarlet and yellow. Pkt. 10c. Single and double mixed. Pkt. 10c. Long Spurred Hybrids. See Flower Seed Novelties, page 17. ARCTOTIS GRANDIS. Annual forming large, bushy, much branched plants, 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers large, white on the upper surface, the reverse of petals pale lilac-blue. Of easy culture and remarkably free flowering. Pkt. 10c. ASTER. A popular annual, largely grown for cut flowers; also for bgds, etc. Sow the seed from March to May in seed pans or boxes, and when large enough transplant to rich, well worked soil. VIck's Branching. A large, late flowering variety in great demand for cutting. The plants form strong branching bushes 2 to 2% feet high, producing large Chrysanthemum-like flowers on long, stout stems. White, Daybreak pink, rose, crimson, lavender, purple or mixed. Each, per pkt., 10c. Giant Branching Comet. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 18. Victoria. Fine mixed; height lYi feet. Pkt. 10c. Truffaut's Paeony Flowered Perfection. Fine mixed; height 1% feet. Pkt. 10c. AURICULA. Perennial, 6 inches. Sow In seed pans and keep in house or frame; can be grown as a pot plant or planted out in sheltered border. Seed saved from splendid collection of finest mixed sorts. Pkt. 25c. AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE. (Dolichos lignosus.) A very rapid growing vine, with pretty foliage and rose and purple pea-shaped flowers. Valuable for covering up fences quickly; stands the heat well. The seed should be'soaked in hot water about 12 hours before sowing. Pkt. 5c. White Flowered. A pure white flowered variety of this valuable climbing plant. Pkt. 10c. BALSAM. "Touch-me-not." Annual 1 to \Yz feet high. Valuable for summer flowering. Sow the seed In boxes In early spring and afterwards transplant to beds of rich, well prepared soil. Camellia-flowered. Double mixed. Pkt. 10c. Rose-flowered. Double mixed. Pkt. 10c. BARTONIA AUREA. Annual 1 to 1% feet high. Large golden yellow flowers opening during the sunshine. Pkt. 5c. BEGONIA TUBEROUS-ROOTED. Beautiful perennial plants blooming the first season if sown early. Much used as pot plants; also for planting out In sheltered places. The seed should be sown In well drained seed pans, using a mixture of loam, leaf-mould and sand; press down firmly, sow the seed on the surface and do not cover, but press firmly with the hand; water with a fine spray. When the plants are large enough, pot off into small pots. Single varieties. Splendid mixed. Pkt. 50c. BEGONIA EVER-BLOOMING BEDDING VARIETIES. Perennials flowering the first season from seed. Very popular bedding plants doing well in the full sunlight, also in shady and partially shady situations, flowering for a long period. The plants grow about 1 foot high, forming dense, compact bushes, almost completely hidden by the bright colored flowers. They are also admirable for pot culture or window boxes. Sow the seed the same as the tuberous rooted begonias. gracilis. Delicate rose-color. Pkt. 15c. luminosa. Deep fiery scarlet, very fine. Pkt 25c. Vernon. Rich orange-scarlet flowers, dark red foliage. Pkt. 15c. BELLIS PERENNIS. "Double Daisy." Perennial, but flowering the first season from seed. Favorite plants for edgings, low beds, etc. Height 6 inches. Longfellow. Pink and white. Pkt., 10c. Snowball. Pure white. Pkt., 10c. Fine mixed. Pkt, 10c. Monstrosa. See Flower Seed Specialties, page 18. BRACHYCOME D3ERIDIFOLIA. "Swan River Daisy." Annual 1 to 1% feet, forming'a close, compact plant, with immense numbers of large single blue or white flowers. In bloom nearly all the year. Pkt, 5c. |