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INCORPORATED
1919 CATALOG
What to Plant
When to Plant
How to Plant
Wholesale Wnd Retail
Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists
FRESH CUT FLOWERS BY MAIL
OUR STORE IS AS CLOSE TO YOU AS YOUR POSTMAN OR YOUR TELEPHONE
Free Delivery By Parcels Post or Express Within 100 Miles
View Showing a Corner of Our Flower Store.
No matter where you live, you can buy fresh cut flowers and floral designs from us as easily and satisfactorily as if you lived next
door to our big beautiful flower store. When you want a boiuiuet for your home, for the church, for the club room; floral decora-
tions for a wedding; a box of flowers for a birthday or at Christmas; or a floral piece for a funeral; write, phone, or telegraph the
Chas. C. Navlet Co., Floral Artists.
Beautiful Floral Pieces
We Make No Charge for Packing and We Guarantee All Orders to Arrive in Good Condition
In ordering floral pieces, bouquets, and decorations we suggest that you leave the selection of flowers to^ us, as every season of the
year has its best varieties and we are always desirous of sendi ng the best and most for the money. NO EXTRA CHAR(iE FOR LETTER-
INC. In ordering funeral pieces please state whether for young person or adult. All orders sent by express, purchaser to pay delivery,
except as indicated at top of page.
Floral Pillow
28 inches by IS inches $5.00
Floral Scroll of Honor
On easel, 46 inches high $7.00
Sickle and Sheaf of Wheat
Floral Sickle and Sheaf of Wheat, IS in. $3.00
Sickle and Sheaf of Wheat
Small size
Floral Anchor
. . $1.00
Floral Standing Cross
36 inches high..
$5.00
16 inches
Floral Anchor
. $3.00
Floral Gates Ajar
40 inches high
$7.00
On stand.
Floral Anchor
36 inches high
. . . $7.00
Floral Harp
44 inches high
$7.00
Floral Vacant Chair
Floral Heart
44 inches high $7.00 16 inches high.
Floral Broken Column
46 inches high $7.00
Floral Crescent and Star
36 inches high $5.00
Floral Flat Cross i
20 inches Iiigh $3.00 ’
Floral Heart
On stand. 36 inches high
Floral Lyre
36 inches high
Floral Pall
Covering of Flowers for Casket, nicely
boxed $25.00 to $75.00
$3.00
$5.00
$7.00
you want to pay, and we will regulate the size accordingly.
Wheat,
40 inches
liigli
. . $7.00
Small Size
Floral
Star
...$1.00
16 inches .
Floral
Star
. . $3.00
different size is wanted, tell us how
much
an ordinary bouquet,
: each — $2.50 pe** dozen.
20c each— $2.00
doz.
OTHERWISE WE WILL SHIP C. O. D.
SEND CASH WITH YOUR ORDER
SAN JOSB* PAUP.
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FLORAL DESIGNS (Continued)
REMEMBER WE PAY DELIVERY
TO ALL POINTS WITHIN 100 MILES
FLORAL STAR
®n sta>d 36 in high $5.00
FLORAL EASTERN STAR
Floral Eastern Star, for Eastern Star
Lodges, 18 in $5.00
FLORAL BROKEN WHEEL
Floral Broken Wheel, on Easel, 40 in.
high $7.00
FLORAL WREATH
18 in. diameter $3.00
FLORAL WREATH
9n Easel, 36 in. high $5.00
CASKET BOUQUETS
Casket Bouquets of choice flowers $1.00 up
For Weddings
We make a specialty of bouquets,
showers, sprays, and floral decora-
tions for weddings. In even a sim-
ple bouquet you will notice the ar-
tistic touch that only true floral art-
ists can impart.
WEDDING BELL, 16 by 18 inches,
$7.00.
BRIDAL BOUQUETS at $2.50 up.
Bridesmaids Bouquet $2.00 up
SHOWERS to rest on the arm; al-
so round shower bouquets with rib-
bon, $5.00 up.
SHEAF OF WHEAT
With flowers and bow of illusion $1.25 to $7.00
WICKER BASKET
Of Choice Flowers, tastefully arranged
$2.50 up
WREATH OF AUTUMN LEAVES
Wreath of Autumn Leaves, with or
without flowers on side; will last two
months $4.00
WREATH OF MAGNOLIA LEAVES
Wreath of Magnolia Leaves, autuma
color, with or without flowers oa
side; will last six months $5.00 up
CUTilFLOWERS
We deliver free within a radius of 100 miles. Phene or telegraph your order,
la ordering bouquets, baskets, etc, we advise that you leave the variety of
Mowers to us wherever possible. We will always send those varieties that are
best at the time you order. However, whenever particular varieties are want-
ed, we will endeavor to fill the order according to instructions. We pack all
flowers carefully and guarantee them to arrive in good condition.
CARNATIONS
White, Red or Pink — Very Choice
Per doz. 75c
(Xosas price $1.50 per doz.)
VIOLETS
From October 1st to March 1st....
25c per bunch, 3 for 50c
f-Xmas price 35c per bunch)
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY
(Net made up) $1.00 per doz.
(In beaquets) per doz. $1.50
ROSES
White, Pink or Red — Choice Flow-
ers Per doz. $1.00, $1.50
(Xmas price $1.50, $2.50 per doz.)
EASTER LILIES
For Easter, selected flowers, long
stems, per doz. $1.50, $3.00, $4.00, $6.00
CALLA LILIES
Choice Per doz. 7Sc
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
White or yellow, long stems — Pink,
Red — Choice Per doz. $2.00
SMILAX STRINGS
4 to 6 feet per doz. $2.00
HUCKLEBERRY
Long sprays for decoration pur-
poses Per doz. sprays 25c
BOUQUETS
Of assorted flowers in season
$1.00 and up
Flowers for Decoration Day
Flewers will stand shipping a long distance.
Gathered the day of shipment and guaranteed to reach destination in perfect condition
Carnations — Extra choice. White, Red or
Pink Per doz. 75c
Roses — Extra choice. White, Red or
Pink Per dozen 75c, $1.00
Sweet Peas — Selected colors, or White,
Pink, Lavender or Red Per bunch 25c
Calla Lilies Per dozen 75c
Easter Lilies Per doz. $1.50 to $3.00
Marguerites — White or Yellow Per bunch 25c
Gladiolus — White Per doz. 75c
Huckleberry green 12 sprays for 25c
Growing Roses in Cans SrJ”
Blooming Roses in Cans — Including 75c Varieties — Our Selection
By Express or Freight — Purchaser to Pay Transportation — Labeled
Rose lovers living in Nevada and other sections where the cold winters have heretofore made it almost impossible to grow
Rose Bushes, can now grow them with complete success. The chief difficulty has been to start the plants early enough to en-
able them to become well established before the succeeding winter But with these canned Roses, it is not difficult at all. The
Roses are set out early in the spring. Can and all goes into the ground. The can soon rusts away and the Rose gets strongly
started before another season of cold can freeze it down. In California and other coast sections, Roses in cans may be set out
i> the fall «r any time of year. See Rose pages for full description of varieties. NO CHARGE FOR CAREFUL PACKING.
Purchaser to pay transportation.
We offer many other varieties in addition to those listed below. Ask us about your favorites.
Aarnn Ward, coppery orange 50c
Caroline Testout, shimmery rose 50c
Cecile Brunner, rose pink 50c
Dorothy Perkins, shell pink 50c
Edward Mawley, brilliant crimson 50c
Harry Kirk, canary yellow 50c
Killarney Brilliant, cerise 75c
Lady Hillingdon, saffron yellow 75c
Lady Battersea, cherry crimson 50c
La France, silvery rose 50c
Madame Herriott or Daily Mail, coral red 75c
Perle de Jardines, golden yellow 50c
Pink American Beauty (Geo Ahrends). . .75c
Rainbow, coral pink 50c
Reine Marie Henriette, cherry red 50c
Single Pink Cherokee, shell pink SOc
The Lyon 75c
W. R. Smith, ivory white 50c
White American Beauty, matchless
white 50c
White Killarney, waxy white SOc
One-half dozen— our selection — for $2.75 — By Express or Freight
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ESTABLISHED
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ClIAS. C. NAVL/BT CO. >nc.
America This Year Must Feed the World
As our catalog is being prepared this season, comes the glad news that the great war, which has kept the world in turmoil for
four years, has come to an end. With a new delight we all turn our thoughts back into the old peace-time channels, and with a new en-
thusiasm take up our pleasant task of home and garden beautification. Many of our customers who have given little thought to
plants and planting during the past year or two will want to make up for lost time, and they will find in our catalog for 1919 a com-
plete list of all best varieties of flowering and ornamental plants, flower seeds, etc. Nor must we forget the importance of our kitchen
gardens. The coming of peace has made the necessity for food production not less acute, but more.
There must be no slacker gardens this year, for America has more mouths to feed now than ever before. Every kitchen garden
should be made to do its bit. Every onion, every carrot, every potato you grow helps just that much to solve the food problem of the
world.
In our department of Vegetable Seeds and Plants we have cataloged only the finest varieties — those vegetables that have proven
to be best by actual experience and careful study. Our Planters Guide Section will be found extremely valuable to home gardeners,
and if you do not find in its pages the answer to every garden problem that arises, we invite you to write to us for a special letter of
assistance. And now we thank you for your orders sent during past seasons and we ask their continuance in the future. We will en-
deavor to merit them, and if at any time you are dissatisfied with any purchase made from us TELL US. We are as anxious to have
you pleased as you are to be pleased.
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Upper Left — One of Our Rose Fields. Upper Right — A section of one of our propagation houses, showing 50,000 Carnation cuttings, be-
ing rooted for the first plantings. Lower left — This shows how we grow Carnation Plants in immense quantities for cuttings. Lower
right — A field of Dahlias at one of our nurseries.
INFORMATION TO READ BEFORE YOU ORDER
p’ai-lv We strive to fill all orders within a day or
t\vo after they reach us, but this is frequently
made impossible by a great rush of business about planting time.
Do not wait until you need your seeds, plants, bulbs, etc., before
ordering, but anticipate planting time and place your order as
early as possible.
a— Please use our Order Blanks, whenever
Wrucr available, carefully filling in blank spaces
and enclosing payment for full amount of order. Be sure to write
plainly your Name, Postoffice, County, State, Street and house
number, or R. F. D., where you get your mail, with directions if
stock is to be shipped to some other town. Do not write letters
on the same sheets with orders.
D [n making remittances you may send small
^*'***^‘’*’***^*^''* amounts in one- or two-cent stamps (Ic pre-
ferred), Postoffice or Express Money Orders, or Bank drafts (thejt
. ■ aid
need not be registered). Cash should always be sent by registered
mail.
postage on seeds up to and
* including one pound; and on plants and
other stock where so indicated in the catalog. In ordering stock
sent by mail, please remember that parcels post shipments are
limited to SO pounds in weight and a volume measuring only 72
inches combined in length and girth. This applies to 150 miles or
less. The weight is limited to 20 pounds at greater distances.
order plants and all
* »C1CI1CU nursery stock by express as stock
if goods are miscarried or damaged, they can be more easily traced
and the damage made right.
F'llJI ran orders are guaranteed to arrive in
vxuaialllCC good condition. In this way you are
protected against loss. Any error of ours will be cheerfully
rectified and if nursery stock arrives in bad condition the order
will be refilled without charge. Return any such shipment to us
immediately at our expense.
Foreign Correspondence— ?To1.s ^Tn ""pr'ench^^Ter^rn;
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. These languages may be used in
writing to us, in making out orders, etc.
Premium Notice
No Premium-
Low Prices-
2Sc WORTH EXTRA FOR EACH $1.00
ORDER. Unless otherwise stated, each
dollar you send us for Plants by the single Plant, or Plants by the
dozen, entitles you to 25c worth extra; that is, if you select Plants
amounting to $1.00 you may select 25c worth more, for which we
make no charge.
A $1.00 order of Flower or Vegetable Seed by the Packet entitles
you to 25c worth free, in addition to the dollar’s worth, or $1.25
for $1.00.
Given with Bulbs, Rose Bushes, Fruit
Trees, Ornamental Trees, Berry Plants,
Potatoes, etc., or with any Plants when bought by the hundred.
Most seedsmen, nurserymen and florists do
'not raise the stock and seeds they sell. Some
of them sell seeds and yet never see the plants from which the
seed is taken. Some sell flowers and never see the plants growing.
Others buy at wholesale and sell at retail, and the buyer pays at
least two profits — often three. Not so with us. We are Nursery-
men, Seed Growers and Florists. We raise all our own products,
and we sell direct to the consumer, with just one profit added —
and that a small one. That is why we can sell you everything you
need much less than you would pay others for the same thing.
This is the reason we have built up one of the biggest mail order
plants, seed and bulb business of its kind in the world. The fact
that we sell better goods for less money is known and recognized
everywhere.
A_ When you come to San Jose we would like
JHVllttlHJll tQ have you call on us. Our beautiful new
Flower and Seed Store is located at 20 and 22 East San Fernando
street. Our City Greenhouses are on Prevost street, between San
Salvador and William streets.
The best references we have are the
thousands of people who have bought
from us in the past. If you have bought from us before, you
know we are reliable and do just as we agree. If not, ask your
neighbor, ask any bank or business house in San Jose, and they
will tell you we are an old, established reliable house. Best of
all, send us your order and the goods will satisfy you.
Our References-
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I ESTABLISHED 1889
SAN JOSE, CALIF.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s Novelties and Specialties
Recent Introduction of Distinctive Beauty and Unusual Meritc
Leopard Plant
LEOPARD PLANT (Farfugium Grande)
A wonderful plant on the porch, in the parlor or anywhere al-
most. It is a beautiful plant if planted in the garden in a bed
of plants next to the house or under trees; in fact, if planted out-
side as well as inside, is always beautiful. It has large, circular,
thick, leathery leaves eight to twelve inches in diameter of a deep
glossy green, with large, bright yellow spots, borne on long, wiry
stems. Price of small plants 35c each; $3.00 per dozen, postpaid.
Large plants 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 each.
CORAL HONEYSUCKLE
“Scarlet Trumpet” — A glorious new trumpet-shaped honeysuckle
that is destined to win instant admiration and favor wherever
shown. Blooms continuously throughout the summer and autumn.
Outside of petals are a bright scarlet; inside a rich yellow. One
of the very showiest of climbers. Strong plants 35c each, post-
paid; 12 for $2.50.
MRS. A. F. CONARD CANNA
One of the most glorious of all recent introductions. Its salmon-
pink flowers are of massive size, matchless form, and wonderous
beauty. The Conard is an exceedingly free bloomer and will
arouse the greatest enthusiasm wherever it is grown. Don’t fail
to include at least one of these grand new Cannas with your first
order. Large roots each, 50c; postpaid; 12 for $5.00.
DOUBLE ROSE-PINK HYDRANGEA
A glorious novelty. The blooms are of a lovely rose pink, shad-
ing to light pink at the edges. Strong plants from inch pots,
$1.00 each, postpaid.
Butterfly Bush
ASPARAGUS ELEGANS
A grand new ornamental for garden
growing — and for tubs and urns. Presents
a wonderful decorative appearance. Grows
to a height of three feet. The dainty
feathery foliage is a bright glossy green,
and the stems are slender but stiff and
wiry. You should have at least one of
these pretty ornamentals. Strong plants,
7Sc each.
BUTTERFLY BUSH
(or Summer Lilac)
“Variabilis Magnificata** — A matchless
show_ plant for the garden. The long
tapering flower-spikes, often a foot and
more in length, are covered densely with
lilac-colored ^ blooms of miniature size —
and possessing a sweet heliotrope fra-
grance. A single plant will perfume the
entire garden all through the season.
The stems are strong and stiff and the
blooms last a week after cutting with-
out losing their freshness and beauty.
Perfectly hardy — and succeeds every-
where. Flowers freely the first season
planted. Strong plants from 4-inch pots,
35c each ; from 5-inch pots, 50c each ;
postpaid. Extra large plants from 6-
inch pots, 75c each.
Rose Pink Baby Rose
ROSE PINK BABY ROSE
The latest novelty in Baby Roses. A little beauty. Strong
Plants from inch pots, 50c each, postpaid.
TRANSVAAL DAISY
^^Gerbera” — The South African Daisy has always been regarded
as one of the choicest of perennial plants. Its brilliant colors and
long stems, its lasting and decorative value as a cut flower, have
placed it in the front rank. We are now offering SUPERB NEW”
HYBRIDS in a splendid series of beautiful colors hitherto unknown
in this class of flowers These new introductions range from the
purest white to the deepest, richest crimson, including orange, scar-
let, yellow, pink and salmon. It is a notable feature of the Trans-
vaal Daisy that the cut flowers last for two weeks. In habits of
growth and in character of flower, the Transvaal resembles the
popular Shasta Daisy, with the exception that the Transvaal petals
are narrower and gorgeously colored. Two-year plants, separate
colors, $1.50 each, postpaid. Two-year plants, our selection, $1.00
each, postpaid. One-year plants assorted colors, blooming size, 35c
each; $3.50 for 12, postpaid.
JAPANESE AIR PLANT
A novelty imported from Japan. Grows without water or soil. It
will not stand the sun, as the sprays are very fine, and the sun
will burn them. The plants absorb the moisture from the air; this
keeps the plants looking beautiful all the time. The plant is of a
beautiful green color, and is a very beautiful ornament for the
parlor, and is inexpensive. The plants are arranged in a pretty,
dark twig basket, and can be suspended from a chandelier or placed
in the center of a table, where the effect is beautiful Plants, 25c
each, postpaid.
Twig Basket made especially for the Air Plants, 30c each, post-
paid, or basket and two Air Plants, enough to fill a basket and
make a pretty effect, 80c each, postpaid.
BRIDAL VEIL
(POLYGONUM
BALDCHUANICUM)
A hardy climber of recent
introduction from the moun-
tains of Turkestan. It is of
rapid growth, frequently at*
taining a height of IS to 20
feet in a season. The stems
are twining and cling for sup-
port to any object within reach.
Every branchlet terminates in
a panicle of snowy white,
foamy flowers, which are pro-
duced during the entire sum-
mer and to early fall. In
the fall it drops its leaves and
in the early spring it is cov-
ered with small, round green
glossy leaves. A beautiful sight
in itself. Strong One-Year-Old
Plants 75c each, postpaid.
Strong Three-Year-Old Plants,
in 5-gal cans, $2.00 each.
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Bridal Veil
ESTABUSHEX)
J CHAS. G. NAVL/EO" GO.
me HOUSE OF quality
1919 Bargain Collections of Roses
The collections on this page represented the most extraordinary-
bargains in choice Roses ever advertised by any nursery concern
in the wrorld. These are all LARGE STRONGLY ROOTED FIELD-
GROWN PLANTS — not to be compared with the little struggling
hot-house slips with which so many Rose buyers are familiar. We
sell direct fiom the propagation grounds to the home gardener,
eliminating all middlemen’s profits — that’s why we can sell such
plants as these at such prices. These collections READY FOR IM-
MEDIATE DELIVERY. No premium with Roses. Purchaser to
pay transportation.
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ALL STAR” ASSORTMENT
12
GRAND
ROSES
$5.00
STRONG
FIELD-GROWN
PLANTS
The Roses in this bargain collection are worth $7.00 if bought
singly; many nurseries would charge $9.00 or $10.00. These are all
tested varieties — the very cream of the world’s choicest. Every
Rose in the list has been selected for its special merits. We
recommend this bargain to our customers as absolutely the finest
values we have ever offered. Here are the Roses:
Regular price
Hadley, crimson scarlet 7Sc
Sunburst, orange yellow 50c
Lady Greenall, saffron orange 58c
Lady Hillingdon, yellow 50c
White American Beauty 50c
Hugh Dickson, crimson 50c
Ophelia, salmon flesh 50c
Geo. Ahrends, soft pink 75c
Belle Siebrecht, pink 50c
Mad. Edouard Herriott, coral red 7Sc
The Lyon, salmon-pink 5®c
Mad. Fuller, rosy red 75c
12 Grand Field-Grown Roses
BUSH
CLIMBING
OR
ASSORTED
$1.50
NOT
LABELED
OUR
SELECTION
Strong, healthy, hardy two-year-old Roses. Twelve distinct and
glorious varieties — no two alike. All catalogued varieties, ^^u can
have all Bush, all Climbing, or an assortment of both. Hrff mf
this superb collection for 75c.
12 Choice Field-Grown Roses
BUSH
CLIMBING
OR
ASSORTED
$2.00
ALL
LABELED
OUR
SELECTION
Big, strongly-rooted two-year-old plants— every Rose properly
abeled. Bush, Climbing, or an assortment of both. A^rjeties se-
ected from our catalog lists. Twelve different sorts. Half of tlus
I'rand collection for $1.60. '
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Dahlia Bulb Bargain
12
Choice Dahlias
$|.00
m ;6 FOR 50c m
Delivered Free
Assorted Colors, sure to
grow. Here is a truly won-
derful Dahlia collection; 12
distinct varieties — just as
you see them pictured here
— including the most glor-
iously gorgeous colorings
and blooms of massive size
and matchless form. Don’t fail to_ include this collection with your
first order. No premium with this collection.
'‘Pride of the Garden” Collection
12 CHOICE VARIETIES $3.00
®ur price for these Roses if bought singly would be $4.20; others
would charge considerably more. All are big strong, healthy,
thickly-rooted 2-year-old plants — field grown.
Regular price
The Lyon, salmon-pink 50c
White Cochet 25c
Caroline Testout, rose 25c
La Fra-nce, silvery rose 25c
Kate Moulton, light pink 3Sc
Perle des Jardins, canary 25c
Ulrich Brunner, crimson 25c
Aaron Ward, golden orange 50c
Pink Cochet 25c
Beaute de Lyon, coral red and yellow 50c
Jonkheer J. L. Mock, carmine-oink 50c
Madame Leon Pain, salmon 35c
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Carnation Plant Bargain
4 fy CHOICE A 1 POST-
IL PLANTS PAID
6 CHOICE PAID
PLANTS OUC POST-
In this collection you will
find only the best sorts — va-
rieties selected from our own
talog — some of them being
from our newest and
novelties. Most are
of huge size — as dou-
ble as double can be-pwith
handsomely scalloped, fringed
and fluted edges.
Solid Whites — Blush — Pink —
Salmon — Carmine — Scarlet —
Crimson — Dark Crimson — Ma-
roon, etc., and the most extra-
ordinarily ' marked, striped,
spotted, tinted, speckled and
mottled effects.
Words can never do justice to the gorgeous beauty of these
Carnations — and you can never really know what value we are
offering in this collection until you order the plants, set them
out in your garden, and see them grow and unfold their matchless
blossoms. NO PREMIUM.
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ESTABLISHED I88S
$5AN CAlvIF.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s 1919 Zinnia Bargain
ZINNIAS:
WONDERFUL NEW COLOSSAI FLOWERING STRAINS
AS LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL AS CHRYSANTHEMUMS
A superb new class of huge-flowering Zinnias, measuring 5, 6 and 7 inches across. The blooms are borne on long, strong, stiff stems,
are extremely double, and in the richest and most gorgeous of colorings. True rivals of the grandest chrysanthemums! Matchless for
bouquets and decorations, and unsurpassed for showiness in the garden. The plants grow 3 feet high and bloom continuously through a
long period. White, golden, yellow, scarlet, purple and salmon. Strong plants, 10c each; 12 assorted colors, 7Sc; postpaid. 100 assorted
colors, $4.00.
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Berry Bargain
Choice Plants ^2
’ Express Collect
A Complete Berry Garden for two dollars,
^ganbernes, Raspberries, Strawberries,
blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Seed-
less Blackberries and Dewberries— all choice
sorts— and all strong, healthy plants that
will grow quickly and fruit abundantly.
4 Loganberry Tips; our price
4 Raspberry Tips; our price
24 Strawberry; our price
4 Blackberry Tips; our price
4 Currant Plants; our price
2 Gooseberry Plants; our price
2 Seedless Blackberry Tips; our price.. 40c
4 Dewberry Plants; our price 45c
30c
30c
70c
30c
60c
50c
Total Value $3.55
24 Berry Plants; half of above collection, $1.35.
Please remember that we make no charge
tor packing and , —
Ready for delivery.
ceu'ting. No premium.
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Complete Vegetable Garden
20
Big Packets
75c
DELIVERED FREE
This collection never has been surpassed and never can be. If
purchased by the p^ket the seeds would cost $1.25. Count the
packets— 2 Radish— 2 Onion— 2 Beet— 2 Lettuce— 1 Soinach— 1 PeaV—
L ^KairTndS^'pa'°7^’^~^n Celery— 2 Turnip— 1 Borecole
or ivale ^and 1 Parsley — 20 big packets in all.
Positively the biggest moneys’ worth ever offered in vegetable
seeds. A select assortment of early and late varieties so that
you will have fresh, succulent vegetables all year round. Every
packet contains new fresh seeds from this season’s crop. No
premium with this collection.
FREE-25 VARIETIES SWEET PEA SEED
With every order for this collection we will send FREE a big
25c packet of Sweet Pea Seeds, containing 25 magnificent sorts. We
never could make such an offer except for the fact that we grow
immense quantities of seed on our own seed farms and sell direct
to our customers, without the necessity of adding a middleman’s
profit
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Chrysanthemum Bargain
12
Glorious ’Mums
the blossoming season. As we have
Delivered Free
This Collection in-
cludes some of our
grandest and finest
novelties — some of
them selling at 15c each.
Every plant is from a
catalogued variety — no
two alike — but, of
course, unlabeled. You
can form no idea of this
Chrysanthemum B a r-
gain until you order
the plants — set them
out— and watch their
unrivaled glory unfold at
stated in other parts of the book — we grow our own plants. Other-
wise such an offer as this would be utterly impossible. Ready for
delivery February 1st. 6 plants for 4Bc, postpaid.
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Surprise Plant Collection
75
Grand Plants
and Vines for
$2.00
Express Collect
This collection is
made up of surplus
stock from our nurser-
ies. If bought singly
the plants and vines
that go into our Sur- , u .■
prise Collection would cost many times what we offer the entire
collection for. We begin filling orders about March 1st, but as
they are filled in rotation and we usually receive them by the
thousand, we advise ordering at once. , , , .
Seventy-five different varieties— all selected from our catalog—
and including magnificent Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums,
Dahlias etc. We include some of our very finest sorts and new-
est novelties. Half of the Collection $1.00, express collect. Ever-
blooming Plants and Vines, made of the same choice varieties that
we put into the larger collection. Don’t fail to include at least
this $1.00 assortment with your first order.
ESTABLISHED
188!
ClIAS. C. NiWL/E>T CO. 'Nc.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Chas. C. Navlet Co^s Seedless Blackberry
EARLIEST — HANDSOMEST — JUCIEST — MOST PRODUCTIVE
MOST PROFITABLE BERRY EVER INTRODUCED
Seedless Blackberries
20cEa.,12for$2°^^:rJ
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s wonderful Seedless Blackberry
grows in popularity each season. Our orders for this match-
less berry increase every year — and repeat orders for more
plants are constantly being received from customers who
have tried them out and who want to plant more of them.
THIS IS THE EARLIEST— HANDSOMEST— JUICIEST-
MOST PRODUCTIVE— MOST PROFITABLE— AND MOST
SATISFACTORY BERRY EVER INTRODUCED FOR BOTH
HOME AND MARKET GROWING.
It clearly outclasses all other varieties. It is four weeks
ahead of the next earliest berry — and is at its best when
other varieties are just beginning to ripen. It is larger than
such well-known berries as the Kittany, Crandall and Lawton
— juicier than any berry we have ever tasted — more luscious
and richer in flavor than any other — and is by all odds the
handsomest looking berry ever shown in the market. IF
PLANTED THIS SPRING OR SUMMER IT WILL BEAR
SMALL CROP THIS YEAR— and it is the only blackberry
that will bear the first year. While not entirely seedless it
is so nearly so that the few small round soft seeds are not
noticed in eating. As a profit-producer it is unbeatable — and
as a berry for one’s own table it is unsurpassed. ORDER
AT LEAST ONE OF THESE SEEDLESS BLACKBERRY
PLANTS— DON’T FAIL. Plant from December to April. Be
first ip your town to grow these berries.
OTHER CHOICE
BLACKBERRIES
LOGANBERRY
The Wonderful Blackberry-Raspberry
2®*=! 1® *1-5®: 1®® FOR
$12.00, BY EXPRESS. READY FOR DELIVERY NOW.
PER TIP ISc, 10 FOR 75c, POSTPAID; 100 FOR $5.00, BY EXPRESS
READY FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY 1
The Loganberry originia-ted in California. It is unlike any other
berry in existence. A hybrid between the Raspberry and the
®l^ckberry, it partakes of a nature of both in appearance, but has
a delicious, vinous flavor peculiar to itself. Hardy as a rock —
stands the driest weather without flinching — and fruits in the
poorest soil. The bushes are of low-growing habit, and have strong
canes without thorns. One of the most profitable berries you
can cultivate.
DEWBERRY
TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS; EACH 20c, 12 FOR $1.50. READY
FOR DELIVERY NOW.
15c PER TIP; 75c PER 10; $5.00 PER 100, BY EXPRESS. READY
FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY 1..
MAMMOTH
PLANTS— 15c EACH— 75c PER 10— $5.00 PER 100 BY EXPRESS
READY FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY 1.
TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS— 20c EACH— $1.50 PER 10-$12.00 PER
100, BY EXPRESS. READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.
The Mammoth grows entirely unlike any other Blackberry in
cultivation. It is a rapid grower, trailing on the ground or upon
j trellises like Grapevines, and under favorable conditions will grow
I 20 feet in a season. Canes are large and strong. Foliage large,
! healthy, thick, and a deep green color. Enormously productive
and exceedingly early. Fruit enormously large, specimens often
reaching 2}4 inches in length. Seed small and soft. Core small,
soft and palatable. In size and extra fine flavor the Mammoth
surpasses all other varieties of Blackberry; with the single excep-
tion of our Wonderful Seedless Blackberry. One of the finest Fruit
Novelties of recent years. It is unlike a Dewberry or any other
so-called running Blackberry ever introduced. Plant from October
I to April.
! CRANDALL’S EARLY
15c PER PLANT-«0c PER 10-$4.00 PER 100, BY EXPRESS
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
The Dewberry is a most wonderful berry, ripening an immense
crop of fruit before late Raspberries are gone. In some localities it
ripens in May. Large, firm, of superior flavor, and very attrac-
tive. A rampant grower and may be trellised like Grapevines.
Roots from tips like Cap Raspberries. Those who have giown it
consider it one of the greatest berries ever introduced. It certainly
is if extreme earliness, enormous productiveness and finest quality
count for anything. Perfectly hardy, standing extreme cold,
drought and heat equally well.
GOOSEBERRY
CHOICE TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS— READY FOR DELIVERY
An excellent, prolific, ever-blooming Blackberry. Begins to
bear fruit early in the season and continues until late in the fall.
It often yields good, ripe, well-developed fruit as late as the last
day of December. Berries are large, of fine flavor, firm and solid.
KITTATINY
lOc PER PLANT— 60c PER 10— $4.00 PER 100, BY EXPRESS.
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
One of the old popular varieties. Fruit of best quality, large,
handsome and ripe as soon as black. Very productive. Midseason.
DOWNING — Popular variety. Fruit pale green, large and juicy, i
Splendid for both cooking and table use. 25c per plant; $1.75 1
per 10; $15.00 per 100. i
JOSSELYN — Fine grower and prolific bearer. The freest of all [
Gooseberries from mildew, both in leaf and fruit, making it a
good berry for the coast. 20c per plant; $1.50 per 10; $12.00 |
per 100. (
HOUGHTON — Vigorous grower, abundant bearer; fruit of medium
size, pale red, sweet and juicy. 20c per plant; $1.50 per 10; $12.00
per 100.
We do not charge for packing and cartage on berry plants, and
all orders are guaranteed to arrive in good growing condition.
PURCHASER TO PAY TRANSPORTATION EXCEPT WHERE
OTHERWISE STATED.
HIMALAYA GIANT
15c PER PLANT— 75c PER 10— $5.00 PER 100, BY EXPRESS
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
A late Blackberry coming after the other Berries are gone,
and ripening over a period of several weeks. Especially desirable
for family use. In Northern California they are seldom injured
by frost, as they blossom after all frosts are over. Like the Logan-
berry, it must be grown on a trellis — the vines under favorable
conditions growing 15 to 20 feet. The berries grow in bunches, are
of excellent flavor and the yield is tremendously large. Two-year-
old plants 20c per plant— $1.50 per 10— $12.00 per 100, by express.
Ready for immediate delivery.
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ESTABLISHED
©AN JOSD, CALIF.
Phenomenal Berry
A Delicious Cross Between the Raspberry and
the Blackberry — A Triumph of
Luther Burbank
Of this extraordinary berry Mr. Burbank says: “It is larger than the
largest berry ever before known. It has a bright crimson raspberry color,
is as productive as could be desired, and the most delicious of all berries
for canning and drying. The berries grow in clusters of 5 to 10 or more
each, and the individual berries measure three inches around one way, by
four inches the other way, and weigh one-quarter ounce each — even larger
ones were weighed and measured last season.” We have found this berry
to be all that is claimed for it — phenomenal in every particular. It tastes
and looks like both the raspberry and blackberry. It is one of the most re-
markable of all new fruits introduced during this generation. A berry of
sterling worth in every particular. It is twice as large and in many ways su-
perior to the new Loganberry which is being so highly praised. 15c per tip; 10
for $1.25; $10.00 per 100. Ready for delivery February 1. Two-year-old plants
Z5c per plant; 10 for $2.00; 100 for $18.00. Ready for delivery.
Raspberries
Choicest Varieties for Pacific Coast Growing
Berries will grow in almost any soil and require very little attention.
Every home should have its berry patch — where the ripe, luscious berries can
be picked fresh from the vines each day. Our plants are a guarantee of
success. WE ARE THE LARGEST GROWERS ON THE PACIFIC COAST
AND OUR LOW PRICES INCLUDE PACKING AND DELIVERY TO
FREIGHT OR EXPRESS OFFICE. Purchaser pays transportation unless
otherwise noted.
3 PHENOMENAL
BERRIES
ACTUAL SIZE
CUTHBERT
Cuthberts
"THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET”
A standard hardy variety, that endures northern winters and south-
ern summers equallj; well. The berries — a deep, rich crimson in color —
are of very large size, delicious flavor and so firm that they can be
shipped hundreds of miles. The bush is a very vigorous grower and
boiirttifnl producer. 10c per plant; 60c per 10; $5.00 per 100. Ready for
delivery.
CALIFORNIA SURPRISE
A WONDERFUL PRODUCER
This Raspberry is the best suited to the hot interior valleys. It
bears abundantly from early spring until frost, and it is in the Los
Angeles market almost through the entire year. Compared with the
Cuthbert, it is earlier by two weeks, not quite such a deep red,
gives larger crops, and while not so sweet, it is one of the most
profitable market berries. Needs good soil to bear large berries, and
large crops. 10c per plant; 75c per 10; $6.00 per 100. Ready for de-
livery.
GOLDEN QUEEN
THE GOLDEN YELLOW BEAUTY
A Seedling of the Cuthbert of surpass-
ing size, beauty, productiveness, adapta-
bility, flavor and hardiness. The large
berries are a beautiful golden-yellow in
color, and the canes are extremely hard'-
and of a strong growth. The fruit al-
ways brings a high price in the m.arket
because of the peculiarity of color and
flavor. 10c per plant; 75c per 10; $6.00
per 100. Ready for delivery.
SUPERLATIVE
A most delicious variety. The Super-
lative Raspberry is a surprise in the full-
ness of its merits. It deserves the
strongest words of praise in our lan-
guage. We know of no variety that
can compare with it at all. It is a stiff,
upright grower, a continuous cropper
from May until November. Two-year-
old plants 25c each; $2.00 per 10; $15.00
per 100. Ready for delivery.
GREGG — Best Black Variety
The most valuable of the Black Cap Family.
The canes grow strongly and vigorously, and un-
der good culture are very productive. The ber-
ries are large, covered with heavy bloom, firm,
meaty and of fine flavor. The Gregg is unques-
tionably the best and largest Black Cap Raspberry
Leading V arieties of Currants
CHERRY — The lamgest Red Cur-
rant in existence. The berries
grow in immense clusters, re-
sembling bunches of red grapes
20c per plsmt; $1.50 per 10; $10
per 100.
AVHITE GR.APE-This is the hard-
iest white sort ever intro-
duced, and is therefore espec-
ially desirable. This and
Cherry we consider the best
of all Currants. 20c per plant;
$1.50 per 10; $10.00 per 100.
in cultivation. Berry growers who want a late
berry, a handscrae berry, a good berry, a produc-
tive berry, and a profitable berry, should not fail
to plant this peerless sort. 2-year-old plants 20c
each; 10 for $1.75. Ready for delivery. 10c per tip;
75c per 10; $6.00 per lOO. Ready February 1st.
STRONG TWO-YEAR-OLD
PLANTS— READY FOR DELIV-
ERY NOW.
BLACK NAPLES— A fine black
Currant and a general favorite.
The berry and bunch are very
large and of most excellent
quality. 20c per plant; $1.50
per 10; $10.00 per 100.
Cherry Currants
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CIIAS. C. NAVL/BT CO.
Chas. c Naviet Co/s Strawberry Plants
Marshall
SEE PAGE 36 FOR
INSTRUCTIONS
FIVE FINEST SELF-FERTILIZING
VARIETIES
12for35c.p"i 100 for $1.50 Ssr
Every home garden should have its Strawberry patch. There are no berries like those
you pick from your own vines — ripened to perfection and covered with the morning dew!
It fairly makes one’s mouth water to think of them! See page 36 for cultural instructions.
Chas. C. Naviet Co.’s Strawberry Plants are large, vigorous, and free from disease. They
are heayily rooted — with large, full crowns. They are sure to grow and produce big crops
of the finest berries if given half a chance. We have hundreds of letters from those who
have had big success with our plants — from both home gardeners and market growers.
The following Strawberries are famous for their productivity — fine color — uniform shape —
firmness — and rich flavor. You will make no mistake in choosing from this list.
BRANDYWINE
An extra fine, very large and enormously productive medium-to-late Strawberry. Ex-
ceptionally sweet, perfect in form and of a rich glossy crimson color, which permeates
the flesh, almost to the center. An ideal dessert berry, and unsurpassed for canning and
preserving. The plant is a stronr. luxuriant grower — succeeds in any soil — and can be al-
ways depended upon to yield a bountiful crop.
LONGWORTH’S PROLIFIC
A well-known and immensely popular Strawberry, especially in California. Fruit small
but very sweet. Always commands a high price in the markets.
MAGOON
This self-fertilizing Strawberry is a leader in hardiness, and possesses many desirable
features. The berries are very large and of fine form. They are bright red in color and have
a very rich full flavor. The Magoon is especially good where hard winters are the rule —
as it will stand the most trying weather.
MARSHALL
A universal favorite. Of extraordinary size and sweetness. The juice of the Marshall is
as fine as syrup. A v/onderful keeper, rich in color, and never fails to produce heavily.
MOLINDA
An exceedingly handsome, high-colored Strawberry of good size and unexcelled quality.
Plant very strong, a good grower, long lived, and makes but few runners. Berries are firm
and of a rich color. Very prolific.
1^1 11 O. 1 NOTED FOR ITS EARLINESS»
Ivlondyke Strawberry
The Klondyke variety is f2Unous for the beautiful and uniform shaoe of its rich blood-
red berries. We have given it a thorough test in our breeding beds and can advise our
customers to set largely of the Klondyke: Choice plemts, 12 for 35c, delivered free;
100 for $1.50.
BANNER STRAWBERRY For Market Growing
Medium to Large Size— Rich Red
Color, Sweet and Finely Flavored
A Wonderful Keeper
A Variety That Has Been Thoroughly Tested and Has Met
Every Demand for a First-class Market Berry.
This is the famous “Banner” Berry that has become such a favorite up and down the
Pacific Coast. The berries are uniformly of good size and are very finely shaped. On ac-
count of their size, shape, and color they present a most attractive and appetizing appear-
ance.
It is an extraordinarily prolific producer, returning a handsome profit to the commercial
grovver. The vines are of a very vigorous habit — and do not require the same delicate at-
tention as some other varieties. It is easy to grow — and sure to give complete satisfaction.
Choice plants 12 for 50c, delivered free; 100 for $2.50. Express collect..
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Betnner
ESTABLISHED
1885
SAM JOSE , CAEIF.
FRUIT TREES
No extra charge for careful packing and delivery to freight or express office.
Unless otherwise instructed we shall take the liberty of sending other good va-
rieties when those ordered have run out. FIVE TREES FOR HALF THE PRICE
OF TEN. No premium on fruit trees.
APPLE
4 TO « FEET— 40c EACH— $3.50 PER 10
Summer Varieties
EARLY HARVEST— Medium size. Bright straw color. Ripens early in June.
RED ASTRACHAN— Large, deep crimson. Ripens in July and August.
Autumn Varieties
ALEXANDER— A very large, deep red or crimson Apple. Ripens in September.
JONATHAN — Medium to large, striped, mostly red. Ripens in October and November
Winter Varieties
ESOPUS SPITZENBERG — Large, light red, delicately coated with light bloom.
Ripens November to January.
SMITH’S CIDER — Large, handsome, red and yellow. Ripens December to March.
WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN— Large, pale yellow. Ripens De-
cember to February.
YELLOW BELLEFLOWER — Skin smooth, pale lemon yellow, often
with a blush next the sun. Ripens October to January.
YELLOW NEWTOWN PIPPIN — Large, yellow, firm, crisp, juicy.
Ripens December to March.
APRICOT
4 TO 6 FEET— 4Sc EACH— $4.00 PER 10
BLENHEIM — Orange with a deep yellow cheek. Ripens in July.
HEMSKIRKE — Strongly resembles the Moorpark in size and color,
but differs from that variety in ripening a little earlier and
more evenly. Ripens July to August.
MOORPARK — Deep orange or brownish red. Quite juicy, with a
rich and luscious flavor. A favorite canning variety. Ripens in
August.
ROYAL — A standard variety. Skin dull yellow, with an orange
cheek. Ripens in July.
CHERRY
4 TO 6 FEET— 4Sc EACH— $4.00 PER 10.
BLACK TARTARIAN — Fruit of the largest size. Bright purplish
black. Ripens in late May.
NAPOLEON BIGARREAU^fRoyal Ann) — Pale yellow, becoming
amber in the shade, with a bright red cheek. Ripens in late
June.
BING — Fruit large, dark brown or black. A good shipping variety.
Ripens in middle of June.
LEWELLING — (Black Republican) — Cross between Napoleon Bigar-
reau and Black Tartarian, having the solid flesh of the former,
and the color of the latter. Ripens in July. _ ,
MAY DUKE — An old well-known, excellent variety. _ Large dark '
red, juicy, rich, sub-acid. Good for pies. Ripens in May.
CRAB APPLE
Burbank Cherry
The fruit is extremely large, indescribably luscious, deep crim-
son in color and matchless in quality. Price 5Sc eiach; IS for $5.00.
FIG
3 TO 5 FEET— 55c EACH— $5.00 PER 10
ADRIATIC — Fruit above medium size. Skin white and thin. Pulp
red, fine, exceedingly aromatic and changes to an amber color
when dried.
CALIFORNIA BLACK — Fruit large, dark purple, almost black when
fully ripe. Makes a good dried fig.
NECTARINE
4 TO 0 FEET— 45c EACH— $4.00 PER 10
BOSTON — Large, deep yellow, with a bright blush and deep mot-
tlings of red.
STANWICK — Very large. Pale skin. White flesh — tender, juicy.
LEMON
4 TO S FEET— $2.00 EACH— CHOICE STOCK
VILLA FRANCA — Thornless, or nearly so. Fruit juicy and nearly
seedless.
LISBON — Tree of largest growth. Few seeds. Good keeper.
EUREKA — The celebrated California lemon and the favorite
ping commercial variety.
ship-
ORANGE
STRONG TREES— 4 TO 5 FEET— $2.00 EACH
“THE WASHINGTON NAVEL” — It well deserves the title of “King
of Oranges.” Tree is a rapid grower, and an early and prolific
cropper. Fruit juicy, melting, seedless.
POMEGRANATE
4 TO 6 FEET— 75c EACH— 3 TO 4 FEET— 50c EACH
PAPER SHELL — A heavy bearing variety. Skin very thin, hence
the name. Especially valuable for home consumption.
SPANISH RUBY — A new, large fruited sort. Skin thick, pale yel-
low, with a crimson cheek. Flesh crimson, highly aromatic, and
very sweet. Excellent shipper.
PERSIMMON
3 TO 4 FEET-;-EACH 55c— $5.00 PER 10
JAPANESE — Very large. Skin light yellow, marked with veins,
nesh dark brown.
POMELOS
STRONG TREES— 4 TO S FEET— $2.00 EACH
MARSH SEEDLESS — Nearly seedless, very juicy, and of excellent
quality, commonly known as Grape Fruit.
4 TO 6 FEET— 40c EACH— $3.50 PER 10
HYSLOP— Deep crimson. Ripens in September.
RED SIBERIAN — Yellow, with scarlet cheek. Ripens in August.
TRANSCENDENT — Large, red and yellow. Tree a remarkably strong
grower. Ripens in September.
PEACH
4 TO 6 FEET— 40c EACH— 10 FOR $3.50
Freestone Varieties
EARLY CRAWFORD— A magnificent, large, yellow Peach of good
quality. Its size, beauty and productiveness make it one af the
most popular varieties. Ripens last of July.
STRAWBERRY — Medium size, oval. Skin marbled with deep red.
Flesh whitish, juicy, rich and of a delicious flavor. Ripens middle
of June.
MUIR — Fruit very large. A fine shipper, and one of the best can-
ning Peaches. Ripens in August.
HALES EARLY — Medium size — nearly round — skin greenish-white,
red cheek; very rich and juicy. Ripens early in July.
ELBERTA — Very large. Skin golden-yellow where exposed to the
sun, faintly striped with red. It is a perfect freestone and one
of the most successful market varieties. Ripens in July.
Clingstone Varieties
TUSCAN — A good shipping and canning Peach. Very desirable on
NICHOL’S^ ORANG^E— A^^large yellow cling, with purple cheek.
Ripens in September .
PHILLIPS— Large. Flesh clear, yellow to the pit, which is very
small. Ripens in September.
QUINCE
STRONG TREES— 3 TO 5 FEET— 60c EACH
PINEAPPLE — Fruit very large. Makes a highly flavored jelly. Its
flavor is the same as that of a pineapple.
PEAR
4 TO 6 FEET— 45c EACH— 10 FOR $4.00
SUMMER VARIETY
BARTLETT — Large, skin very thin, clear lemon-yellow, with soft
blush on the sunny side. Thrives in all parts of California.
Ripens in August.
AUTUMN VARIETY
BEURRE CLAIRGEAU — Very large. Yellow shaded with red. Near-
ly melting, highly flavored. One of the earliest and most pro-
lific bearers. Ripens in September.
/ WINTER VARIETY
-f P. BARRY — Fruit very large. Skin deep yellow. Nearly covered
with a rich golden -russet. Flesh whitest, fine, juicy, buttery,
melting, rich and slightly vinous. Ripens January to March.
PLUM
4 TO 6 FEET— 45c EACH— 10 FOR $4.00
SATSUMA — Large, red flesh, firm, solid, juicy and of superb flavor.
JEFFERSON — A fine variety. Large, oval. Yellow, with a reddish
cheek. Flesh very rich, juicy, luscious, high flavor. Parts
freely from the stone. Ripens in August.
GREEN GAGE — Small, but of the highest excellence. Round. Green-
ish-yellow, with brown dots. Very juicy and sweet. Ripens in
August.
/YELLOW EGG — A very large and beautiful egg-shaped yellow
Plum. Flesh yellow, rather acid until very ripe, when it becomes
sweet. Ripens in August.
Luther Burbank’s New Hybrid
3 TO 5 FEET— 50c EACH— $5.00 PER 10
WICKSON — A cross with Satsuma on Kelsey Bloom. Flesh amber.
Very juicy. Pit small. Flavor striking and agreeable. A valu-
able shipping plum. Ripens early in August.
PRUNE
4 TO 6 FEET— 45c EACH— 10 FOR $4.00
FRENCH — A well-known variety so extensively planted for drying.
Medium size, egg-shaped, violet-purple. Juicy, very sweet, rich
and sugary. Ripens in August.
/SUGAR — An extremely early Prune. Very large. Ripens August
1st. Skin very tender. At first of a light purple, tinted with
/ green, changing at maturity to dark purple.
IMPERIAL EPINEUSE — Large and uniform in size. Ver'- sweet
and high flavor. Skin thin and of a reddish purple when green.
— when dried, coal black. Ripens in September.
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ESTABUSHCD
1885
CIIAS. C. NAVL/E)T CO. inc.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITV
Table, Raisin and Shipping Grapes
All Grapes by Express — Purchaser to Pay Transportation — Safe Arrival Guaranteed —
No Premiums
Dattier de Beyrouth
LARGE, SWEET, JUICY— EXTREMELY PROLIFIC
This heavy-bearing variety is the most popular grape of Asia
Minor, and is used there for table, shipping and raisins, being the
only variety outside of the Sultanina Blanche (Thompson Seedless)
from which raisins are made. It is earlier than the Malaga, and
the vine is fully as strong a grower, and if anything a heavier
bearer. Bunches large, only slightly shouldered, berries loose, never
compact, this one point adding very materially to its value as a
shipping grape. Berries very large, quite oval in form, one inch
and over long by three-quarters of an inch across diameter; skin
thin, but tough, greenish at first, but as the grape matures turn-
ing to a beautiful golden amber and covered with a whitish bloom;
very fleshy, juicy and sweet, with little or no acidity. Its keep-
ing qualities are unsurpassed, and even when allowed to remain on
the vines until over-ripe, it shows no inclination to drop off the
stems. Vines, 20c each; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50; 100 for $10.00, by express
Thompson’s Seedless
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF RAISIN GRAPES
A strong grower with large healthy foliage. Very productive.
Ripens in July. Larger than the Sultana. The berries are green-
ish-yellow in color — very firm — and entirely seedless. Very thin
skin. _ The Thompson Seedless is a very rapid grower and will make
surprising hpdway in a comparatively short time. Thompson
Seedless Raisins are in big demand and have few rivals. We
have a big stock of splendidly rooted, first-class vines and are
ready to make immediate shipment. 1 and 2-year-oId vines, 20c
each; 10 for $1.25; 100 for $8.00; by express.
Other Choice Varieties
All strong well-rooted vines that should give an abundance of
delicious fruit wherever planted. Vines 20c each; 10 for $1.25; 100
for $8.00, by express. Ready for immediate delivery.
BLACK FERRARA — One of the most valuable Grapes for shipping.
Color black, bunches large, flavor fine.
BLACK CORNICHON — Black, late, fine for shipping or market;
agreeable flavor. Bunches very large, but loose. Desirable on
account of its attractive appearance, curious shape, excellent
shipping qualities and late ripening.
BLACK HAMBURG — A fine tender Grape, producing large, magni-
ficent bunches. Berries black, very large and oblong.
BLACK MOROCCO OR BISHOP — A large, showy Grape, bunches
large. Berries lar^e. Skin thick, dark red, becoming black
when fully ripe. Ripens late and keeps well.
BLACK PRINCE — Bunches long, tapering; berries juicy and sweet.
A very desirable table grape.
CHASSELAS DE FONTAINEBLEAU — Bunches large and compact.
Berries medium size. Skin thin, transparent, greenish-yellow.
Pulp tender, juicy, sweet and richly flavored. One of the best
early grapes.
EMPEROR — Clusters large, with large, oval, rose-colored berries.
One of the most valuable Grapes for shipping long distances.
MALAGA — Vine a strong grower and immensely, productive.
Bunches very large. Berries very large, oval, yellowish-green.
Skin thick and fleshy.
MISSION — The first Grape grown in California. Vine a strong
grower. Bunches loose; berries mediurn size, round, purple-
black, exceedingly sweet, juicy and delicious. Skin thin. Very
popular.
ZINFANDEL — Round, dark purple, most extensively planted in
California for claret.
MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA— Bunches large, long and loose. Ber-
ries large, slightly oval, pale amber when ripe, covered with a
thin white bloom. Flesh firm, exceedingly sweet and rich.
Fine flavored. The variety most extensively planted for raisins.
Almond, Walnut and Chestnut Trees
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MUSCAT HAMBURG — (Black Muscat) — Bunches and berries large.
Skin tliin, tough, dark, reddish purple, covered with a thin
blue bloom. Pulp juicy, rich and sugary. Strongly resembles
the Muscat in flavor.
ROSE OF PERU— (Black Prince) — Bunches very large. Skin thick,
brownish black. Flesh tender, juicy, rich and sprightly. A
fine m.arket variety.
SULTANA — Large bunches, berries small, amber colored, seedless;
a fine bearer and excellent for raisins. Grows in sandy soil.
An immense bearer, producing very large crops.
FLAME-COLORED TOKAY — Bunches very large and handsomely
formed. Berries large. Skin thick, pale red, or flame-colored.
Flesh firm, sweet, with a sprightly and very good flavor. A
splendid shipping grape.
VERDEL— Bunches large and loose, berries greenish-wmte cov-
ered with a thick bloom. Flesh tender, sugary and richly flav-
vored. Ripens late. Very productive.
Almond Trees — Soft Shell Sorts
4 to 6 Feet— 40c Each; $3.50 per 10.
IXL— Tree sturdy, rather upright grower. Nuts
large. Hulls easily. Shells soft, but perfect.
NE PLUS ULTRA— Extremely prolific, producing
its nuts in bunches all over the twigs. Nuts
large and long, almost invariably of one ker-
nel. Of fine flavor. Hulls readily.
NONPAREIL— Of a weeping style of growth, but
still forms a beautiful tree. Heavy and regular
bearer. Of the Paper Shell Type.
Chestnut Trees
4 to 6 Feet — 55c Each; $5.00 per 10.
JAPAN CHESTNUT— Fruit larger than the Euro-
pean. In its native country this nut grows to
much larger size than it does with us. Tree
hears when quite young.
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Walnut Trees
CALIFORNIA BLACK — Nut roundish, much
smoother than the American Black Walnut,
and the kernel is sweeter and of a more deli-
cate flavor. 6 to 8 feet, 45c each, or $4.00 per
10. 4 to 6 feet, 35c each, or $3.00 per 10.
SANTA BARBARA SOFT SHELL— An early and
abundant bearer. The nut is large, the ker-
nel white, sweet, and readily extracted, the shell
being broken easily. 4 to 6 feet, 45c each, or $‘1
per 10; 3 to 4 feet, 40c each, or $3.50 per 10.
FRANQUETTE (Grafted) — Nut very large and long.
Kernel full-fleshed, sweet and rich. Buds out
late in the spring. A good market variety.
Trees, 4 to 6 feet, $1.25 each, 10 for $10.
MAYETTE (Grafted)— One of the best dessert
nuts grown. Large, full-fleshed and sweet.
Trees, 4 to 6 feet, $1.25 each, 10 for $10.00
EUREKA — Tree is remarkably vigorous, upright
grower, leaves and blooms fully three weeks
later than seedlings of the Santa Barbara Soft
Shell, and is therefore very desirable in locali-
ties subject to late frosts. An immense pro-
ducer. Nuts large, elongated, smooth and tight-
ly sealed. 4 to 6 feet, $1.75, 10 for $15.00.
Wilson’s Wonder
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THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
HIGHEST GRADE SEEDS. We could not afford to sell any bu. the best. We prize
the confidence of our customers too highly. Therefore, we exercise the greatest care to
have all seeds true to name, full of life, and absolutely reliable. We are constantly carry-
ing on tests to insure the quality of the seeds we have grown for us— as well as those
grown on our own seed farms.
SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED. We are responsible for the
safe arrival of all goods ordered from us and absolutely protect you
against all loss.
NOTE OUR LOW PRICES. As growers, we are able to offer
the best seeds at the lowest prices. Our packets are all large and
well filled. We try to give as much as we can for the money at
all times.
WE PAY POSTAGE. Our prices on Flower Seeds and Vegetable
Seeds up to and including one pound in weight include FREE de-
livery.
SMALL ORDERS. If you want only a single packet or two, do
not hesitate to order. We welcome small orders as well as large
ones.
LARGE ORDERS. Dealers, market gardeners, institutions, and
individuals desiring to buy seeds in large quantities will find it
to their advantage to write us for quotations.
ORDER EARLY. Don’t put off sending for the seeds you want.
Order them right away and have them ready when planting time
arrives.
ASPARAGUS
It requires three to four years from the time of planting for
the plants to produce shoots suitable for eating. Sow the seed in
rows a foot apart. The soil for the permanent bed should be thor-
oughly manured and trenched to a depth of at least 2 feet. Plant
the roots in rows 3 feet apart and 1 foot between the plants in the
rows; spread the roots out well and let the crown of the plant
be covered about 6 to 8 inches when established. Previous to sow-
ing the seed soak in tepid water for 24 hours. Plant Asparagus
from February to May.
PALMETTO — This variety of Asparagus, originally from South
Carolina, has been found best adapted for the Pacific Coast.
It is grown extensively for the markets of the large cities on
the Coast and on account of being two weeks earlier than othei
varieties sells at higher prices. An average bunch of 12 shoots
will measure 12 inches in circumference. Earliness, mammoth
size, prolific and regular bearing makes it a desirable variety.
Per packet Sc, ounce ISc, quarter pound 45c, pound $1.25.
BARR’S MAMMOTH — A favorite with market gardeners. Shoots
very large, tender, quick growing and thick to the top. Per
packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
COLUMBIA MAMMOTH WHITE— A large, thick variety; very
white even above, ground. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
pound 45c, pound $1.25.
CONOVER’S COLOSSAL ASPARAGUS— A well-known variety of
quick growth. Mammoth plant, producing from 30 to 50 tender
sprouts of excellent quality. Sprouts less than other sorts.
Per packet 5c, ounce ISc, quarter pound 45c, pound $1.25.
BEETS
PLANT BEETS ALL YEAR ROUND
Best Table Varieties
EXTRA EARLY ECLIPSE BLOOD TURNIP— The ideal table
Beet — fine grained, rich, red flesh, exceedingly tender and de-
licious. Remarkably early. A grand money maker. The Extra
Early Eclipse Blood Turnip Beet has every good quality that a
Table Beet should possess. It is almost round, with small
leaves and tap root, and combines the maximum of edible bulb
with the minimum of root and foliage. The color is a very dark
blood red, and the flesh is delicate, rich and sugary. Extremely j
early. 5c per packet, ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c, pound $2.00.
IMPROVED EGYPTIAN — An Extremely Handsome and Early Table '
Beet — Root very dark, rounded on top, but flat beneath, with
very small tap roots, flesh dark red, with rings of a lighter
hue — hard, crisp and tender. Our seed is a special selection of
the darkest, earliest and most perfect roots with small tops.
5c per packet, ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c, pound $2.00.
Best Stock Varieties
most on the surface of the soil, hence is easily harvested, and
the chunky shape of the roots prevents them from being broken
in handling. Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter pound 35c, pound
$1.00, 10 pounds $9.00.
IMPROVED GERMAN WHITE SUGAR — Roots grow to great size,
are of heavy weight, make a; large bulk of crop and are rich in
saccharine matter. Highly recommended as a most excellent and
profitable root to grow for stock feeding. Per packet 5c, ounce
15c, quarter pound 45c, pound $1.25, 10 pounds $11.00.
FRENCH WHITE SUGAR — A mammoth variety with crisp, snow-
white flesh. Very valuable for stock feeding, and excellent for
table use. Productive. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound
45c, pound $1.25, 10 pounds $11.00.
SWISS CHARD BEET (Sea Kale) .
This vegetable is as valuable to poultry raisers as Alfalfa is to
dairy farmers. It grows continuously — year after year — and yields
an abundance of nutritious green food all through the winter. It
is also far superior to the common beet for greens. For summer
use we consider it superior to spinach. It is of almost the same
flavor and is much easier to wash and prepare for the table, a
fact which every housewife knows how to appreciate. Later the
leaves grow very large, with broad, fiat, white wax-like stems and
mid-ribs, which may be cooked like asparagus, or made into most at-
tractive pickles. Per packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c,
pound $2.00.
BORECOLE or KALE
A species oi Cabbage forming a large mass of leaves, one of
the varieties being very beautiful and curly. The leaves are cooked
as greens. If the seed is planted in September the plants will be
ready to use for winter, although it can be planted earlier or later.
It is very hardy. Plant Kale from January to April, or July to
October.
DWARF GREEN CURLED SCOTCH — Curly, bright green leaves —
tender and of delicate flavor. Per packet Sp, ounce 35c, quarter
pound $1.10, pound $3.25.
GREEN CURLED— Known as German greens. Beautifully curled
leaves of the richest emerald green. Per packet 5c, ounce 35c,
quarter pound $1.10, pound $3.25.
TALL JERSEY KALE — This native of Europe produces a tremen-
ous mass of beautifully cut and curled leaves which are eagerly
sought and eaten by chickens, sheep, horses and cattle. The
plants also make a splendid shade for young chicks during the
hot summer months. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound
50c, pound $1.50.
BROCCOLI
SIMILAR TO CAULIFLOWER
EARLY PURPLE CAPE — Very hardy. Fine greenish-purple heads.
Good flavor. Per packet 5c, ounce 45c, quarter pound $1.40,
pound $4.00.
LONG RED MANGEL WURTZEL — This is an enormously produc-
tive variety, yielding from fifty to seventy tons to the acre,
a single root often weighing from 20 to 30 pounds. It is the
best Long Red Mangel and of the greatest value for stock feed-
ing. It grows well above ground, and is easily pulled. Our
strain is an extra selection from the largest and thickest Mangels.
Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter pound 35c, pound $1.00, 10
pounds $9.00.
IMPROVED GOLDEN TANKARD — The best Yellow Mangel in cul-
tivation. A distinct and valuable yellow fleshed variety, which
contains a larger percentage of sugar and nutritive matter than
any of the red-skinned sorts. It is more relished by milch cows
and sheep than any other. Its shape is almost cvlindrical. It
is very easily pulled, and is exceedingly hardy. Per packet 5c,
ounce 15c, quarter pound 45c, pound $1.25, 10 pounds $11.00.
YELLOW GLOBE GIANT MANGEL WURTZEL— Very large and
of vigorous growth. The roots have fine necks and very smooth
skin. Flesh white, firm, sweet and very nutritious. Grows al-
EARLY LARGE WHITE CAPE — Large close heads — creamy white
and of excellent flavor. This variety is the most generally cul-
tivated. Per packet 5c; ounce 45c, quarter pound $1.40, pound $4.00
Plant from January to May.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
IMPROVED DWARFS — This variety is a great improvement. It is
of sturdy growth and produces abundantly large, solid sprouts.
Are ready for gathering from June-sown seed the same season.
Cook same as Cauliflower. Per packet 5c, ounce 35c, quarter
pound $1.25, pound $3.50. Plant from January to April and July-
to October.
ARTICHOKE
LARGE GREEN GLOBE — Most Popular Variety — Highly esteemed'
for its delicately flavored and large flowered heads, which are
cooked like Asparagus. Per packet 5c, ounce $1.00, quarter
pound $3.50, pound $10.00. Plant from February to May.
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ESTABLISHED
CHAS. C. NAVDBT CO. .nc.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Kentucky Wonder Bean
BEST BEANS
PLANT BEANS FROM MARCH TO AUGUST
noted for their productiveness, fine quality, superlative flavor, and all round
merit for home and market growing. Write for prices on seeds in large quantities
Wax Podded Bush (dwarf) Beans
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX — Heavy yielder. Pods thick and stringless. This is one «f the
handsomest Beans we have ever seen, being of dark rich golden-yellow color, and of
perfect shape.lt is of grand quality, showing no string or coarseness even when past
Its best, but it is of tender, melting flavor at all stages of its growth. For market
gardeners or private families, no better Bush Bean can be planted. Note our low price.
Per packet 5c; pound 40c, 10 pounds for $3.50.
IMPROVED GERMAN BLACK WAX — An improved stock of the old Black Wax. The
plant is strong and so vigorous in growth that it effectually repels attacks of rust,
while its ample foliage so completely shelters the pods from the rays of the sun that
they are always uniformly of a translucent, creamy-yellow color. The pods are beauti-
fully rounded, meaty and deeply saddle backed. The flesh is brittle, solid, and entirely
stringless. Exceedingly early and enormously productive. Our price: Per packet 5c;
pound 40c, 10 pounds for $3.50.
VIS WHITE WAX — The most hardy and productive wax podded variety. The pods are
very long and yellow, and while not stringless, it is a remarkably good bean for ship-
ping; seed white, and on that account is desirable for a shelled bean in winter. Per
packet 5c; pound 40c, 10 pounds for $3.50
Green Podded Bush (dwarf) Beans
EXTRA EARLY TENDER PODDED RED VALENTINE— America’s Standard Dwarf Snap
Bean — Fully 10 days earlier than the old, popular Valentine Bean. Often ready for picking
in forty-five days from planting, and the full, round, meaty pods are of unsurpassed
tenderness and quality. This grand variety is a great improvement over the original
Red Valentine which it has now entirely supplanted. The healthy, vigorous plants are
usually hardy, successfully withstanding early frosts. It may, therefore, be planted
very early This, with its quick development, makes it the earliest large-podded va-
riety, and on this account it is extensively grown by truckers over a wide section of
the country, though it is equally desirable for home gardens. It will always yield a
large crop of handsome, long, round fleshy pods, a rich green in color and unsurpassed
for tenderness when gathered young, when it is practically stringless. It is the standard
Snap Bean, not only for the earliest, but for successive plantings, bearing up to frost.
Per packet only 5c, pound 30c, 10 pounds for $2.75,
EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE, OR 1000 TO 1 — ^The earliest strain of this popular variety by
ten days. One of the most profitable Beans ever grown. It is loaded with pods in any
season. The pods are nearly round, pale green in color, five inches long, tapering to a
slender point. They are quite solidly fleshy, brittle, tender and mild in flavor. Grown
by all market gardeners, who are always quick to pick up a good thing and stick to
it after it has proved its worth. Per packet Sc, pound SSc, It pounds for $3.25.
EARLY LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS — A very early standard variety, much prized for
its productiveness and excellent quality. The green pods are often eight inches long,
tender and brittle. Vine vigorous and branching. Beans long, kidney-shaped, yellowish-
dun color. Per packet Sc, pound 35c, It pounds for $3.25.
BURPEE STRINGLESS GREEN POD — An early maturing, round flesh podded variety of
fine quality. Pods straight, brittle and entirely stringless. Rivals all the bush va-
rieties. Per packet 5c, pound SSc, It pounds for $3.25.
Selected Pole or Climbing Beans TO AUGU:^'
HORTICULTURAL, OR SPECKLED CRANBERRY — A late and very productive sort. It is
a very strong grower, bearing a profusion of large, fleshy, golden-yellow pods, which, as
they become older, are brightly marked with rich carmine flakes and stripes. It is a
“double purpose bean”, and will furnish a large supply of delicious Shell Beans to use
in the green state during the summer months or dried for winter. Pods grow from
6 to 8 inches in length. Per packet 5c, pound 40c, It pounds for $3.50.
KENTUCKY WONDER, OR ‘‘OLD HOMESTEAD"— A marvel of
productiveness from July until frost. Unquestionably the best
and most popular green-podded snap Pole Bean. Ten days
earlier than any other variety. The pods hang in great clus-
ters from the top to the bottom of the vine, and can be gath-
ered by the handful. The pods are very large — eight to ten
inches in length — entirely stringless, plump, round and almost
“solid meat.” They cook meltingly tender and are of superb
flavor. We have supplied our “Kentucky Wonder” Beans to
customers in almost every state in the Union, and those who
report on them invariably do so in the most flattering terms.
Per packet 5c, pound 35c, 10 pounds for $3.25.
BURGER'S POLE — A new Pole variety of great merit... Bears long,
brittle, stringless pods of excellent flavor. It rivals all other
Pole Beans and is destined to become the most popular of all.
Per packet Sc, pound 40c, 10 pounds for $3.50.
WHITE CREASEBACK— Of rapid growth and very productive.
One of the best early green -podded Beans for snapshorts. The
silvery-green pods grow in clusters and are from 5 to 6 inches
long, perfectly round, and deeply creased or “saddle-backed.”
They are solidly fleshy, entirely stringless, and of^ finest quality.
The dry seed is pure white and excellent for winter use. Per
packet 5c, pound 35c, 10 pounds for $3.25.
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN — Favorite English Climbing Bean.
Scarlet blossoms, tender. Also used as an ornamental climber.
Per packet Sc, pound 45c, 10 pounds $4.00.
Bush Limas-Re-selected Strains Plant March to August
BURPEE’S LARGE WHITE BUSH LIMA— The merits of this well- i
known late variety are enormous size of pod and fruit, pro-
ductiveness and quality. It produces the largest Limas we |
have ever seen, and the big, fat, buttery beans are produced in j
pods of gigantic size. The plant is of rugged constitution, ^
which carries it through wet spells without injury. The superb ^
quality, tenderness and rich flavor, combined with great size
of fruit and productiveness, make it the peer of any Lima grown
for use either green or dried. Packet 5c, pound 35c, !• pounds
for $3.25.
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA — Extremely early and enormously
productive. Ready for the table or market from two to three
weeks ahead of any other Climbing or Bush Bean, and bears
continuously throughout the summer until killed by frost. It
is an immense yielder, and the handsome, large pods are well
filled with very large Beans of most luscious flavor. A true
bush variety, requiring no support from stakes or poles. It ex-
cels in quality, quantity and earliness. Our price: Per packet
Sc, pound 35c, 10 pounds for $3.25.
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH — This Bean produces magnificent
crops of pods, which measure from five to six inches long, by
one and one-quarter inches wide. The pods and beans are very
large, while the beans, either green or dry, are very thick.
The beans have the same luscious flavor of the best flavored
Limas, and are ready to use six to eight days earlier. The
dried beans are very handsome and sometimes show a greenish-
white coloring. Per packet 5c, pound SSc, 16 pounds for $3.25.
CLIMBING OR POLE LIMAS
LARGE WHITE LIMA— A very good variety of Pole or Running
type. Very prolific and of good quality. Per packet Sc, pound
35c» 1§ pounds for $3.25.
SMALL WHITE LIMA — Same as above, only a smaller bean. Per
packet Sc. pound 35c, 19 pounds for $3.25.
KING OF THE GARDEN (Pole)— One of the most popular main
crop varieties. It is a medium early sort, with well-filled pods,
5 to 6 inches long, filled with 4 to 5 good-sized beans. The vines
are very hardy. Heavy cropper. Per packet 5c, pound SSc, 16
pounds for $3.S.
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ESTABLISHEO
SAN JOSE. CALIF.
THE rtOUSEOF QUAtSTV
CABBAGE
F»r winter and early spring crops plant Cabbage seed
; for summer use plant from January
from July to October
to April.
Elarly Sorts
LARGE JERSEY WAKEFIELD— Most gardeners depend up-
on this variety for the bulk of their extra early crop. Its
exceeding hardiness not only enables it to resist cold,
but other unfavorable conditions, and insures the greatest
likelihood of profitable and satisfactory results. Our
stock is grown and selected with the greatest care.
Head conical, very compact, solid and of excellent quality.
The thick, stout leaves and compact habit make it the
best sort for wintering over or for very early setting.
Per packet Sc; ounce 80c, quarter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
EXTRA EARLY YORK— A grand old standard Cabbage
for market and home use. Sure header. Per packet Sc;
ounce 80c, quarter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
Extra Elarly Sorts
EARLY WINNIGSTADT— A peerless Cabbtige for general use.
being very hardy and sure to head. Owing to its com-
pact and upright habit of growth and peculiar texture
of short, thick leaf, the variety seems to suffer less from
the Cabbage worm than most other sorts. Head regular,
conical, very hard, and keeps well both summer and
winter. It is the hardiest, not only as regards frost, but
will suffer less from excessive wet, drought, insects or
disease than an other second early sort. We have de-
voted a great deal of time and labor to the development
of the strain we offer, and send it out confident that it is
the best and purest in the country. Per packet Sc; ounce 90c,
quarter pound $3.00, pound $9.00.
EARLY DRUMHEAD— A leading variety. Sure to head and good
to ship. Plant very hardy and compact, with thick, dark green
leaves, covered with a dense bloom. Head flat, very solid, and
•f fine quality. Per packet Sc; ounce 90c, quarter pound $3.00,
pound $9.00.
EARLY DWARF FLAT DUTCH— A most valuable second early
Cabbage. The plant is short-stemmed, upright and having com-
paratively few and short leaves the rows can be set close to-
gether. Head large, solid, crisp and tender, maturing with
early summer. Every plant will form a hard head fit for mar-
ket. Our carefully selected strain should not be confounded
with the inferior stocks so frequently offered. Per packet Sc;
ounce 80c, quarter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
Best Winter Cabbages
PREMIUM FLAT DUTCH— A very productive market variety.
Makes a large, solid head, which keeps long without bursting.
Per packet 5c; ounce 80c, quarter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
Premium Late Flat Dutch
LARGE LATE DRUMHEAD — Very productive and of best variety.
Produces enormous heads that are as solid as a rock. Can’t
be beat as a fall or winter variety. Per packet 5c; ounce 80c,
quarter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
GREEN GLOBE SAVOY — or Curled Cabbage — Particularly adapted
for private use where quality rather than quantity is desired.
Tender, crisp and finely flavored. Packet 5c; ounce 80c„ quarter
pound $2.75, pooind $8.00.
RED DUTCH — A sure bearer. Large, slightly rounded head. Per
packet 5c; ounce 80c, quarter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
CHINESE CABBAGE
CELERY
CABBAGE
Commonly known as “Wong Bok.” Has a mild cabbage flavor,
very delicate and delicious. Fine for salads and greens. Culture is
the same as for winter cabbage. Seed should be sown in July or
early August, and early in September the plants should be trans-
planted. Will grow in any good soil. Packet 10c; ounce SOc, quar-
ter pound $1.50, pound $5.00.
CARROTS — SELECTED TABLE VARIETIES
PLANT CARROTS ALL THE YEAR ROUND
HALF LONG TRUE DANVERS CARROT— A handsome cylindrical
shaped Carrot of large size emd stump rooted. It is a rich dark
orange color, and the flesh is very close in texture and little
core. It is a first-class Carrot for all soils, and under good
cultivation has yielded from 25 to 30 tons per acre with the
smallest length of root of any now grown. More easily har-
vested than the larger types. Per packet Sc; ounce ISc, quar-
ter pound SOc, pound $1.50.
EARLY SCARLET HORN CARROT— One of the most popular va-
rieties grown, color deep orange. One of the best for table use.
Grown extensively by market gardeners. Per packet Sc; ounce
20c, quarter pound SOc, pound $1.75.
EARLY FRENCH FORCING CARROT— Earliest and Best Var-
riety for Forcing — The reddish-orange colored roots are nearly
round. When matured they are about two inches in diameter,
but should be used before they are full grown, when they are
tender and delicious. Per packet Sc; ounce 20c, quarter pound
SOc, pound $2.00.
EARLY OXHEART OR GUERANDE CARROT— A thick Carrot,
5 inches long and very blunt at the lower extremity. It grows
very rapidly and the roots attain a weight of more than a
pound. It is tender, of delicious flavor, and of a deep red color,
and is a variety we can recommend to all market gardeners.
Per packet Sc; ounce 15c, quarter pound SOc, pound $1.50.
SELECTED STOCK VARIETIES
ORANGE COLORED STOCK CARROT — This is a Carrot that suits
every soil. A tremendous cropper. A wonder for its earliness
This grand new Carrot can be harvested as easily as beets, and
yields a heavier crop than any other Carrot known. This va-
riety is a cross between Long Orange and Oxheart. It grows
about 4 inches across the shoulder, 9 to 11 inches long, and
tapers slightly to the bottom, and very stump-rooted.
The color is of a very bright orange. The Carrot is very sweet,
of fine texture, entirely devoid of stringiness, coarseness, and
woody heart or core. All kinds of stock simply relish this won-
derful Carrot. This Carrot yields such a large crop that we
Snowball Cauliflower
feel proud to ♦■be able to offer it to the public. We guarantee
everything we say about this Carrot and recommend it as the
best orange Carrot on the market today. It has no equal. Per
packet Sc; ounce 20c, quarter pound SOc, pound $2.00.
WHITE BELGIAN CARROT— Grows largely above ground, making
it easy to harvest. This Carrot is enormously productive, the
roots attaining a surprising size. Per packet Sc; ounce ISc,
quarter pound SOc, pound $1.50.
IMPROVED LONG ORANGE CARROT— Standard Late Sort— Roots
12 to 15 inches long. A good variety for the table and market
purposes as well as for stock. Packet Sc; ounce ISc, quarter
pound SOc, pound $1.50.
rAIII IFI OWFR PLANT FROM
LJ JLiir L.VJ’ W JULY TO JANUARY
SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER — The earliest and best quick-growing Cauliflower. It heads
where others fail. The plant is of strong growth, with erect, pointed dark green
leaves growing closely about the head. It is remarkable both for the extreme earli-
ness and certainty with which it produces fine heads. In good soil, the heads meas-
ure eight to ten inches across. They are of pure snowy white, with very close, com-
pact curd of extra fine quality. So extremely solid and deep are the nearly globe-
shaped heads that they weigh heavier than other heads of equal size. Market gar-
deners growing Cauliflower on a large scale can plant our Snowball Cauliflower for
both early and late crops, with full assurance that it is the choicest and most re-
liable strain that can be procured. Per packet 10c; quarter ounce $1.50, ounce $5.00.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO.’S EARLY DANISH CAULIFLOWER— A very dwarf variety, pro-
ducing large, solid, snow-white heads. Very tender and fine flavor. One of the
earliest. Has proved itself reliable and gardeners can trust it every time. Per
packet 10c; quarter ounce $1.15, ounce $3.50.
VEITCHE’S AUTUMN GIANT CAULIFLOWER. Late variety. Large heads, firm and
compact, well protected by foliage. Per packet 10c; ounce $1.7S, quarter pound $5.00,
pound $15.00.
COLL ARDS (A Forai of Cabbage)
Extensively grown in the south, where it furnishes an abundance of food for the
table and for stock. It forms a large, loose, open head, or a mass of leaves on a tall
stem. Freezing does not injure, but rather improves the quality. Per packet Sc;
ounce 20c, quarter pound 65c, pound $2.00.
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ESTABLISHED
CIUS. C. NAVL/BT CO. 'nc
Stowell’s Evergreen Com
SWEET CORN
PLANT CORN FROM MARCH TO JULV
For Larger Quantities than Listed Write (or Our Quotations
BLACK MEXICAN— Sweet as honey. The grains when first perfected
are pure white and are then at their best for table use. They
soon become dark and almost black, though still retaining their
wonderful sweetness. Especially good and highly esteemed for
the family garden. Per packet 5c; pound 55c, 10 pound $5.00.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN — Country Gentleman is the finest of all
Sweet Corn for the table. The moment your teeth sink into this
luscious, milky, tender corn, you will become a complete convert
to it, for it will delight the most fastidious epicure. It retains its
delicate tenderness and flavor even when a little old, as the ears
are enclosed in a heavy husk, which tends to keep them “in the
milk” for several days longer than other Corns. The cob is
small and plump, and filled from end to end with pearly white
kernels of great depth. It produces three, many times four, and
occasionally five and six ears to a stalk. But the great merit
of the “Country Gentleman” Corn is its delicious quality. Per
packet Sc; pound 55c, 10 pounds $5.00.
EXTRA EARLY— WHITE COB CORY— One of the largest and best
extra early varieties. Each stalk furnishes two or more large,
fine-shaped ears, which are usually fit for use in from fifty to
sixty days from seed sowing. The ears are very symmetrical
and handsome, with no opening between the rows at the base.
The grain is large, broad, very white and of remarkably good
quality for such an early sort. The size and beauty of this va-
riety give it ready sale even when the market is overstocked.
Also valuable to plant late in summer for autumn use. Per
packet Sc; pound 50c, 10 pounds $4.50.
EARLY MINNESOTA — This old and deservedly popular variety is
one of the best early sorts for the market and private garden.
Stalks about five feet high, with no suckers, and bearing one or
two ears well covered with husks. Ears long, eight-rowed,
kernels very broad, deliciously sweet and tender, not shrinking
much in drying. By careful selection we have developed a stock
of this standard variety which is remarkably uniform, and in
which all the good qualities that have made this sort so popular
are intensified. Per packet Sc; pound 50c, 10 pounds $4.50.
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN — The standard main crop variety. It is
hardy and productive, very tender and sugary, remaining a long
time in condition and suitable for boiling. Our stock has been
carefully grown and selected to avoid the tendency to a shorter
grain and deterioration in the evergreen character of this best
known of all late sorts. Height about seven and one-half feet.
Per packet 5c; pound 50c, 10 pounds $4.50.
GOLDEN BANTAM — A very early variety. The ears are but med-
ium size, but are thickly set with delicious yellow kernels.
The quality of this variety is superb, and it has become a
general favorite early Sweet Corn with all who have tried it.
Per packet 5c; pound 55c, 10 pounds $5.00.
EARLY MAMMOTH, OR ALAMEDA SWEET— A variety that no
lover of delicious meaty Sweet Corn can afford to miss. It is
remarkably productive, a very strong grower with large ears.
and the flavor is of the finest. Extensively grown in Alameda
county for the San Francisco market. Per packet 5c; pound 50c.
10 pounds $4.50.
BEST SEED POP CORN
POP CORN — The most popular variety. Short ears, long kernels,
rice shape. White in color. Per packet 5c, pound 20c, 10 pounds
for $1.75.
FAVORITE FIELD CORN
GOLDEN BEAUTY — A large, broad grained and very handsome
golden-yellow corn. Matures early — hardy — very productive
easy to husk. Per packet 5c; pound 15c, 10 pounds for 75c.
TAMALE CORN^Per packet 5c; pound 15c, 10 pounds for $1.25.
COMMON YELLOW OR WHITE — Field or fodder corn. Per packet
5c; pound 10c, 10 pounds for 70c, 100 pounds for $5.50.
CHICORY— LARGE ROOTED
Fine for salad. The dried roots are used quite extensively as a
substitute for and an adulterant of coffee. Plant from February to
May. Per packet 5c; ounce 4Sc, quarter pound $1.50, pound $4.50.
CORN SALAD
(Fetticus or Lamb Lettuce) — Used during the winter and spring
months as a substitute for Lettuce. Also cooked and used like
spinach. Plant from March to May, or August to October. Per
packet 5c; ounce 25c, quarter pound 80c, pound $2.25.
CRESS
(Pepper Grass) — A quick-growing vegetable, used for salads.
The leaves are finely cut and feathery, like a good parsley. Growth
dwarf and compact. Ornamental and crisp, pungent. Plant from
February to April. Per packet 5c; ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c,
pound $1.75.
WATER CRESS
A fine salad. Also used as garnish for meats during the win-
ter. It has a pleasant and peculiar flavor. Plant from February to
April. Per packet 5c; ounce 40c, quarter pound $1.40, pound $4.00.
DANDELION
IMPROVED LARGE LEAVED — The largest leaved and best cutting
variety. Plant Dandelion from March to August. Per packet
5c; ounce 80c, quarter pound $3.00.
EGG PLANT
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE— The leading market variety.
Plant of strong growth, and extremely productive. The fruit is
of large size with smooth, glossy, deep purple skin. Per packet
5c; ounce 75c, quarter pound $2.50, pound $7.50.
EARLY LONG PURPLE — Hardy and much earlier than the large
New York Purple, succeeding farther north. Thin fruits from
six to ten inches long. Plant Egg Plant from February to
April. Per packet Sc; ounce 75c, quarter pound $2.50, pound $7.50.
ENDIVE
PLANT ENDIVE FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER
LARGE GREEN CURLED — A large strong growing Endive which
by tying up, can be made to form finely-blanched centers of
good quality. Outer leaves well cut and of a bright deep green.
Per packet Sc; ounce 20c, quarter pound 7Sc, pound $2.00.
BROAD-LEAVED BATAVIAN (Escarolle)— This variety has broad,
thick, plain or slightly wrinkled leaves, forming a large head,
and is desirable for stews and soups. If the outer leaves are
gathered and tied at the top, the inner ones will blanch and
may be used for salad. Per packet Sc; ounce 20c, quarter pound
75c, pound $2.00.
KOHL-RABI
(TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE)— Grown for its turnip-shaped bulb
which is formed above ground. The bulb should be used while
young and tender. Plant from February to June, or September
to October. The Early White Vienna is the best variety for
table use. Per packet Sc; ounce 35c, quarter pound $1.10,
pound $3.25.
SELECTED VARIETIES OF CELERY
PLANT CELERY FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL
LARGE WHITE SOLID— A large, vigorous-growing Celery. The
stalks are white, round, very crisp, free from stringiness or
bitterness, perfectly solid and of superior flavor. Under good
cultivation it grows three feet high. Per packet Sc; ounce 25c,
puarter pound 8Sc, pound $2.50.
WHITE PLUME — IvirHest variety. It can be blanched for the table in September. It
blanches naturally without banking up. It has no rival for earliness, beauty, flavor
and texture. It is as easy to grow White Plume Celery as any other vegetable. If
the stalks are drawn together when the plant is three fourths grown and the soil drawn
to or pressed around the plant, it will soon be fit for use. Its ample white heart
and variegated leaves present a beautiful appearance. The delicate flavor of crisp,
succulent stalks is unequalled. Our stockof this grand Celery is finer today than
ever. Per packet Sc; ounce 40c, ouarter pound $1.25. pound $3.50.
GIANT PASCAL CELERY — This is a green-leaved variety, developed from the Golden
Yellow Self-Blanching, and is an excellent sort for fall and winter use. It blanches to a
beautiful yellowish-white color, is verv solid and crisp and of a fine nutty flavor.
The stalk is very thick, the upper portion nearly round, but broadening and flattening
toward the base. With rich soil and high culture this variety will be wholly satis-
factory if a large-growing, medium-late Celery of excellent quality is desired. Per
packet 5c; ounce 25c, quarter pound 85c, pound $2.50.
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING — (Paris Golden) This grand variety is of French origin. It
is not quite as early as White Plume, but is of heavier and more compact growth, ami
possesses the same self-blanching characteristics. The stalks are thick and brittlc--
I he hearts large and_ solid. Its handsome color, crispness, tenderness, freedom from
--tringiness, and delicious, nutty flavor make it a universal favorite, both for private
use and for market. Our seed is a very select California .grown strain, am! will
.give superior results ami satisfaction. Per packet 10c, ounce 75c, quarter pound $2.50.
pound $7.50.
CELERIAC (Turnip-Rooted Celery )— Large Smooth Prague. Per
packet Sc; ounce 30c; quarter pound $1.00; pound $3.00.
CELERY SEED FOR FLAVORING— Per packet 5c; ounce lOc, quar-
ter pound 15c, pound 50c.
Celerlac
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ESTABLISHED 1885
SAN JOSE>, CALIP.
Crispest, Tenderest, Best Varieties of
LETTUCE
DJ^ Rncfrfcn ^ very popular variety with gardeners who
•*^*8 OvOlOn want a large-headed forcing sort — also for out-
door winter culture. Plant is large, very hardy and vigorous.
Leaves broad, comparatively smooth but wavy at edge, thin and
very hard. Color, bright light green. Indoors the Big Boston forms
a solid head, while outdoors it is less distinctively a heading sort.
Always finds a ready market. Per packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter
pound 50c, pound $1.50.
California Cream Butter variety“ToV~autrmn
and winter use. Forms a very large head, which is very buttery
and of a rich golden yellow inside. The leaves are thick and of
bright green, slightly tinged with brown on top of head, and the
outer leaves are slightly spotted with inconspicuous brown spots.
Easy to grow and a good shipping variety. Grown extensively by
San Francisco market gardeners. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
pound 50c, pound $1.50.
This old standard variety is still the
1 riZdlcaQ best of the large, thin-leaved, clustering
sort for the home garden, but it is not a good kind to ship long
distances, as the leaves are so tender that they are easily broken
in handling The leaves are very large, crimped, bright green tinged
with brownish-red, and are exceedingly tender, crisp and sweet,
forming a large loose head. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
pound 50c, pound $1.50.
PaQQirkn most popular variety among California and
A doollill New Orleans market gardeners. A medium-sized
cabbage, butter, heading sort. We have the best and truest stock
of this variety that cem be obtained. It is especially recommended
as a garden Lettuce for qur climate. It heads well and bears ship-
ping remarkably well, since it revives nicely after wilting. Per
packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c, pound $1.75.
Simpson’s Early Curled
sown thickly and cut when the plants are very young. Leaves
broad, often frilled and blistered and formed into a loose head.
Light green in color, and exceedingly sweet, tender and well-flav-
ored. Popular in all markets. Per packet Sc, ounce 20c, quarter
pound 60c, pound $1.75.
WViifo I r»c Anrrolae ^ favorite summer Lettuce. Pro-
’ ’ nilc L-.US .nllgClcS duces large, solid heads of superior
quality — closely resembling the original Los Angeles variety— -with
the exception of the leaves, which are a great deal lighter in color.
Crisp, tender, and as fine for table use as any Lettuce we could
mention. This is one of our very finest strains and we guarantee
that you will be delighted with it. Per packet Sc, ounce 15c, quar-
ter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
Poric (Romaine) Much esteemed by epicures
”” ***■” - for itg crispness, tenderness and flavor,
which is different from that of any other Lettuce. The heads are
long and conical. The leaves require to be tied up when they soon
form solid heads that quickly bleach to snowy whiteness and be-
come as stiff and sweet as celery stalks, and are delicious when
eaten in the same manner or prepared for salad. Per packet 5c,
ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
White Paris Cos (Romaine)
Grand Rapids Forcing fcrcing^"this"%/°iety ^stanSrit
the head of the list, being of thick growth — little liable to rot — and
standing for some days after being fit to cut. The plant is upright
and forms a loose head or cluster of large, light yellowish-green
leaves that are slightly crimped and blistered and rather thin. It
will stand shipping long distances better than most sorts as it
does not break easily or decay quickly. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c,
quarter pound 50c. pound $1.50.
f ,,, , , ,-1 Grows to large size, and is uni-
rlanson S improved formly sure heading. Head very
solid and beautifully blanched — crisp, mild, tender. One of the
finest varieties to grow for market, during the summer months.
Our stock is unexcelled, being of the improved hard-heading strain.
Per packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
I rtc This is a most beautiful, attractive, and
l_iOS .r^IlgClcS good-to-eat Lettuce — one of the very best
sellers in the Los Angeles and San Francisco markets, and a great
favorite wherever grown. The heads grow to immense size and
the leaves are blanched creamy white, and exceedingly crisp, tender
and brittle. Unsurpassed for home and market growing. The
heart is solid and of light green color, and very long-standing per-
fect heads may be cut from the same bed for many weeks. It is
an extremely hardy variety, rooting deeply, resisting hot weather,
and thriving when many sorts could hardlv exist. FOR EXHIBI-
TION PURPOSES AND FOR AN 0UT-D0(5R ALL-SEASON LET-
TUCE THE CHAS. C. NAVLET CO.’S SPECIAL STRAIN OF LOS
ANGELES LETTUCE IS IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN. Buy from
us and you will get the very choicest strains of this choicest of
all Lettuce. Packet 5c; ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c, pound $2.00.
Chas. C. Navlet Co^s Cucumbers
Elarly Long White Spine
Our selected strain of this
^ ^ ^ favorite type of Early
White Spine is unsurpassed, either for forcing or the open ground.
The Cucumbers are very regular in outline, uniform in size, aver-
aging seven to eight inches in
length, straight and of a rich dark-
I green color. They present the finest
ipearance in market, and, of course,
P Hke all true White Spine type, never
turn yellow; the light stripes or
“white spines’* running from blossom
end only add to the attractive ap-
pearance of the older fruits. Flesh
white, crisp as ice, and solid, with
comparatively few seeds. Flavor ex-
cellent. Vines of vigorous growth
and very productive, yielding large
crops both early and throughout the
season. Per packet Sc, ounce 15c, quarter pound
50c, pound $1.50.
Improved
Long Green
Early Short Green Ser^'^“Tn e":
cellent sort both for table use and pickling.
Plant very vigorous and productive. Fruit
straight, handsome, small at each end, bright
green, lighter at the blossom end, with crisp,
tender flesh. Makes excellent pickles. Comes
into use a little later than the Early Cluster
and keeps green a long time. Our stock is very
superior. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
pound 50c, pound $1.50.
Prnllfl/' (Boston Pickling) A fa-
Vireen rroiuic vorite with pickle
growers and commercial gardeners. Very pro-
ductive. Fruit medium size, very smooth,
symmetrical and of a beautiful bright green.
Per packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound 45c,
pound $1.50.
March to June
J I This is a most popular variety
Improved Long L»reen of green cucumbers. Produced
by selection from the Long Green. Vine vigorous and productive,
forming fruit fit for the table nearly as early as the shorter sorts.
Fruit about twelve inches long, firm and crisp. Also excellent
for pickles, and when mature is sometimes used for making sweet
pickles. We offer a carefully selected strain, uniformly long, of
good form, with the large warts and spines well distributed over
the surface instead of being clustered at one end as in inferior
stocks. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
The vine attains nearly twice the
J&P&116S0 LlimDlUg length of common varieties. The
young plants are bushy. But as soon as they get well established
they begin to climb, and may be grown on fences, poles or trel-
lises. It is estimated that with this Cucumber the product of a
given area can be increased threefold.. The fruits are ten to twelve
inches in length and of a fine green color. The flesh is thick and
firm, never bitter, and fine for pickling as well as slicing. It is very
prolific. The vines are proof against mildew, and continue bear-
ing until late in the fall. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound
50c, pound $1.50.
C-__ll Pickles. One of our popular special-
•^***“U VUlcrKlllb ties A very small, oval, prickly variety,
quite distinct from all others, and grown exclusively for pickles.
It is the smallest of all varieties and should always be picked when
young and tender. The seed is slow to germinate, requiring usually
from two to three weeks. Per packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter pound
75c, pound $2.25.
LEMON CUCUMBERS
The fruit is as large as a lemon, the shape of a lemon, and the
color of a lemon. It can be pared and eaten the same as an ap-
ple. When sliced and served it is very delicious, the flavor being
most refreshing and delightful. The Lemon Cucumber is not injur-
ious to health, as it is free from the acid that all other Cucum-
bers have. The vines are strong growers and will bear heavily
until frost. Give this splendid novelty a trial this season. You
will never regret it. Per packet 10c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c,
pound $1.75.
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ESTABLISHED
ClIAS. C.NAVL/BT CO. >nc.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Chas. C. Navlet Co^s Millionaire Muskmelon
GRANDEST MELON EVER INTRODUCED
Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s Millionaire Muskmelon
This superb Melon is now offered for the fourth season. The
last two seasons have proven that the Millionaire is even finer
than we had originally hoped. Wherever it has been grown it has
created a veritable sensation on account of its immense size,
delicious flavor, and extraordinary productiveness. Some weigh as
high as 9 pounds, and a single Melon is always large enough
for an entire family. The flesh is so unusually thick that it leaves
only a very small hole in the center. It is of a tempting cream
color, has a matchless creamy texture, and is as sweet as honey.
Fairly melts in your mouth. Packet 10c, ounce $1.50, quarter pound
$5.00, pound $15.00.
MONTREAL IMPROVED GREEN NUTMEG— A superb Melon of
large size and rich aromatic flavor. Vine vigorous, hardy and
productive. Fruit round, flattened at both ends, ribbed and
covered with coarse netting. Flesh very thick, luscious and
melting. One of the handsomest varieties to grow for exhi-
bition. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 45c, pound $1.25.
THE HOODOO — Unlike its unpropitious name, this Muskmelon is
one of the best of recent introductions It is early and prolific.
The fruit is of medium size; the seed cavity is very small,
the rind very thin indeed, and the edible fleshy part very thick
and meaty. It is of orange or salmon color, the type much
preferred now. But its great charm is its flavor, which is par
excellence. We have seldom had such enthusiastic reports from
any vegetable novelty, as from the Hoodoo Muskmelon. It
will pay you to try it. Large packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter
pound 85c, pound $2.50 Plant Muskmelons from March to June.
LARGE NETTED CANTALOUPE — A splendid and very popular va-
riety. Melons are of uniform size and spicily flavored. Very
productive. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c,
pound $1.50.
BURRELL’S GEM— A medium sized oval variety, deeply netted
and having salmon or red flesh. It is larger than Rocky Ford
and of an entirely distinct flavor. There is a growing de-
mand for the fine-grained, smooth, salmon-red fleshed Musk-
melons, and Burrell’s Gem seems to be one of the best in cul-
tivation. Large packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c,
pound $1.75.
HACKENSACK OR TURK’S CAP— One of the most extensively
grown Muskmelons. A reliable and bountiful yielder. Extra
- early. Fruit very large, the diameter being much more than
the length. Ribs large, of irregular width and densely covered
with coarse netting. Flesh green, thick, coarse, but very sweet
and fine flavored. Our stock is true to the “Turk’s Cap” type,
and after careful comparison with that of other growers, we
unhesitatingly pronounce it the best in the country. Per packet
5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound S8c, pound $1.50.
ROCKYFORD MUSKMELON — A sweet, luscious Melon that has
become world-famous for its captivating flavor. The vine is ex-
ceedingly healthy and produces an enormous number of Melons
during the entire season. Fruit averages five to six inches in
length. The skin is a rich, greenish gold in color and the
flesh is of exquisite texture and melting almost to the rind.
The seed cavity is very small. We have used the utmost care
in selecting our seed of this variety, looking well to shape, size,
solidity, depth and color of flesh, seed cavity, and quality—
and know that this is the true Rocky Ford. Per packet 5c, ounce
15c, quarter pound 4Sc, pound $1.25.
L_ The Wonderful New Winter Muskmelon. The flesh
L^aSaDa gf {]-,£ Casaba is thick, of fine texture, and juicy
and palatable to within kt inch of the skin. The flavor — a combination
of pineapple and the finest wild Muskmelon — is_ delicious beyond de-
scription. The fruits are oblong and about 12 inches long — the skin
is smooth and finely mottled with dark green and yellow — the seed
cavity is small. Seed should not be sown until all danger of frost
is over. Soil should be moist and sandy. Do not gather the
melons until tne iigiit streaks become quite yellow. Stow away so
the melons will not touch each other in a cool, dark place. When
the rmd becomes slightly softened and moist the fruit is ready to
eat. Some of the melons will actually keep until February. Per
packet 10c, ounce 25c, quarter pound 75c, pound $2.50.
WATERMELON SEED
PLANT WATERMELONS FROM MARCH TO JUNE
A remarkably fine Melon. The Chilian is a very brit-
* tie, thin-skinned variety of the highest quality, and
especially valuable for the home garden. It is slightly oblong. The
skin IS a deep rich green, mottled and striped with a still
deeper green. The flesh is bright red and the flavor is remarkably
fine and sweet. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c.
pound $1.50.
Citron ^ small globular variety, striped
^ U U- . “ oeeaea marbled with light green.
Flesh white and solid, seed red. Used exclusively for pickles and
preserves. Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter pound 25c, pound 75c.
C uhan OllP^n finest Watermelons yet intro-
^uuan Vdueen Juced. ^he fruit is of large size and ob-
long in form. Skin beautifully striped in dark and light green.
Rmd quite thiri, but tough enough for shipping. Flesh bright red,
remarkably solid, peculiarly luscious, crisp and sugary A good
keeper. Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter pound 35c, pound $1.00.
Florirla FaiVOirit<a ^ •a'"se variety with large, oblong
r ioriaa ravome fn.it, and dark green skin mottled
with a deeper shade. Rind thin, flesh deep red and of fine qual-
ity The flavor is excellent, and the Melon is well suited for either
table or market. Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter pound 35c,
pound $1.00.
Pr^rrll-irvrkL- Fai-lxr earliest large-fruited Watermelon
A V.11U11UU1L J_iariy i„ cultivation — when grown from genuine
stock. The Melons average about thirty-five pounds in weight and
are^ rather short and blocky in form. Skin dark green with oc-
casional faint stripes of lighter green. Flesh bright red, crisp,
sweet and of surpassing quality. Rind quite thin but tough, mak-
ing a first-class shipping variety. Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter
pound 35c, pound $1.00.
Prsorloce rvp great home market Water-
reeriess or ice i_,ream — ...eion. it has too thin a rind
for shipping. The fruit is oblong in shape with a dark green and
slightly mottled skin. The _ bright scarlet flesh is solid to the
center, melting and very delicious. Per packet Sc, ounce 10c, quarter
pound 35c, pound $1.00.
Tom Watson Watermelon — Gl!f'T*few"^yea«”^ago;
Very prolific — six carloads on ten acres often made; shape long; col-
or dark, deep green, no stripes; large — oftentimes 50 to 60 pounds;
two melons to the vine; no ends, no necks to rot; better shipper
than Rattlesnake; tougher rind; flesh deep red; seeds white, smeared
with yellow. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 5Dc, pound $1.50.
AnCTAlinn ^ wonderfully popular variety. Deep red flesh,
choice flavor, dark green skin. Extremely early
and by watching for the yellow to show through the green you
can always make certain of ripeness. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c,
quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50..
IClAirUtfkV sweetest of all Watermelons. Fruit
*^*^^*^*^.7 is of large size, oblong in form, with a
dark green skin and verv thin rind. The flesh — a beautiful bright
scarlet in color — has a broad solid heart, and is crisp, sugary,
melting in the highest degree, and entirely free from anv stringi-
ness. The melons average eighteen to twenty inches in length by
ten to twelve inches in diameter, and are very handsome in ap-
pearance and of uniformly superior duality. While the skin is too
tender to admit of the fruit being shipped any distance to market,
the “Kleckley Sweets’* is a most desirable Watermelon to plant
for home use or nearbv markets. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
round 45c, pound $1.25.
Gypsy Oblong— An oblong
OOUlflciO I\.aLll6Sria.ll6 Watermelon of cood size ®nd
excellent ouality. Rind thin, light green with beautiful stripes
Flesh bright scarlet, solid, tender and very sweet. Per packet 5c,
I r^^nce ’Oc, nuarter oound 35c, pound $1.00.
j The Lodi or San Joaquin— caBforni"° vLie^”y, ’’g^own"
on an immense scale in Snn Joaquin Valiev and shipped to all
parts of the Pacific Coast. Fruits large and oblong^ skin green and
slightly mottled, rind thin but tough, flesh bright red and sweet.
seed.«5 white. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 45c, pound
OKRA OR GUMBO
The young seed pods of this Southern plant are used for the
well-known and delicious *‘Gumbo” Soups; alone or with chicken.
WHITE VELVET — Produces pods larger than any other They are
never prickly to the touch, alwavs round and smooth. Per
packet 5c, ounce 10c. quarter pound 25c, pound 75c.
DWARF — Grows low. hut stocky, and is very productive. Per
packet 5r. ounce 10c, ouarter pound 25c, pound 75c.
TALL or PERKINS’ MAMMOTH— The long pods, measuring 4 to 5
inches, are produced in great quantities. Per packet 5c, ounce
10c, quarter pound 25c, pound 75c. Plant from March to June.
MUSTARD
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED— This is the true curled leaf variety.
Is grown largely to furnish an early spring salad. May also be
boiled and eaten like Spinach. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
pound 50c, pound $1.25. Plant from February to May.
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SAN JOSE, CALIF.
I
Onion Sets
WHITE OR YELLOW
Onion Sets are miniature Onions
^rown from seed. When grown
from sets the Onions can be used
in the green state or ripened off
for large Onions. Onions grown
from Sets are fully 6 weeks earl-
ier than when raised from seed.
White, 3Sc per pound, postpaid;
25c pound by express. Yellow, 30c
per pound, postpaid. By express
2Sc
Leek
Member of the Onion Family.
Large American Flag. The
favorite variety with market
gardeners. Per packet 5c,
ounce 35c, quarter pound $1.25,
pound $3.00.
Large Flag ^ or London.
The sort usually cultivated.
Hardy and vigorous. Per
pkt. 5c, ounce 35c, one-quarter
pound $1.25, pound $3.50. Plant
J.eek from February to April.
Plant Onion Seed
September to May
Chas.C. Navlet Co’s “King of the Yellows” Onion
Unsurpassed for Home and Market Growing
One of the handsomest, finest flavored, most orolific, best keeping, all-round home and market Onions ever introduced! Superior
to Yellow Globe and Yellow Danver. Leader of the yellow skins. Flesh is white and fine grained. Uniform in size and shape. Ripens
up hard and solid and is a wonderful variety for shipping. A tremendous money maker for the market grower, being an extremely
heavy producer and an unrivalled seller. Per packet 5c; ounce 35c,
GIGANTIC PRIZE TAKER — The Prizetaker attains the enormous
size of the famous Spanish Onion, and its mildness and tender-
ness are unequalled even by the Bermuda varieties. It attains
its colossal size under exactly the same conditions that are
necessary to the cultivation of other Onions. Per packet 5c;
ounce 35c, quarter pound $1.00, half pound $2.75, pound $3.25.
EARLY AUSTRALIAN BROWN — An Onion of Wonderful Keep-
ing Qusdity. After a thorough test this Onion has proven to
be not only the very earliest to ripen, but also the longest
keeping variety now cultivated. It matures two or three weeks
sooner than the earliest of the old sorts. Its keeping qualities
are truly phenomenal, being found solid and in good condition
one year after being harvested. The bulbs are of medium size,
with small, hard necks, and a clear, amber brown in color.
Per packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter pound 75c, half pound $1.75,
pound $2.50.
YELLOW FLAT DANVERS — Many growers prefer this to the
Globe Danvers, as ordinarily it is a: very heavy cropper. It is
a fine Onion, one you are sure to be pleased with. A
heavy yielder, a splendid keeper, of beautiful appearance, and
sells readily in all markets. Per packet 5c, ounce 30c, quarter
pound 90c, half pound $2.00, pound $2.75.
RED BERMUDA — A very early flat variety, used largely in the
South for planting in the fall and marketing in the spring. It
is mild of flavor and a good shipper but not a winter-keeping
variety. The color is a pale red. The best stock is imported
from Teneriffe, Canary Islands, and we offer only this stock.
Large packet 5c,ounce 45c, quarter pound $1.40, haJf pound
$2.25. pound $4.00.
WHITE BERMUDA — A very early variety, used largely in the
South, and is an early market Onion, when the seed is sown
in the fall and the Onions are harvested in the spring. It is
mild and of a particularly fine flavor. Per packet 5c, ounce 45c,
quarter pound $1.40, hrdf pound $2.25, pound $4.00.
WHITE GLOBE — -A very handsome, silvery-white ball-shaped
Onion of large size. Flesh firm, fine grained, of mild flavor,
and an e.xcellent keeper. Its even, regular size and globular
form, combined with the clear silvery whiteness of the skin,
make it one of the handsomest Onions grown. Per packet 5c,
ounce 60c, quarter pound $2.00, pound $6.00.
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE — A popular orange yellow. Globe
shape. Per packet 5c, ounce 50c, quarter pound $1.50, half
pound $3.25, pound $5.00.
quarter pound $1.00, half pound $2.00, pound $3.50.
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS— An immensely popular Onion that
combines extreme reliability and early ripening with large yield.
We take unusual precautions to maintain the highest degree
of perfection in our stock, and can confidently claim superiority
for it. The shape is round, a little depressed at top and bot-
tom. The color is a rich brownish-yellow, making a most at-
tractive ljulb. It is medium in size, but remarkably solid and
heavy, producing as much weight per acre as any variety
grown. It can be used to great advantage from the earliest
date to the latest as it is one of the surest keepers, and is
delicious even when in its youngest stage. Per packet 5c,
ounce 30c, quarter pound 90c, half pound ^.00, pound $3.00.
EXTRA EARLY FLAT RED — The first to ripen and one of the
handsomest of the red sorts. It yields abundantly, keeps well,
is of mild flavor, and the bulbs are very uniform in shape and
size. Excellent for boiling, slicing or pulling young for use
in salads. It will form Onions in mucky soils where other
varieties frequently fail to ripen. Recommended especially for
sections where the seasons are short and cool. In rich soils
it frequently grows almost as large as the Large Red Weth-
ersfield. Its earliness makes it a very desirable Onion to raise
for market. Per packet 5c, ounce 3Sc, quarter pound $1.00, half
pound $2.25, pound $3.25.
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD — A leading variety from ocean to
ocean. Produces colossal crops of enormous Onions. All clean,
solid, heavy, perfect and entirely free from scallions or thick-
necks. A sure cropper, a long keeper and a splendid shipper.
Though well flattened, the Onions are thick through. The
outer skin is a deep rich purplish red, smooth and glossy. The
flesh is white, lightly tinged with pinkish-rose, and is as mild
in flavor as many varieties with skin of lighter coloring. _ There
is no better strain of the true Large Red Wethersfield in cul-
tivation today than offered by us. Per packet 5c, ounce 35c,
quarter pound $1.00, heJf pound $2.25, pound $3.25.
WHITE PORTUGAL — Or Silverskin. A splendid white Onion for
general culture. Per packet 5c, ounce 40c, quarter pound $1.20,
half pound $2.25, pound $3.75.
POTATO ONION— :.The Potato Onion produces a quantity of young
bulbs on the parent root, which should be planted early in
the spring in rows 78 inches apart, 6 inches apart in the row,
and covered one inch deep. They should be earthed up like
potatoes as they continue to grow. Pound 40c, postpaid; 35c by
express.
GARLIC — Pound 35c postpaid; 30c by express.
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ESTABUSHCO 1885
J CllAS. C. NAVL/BT CO.
.^Ssbl.
THEWOUSeOF QUAUTV
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s Selected Peas
Peas are
PLANT PEAS AT ANY TIME. For Larger Quantities Write for Quotations.
and are a favorite crop with the market gardener and home gardener alike.
easy to grow ana are a layonte crop witn tne market gardener and home gardener alike. You should nurchase
ve|efabli°on 7our tab1e‘'fo?*’mlny^ wleks""" considerable period, and by successive plantings you can have this delicious
YORKSHIRE HERO, OR ALAMEDA SWEET
PEA — (Ail the Year) A most popular
and extremely productive early and late
variety, growing two and half feet in
height. The haulm or vine is close-
jointed and thickly hung with round,
well filled pods. Peas are of good size,
tender, and of very sweet flavor. From
its short, stocky growth, and great pro-
ductiveness it is also one of the most
profitable varieties to plant in the field
for market. Per packet Sc; pound 2Sc,
10 pounds for $2.25.
AMERICAN WONDER^(Extra Early). Earl-
iest Wrinkled Pea. This variety is un-
excelled in flavor and quality. It is a
hybrid of fixed habit between the well-
known Champion of England and the
Little Gem, and possesses the merits of
both, with additional points of excel-
lence. The vine grows 10 to 12 inches
high, and is very prolific in pods of
striking form and size. It is of the finest
flavor. In maturing it is among the
first, being the first of the wrinkled
sorts. Adapted for family use, as it re-
quires no brush or other support. Per
packet Sc; pound 30c, 10 pounds for $2.75.
GRADUS, ALSO CALLED “PROSPERITY
pea” — (Extra Early). This popular new
and large-podded wrinkled Pea of finest
quality matures pods only two or three
days later than the small-podded, round-
seeded extra earliest. It produces uni-
formly large pods, measuring from four
to four and one-half inches in length,
nearly round and well-filled with very
large, handsome Peas of the finest flav-
or. The Peas remain tender and sweet
for some time after they are large
enough to use. Per packet Sc; pound
30c, 10 pounds $2.75.
LATE TELEPHONE PEA-(Late) One of
the leading Peas with market gardeners
whose trade appreciate fine appearance
and high quality. Vine vigorous and
produces an abundance of very large
pods filled with immense Peas which are
tender, sweet and of excellent flavor. It p r-
is one of the best sorts for either home-® ^ '
A, Sc; pound 2Sc. 10 pounds for $2.25.
ALDERMAN— (Late)— A new Pea like Telephone. The vine is ex-
.tra vigorous and the pods of Alderman are dark green and al-
ways well filled with peas which should be stalked. There is
none better than the Alderman. Packet Sc; pound 25c, 10 pounds
for $2.25.
BRITISH WONDER (Late) — We cannot too highly recommend this
new sort; a dwarf Pea with extra large pods, and Peas of finest
quality. Prolific. Packet Sc; pound 25c, 10 pounds for $2.25.
PARSNIPS
HOLLOW CROWN — (Very Popular Sort) — Root white^ very tender,
a smooth, clean skin. The variety is easily distinguished
by the leaves growing from a depression on the top or crown of
. packet 5c; ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c, pound $1.75.
LONG DUTCH SUGAR (Great Keeper) — Root very long, white,
smooth, tender and of most excellent flavor. Very hardy and
will keep through winter without protection. Per packet 5c;
ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c, pound $1.75. Plant from July to
October and January to May.
Gradus Peas
BURPEE'S BEST — (Extra Early) We offer
the introducer’s prize strain. The best
early Pea of the smooth-seed varieties,
is very much sweeter than Alaska and
also earlier. The vines make a very
quick growth, about 18 to 20 inches in
length, and the pods ripen practically all
at one time. Per packet Sc; pound 30c,
10 pounds for $2.75.
LAXTONIAN (Late) — This is an ideal
market and home garden Pea, medium
dwarf in habit of growth, but with very
large pods, averaging five to six inches
in length. Laxtonian seldom has any
blank spaces in the pods. Per packet
Sc, pound 30c; 10 pounds $2.75.
LARGE WHITE MARROWFAT PEA (Late)
— Cultivated quite extensively for can-
ning. Pods large, cylindrical, rough,
light colored and well filled. It
is excellent for summer use, and one of
the most productive of the garden var-
ieties. Per packet 5c; pound 30c, 10
pounds for $2.75.
PREMIUM GEM. OR LITTLE GEM (Early)
— Very popular dwarf, wrinkled variety,
with the market gardener. Pods good
size and filled with six or eight light,
sweet flavored Peas. Grows about 15
inches high. Per packet 5c; pound 30c,
10 pounds for $2.75.
STRATAGEM (Late) — Seeds green, wrinkled;
middle crop, one of the best Peas ever
sent out, grows a vigorous and showy
vine of branching habit, heavily laden
with immense pods containing 10 to 12
Peas of large size. Per packet 5c;
pound 25c, 10 pounds for $2.50.
ALASKA. OR EARLIEST OF ALL (Extra
Early). A very early, tall variety,
vines two to two and one-half feet, with
smooth, small peas, green seeded, of good
quality, and short well-filled pods. The
crop matures practically all at one time,
and is verv popular with canners and
market gardeners. This variety will not
rot in the ground if planted in very
cold, wet soil, and so is recommended
for the verv earliest planting. Per
packet 5c; pound 30c, 10 pounds for $2.75.
EDIBLE PODDED PEA — Sweet — delicious — tender — A class of Pea
little known in this country, but very popular abroad. They
are used in the same way as Snap or String Beans, and can be
made ready for the table in ten or fifteen minutes. The pods
are very large, sweet, brittle and extremely tender. Per p<acket
5c; pound 35c, 10 pounds $3.00.
PARSLEY
zarnishing.
dried crisp.
Very useful for flavoring soups and stews and for
The green leaves are used for flavoring or they may be
rubbed to a powder and kept in bottles until needed. Plant Pars-
ley all year round.
CHOICE MOSS CURLED — A compact-growing, finely curled and
densely cut variety, of a deep green color. Owing to its fine
color and handsome foliage, it is one of the most popular sorts.
Per packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
FINE TRIPLE CURLED — Distinct in appearance from any other
variety. The leaves are beautifully crimped and curled. Per
packet 5c; ounce I5c. quarter pound 50c. pound $1.50.
Chas C. Navlet Co’s' Peppers for|Home and Market Growing
ANAHEIM CHILI— After five years in general use this Pepper yet
grows in popularity. As it becomes more widely known it is
more appreciated. The stalks grow from two to three feet
high and support the Peppers well off the ground and every
plant bears thirty to forty large Peppers from six to ten inches
^ng. Per packet Sc; ounce 40c, quarter pound $1.35, pound $4.00.
RUBY KINCj — The beautiful plants are crowded with large, hand-
soine fruits of a bright ruby-red which grow from four to six
inches long by three to four inches through. They are so mild
in flavor that they can even be sliced and eaten with vinegar
like Tomatoes or Cucumbers. Per packet 5c; ounce 80c, quar-
ter pound $2.75, pound $8.00.
LONG RED CAYENNE — A favorite variety having
a slim, pointed pod about four inches long and
when ripe of a bright red color. Extremely
strong and pungent flesh. Per packet Sc;
ounce 40c, quarter pound $1.50, pound $4.00.
SWEET SPANISH — Plant very vigorous, upright
growing with moderately large leaves. The
fruit does not ripen until very late. It is
very large and long, often eight inches or more
in length by two inches in diameter, very
smooth and handsome, being, when nearly ma-
ture, of a bright deep green color, and when
fully matured of a rich red. Flesh very
thick, sweet and mild flavored. Well suited to
use as a stuffed pickle, and especially when
green in making pepper salad. Per packet Sc;
ounce 70c, quarter pound $2.50, pound $7.00.
Bell Pepper
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CHINESE GIANT — This monstrous fruiting variety averages 12 to
15 inches in circumference and notwithstanding its immense size,
it is very early and prolific, the stocky, well-branched plants,
about 2 feet high, carry so many Peppers that in some places
they seem bunched together. The flesh is thick, tender, mild,
sweet, and unexcelled when sliced as a salad, or for stuffing,
for “mangoes”. When ripe the surface is of a brilliant glossy
scarlet. Per packet 5c; ounce $1.00, quarter pound $3.00, pound $9.00.
RED CHERRY — An ornamental as well as useful variety, the plant
being tall and bearing profusely small, bright red fruit. ^ The
fruit is small, round, very hot and is largely used for pickles.
Per packet 5c; ounce 40c, quarter pound $1.35, pound $4.00.
CHILI — A large variety, used in the manufacture
of pepper sauce. The bright, rich red pods are
about two inches long, one-third to one-half
inch in diameter at the base, tapering to a
sharp point and exceedingly pungent when
ripe. The plants should be started quite early
in hot beds. Per packet 5c; ounce 70c, quar-
ter pound $2.50, pound $7.00.
LARGE BELL OR BULL NOSE— Our stock of
this well-known variety which is sometimes
called Sweet Mountain, is a great improvement
on the best stock obtainable only a few years
ago. Plant vigorous, compact, very productive,
ripening its crop uniformly and early. It is
one of the most popular and desirable sorts.
Fruit large, cylindrical, with thick, mild flesh.
An excellent quality for use in salads and
pickles. Color, a bright red when ripe. Per
packet 5c; ounce 60c, quarter pound $2.00,
pound $6.00.
ESTABLISHED 1885
SAN JOSE>, CALIF.
THE HOUSE or QUALITY
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Gold Coin Potato — Earliest and Best
Per “I O _ Post-
Pound
12c
paid
Four o C ^ Post-
Pounds OOC paid
100
Pounds
$5^
00
MOST PROFITABLE
MARKET POTATO
EVER PRODUCED
POSITIVELYTHE
EARLIEST OF ALL
EARLY VARIETIES
THREE WEEKS EARLIER HEAVIEST YIELDER MOST PROFITABLE
FINEST QUALITY AN ALL-SEASON POTATO HANDSOMEST GROWN
UNIFORMLY LARGE VIGOROUS GROWER EXCELLENT COOKER
The Gold Coin Potato is >asoIutely the finest Potato to be found
anywhere. It has no equal. Season after season it has demon-
strated its superiority over all other good varieties. No other Po-
tato on the market can compare with Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s Re-
selected Strains of Gold Coin Potatoes for earliness, productiveness,
j>roiitablenesSy quality, uniformity, size, fine appearance and vigor-
ous growth.
The tubers are all of good size and lie close together in the
hill. They are slightly oblong, rather broad, and quite thick through
—note the_ illustration. The eyes are small, and there is but lit-
tle waste in peeling. The skin is thin, smooth, and glossy, -and of
a light^ golden tint — just enough coloring to distinguish it from
the white-skinned varieties.
The flesh is finely grained,
cooks to a dry floury flakiness.
have to be well dried out before they will cook well, the Gold
Coin cooks dry and mealy even when freshly dug. For home use or
market growing it is unsurpassed. Its vigorous growth and great
productiveness together with its solidity, smooth, regular form,
and fine table qualities make it a ready seller wherever introduced.
The vines are strong and have exceptionally luxuriant deep
green foliage, making a healthy growth when other varieties are cut
down by blight. Gold Coin Potatoes will grow anywhere — and
never fail to give complete satisfaction. We offer the very finest
seed obtainable. Our seed stock is all carefully selected from
vines that have shown unusual vigor and that have borne heavily
of large uniform smooth-skinned Potatoes. Better buy your seed
direct from us and avoid possible disappointment and loss of time
and money. Per pound 12c, postpaid, 4 pounds for 35c, postpaid;
100 pounds for $5.oi); 25 pounds at 100-pound rate.
of a pure pearly whiteness, and
Unlike most other Potatoes, which
PRICES ON ALL POTATOES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES
SEVEN OTHER CHOICE VARIETIES
10c Per Pound, Postpaid — 50 Pounds or More at 3c Per Pound
UNCLE SAM AMERICAN WONDER WHITE EARLY ROSE
GARNET CHILI EARLY WHITE ROSE EARLY JACKSON
OREGON BURBANK LOW TOP
We assure you that the seed Potatoes we send out will not
only be the best we can supply but the best to be had from any
source at any price. To that end they will be not only strictly true
to name, but hand-sorted, selected stock such as anyone will be
proud to plant Per pound 10c, postpaid; SO pounds or more at 3c
per pound.
Planting directions;— Plant from February to May. The soil best
suited to the Potato is a^ rich, sandy loam, but it seems to thrive
in almost any soil or_ climate. The Potato, being a gross feeder,
requires a liberal application of manure; if stable manure is to be
used, it should be well rotted, and not allowed to come in contact
'^'^b ^he tubers. On no other crops are the results from the use
of phosphates so manifest as on the Potato, almost invariably the
tubers are smoother, brighter and freer from rust and the destruc-
tive influence of wire-worms. The best fertilizers are super-phos-
phate of lime and bone dust. After the Potatoes are cut they
should be spread out, allowing the starch to dry. This forms a
callous. Potatoes treated this way grow quicker and are not so
liable to rot as if planted immediately after being cut. Plant in
rows 3 feet apart and 12 to 16 inches apart in the rows, dropping
two or three pieces in each hill, covering about 4 inches. The
ground should be plowed, fertilized and hoed four times during the
season. Should be thoroughly cultivated so as to retain the mois-
ture, otherwise the results will be small potatoes of inferior qual-
ity. Hoe the earth toward the plants as they advance in growth.
By changing seed every year, better results are obtained. Po-
tatoes reset on one soil year after year degenerate.
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COAS. G. NAV^L/BT CO. *nc
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Chas. C. Navlet Co’s “Bug Proof” Squash
Bug Proof Squash
This is unquestionably the grandest Squash on
earth. It has taken more first premiums than any
other six vegetables combined. It grows strongly and
rapidly. It defies the attacks of bugs. In some sec*
tions it is impossible to grow Squash on account of
bugs.
WE GUARANTEE
THIS SQUASH TO BE
BUG PROOF
It produces colossal crops. It keeps in perfect
condition for a whole year. The fruits are of ob-
long shape — have very rough and very hard shells,
and weigh about 40 pounds each on an average. The
flesh is a rich yellow in color, very thick, fine
grained, sweet, dry and of surpassing flavor, either
roasted, boiled, steamed, baked or in pies. It is one
of the finest Squashes for feeding to stock. We are
sure that those who plant Bug Proof Squash this
season whether for family use or for market, will
appreciate its unequalled merits as thoroughly as we
do. Per packet 5c, ounce 10c, quarter pound 35c,
hedf pound 60c, pound $1.00.
Italian Squash — Earliest of All
Although usually eaten when quite small, still it is good for the table when nearly
full grown; has a distinct flavor, and is very popular. Dark green color at first, changing
to a lighter green later. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
Golden Summer Crookneck
Early and prolific. One of the most popular Squashes for the table and market. The
fruit is of the crookneck type, heavily warted and light golden-yellow in color. Per packet
Sc, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
Early White Bush Scallop
Best Winter Squash Varieties
Best Summer Squash Varieties
Golden Summer Crookneck Squash
Hubbard — A superior Squash
A superior winter Squash. Flesh bright orange>yelIow» fine-grained^ very dry,
sweet and richly-flavored. Keeps well through the winter. Boils or bakes exceed-
ingly dry, and is esteemed by many to be as good baked as the Sweet Potato. Per
packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c, pound $1.75.
Sibley — Popular for Shipping
A popular shipping Squash. Has a very hard shell of olive green color. The
flesh is thick and solid and is of a bright orange color. The quality is extra choice.
Unsurpassed in fineness of flavor. It is a wonderful shipper and has many distinc-
tive features that appeal to the market gardener with an eye open to profits. The Sib-
ley has taken rank as a leader — and we believe that it will be many a day before
a worthy rival is found. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 45c, pound $1.25.
Boston Marrow
A large fruited Squash for fall and win-
ter use. Fruit is of oval form. The skin
is thin, and when ripe a bright orange
with a netting of light cream-color. The
flesh is fine-grained and of excellent flav-
or, but not as dry as the Hubbard. Per
packet Sc, ounce 15c, quarter pound 45c,
pound $1.25.
Sibley Squash
Plant Squash from
March to June
The early White Patty Pan or “Cymling” of the South. One
of the earliest varieties of Squash and grown almost exclusively
for first crop. Of dwarf habit and upright growth. The fruit is
a handsome creamy-white, tender and delicately flavored, and
from the hard texture of the rind is well suited for shipping. Per
packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c, pound $1.50.
PERFECT GEM
Strong growing Squash. Equally desirable either as a
summer, autumn or winter variety. Very productive. Per
packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter pound SOc, pound $1.50.
MAMMOTH
This is the **Jumbo** of the Squash family and attracts
great attention wherever grown or placed on exhibition.
The Squashes grow from two and a half to three feet in
length, under good cultivation often attain more than 100
pounds in weight. Per packet 5c, ounce 16c, pound 60c, 10
pounds $5.00.
Hubbard Squash
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ESTABLISHED
©AM JOSB, CALIF.
RHUBARB
WAGNER’S GIANT CRIMSON— This splendid Rhubarb thrives lux-
uriantly all the year round, and is better during the winter
months than in the summer. The stems often weigh over a
pound— and thirty pounds of full grown stems have been picked
at one time from a single plant. Extremely tender and lus-
cious, and the skin is so tender that peeling is not necessary.
The meat is crisp and fine-grained — not coarse and stringy —
and is of a pleasing color. ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF
BURBANK’S CRIMSON WINTER. Easy to grow, very hardy
and unsurpassed in every way. An extraordinary producer.
Per packet 20c, ounce $1.00, pound $12.00.
BURBANK’S CRIMSON WINTER— The Crimson Winter or Ever-
Ready Rhubarb is the earliest of all Rhubarb by a long way and
fit for use not only in the spring, but all through the sum-
mer and fall. As fast as stalks are pulled, fresh ones will take
their place. In the Southern and Pacific states it may be used
all the year round, requiring only water in dry localities
to keep it growing. It is particularly fine in winter. In qual-
ity this Rhubarb is simply superb, fully equal in flavor to the
finest berries. The stalks are not so bulby, soft and watery
as most other kinds, and the skin is so thin and tender that
it is not necessary to remove it, and when cooked a beauti-
ful crimson -colored sauce is the result. Flavor sprightly and
refreshing. Per packet 10c, ounce 90c, quarter pound $3.00,
pound $9.00.
LINNAEUS RHUBARB — A remarkably early Rhubarb. Tender and
fine flavor. Per packet 5c, ounce 30c, quarter pound $1.00,
pound $3.00.
TURNIPS
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE— A globular- shaped Turnip of beau-
tiful appearance and most excellent quality. Equally desirable
for table or stock. It is a good keeper and fine market sort.
Per packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter pound 7Sc, pound $2.50.
EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH — Strap Leaved.. A most excellent
table variety. Very early, sweet, tender and of tempting ap-
pearance. Root medium size, flat in shape, and of a clear ivory-
white in color. Per packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c,
pound $2.00.
PURPLE TOP — Strap Leaved. — An early Turnip that ranks in fa-
vor as a table variety. It is flat in shape, but thicker than
Purple Top Milan; of medium size. Color, dark purple above
ground and white below. Flesh white, fine-grained and ten-
der. Per packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c, pound $2.00.
LARGE YELLOW, OR AMBER GLOBE — One of the best Turnips
for general crop. It is a good cropper and keeps well until
late in the spring. The roots are of medium size, smooth
skinned and of pale yellow color. The flesh is crisp, tender
and of fine quality. The most popular yellow Turnip for table
use and equally good for feeding stock. Per packet 5c, ounce
20c, quarter pound 60c, pound $2.00.
SEVEN TOP-For greens — Cultivated for its leaves; cooked same
as spinach and mustard. The root is small and not used.
Large packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter pound 80c, pound $2.50.
WHITE EGG— Very early variety. A small oval-shaped variety with
pure white skin and white fine-grained flesh. A handsome va-
riety and very early. Large packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter
pound 80c, pound $2.50.
EXTRA EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN — The earliest of the whole
Turnip family. The smooth, flat, symmetrical roots are a beau-
Hful purple-red above ground and a clear white underneath.
The flesh is white, crisp and tender. All in all, the Purple
Top Milan leaves nothing more to be desired in the way of an
extra early table Turnip. Per packet 5c, ounce 25c, quarter
pound 85c, pound $2.75.
TOP FLAT DUTCH-Strap Leaf.-An early flat variety.
White, with purple top. Probably the most popular and gen-
erally used garden variety. Large packet 5c, ounce 25c, quar-
ter pound 80c, pound $2.50.
MUSHROOM SPAWN
Mushrooms may be grown by anyone having a supply of fresh
horse mwure and shed or celitu' — and make a most profitable crop.
French Mushroom Spawn propagated continuously by the ordinary
method usually degenerates, giving decreasing yields of inferior
Mushrooms. Some growers in their efforts to overcome this de-
terioration procure spores from chance-grown Mushrooms in field
or farmyard, but these, on ac-
count of the diversity of va-
rieties, their consequent varied
merits and values, seldom
prove satisfactory. This new
spawn is produced
by a new method di-
rect from virgin
spores secured from
the finest type of
healthy, large white
French Mushrooms.
These being propagat-
ed in a sterilized me-
dium insures freedom
from inferior types as
well as the bacterial
enemies so often pre-
valent in ordinary
spawn. Our Mush-
room Spawn is sold
in bricks that weigh
about y/z pounds each
and will plant from 8
to 10 square feet of
bed. Price 35c per
brick, postpaid; 10 ^
bricks for $2.50. ''
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RUTABAGAS or SWEDES
Very popular for table use. Rutabagas or Swedes are very
finely flavored and are excellent keepers. Grown extensively, also,
for cattle and other stock feeding. Heavy yielders — and have high
food value. There are a number of varieties — here are two of the
best. Plant Rutabagas all the year round.
PURPLE TOP SWEDE
A very large, hardy
and productive va-
riety. Flesh yellow,
of solid texture,
sweet and well flav-
ored. Color deep
purple above, bright
yellow under the
ground. Fine for
table use and the
best yellow-fleshed
sort for stock feed-
ing. Per p«tcket 5c,
ounce 25c, quarter
pound 75c, pound
$2.50.
SWEET RUSSIAN— Or
White Rutabaga — An
immense and heavy
yielding sort. Flesh
white, solid, brit-
tle, sweet and rich.
An excellent keeper
and a most desirable
variety, either for
the table or for
stock. Per packet 5c,
ounce 25c, quarter
pound 75c, pound
$2.50.
a PLANT TOBACCO
1 FEBRUARY TO APRIL
CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF— The best known and most widely
used variety throughout the middle and northern states and
Canada. It is the hardiest variety in cultivation. Large packet
5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 80c, pound $3.00.
HAVANA— Domestic— A well liked Tobacco that has always given
good satisfaction. Surpasses all others in flavor for cigars.
Heavy cropper, fine texture and earliest to mature and ripen.
Large packet 10c, ounce 25c, quarter pound $1.00, pound $3.50.
Plant Tobacco from February to April.
RADISHES
PLANT RADISH SEED ALL THE YEAR AROUND
Pkt. Oz.
y. Lb. Lb
Early Long Scarlet
.20
.60
$1.75
Early Half-Long Brightest Scarlet
. . .05
.20
.60
1.75
Early Scarlet Turnip Rooted
. . .05
.20
.60
1.75
Early Olive-shaped or Half-Long Scarlet Olive..
.. .05
.20
.60
1.75
Mammoth White China or California
.. .05
.20
.60
1.75
Early White Turnip Rooted
.. .05
.20
.60
1.75
. .05
.25
.85
2.50
Scarlet Turnip White Tip
.. .05
.20
.60
1.75
Long Black Spanish
.25
.75
2.25
French Breakfast
.. .05
.25
.75
2.25
PUMPKINS
PLANT PUMPKINS FROM MARCH TO JUNE
“KING OF THE MAMMOTHS” PUMPKIN— (Potiron)— This is the
very best genuine strain of the true Mammoth Pumpkin which
is offered under so many various names by different seedsmen.
Fruits grow to enormous size, reaching two feet or more in dia-
meter and from one hundred to two hundred pounds or even
more in weight. Salmon-orange skin. Very tliick, bright yel-
low flesh, which is fine-grained, tender and or’ e.vccllent qual-
ity for pies. To raise the largest Pumpkins, vines should be al-
lowed ample room in which to grow. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c,
quarter pound SOc, pound $1.50.
CONNECTICUT FIELD or PIE PUMPKIN— Large yellow. The
hardiest of all Pumpkins. Produces enormous crops. Cultivated
mainly for feeding stock. Per packet 5c, ounce 15c, quarter
pound 35c, pound $1.00.
SPINACH
sow SPINACH AUGUST TO JUNE
BLOOMSDALE SAVOY LEAVED — The earliest variety and one of
the best to plant in autumn for early spring use. Plant of up-
right growth, with pointed leaves which are crimped like those
of Savoy Cabbage. It grows rapidly to a suitable size for use
and is quite hardy. Per packet 5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c,
pound $2.00.
ROUND SUMMER THICK LEAVED — This variety is generally pre-
ferred for early spring sowing and is the most popular with
our market gardeners. The leaves are large, thick and fleshly.
It stands exposure very well and possesses the valuable qual-
ity of standing a long time before running to seed. Per packet
5c, ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c, pound $2.00.
LATE PRICKLY WINTER — An exceedingly hardy variety and will
withstand severe weather with only a slight protection of
loaves or straw. The seed is prickly and the leaves are ob-
long or arrow shaped. Adapted for fall sowing. Per packet 5c,
ounce 20c, quarter pound 70c, pound $2.00.
SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT
A Meritorious, Healthful Winter Vegetable — One of the most
delicious of vegetables, and also one of the most nutritious. The
flavor is sweet and highly esteemed whether served boiled with but-
ter or other suitable sauce, or sliced and fried, or iTsed in soup.
Plant from February to May. Per ptacket 5c, ounce 40c, quarter
pound $1.75, pound $4.00.
1 ESTABLISHED
1885
ClIAS. G. NAVL/E/T GO. 'nc.
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
Celebrated "Earliest
All” Tomato
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s Earliest of
All is not only the earliest of all
tomatoes but is beyond question
one of the largest, finest, most pro-
ductive, finest looking, best keeping
and choicest all-round Tomatoes in
the world.
The fruits are invariably
of immense size, and a
good marketable size is
maintained all through the
season — this splendid To-
rn a t o producing right
through to the frosts. Al-
ways smooth, of firm solid
flesh, and a deep rich, at-
tractive red in color. It
is deliciously flavored and
is unsurpassed for hand
or slicing.
As a Canning Tomato the
Earliest of All has no equal
and on account of its firm-
ness it is an excellent
shipper.
We grow the seed on our
own farms — and seed is
taken only from the largest
and finest shaped fruits.
To make sure of getting
the genuine Chas. C. Nav-
let Co.’s Earliest of All Seeds —
order direct from us. Per packet
10c, half ounce $2.00, ounce $3.50,
quarter pound $12, pound $40.
One ounce is sufficient o sow one
acre.
San Jose Canner
T omato
YIELDS TREMENDOUS CROPS
MATCHLESS IN FORM AND
FLAVOR, SUPERIOR FOR
CANNING
A Tomato that has rapidly tak-
en its place as one of the most
popular canning varieties on the
market. It grows uniformly large
size, is well colored, has solid
finely flavored meat and is in
many other ways deserved rank
with the best in the Tomato
world It is a most prolific pro-
ducer, and never fails to return
a handsome profit to the market
grower. Per packet 15c, ounce
$1.00, quarter pound $3.00, pound
$10.00.
Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s Earliest of All Tomatoes
Ponderosa
A Tomato of Superior Quality
It is massive in size, ponderous in weight, perfect in shape,
smooth as glass, solid and meaty as beefsteak, prodigiously pro-
lific and succeeds everywhere. It is free from watery cavities — al-
most seedless — and ripens thoroughly from center to skin, its glow-
ing crimson color permeating the flesh to the heart. Toothsome
and rich when sliced — savory and delicious when canned. Unaf-
fected by drought and does not blight or rot. First ripe fruits are
often picked in ten weeks from seed sowing, while late fruits may
be gathered until frost. Per package Sc — ounce 70c, quarter pound
$2.S0, pound $7.00.
Earliana
A Very Early New Tomato
This Tomato is not only extremely early but of particularly
fine quality, which is very rare in an early Tomato. The flesh
is remarkably solid and it has few seeds. It has the habit pe-
culiar to many early sorts of setting the bulk of its fruit close to
the center of the plant, so that they are exposed to the sun and
thus ripen early. These qualities make it particularly useful for
a first crop variety. Per packet 5c — ounce 50c, quarter pound
$1.75, pound $5.00.
Golden Queen
The Finest of the Large Yellow Tomatoes
The superior flavor of the yellow varieties is bringing them into
favor as table fruit, and those who think of a yellow Tomato as
the rough fruit of the old yellow sorts will be surprised at this
smooth, beautiful fruit which though large, is as smooth and
well-shaped as the best of the red varieties, and of a fine and dis-
tinct flavor. Per packet 5c — ounce 50c, quarter pound $1.75,
pound $5.00
Yellow Pear Shaped
Small Fruited Golden Yellow Variety
It is very useful for salads when the fruit is simply cut in two
lengthwise. Per packet 5c — ounce 50c, quarter pound $1.75, pound $5.00
Trophy
A Large and Delicious Tomato
The Trophy was the first of the modern improved Tomatoes.
It was of superior color, size and solidity, but lacked smoothness
and regularity. By most careful breeding and selection, an im-
proved strain has been developed and the Trophy now combines
all its original good qualities, with smoothness, regularity and sym-
metry of fruit. Vine strong-growing, vigorous and productive.
Fruit very large, very solid, fine flavored and a beautiful deep, rich
red in color. Per packet 5c — ounce 50c, quarter pound $1.75,
pound, $5.00.
Red Pear Shaped
A Very Popular Preserving Tomiato
As the name implies, the fruit is shaped like a pear — small at
the stem and enlarged at the top. It is small, being about 2 or 3
inches long. It is bright scarlet, is of fine flavor, and makes de-
licious preserves or salad. Per packet 5c — ounce 50c, quarter pound
$1.75, pound $5.00.
Livingston’s Perfection
A Standard Early Tomato
The fruit is almost round, very solid and rich in flavor, and
ripens clear up to the stem. The skin is both thin and tough,
making it a good shipper, while its clear and handsome blood -red
color makes it most attractive in appearance and a sure seller.
Per packet 5c— ounce 50c, quarter pound $1.75, pound $5.00.
New Stone
The Best of Its Type in Every Respect
It ripens evenly to the stem without a crack, and is not subject
to rot. Vine vigorous and very productive. Fruit round, apple-
shaped, very large, very deep red in color and astonishingly heavy.
Our stock is distinctly superior to most of that offered under this
name — being more uniform, better colored and larger. Per packet
5c — ounce 50c, quarter pound $1.75, pound $5.00.
ESTABLISHED 1 8 8!
3AN JOSE-. CALIF.
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CHAS.C.NM.BT CO’5
St
Home gardening is not merely a pleasurable relief from the grind of
housework and office work — but it is a duty that prevailing conditions place
upon every man and woman with a garden to work and the time to work it.
America this season must feed the world. The more vegetables produced
in the home gardens of the land, the more farm and garden products there will be to send to the hungry millions across the sea.
Besides, one cannot buy vegetables like one can pick fresh and delicious from one^s own garden patch. Such vegetables are not dust
covered. Not dried and withered. Not stale and unappetizing. Not handled three or four times before they reach you. But clean —
and palate-pleasing — right from your own garden to your own table.
You don’t need a lot of ground in which to grow a home supply. A few square feet of garden is enough. Order a few plants of
the varieties you prefer and you will have fresh vegetables at your command all the year round.
When plants like these are so easily grown — and when the cost of living is so high today — we cannot understand why every house-
wife does not grow her own vegetables. The cost of growing is practically nothing — and one cannot buy such vegetables as one can
pick from one’s own garden patch.
No need to wait for seeds to grow
these plants save weeks of time
ASPARAGUS ROOTS — Palmetto or Con-
over’s Colossal — The two most popu-
lar varieties of Asparagus. A little
corner in your garden planted to As-
paragus will give you enough for
your needs. For description see
Vegetable Seeds. 2Sc per dozen — $1.50
per 100 — postpaid; 100 by express
$1.00. Ready for immediate delivery.
CABBAGE — Early Flat Dutch — Early
Winningstadt — Late Premium Flat
Dutch — Late Drumhead — These are the
choicest summer and winter varieties.
We grow nothing but the best — and
ship only the strongest and hardiest
of plants. See full descriptions in
Vegetable Seed Section. Plants — 20c
per dozen, postpaid. Per 100, $1.00.
Ready for delivery all the year round.
CAULIFLOWER — Snowball — Our leading
variety. An extremely early — large
headed — snow-white Cauliflower that
Asparagus looks good, keeps well, and tastes
right. You will be delighted with the
Snowball Plants. For description see Vegetable Seed Section.
Plants — 25c per dozen, postpaid. Per hundred $1.25.
CELERY — Golden Self Blanching — One of the most satisfactory va-
rieties you can buy. Golden yellow in color with thick crispy
stalks. Tender, sweet, free from stringiness. A dozen plants
will give you all the celery you will want for greens and table
use. It is always fresh and delicious when picked in your own
garden just when you’re ready to eat it. Plants— 25c per dozen
postpaid. Per hundred $1.25. Ready for delivery all year round.
CHIVES— Fine for seasoning soups, salads and stews — one square
foot is all the ground needed for this useful vegetable plant,
and 15 cents* worth will last many months. 15c per clump, post-
paid, $1.00 per dozen. Ready for delivery all year round.
— The seeds have an aromatic odor and warm pungent taste.
They are used for seasoning and possess medicinal properties,
but their largest use is for making dill pickles. Per plant 15c,
12 for $1.25, postpaid.
egg plant — New York Large Improved Purple — A choice variety.
Easy to grow. Egg Plant is very delicious and very healthful.
Plants — 30c per dozen, postpaid. Per hundred $2.00.
HORSE RADISH SETS — Will grow in any old corner, anywhere —
Can be grated fresh as warfted and far better than when bought
from most vegetable stands, as a little goes a long way. 40c
per dozen, postpaid— $2.00 per 100. Ready for delivery December
to May.
MINT ROOTS— Mint is one of the hardest things to find in most
stores. A few roots will supply your wants for mint sauce for
^t. year; takes up so little room that every garden
should contain some. 10c each postpaid — 50c per dozen; $4.00
per 100. Ready for delivery all the year.
PARSLEY ‘Moss Curled — A compact, finely curved variety that
to give good results. Parsley is so generally used as
a flavoring, and as a garnishment that one should have it
handy in the garden where it can be picked fresh when re-
quired. Grows like weeds. The faster you pick it the faster it
springs out. Per clump— 15c; per dozen, $1.00, postpaid. Ready
for delivery in February.
PEPPERS — Chinese Giant, Sweet Spanish, Chili and Bell — A dozen
plants are more than enough to supply the “pepper” needs of
two or three families. 2Sc per dozen postpaid; $1.50 per 100.
Ready for delivery in March.
SAGE — Sage is usually wanted when not obtainable. Two or three
plants are all that are necessary to give you all the fresh and
dried Sage needed. 20c per plant— $1.25 per dozen, postpaid.
Ready for delivery in March.
SWEET POTATO — Good Sweet Potatoes are hard to buy, and yet
everyone with a little patch of ground can grow all that can
be eaten. Plant a few and see how much better they taste
than those bought in the markets. 20c per dozen, postpaid,
$1,00 per 100. Ready for delivery in April.
TARRAGON or ESTRAGON — For flavoring. 25c per plant. $2.50 per
dozen, postpaid. Ready for delivery in March.
THYME — Used for seasoning. 15c per plant, $1.25 per dozen, post-
paid Ready for delivery in March.
TOMATOES — At a cost of only a few cents any small family can,
with very little care and attention, raise sufficient Tomatoes
for their every need. All season long a few plants will sup-
ply more than can be eaten, and will produce enough to can
for winter use, too. The best varieties for the table or can-
ning. Ponderosa, Stone, Trophy and Earliana. 20c per dozen,
postpaid. $1.00 per 100. Ready for delivery in March.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO*S EARLIEST OF ALL TOMATO— This is
such an exceptionally fine Tomato that it is deserving of spe-
cial mention. Extremely Early — and produces heavily all sea-
son until cut down by frost. Large in size and solid meat,
smooth skin, and fine deep red color. Richly flavored and a re-
markable keeper, making it specially desirable as a shipping
Tomato. Ready for delivery in March. 12 for 25c; 100 for $1.50,
postpaid. -
Rhubarb Roots
You ought to have a few roots of this delicious vegetable in
your garden. It is not only a luscious dish— but very healthful
and good for one to eat. Contrary to the opinion of some, it is
not at all hard to grow. We offer three tested varieties.
BURBANK’S CRIMSON WINTER— Very finely flavored, and ma-
tures during the winter when vegetables are scarcest. Will
produce marketable and edible stalks months earlier than any
other sort. The skin is so tender that it is not necessary to re-
move it. Plants 15c each; 12 for $1.25; delivered free.
LINNAEUS— A very early, highly delicious Rhubarb. We know
you’ll like it. Plants 15c each; 12 for $1.25; delivered free.
WAGNER’S GIANT CRIMSON WINTER— An all-season variety, a
strong, rapid grower, extraordinarily productive, has thick
meaty stems and is unsurpassed in flavor, texture, _ size and
hardiness. Thrives the year round, and is better m winter than
in summer. About twice the size of Burbank’s Crimson Win-
ter. Small Roots 15c each; 12 for $1.50. Large roots, 25c each;
12 for $2.50; delivered free.
Choice Artichoke Plants
DELICIOUS TO EAT— EASY TO GROW
15c EACH— 12 FOR $1.25
POSTPAID
12 CHOICE PLANTS FOR $1.00
EXPRESS COLLECT
LARGE GREEN GLOBE — The
most popular variety. Very
delicately flavored. Served
with hot butter or mayonnaise
dressing there are few table
delicacies that can compare
with the Artichoke. Our cus-
tomers who have a home gar-
den should not fail to order a
few Artichoke plants at once.
Ready for delivery the year
round.
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CHAS. C. NAVL/BT GO.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Farm Seeds
We deliver single pounds free; on larger quantities
purchaser pays transportation. Prices are subject to
market changes. When ordering in large quantities
write or wire for quotation. We can supply all va-
rieties of field seeds, and invite you to write if you
are interested in varieties other than those listed on
this page.
Alfalfa (Also called Lucerne, Eternal Clover
wAirttira ^nd wonder Clover.) This is truly the
feuTners’ friend. It stands drought and dampness,
and succeeds during the hot and dry weather when
many other Clovers and Grasses fail entirely. Heavy
rains or snows have no damaging effect whatever,
and simply make it flourish more than ever. As a
fertilizing, land-enriching crop it is unequzJed. The
roots sink down into the earth searching for nourish-
ment and bringing to the surface the chemicals and
fertilizing materials that have been stored 10 to IS
feet deep. One seeding stands for years. All cattle
are fond of it. If possible sow with Oats at the rate
of 20 lbs. per acre, or if the land is very poor 3
pounds more. The first season the growth will be
the next season you will probably
Shallu, or Egyptian Wheat
very light. But don’t be worried if the plants are small and several inches apart, for that means , , - . * a
get from 3 to 5 tons per acre, and it increases for several years. It should be cut when m full blooin, but dont cut too early, and
be careful not to allow it to become water soaked after cutting, as it greatly reduces its value for feeding. Don t feed h^ungry
stock on it when green, as it it likely to bloat them, for they invariably over-eat. Per pound, postpaid, 3Sc; by express, 30c. Larger
quantities write for quotations.
Australian Salt Bush-
A most valuable plant for soils
containing alkali and for all
regions subjected to prolonged drought. The plant needs some
little moisture to start it into growth. Seed should be sown early
so that the plants may be established before the hot, dry weather.
Per ounce 15c, quarter pound 35c, pound $1.00, postpaid.
Australian Rye Grass — \y, and makes a good showing
within a month from time of sowing. 100 pounds required per
acre. Per pound, postpaid, 35c; by express 25c.
native forage plant of California. Easily
Durr v^lOVCr cultivated. Grows all winter and well into
the summer. We offer only “Hulled Seed,”^ which is much easier
to sow than in the burr. Per pound, postpaid, 35c; by express 25c;
100 pounds for $20.00.
Valuable for warm climates, as it with-
DCrillUUa \3raS9 stands hot, dry summers. It germin-
ates slowly. Per pound, postpaid, 85c, 100 pounds for $70.00.
Canadian Field Peas— and green manure
'Whether for fodder, in mixture
with Oats — sown at the rate of two bushels each per acre^-or the
peas sown at the rate of three bushels per acre for plowing un-
der, there is no crop that we can so strongly recommend. Sowing
should be done in March, or early April, and they will be ready for
cutting the latter part of June. Per pound, 20c postpaid; 100
pounds $12.50.
Poac- Black Eye. Used largely for green manure. It
Ai'U’V Teas is also valuable if allowed to mature the seed
when the dry vine can be plowed under and the seed used to
grind as feed for stock. If for green manure sow broadcast, using
80 pounds per acre. If for seed for fodder sow in rows 3 feet apart,
using 40 pounds per acre. Per pound 20c, postpaid; 100 pounds $15.00.
Egyptian Wheal, or ShaUu—
and growing under practically all conditions. The stalks furnish
a most nutritious and satisfying food for stock, and the grain is
unsurpassed for poultry. Grows like sorgum and broom corn. Ir-
rigation is unnecessary. Egyptian Wheat is the ideal dry-country
forage. Can be planted as late as July, but we advise earlier
planting. Often 35 and 40 stalks will come up from a single seed
and we have counted as many as 4530 grains in one head. Plant
in hills, four feet apart, using three pounds of seed per acre. You
can look for a yield of from two to three tons to the acre.
Per packet 5c, half pound 15c postpaid; pound 25c postpa-id. Pound
15c by express; 10 pounds $1.00, by express.
Itsalian Rva rirace (Lolium Italicum) Thrives in almost
rLjfC VJtraSS any soil, and yields early and abund-
antly. Sown in the fall, will produce an excellent hay crop the
following season, but lasts only one year. Fifty pounds required
for an acre. Per pound 35c, postpaid; by express 30c; 100 pounds
for $20.00.
Mammoth Red Clover— “SS, XS
the common red clover. Fifteen pounds required for an acre. Per
pound postpaid 45c; by express 35c; 100 pounds for $30.00.
Especially desirable for planting where the
*^*II»* v..Orn summers are hot and dry. The stout stalks
grow stiffly erect — from 6 to 10 feet in height, according to loca-
tion and richness of the soil. The stalks and blades cure into good
fodder and are also desirable to furnish green forage during the
summer months. Per pound 20c, postpaid, 100 pounds for $6.00.
One of the most val-
aa oo_ Glomerato)
v.'rcnarQ vxrass uable of all pasture grasses, produces an
immense quantity of forage, and well adapted for growing in orch-
ards or under trees. Thirty-five pounds required for an acre.
One pound 35c, postpaid; 100 pounds $25.00.
Rape-
Dwarf Essex. A plant of inestimable value to poultry
farmers and sheep raisers. It is easily grown on any
land that will raise turnips or corn, and there is no other plant
that will give as large a yield of succulent, rich and nutritious win-
ter food for chickens at such a small cost. Its cultivation would
add immensely to the profits of poultry raisers. It also makes
a most valuable food for lambs and sheep. Per pound 35c, post-
paid; 10 pounds for $2.50; 100 pounds for $20.00. Sow any time from
May to August.
Early Amber. All kinds of livestock relish it.
Ollgar wane A heavy cropper and very nutritious. Can
either be sown in drills or broadcast and fed green or dried. If
cut when 2 feet high it will give several cuttings during the sea-
son. Sow 10 pounds of seed per acre in drills and 25 pounds broad-
cast. Per pound 20c, postpaid. Larger quantities write for prices.
Mammoth Russian. An excellent and cheap
foo(i for fowls. Three pounds of seed will
plant an acre. Yields from 50 to 70 bushels per acre. Sow as soon
as ground is warm. Per pound 20c, postpaid; 10 pounds 90c; 100
pounds $8.00.
Sunflower-
Spring Vetches or Tares— much'^mfre so Ihan^Xver
— and may be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. It is perfectly
hardy and remains green all winter. It should be sown during
August and September, mixed with Rye, which serves as a support
for the plants, or in spring with Oats or Barley. Per pound 20c
postpaid; 100 pounds for $15.00.
Melilotus Indica-
(Bitter Clover) Starts very early and
“makes a good growth during the winter,
being 3 feet tall when ready to plow under. The crown of the
plant has many stalks leading out from the 'crown. Not good for
hay or forage. Sow shallow, 54 inch if the soil is right. Use 20 to
25 pounls of seed per acre. Flowers yellow. Per pound 20c, post-
paid, $12.50 per 100.
Timfltlrv (Phleum Pratense) Grows in any location, but
1 UIKJLliy does best in moist, deep
soils. Exceedingly pro-
ductive. Relished by all kinds of - stock. 15 pounds required for
an acre. Per pound, postpaid, 25c; by express 17c; 100 pounds $15.00.
Aromatic and Medicinal Herb Seeds
ANISE — Used as a cordial, and for garnishing and flavoring. The
seeds have an agreeable, aromatic taste. Packet 5c, ounce 15c,
pound $1.50.
BASIL — Sweet. The leaves are used for flavoring soups, stews and
highly seasoned dishes. Packet 5c, ounce 30c, pound $3.00.
BORAGE — The leaves are used for flavoring and the flowers fur-
nish bee pasture. Packet 5c, ounce 25c, pound $2.50.
CARAWAY — Grown for the seeds, which are used extensively for
the flavoring of bread, pastry, etc. Packet 5c, ounce 15c,
pound $1.50.
CATNIP or CATMINT— The leaves are used for seasoning. It also
makes an excellent bee pasture. Packet 5c, ounce $1.25.
CORIANDER — The seeds are used in the manufacture of liquors and
confectionery. Packet Sc, ounce 15c, pound $1.50.
DILL — The seeds have an aromatic odor and warm, pungent taste.
They are used as a condiment and also for pickling cucumbers.
Packet 5c, ounce 15c, pound $1.50.
CHERVIL — Used in soups and salads. Packet 5c, ounce 15c, pound
$1.50.
FENNELL — Sweet. The boiled leaves are used in sauces. Packet
5c, ounce 15c, pound $1.50.
HOREHOUND— The leaves are used for seasoning, and also for the
manufacture of the popular cough remedy. Packet 5c, ounce
25c, poupd $2.50.
MARJORAM— Sweet. The leaves and the ends of the_ shoots are
esteemed for seasoning in summer and are also dried for win-
ter use. Packet 5c, ounce 40c, pound $4.00.
ROSEMARY— The aromatic leaves are used for seasoning. Packet
Sc, ounce 40c, pound $4.00.
RUE— For medicinal purposes. Good for the croup. Packet 5c,
ounce 40c, pound $4.00.
SAGE— The most extensively used of all herbs as a seasoning for
dressing. Packet 5c, ounce 15c, pound $1.50.
SUMMER 'SAVORY— A hardy annual. The dried stems, leaves and
flowers are extensively used for flavoring— particularly in dress-
ings and soups. Packet 5c, ounce 40c, pound $4.00.
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Use flower seeds liberally and make your home the admiration and delight of your friends.
But don’t waste your time with poor seeds. Our seeds are always clean, full of life, true to name,
and sure to grow. In addition, we list only tried and proven varieties, and never offer inferior
sorts. If you want to avoid experiments plant only Charles C. Navlet Co.’s Choice specially grown,
extra selected flower seeds.
ANNUALS are flowers that attain full growth, flower and die in one year.
BIENNIALS are flowers that grow from seed one year, bloom and die the next.
PERENNIALS are flowers that bloom for several years, usually beginning the next year after
the seeds are planted. Some perennials, however, bloom the first year if planted in the spring.
PREMIUM OF FLOWER SEEDS— With every $1.00 order for flower seeds by the packet you may select 25c worth extra free, or $1.25
worth for $1.00. That gives you 25 5c-packets, or 12 lOc-packets and 1 Sc-packet for $1.00.
^rmnr -inmr iiiiiiiiiimri '
A L i A pretty trailing annual — Thrives in dry locations.
The pink flowers are produced in Verbena-like
trusses. Plant from February to April — or in September or October.
Choice Mixed — Large packet 10c.
A „|. For Beds and Borders — One of the most useful
and profuse-blooming plants known. Its very
name, “Ageratum” — meaning ever young — refers to its ever being
in bloom and to the long time each flower remains in beauty. A
single head of Ageratum will remain fresh and perfect for a
month in the open air, and from six weeks to three months in
the window or greenhouse, where not exposed to the storm and
wind. This makes the Ageratum almost indispensable for house
or garden. Annual. Plant from February to May. Light Blue —
Large packet Sc. Snow White — Large packet Sc. Mixed — Large
packet Sc.
Alircciim Favorite Annual — Produces an abundance of
yAiySSUm sweet-scented blossoms. As easy to grow as any
weed and blooms from early summer until severe freezing weath-
er. Sow seed very early in the open ground. Dainty little
plants for hanging baskets or small pots. Fine for cutting or but-
ton-hole bouquets. Plant from February to May — or in September
to November. White — Large packet Sc.
A Beautiful Foliage Plant — Our warm summers
•^’'*^****^*•^*115 suit admirably the varieties of Amaranthus
cultivated for ornament. These are plants which are striking on
account of their foliage or peculiar mode of bloom. In rich ground
the plants and leaves are of larger size, but the coloring is apt to be
less bright. The seed can be sown in the house, in a hotbed, a cold
frame, or in a seedbed in the garden, and the plants transplanted
into place. Or the seeds can be sown where the plants are to
stand if the soil is fine and the spots protected. They should be
given sufficient space to develop on all sides. Fine in borders of
tall plants or for center of large beds. Annual. Plant from February
to May. Mixed — Assorted Colors — Large packet Sc.
Aiietralian Poa Climber— Very desirable for
./^Usirallall l Co V me covering arbors, trellises and un-
sightly places. Flowers freely in large clusters of rose and purple
blossoms. See the magnificent illustration in Climbing Plant and
Vine Department. Plant from February to May — or in September
to October. Large packet 10c.
(Everlasting Flower) — Half hardy annual,
producing white and rose -colored Daisy-like
flowers. Much used for wreaths and winter decorations. Flowers
should be gathered when young to be preserved. Plant from
February to May. Mixed — Large packet Sc.
Acitaracnie (Sprengerii) — Decorative Perennial — A new va-
.r-Aspaiagua riety with the finest ornamental qualties.
For hanging pots or bracket pots; when the masses of rich foliage
can droop in its natural grace. It is one of the lovelest objects
it is possible to find for window decorations. For cutting it lasts
weeks in _ water. Plants also blossom freely and bear large red
berries which add greatly to the beauty of the wavy foliage. Noth-
ing finer for decorating or for bouquet making. Plant from Feb-
ruary to May — or from August to November. Large packet 15c.
— Plumosus Nanus — Fine lace-like foliage, compact and most ex-
quisite. A grand foliage plant. Large packet 25c.
Raldm (Lady’s Slipper)- A tender annual, with brittle stems
jucuoaiii foliage. Grows about 12 inches high. Flowers
both single and double, in bright colors and varia-
tions, are wax-like and very attractive. The individ-
ual blossoms floating in a dish of water exhibit their
beauty to the best advantage. Plant from February
to May or September and October.
Salmon pink, large packet 10c. Scarlet, large packet
Sc. Light yellow, large packet 5c. Violet, large pack-
et Sc. White (Alba) large packet Sc. Perfection,
large packet 10c. Dwarf, mixed colors, large packet
5c. Tall mixed, large packet 5c.
RaKxr^c RraafVi (Gypsophila)— Every one who
oaoy S Dream ;s bouquets ought to
grow this hardy annual. It produces long, mist-like
sprays of tiny white flowers that are one of the
finest things in the world for cut flower work. They
soften_ all hard lines, tone down all glaring colors,
and give the finish to a bouquet that filmy lace does
to a rich dress. It is easily grown, blooms early and
succeeds in any garden soil. Plant from February to
May — or from August to November. Large packet 10c.
Acroclinium
A (Flowering Maple) — As indispensable for the win-
dow or greenhouse as the petunia is for the flower
garden. Will stand more abuse and neglect than almost any
other house plant. Grows rapidly from seed and is soon in bloom.
Leaves are very ornamental and are often beautifully variegated.
The lovely bell-shaped flowers are borne the year round. Tender
perennial. Plant from February to May — or in September and Oc-
tober. Fine Mixed — All Colors — Large packet 10c.
Bachelor’s Button
(Cornflower) — Flowers from our seed
are extra fine and very bright in
color. Plant from February to May — or in September and October.
Blue, Rose, White or Mixed — Large pacekt 5c.
Balloon Vine
(Love-in-a-Puff) — Climbing annual, with
small, inferior flowers. The seed pods are
curiously swelled or puffed, and are quite attractive. Plant from
February to June. Large packet 5c.
The flowers — very showy and very handsome — are pro-
duced in wonderful variety. Plant from August to
October. Finest Mixed — from a large collection — Large packet 15c.
Especially fine for greenhouse and window dec-
oration. The immense pocket-shaped flowers
are^ uniquely spotted and blotched, and. borne in the greatest pro-
fusion through spring and summer. Plant from February to May —
or from August to October. Mixed — Choicest Colors — Large
packet 25c.
Calendula
Scarlet Runner Beans
(Pot Marigold) — A fine, showy, free flowering,
hardy annual. It grows in any good garden soil,
and produces a charming effect in beds or mixed borders. It is-
also valuable for pot culture, as it blooms freely in winter
and early spring. Plant from February to May — or from August
to October.
— Cape Marigold — Easily grown and in continuous bloom until very-
late in autumn. Flowers are large, double and very showy.
Large packet 5c.
— Oriole — A large flowering variety. Produces very double flowers
of an intense bright golden-yellow color. Large packet Sc.
A great favorite in England
and Europe, not only as an
ornamental climber, but for the delicious edible beans which suc-
ceed the bright scarlet sprays of pea-shaped blossoms. Plant
from March to August. Large packet 5c.
Iw (Ampelopsis Veitchii) — The finest hardy climber
UObiOil ivy xhe young growth is a dark, purplish-green,
changing in the fall to the brightest tints of scarlet, crimson and
orange. Plant from February to May — or in September and Octo-
ber. Large packet IDc.
A half-hardy annual, making a fine bedding
plant. Blooms profusely. The flowers are
bright ultramarine blue, and also sky blue with white center. Will
bloom freely all winter if seed is sown in August. Large packet 5c.
most beautiful of al-1
l^CgUIlia. window plants, handsome in foliage
and bearing great quantities of lovely flowers of wax-
like texture and exquisitely soft, delicate shades..
Seeds are very fine and^ need care in sowing, but the
flowers repay all care given. Seedlings bloom in from
five to eight months* time. Plant Begonias from
February to May.
— Tuberous-Rooted Begonias — Fine single Mixed — Large
Packet 25c.
Choice Double Varieties — Large packet Mixed 25c.
— New Vulcan Begonia — Best bedding variety — Pro-
duces beautiful violet-scarlet flowers and highly
ornamental foliage. Large packet 2Sc.
Annual Climber — Grows to 10 feet
OyronopSlo in height, producing yellow flowers,
that are followed by green, cherry-like fruits, which
change to red marbled with white. Plant from Marchj
to Jxine. Large packet 5c.
Browallia
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GORGEOUS ASTERS
Queens of the Autumn Annuals
u T***? grand flower never loses its popularity. Flowers come and flowers go
—but the Asters of our grandmother’s garden almost always find a place in our
own garden of today. May be successfully grown in pots, as well as in the
open. Ao flowers make a grander showing for the small attention required.
ay careful selection and re-selection, we have developed strains that bloom
from early summer until the frosts. Plant from February to May.
Hohenzollern
A new variety of the Comet kind, with blossoms much larger
than the old variety. The petals are very long, somewhat like
some varieties of Chrysanthemums. Plants about 16 inches high.
Mixed— Large packet 10c.
Ostrich Plume
A medium tall variety of the comet type. Petals long, narrow
and curly, and the effect of individual blossoms and branches is
beautiful. Mixed — Per packet 10c.
Semple’s Branching
A magnificent, strong-growing American strain. It forms
broad, handsome bushes which are covered with large, long-stemmed
and long-petaled flowers that are extremely graceful and feathery
in effect.
White — Large packet 10c. Crimson — Large packet 10c
Pink — Large packet 10c. Purple — Large packet 10c
Cardinal — Large packet 10c. Lavender — Large packet 10c.
Rose — Large packet 10c Mixed — Large packet 10c.
Truffant’s Paeony-f lowered Perfection
A giant-flowering type. Grows stiffly erect and about two feet
tall. Remarkable for its immense, richly colored and very double
Paeony-shaped flowers. Colors — White, Lilac, Crimson, Rose and
Scarlet. Mixed — Large packet 10c.
Cocardeau or Crown
A tall variety, grows from l-l to 16 inches high. Upright habit,
with medium-sized blossoms. The center of^ the flower is usually
white, with a bright-colored outer edge. Mixed — Large packet 10c.
Improved Victoria
Magnificent flowers, massive and showy, with regular overlap-
ping petals double clear to the center. The flowers measure four
to five inches across, and the colors include many extremely deli-
cate and some gorgeous shades. The plants grow very evenly,
about eighteen inches high, and carry from twenty-five to forty
flowers on a plant. Mixed colors — Large packet 10c.
Queen of the Market
A new early Aster, of graceful spreading habit. Usually in full
bloom three weeks before other sorts begin to flower. Mixed —
Large packet 10c.
Dwarf Comet
Of low, compact growth. Rich, heavy flowers with a wonderful
depth and brilliancy of color. Especially valuable for garden beds
and borders, but very desirable for pot culture. Mixed — Large
packet 10c.
Giant Branching Comet
It would seem as if the highest possible perfection has been
attained in these truly grand Asters. They win enthusiastic ad-
miration from all who see them. The flowers are of immense size
— often six inches across — and composed of long, wavy, twisted
petals, gracefully formed into loose, yet densely double half globes.
The plants are of luxuriant growth, attaining a height of fifteen
inches, and each plant bears from twenty to thirty magnificent
flowers on long stems, which gives them an added value for cut-
ting for vases. Carmine — Large packet 10c. White — Large packet
lOc. Rose Pink — Large packet 10c. Lavender — Large packet 10c.
Giant Comet Mixed 10c.
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CANDYTUFT
One of the most popular annuals and has been a garden fa-
vorite for more than three hundred years. It is of the easiest
culture and flowers profusely throughout the entire season. It is
a fine edging plant and good for cutting. Pure White — Large
packet Sc. Crimson — Large packet 10c. Royal Purple — Large packet
5c. Gicbnt Mixed — Large packet 10c. Dwarf Mixed — Large packet 5c.
Plant from August to November or February to June.
CANARY-BIRD VINE
An annual climber. A dainty vine with beautiful cut leaves
and pretty, delicate flowers of a clear canary yellow. From the
color of its blossoms and also from a fancied resemblance of their
shape to a bird with wings expanded, the plant obtains its com-
mon name. A pretty vine for the window. Large packet 10c.
Plant from February to May.
CANTERBURY BELLS
(Campanul'd) — An old-time favorite. This is unquestionably the
finest type of this old-fashioned and much prized garden plant.
It differs from the ordinary type in having an e> tra large calyx,
which is of the same color as the flower, giving the appearance
of a cup and saucer. Effective either in the garden or grown in
pots for conservatory or table decoration. Perennial. The increased
demand has induced us to offer the strain in separate colors as
well as in mixture. White, Blue, Purple, or Mixed — Large packet 5c.
Plant from February to May, or from August to November.
CATCHFLY
A hardy annual. Yields for a long time a profusion of umbels
of bright hued flowers. Plant is covered with a glutinous moisture,
to which flies adhere. Hence its name. Choice Colors — Large
packet Sc. Plant from February to March, or from August to
October.
CASTOR BEAN
A stately plant. Produces beautiful bronze or glossy green fol-
iage. By planting either singly or in groups a striking effect is
produced on lawns and pleasure grounds. Assorted colors — Large
packet 10c. Plant from March to June.
CINERARIA
Tender perennial. Fine for the conservatory and summer
garden. The rich and vivid colors of the blossoms range through
all the shades of blue, purple, crimson and pink. Most of the va-
rieties have a well-defined white eye. Mixed— Large packet 25c.
Plant from February to May.
CLEMATIS PANICULATA
Hardy climber. A clean, thrifty, robust growing vine of grace-
ful habit. It produces attractive glossy green foliage and is covered
in August and September— when nearly all other vines have ceased
blooming — with a sheet of clustered snow-white flowers of the most
delicious fragrance. No other vine so completely covers itself with
blossoms. An arbor or portico over which one of these vines is
trained is literally a wall of white during the flowerng. season.
Large plants 10c. Plant from February to May or from August
to November.
COLEUS
A beautiful foliage plant. The leaves, which often measure 10
inches in length and eight inches in width, are heart-shaped
and handsomely crimped, toothed and frilled. The color com-
binations are remarkably rich and include all the reds, metallic
greens and yellows. One of the easiest plants to grow from seed.
Large packet, assorted, 2Sc. Plant from February to May or from
July to November.
COSMOS
The glory of autumn. A grand fall flower, the only rival
of the Dahlia and Chrysanthemum. Sow seed early in the
spring and plants will bloom from July to November. The
feathered dark green foliage forms a charming setting for the
hundreds of graceful, daisy-like flowers that make each plant like
a huge bouquet. The pure white, soft pink and deep crimson shades
are exquisite, and for cutting or wearing they have no superior.
Plant from February to May.
EARLY DAWN— (Dwarf) — More bushy than other varieties and
grows only about three feet. The flowers are large, pure white
with a tinge of rose. The petals are broad, which causes the
flowers to appear round. Commences to bloom in July. Large
packet 10c.
NEW EARLY BLOOMING — This early flowering strain will produce
blooms from July to November. Flowers are white, pink, crim-
son, or rose-purple. Finest Mixed — Large pa,-cket 10c.
MAMMOTH PERFECTION — Very large and perfectly round flowers.
The foliage is one mass of feathery emerald green. Pure white
— Large packet 10c. Pink — Large packet 10c. Red — Large packet
10c. Mixed — Large packet 10c.
CENTAUREAS
OR SWEET SULTANS
SUPERB GARDEN FAVORITES
IMPERIALIS — Hardy annual. For an
early garden flower nothing surpasses
this superb new Centaurea. Each plant
produces scores of exceedingly grace-
ful flowers, which are borne on long,
wiry stems. The flowers — 2 to 3
inches in diameter — are of the most
exquisite texture and delightful fra-
grance, and will keep in good con-
dition for several days. For cutting
— for vases — and for corsage wear
there is no finer flower. The plant
grows as luxuriously as a weed, and
in any situation. Pure White —
Large packet 10c. Deep lavender —
Large packet 10c. Brilliant rose —
Large packet 10c. Mixed Colors —
Large packet 10c. Yellow — A novelty
Large packet 15c. Plant from Feb-
ruary to May.
COBEA SCANDENS
Elegant rapid-growing climber. At-
tains a height of 20 to 30 feet in a single
season. A prolific bloomer — the flowers
being large and bell-shaped. Blue — Large
packet 10c. White — Large packet 10c.
Mixed — Large packet 10c. Plant from
February to May.
COREOPSIS
(“California Sunbeams”) Hardy
perennial. A very attractive plant.
Flowers are about three inches in dia-
meter and in some of them the petals
are broad with plain, round edges — in
others they are toothed and fringed.
They vary in color from light pale yellow
to orange yellow, some being darker
around the eye. Large packet 10c.
Plant from February to May, or from
August to October.
CYPRESS VINE
Annual climber. One of the prettiest vines imaginable. Fine
for training to small trellises or to run up poles or strings
Mixed colors— Large packet 5c. Plant from February to May.
DAHLIA
An ornamental favorite. Any one who can raise a Zinnia or
a Morning Glory can grow Dahlias from seed. They are remark-
ably easy to germinate and from the very seed-leaf the plants
are stocky and sturdy. Seed sown in the house in February or
March will produce flowering plants the following summer. Some
of the finest largest Dahlias, and the richest colors we have ever
seen were among the seedlings. Give good soil and never let the
plants suffer for water. Out of a large paper of seed no two plants
will be alike in flower, while there will he every color represented
from snow-white to blackish-maroon. Don’t transplant until all
danger from frost is over.
SINflLE VARIETIES MIXED — Very large flowers in a rainbow va-
riety of colors. Large packet 10c.
DOUBLE VARIETIES MIXED — Will produce large flowered va-
rieties of great beauty. Large packet 10c.
IMPERIAL CACTUS — Will produce large, double fantastic ilowers
in very brilliant colors. Large packet 10c. Plant from Fehruarv
to May.
CARNATION
A feature of every garden. Extra
Choice Double Flowering Mixed — Large
packet 25c. Plant from February to May
or from August to November..
CELOSIA
(Cockscomb) A picturesque annual.
The old Cockscomb of our grandmother*s
garden, but vastly improved^ of late
years. Its huge combs — from six inches
to more than a foot across — are of the
most fiery, gorgeous hues. Fine for late
summer, and largely used by the best
parks for autumn bedding. Also splen-
did for pot culture. Plant from March
to June. Mixed — Large packet 10c.
CANNA
A beautiful bedder. The Canna is
known as the King of Bedding Plants,
and it richly deserves the title. It
also makes a very ornamental
screen or hedge and is very val-
uable for placing along fences, walls,
driveways and porches. The dazzlingly
brilliant flowers — produced in every im-
aginable color, except blue — are either
plain, dappled, edged, striped or varie-
gated, and the green or bronze foliage
is often striped like that of some rare
tropical plant. Begins to bloom by the
end of June and never stops till frost.
Choicest varieties — Large packet 5c.
Plant from February to June.
CALLIOPSIS
An attractive grower. One of the
showiest and most easily grown of gar-
den annuals. The plants form perfect
little bushes about ten inches high by
one foot across, and are a perfect mass
of bloom from early summer until cut
down by frost. The flowers average
nearly two inches across, and range
through yellow, golden and crimson col-
ors, usually with a garnet eye. Choice
Mixed — Large packet 10c. Plant from
February to May or from August to Oc-
tober. Seeds should be soaked in water
several hours before planting.
Centaureas Imperialis
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Garden Pink
Oai^V Plants will bloom first
xyaloy summer and will continue
to flower for years if given slight pro-
tection during the winter. They com-
mence blooming in April and continue
to bloom until summer. They are not
very particular as to soil, but should be
grown where they have partial shade.
Plant from February to May.
SNOWBALL— A very large and double
pure white Daisy. The flowers —
borne on long, stiff stems — are
excellent for cuttng. The best
double white Daisy. Perennial.
Large packet 10c.
LONGFELLOW — Very large double
dark rose flowers. Long and stiff
stems. Perennial. Large packet
10c.
DOUBLE DAISIES IN BEST MIXTURE
— Including Snowball and Long-
fellow. Large packet 10c.
ORtlira (Horn of Plenty) A majestic and easily grown gar-
^**^'**® den plant, with a very tropical appearance. The
flowers are trumpet shaped, very large, very showy, very sweetly
perfumed, and produced in abundance. Tender annual. Plant from
February to May. Choicest Colors Mixed, including white, golden-
yellow and purple. Large packet 10c.
O^InVlinilim (Hardy Larkspur) One of the choicest peren-
nials known — a plant that increases in beauty
each year. Tall, stately growing, with immense spikes of bril-
liant flowers that can be seen from a long distance. Sow seed in
autumn or very early in spring and plants will very often bloom
the first summer. Very hardy. Plant from February to May — or
from August to October.
TALL ROCKET — Mixed Colors. Large packet 5c.
EMPEROR LARKSPUR — Brilliant rose and white flowers. Mixed —
Large packet 10c.
CARDINAL — A true scarlet Larkspur. Produces its showy bright
flowers in great abundance. Large packet 15c.
ZALIL — A lovely shade of sulphur yellow. Large packet 10c.
GRANDIFLORA — Finest double flowers — great variety of charming
colors. Mixed — Large packet 15c.
DWARF ROCKET — Finest mixed. Large packet 5c.
FORMOSUM— Beautiful spikes of large blue flowers with white
centers. Large packet 5c.
AiAT (Pyrethrum) Fine border plants, that are always in
l^eveneW flower. They bloom quickly from seed, and are ex-
tra good for cutting. They also make fine plants for winter blooming
in pots. Flowers large and double like roses, and very profusely
borne at all times of the year. Habit dwarf and compact. Hardy
perennial. Plant from February to May and from August to Sep-
tember.
AUREUM — Golden Feather. A beautiful gold-leaved bedding va-
riety. Used largely for ribboning. Large packet 10c.
PYRETHRUM ATROSANGUINEUM— Elegant foliage. Rich deep
red flowers. Large packet 10c,
Four-O’Clock
Foxgl
(Marvel of Peru). The funnel-shaped flow-
ers are white, red, yellow or striped with
these colors. They open about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, remain
open all night, and generally perish before noon the next day.
The abundance of new flowers produced daily affords a constant
succession of fine bloom. The French call it Belle de Nuit, “Beauty
of Night.” Hardy annual. Choicest Mixed — Large pa^cket 5c.
Plant’ from February to May.
(Digitalis)— Hardy perennial. One of our special
_ OVC favorites. If plants are not allowed to seed they
are crowned for months by long pyramidal spikes of lovely pendant
thimble-shaped bells in snow white, rosy blush or exquisitely
shaded ‘ or spotted. The blooms are nearly or quite two inches in
length, and lap each other with utmost regularity. Choicest Colors
Mixed— Large packet 5c. Plant from February to May or August
to October.
(Myosotis) This pretty plant will bloom
* jij eight weeks after sowing, and will
bring forth its lovely blossoms throughout the whole summer and
fall and continue through the winter if taken up and potted.
The small, star like flowers are borne in clusters on long stout
stems. Light blue or white — Large packet 10c. Assorted Colors —
Large packet 10c. Plant from February to May, or from August
to September.
Garden Pink lPs‘“e’^r®kiaUv'‘e!
the Carnation, the Dianthus is super-
latively beautiful, many varieties pos-
sessing a radiant-like fire that is im-
possible to describe. A grand flower
for cutting or for flower work and suc-
ceeds well in pots for winter bloom if
treated like Carnations. Plant from
February to May or from August to
October.
CHINENSIS — Double Chinese Pink —
The flowers are produced in clusters
and in great variety of colors
Large packet 5c.
LACINIATUS — Single fringed and strip-
ed Japanese Pink. Finest Colors
Mixed — Large packet 10c.
DWARF DIADEMATUS— or Diadem
Pink — Flowers are double and magni-
ficently colored. Mixed — Choicest
Lantana colors — Large packet 10c.
Godelia— Satin Flower
grow in shady places where so few really fine flowers can be grown.
It blooms for a long time and so profusely that the foliage is al-
most hidden by the large, open-wide flowers of shiny, satiny tex-
ture and most delicate and lovely colors. Plant from February to
May, or from August to October. Finest Colors Mixed— Large
packet 10c.
(Blanket Flower) Splendid showy annuals.
. Remarkable for the profusion, size and bril-
liancy of their flowers. In bloom from early summer until No-
vember. Excellent for beds and borders or for cutting. Plant
frorn February to May, or from August to November. Single Va-
rieties— Packet 5c. Double Varieties — Large packet 10c.
GRANDIFLORA SUPERBA — Annual. This is aptly called the
Chrysanthemum Gaillardia. The flowers — enormous in size and
perfectly double — are borne in great profusion all summer, and
the colorings and variegations are the most brilliant and beau-
tiful imaginable. As a pot plant it is also fine. Large packet ISc.
Rnri (Solidago Canadensis)— Our national flower.
IXOa Xhe known yellow favorite. Plant from
February to May. Large packet 5c.
(Everlasting Flower) — A free flowering, hardy
■■ *.*''*“* annual, growing four to five feet high and
bearing beautiful straw-like flowers in a great variety of shades
and colors. The stems are long and the blossoms large. It is
the best and most satisfactory of the everlasting flowers and makes
a very handsome dried bouquet. Plant from February to May.
Mixed — Large packet 5c.
Half-hardy perennial. The small flowers — borne in
a acaiv/iii/pc graceful clusters— are very fragrant. Forms a
large plant, and requires a roomy situation. Plant from February
to May. King of the Blacks — Dwarf Purple, almost black. Large
packet 10c. Queen Marguerite — Purple blue — Large packet lOe.
White Lady— Pure white — Large packet 10c. Finest Mixed— Large
packet 10c.
Hon Vin#» JAPANESE - This
* V llic ^ hardy vine is not a
new plant, but it is not as largely
planted as its merit deserves. It is
one of the most rapid-growing vines
known. It is also very ornamental —
the foliage being very dense and a
beautiful bright lively green in color.
Plant from February to May. Large
packet 10c.
VARIEGATED HOP— An annual Ja-
panese Hop that grows with won-
derful quickness and vigor. Very
ornamental. The leaves are beauti-
fully marbled and splashed with sil-
very-white, light and dark green.
As with the green-leaved variety,
it is never injured by insects or af-
fected by heat. Plant from Feb-
ruary to May. Large packet 10c.
Honeysuckle, or Woodbine
Hardy climber. One of the best
plants for rockwork, or growing un-
der trees. Plant from February to
May, or in September and October.
Choicest Mixed — Large packet 10c.
I I. .llTrlu lj~Lt Superb perennial. Hollyhocks are like good
OOliynOCK friends — the longer you know them the better
you like them. The stately imposing plants are unsurpassed for
backgrounds, screens, center of wide borders, etc. The yellow, rna-
genta, rose and black are intensely pure and deep, while the white,
pale lemon, soft pink and lavender shades are exquisitely soft and
delicate. The pearly blooms of the white Hollyhock are as fine
for all floral work as the best double rose or Camelia, Plant from
February to May — or from August to October. Single Mixed— Large
packet 10c. Double Mixed — Large packet 10c. Double Sorts in sep-
arate colors: rose, pink, scarlet, blood red, canary yellow, large
packet 10c.
Hvrar-infla Risan Tender annual. The handsome purple
nyaClIlin XJcan or white flowers — produced in clusters — are
followed by ornamental seed pods. Plant from February to June.
Choice Mixed — Large packet 10c.
I anta-na A wcMvsal-Jr-Seed will produce fine flowering plants
LicUliana, ^VroniallCin two or three months and the plants
will continue to flower most profusely all summer and fall in the
garden and all the year round in pots. Habit, dwarf, compact, and
bushy, loaded with bright blossoms all the time. Colors white,
crimson, orange, yellow, rose and pink. Very easily grown in any
soil, climate or situation. Plant from February to May, or from
August to October. Mixed — Large packet 10c.
I (Annual Delphinium) — Noted for its great beauty
l_iarKSpur and rich colors of its flowers. Grows from one
and a half to two feet high. Plant from February to May, or from
August to October. Dwarf Rocket — Mixed colors — Large packet Sc.
Emperor — Double flowers. Mixed Colors — Large packet 5c. Single
Varieties — Large packet 5c.
1^ J must be awarded first place as the
IwUQZU V lllC fastest-growing hardy climbing plant. It
will grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after it becomes
established there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 feet in
a single season being not unusual. Its foliage is large and covers
well; it bears small racemes of rosy-purple, pea shaped blossoms
towards the close of August. A splendid subject for covering per-
mently verandas, dead trees, etc. Plant from February to May.
Packet 10c.
Thcsc wcll-known climbers pro-
ViOUrClS. V^rilBIllCllLal duce the most fantastic and gro-
tesque fruit imaginable. Fine for covering sheds, training over
fences and brush piles, and always sure to attract attention of the
children, who love to play with the pretty striped and oddly crooked
fruits. Keep perfect for years. Plant from April to June. Mixed
sorts — All sizes, shapes and colors — Large packet 10c.
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Hop Vine
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JOSE . CALIF.
III - r>
THE
LAVENDER
Aromatic Medicinal Herb. Bears pretty spikes of pale blue
flowers that yield, when dried, a delightful perfume. Large packet
5c. Plant from February to May, or from August to October.
MANDEVILLE SAUVEOLENS
Fine summer climbers with great clusters of large, waxy star-
shaped yellow blossoms, exquisitely fragrant, resembling the single
tuberose in shape. Large packet 10c. Plant from February to
May.
MAURANDIA
Giant flowering. Beautiful climber for either garden or green-
house decoration and for hanging baskets; gemmed with Gloxina
shaped flowers of rich purple, white and rose, fully double, the
size of the older well-known sorts. Mixed — Large packet 10c. Plant
from February to May.
MARGUERITE (Painted Daisy)
A fine perennial of great beauty and usefulness. Of easy cul-
ture. It succeeds in almost any kind of soil and is a great favorite
wherever grown. The large double and semi-double flowers are
star-shaped, and the foliage is beautifully cut. Large packet 10c.
Plant from February to May.
MARGUERITE CARNATIONS
The beautiful Marguerite. The most abundant bloomer of
all Carnations. It is in blossom throughout the year, and the
calyx never bursts. The plant is of dwarf, compact and pretty
habit, branching closely above the ground and producing vigorous
stalks that need not be supported by sticks. It grows easily
everywhere — both in sandy soil and heavy loam — and the blossoms
begin to appear in from three to four months after sowing the
se^. The large and perfect flowers are of various colors — white,
pink, scarlet, purple, red, striped, flaked and variegated. Thrives
equally well in pots or gardens. Ours is the prize strain of Cali-
fornia seeds. Choice Mixed Colors — Large packet 10c. Plant from
.\ugust to November, or from February to May.
MIGNONETTE
LITTLE DARLING
A hardy annual. Mignonette is the
French word for “Little Darling.” No
more expressive words could be well
found for the sweet, homely flower that
by its merits alone has won its way
as the favorite of all. No garden is
complete without its plot of Mignon-
ette— no nosegay finished without its
sprig of this sweet-smelling flower.
We pride outselves on our choice
strains of this popular flower and
know that no finer seed can be pro-
cured anywhere. Sow early in the
ground for summer blooming, and in
pots any time for the window.
ALLEN’S DEFIANCE— Spikes from 12
to 15 inches long. Spikes have
been kept three weeks after cut-
ting, retaining their fragrance and
grace. Large packet 10c.
are of a strong, compact habit, bear-
ing long massive spikes of golden-yellow blossoms. Large
packet 10c.
GIANT PYRAMIDAL— A mammoth variety. Large, full spikes.
Large packet 5c.
PURE MACHET — Well adapted for pot culture. Dwarf pyramidal
growth, bearing numerous flower stalks. Highly colored and
very fragrant. Large packet 10c.
COMMON SWEET OR RESEDA — One of the most popular varieties.
Very attractive and exceedingly sweet. Large packet 5c. Plant
from August to November or February to May.
MOURNING BRIDE (Scabiosa)
One of the finest bouquet flowers in our entire list. Also fine
for^ masses and clumps in the garden. Each plant bears a pro-
fusion of rich, velvety, glowing flowers of bewitching beauty.
Hardy annual. Mixed — Large packet 5c. Plant from February to
May, or from August to November.
MORNING GLORY
Hardy annual. The Morning Glory is as lovely now as when it
was the pet of our grandmothers. Give the dear old vine a place.
It is well worth it. Plant from February to May.
GIANT IMPERIAL JAPANESE — The flowers, of exquisite beauty
and enormous size, range in color from pure white to rose
crimson and carmine through blues and purples to almost
black — some being mottled, striped, penciled and bordered in
enchanting ways. The foliage is also often richly marbled and
variegated. Large packet lOc.
TALL MORNING GLORY — Produces an abundance of foliage and
gay blossoms. Mixed — An almost endless variety of colors.
DWARF MORNING* GLORY — Flowers are about two-thirds the size
of other varieties and remain open all day, if pleasant. Large
parcket 5c. Plant from February to May.
MALLOWS (Hibiscus Hybridus)
A fast growing perennial that in one season attains the height
I ind dimensions of a shrub. Exceedingly fine for clumps or to pro-
luce an ornamental hedge or screen. The enormous flowers— as
arge as tea saucers— come in white, blush, pale and deep pink
•ose and other colors, and are borne for weeks. Most of the
powers have a deeper-hued eye. Spring-sown seed will bloom in
September. Leurge packet 5c. Plant from February to May.
Marigold
GOLDEN MACHET— Plants
MONKEY FLOWER
MIMULUS TIGRINIS
A hardy, handsome perennial. Pro-
duces large, brilliantly hued flowers
that are spotted or striped in many odd
ways. Thrives best in rather moist sit-
uations. If sown early will bloom the
first year. Assorted Colors — Large packet
10c. Plant from February to May.
LOBELIA
A quick-growing plant. Charming
little plants that bloom very quickly
from seed and continue gay with flowers
all through the season. For beds, edg-
ings, baskets and pots there is nothing
prettier. Liquid manure given while
they are in bloom greatly improves the
flowers. Hardy perennials. Plant from
February to May.
PRIMA DONNA — Large, velvety crimson
or maroon flowers. Large packet 10c.
WHITE GEM — Forms a perfect ball of snow white flowers. Large
packet 10c.
GOLDEN QUEEN — Makes a striking contrast with its bright, gold-
en-yellow leaves and brilliant red flowers. Large packet 15c.
CRYSTAL PALACE COMPACTA— Very dwarf, blue flowers. Large
packet 10c.
GRACILIS — Great spreader — grand for baskets. Blue flowers.
Large packet 10c.
CHOICE MIXED COLORS — Large packet 10c. Plant from February
to May.
MINA LOBATA
A charming half-hardy annual, with tube-shaped flowers, pro-
duced in the greatest profusion. In color they are particularly at-
tractive, the buds being first of a bright red, but changing through
orange-yellow to creamy-white when fully expanded. The foliage
is very handsome, dense and luxuriant. Of vigorous growth. At-
tains a height of 12 feet. Large packet 10c. Plant from February
to May.
LUPIN
Mimulus
Conspicuously ornamental. Hardy annual. Produces long and
exceedingly beautiful spikes of variously colored pea-shaped flowers.
Very valuable for mixed flower borders and beds. Of the easiest
culture. Mixed Colors — Large packet 5c. Plant from August to
November, or from February to May.
NIGELLA (Love in a Mist)
Lovely hardy annual. Showy in foliage, flowers and seed pods.
The singular appearing flowers are surrounded and partially hid-
den by a delicate wreath of needle-like fibers. Assorted Varieties
— Large packet 5c. Plant from February to May.
MUSK PLANT (Moschatus)
Fragrant plant, with small yellow blossoms, spotted lightly
with brown. Large pa-cket 5c. Plant from February to May.
MARIGOLD
Petted by our grandmothers and neglected by our mothers,
this hardy annual is now once more on the top crest of popularity.
It needs only the slightest care to do well, and its showy flow-
ers will light the garden with a bright glitter of yellow far into
the frosts of autumn. Plant from February to May or August to
November.
EL DORADO — Flowers are very large and double. The colors run
through all the shades of yellow. Large packet 10c.
LEGION OF HONOR — Or Little Brownie. The handsomest of all
dwarf Marigolds. Flowers are golden yellow marked with
large blotches of velvety brown. Large packet 5c.
PRIDE OF THE GARDEN — Immense flowers — densely double. Col-
or, golden yellow. Dwarf habit, forming dense bushes. Large
p>acket 10c.
MOONFLOWER
Tender annual climber. This is the most popular, quick-grow-
ing vine in cultivation. Its rapid, luxuriant growth — its thick,
overlapping glossy foliage — and its nightly scores of immense silky
blooms of rare fragrance, are merits that cannot be over-estimated.
By actual count a strong vine will bear from one to three thou-
sand of its superb flowers in a season. Very fine for piazzas.
IPOMEA— GRANDIFLORA — Showy and very fragrant, waxy-white
flowers, 6 inches in diameter. Large packet 10c.
IPOMEA — Heavenly Blue. Immense flowers, a beautiful sky blue
in color. Large packet 10c. Plant from February to May.
NEMOPHILIA (Baby Blue Eyes)
A popular hardy annual California wild flower, having small
cup-shaped blossoms in white and lovely shades of blue. Grows
about six inches high. Large packet 10c.
OXALIS
Small free-flowering plant. Brilliant
— Half hardy perennial. Produces
brightly colored clover-like leaves and
is thickly starred with small flowers.
Suitable for greenhouse, rockwork or
outdoor culture. Alba — White flowers
— Large packet 10c. Rosea — Rose-col-
ored flowers — Large packet 10c. Tro-
paeoloides — Deep yellow flowers — Large
packet 10c. Plant from February to
May.
PAMPAS GRASS
ERIANTHUS RAVENNA
The exquisite blooms resemble the
Pampas. Flowers the first season if
sown early. Large packet 5c. Plant
from February to May.
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ESTABLISHED 1885
GlIAS. C. NAVIvBT CO. INC
I TOE rtOUS^F QUALITY
V lU w ■ L jyW 1»J_ -JV ■—
Chas. C. Navlet Co.^s Prize Nasturtiums
Hybrids of Madame Gunther
For richness and variety of colors these Hybrids have no equal among Nas-
turtiums. They grow from five to six feet, and are covered with large and bril-
liant sweet-scented flowers all summer and autumn. The colors are very beautiful
and include many different shades of white, rose, pink, salmon, purple, maroon,
golden-yellow and deep orange, as well as the most fanciful striped, mottled and
variegated combinations. Large packet Sc each; ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c, postpaid.
Giant
Flowering
Dwarf
Varieties
Giant Flowering Nasturtiums
These Grand
Bedding Nastur-
tiums have been
developed through
years of careful
h y b r i di z ation,
culture and se-
lection under con-
ditions thorough-
ly congenial to
the highest de-
velopment of this
popular garden
annual. Not only
have the flowers
increased won-
derfully in size,
often measuring 3
inches across,
but a great va-
riety of new and charming combinations of colors have been produced, while the
brilliancy and velvety richness of the self-colored sorts have been greatly en-
hanced. For summer flower beds nothing can surpass them,,
KING THEODORE— Rich, red flowers—
dark, bluish foliage. Packet 5c;
ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c.
KING OF TOM THUMBS— Glowing scar-
let flowers — dark green foliage. Pac-
ket 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound SOc.
AURORA — Rich deep yellow flowers,
veined with purplish-carmine. Packet
5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound 50c.
CLOTH OF GOLD— Brilliant scarlet
flowers — bright golden-yellow foliage.
Packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound
50c.
CRYSTAL PALACE GEM— Rich sulphur-
yellow flowers, spotted with carmine.
Packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound
SOc.
SCARLET — Beautiful bright red flowers,
attractive foliage. Packet Sc; ounce
15c, quarter pound SOc.
GOLDEN KING — Golden -yellow flowers —
rich dark foliage. Packet 5c; ounce
20c, quarter pound 60c.
VESUVIUS — Salmon-rose flowers — rich
dark leaves. Packet 5c; ounce 20c,
quarter pound 60c.
PEARL — Light lemon-yellow flowers, fad-
ing to a faint primrose. Packet 5c;
ounce 15c, quarter pound SOc.
EMPRESS OF INDIA — Deep crimson
flowers — purplish-green foliage. Pac*
ket 5c; ounce 20c, quarter pound 60c.
Nasturtium Mixture From Above Varieties
Cm Per Quarter <1:9.00 FuU
Packet ZjV/C. Ounce • Pound Pound
Variegated Nasturtiums
A tall or climbing variety. The leaves of this new Nasturtium
are beautifully variegated with yellow, white and green, rendering
it very ornamental even when not in flower. When in bloom the
effect is doubly enhanced. It is a superb plant for garden culture.
The flowers are a rich scarlet-maroon in color, being deepest in
color at base of petals. Comes entirely true from seed. Large
packet 15c; ounce 50c.
Gorgeously Colored
Giant Flowering Tall Nasturtiums
The climbing Nasturtiums are ideal ramblers, and when pegged
down to I lie ground make a gorgeous bed.
Suitable Tor stumps, rockeries, low fences^ or ^ shrubbery. In
flower they are showy and profuse and their foliage is always clean
and refreshing.
EDWARD OTTO — Brownish-lilac flowers. Packet 5c; ounce 20c;
quarter pound 60c.
DUNNETT*S ORANGE — Bright orange flowers. Packet 5c; ounce
20c, quarter pound 60c.
JUPITER— New California strain. The rich golden -yellow flowers
measure from 3J4 to 314 inches. The petals are large, overlapping
and exquisitely crinkled like crepe. Packet 5c; ounce 20c, quar-
ter pound 60c.
KING THEODORE— Deep red flower. Packet 5c; ounce 20c, quarter
pound 60c.
PEARL — Light lemon — nearly white. Packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter
pound SOc.
REGELIANUM— Violet -crimson flowers. Packet 5c; ounce 20c, quar-
ter pound SOc. ,
MIXED— From above varieties. Packet 5c; ounce 15c, quarter pound
SOc, pound $1.50.
Giant Ruffled PANSIES
A remarkable strain of Giant Pansies, the flowers of which are
so large and full that the broad petals seem to be “gathered’* to
the stem, causing them to be undulated and fluted from center to
circumference, not unlike “frilled” velvet. The unusual substance
of the flowers, aided by these corrugations, thus enables them to
present bold, open, and handsome faces, even during windy or dry
summer weather, when other Pansy flowers flop or wilt. The
flowers are extraordinarily large, and are borne on strong stems,
well above the foliage and contain rich combinations of coloring,
including some new tints and blendings. Large packet SOc.
Special Mixtures
MASTERPIECE MIXTURE — New giant-curled Pansies, Large
GIANT TRIm’aRADEAU MIXTURE—
A superior strain. Large packet
25c.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO’S INCOM-
PARABLE MIXTURE — Giant,
flowering. Packet 25c.
PEERLESS MIXTURE — Contains
many unique and beautiful sorts.
Packet 10c.
FINE MIXED — Best inexpensive mix-
ture on the market. A large pac-
ket 5c.
Giant Flowering
25c Per Packet
Bugnot Mixed, extra choice. Gass-
ier Mixed, 3 and 5-blotched. Butterfly
Mixed, a wonderful collection. Or-
chid-flowering Mixed, beauties.
Giant Ruffled Pansy
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ESTABUSHCD 1885
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THE HOUSEOF QUAUTV
SELECTED PETUNIAS
Few plants can compare with the Petunia for beauty and not
half a dozen other flowers on our list are as showy in beds or
masses. The smallest yard or the finest park is not complete
without these butterflies among flowers, that mind neither heat,
drought, nor rain, but bloom in profusion until the winter is al-
most upon us. The seed is best started in the house, and the
young plants transplanted to open ground one foot apart. But if
the soil is made very fine seed can be sown in open ground and
covered lightly.
DOUBLE-FLOWERING PETUNIAS— Our new fancy flowering
strain. This is unquestionably the finest and most valuable strain
of Petunias in existence. Every year the crop is graded to a
certan high type, and the minute seeds are carefully gathered by
hand. The cost of production is so great that the crop is actually
worth more than the same weight of gold. The colors range
from pure white through the delicate shades of rose to deep
pink. Our mixture is made with care, so that a fine collec-
tion of distinct varieties, double and fringed, can be raised from
single packet. Sure to satisfy. Mixed packet 25c.
RUFFLED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA — This strain is of incom-
parable size, luxuriance and beauty. Nearly all the flowers are
ruffled or fringed, and measure from four to five inches across.
The great variety of colors, blotchings, stripings and veinings
make fantastic and beautiful combinations — some with deep
throats of yellow, white, black, green or maroon, running off into
intricate veins. Some of the colors run to delicate shades,
while others are deep, rich and gorgeous. Mixed, large
packet ISc.
SUPERFINE MIXED PETUNIAS — Magnificent varieties for bedding.
Flowers are of a large size and come in all the colors known
to Petunias. Large packet Sc. Plant Petunias in the open
ground from February to May.
GARDEN PRIMROSE (Polyanthus)
Showy, early spring free-flowering plants. Exceptionally fine
for borders. Single Flowering — Assorted Colors — Large packet 10c.
Plant from August to November, or from February to April.
Fringed Chinese ^lo^m!
ing pot plants. Easy to grow, pretty in leaf, handsome in flower,
and continuously in bloom for months at a time. These merits
alone would earn a place in every window; but when we add that it
is one of the plants never attacked by insects and that it will
bloom in a sunless window — where a geranium or heliotrope would
never show a bud — it is clear that the smallest collection would
never be complete without it. Our seed is saved from the choic-
est strains and can be relied upon to produce the largest flowers
and finest colors. Mixed — Large packet 2Sc. Plant from February
to May.
Sjtlviil Tender perennial, blooming the first season from
OolVld seed. The Salvia is now a standard bedding plant,
and well does it deserve the honor. It stands heat and drought
remarkably well, and its colors are very showy and intense. Seed
is best started under glass, though self-sown seed frequently
comes up in great numbers where a bed of these plants has been
the year previous. Cuttings are easily rooted and make fine
winter-blooming plants.
— Splendens — Large flowering scarlet. This “flame-colored beauty"
is one of the most gorgeous of all plants. Produces great
spikes of bloom, which completely conceal the foliage. Large
packet 10c.
—Bonfire — One of the finest Salvias ever introduced. Its erect
spikes of brilliant scarlet stand clear above the bright green
foliage and completely cover the plant. Large packet 10c.
U - J P|__f (Tritoma Hybrida) — Equals the
IVca mil a OKcr f Idlll finest canna in attractiveness and
brilliancy. Blooms incessantly from August until Novernber, and
the plant shows from 6 to 10 flower stalks all the time— each
holding at a height of 3 feet a great cluster of flowers — the two
finest varieties. Color deep orange. Plant from February to May.
Large packet 10c.
Perennial Phlox-
(The Dazzling Flame Flower) — Our friends
'who remember the old-fashioned Peren-
nial Phlox of our grandmothers’ garden would hardly recognize the
beautiful varieties grown today as bearing any resemblance to
them. The improvement has been truly wonderful. Instead of the
small, dull-hued flowers of olden times, we now have immense
trusses, all bright and showy, the individual flowers three times
the size of the old varieties, and the colors ranging from purest
white to violet. With Phlox a show of brilliant flowers can be
had from June until November, as they are perpetual bloomers.
Perfectly hardy. Plant from February to May — or from August to
November.
— Fire Ball — Flaming scarlet flowers.
Very, very handsome. Flowers are
large and heads massive. Large
piacket 10c.
— Snowball — Pure white flowers. Per-
fectly hardy, and when once es-
tablished will bloom year after
year with little or no attention.
Large packet 10c.
— Drummondi — (Cuspidata) — Of dwarf
habit. The flowers have a regu-
lar star-like form» with broad,
white margins. Large packet 10c.
I— PerennuJ — Fine for a permanent
, flower bed. Some of the flowers
range from pure white to crimson
jr or rose, while others are striped,
' mottled or blotched,
ket 10c.
Large pac>
^'SCHSCHOyRl'^
Passion Flower —
perennial climber, shedding its leave
in winter. Grows luxuriantly eith<
from cuttings or seed. A very satii
factory climber for immense growtl
as it will cover a porch or small co
tage in one summer. Pink — Lari
packet 10c. Blue — Large packet 10
White — Large packet 10c. Plai
from February to May,
PrinUir Prkrfci-fcv (Argemone) — Showy, free flowering plants,
* A with prickly leaves and large, Poppy-like
flowers of satiny texture. Choice Mixed Colors — Large packet Sc.
Plant from February to May. or in September and October.
Pr\rfc¥%v7 (Eschscholtzia)— The State Flower of
Vi^aliromia floppy California. It is one of the hardiest
and most easily grown of our annuals. It is also a very showy
one, growing rapidly and coming into bloom soon after the plants
are above ground. The silver foliage is finely cut and handsome,
and the flowers exceedingly showy, large and freely produced.
Mixed — Various tints of yellow and orange — Large packet Sc. Plant
from February to May, or from August to October.
(Tender Annual) — The Portulaca will stand more
r CirtUIaLcl abuse than almost any other flower. The dryer
the weather and the hotter the sun, the more they flourish, car-
peting the ground with their mat of succulent foliage that during
I the fore part of the day is almost hidden by clouds of gay blos-
I soms in every color o^ the rainbow. Fine for bordering walks,
rockwork and bedding. Can be transplanted even in full bloom.
I Single Flowering — Mixed — Large packet 10c. Double flowering—
Mixed — Large packet 10c. Plant from February to June.
Flav— (Linum)— A hardy annual of slender and grace-
OLaricl. fyj appearance. The bright red flowers — borne
on smooth stems— are produced with great liberality. Large packet
10c. Plant from February to May.
p |- |- , A bedding plant that rivals the phlox and the pe-
tunia in beauty and popularity. Brilliantly
colored. Mixed, large packet 10c.
BEAUTIFUL POPPIES
GLORIOUS HARDY ANNUALS — There is nothing more graceful
than the silky blooms of single Poppies, nodding at the apex of
their long, wiry stalks, like so many tropical butterflies that a
passing zephyr might waft from their airy perch. There is noth-
ing more gorgeous than the double Poppies, bursting with full-
ness, glowing with color, and like great paeonies or snowballs in
size. There are few flowers easier to grow — and none more useful
to light up dark masses of shrubbery, mixed borders or dull bits
of landscape.
MAID OF THE MIST— A new and exquisitely beautiful Poppy.
The immense and elegantly fringed flowers are borne on slen-
der, nodding stems. Large packet Sc.
ORIENTAL — Enormous flowers of flashing scarlet with a black
blotch on each petal. Very showy. Hardy perennial. Large
packet 5c.
DOUBLE CARNATION — One of the most brilliant Poppies. Beau-
tifully fringed flowers. Sure to grow and make a gorgeous blaze
of color. Large packet 5c«
DOUBLE POPPIES MIXED — Poppies grow so rapidly and flower so
quickly that they may be planted anywhere for a showy mass or
for cutting. For this purpose we supply a large packet oi Pop-
pies, Mixed at 5c.
DWARF SHIRLEY — Bushy little plants, with bright green foliage
that becomes all ablaze with beautiful flowers as the season ad-
vances. Large packet 5c.
ICELAND — A graceful delicate variety with flowers that range
from sulphur-yellow through different shades of yellow to
chamois and salmon-rose. These Poppies bloom the first season
from spring-sown seed. The fragrant, elegant, crushed satin-
like^ flowers are produced in never-ceasing succession from the
beginning of June to October. Mixed colors — Large packet 5c.
TALL SHIRLEY — Silk or Ghost Poppies. Large flowers, exceeding-
ly graceful and elegant. Colors range from blush, white rose,
delicate pink and carmine to bright sparkling crimson. Large
packet 5c.
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Navtt^co’s Prize Winning Sweet Peas
THE VERY CREAM OF THE SWEET PEA WORLD IS REPRESENTED BY THE VARIETIES LISTED ON THIS PAGE
$2.25
$1.25
ORCHID-FLOWERING SPENCERS
The magnificent Sweet Peas are remarkable for their huge
size — perfect form — exquisite coloring — wonderful beauty — delightful
fragrance — and abundance of bloom. The flowers often reach a size
of from V/2 to 2 inches in diameter — and are charmingly waved and
fluted.
ONE PKT. EACH OF THESE
25 SPENCERS, PREPAID
ONE PKT. EACH OF 12 OF
THESE SPENCERS, PREPAID
AFTERGLOW— A new break in Sweet Peas and very hard to de-
scribe. The flower has a lovely pastel effect. Base of standard
bright violet blue, shading to rose amethyst. Wings electric
blue. Requires shading. Per packet ISc.
AMERICA SPENCER — White ground, heavily striped and flaked
with bright crimson scarlet. Per packet 10c, }4 oz. 15c.
APPLE BLOSSOM SPENCER — Very large; standard bright rose;
wings primrose. Per packet 10c; oz. 15c.
ASTA OHN — Soft pinkish lavender. Per packet
10c; Yz oz. 15c; oz. 30c.
AURORA SPENCER— White flowers, flaked
with bright orange-pink. Per packet 10c;
Yz oz. 15c.
BLANCHE FERRY SPENCER— Rose standard
and wings white. Per packet 10c; Y^
CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES SPENCER— Pure
purple. Per packet 10c; Y2 oz. 15c.
CLARA CURTIS-— A superior strain of Prim-
rose Spencer. Per packet 15c; oz. 35c.
CONSTANCE OLIVER — Cream ground, beauti-
fully suffused with pale orange pink. Per
packet 10c; Y^ oz. 35c.
COUNTESS SPENCER — The original giant-
flowered Spencer. Has finest waved stand-
ards and clear pink wings. Per packet 5c;
Y oz. 15c; oz. 25c.
FLORA NORTON SPENCER— The color is
bright blue with tint of purple. Per packet
10c; Y oz. 15c.
FLORENCE MORSE SPENCER — A distinct
shade of light pink, wings deeper margins.
One of the prettiest of Sweet Peas. Per
packet 10c; Yt oz. 15c.
GEO. HERBERT — Rose crimson, suffused with magenta
10c; Y2 oz. 15c.
HELEN LEWIS — Orange salmon pink. 10c per packet; oz. 15c.
JOHN INGMAN — A fine rich rose crimson. Per packet 10c; Yi oz. 15c.
KING EDWARD SPENCER — The best pure red Spencer. Per packet
10c; oz. 25c.
MARGARET MADISON — Self-colored azure blue, Per packet 15c;
Yz oz. 45c.
MARTHA WASHINGTON — White ground, margined with bright
pink, suffusing to center. Per packet 10c; Yz oz. 15c.
MASTERPIECE— A splendid lavender Spencer. Per packet 15c; Yz
oz. 35c.
MAUDE HOLMES — Rich crimson Spencer. Per packet 15c; Yz oz. 35c.
MRS. C. W. BREADMORE — Creamy buff ground, beautifully edged
with rose pink. One of the best varieties. Per packet 10c; Yz
oz. 15c.
MRS. ROUTZAHN — Straw color, tinted blush and shading to rose
at edge. Per packet 10c; Yz oz. 15c.
PRINCESS ALICE SPENCER — A delicate and lovely shade of la-
vender. Immense flowers of exquisite form. Unexcelled for
vigor, growth and freedom of bloom. Per packet 10c; oz. 25c.
PARADISE — Countess Spencer type. A strikingly beautiful nov-
elty. Color — the most pleasing shell pink we have ever seen.
Huge, bold flowers. Per packet 10c; oz. 25c.
WHITE SPENCER — Very large, beautiful and fragrant, pure white
flowers. Packet 10c, oz. 35c.
55c
$1.00
Giant-Flowering Sweet Pea
Per packet
EXTRA CHOICE SPENCER SWEET PEAS
15c pSI 55c pS" $1.00
LARGE
PACKET
AGRICOLA — Blush suffused with rosy lilac; a distinct and pleasing
new color.
CHARLES FOSTER — Exquisite “pastel” tinted variety; a blend of
apricot-pink on lavender and violet.
DOBBIE'S CREAM — This is the best cream Spencer offered to date
Large wavy flowers of pleasing color.
EDROM BEAUTY — A beautiful orange-pink. One of the most
unique of the new Spencer introductions.
MAGARET ATLEE — The color is a warm salmon-pink^ perfectly
suffused over a cream ground. The cream deepens into bright
buff at the base of standard and wings and this lights up the
flower with great effect.
R. F. FELTON — A Soencer that is bound to win immense popularity.
It is of a pinkish lavender color.
HERCULES — Soft and clear pink, a glorified Countess Spencer of
immense size.
KING WHITE — Is the best Sweet Pea novelty of recent times. The
white is pure and opaque; stems long, bearing almost uniformly
fours; immense petals of finest frilled type. This certainly is
the “King” of all White Sweet Peas.
SPENCER SWEET PEA MIXTURES
CHOICE MIXED — This mixture is a genuine bargain. It contains
a number of different choice Spencer varieties. A Big Packet 10c,
SPECIAL MIXED — This superb mixture is our special pride. We
have chosen the largest and choicest varieties — magnificently
edged, mottled, blotched, blended and flaked types in a won-
derful assortment of colorings. Large packet 25c postpaid; oz,
35c; Ya lb. 95c; 1 lb. $3.00 postpaid.
GRANDIFLORA SWEET PEAS fl81^^^ing
5c PER PKT.— 15c PER OZ.— QUARTER LB. SOc, POSTPAID
1 PKT. OF EACH OF 12 OF
THESE VARIETIES, PREP’D
1 PKT. OF EACH OF THESE
25 VARIETIES, PREPAID
APPLE BLOSSOM — Bright rose and pink An exquisite Sweet Pea
BLANCH BURPEE — The finest pure white in existence Perfect
forms.
EMILY HENDERSON — White, very early, long
stems. Broad petals. A favorite with the
florists.
JANET SCOTT — Clear and deep, but bright pink,
showing buff at top of standard with the
upper or top blossom and bud lighter pink
and deeper buff. Wings stand upright and
curl, giving the flower an unusually attrac-
tive appearance.
KATHERINE TRACY— Soft but brilliant pink.
KING EDWARD VII— (Improved Firefly)— The
best bright red.
LADY GRISEL HAMILTON — Soft lavender
tinted mauve.
LOTTIE ECKFORD — Flowers beautifully shad-
ed with light blue on a white ground, and
boldly edged in deep rich violet.
LOVELY — Deep pink at base, shading to light-
er pink at edges.
MISS WILLMOTT — Bright orange pink, show-
ing veins.
NAVY BLUE — Deep violet blue. Large flowers
of graceful form.
OTHELLO — Very dark maroon with blackish
veins. Large flowers. Rich and glossy.
PRIMA DONNA — Exquisite rose-pink. Large
flowers. Profuse bloomer.
BLANCH FERRY — Pink and white. Extra early. A steady bloomer.
CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES — Large, broad, bright purple standard;
expanded wings, lighter and brighter blue than standards.
DOROTHY ECKFORD — A grand pure white. Beautifully shell
shaped. Extra large size. Borne three on a stem.
DORA BRADMORE — Standard buff and primrose — wings light prim-
rose. Hooded form.
PRINCE OLAF — Flaked and striped — blue on white ground.
PRINCE OF WALES — A grand variety. Scarlet and rose.
QUEEN VICTORIA — Primrose yellow. Extra large blooms.
ROSE DU BARRI — Large, full and slightly waved. Deep carmine-
rose and orange.
SCARLET GEM — Brightest scarlet. A lovely sort.
SHASTA — Pure white. Large fluted flowers.
STELLA MORSE — Has a faint tinge of pink underlying the cream.
A true apricot shade.
ZOE — A beautiful shade of blue.
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
INCOMPARABLE SWEET PEA MIXTURE
Entirely different from the ordinary mixtures on the market —
most of which are jumbled together in bulk and very imperfectly
mixed. Every packet is mixed separately and contains an equal
quantity of each of the leading varieties. No matter what price
you pay for a Sweet Pea Mixture you cannot beat this. In this
collection you will find many of the Spencer Sweet Pea Novelties.
Comprises 20 of the leading varieties. Among the colors will be
found new shades of rosy-orange, chamois, pearly pink, straw, sil-
very lilac, blood-red, cerise and blush. Some of the sorts are
self-colored— others blended — still others are mottled, speckled,
flaked or striped in untellably attractive ways. Mammoth Packet
25c, postpaid.
GILT EDGE SWEET PEA MIXTURE
This splendid mixture will give grand results. It is composed
of many large flowering, strong-growing and bright-colored varie-
ties— the different colors being blended in suitable proportions. Big
packet 5c; 15c per ounce; Y^ lb. SOc; postpaid.
SURPRISE SWEET PEA MIXTURE
Our Surprise Sweet Pea Mixture is very popular and is made
up by mixing together even quantities of each of 12 choice varieties
of Sweet Peas. Big Packet 10c; postpaid.
FAMOUS RAINBOW COLLECTION
25 Earge Packets 75c pa!d
Called “Rainbow” because every color of the rainbow is in-
cluded in this gorgeous bargain collection. Twenty -five extra
large packets — each packet containing a different variety. Tons of
Sweet Pea seeds alone are grown in Santa Clara Valley each year —
including hundreds of varieties — and from all these we choose the
twenty-five finest for this matchless assortment.
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SAN JOSE, CAEIF.
THE HOUSE or QUALITY
SALPIGLOSSIS (The Velvet Flower)
This half-hardy annual is exceedingly beautiful, and an extra
fine and brilliant bedder. Its large, lovely, velvety-textured, fun-
nel-shaped blossoms of many pleasing colors are marked in varied
and fantastic ways. The staining, penciling and blending of the
colors is wonderfully fine. Some of the flowers have the ap-
pearance of being sprinkled with gold dust. Plant from February
to May, or from August to October. Mixed — Large packet 10c.
SENSITIVE PLANT
A curious annual, with delicate, fern-like leaves that fold
closely together if touched, as though they were wilted by a hot
blast. In a short time they again revive. It is a very beautiful
plant and furnishes endless amusement. Plant from February to
May. Large packet Sc.
ALASKA DAISY
Burbank’s New Shasta. Mr. Burbank has brought the Shasta
Daisy up to marvelous size and long blooming period. The flowers
are pure white and very large. It is one of the grandest, hardy
perennials for any garden, blooming well the first summer from
seed started early. Several grand new forms have recently ap-
peared, some enormous flat petals, others with quilled, and still
others with curled and twisted petals. We offer a mixture of all
of these splendid new forms, some of which have hardly been in-
troduced yet. Do not miss them. Plant from September to De-
cember. Large packet 10c.
SWAN RIVER DAISY (Brachycome)
A hardy annual, growing from 6 to 10 inches high, and pro-
ducing an abundance of pretty blue and white flowers. Plant from
February to May. Large packet 5c.
SWEET WILLIAM
A favorite hardy perennial. For many years the Sweet Wil-
liam has been esteemed as one of the finest of our hardy garden
plants, being of easy culture — thriving in any good garden soil —
and lasting indefinitely. The plants grow about a foot high and
form fine clumps. Our improved strain produces very large florets
in a great variety of rich colors, including blood-crimson, salmon,
pink, white and cerise. Many of the flowers have large white
eyes, and all are sweetly scented. Plant from February to May, or
from August to October. Single Flowering Mixed — Large packet
10c. Double Flowering Mixed — Large packet 10c.
SUNFLOWER
CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERED— A new variety of an old fa-
vorite. The very double bright orange-yellow blossoms re-
semble large Chrysanthemums. Large packet 10c.
PERKEO OR CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN— A charming variety of the
Miniature Dwarf. The plants form compact bushes about 12
inches high by 14 inches through. Large packet 15c.
STELLA — The plant of this fine variety is well branched and bushy.
The flowers are of purest golden-yellow with black disks, and
are borne on long stems. Plant from February to May. Large
packet 5c.
TEN-WEEKS STOCKS (GiUiflower)
A grand bedder and a fine pot plant, blooming the winter
through. It requires rich, mellow soil, and must never be allowed
to suffer for water. Our seed is extra fine, and has been brought
up to its high standard by breeding and high cultivation. Hardy
annual. Plant from February to May, or from August to November.
Pure white, large packet 10c.. .Brilliant rose, large packet 10c.
Brilliant lilac, large packet 10c. Crimson, large packet 10c. Blood
red, large packet 10c. Canary yellow, large packet 10c. Dark blue,
large packet 10c. Light blue, large packet 10c. Brompton Assorted,
large packet 10c. All varieties mixed, large packet 10c.
SMILAX
Climbing Perennial.
Largely used for decorating.
Much esteemed for its long
delicate sprays of bright
green and glossy foliage.
Plant from February to
May, or August to Novem-
ber. Large packet 5c.
SNAPDRAGON
ANTIRRHINUM
Half hardy perennial.
The flowers are oddly
shaped and apparently
closed, but by pressing
the sides together can be
made to open like a dog’s
mouth. Plant from Feb-
ruary to May, or from
August to November. Tall
Varieties, great variety
of colors, large packet 5c.
Dwarf varieties, many col-
ors, large packet 5c.
WISTARIA
A^ splendid climber — in the early
spring this favorite vine is cov-
ered ^ with massive, gracefully-
drooping clusters of lovely pea-
shaped flowers. May also be
trained to grow in erect bush
form. Plant from February to
May. Assorted Varieties, large
packet 25c.
Wistaria
STATICE
SEA LAVENDER
Among the most recent in-
troductions Statice is one of
the grandest everlasting flow-
ers, on account of its long
stems and free-flowering quali-
ties. Blooms from mid-sum-
mer until late in the fall.
Hardy perennial. The stalks
are covered with panicles of
minute flowers, which can be
dried and used in vases in the
winter. Large packet, mixed,
10c.
STEVIA
A tender perennial, produces
a multitude of small white,
fragrant flowers. Fine for
summer or winter blooming.
Plant from February to May.
Large packet 10c.
TRUMPET VINE
BIGNONIA
This is one of the most su-
perb Climbing Vines in exist-
ence. For covering unsightly
places, dead walls, stumps,
fences, or for training over a
porch or trellis — in fact, wher-
ever a beautiful climbing vine
is needed — it is unsurpassed.
The flowers are trumpet-
shaped, large size, fully 3
inches long, and are borne in
clusters of 25 to 35 each for
season. The color is warm c
May. Large packet 10c.
Stocks or GiUiflower
several weeks during the growing
-red. Plant from February to
VERBENAS
Like the pansy, the aster, and the petunia, this half-hardy
perennial is a favorite with everybody, both for the garden and
house culture. For constant and profuse flowering, and for bril-
liancy and beauty of colors, it is the equal of any plant in culti-
vation.
MAMMOTH AURICULA FLOWERED — Various colored flowers with
large white centers. Mixed, large packet 10c.
ITALIAN STRIPED — Very beautiful. Large packet 10c.
MAMMOTH PURPLE, PINK, WHITE OR RED~Each color in a
separate packet, large packet 10c.
FORDHOOK — A lovely variety; will spread over the ground like a
carpet and produce large heads of beautiful flowers. In the gar-
den, plant from February to May. Mixed, large packet 10c.
VIOLETS
Rich in modest beauty and famed for its enchanting fragrance,
the Violet continues to increase in popularity. With the last snows
of winter still about it, the gentle flower shyly appears from out
its icy bed, heralding the coming of spring. Sturdily it grows and
sweetly it blooms, and all the world loves it. Plant from February
to May. Large packet 10c.
VIRGINIA CREEPER
An ornamental climber. The leaves turn to crimson and yellow
in the autumn. Plant from February to May. Large packet 10c.
wallflower
Half hardy perennial. A fine, old-fashioned flower. Will bloom
the first year from seed. Grows from 1 to 2 feet high, and bears
long stems of graceful flowers. It is best to renew the plants every
two to three years by resowing the seed. Plant early in boxes
and transplant. Plant from February to May, or August to Octo-
ber. Double flowering Mixed, large packet 10c. Single flowering
Mixed, large packet Sc.
UMBRELLA PLANT
CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS
Excellent for growing in water or damp places. Makes a very
ornamental house plant, always presenting a green and attractive
appearance. Plant from February to May, or from August to
November. Large packet 10c.
ZINNIAS (Youth and Old Age)
The Zinnia is a robust, free-growing plant that furnishes abund-
ance of large, double, brilliantly colored flowers of various colors
during the entire summer and fall. Each flower keeps perfect for
weeks before fading, and each plant is a mass of bloom all the
time. Seed should be started inside or sown in the garden from
February to May.
TALL DOUBLE SCARLET — Large packet 10c.
TALL DOUBLE PURPLE — Large packet 10c.
TALL DOUBLE WHITE— Large packet 10c.
TALL DOUBLE SALMON— Large packet 10c.
TALL DOUBLE GOLDEN YELLOW— Large packet 10c.
MIXED COLORS— LARGE PACKET 10c.
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1885
CnAS. C. NAVL/BT ^O. 'nc.
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THg HOUBeOf QUAUTV
1919 Condensed Planters Guide
INCLUDING ENCYCLOPEDIA OF USEFUL GARDENING INFORMATION
Tke information on these pages, though brief and concise, is accurate and dependable — and will guide you to gardening success,
whether yon are a market grower or simply home gardener.
Whenerer yon cannot find just the information you want in this Guide, write direct to us. We are always glad to answer
^weetions and to help our customers and friends in erery way possible. We have correspondents who can write in French, German,
Danish, Italian and Portuguese.
When to Plant Flowers and Vegetables
WUle this Guide is primarily intended for California conditions, it can also be easily adapted to the Northern States by mak-
ing snitable allowance for climatic conditions. In most instances a few weeks later than the planting times given here is sufficient.
January
nn imnr next month will be a busy month it is
lower Vhmraeil to ^^t everything ready, seeds se-
lected and the ground all sjiaded up. Have a definite plan of what
yon are to plant and where it is to be planted. In other words, lay
•ut year garden in detail before beginning to sow your seeds.
When beds are to be made use well-rotted manure and work well
{ate the soil. Some of the Bulbs planted in the fall should be
bleoaaing during this month; in fact, a January garden is mainly
dcpcadeat on this form of flowers. Commence planting the follow-
Bulbs: Dahlias, Gloxinia (house plant). Tuberoses, Caladium,
Madeira Vine Root, Cinnamon Vine and Mystery Bulb. Continue
planting the following Bulbs: Agapanthus, Amaryllis (Belladonna)
Asaaryllis (JohnsoniO, Anemones, Bleeding Heart, Crocus, Cycla-
men, Frecsia, Daffodil, Gladiolii, Hyacinths, Roman Hyacinths, Ixias,
Jonquil, Japanese Lilies, Japanese Iris, Tiger Lily, Easter Lilies,
Calla Lily, Narcissus, Faeonies, Ranunculus, Snowdrops, Sparaxis,
Danish Iris, Spirea, Tulips, Lily-of-the-Valley. If Sweet Peas are
planted this month the roots will be stronger and the blossoms
mere profuse than if planted later. All deciduous shrubs and ever-
greens can now be planted.
Some few vegetables, such as Beets,
V CgClftDlC vxnrClCn Carrots, Lettuce, Mushroom Spawn,
Parsley, Peas, Radishes, Rutabagas and Turnips may be planted all
the year round. During this month begin planting Broccoli, Early
Cabbage and Kale. Commence setting out Rhubarb Roots, Brussels
Sprouts. Near the end of the month, in sunny situation^ all early
Potatoes, inclnding Gold Coin, may be planted. Gold Coin Pota-
toes will mature three weeks earlier than any other extra early
varieties. Beds already planted should be dressed with about 3
inches of manure well rotted. During the later part of the month
Tomatoes, Melons, Peppers, Squashes and Egg Plant may be sown
under glass for planting later.
Continue to plant Cauliflower and Spinach, Onion Sets, Onion
Seeds and Parsnips. Clean up the garden, as next month is a
busy one.
February
|7|_ Commence planting Tuberous Begonia
r lower VMraeu Bulbs and continue planting Agapanthus,
Amaryllis (Belladonna), Amaryllis (Johnsonii), Anemones, Crocus,
Cyclamen, Dahlias, Dielytra, Gladiolus, Gloxinia, Hyacinths, Japa-
nese Lilies, Tiger Lilies, Easter Lily, Calla Lily, Narcissus, Paeonies,
Ranunculus, Snowdrops, Sparaxis, Tuberoses, Daffodil, Japanese
Iris, Spanish Iris, Tulips, Caladium, Madeira Vine, Cinnamon Vine,
LUy-of-tbn-Valley, Spirea Japonica and Mystery Bulbs.
For spring, summer and autumn flowers this month should find
you busy beginning to sow flower seeds, including the following:
Abrenia, Abntilon, Acrolinium, Ageratum, Agrostis, Alyssum, Ama-
raathns, Ammobinm, Ana^allis, Argemone Decorative Asparagus,
Asters, Australian Pea Vine, Australian Star Flower, Bachelors
Button, Balloon Vine, Balsam, Bartonia Aurea, Scarlet Runner Bean,
Begonia, Bignonia, Boston Ivy, Brachycombe, Cactus, Calendula,
Calceolaria, Calliopsis, Campanula, Canary Bird Vine, Candytuft,
Canna, Carnation, Centaurea, Qematis Paniculata, (Tlarkia, Cobea
Scandens, Coleus, Coreopsis, Osmos, Cubhea, Cyperus Alternifolius,
Cypress Vine, Datura, Dahlia Seed, Daisies, Delphinium, Dlanthus,
Eschscholtzia, Feverfew, Forget-Me-Not, Gaillardia, Godetia, Gold-
en Feather, Golden Rod, Gypsophila, Helichrysum, Heliotrope,
Hollyhock, Honeysuckle, Hop Vine, Hyacinth Bean, Impomea, Job’s
Tears, Kndzu Vine, Lantana, Lavender, Larkspur, Lobelia. Lupin,
Mar^erite, Marigolds, Maurandia, Mignonette, Mimulus, Mina Lo-
bata. Moon Flower, Morning Glory, Musk Plant, Nasturtium, Ni-
gella, Chcalis, Pampas Grass, Passion Flower, Petunias, Pansies,
Phlox, Pinks, Poppies, Portulaca, Primrose, Rhodanthe, Salpiglossis,
Salvia, Scabiosa, Scarlet Flax, Sensitive Plant, Smilax, Snapdragon,
Stocks, Sunflower, Sweet Sultan, Sweet William, Tritoma, Verbena,
Violet, Virginia Creeper, Wallflower, Whitlavia, Wistaria, Zinnia.
Sweet Peas should be planted plentifully this month. The planting
of evergreens and shrubs should be completed as soon as practicable.
\y___a.— Ll_ During February and March most va-
VegeiMDie oaraen — rieties of vegetables are planted. Early
In February the ground should be well worked and the main crop
of potatoes planted. Begin planting Asparagus, Artichoke, Chicory,
CoUards, Cress, Water Cress, Celery, Egg Plant, Kohl Rabi, Leek,
Mustard, Peppers, Rhubarb Seeds, Salsify and Tomatoes. Con-
tinue the planting of Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Early Cab-
ba^. Carrots, Kale, Lettuce, Mushroom Spawn, Onion Sets and
Onion Seed, Peas, Parsley, Parsnips, Radishes, Rhubarb Roots,
Spinach and Turnips. Thin out Carrots, Turnips and other root
crops requiring it. Hill up where required and attend to weeding.
March
ITIowa* planting bulbs as follows: Aga-
nower kjaracn panthus, Amaryllis, Tuberous Begonia,
Cyclamen, Dahlias, Dielytra, Gladiolus, Gloxinia, Japanese Lilies,
Tiger Lily, Easter Lily. Calla Lily, Paeonies, Tuberoses, Japanese
Iris, Caladium, Madeira Vine, Cinnamon Vine, Lily-of-the-Valley,
Spirea Japonica and Mystery Bulb.
It is now time to commence planting the following flower seeds:
Byronopsis, Castor Bean, Celosia, Cockscomb, Globe Amaranth
and Ice Plant. Besides this continue planting Annual. Biennial and
Perennial Flower Seeds which are included in directions for the Feb-
ruary flower garden, all of which may be planted during the
month of March. Look after slugs, bugs and weeding.
LI _ All vegetable seeds can be planted
vegetable toarden freely during this month, and it is
best to begin transplanting vegetables grown under glass during
January and February. Begin planting Pole and Bush Beans, Com
Salad, Sweet Corn, Dandelions, Endive, Okra, Pumpkin and l^uash.
Cucumbers, Muskmelons and Watermelons. Ontinue planting As-
paragus Artichoke, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Early Cab-
bage, Chicory, Collards, Cress, Water Cress, Carrots, Celery, Kale,
Egg Plant, Kohl Rabi. Leek, Lettuce, Mustard, Mushroom Spawn,
Onion Sets and Onion Seed, Peas, Parsley, Parsnips, Peppers, Po-
tatoes, Radishes, Rhubarb Seed, Rhubarb Roots, Rutabagas, Salsify,
Spinach, Turnips and Tomatoes.
Do not set out Tomato Plants, Egg Plants and Peppers until
all danger of frost is over. See that your garden is kept clean,
weed often, hill up rows and watch out for insects and slugs.
During this month many vegetable plants may be bought ready
to transplant instead of raising them from seed. In many instances
it will save trouble and perhaps expense,
April
g’v 1 There are still quite a goodly number of
r lower VlMTaCn bulbs that may be freely planted during
this month, and are: Agapanthus, Amaryllis (Johnsonii), Tuberous
Begonia, Dahlias, Dielytra, Gladiolus, Gloxinia, Faeonies, Tube-
roses, (Caladium, Madeira Vine, Cinnamon Vine, Lily-of-the-Valley
and Spirea Japonica.
Among the flower seeds that you should commence planting are
the different ornamental Gourds. Nearly all flower seeds may be
planted during April; in fact all of those listed under the February
calendar, except Centaurea. Watch for the bugs and keep the weeds
down. Watch your Rose Bushes, and if troubled with green aphis
use tobacco wash freely.
/’V I Continue transplanting Egg Plant,
Vegetable toarden — Pepper and Tomatoes. Set out Sweet
Potato plants. Continue planting Asparagus, Artichoke, Pole and
Bush Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Early Cabbage, Chicory, Collards,
Cress, Water Cress, Carrots, Celery, Corn Salad, _ Dandelion, Kale,
Com, Cucumbers, Evk Plant, Endive, Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuce,
Muskmelon, Watermelon, Mustard, Mushroom Spawn, Okra, Onion
Sets, Onion Seeds, Peas, Parsley, Parsnips, Peppers, Potatoes,
Pumpkin, Radishes, Rhubarb Seed, Rhubarb Roots, Rutabagas, Sal-
sify, Spinach, Squash, Tomatoes and Turnips. Hill up and _ culti-
vate well. Look out for insects and slugs. Attend to weeding.
May
171 /"■ __ This month you may still continue plant-
r lower \jMrden ing Tuberous Begonia, Dahlias, Gladiolus,
Gloxinia, Paeonies, Tuberose, Caladium, Madeira Vine, Cinnamon
Vine and Spirea Japonica Bulbs. All flower seeds^ given in the
February calendar should be planted except Arcolinium, Centaurea,
Phlox and Rhodanthe. Gourds may be planted this rnonth.^
When Hyacinths, Tulips and other bulbs die down, dig them
up and store away in a cool dry place until fall, when they may
be replanted. The vacant places thus created should be filled
with Dahlias, Petunias, Pansies, Salvias and other flowering plants.
aw Jam Continue to plant Asparagus, Arti-
Vegetable L>arden — choke, Pole and Bush Beans, Beets,
Broccoli, Celery, Chicory, Collards, Carrots, Com Salad, Sweet Corn,
Cucumbers, Dandelion, Endive, Kohl Rabi, Lettuce, Muskmelon,
Watermelon, Mustard, Mushroom Spawn, Okra, Onions, Peas,
Parsley, Parsnips, Peppers, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Radishes. Rhubarb
Seed, Rntabagas, Spinach, Salsify, Squash, Tomatoes and Turnips.
Cultivate well and kill all insects and slugs.
June
Fv 1 Continue planting Dahlias, Gladiolus,
1* lOlVCr VxMrClCll Paeonles, Tuberoses, Caladium Bulbs,
Madeira Vine and Cinnamon Vine Bulbs. But very few flower seeds
should be planted during this month, these few including Gourds,
Hyacinth Bean, Portulaca, Sweet Peas, Byronopsis, Scarlet Runner
Beans, Candytuft, Canna, Castor Bean, Celosia and Cockscomb.
Vegetable
varieties of Pole and Bush Beans, Beets, Carrots, Com, Cucumbers,
Dandelion, Endive. Kohl Rabi, Lettuce, Muskmelon, Watermelon,
Mushroom Spawn, Spinach, Okra, Peas, Parsley, Pumpkin, Radishes,
Peas and Pole varieties of Beans. Watch the slugs and insects.
Clean up ground where crops have matured.
July
L‘| ^ _ J__ No bulbs may be planted during July, and
r lower Vx&rQeil flower seeds should be confined to the
planting of a few Scarlet Runner Beans and Coleus.
Vegetable Garden-
and Parsnips. Continue planting Beets, Carrots, Corn, Dandelion,
Endive, Lettuce, Mushroom Spawn, Peas, Parsley, Radishes, Ruta-
bagas, Turnips and most varieties of Beans. Cultivate between
rows. Oean up and kill off slugs and insects.
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PLANTERS GUIDE AND USEFUL INFORMATION— Continued
August
1 Preparations should now be made to
r* loiter plant winter blooming bulbs and a little
time jpent on a few choice bulbs will be amply repaid by strong
blossoms later in the year when other flowers are scarce. This
month is a good time to commence planting Cyclamen, Freesia,
Poppies, St. Joseph and Calla Lilies. There are many varieties of
flower seeds that can be planted this month, including Cineraria,
Clematis, Centaurea, Coreopsis, Cyperus, Alternifolius, Delphinium,
Dianthus, Eschscholtria, Forget-Me-Not, Feverfew, Foxglove, Gail-
lardia, Godetia, Golden Feather, Golden Rod, Gyphsophila, Hollyhock,
Lupin, Mignonette, Margeurite Carnation, Marigold, Phlox, Pansies,
Pinks, Polyanthus, Salpiglossis, Scabiosa, Srailax, Snapdragon,
Stocks, Sweet William, Violets, Verbena, Wallflower, Asparagus
(decorative). Cactus, Calendula, Calceolaria, Calliopsis, Campanula,
Candytuft, Carnation, Catchfly and Celosia. Caterpillars are plentiful
this month, and should be kept off plants and flowers.
Sow Corn Salad for second crop.
VegetaDle Lxaraen — Pia„t spinach. continue planting
most varieties of Beans, Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Winter Cab-
bage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Dandelion, Kale, Endive, Lettuce, Mush-
room Spawn, Peas, Parsley, Parsnips, Radishes, Rutabagas and
Turnips. Cultivate growing crops.
September
171 Commence planting Amaryllis (Bella-
a lO^VCr VS&aQCll donna) Amaryllis Oohnsonii) Anemones,
Crocus, Ixias, Jonquils, Lupin, Mignonette, Marigold, Marguerite
Carnation, Poppies, Verbena, Narcissus, Clemat|s, Daffodil, Roman
Hyacinths, Spanish Iris, Snowdrops and Tulips. Also continue
planting Cineraria, Centaurea, Cyclamen, Clematis, Freesia, Roman
Hyacinths, Violets, St. Joseph Lily and Calla Lily. All flower
seeds given in August calendar may be freely planted during Sep-
tember, besides which commence planting Columbine, Daisies,
Honeysuckle, Abronia, Abutilon, Alyssum, Anagalis, Argemone,
Australian Pea Vine, Bachelors Button and Boston Ivy. If Sweet
Peas are planted during September, October, November and Decem-
ber they will have a good bottom growth in the spring and will
carry more and bigger blossoms than if planted later.
\/ _ J__ Begin planting Broccoli, Leek, Onion,
Vegetable Viarden ColUrds, KoH Rabi. continue plant-
ing Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Winter Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower,
Corn Sdlad, Kale, Endive, Lettuce, Mushroom Spawn, Peas, Pars-
ley, Parsnips, Radishes, Rutabagas, Spinach and Turnips. Trans-
plant Cauliflower and Cabbage plants sown in July. Hill up where
necessary.
October
Flower Garden-
mcnce planting Agapanthus, Gladiolii, Hyacinths, Japa
Jaoanese Iris, Easter Lilies, Paeonies, Rununculus and bp
Bulbs should be planted heavily this
’month, and it is an ideal_ time to
lanese Lilies,
Sparaxis; al^
continue’ planting Amaryllis (Belladonna), Amaryllis (Johnsomi),
Anemones, Crocus, Cyclamen, Freesia, Roman Hyacinths, ^js.
Jonquils, St. Joseph Lily, Calla Lily, Snowdrops, Narcissus, Daffo-
dil, Tulips and Spanish Iris. . o , i
All flower seeds mentioned in the August and beptember Ml-
endars may be planted during this month except Forget-Me-Not
and Feverfew. „ . , . w j
\T . I l_ Continue transplanting Cabbag* and
V CgCUlDlC VJlArClCll Cauliflower plants. Clontinue to sow
Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Collards, Winter Cabbage, Carrots, Cauli-
flower, Corn Salad, Kale, Endive, Kohl Rabi, Lettuce, Mushro^
Spawn, Peas, Parsley, Parsnips, Rutabagas, Winter Radishes, Spin-
ach and Turnips. Hill up and cultivate round crops and cleaa up
unused ground.
November
IT] _ _ J__ (Commence planting Tiger Lily end Bleed-
r lower VAnaUCIl ,ng Heart Bulbs and continue planting all
bulbs listed in October calendar. Continue planting Alyssum, As-
paragus (decorative). Campanula, Candytuft, Carnation, Canterbury
Bells, Cyperus Alternifolius, Daisies, Gladiolii, Godetia, Golden
Feather, Gypsophila, Hollyhock, Japanese Iris, Phlox, Pansies,
Polyanthus, Scabiosa, Smilax, Snapdragon, Stocks and Sweet Peas.
Plant Rose Bushes, Evergreens and deciduous shrubs. Make new
lawns and renovate old ones.
\r_ /'■ __ J__ Begin sowing Onion Seed. Continue
Vegetable tjarden— ,owing the following vegetable
seeds: Beets, Carrots, Cauliflower, Lettnce, Mushroom Spawn,
Peat, Parsley, Radishes, Rutabagas, Spinach and^ Tumipa. Dig up
or plow all ground not occupied by crops. Work in well-rotted ma-
nure to prepare the ground for spring planting.
December
To the bnlbs listed from November
r lower Ijaraen— pia„ti„g may be added Lily of the Val-
ley, which will give a complete list of all the bulbs to be planted
during December. (See above.)
But very few flower seeds may be planted dnring this month,
only Daisies and Sweet Peas being among those recommended.
VACvastaKlo Continue sowing Onions, Beets,
* CgClmDlC VgorOen carrots. Cauliflower, Lettnce, Mush-
room Spawn, Parsley, Radishes, Rutabagas, Spinach and Turnips.
Clean up and burn all rubbish. Work over the ground already dug
up and manured and plan for next year’s garden.
Hot Beds
Good hot-beds can be made by digging down about three feet
and filling the excavation with rather fresh horse manure in which
there is a good deal of bedding straw. About 18 inches of this
mannre is sufficient, and then fill in on top of it with about one
foot of good soil mixed with sand. This manure pile will be
compressed and will soon begin to ferment, and will then keep the
top soil warm and cause the seed to sprout quickly, and the young
plants will grow very fast. It is best to enclose the hot-bed with
boards, making what is called a cold-frame; this ia done by running
the length of the bed east and west and by making the north side
about two feet high and the aouth side not more than six inches.
The ends also should be enclosed and a sash of glass should be
hung on hinges at the highest end. This sash should be raised for
ventilation during most of the day, aince the bed gets very warm
and the atmosphere very close if kept too tightly closed for too
long a time. As the plants grow, the sash should be left up longer
each day to harden them and prepare them for final transplanting.
The hot-bed should have a very sunny location near a hedge or
some building, well protected from the prevailing wind.
The object of the cold-frame is to make an artificial heat, and
to protect the plants from frost dnring winter. Seed may be start-
ed any time during the winter, and the plants can be ready to act
out just as soon as danger of frost is over.
As the sun gets too hot it is necessary to shade the bed, and
the glass should be whitewashed or covered with tacking if neces-
sary. Too mnch heat is fatal to the tender young plants.
PLANTING TABLES
Number Rows in am Aero
Rows
1 ft. apart 209
194 “ '■ 139
2 ■■ “ 104
294 83
3 “ “ 69
394 “ “ 59
4 “ “ 52
494 “ “ 46
5 “ “ 42
Each row 309 ft. long. One
acre is approximately 209 feet
square.
There are 43,560 square feet to
No. Plants in Row of 2H Feet
if planted
1 inch apart
2508
2 “ “
1254
3 “ “
836
4 “ “
627
5 “ “
501
6 “ “
418
7 “ “
344
8 “ " ;.
313
9 “ “
278
10 “ “
2S0
11 “ “
228
12 “ “
209
n acre.
Carnation Cultivation
Carnations will thrive in almost any soil. Use one-quarter of
decayed manure worked well into the soil 12 inches deep. The
young plants should not be set out any closer than 2 feet apart.
Press the soil firmly around the roots so as not to allow air to
reach the roots; water freely. Mulch, or cover the ground with a
layer of decayed manure from 1 to 2 inches thick. This application
will keep the soil moist and prevent the hot sun from injuring the
roots.
Stopping the growth of the young plants by pinching off the
leading shoots is one of the most important operations connected
with Carnation culture. By stopping the shoots the result Is to
produce a greater number of growths and make a bushy plant.
To get the largest blooms and long stems you should pinch off
all the buds except the leading top bud.
The best time to water Carnations ib in the morning.
Timm Plwnf T''® plant Carnations is from
1 ime lO a IBDl November to June, although they can be
planted all the year round. Carnation plants generally become ex-
hausted in two years, and should be replenished.
By following these culture directions, any one can grow the
choicest of Carnations.
Dahlia Cultivation
wd LocaHon—
m cultivation a rich, mellow soil is preferred. The Dahlia pos-
sesses a happy and easy-going disposition, and readily adapts it-
self to almost any soil or situation, except dense shade end wet,
•our soil. Dahlia plants or bulbs can be set as soon as danger
of frost is over. Young plant or divided bulbs produce larger and
finer flowers than large undivided clumps of bulbs.
Dahlia bnlbs should be taken out of the ground and divided
every year to obtain the best results. In dividing Dahlia bulbs
one should be very careful not to pull them apart, but use a knife
and be sure to cut part of the stem with the bulb so as to have
an eye on the bulbs, otherwise the bulb will not grow.
In preparing the soil use well-decayed manure, mixed thorougb-
ly with the soil before planting. Dahlias do not do well if over
fertilized.
To obta.n large blooms or Exhibition flowers, select the largest
bud on each stock and pinch off all the rest; by so doing the
flowers reach an enormous size.
Wire Hanging
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10 in. diameter 35c 3.00
12 in. diameter 45c 4.50
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PLANTERS GUIDE AND USEFUL INFORMATION— Continued
Chrysanthemum Cultivation
t 1 i Planf Chrysanthemums are one of the easiest
no VV lO A laOl plants to grow. They thrive in almost any
soil, and require a sunny exposure.
To prepare the soil, use one-quarter of decayed manure and
work it in thoroughly about 12 inches deep. The young plants
should be set out about 2 feet apart, the ground pressed around
the roots, and watered freely.
To Get Large Blooms—"" % r„°S, .b,"
back about A inches, then each plant will send out from 3 to 4
stems. In order to give strength to the flowers, mulch, or cover,
the ground with a layer of from one to two inches of decayed
manure. As soon as the buds appear on stems, let the largest re-
main and pinch off all others. Water freely in the morning.
Rose Cultivation
I Should plants, when received, have a with-
UnpaCKing grej appearance, caused by an unusual delay
in transit (which seldom occurs), soak them in water for an hour
or more, so as to restore their vitality.
TJiriA frs PIsiTif’ Roses should be set out when the plants
1 imc lO A lalll are dormant or when the leaves begin to
fall. Planting season begins about November 15th.
I T ju i-j frw Planf Rose delights in an open, airy situa-
X laill tion; all types are partial to clay loam, but
will succeed in any ordinary soil if enriched with decayed manure.
Dig up the soil thoroughly to a depth of 12 or 15 inches. When
the bush is planted press the soil firmly over the roots. Make
a basin around the plant, and water freely to exclude air, and
settle the earth.
This operation is best performed during the dor-
• •^*“8 mant season. Most roses do better if moderately
pruned. We usually remove from one-third to two-thirds of the
past year’s growth, and all weak or decayed wood should be en-
tirely cut out. As a rule, the more vigorous the variety the less
it should be pruned. It is always the new growth which gives the
most flowers.
DISEASES AND REMEDIES
_This is a small louse that at-
“tacks the young and tender
shoots and buds. Tobacco dust powdered on the bushes in early
morning will kill them, or make a wash from old cigar stubs, to-
bacco dust, tobacco stems or tobacco leaves. Also spray with
whale oil soap solution.
This attacks the leaves and they become covered
ivaisucw „ith a whitish mold. If not attended to mildew will
greatly retard the growth of the plant and impair the quality of
the flower. Sprinkle with powdered sulphur or spray with a weak
solution of potassium sulphide. If powdered sulphur is used early
in the morning, when the dew is on the leaves, the remedy will be
most effective. Otherwise spray with water before using the sul-
phur, so it will adhere to the leaves.
Df\CA Run This little rogue is about the size of a house fly
J ^ awMg anj crawls out of the ground in early spring;
powdered white hellebore, or a solution of whale oil soap are the
best remedies.
Rose Slu9 This pest is about an inch long and of a grayish
a-Kvew color. It appears early in the spring and feasts
upon the opening buds and flowers. About the only thing that
can be done is to pick them off by hand.
Warnings and Suggestions
not plant close, give vegetables enough room to grow.
2— Never water any newly planted plot until after seeds come
up, but have soil good and moist when planting.
3 — Irrigation is always preferable over sprinkling.
A Cultivation as soon as possible following irrigation is es-
sential.
5 — Try to keen all growing stuff growing continuously, a check
in growth almost equals a failure.
6 — Always have ground good and wet where you transplant
any plant to permanent location.
Aphis, or Green Fly-
Strawberry Culture
The ground should be prepared by digging or plowing about 12
inches deep. The soil should be well enriched with thoroughly
rotted stable manure or ground bone, or any other good fertilizer
and worked thoroughly in the soil. Make the beds about 3 feet
wide, so as to accommodate 3 rows of plants. The plants should
be set 15 inches apart each way. Don’t allow runner plants to
set closer than 4 inches apart after the plants begin to send out
runners.
The plants must have ample room to build up. Keep the soil
around young plants well loosened and never allow the soil to get
hard around the young plants. Hoe often.
Fruit Trees
Planfino holes should be dug at least 8 inches to one
* *“**^*“8 foot larger in every direction than required by the
roots when spread out in their natural position; top soil should be
broken down from the edge, and raised to a cone in the center
of the hole to set the tree on, and the roots then brought to their
natural position; then carefully shovel in the top soil (which should
be made quite fine) between the roots until covered; then tramp
firmly as the filling up progresses; when nearly all filled in, place
two inches of fine soil on top.
nrimA fn Plwnf Generally speaking, last half of December,
1 Ulie H) A lam January and February, is the best
time, but good results are obtained from March and even April
planting. Depends on the rainfall in earljr fall and late spring.
C*-— - If soil requires it, use fertilizers, the safer way be-
vCrUAlAC ing to use a mulch, or scatter on the surface after
planting; then cultivate in if a commercial fertilizer is used. In
no instance put manure in the hole when planting, as it will burn
the roots.
TtiAA* “Yucca palm fiber” tree protectors
AT ruiCUA A ACCs the best, as they are easily put on and
will last a long time. Most orchardists advise use of some pro-
tection around young trees when planting out.
The tops should be shortened in more or less, de-
* a UIlAAlg pending on the size, variety and condition of the
trees. In commercial orchards one-year-old trees are cut down to
from 13 inches to 2 feet above ground, and all the side limbs are cut
to one or two buds; two-year-old trees with formed tops should
be shortened in from 6 inches to 1 foot of main stem. No summer
pruning should be done the first year; strong growing side limbs
on lower part of the tree can be shortened in from 6 inches to 1
foot from stem, so that the leaves left will shade the trees.
Blackberries, R2ispberries, Etc.
Each year, after the leaves have fallen, and have left the canes
bare, cut off the canes that have fruited during the summer so
they will be level with the surface of the ground, and mark each
plant with a stake, then new canes will sprout out. After they have
grown 4 to 6 inches high, prune off or pinch the tips of each cane
to force out the laterals (side branches). It is the new growth
that produces the choicest fruit. If the old canes are left on the
plants they will produce inferior fruit.
If you intend to tie the canes to stakes or a trellis, let the
plant attain a height of 5 or 6 feet before pinching or pruning off
the tips of the new cane growth. If you intend to teach plants
to stand alone, pinch or prune off the tips when 2 to 4 feet high.
All old cane and other debris should be removed from the rows
after pruning. Blackberries require a rich ground, and plenty of
well-rotted stable manure or compost, should be applied as soon
as the patch is cleaned up. Blackberries should be planted in
rows from 6 to 8 feet apart, and the plants 3 feet apart in each row,
as they have a constant tendency to spread themselves in the rows.
Currants and Gooseberries
Culture of Currants and Gooseberries consists in cleaning
them of the dead wood in winter and thinning the new shoots in
the spring, as may be desired. They should be grown in rows
from 5 to 6 feet apart, and the plants should be planted in rows
2 to 3 feet apart.
Treatment of the soil is the same as for Blackberries.
Snails
The cowboys, in sleeping on the plains, coil a hair lariat on the
ground all around them. This prevents rattlesnakes from crawling
near them while asleep, as no snake will crawl under or over a
hair lariat.
In the same way, if a piece of bale rope is coiled around a
bed of flowers, foliage. Sweet Peas, vines, or, in fact, any vegetation,
the snail will not crawl over it. The little, sharp fibers in the
rope are too sharp for the gelatine-like bodies of the snails.
Pests in the Soil
Vaporite can be used successfully for the destruction of most
underground insects and pests. It is not used on the plants or
trees, but distributed in the soil and the vapor arising from the
same kills the vermin, etc. Used to destroy Wireworms, Cut-
worms, Leatherjacket Grubs, Eelworms, Centipedes, Millipedes,
Woodlice, Beetles, Ants (including White Ants), Slugs, Borers,
Snails and all similar insects in the soil.
Soils for the Grape-
Helpful Hints on Culture of Grapes
Grape Vines will thrive in almost
"any soil that is fertile.
DlItt'SmS'A rtf f"! viOT— ® feet apart. If for
L/Isiance or naming Raisins and you want to dry the
grapes on trays in the fields, then plant vines 454 ft. in rows, and
rows II ft. apart; double team can be used for cultivating and plow-
ing when planted this way.
In planting great care should be taken; the holes should be
carefully dug. If the ground is dry, pour water in the hole; thor-
oughly soak. Before planting all the dead or injured roots should
be trimmed. Plant Vines from December to March.
I” autumn or winter following the planting the vines
. should be staked either before or after pruning;
in any case some time before the buds start in the spring.
The stakes used depend on the variety of the vine and method
of pruning to be ultimately adopted.
Good strong stakes, about 5 to 6 feet long, and 1)4 to 2 inches
square should be used, and driven far enough into the ground, at
least two feet, so they will stay firm and prevent them from being
loosened by the force of the wind on the vine, which is tied to the
stake. The stake should extend two or three inches above the
height at which the vine is intended to head. The stakes should
be placed 1 to 2 inches from the vine on the side opposite to the
prevailing heavy winds.
The vines may be pruned at any time
mining me vine a^er the leaves have fallen. All the
canes are removed entirely except the strongest, and these are cut
back to two buds from the joint and the canes tied to the stake.
It is very important that these canes should be straight. The
top cut is made through the bud.
nicAaco rtf iViA \/inA ®ne of the most prevalent dis-
L/lS6aS6 or mC y inC eases of the vine in California is
caused by fungus, which affects leaves, canes and berries, and
which is locally known as “Mildew.” This disease is recognized by
grayish white coloring of the affected leaves, which, as the disease
progresses, shrivel and dry up. The young cane also blackens and
dies, and the individual grapes show whitish patches, which become
darker colored and they crack open. The usual remedy is finely
ground or sublimed sulphur, and applied several times during the
season.
The Bordeaux Mixture and other copper preparations are some-
times useful upon grape vines.
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PLANTERS GUIDE AND USEFUL INFORMATION— Continued
English and Foreign Names of Vegetables
^ e can answer cerrespendence in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese languages.
English
Artichoke
Asparagus
Beans, Dwarf
Beans, Pole
Beet
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cabbage Savoy .
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Caleriac
Chervil
Chicory
Collards
Com Salad ... .
Com
Cress
Cress, Water
Cucumber . . .
Dandelion
Egg-Plant . . .
Endive
Kale
Kohl Rabi ...
Leek
Lettuce
Melon, Musk
Melon, Water
Mushroom
Mustard
Nasturtium
Okra
Onion
Parsley
Parsnip
Peas
Pepper
Pumpkin
Radish
Rhubarb
Salsify
Spinach
Squash
Tomato
Turnip
Spanish. Italian.
. . Alcachofa Articiocca
. . Esparrago Sparagio
..Frijole nano Faginolo nani
. Habichuelas enridaderas Faginolo rampicanti.
. r emolacha Barbabietola
. .Broculi Brocoli
. Beraz de Brusels Cavolo di Brusselles.
.Col repollo ...Cavolo Cappuceio. . . .
..Col de Milsm Cavolo di Milano
1 . 2^nahoria Carota
.Collflor Cavoloflore
. .Apio Sedano
. .Apio-nabo Sedano rapa
. Perifollo Cerfoglio
.Achicoria Cicorio selvatica
. .Cabu
. .Canonigos (macha valerais- Valeriana
. silla)
. .Maiz Mais
. Mastuerzo .Agretto
. .Berro Nastwzio aqnatico...
.Pepino Cetrielo
.Diente de lean (Amargon) Dente di leone
..Bcrengena Petroncismo
. Endiva Indlvia
.Breton Col Cavolo verdo
.Colinabo Cavolo rapa
Puerro Porro
.Lechnga Lattuga
. Muscate Popone
.Zfndia Melone d’aqua
.Seta Fungo pratajolo
.Mostscea Mostarda
. Capuchina Nasturzio
. Quimbombo Ocra
Cebolla Cipollo
.Perejil Prezzemolo
Chirivia Pastlnaca
.Chicaroso Guisantes Plsello
. Pimient't Peperone
. Calabetza totanera Zucca
•Rabanito Ravanello
.Ruibarbo Rabarbaro
.Salsifi bianco Sassefrlca
.Espinica Splnace
. Calabaza .Zucca
.Tomate Porno d’ore
J^abo a vone
French
. .Artichaut
. Asperga
, . Haricot Nains
..Haricot a Rames....
. Botterave
.Chou Brocoli
,.Chou de Bruxelles..
..Chou pomme
. Chou de Milan
. .Carotte
, .Chou-fleur
. Celeri
. .Celem-rave
Cerfeuil
. Chicoree sauvage....
.Chou cabu
. Mache
, .Mais
. Cresson alenois
. Cresson de fontaine
. Concombre
. Pissenlit
Aubergine
. Chicoree Endive
. Chou-frise
. Chou-rave
. Poireau
. Laitue
.Melon muscade
..Melon D’Eau
. Champignon
.Moutarde
. Capucine
.Gombaud
. Ognon
. Persil
. Panais
'Pois
. Piment
Potlron
. Radis
, Rhubarbe
.Soklsifis blanc
-Epinard
.Courge
.Pomme d’ Amour
Navet
German.
. Artischoke
Spargel
. Krupp-Bobnen
. .Stangen-Bohnen .
. Salatrubcn
.Spargelkohl
Rosenkohl
. Kopfkohl, Kraut. .
Wirslng
. Carotten, Mohren
. Blumegkohl
.Sellerle
. Kaoll-Sellerie
.Xerbel
CIchorienwurzel
.Blatterkohl
.Feldsalat
Mais
.Garten-l^esse
. Brunnenkresse
.Gurken
. Lowenzcihn
.Eierpfgmze
Eadlvien
.BlatterkoU
.Kohlrabi
.Porree, Lauch
.Lattich, Kopsalat.
.Melone
. Wasser-Melone
. Champignonbrut. . .
.Senf
. Kapucnier-Kresse. ,
.Ocher
.Zwiebel
Petersilie
.Pastlnake
Erbsen
. Pfeffer
.Kurbiss
.Radies
Rhabarber
Haiferwurzel
Spinat
Kulchen-Kurbiss. . .
. Llebesapfel Tomat
Weisse-Rube
When and How to Prane Fruit Trees
CHERRY — The Cherry Tree may be pruned the same as any other
deciduous fruit tree, until it is about five years old; after
that the less pruning the better, except when necessary to cut
out a dead or crossing branch.
APPLE AND CRABAPPLE— Bearing trees _ should not be allowed
to carry too many branches, and pruning _ will largely consist
of thinning out surplus shoots, and removing interference be-
tween branches. It is not desirable to sborten-in the Apple, as
is done with the Apricot and Peach.
PEACH AND NECTARINE — The Peach, fruiting only on wood of
the ppevious year’s growth, bears fruit farther away from the
body of the tree each year, and the small shoots of from
one-eighth to three-sixteenths in diameter begin to decline
when the fruit is removed; to have healthy growth, all of these
small branches must be removed.
PEAR — Prune straggling branches; thin out so that the branches
will not wind around each other, but don’t cut the top. The
more you cut the more wood you get, after the tree comes
into full bearing it is plenty of time to head back.
PLUMS and PRUNES — The annual growth must be shortened-in
every winter from one-half to two-thirds, and all laterals and
fruit spurs must be cut back at every pruning.
APRICOTS — The practice is to remove half or two-thirds of the
new growth and thin out by removing entirely enough new and
old wood to prevent the tree from becoming thick and bushy.
ALMONDS— The tree should be headed low and pruned during the
first three years to secure a shapely, strong tree. After the
third year little pruning is required except to thin out objec-
tionable branches by winter pruning.
FIGS — After getting the general shape of the tree, there is little
need of pruning except to remove the defective branches or
those which cross and will interfere with each other. It is bet-
ter to remove branches entirely than shorten them, or, in
shortening always cut to a strong lateral. Stubs left in prun-
ing are very undesirable.
WALNUT— All the pruning needed is to obtain the general shape.
Whenever shoots are killed back by frost or by sunburn, they
should be cut off cleanly below the black mark which shows
how far the injury has extended. If this is done, the die-back
down the branches is usually prevented.
ORANGE — LEMON — POMELO — The Orange tree is more disposed
naturally to assume a good form than most other trees, and for
this it requires as little pruning as possible. Overcome the ten-
dency of the young trees to run long shoots, which obviates
a weeping habit, which interferes with irrigation and cultiva-
tion. Remove defective branches and those which will cross and
interfere with each other.
CHESTNUT— PERSIMMON— POMEGRANATE— QUINCE — Require
practically no pruning, excepting to remove defective branches
and those which interfere with each other.
FRUIT-BEARING TABLE
Time to Bear Paying
After Planting Crop
Apple
tricot
Almond
Cherry
Chestnut
Currant
Fig
Grapes
Grape Fruit.
Lemons
Oranges
Peach
Pear
Plum
Persimmon ,
Pomegranate
Prunes
Quince
Walnut
3 Years 7 Years
2 “ 4 ••
2 •• 5 “
3 “ 6
3 “ 8 “
1 “ 3 “
1 “ 5 “
1 “ 3 “
2 " 6 “
2 “ 6 "
2 “ 6 “
2 “ 5 “
2 “ 8 "
2 “ 6 “
3 “ 7 «
5 “ 10 “
2 “ 5 "
2 <• 4 •<
2 « 7 “
All Trees will produce fruit the second
year after planting, but not a paying crop.
USUAL DISTANCE FOR PLANTING
FRUIT TREES
Apples
Apples, dwarf
Apricots
Almonds
Cherries
Chestnut
Fig
Grape Fruit (Pomelo)..
Grapes
Lemon
Nectarines
Orange
Prune
Peaches
Pear
Pear, Dwarf
Plums
Persimmon
Pomegranata
Quince
Wtdnut
30 or 40 feet each way
10 or IS
16 or 20 “
20 or 24 “
16 or 25 “
35 or 40 “ “ “
35 or 40 “
20 or 25 “
. 6 or 8 “ “ “
20 or 25 “
16 or 20 “
20 or 25 “ “ “
20 or 24 “
16 or 20 “ “
20 or 30 “ “ “
10 or 15 “
16 or 20
20 or 25
20 or 25 “ “ “
8 or 14 “ “ “
35 or 40 “ “ “
NUMBER OF PLANTS TO THE ACRE IF
PLANTED A GIVEN DISTANCE APART
No. plants
Dist. apart each way to an acre
H foot 174,240
1 “ 43,560
VA “ 19,363
2 " 10,890
2Vz “ 6,969
3 “ 4,840
4 “ 2,722
5 “ 1,742
6 “ 1,210
7 “ 889
8 " 680
9 “ 537
10 “ 435
11 “ 360
12 “ 302
15 “ 193
18 “ 134
20 “ 108
25 “ 69
30 “ 49
(37)
ClIAS. C. NiW^L/E/P CbV >Nc
When Flower Seeds Should be Planted
Abrenia Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
AbutUon Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Acroclinium (everlasting flower) Feb. to May
Ageratum Feb. to May
Agrostis (ornamental grasses)... Feb. to May
Alyssnm (sweet). .Sept to Nov & Feb to May
Amaranthus Feb. to May
Ammonium Feb. to May
Anagallis. . . 4. .Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Argemone Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Asparagus (Decorative)
Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Asters ..Feb. to May
Australian Pea Vine. Sept to Oct, Feb to May
Australian Star Flower Feb. to May
Baby’s Breath Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Bachelors’ Button.. Sept to Oct & Feb to May
Balloon Vine (Love in a Puff)... Feb. to May
Balsam Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Bartonia Aurea (Golden Bartonia) Feb to May
Bean (Scarlet Runner) March to May
Begonia Feb. to May
Bignonia Feb. to May
Boston Ivy Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Brachycembe Feb. to May
Browallia August
Bryonopsis (Orn climber) March to June
Cactus Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Calceolaria Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Calendula Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Caliopsis Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Campanula. .Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Canary Bird Flower (pretty vine) Feb. to May
Candytuft Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to June
Canna Feb. and June
Canterbury Beils.. Aug to Nov. 4 Feb to May
Carnation Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Castor Bean March to June
Catchfly (Silene) Aug to Oct 4 Feb to May
Centaurea (Dusty Miller)
Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Centaurea (Sweet Sultan)
Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Celosia March to June
Clematis Paniculata Aug to Nov, Feb to May
Cineraria Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Clarkia Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Cobea Scandens (climber) Feb. to May
Cockscomb March to June
Coleus July to Sept, and Feb. to May
Columbine Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Coreopsis. . ..Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Cosmos Feb. to May
Cuphea Feb. to May
Cyperus Alternifolius
Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Cypress Vine Feb. to May
Datura Feb. to May
Dahlia Feb. to May
Daisies ....Sept, to Dec, and Feb. to April
Delphinium Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Diemthus Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Eschscholtzia (Cal. poppy)
Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Feverfew Aug. to Sept, and Feb. to May
Forget-Me-Not Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Four-o’clock Feb. to May
Foxglove Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Gaillardia Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Globe Amaranth March to May
Godetia Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Golden Feather Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Golden Rod. ...Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Gourds April to June
Gypsophila (bouquet grass)
Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Heiichrysum Feb. to May
Heliotrope Feb. to May
Hollyhock Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Honeysuckle. . .Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Hop Vine Feb. to May
Hyacinth Bean Feb. to June
Ice Plant March to May
Ipomea Feb. to May
Job’s Tears Feb. to May
Kudzu Vine Feb. to May
Liantana Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Lavender Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Larkspur Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Lobelia Feb. to May
Lupin Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Mallows Feb. to May
Marguerite. . .Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Marguerite (Carnation)
Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Marigold Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Marigold (African tagetes) Feb. to May
Maurandia (climber) Feb. to May
Mignonette Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Mimulus Feb. to May
Mina Lobata Feb. to May
Moon Flower Feb. to May
Morning Glory Feb. to May
Musk Plant (house plant) Feb. to May
Nasturtium (tall and dwarf).. Feb. to May
Nigella Feb. to May
Oxalis Feb. to May
Pampas Grass Feb. to May
Passion Flower Feb. to May
Petunia Feb. to May
Pansies (for spring flowering). .Aug. to Nov.
Pctnsies (for summer and late blooming)
Feb. to May
Phlox Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Pinks (china or Dianthus)
Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Poppy Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Polyanthus. . .Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to April
Portulaca Feb. to June
Primrose (Mexican) Feb. to May
Primula (Chinese Primrose).... Feb. to May
Rhodanthe (everlasting) Feb. to April
Salpiglossis Au". to Oct. and Feb. to May
Salvia Feb. to May
Scabiosa Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Scarlet Flax Feb. to May
Sensitive Plant Feb. to May
Smilax Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Snapdragon Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Stocks Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Sunflower Feb. to May
Sweet Peas Sept, to June
Sweet William.. Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Tritoma Feb. to May
Verbena Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Violet Aug. to Nov. and Feb. to May
Virginia Creeper Feb. to May
Wallflower. . . .Aug. to Oct. and Feb. to May
Whitlavia Feb. to May
Wistaria Feb. to May
Zinnia Feb. to May
When Vegetable Seeds Should be Planted
Artichoke January to May
Asparagus February to May
Beans, Broad March to May
Beans, Bush Lima March to August
Beans, Pole Lima March to June
Beans, Wax, Bosh March to August
Beans, Pole March to August
Beets All Year Round
Broccoli September to May
Brussels Sprouts Jan to Apr 4 July to Oct
Cabbage Jan. to April and July to Oct.
Carrot All Year Round
Cauliflower July to January
Celery Feb. to May and Sept, to Oct.
Chicory February to May
Collards . .Sept, to Oct. and Feb. to May
Com March to July
Corn Salad March to May 4 Aug. to Oct.
Cress Feb. to April
Cucumber March to June
Dandelion March to August
Egg Plant Feb. to April
Endive March to Oct.
Kale Jan. to April and July to Oct.
Kohl Rabi Feb. to June and Sept, to Oct.
Leek Sept, to April
Lettuce All Year Round
Mushroom All Year Round
Muskmelon March to June
Mustard Feb. to May
Okra March to June
Onion Sept, to Mav
Parsley All Year Round
Parsnip Jan. to May, and July to Oct.
Peas All Year Round
Pepper Feb. to May
Potato Feb. to May
Pumpkin March to June
Radish All Year Round
Rhubarb Feb. to May
Rhubarb Roots Jan. to April
Rutabaga All Year Round
Salsify Sept, to May
Spinach Aug. to June
Squash March to June
Tomato Feb. to May
Turnip All Year Round
Water Cress Feb. to April
Watermelon March to June
Of the above all are planted out of doors
except Egg Plant, Peppers and Tomatoes,
which should be started early in frames or
in the house and transplanted out of doors
about the first of May.
When Bulbs Should be Planted
Agapanthus Oct. to April
Amaryllis (Belladonna) Sept, to March
Amaryllis (Johnsonia) Sept, to March
Anemones Sept, to Feb.
Tuberous Begonia Feb. to May
Caladium Jan. to June
Cinnamon Vine Jan. to June
Crocus Sept, to Feb.
Cyclamen Aug. to March
Daffodil Sept, to Feb.
Dahlias Jan. to June
Dielytra (Bleeding Heart) Nov. to April
Freesia Aug. to Jan.
Gladiolus Oct. to June
Gloxinia (house plant) Jan. to May
Hyacinths Oct. to Jan.
Roman Hyacinths Sept, to Jan.
Iris, Japanese Oct. to March
Iris, Spanish Sept, to Feb.
Ixias Sept, to Jan.
Jonquils Sept, to Jan.
Lilies (Japanese variety) Oct. to March
St. Joseph Lily Aug. to Nov.
Tiger Lily Nov. to March
Lily of the Valley Dec. to April
Lilies, Easter Oct. to March
Lilies, Calla Aug. to March
Madeira Jan. to June
Mystery Bulb Jan. to March
Narcissus Sept, to Feb.
Peonies Oct. to June
Ranunculus Oct. to Feb.
Snowdrops Sept, to Feb.
Sparaxis Oct. to Feb.
Spirea Japonica Nov. to May
Tuberoses Jan. to July
Tulips Sept, to Feb.
Quantity of Seeds to Sow an Acre of Ground
Pounds
Alfalfa or Lucerne 20 to 30
Barley — Broadcast 125 to 130
Beaas, Dwarf or Bush — Hills 40
Beans — Dwarf or Bush — Drills 60
Beans, Tall or Pole — Hills 25
Beet, Garden— Drills 10
Beet, Field — Drills 8 to 10
Broom Corn — Drills 12
Burr Clover — Broadcast 25
Cabbage, in beds, to cover an acre after
transplanting %
Carrot — Drills 3
Clover, Alsike — Broadcast 6 to 8
Clover, Red — Broadcast 12 to 15
Clover, White — Broadcast 8 to 10
Corn, Sweet or Field — Hills 40
Com, to cut green, for fodder — Drills or
Broadcast 125
Cucumber — Hills 2
Grass, Kentucky Blue (for pasture). 30 to 50
Grass, Kentucky Blue (for lawns).. 80 to 100
Grass, Orchard 40
Pounds
Grass, English or Australian Rye for
meadow 50
Grass, English or Australian Rye for
lawns 75 to 100
Grass, Red Top 30
Grass, Timothy 20
Grass, Mesquite in the chaff 25 to 30
Grass, Hungarian 25 to 30
Grass, Millet for pasture 25 to 30
Grass, Millet for seed 15
Grass, Mixed Lawn 60 to 65
Grass, Saiinfoin 40 to 50
Grass Mixture for Clover 8
mowing or grazing Timothy, Red Top 15
Hemp — Broadcast 40 to 50
Kale 2
Lettuce 4
Melilotus — Broadcast 20
Melon, Water — Hills 2 to 3
Melon, Musk — Hills 2 to 2^2
Oats — Broadcast 80 to 90
Onion, Black Seed — Drills 5 to 6
Pounds
Onion, Black Seed, for bottom sets.. 50 to 60
Onion, Top Sets — Drills 250
Parsnips — Drills 5 to 6
Peas — Drills 100
Peas — Broadcast 200
Potatoes — Hills 500
Pumpkins — Hills 5 to 6
Radish — Drills 8 to 10
Rhubarb 4 to 5
Ry e — Broadcast 1(X)
Sage — Drills 8
Spinach — Drills 10
Squash, Bush Varieties — Hills 4
Squash, Running Varieties — Hills 3
Sugar Cane 4 to 5
Tomato — In Beds, to transplant to
Turnip and Ruta B<aga — Drills V/z to 2
Turnip and Ruta Baga — Broadcast 3
Vetches 4C
Wheat — Broadcast 80 to 1(K
Wheat— Drills 70 to 8(
(38)
ESTABLISHED 1885
SAN JOSD, CALIF
THE HOU3EOF QUALITV
PLANTERS GUIDE AND USEFUL INFORMATION— Continued
Table for Planting Vegetable Seeds and Plants
Quantity of seed, or number of plants required to produce a given number of plants, or sow a certain quantity of
ground, with distances to plant, depth of planting, times for planting and period required for production of crop.
IN USING THIS TABLE IF YOU DO NOT USE PLANTS, DROP TWO OR THREE SEEDS THE DISTANCE
APART, AS GIVEN BELOW IN TABLE. IF MORE THAN ONE SEED GROWS, THIN OUT.
Kind of Vegetable
Artichoke, Globe
Artichoke, Jerusalem
Asparagus, Seed
Asparagus, Plant
Beans, Bush
Beans, Pole
Beets, Table
Beets, Swiss Chard or Sea Kale
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage, Early
Cabbage, Late
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Celery
Chervil
Chicory Root, Seed
Citron
Collards
Corn, Salad
Corn, Sweet
Cress
Cress, Water
Cucumber
Dandelion
Egg Plant
Endive
Quantity of Seed Required
to Produce a Given Num-
ber of Plants or Sow a Cer-
tain Quantity of Ground.
Distance Apart for Plants to Stand
Horse Radish
Kale or Borecole, Dwarf.
Kale or Borecole, Tall..
Kohl Rabi
Leek
Lettuce
Melon, Muskmelon
Melon, Watermelon
Mustard
Okra or Gumbo
Onion, Seed
Onion, Sets
Parsley
Parsnip
Peas
Pepper
Potato
Potato, Sweet.
Pumpkin.
Radish
Rhubarb . . Seed .
Rhubarb, Roots
Ruta-Baga
Sage
Salsify
Spinach
Squash, Early
Squash, Late
Thyme
Tobacco
Tomato
Turnip
Vegetable Marrow.
1 oz. to 500 plants
2 qts. tubers to 100 ft. of row.
1 oz. to 60 ft. of drill
50 plants to 100 ft. of row...
1 lb. to 50 ft. of drill
1 lb. to 75 hills
1 oz. to 50 ft
1 oz. to 50 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 2,000 plants
1 oz. to 2,000 plants
1 oz. to 2,500 plants
1 oz. to 2,500 plants
1 oz. to 200 ft.of drill
1 oz. to 2,500 plants
1 oz. to 4,000 plants
1 oz. to 4,000 plants
1 oz. to 100 ft.of row
1 oz. to 100 ft, of drill
1 oz. to 30 hills
1 oz. to 2,500 plants
1 oz. to 100 ft. of row
1 lb. to 150 hills
1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill
Sow br’dcast around springs
1 oz. to 75 hills
Yi oz. to 100 ft. of row
1 oz. to 1,500 plants
1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill or
3,000 plants
100 roots to 100 ft. of row...
1 oz. to 2,000 plants
1 oz. to 2,000 plants
1 oz. to 2,000 plants
1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill
l.oz. to 3,000 plants
1 oz. to 75 hills
1 oz. to 30 hills
1 oz. to 50 ft. of row
1 oz. to 50 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 150 ft. of drill
1 lb. to 30 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill
1 lb. to 200 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 1,500 plants
5 lbs. to 100 ft. of row
600 lbs. to acre
3 lbs. or 75 slips to 100 ft.
of row
1 oz. to 40 hills
1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill
}4 oz. to 100 ft. of row....
33 roots to 100 ft. of row.
Yi oz. to 100 ft. of row
1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 60 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill
1 oz. to 50 hills
1 oz. to 15 hills
1 oz, to 200 ft. of drill....
1 oz. to 10,000 plants
1 oz. to 4,000 plants
1 oz. to 250 ft. of drill....
1 oz. to 40 hills
Rws. Apt
Horse
Cultiv’tn.
Rws. Apt
Hand
Cultiv’tn.
Plants
Apart in
Rows
Planting
(Note —
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below)
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Depth of
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When to Plant
Seed 15 months
Plants 6 to 8 mos.
6 to 8 mos.
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Ready for Use
After Planting
4 yrs.
2 yrs.
65 days
80 days
60 to 80 days
60 to 80 days
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90 to 120 days
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12 to 18 mos.
others 2 to 3 yrs.
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NOTE — Roots, Plants or Seed should be oovered with soil to the
In many instances much time and trouble can be saved
depth indicated in column Depth of Planting
by buying Vegetable Plants instead of Seed
Germination of Seeds
The number of days as first indicated apply to seeds planted in hot beds or protected places.
GERMINATION OF FARM SEEDS.
Asparagus about one month
Beans 8 to 10 days
Beets 6 to 10 days
Broccoli 5 to 10 days
Bmstells Sprouts 5 to 10 days
Cabbage 5 to 10 days
Carrot 10 to 14 days
Cauliflower 5 to 10 days
Celery 10 to 14 days
Chicory 6 to 8 days
Com 10 to 14 days
Cora Salad 8 to 10 days
Cress 8 to 15 days
Cucumber 6 to 12 days
Egg Plants 10 to 14 days
KaJe S to 8 days
Kohl Rabi 5 to 8 days
Leek 8 to 10 days
Lettuce 5 to 8 days
Mushroom Spawn Write for Circular
Muskmelon 6 to 12 days
Mustard 5 to 10 days
Nasturtium 6 to 12 days
Okra 8 to 14 days
Onion 8 to 10 days
Parsley 13 to 16 days
Parsnip 8 to 14 days
Peas 8 to 14 days
Pepper 10 to 14 days
Pop Corn 10 to 14 days
Potato 6 to 10 days
Pumpkin 6 to 12 days
Radish 4 to 7 days
Rhubarb 8 to 16 days
Ruta Baga 5 to 10 days
Salsify 8 to 14 days
Spinach 5 to 9 days
Sqnash 6 to 12 days
Swiss Chard 6 to 10 days
Tobacco 8 to 14 days
Tomato 6 to 12 days
Turnip 5 to 9 days
Water Cress 8 to 14 days
Watermelon 6 to 12 days
Alfalfa 5 to 10 days
Australian Salt Bush 10 to 15 days
Beets 6 to 12 days
Burr Clover 6 to 12 days
Carrots 10 to 14 days
Clover 5 to 12 days
Com 10 to 14 days
Grass 10 to 15 days
Kale, Tall Jersey 5 to 10 days
Mangels, Beets 6 to 12 days
Peas 8 to 14 days
Rape to 10 days
Rye Grass 10 to 15 days
Spring Vetches 10 to 14 days
Squash 7 to 12 days
Sugar Cane 10 to 14 days
Sunflower 8 to 14 days
Timothy Grass 10 to IS days
Turnip 5 to 9 days
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GIIAS. C. GO. inc
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1 THE nOUSEOF QUALITY
Selected Plants
On this and the following pages will be found a
list of the most popular, easily grown, and valuable
plants for house and garden culture. The list has
been carefully revised, and each variety selected for
its special merits. Our plants are all grown in Santa
Clara Valley, _ California, where the soil and cli-
matic conditions are ideal for the production of
strong, healthy, vigorous-rooted stock.
Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s
GIANT ASTERS
MAMMOTH FLOWERING GORGEOUS-HUED
STRAINS
Pure White — Silvery Lavender —
Royal Blue — Bright Pink —
Glowing Crimson
12 for 35c — Postpaid
100 for $2.00 — Express
Grandest Asters Grown
The plants we offer are of a very healthy, robust,
branching growth and produce — gracefully poised on
extra long, strong and well-leaved stems — exceedingly
double ^ flowers of massive size, great substance and
magnificent beauty. They are wonderfully prolific
bloomers — each plant carrying from twenty-five to
forty perfect flowers — and are continuously in bloom
from early summer until long after the other garden
favorites have been killed by frost. As cut flowers
these Asters rival chrysanthemums, and when grown in masses or
grouped in beds their decorative effect is unapproachably gay and
enlivening. Ready for delivery March 1st. Strong plants, any color
12 for 35c, postpaid; 100 plants for $2.00, by express.
Grandest Varieties of Orchid-Flowering C annas
FIREBIRD — The largest and richest of the red-flowering Gannas.
The flowers are borne in immense trusses on strong stalks well
above the leaves. Of splendid form— uniformly round and shape-
ly. The petals measure and sometimes exceed 2kz inches across
— and the color is a clear, glistening scarlet without any streaks,
spots or blemishes. Large roots, $1.25 each; 3 for $3.50, post-
paid; 12 for $12.00.
GLADIATOR — This Ganna is a recognized leader. Delightful yellow
color, spotted with red. Its fine green foliage and large heads
of firm well-made flowers stand the stormy weather and hot
sunshine better than almost any other sort. Blooms early and
late and is a strong, hardy, healthy grower. Large roots 25c
each, postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
HUNGARIA — A very compact, almost dwarf Ganna of luxuriant
growth. The leaves are a bluish-green. The trusses are of
enormous size, borne well above the foliage. The flowers are
huge in size with very broad petals. The Hungaria is of the
purest La France pink with soft satin sheen. The Queen of
pink Gannas. Large roots, 35c each, postpaid; 12 for $3.00.
INDIANA — Golden orange, prettily marked and striped. Grows 6
feet. Large roots, 25c each, postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
KING HUMBERT — A stately new Ganna that produces large trusses
of immense, brilliant orange scarlet flowers, with bright and
red shadings and rich bronze foliage. A cross between the or-
chid flowering and the French or Grozy families, it combines the
best features of both — the large flowers of one with the free-
blooming character of the other. Large roots 25c each; 3 for 60c,
postpaid; 12 for $2.00.
MRS. ALFRED CONRAD — A favorite pink Ganna. Unsurpassed for
planting either singly or in large beds. The exquisite salmon-
pink flowers are of giant size and are so freely produced as to
keep up a superb showing for months. Large roots, 50c each
postpaid; 12 for $5.00.
MRS. KARL KELSEY— An immense orange scarlet, wondrously
striped and flaked with golden yellow. Large roots, 25c each,
postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
MRS. GEO. A. STROHLEIN — Flowers amaranth red, deep bronze
foliage. Splendid for massing in contrast with light sorts.
Large roots, 25c each, postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
RICHARD WALLACE— A pleasing clear canary-yellow with excep-
tionally large flowers borne in immense clusters, which are
carried well above its green foliage. The best yellow Ganna
grown. Foliage grows feet high. Large roots 50c each post-
paid; 12 for $5.00.
ROSEA GIGANTEA— The immense size of the flowers are a marvel
to behold. It is a prodigious bloomer, with great flower-heads
of soft rose carmine pink. Darker than the Mrs. Alfred Gonrad
and preferred to it by many. Large roots 35c each, postpaid; 12
for $3.00.
UNCLE SAM — A variety of very stately appearance growing from
6 to 7 feet tall. The foliage is green and the brilliant scarlet
flowers are borne in enormous bunches. Large roots, 25c each
postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
STUTTGARTIA — A giant flowering sort. Broad dark-green leaves.
The Stuttgartia has a majestic growth and the blossoms are a
glowing orange-scarlet with canary-yellow bands, peculiarly
marked and mottled. The mammoth flowers are borne on
strong stems that are carried erect above the foliage. Large
roots, 25c each, postpeud; 12 for $2.50.
VENUS — The flowers of this Ganna are by far the most striking
of colors that we have seen during all of our experience. The flow-
ers are very large and of the softest and most delicate shade
of rosy-pink, with heavy, pretty mottled border of creamy yel-
low. Large roots 35c each; 3 for $1.00 postpaid.
Choice Giant-Flowering Cannas
15c EACH; 12 FOR $1.25; POSTPAID
ALLEMANIA — Center deep scarlet. Outer petals bright scarlet
with a broad yellow border.
ALSACE— Bright lemon-
yellow, changing to
almost white.
AUSTRIA — A wonderful
golden-yellow orchid-
flowering Ganna.
BURBANK — Beautiful
canary yellow with a
few carmine spots
in the throat.
MADAME C R O Z Y—
Gorgeous flaming
scarlet variety with
gold border.
EGANDALE — Currant-
red. Different from
any other Ganna.
PENNSYLVANIA— The
only pure deep scar-
let among the or-
chid-flowering Gan-
nas. Huge in size.
FLORENCE VAUGHN
— Golden yellow
thickly dotted with
brightest red.
MARTHA WASHING-
TON — A wonderful
pink Ganna.
Cannna
MAGNIFICENT CANNAS— Choice Assorted
Varieties — Delivered Free — Ready Now
No Premiums
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$1.00
established
ISSS
Chas. C. -•
Navietco’s jTrize Winning Carnations
Gorgeous Ever-blooming Varieties of Huge Size
Spicy Fragrance, Striking Color, Matchless Beauty
For corsages, for bouquets, for table decorations — Carnations are in a class by themselves. There
IS probably no variety ^ of flowers more generally popular, or more useful than this garden beauty.
We catalog only the choicest sorts — Carnations noted for their size, attractiveness and sweetness of per-
^me. 10 describe their gorgeous streakings, blotchings and variegations would be utterly impossible.
They are the very cream of the Carnational world. They are noted, also, for their strong wiry stems,
ease of culture, and long-lasting quality after cutting. Ready for immediate delivery. No premiums.
&.SQN.'
25c EACH— 12 STRONG PLANTS FOR $2.00 DELIVERED FREE
ANDREW CARNEGIE (Scarlet Harlowarden) — The only scarlet
that blooms from early in the season until the end, giving you
a continuous cut of high-grade blossoms the whole season.
BENORA (Clear White) — Penciled with bright red. Narrow fol-
iage, long stems, flowers large, freely produced. Very clear-
cut and beautiful, keeps like an everlasting flower, ships bet-
ter than any other variety, even growers who have been pre-
judiced against “flaked’* varieties, admire and grow Benora, be-
cause it pays^ handsomely for its keep, and is a pleasure to han-
dle. Always in good health and good humor.
CHAMPION (Scarlet)— A fine scarlet and early bloomer; very
free; with long stiff stems, good calyx and fine flower. Color
intense.
C. W. WARD (Pink) — A perfectly formed Carnation with full cen-
ter. Immense size, beautiful pink shade, free-blooming. One
of the pinks.
EDNA BROWN (Crimson) — Nature’s Crimson masterpiece. Its
flowers— a deep and entrancingly beautiful crimson in color — are
as large as those of Hannah Hobart, and it produces them even
more freely than that famous variety. Introduced by ourselves.
GORGEOUS (Crimson) — The American Beauty among Carnations.
A variety notable for its robust, healthy, vigorous growth; im-
mense blossoms; rich glowing crimson color, and wonderful
fragrance. Description is impossible. Words cannot do justice
to this matchless Carnation. Crimson in color, it seems suf-
fused with Vermillion, shading on the edges to a rose mad-
der—and in the sunlight the petals glitter with the shimmer of
fine gold.
LORAINE (Bright Red)— A beautiful, bright red Carnation, with
spicy perfume. Large flowers. Long, wiry stems, extra free
bloomer.
MATCHLESS (The Matchless White) — A very sensational va-
riety, winner of two gold medals. A great commercial va-
riety, easy to grow and a free bloomer. Pure white and of high
quality, large and fragrant, blooms early and does not split.
Keeps and ships well.
PRINCESS DEGMAR (Crimson) — A gorgeous, brilliant, glowing
crimson Carnation that has created a furor amongst lovers
of this beautiful flower. We have tested it out thoroughly for
hardiness, healthiness, rapidity^ of growth, certainty and abund-
ance of bloom, size, uniformity of color, fragrance and all-
round merit. The blossoms are truly enormous in dimensions
and are borne on very stiff stems THAT AVERAGE EIGHTEEN
INCHES IN LENGTH — many exceeding this.
WASHINGTON (Cerise) — This is a grand variety, a sport from
Enchantress, a very free bloomer. Flowers of immense size
and very double. Color, a beautiful cerise; robust grower.
Flowers are borne on long stiff stems,
WHITE ENCHANTRESS (White) — A free-blooming white beauty.
The flowers are of great size and have broad and massive pet-
als. Extra fine for florists as well as garden culture. Intro-
duced 5 years ago.
WHITE WONDER (White) — The largest and fullest white Carna-
tion. Blooms throughout the season. Snow-white; very fra-
grant; perfect in form; matchless in beauty.
MRS. ALMA WARD (White) — A beautiful pure white Carnation,
very fragrant, of immense size. Wonderful bloomer. It is oc-
casionally shaded with delicate pink which adds greatly to its
beauty. This variety is also a very strong grower and the
blooms are borne on long stiff stems.
O. P. BASSETT (Bright Red) — Introduced by a Chicago specialist.
Color — pure bright red; flower inches across. Free bloomer.
Calyx never bursts. Stems long and stiff, 18 to 24 inches. En-
tirely free from disease and as easy to grow as Lawson. The
O. P. Bassett has been a prize-winner wherever shown.
PORTOLA (Pink)— A prize winner at the State Floral Show in
San Francisco. Color, a beautiful satiny-pink. The flowers are
large and full and borne on stiff stems. One of the best gar-
den varieties.
Three Glorious
Recent Introductions
35c Each — 12 for $3.00 — Postpaid.
ALICE (Improved Enchantress) — Beautiful dark flesh tint. Huge
blooms. Very free-flowering. Long, strong stems.
AVIATOR (Dazzling Red) — Noted for its brilliant color, and for
the fact that it holds its red richness for days.
OLD GOLD (Rich Yellow) — A glorious golden-hued Carnation. Im-
mense flowers. Long wiry stems.
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ESTABUSHED 1885
CHAS. C. NAVL/BT CO.
DUSE OF QUALITY
Peerless Carnation Collection
PER
PLANT
15c “oh $1^
POST
PAID
Here are varieties noted for their
strong robust habits, richness of
color, beauty of form, and sweetness
of fragrance. All strong pot-grown
plants. Ready for delivery the year
around. You can set them out at any
time. NO PREMIUM.
VICTORY — Brilliant Scarlet. Flowers
very large, borne on long stems,
vigorous in habit and very free
in bloom. Considered the best
scarlet ever introduced.
CRUSADER — A Bright and Very
Pleasing Scarlet. The very dou-
ble and slightly fringed flowers
are always perfect in form. Strong
stems 20 to 30 inches long. Ro-
bust and a quick grower.
ENCHANTRESS— Pink-One of the
finest. Color, a delicate day-break
pink, deepening toward the center.
Flowers are of matchless form and
measure 3J4 inches and over.
Very early. Needs no special culture to develop its magnificent bloom.
ROSE PINK ENCHANTRESS — Rose Pink. A grand rosy-pink Carnation. The
flowers are of very large size, have broad and exquisite petals. Intro-
duced six years ago, and now a great favorite with florists.
PRINCESS BONI — Pale Rose. A fine Carnation. Color, pale rose, mottled
with deep shade of pink. Large flowers, free bloomer.
HARLOWARDEN — Crimson. The largest, handsomest and best crimson Car-
nation. Stems are four feet long and very strong. A wonderfully free
bloomer.
WILLIAM SCOTT — Pink. A delicate pink. Large flowers. Long stems. De-
liciously fragrant.
MADAME JOOST — Pink— A very delicate pink. Large flowers. Very fra-
grant. Free blooming.
ETHEL CROCKER — Shell Pink. A dainty shell pink. Very large flowers.
Fragrant. Free blooming.
ESTELLE— Scarlet. The finest scarlet imaginable. Magnificent flowers.
Massive in size and with a very strong clove fragrance.
MRS. M. A. PATTEN — Variegated. White, with distinct red stripes. The massive flowers
are borne on long, wiry stems, and are spicily perfumed. Of grand constitution and very
prolific.
METEOR A Magnificent, Glowing Red Carnation. Introduced for the first time in 1909. The
CANTERBURY RFI I S
stiff stems, and they will hold
their beauty from 6 to 10 days
after they are cut from the plant.
We have given the Meteor a
thorough test the past five years
and guarantee that it will give
complete satisfaction.
GOV. WOLCOTT — White. The grandest white. Mammoth in size —
richest in perfume — freest bloomer — long, stiff stems, 2 to 3 feet.
AMERICA — Light Red — Light red; large, beautiful. Fine for hot
weather. A variety sure to please you.
ARMAZINDY— Variegated. Pure white, edged and penciled with
red. Flowers range from 2yi to 3 inches in diameter.
This is unquestionably one of the finest and most prized of
garden plants. It is effective in either the garden or grown in
pots for conservatory or table decorations. These fine old plants
are rich in color, profuse in bloom, and when planted in quantity
they are glorious. Require little care, and are perennials. They are
one of the summer blooming plants that continue to flower from
early spring until late in the fall. We recommend these to be very
satisfactory garden plants. Ready for immediate delivery.
PURE WHITE (Worth 2Sc) — Our price ISc each, postpaid — $1.25 per
dozen.
ROSE PINK (Worth 25c) — Our price 15c each, postpaid — $1.25 per
dozen.
BLUE (Worth 25c) — Our price 15c each, postpaid — $1.25 per dozen.
ASSORTED VARIETIES (Worth 25c) — Our price ISc each, postpaid,
$1.25 per dozen.
CHICOT— White. Flowers measure from 2 to 3 inches across. Very
free bloomer. No garden should be without this splendid va-
riety.
PRES. ROOSEVELT-^Variegated. A deep and intensely vivid crim-
son-scarlet, heavily shaded with maroon. The large, full and
symmetrical flowers average 2)4 inches in diameter, and have
strong stems from 2 to 3 inches long.
BOSTON MARKET — White. Ivory-white. Long stems. A reliable
and profuse bloomer.
RELIANCE — White. One of the grandest white Carnations. Extra
free flowering. Long, well-poised and very strong stems.
CINERARIA — Mammoth Flowering
Magnificent and indispensable flowering plants for spring decora-
tion in the conservatory or window garden. Also fine for planting
outdoors in shady places. Require very little care. The flowers
measure 2 to 3 inches across, are of white, blue, violet and crimson
shades, and usually two or more colors are shown in one flower.
The blossoms cover the plant with a sheet of bloom. Ready for
immediate delivery. 15c per plant — 12 for $1.25 — Delivered free to
any address.
COSMOS
EL DORADO — Variegated. A Tjeautiful clear, golden-yellow, finely
penciled with red. Lovely full flowers. Delightfully perfumed.
FLORA HILL — White. Snow white. The flowers grow to an im-
mense size, and have long, stiff stems. A very free bloomer.
PROSPERITY— Variegated. Pure white, overlaid with pink mottles
that deepen in color toward the center. One of the largest of
the Carnation family. We have grown plants from this variety
that produced flowers 3J4 inches in diameter, with strong stems
30 inches long.
QUEEN LOUISE — White. Clear, snowy white. Large flowers. Long
wiry stems. Exquisitely perfumed.
SUNSET— Variegated. A superb novelty. The broad saw-edged
golden yellow petals have white carmine stripes running through
the center, and are also flaked with carmine. The flowers— of
mammoth size — are borne on long, stiff stems, and will last from
10 to 15 days after cutting. A wonderfully free bloomer. Easily
grown and very attractive in the garden. No other Carnation
has such heavy markings or such a rich golden color.
For cutting the Cosmos is unsurpassed. The long stems and
graceful, feathery foliage lend themselves to artistic arrangements,
and the flowers retain their freshness and beauty for several days
if kept in water. The Cosmos is a late bloomer and will enliven
the garden long after the more tender flowers have succumbed to
frost. Ready for delivery from March 1st to July 1st. Red, pink,
white or a mixture of the three, plants 35c per dozen, postpaid —
100 for $2.00 by express.
CENTAUREA IMPERIALS
This magnificent new Centaurea, “Royal Sweet Sultan,” pos-
sesses the superb bearing of the chrysanthemums, the lasting qual-
ities of the aster, is unrivaled as a cut flower, and produces a
gorgeous showing continuous bloom. It is an annual of the earliest
culture and thrives everywhere. They are very tenacious of life
and if cut when about to open will last more than a week in wa-
ter. The plants form clumps three to four feet high and are con
tinuously in bloom from July until cut down by frost. No garden
can afford to be without this matchless new mammoth flowering
hybrid. Lilac, Pure White, Purple, Canary-yellow, or assorted
colors. Plants 10c each — 12 for 75c, postpaid.
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Grand Diamond Chrysanthemum Collection
Strong Plants, 25c Each — 12 for $2.50 — Delivered Free
Chrysanthemums Are Among C^r Specialties — We watch the
flower shows carefully and when distinctive, striking, meritorious
new varieties appear, we secure a few of the plants, test them in
our trial grounds, and when they have proven to be as fine as they
seem to be, we add them to our list and offer them to our cus-
tomers.
Satiny Pink — The
loveliest pink of
them all. A large globular blossom
incurved, with beautiful dark foliage
and stiff stems. Blooms round and
compact with drooping florets. A
wonderful keeper. A novelty that
has come to stay.
Canary — One of the
most popular Chrys-
anthemums among professional flor-
ists. This variety is raised by al-
most every Chrysanthemum grower
in and around San Francisco. An
incurved variety of immense size. Col-
or canary-yellow. Fine foliage. Flow-
ers are borne on long stiff stems. A
good keeper.
Yellow —
Extra good
yellow of large size, unusually fine
form, a rather in-rolling incurve of
great spread. Fine stems and foliage.
Chieftain
Crocus
Dolly Dimple
Golden Wedding
Crimson Pocket
Yellow —
Nothing
finer among yellows; shines like
burnished gold; the standard for
measuring color.
Crimson —
grand no-
velty, vigorous grower, beautiful
mammoth crimson flowers with gold-
en reverse, borne on long stems;
goofi for cut flowers.
The Chrysanthemums listed on this page are notable for their
mammoth size, beautiful colorings and profusion of bloom.
They are the grandest Chrysanthemums grown. These are true
prize-winners, gathered from all parts of the Chrysanthemum-grow-
ing world.
Helen Frinck ve"y
best Chrysanthemums. Color satiny
lilac. Incurved variety. Flowers are
of immense size with very stiff
stems and beautiful foliage. A won-
derful keeper as a cut flower. No
garden should be without this beauty.
lar-L- Strawberry — A
IXUaC beautiful incurv-
ed variety, medium size, late bloom-
er; color crushed strawberry; a good
keeper.
Mrs. T. W. Pocket
— Blooms in immense heads, of long
gracefully drooping florets; deep ca-
nary-yellow in color. Dwarf and
bushy growth.
Mary Mason Janti^ bronz^e^
red of the Japanese variety. A Chrys-
anthemum that should be in every
garden on account of its rich color,
immense flowers, which make it a fa-
vorite with every one.
Yellow — The
best of this
type; a dwarf grower and easy to
manage. An immense Japanese flow-
er, yellow, deepening to a fine citron
shade. Long petals, twisting and
reflexing into a broad, deep bloom
as large as Mme. Carnot. Extra
fine.
F. S. VaUis
Mrs. Wm. Turner
Lynwood Hall
White — A glorious new Chrysanthemum,
glistening snow-white, of the largest size,
perfectly incurved, of elegant finish and with stiff stems and
heautiHil foliage. Was awarded the Smith Cup over all competitors
at the New York Show. The blooms carried in perfect condition
from Philadelphia to Richmond, showing it a fine traveler; has fine
color, massive build and excellent keeping qualities.
MRS. WM. TURNER
World’s Largest
Chrysanthemum
White — The largest Chrysanthemum in
the world and Prize winner at Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition at San Francisco in 1915.
This wonderful white Chrysanthemum will
measure over 36 inches in circumference
when grown with proper care. It is one of
the strongest of growers and the flowers
are supported on cane-like stems four to
five feet long. After the flowers are cut
six days the petals open out gradually and
in ten days resemble a mammoth snowball.
Strong pizmts ZSci 12 for $2.50, postpaid.
White — A Ja-
panese incurved;
petals of the purest white, which closely in-
curve, forming a huge, glistening ball.
■Stem stiff and foliage ample.
Pnlifrkrnisi ^ sold Chrys-
1 ne V^aiirorma anthemum of re-
gal richness and queenly beauty — A magni-
ficent new Chrysanthemum, notable for its
huge size, perfect form, wonderfully rich
golden tone, and profusion of bloom. The
California is exceedingly hardy and easy to
grow. The blossoms are borne on long
strong stems and will keep a surprising
length of time. I Include at least one of
these matchless Chrysanthemums in your
order.
IVAm I-liinf'Ar Lilac — A beautiful incurved Chrysanthemum of
* *U**l*5* immense size. Petals rich dark lilac; re-
verse side of petals very light lilac. Late bloomer, fine strong
stems. A variety grown by every nurseryman in and around San
Francisco. This flower is a favorite with the florists on account
of its color and keeping qualities.
MRS. O. H. KAHN
A Gorgeous Bronze Variety
Another Prize Winning Chrysanthemum
noted for its beauty, size and easy cultiva-
tion and earliness of bloom. Absolutely the
richest and largest Chrysanthemum of its
color ever seen. The incurved flowers are
borne on cane-like stems and like Mrs. Wm.
Turner, have extraordinary keeping quali-
ties. Color, showy bronze red with golden
reverse. A gigantic Japanese variety.
Strong plants 25c; 12 for $2.50, postpaid.
President Taft
WE GUARANTEE ALL PLANTS
TO ARRIVE IN PERFECT CONDI-
TION. IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO,
RETURN THEM AT OUR EXPENSE,
AND WE WILL PROMPTLY RE-
PLACE THEM OR REFUND YOUR
MONEY.
Pom Pom Chrysanthemums
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YELLOW TURNER
A Magnificent
New Introduction
Yellow — This superb new yellow Turner
defies description. In size, form, and habit
this glorious Chrysanthemum closely re-
sembles the Mrs. Wm. Turner — but instead
of being white it is a beautiful bright
canary-vellow. The blooms are borne on
long strong stems and keep for days with-
out losing their freshness. You will be de-
lighted with the Yellow Turner. Strong
plants 50c; 12 for $5.00, postpaid.
POM POM
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Button Chrysanthemums
Hardy Pom Pom Chrysanthemums are
becoming universally popular for cut flowers
and floral decorations. They are easy to
grow, and produce a lavish profusion of
bright beautiful blooms, giving color, life
and attractiveness to the garden just at a
time when other flowers are scarce.
The blooms last for a
long time after cutting.
No garden is complete
without at least a few of
these glad-faced little
beauties.
The illustration shows what a display they
make when grouped in a basket. Red,
Bronze, Old Rose and Yellow — Single colors
or assorted — 15c each; 12 for $1.50; postpaid.
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Chas. C. Navlet Co^s Famous
Exhibition Chrysanthemums
15c PER PLANT _ 12 FOR $1.50 — DELIVERED FREE
Chas. C. Navlet Go’s Ostrich Plume Chrysanthemums
15c PER PLANT — 6 FOR 50c — DEUVERED FREE
The Ostrich Plume Chrysanthemum never grows old. Our sales of these plants increase each season — and great piles of letters
from our customers express the delight and satisfaction with which these beautiful ’Mums have been grown. Include these six with
your first order.
WM. FALCONER — (Rose) — An exquisite shade, of rosy blush,
changing to a delicate flesh-pink as the flowers advance to age.
Flowers are of the largest size, and borne on strong stalks.
ENFANT DES MONDES — (Cream) — A strong free-growing cream-
white variety. Fine for cut flowers or specimen pot plants.
MIDNIGHT — (Crimson) — A rich crimson-letke. The large flowers are
densely covered with hairs.
F. J. TAGGART — (Yellow) — A striking novelty. The most won-
derful of the hairy varieties. Color — a beautiful light yellow.
Incurved.
C. B. FREEMAN — (Apricot) Apricot mottled with a very hetndsome
red. Very hairy. One of the choicest.
MRS. HIGGINBOTHAM — (Pink) — Enormous bright pink flowers
with wide incurving petals. Extremelv hairv
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Ostrich Plume ’Mums
MAUDE DEANE — (Variegated) — Deep rose, shading to light pink
on the outer petals. Incurved. Extra large flowers. Free
bloomer.
MRS. COOMBS— (Rose) — An exquisite light rose. Enormous reflexed
flowers with broad petals. Very early.
MRS. JEROME JONES— (White) — White flowers with incurved
Eetals. Flowers cut from this variety will last two weeks,
ate bloomer.
MRS. W. E. KELLY — (Yellow) — A very bright yellow Japanese with
fine stems and foliage. First prize for six blooms, dark yel-
low, in both Commercial and Exhibition classes at National
Flower Show.
MRS. LEWIS— (White) — Rich cream-white. Very showy flowers
with broad, reflexed petals. Stately grower.
MRS. ROBINSON — (White) — Mammoth flowers with beautiful in-
curved petals.
Chrysanthemum Plants Ready March 1.
In this collection each season we present a choice selec- ;
tion from the best of the hundreds of Chrysanthemum varie- i
ties, including the recent introductions as well as the stand- I
ard favorites that hold their own year after year. These ij
Chrysanthemums are noted for their immense size, wonderful Ij
coloring, magnificent form, strength and thickness of stem, ll
long-lasting quality, and prolificness of bloom. They are varie- i
ties, also, that may be easily grown in any home garden.
ARLINE— (White) — Medium size pure white flowers. Extra long |
stems. Free bloomer.
AQUIDNECK— (Red) — One of the finest bright red Chrysanthe- |
mums ever produced. Grand flowers. Unfadable.
BLACK HAWK — (Crimson) — Magnificent dark crimson flowers.
Very free bloomer.
BUFF GLOBE-(Buff) — Buff flowers. Immense in size. Excel- [
lent stems and foliage.
DR. ENGUEHART — (Pink) — Tremendous deep pink flowers.
Especially brilliant under artificial light. Long stems.
GOLD MINE— (Yellow)— A very rich golden-yellow. Reflex pet- I
als. Splendid for late shows and Thanksgiving day sales.
COL. D. APPLETON— (Yellow)— A mammoth Japanese incurled 1
Chrysanthemum of a wonderful yellow shade. Long graceful
stems. Thousands are used by Berkeley rooters at the foot-
ball game each year. Gigantic in size and at their fullest
beauty just at football season.
HELEN BLOODGOOD — (Pink) — Incurved. Color, clear pink. Very
large, deep flowers. A fine commercial variety.
JEANNIE NONIN— (White)-^llobular white flowers. Without a
rival for Thanksgiving day and later. Winner of the silver
cup at Chicago. |
KATE BROMHEAD— (Yellow) — Massive golden amber flowers. |
Long, strong stems. Great prize winner. |
KING OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS— (Variegated)-A unique slight- |
ly incurved variety. The petals of the extra large semi- 1
double flowers are red on top and bronze underneath. Very
ornamental.
KIOTO — (Yellow) — One of the deepest yellow Chrysanthemums.
The ball-shaped flowers are shaggy and of mammoth size. I
MAJOR BONNAFFON — (Yellow) — A rich, incurved canary-yel- i
low. An abundant bloomer — the flowers growing to an im- I
mense size, with long stems.
MAD. PERRIN— (Pink)— A fine commercial pink. Of sturdy
growth, producing an abundance of foliage. Incurved variety. ,i
MAUDE DEANE — (White) — Snow white. Extra large flowers.
MAD. MARIE LEGER — (Pink) — A deep pearly pink. Incurved.
Perfect stems and foliage.
MRS. J. J. MITCHELL — (Cream) — Japanese. Color, a clear, satiny
cream. The flowers have irregular, incurving petals. Very
unique.
NEVIUS — (White) — Large white flowers. Strong, free grower. One
of the earliest bloomers.
NELLIE POCKET — (White) — An Australian beauty. Mammoth.
O. P. BASSET — (Red) — Incurved variety. Rich red wine color.
Large bold flowers, round and full. Long strong stems. This
is the Chrysanthemum used by Stanford partisans each year on
the occasion of the intercollegiate football game.
VIVIAN MOREL — (Rose) — Deep rose. The flowers grow to a great
size.
WHITE BONNAFFON — (White) — A mammoth white incurved va-
riety. Long stems.
WM. DUCKHAM — (Pink) — Immense incurved pink flowers. Won-
drously beautiful. Very long stems.
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Chas. C. Navlet Co’s Selected Dahlias
Anyone can have a magnificent Dahlia
garden at small cost and with little effort.
Probably no flower repays one so lavishly
for the small attention bestowed upon it as
the Dahlia. Best of all, its showy blooms
are produced in great profusion in the
early fall when flowers are scarce.
We are Dahlia specialists and list only
the best recent introductions and the
tried and tested old-time favorites. Many
equal the finest Chrysanthemums in beauty
of form; some rival the loveliest of the
roses; and others closely resemble the pret-
tiest paeonies. Our Dahlias have been spe-
cially selected for their strong stems and
wonderful lasting qualities — making them
especially valuable for cutting.
We are ready to make immediate deliver-
ies. Later in the season if our bulb stock
runs out we will fill orders with fine strong-
ly-rooted plants. Order now.
FLOWER SHOW
FAVORITES
35c Elach — 12 for $3.50 ’’pWd
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
H. L. BROUSSON — (Cactus) — Extremely nar-
row petals of great length and slightly
incurved form; color white in the center,
passing to a rich rose and again white at
the tips.
MARGUERITE BOUCHON — (Cactus) — The
most beautiful Cactus Dahlia yet intro-
duced. It is of absolutely perfect form;
every flower on a good stem well above
the foliage; color a magnificent shade of
brilliant, yet soft rose, with very large
white center and distinctly defined white tips.
BRUNHILDE (Cactus)— A beautiful vivid shade of crimson flow-
ers of good size and full to the center; very free bloomer.
MINA BURGLE — Flowers are very large — color brilliant scarlet,
with extra long stiff stems. Used by all florists on account of
its keeping quality after being cut. No Dahlia can surpass
this variety for beauty when in a vase.
THAIS — (Hybrid Cactus) — White — Broad petals, which are loosely
arranged, making up an informally shaped flower, which, on
account of its color, a pure white with a soft mauve suffusion,
makes it one of the most delicate colored sort we have ever
offered.
MAGNET (Paeony) — Cerise — Beautiful in color, white ground, cen-
ter suffused with light cerise and broad stripes running to the
end of petals of bright cerise, making it a most striking flower.
The petals are broad and tubular towards the tips and more
or less curled and twisted; a wonderful keeper as a cut flower.
QUEEN WILHELMINA (Paeony) — Largest and Best White — Im-
mense fluffy flowers of pure white with yellow center. Very
graceful and free-flowering; one of the finest garden Dahlias.
RIESE VON STUTTGART— (Giant Decorative)— Red— Probably the
largest Dahlia of. this type; a seedling of Souvenir de Gustav
Doazon, which it exceeds in size, frequently measuring eight
inches and over in diameter; in color a bright blood-red shad-
ing deeper to the center; a variety which attracts universal
attention.
DR. K. W. VAN GORKOM (Paeony)— White— White shaded with
rose; a free bloomer and a very handsome variety. Finest for
cut flowers.
MRS. KATE JOHNSTON— (Cactus)— Rose— A grand shade of deep^
rose and splendid true Cactus form. We regard this superb
sort as one of the very best of Dahlia productions.
DELICE — (Decorative) — Rose — Its beautiful, soft, yet lovely color, a
glowing rose-pink, together with its perfect shape, stout, stiff
stems, which hold the flower well above the foliage, and the
fact that when cut it retains its freshness for a long time, makes
this one of the sorts for the garden.
EXTASE — (Cactus) — A great exhibition flower of large size, with
narrow petals of a tender shade of mauve-rose, which gradually
passes to a white center; very free flowering.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO’S GOLD MEDAL COLLECTION
20c Each — 12 for $2.00 — Postpaid — Ready for Delivery
PINK GRAND DUKE ALEXIS — (Fancy) — Pink — Introduced by our-
selves last season for the first time. Habit and size the same
as its parent — the Grand Duke Alexis.
LAVENDER BEAUTY — (Decorative) — Lavender — A remarkably fine
decorative Dahlia. Color a clear, soft shade of lavender. The
flower is quite flattened in form, and of splendid substance.
Excellent for cutting.
lady MILDMAY — (Fancy) — Lilac — A very beautiful fancy Dahlia.
The very large, full and exquisite flowers have a white ground
that shades to a lovely pale lilac. Free bloomer.
MRS. ALEXANDER — (Decorative) — Flesh — A grand decorative Dah-
lia. The flowers of large size and beautiful form — are flesh
colored, shading to a rich dark rose. Both plant and foliage
are of a strong and thrifty nature. A great favorite.
MADAM VAN DEN DAEL — (Decorative) — Pink — Soft pink with
deeper markings, shading to pure white in the center. One of
the most attractive decorative Dahlias ever introduced. The long
stemmed flowers measure from S to 6 inches across, and last
from five to six days after cutting. A very liberal bloomer.
BLACK BEAUTY — (Decorative) — Crimson — Deep velvety crimson,
almost black.
KRIEMHILDE — (Cactus) — Pink — An exquisite shell pink, shading to
white toward the center. Unquestionably the finest and most
perfect Cactus Dahlia of its color, and as a cut flower likely to
supersede all other pink sorts. Free bloomer. Flower 5 inches
in diameter on stiff, wiry stems.
CHARM — (Cactus) — Rose — Petals long and regular, delicate salmon
rose, changing to pale pink; often pink-edged with salmon-
rose. Very fine both in color and form.
JACK ROSE — (Decorative) — Crimson — A magnificent sort, very free
flowering and showy in the field, with long stems and perfect
form for cutting. Color; rich, crimson-red, with maroon shad-
ings at center.
NAVAJO — (Decorative) — Red — A new decorative Dahlia that has no
rival for richness of color. Its bold, elegantly formed flowers
—of intense red, with violet shading — are the admiration of all
who see them. Its strong, healthy foliage is also very attractive
TWENTIETH CENTURY— (Single)— Rose— Early in the season an
intense rosy-crimson, sading gradually to almost white on the
edges and a light halo around the disc. As the season advances
the flowers become lighter, changing almost to pure white,
suffused with soft pink.
QUEEN OF THE YELLOWS— (Fancy)— Yellow— Beautiful canary-
yellow, mammoth in size and borne on long, stiff stems. A won-
derful Dahlia for cut flowers on account of its keeping qualities.
MRS. WM. TURNER— (Cactus)— Yellow— Beautiful bright lemon-
yellow. Very large, heavy flowers, 6 to 8 inches in diameter,
with long, pointed petals, and full to the center.
MRS. WINTERS— (F^cy)— Whit e^Pure waxy-white, which shows
no hint of variations even in strongest sunlight; blooms very
freely, producing 5 to 7 inch flowers with beautifully pointed
petals. Never shows an open center. The plant grows to a height
of four feet.
THE BEAUTIFUL MARIE
(PAEONY) — Salmon — A glorious semi-double variety. The color is
a lovely rosy flesh, suffused with salmon, and lightly penciled
in bronze. The strikingly beautiful blooms are of unusual sub-
stance, and are borne on long, strong, wiry stems. They last
ten days after cutting. We earnestly urge every one of our cus-
tomers to include the Marie in their first order. Strong roots,
50c each, 12 for $5.00, postpaid.
GEISHA OR PORTOLA
(PAEONY) — Scarlet and Gold — The showiest and most attractive of
this type yet introduced; of strong growth with richly colored
flowers standing well above the foliage. They are original in
form, consisting of peculiarly twisted and curled petals of an
effective and rich combination of scarlet and gold, the center
being yellow, which becomes suffused with and deepens to scar-
let at the center of the petals, shading off lighter at the edges.
Strong roots, 50c each, 12 for $5.00, postpaid.
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Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s Prize Winning Dahlias
Frau Hermine Marx
Prince of Yellows (Cactus)
Yellow — Mammoth flowers of a rich canary-yellow; the best
yellow for cutting.
Admiration (Paeony)
Rosy-crimson with Buff Shading — Over seven inches across. A
splendid variety.
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s Novelty (Decorative)
Maroon — Introduced by us. The flowers are perfectly enormous
in size — 8 to 9 inches— and of faultless form. For decorative purpose
it is absolutely unrivaled, as the color of its flowers — a bright
velvety maroon— fairly sparkles under artificial light.
ElUa (Cactus)
Rich Rose. A late blooming variety with very large blooms. The
petals are bifurcate at the end similar to those in Lady Fair. Color
rich rose penciled and striped with crimson.
Fluffy Ruffles (Decorative)
Semi-double, immense flowers, eight or nine inches in diameter.
Color orange, striped with red, center covered with curved petals;
stem medium length, a free bloomer. A Dahlia classed by itself.
Frau Hermine Marx (Cactus)
Rose — This is one of the best cut flower varieties. The flowers
are of medium size, and when fully developed almost identical in
color with the La France Rose; that is, a silvery rose of a pleasing
color.
Gen. BuUer (Cactus)
Variegated — Rich, velvety crimson, nearly black at the base,
each floret having a pure white tip, those in the extreme center
showing a tinge of plum color. A very remarkable and perfectly
distinct flower. Long, erect stems; very free.
Giant or Tree (Decorative)
Maroon — This Dahlia is a vigorous grower, obtaining the height
of eight or nine feet. Immense flowers of a vivid maroon, seven
to eight inches in diameter, and are borne on stiff stems 24 to 36
inches long.
Gladys (Paeony)
White shaded with Carmine. A free bloomer. A Dahlia that de-
lights every lover of flowers.
Golden West (Show)
Apricot — A magnificent Show Dahlia. The color is a deep apri-
cot that shades lighter at the tips. Its habit is splendid. It grows
vigorously and produces an astonishing number of long-stemmed
flowers.
Grand Duke Alexis (Show)
White—A perfect Dahlia of large size and perfect form. Color
pure white overspread with delicate lavender when grown in bright
sunlight. The petals of its flowers are beautifully quilled, which
gives them a very unique appearance.
Jeanne Charmet (Decorative)
Rose. This Dahlia has a delicate color arrangement. Soft rose
with the thread of deeper tint at the edges of the petals. Flowers
of mammoth size and perfect build. The petals are very broad and
flat, and build up into a bloom of great depth. A superb variety.
S’ 25c o" $2i2
These are all choice sorts — Dahlias notable for their huge size,
beautiful coloring, and strong stiff stems. They will last for from
six to eight days after cutting, without drooping and falling over.
Ready for immediate delivery.
Mrs. W. W. Kettle well (Decorative)
Crimson — Light velvety crimson; a good grower of branching
habit and very early and profuse bloomer. The best cut flower of
its color, the plants being continually covered with finely shaped
and large blooms on erect stems. A popular variety in San Fran-
cisco florists’ stores on account of its lasting qualities.
La France (Decorative Cactus)
A superb decorative cactus type of gigantic size and most beau-
tiful wavy form. It approaches the popular La France Rose in its
delicate shade of pink. This grand sort is bound to eventually
win its way into every garden where Dahlias are grown.
La wine (Cactus)
White — Pure white, with just a suggestion of blush as the
flower ages. It is of large size, a fine, full flower, early and free
with strong stems, holding the flowers erect.
Meadow Gold (Decorative)
Yellow — One of the very finest decorative Dahlias. Its immense
flowers are produced in profusion from early to late in the season.
This one has a fine long stem that holds the flower quite erect, so
that it shows to full advantage. The plant makes a strong, sturdy
growth to a height of about four feet. The color is fine — a primrose
yellow, faintly tinged with delicate pink, changing in late fall to
clear lemon yellow. We offer this new Dahlia in full confidence
that it will please.
i 990 (Paeony)
Pure white ground splaslied and striped with violet-purple, fully
as beautiful as an orchid.
Mrs. Roosevelt (Decorative)
Pink — Is of exceedingly graceful form; has splendid long stems;
keeps well when cut; flowers are perfectly double, of remarkable
size, 6 to 7 inches in diameter; color a delicate pink shading of
soft pink.
Papa Charmet (Decorative)
Red A large flower of rich, deep morocco-red, with bright gar-
net shadings, the finest dark decorative Dahlia yet offered.
Princess (Cactus)
Mauve. A perfect Cactus Dahlia of a bright mauve color. The
petals are narrow, long and incurved, and of immense size.
Souvenir de Gustave Doazon (Decorative)
RED— This is the largest Dahlia in the world today. Can you
imagine a Dahlia nine to ten inches across? As large as a dinner
plate. It impresses every lover of flowers with its grace, beauty
and charm and never fails to make friends.
Yellow Grand Duke Alexis (Show)
Yellow — A novelty introduced by ourselves. Color a beautiful
canary-yellow. A strong grower and very free bloomer. This
Yellow Grand Duke when masted with the Pink Grand Duke and
its parent. Grand Duke Alexis, which is pure white overlaid with
delicate lavender, makes a beautiful showing.
Souvenir de Gustav Doazon Dahlia
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AGERATUM
Anemone Japonica (Wind Flower)
Foxglove (Digitalis)
GOLDEN
ROD
Our National flower.
Grows 4 to 5 feet high
and produces handsome
spikes of golden-yellow
flowers from the end of
July until September.
Ready for immediate de-
livery. Per root 15c,
dozen for $1.50, postpaid.
The Ageratum is a very handsome and easily cultivated plant,
and one of the very best for bedding purposes. Dwarf varieties.
Heavenly Blue, Snowball and Pure White. Plants, Tall varieties,
Giant Mexican, Light Blue. Ready for immediate delivery. 50c per
dozen, postpaid ; 100 for $3.00.
BEGONIA VERNON
PER PLANT 15c, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid; $5.00 for 100.
SINGLE BEGONIA VERNON — This well-known plant is very popu-
lar. Its cheerful aspect and perpetual-blooming qualities make
it a charming plant. Colors — delicate pink, pure white and
bright red. Ready for immediate delivery.
SEMPERFLORUM HYBRIDA— A charming new variety, distin-
gruished by the splendid coloring of its foliage and flowers.
The latter are bright orange-carmine and contrast beautifully
with the foliage, which, when exposed to the ,sun. changes into
a deep olive-green that is shaded and edged with bronze. Grows
to a height of 18 inches. Splendid for bedding and pot culture.
Ready for immediate delivery.
Delphinium (Hardy Larkspur)
One of the most beautiful decorative plants for home gardens
and parks.
Delphinium has been so developed that there are now many
single and semi-double varieties in shades of white, turquoise blue,
sky-blue, the individual flowers resembling a Cineraria. There are
others of Cambridge blue, with opalescent, rosy-mauve centers;
deep blue with large white eyes, and many other beautiful colors.
These plants produce stocks from 4 to 10 feet high, which are
covered with hundreds of magnificent blooms.
There is no plant more easily raised and grown. It revels in
full sunshine, and a deeply worked, rich soil, with plenty of water
during dry spells. If given these, it will fill your heart with joy
and gladness in the richness and profuseness of bloom.
Delphinium will begin to bloom in early summer, and by cut-
ting the plants close to the ground as soon as each crop of flow-
ers has faded, second and third crop of flowers will succeed until
late in the fall. Each time the plants are cut, a small amount of
fertilizer should be worked in around the plants.
The assortment of Delphinium we offer includes all the above col-
ors. Ready for immediate delivery. Plants 20c each, $2.00 per dozen,
postpaid.
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis)
These improved flowers
are very showy, hardy
plants for the garden, or
massed beds, or very ef-
fective for borders in
driveways and parks.
They are easy to grow
and produce long stocks,
standing from 3 to 5
feet high, well furnished
with large gloxina like
flowers of various colors,
including white, pink,
purple and many other
beautiful shades, all of
which have beautiful
throat markings, spots
and blotches of purple
and maroon. They are
more robust than ordin •
ary garden Foxgloves,
have stouter stems and
larger flowers.
These plants will give a
wealth of bloom during
the entire season. No
garden should be without
a few of these popular
plants. They bloom free-
ly and will thrive in al-
most any soil.^ Ready for
immediate delivery.
RED (Gloxinia-flowering)
— 15c each, postpaid;
$1.25 per dozen.
PINK (Gloxinia-flowering)
15c each, postpaid; $1.25
per dozen.
WHITE (Gloxinia -flow-
ering)— 15c each, post-
paid; $1.25 per dozen.
ASSORTED VARIETIES
(including the above) —
15c each, postpaid; $1.25
per dozen.
Anemone
Japonica,
One of the most
beautiful of all hardy
perennials. They
commence blooming
in August and in-
crease in beauty un-
til frost. The flow •
ers are produced on
long, wiry stems and
completely covered
with blossoms in
the fall when there
are but few other
flowers in the gar-
den.
Delivered free.
Ready for immediate
delivery.
Anemone Japonica,
Rosea, 25c each. Ane-
mone Japonica, Alba,
Pure White, 25c each.
Anemone Japonica,
Rubra, Red, 25c each,
$2.50 per dozen.
DUSTY MILLER (Centaurea Candidissima)
This plant should be in every garden. Its beautiful silvery
leaves, which grow in masses, are very effective in the garden, and
the leaves are almost indispensable for bouquets. This plant is
largely used for borders in drives and in groups. Ready for im-
mediate delivery. Plants, 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA
These very showy and useful plants flower freely from early
summer until frost. They are very effective when grown iii
masses, and they last a long time after being cut, are splendidly
adapted for vases. The flowers — 3 inches across — have dark reddish
brown centers and the petals vary from scarlet orange to crim-
son. Ready for immediate delivery. Strong plants 10c each, $1.00
per dozen, postpaid.
DAISIES
QUILLED DAISY— A new, unique and most striking novelty.
The only Quilled Daisy in existence larger than a silver dollar.
This wonderful plant is a free and continuous bloomer. Flowers
early in the spring and is in blossom all season. Ready for im-
mediate deliverv. Plants: 12 for 50c, postpaid, 100 for $3.00.
MAMMOTH DOUBLE-FLOWERING DAISY PLANTS— White or
Pink, or Assortment of Both. The seeds from which these
plants were grown were imported from an English Daisy spec-
ialist. The individual flowers are larger than a silver dollar,
grow on long, stiff stems and plants are covered with a mass
of blooms the entire season. Mammoth white and mammoth
pink. Ready for delivery all the year round. Plants, 50c per
dozen, postpaid; $3.00 per 100.
FUCHSIAS
(LADIES’ EAR DROPS)
These handsome plants — with their gracefully drooping flowers
— are unsurpassed for window ornamentation and brightening up
partially shady spots in the garden or yard. Ready for immediate
delivery. 15c per plant; $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
Double Flowering Varieties
All free blooming — all remarkable for the grand size, perfect
form, rich coloring and doubleness of their flowers.
PHENOMENAL — Unusually^ large, full and double flowers. Tube
and petals bright carmine, corolla rich crimson-purple. Magni-
ficent.
MRS. E. G. HILL — Sepals bright crimson — large, pure white corolla.
Perfectly double. Very free bloomer.
BALLET GIRL— Sepals pure white — corolla vivid carmine. Vigorous
upright grower. Splendid.
BLACK PRINCE — Very large, very double, and very beautiful flow-
ers. Sepals bright, waxy-carmine — corolla pink.
STORM KING— A perfect gem. Of dwarf habit. Sepals dark car-
mine— corolla white, shaded with rose.
Single Flowering
Four sorts — each chosen and listed because of some particular
merit:
No. 1 — Sepals bright red— corolla crimson.
No. 2 — Sepals royal purple — corolla white.
No. 3 — Sepals red — corolla purple.
No. 4 — Baby Fuchsia, sepals red — corolla carmine. Vigorous grower.
Free bloomer. Very beautiful for borders, window boxes and
hanging baskets.
GOLDEN GLOW (Rudbeckia)
This is a glorious new yellow-flowering plant, that should find
place in every garden, lawn and park. It grows six to eight feet
high, is of graceful branching habit, has abundant and very orna-
mental foliage, and if set out in the spring will produce hundreds
of flowers during July and August. It is easy to grow, sure to
bloom and cannot be praised too highly. The flowers — perfectly
double like roses, and as large as fair-sized Chrysanthemums —
are borne on long, nodding stems and are splendid for cutting.
Do not fail to include it in your order. Ready for immediate de-
livery. Large clumps, 10c each, 12 for $1.00, postp<aid.
GAZANIA SPLENDENS
Plants very dwarf; grows close to the ground, 6 to 10 inches
high; flowers orange-yellow, produced in the greatest abundance m
the spring and early summer. For making borders, where there i-s
a lack of water, this plant cannot be beat. Ready for immediate
delivery. 12 for 50c, postpaid — 100 for $3.00.
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ESTABLISHED
1885
ClIAS. C. NAVI^ET CO, <nc.
Free Blooming BHght Flowcring Geraiiiums
Red Double Geranium
Ivy Geraniums
15c EACH. POSTPAID— 12 FOR $1.25—100 FOR $8.00
For training over a trellis or pergola, and for the sides of a
building, the Ivy Geranium is wonderfully effective. It is an ex-
tremely popular window plant as well, with its beautiful waxy
leaves and its profusion of bright hued blossoms. Blooms practi-
cally all the year around and its glowing colors never fail to
attract attention and elicit admiration. Each truss carries a
mass of blooms — averaging from six to ten. We recommend Ivy
Geranium also, for_ hanging baskets and we have seen them most
effectively used in large pots or tubs placed on the porch or
landing of the steps. On account of their esay culture, abundance
of bloom, handsome foliage, and brilliant colors, they increase in
favor each succeeding season. We offer only the very best va-
rieties— those we have grown and tested out — and can recommend
to our customers without any hesitation. Our plants are all
strong, hardy, and sure to grow. Ready for immediate delivery.
LEOPARD — One of the most vivid colored Ivy Geraniums known.
Size of flower and coloring resembles a Lady Washington Geran-
ium. It is of a beautiful cerise pink, blazed with fiery crim-
son. Flowers semi-double, borne on long, stiff stems, in im-
mense clusters. We recommend this as the most beautiful of
Ivy Geraniums, largest flowers and of the richest color. A
vigorous grower and blooms profusely.
COL. BADEN POWELL — Another beautiful Ivy Geranium, unsur-
passed for its delicate color and peculiar markings. Flowers of
the largest size, semi double; abundantly produced in good size
trusses, borne on long stems; pearl white shading to a soft
blush; dark blotches on upper petals.
GUY LEWIS — A grand rosy carmine. Large flowers of fine sub-
stance.
JEAN D’ARC — Perfectly double pure white flowers. Literally cov-
ered with blossoms when in full bloom.
MAD. THIBAUT — A deep pink, clear, lustrous and satiny. Ex-
tra fine large flower.
Double-flowering Geraniums
RYECROFT SURPRISE — A clear, bright rose, with slight maroon
blotches on outer petals.
15c PER PLANT, POSTPAID— 12 FOR $1.00—100 FOR $6.50
NO. 1 — PURE WHITE — Giant flowers of perfect form. A very beau-
tiful sort.
NO. 2 — TERRA COTTA — Very large and very double flowers. Hand-
some, strong-growing and of pronounced merit.
NO. 3 — SHELL PINK — Very double, long-stemmed flowers. Ex-
quisite and dainty.
NO. 4. — SHELL PINK — Shades to terra cotta toward the center.
Fine foliage. Superb.
NO. 5 — CARMINE — Very double flowers — produced in mammoth
clusters. Bright green foliage. The grandest carmine yet pro-
duced.
NO. 6 — BRILLIANT RED — Immense flowers. Very double. A va-
riety of transcendant merit.
NO. 7 — SALMON PINK — Flowers semi-double, borne in mammoth
clusters. One of the grandest Geraniums grown.
Single-flowering Geraniums
15c PER PLANT, POSTPAID— 12 FOR $1.00—100 FOR $6.50.
NO. 1 — WHITE — Pure as snow. Extra large flowers. Huge and
perfect truss.
NO. 2 — SHELL PINK — Large and well formed truss. Elegant flowers.
NO. 3 — WHITE — Variegated with pink. Very striking.
NO. 4. — BRIGHT CARMINE — Magnificent truss — very large flowers
NO. 5 — BRIGHT ORANGE — Massive truss. Beautiful — very.
NO. 6 — MAGENTA — Very large and brilliant flowers.
NO. 7 — MAD. BRUANT — Very showy and novel. Center of flower
is white veined with carmine lake and each petal is regularly
and distinctly bordered with bright solferino.
Border Geraniums
15c EACH, POSTPAID— 12 FOR $1.25.
DWARF— Silver Leaf; HORSESHOE— Golden Yellow
For borders and drives these pretty border Geraniums are ex-
ceedingly popular and have few equals. Their bright foliage and
brilliant bloom make them great favorites wherever grown.
America — A Lovely Single
15c EACH, POSTPAID— $1.00 PER DOZEN
A wonder type, absolutely in a class by itself. One of the
strongest of growers. Has large trusses high above beautiful fol-
iage. Color, bright, fiery red, amaculated effect, penciled and
shaded to a pure white center. A handsome and_ striking variety.
This beautiful single flowering Geranium is admired by everyone
who sees it. When used in beds or as a hedge it is wonderfully
effective and beautiful.
Sweet-scented Geraniums
15c EACH— THE FOUR FOR 59c. POSTPAID
Chiefly remarkable for their bright, fragrant foliage. Largely
used in bouquets and baskets of flowers — also for making up toilet
waters. These are the five best sorts:
NUTMEG — Small leaves with nutmeg perfume.
OAK LEAF — Beautiful foliage, resembling oak leaves.
ROSE AND VARIEGATED ROSE— Two kinds, the broad leaf and
cut leaf. These are the most popular of scented Geraniums.
SKELETON LEAVED— Leaves very finely cut. Rose fragrance.
Single and Double Geraniums
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established 1885
©AN JOSB, CALIF
if ’
Pelargoniums (Lady Washington Geraniums)
25c Each — 12 for $2.50 — Postpaid
The matchless beauty of these favorite flowers, and the ease with
which they may be grown, commends them to practically everybody.
They are admitted to be the most attractive of the Geranium family, and
although like the Geranium in habit and growth, are distinctly different
in foliage and flower. They can be had in a rich and varied assortment
of colors, and are marked, blotched and blended in untellable picturesque
ways. READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.
NO. 1 — COUNTESS — Very large flowers of a distinct shade of cerise sal-
mon; large, white throats; upper petals splashed with maroon.
NO. 2 — MRS. ROBERT SANDIFORD — The flowers are pure white and
perfectly double and very free in bloom.
NO. 3 — VARIGATA — White, lightly streaked or marked pink.
NO. 4 — PANSY — Rounded satiny, exquisitely marked and colored. This va-
riety is truly pansy flowered. Its colors range from a large crimsoned
chocolate center through pink to white at the edges. Growth charac-
terized by compactness and sturdiness.
NO. C — FRANCISCANA — Somewhat like an old Empress of India, but larger
flowers. Color, rich salmon pink; upper petals blotched deep carmine;
edge of petals white, also the center.
NO. 7 — LORD DUMPOCE — Lower petals maroon, shading to crimson; very
large; a choice variety.
NO. 8 — RADIANCE — Brilliant crimson, lightly feathered with darker shade
on lower petals, upper petals heavily blotched black.
NO. 9 — GLORY OF PARIS — Rosy magenta, very free in bloom.
NO. 10 — MAD. VIOLET — Ground color rose, almost covered with brilliant
black maroon blotches, light center and edges.
NO. 11 — BLUE MABEL — Identical with well-known Mabel, except color,
which is of a rich plum shade. A beauty.
NO. 12— ROSE QUEEN— Rosy pink, feathered with purple.
NO. 13— MAD. THIBAUT— The queen of pelargoniums, blotched and mar-
bled rose on white ground; upper petals marked with maroon; large
white center and edges of petals also white.
NO. 14— DUKE OF MANCHESTER— Light salmon petals edged with white,
upper petals feathered with maroon.
NO. 15— CAPTAIN RAIKES— Flowers very large and full; color dark fiery
crimson; petals crispy and of great substance.
Prize Winning Pansies
NO. 16 — E. G. HILL — A remarkable, bold flow-
er, of grand substance, extraordinary size,
brilliant dark maroon, shaded scarlet; low-
er petals lighter in shade, with large
white centers, upper petals grandly _ feath-
ered deep crimson; lower petals lighter;
flowers of a perfect round form.
NO. 17 — MAUD HOOPER — Flowers of a delicate
rose-blush, deepening toward the center of
flower; upper petals feathered deep rose,
beautifully fringed and undulated. A very
free bloomer.
NO. 18 — VICTOR — Crimson blotched with ma-
roon.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO’S
Prize Winning Pansies
Mammoth Flowering Ruffled Varieties
12 Strong Plants 45c.— 100 Plants $2.50— Postpaid
For years our Giant Flowering Ruffled Pansies have been the delight and aditiiratitm of
Pansv lovers everywhere We have developed truly marvelous strains— Pansies with blooms
of extraordinary size— wonderfully ruffled, fluted, and undulated from center to circumference.
The flowers are not only gigantic in proportions, but are nothing short of perfect in torm,
’ the colorings are indescribably rich and
_ lllQiS C4* W ^ ---
aried. They include every tint and hue in
ndless variations and combinations, are glor-
ausly blotched, blended, mottled, striped, and
largined. The blooms are borne on long ^iff
viry stems well above the foliage. Their
lubstance and thick texture enables them ^
resent BOLD OPEN FACES EVEN DURING
lAINY AND WINDY WEATHER AND ON
lOT SUMMER DAYS WHEN OTHER PA^
;IES WOULD BE BEATEN OR WILTED
)OWN. The plants we send you are of the
rery best— strong, full of life, with large vig-
irous roots. We absolutely guarantee them
;o please you completely. You will make no
nistake in ordering Chas. C. Navlet Co s Prize
Vinning Giant -flowering Ruffled Pansy Plants.
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
HAVE YOU READ OUR
1919 Bargain Offers
ON PAGES 4-57
Don’t fail to read them before you lay
the catalog down. You will surely want
at least one of these wonderful bargain
collections.
Prize Winning Pansy
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CHAS. C. NAVL/E>T eo. 'Nc.
Phlox
DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS
Hollyhocks are old inhabitants of our gardens, but under our
special culture and hybridization they have been greatly improved
in doubleness and enlarged in size. For backgrounds and screens
—for planting in lines or clumps — they are simply invaluable. The
flowers — which measure from 3 to 4 inches across and are as ele-
gant in shape as the Camelia — form perfect rosettes of the most
lovely shades of crimson, yellow, pink, white and other colors, as
well as charming combinations. Hollyhocks require a deep, rich
soil, and will repay in quantity and gorgeousness of bloom for any
extra care. These plants were raised from the choicest of Im-
ported Double Hollyhock seed. Will bloom profusely this summer.
Charming shades of pink, yellow, white and crimson. Ready for
immediate delivery. Large 2-year-old roots 2Sc each, postpaid; 12
for $2.50.
HIBISCUS PEACHBLOW
PETUNIAS
FOR OUTDOOR DECORATION AND HOUSE CULTURE
Petunias commence flowering early and continue a mass of
bloom during the entire season. They are easy to grow and repay
one a thousandfold for the effort. Ready for immediate delivery.
Single Varieties
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA— Single— A wonderful mixture. These
huge Single Petunias are unrivaled for beauty, size and luxur-
iance. Most of the flowers are exquisitely ruffled or fringed on
the edges, and are of enormous dimensions — literally as large as
saucers. They come in a tremendous variety of colors, mark-
ings, veinings, blotchings and stripings, and with most beauti-
ful and grotesque combinations. Some are rich and gorgeous —
others are lovely and delicate. Strongly rooted plants, ISc
each, postpaid; 12 for $1.25; 100 for $5.00.
royal purple petunias — A new and strikingly beautiful
Single Petunia of a royal velvety purple color. 20c each, oost-
paid; 12 for $2.00; lOQ for $6.00.
Double Varieties
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA — Double — A gorgeous mixture. The
flowers of these wonderful Double Petunias are as large as
hollyhocks and as double as double can be. Their petals are
fluted and crinkled in ways that intensify and vary the colors
with high lights and dark shadows and give the flowers the
richness and appearance of crumpled velvet. Some are in self-
colors— others are veined, blotched and margined. Try them.
20c each, postpaid; $1.50 for 12; $6.50 for 100.
PINK DOUBLE PETUNIA — Beautiful shell pink flowers of immense
size. Plants 25c each, postpaid; 12 for $2.00.
WHITE DOUBLE PETUNIA — Grand snow white flowers, immense
size. Pl2uits 25c each, postpaid; 12 for $2.00.
POINSETTIA
A Poinsettm Plant in full bloom is one of the most gorgeous
and stately objects in the California garden at Christmas time. The
branches are crowned with floral brachts — of the most intense bright
red— that measure from 5 to 18 inches across. The brachts re-
main fresh and bright for several weeks, and are in great demand
for Christmas decorations. The Poinsettia is also an extra fine pot
plant. Ready now. 35c each, postpaid; large plants 50c to $1.50.
PHLOX
Among the hardy perennial plants, no class is of more import-
ance or is more in public favor today than the Hardy Phlox, em-
bracing as they do a wider range of attractive colors than can be
found in any other hardy plant, while their gorgeous masses of
color are unrivaled by any other summer flower We have elimin-
ated from our collection all inferior sorts and varieties of dull color,
and are offering only such as are distinct and effective. Many of
the sorts which heretofore have been scarce and high-priced are
now offered in our choice collection. Ready for immediate delivery.
Plants 10c each, $1.00 per dozen; postpaid.
POPPIES
THE BEAUTIFUL ORIENTAL POPPY
For a gorgeous display of bright scarlet flowers nothing can
equal the Oriental Poppy. Their flashing scarlet flowers with black
cloth on each petal makes a gorgeous display during the summer
months, at which time they are at their best.
Plant a few of these Poppies in your garden and you will be
delighted with the flowers. Ready for delivery all the year round.
15c each; 12 for $1.50, postpaid.
An interesting and valuable plant. The flowers are double and
from four to five inches in diameter; light, soft, clear pink, deep
crimson blotch in center. It blooms abundantly and continuously,
even on small plants, during the entire summer and fall months.
Ready for immediate delivery. 25c each, postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
MARGUERITES— Giant Flowering
These Marguerites are the showiest of plants, require less care
than any other plant grown. Superb for solid beds, clumps and
edges. Ready for delivery all the year round. 15c each, 6 for 75c,
postpaid; 12 for $1.00.
WHITE — Well-known free-blooming plants. When planted in
masses with geraniums, salvias and cannas the display is noth-
ing short of magnificent.
YELLOW — A rich, beautiful color. Same habit as the White Mar-
guerite.
BLUE — Elegant. Grows to a height of 18 inches. When planted to-
gether, the varieties make a sight that is beyond the power of
printer’s ink to describe.
CORONATION — (Improved White) — Double row of petals. Free
blooming plants. Large white flowers. Ready for delivery all
the year round.
POLYANTHUS
COWSLIP or GARDEN PRIMROSE — A truly grand spring flowering
plant for the garden or house. The flowers are daintily edged
and laced, and come in fine range of beautiful colors. Strong
plants — grown from a selected strain of imported seed. Ready
for immediate delivery. Strong plants, 12 for 50c, postpaid; 100
for $3.00.
GIANT CANARY YELLOW POLYANTHUS— A magnificent strain,
immense flowers borne on large, self-supporting stems. Ready
for immediate delivery. Strong plants, 25c each postpaid; 12
for $1.50.
THE WONDERFUL MATILLIJA POPPY
A California native flowering shrub, and commonly known as
the queen of the native flowers. It is a vigorous grower and often
attains a height of 4 to 6 feet. The foliage is a beautiful silvery
green, and the large flowers with their silky white petals and
bright yellow center, make it one of the most attractive shrubs
grown. The stems are long and stiff, making it very useful for
cut-flower purposes. This magnificent plant should be in every gar-
den. Ready for delivery all the year round. Well established
plants, $1.00 each, postpaid. Will bloom the first season. Specimen
plants, $2.50 to ^.00.
Oriental Poppy
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ESTABLISHED 1885
SAM JOSE. CAEIP.
THE HOUSE OF QtlAUTV
Chas. C. Navlet Co^s Gold Medal Roses
50c EACH— 6 FOR $2.75—12 FOR $5.00
This is the largest Rose nursery in the world selling direct from the propagation
grounds to the home gardener. That’s why we sell the choicest varieties and the larg-
est and finest field-grown plants at less than most concerns ask for ordinary sorts and
inferior hot house stock. The climate of Santa Clara Valley, California, where our roses
are grown, is ideal for rose cultivation — and our plants are unusually strong, thickly
rooted, and vigorous. NO PREMIUM WITH ROSES.
RaIIa ^ superb Rose of brilliant pink color, the flowers are large, of good
OcUc OlCOrcCni form, buds long and tapering and a most prolific bloomer. This
wonderful Rose should be in every garden.
Roittir coloring of this Rose is wonderfully beautiful— ruddy gold overspread with
DCliy golden yellow; flowers large, fairly double, fine form; buds very long and
pointed and very large petals; deliciously perfumed.
D _ i I A strikingly distinct and beautiful Rose of decided merit, pos-
UcaUlC lyc Lay Oil sessing great value for ornamental purposes and for garden dec-
oration cannot be excelled, its striking combination of coral-red slightly shading to yellow
makes this Rose distinct from all other variety of Roses. Flowers are large, buds globular
shaped, when in bloom it obtains a saucer-shaped appearance and very full. This Rose de-
serves a very prominent place in your garden and will be the admiration of all.
“TULIP ROSE’’— Called the “Tulip Rose’’ on account of its odd
L.UWB1U IvlBlnrlcy tulip-shaped buds; it is of an intense brilliant crimson, of
fine fragrance, producing elegant pointed buds which open into an exquisite tulip-like
flower. The flowers are borne on long, stiff stems.
F'licr^no Rmillof vigorous, free branching growth, foliage bronze. Color, crim-
L.UgCIlC DOUllCL son-rose, shaded carmine; free and constant bloomer; a most
promising bedding Rose.
Yellow Baby Rose. Orange-yellow buds opening to a deep golden-
yellow, growth upright. Very free flowering. Fine for massing and
pot culture. This is the first yellow polyantha and should become as famous as Cecile
Brunner.
Hugh
OirlcQrbn color is brilliant, velvety crimson, shaded scarlet, most lovely;
bud long and pointed; flower when open very double; a most flori-
Jonkheer J. L. Mock
Pink American Beauty
Sunburst
ferous sort, continuing so for a long period; the fragrance is what we like in this Rose,
fragrance that is entrancing. The habit of this sort is exceedingly strong, thrifty and
healthy.
Carmine, changing to imperial pink. The blooms are
large and highly perfumed. A novelty of distinct merit.
Onhfslin Salmon flesh, shaded rose, center of flower showing pronounced coloring of
V/pilCUa chamois; buds long and pointed, very free in bloom. SOc each; $S.OO per dozen.
Drmna f°se pink, petals undulated, or waved on the edges. Its size,
^ L/tmiltt fragrance, keeping qualities, freedom of growth and bloom give it a
distinctiveness from any other Rose.
“Geo. Arends” — A Rose that has created a sensation.
Habit and shape of flowers same as the White Ameri-
can Beauty. Color, soft satiny pink — utterly unl ke any other pink Rose grown. If you
are a lover of beautiful Roses don’t fail to include the Pink American Beauty when you
order. -ri*J
RrkOOl* I “P^ftmia Rose” — A decided curiosity among Roses; one of the
LVUgcr L.<aIIllJcrun freak Roses that has become popular. The color is a glowing
crimson, except the edges of the petals, which are irregular like those of a double petunia.
These are distinctly marked with a white margin against the crimson, forming a distinct
and unique contrast. The fragrance is delightful; the growth is vigorous; foliage unusually
large and handsome.
A magnificent Tea Rose of a rich orange-yellow, with shades of cop-
pery-yellow and golden-yellow, all very intense at times. These shades
lighten usually towards the tips to sulphur-yellow and sometimes under our hot summer
sun to a white. In every stage it is a beautiful Rose. Buds long and pointed, flowers
splendid when open. Growth vigorous, foliage distinct, and very ornamental. The best in
the hardy, ever-blooming sorts.
Amari/'san R^oiiftr “Frau Karl Druschki”— This Rose is the largest and
TT llllc /^mcriLall JJCaUiy best White Rose grown. It is an extra free grower
and branches freely with the vigor and hardiness of an oak. The flowers are glorious
and immense in size; produced with freedom on long, stiff stems. The bud is egg-shaped,
long and pointed. The color is marvelously white, without a tinge of yellow or any othe»"
shade.
Outside of petals old gold, interior rich rosy red, changing to deep rose as the
tlUllCl flowers expand. A very distinct and attractive novelty.
fClIIarnf^V RrilHanf' cerise pink sport of Killarney that for clearness and bright-
*''^“***''y LHULUllll ness of color has not been equaled, exceptionally strong in
growth, with foliage that is perfect, being larger than Killarney and more glossy. In size
of petals Killarney Brilliant is larger than its parent, and for high grade bloom it is a
very superior variety.
I Sirlv Ra Kaiserin. In the English gardens this Rose is very
L>aiiersea popular, its novelty and charm lying in its unusual coloring and
its long, graceful buds; called appropriately the Red Kaiserin. The buds are full and
pointed and of a beautiful cherry-crimson, permeated with an orange shade.
I nrlv ^ everyone admires, it is absolutely perfect in
•Jianiey every way, form, color, size, freedom of bloom and fragrance,
are all fully developed, in color it is a beautiful shade of coral-rose, the inside of the petals
shading to flesh-pink with deeper flushes.
I arlv f'rf'PTiall Intense saffron-orange heavily zoned and overspread on deep
VaiCClmll creamy- white; the reflex of each petal is faintly but decidedly
suffused with delicately coppery shell-pink. Flowers large, perfectly finished with high-
pointed center, deep shell-shaped petals.
I arlv Hillincrflrkn ^ beautiful Tea Rose which has created quite a sensation,
l-ialiy AilllirigCIUn Bright saffron-yellow with coppery-orange shades. One of the
most attractive in its color. Buds long and pointed.
Milr1r«sr1 Blush-white, edge of petals when first opened shaded with pink,
ivlliuica VLiani -phe flowers are of large size and of great substance, lasting in
good condition a long time. A grand Rose in every way.
]^y,o Anrrkn Long buds borne on erect stems; flowers very large and full,
1TAB9. VV ara and the color is coppery-orange in the opening bud; golden-
orange when partly developed; pinkish fawn of lovely shade when fully open, when it looks
like a full, puffy silk rosette. No wonder that the flower buyers have fallen in love with it!
Trills I VOT« Wherever the Lyon has been shown it has created unbounded enthusiasm,
a lie L.iyUIl flowers when expanded, are very large and full, with broad petals of
an indescribable coral-red or salmon-pink, which shade to a chrome-yellow at the base
and lightens to a delicate shrimp-pink at the tips. The delicately shaped buds are tipped
with coral-red and are chrome-yellow at the base. This Rose is of very vigorous habit
uith beautiful foliage of a rich reddish green. Will grow almost anywhere and blooms
profusely through a long period.
Strong, Hardy, Vigorous,
Field-Grown Plants
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ESTABLISHED 1835
CHAS. C. NAVIvBT CQ. >nc.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
w
Blue Ribbon Collection of Bush Roses
Chas. C. Navlet Co.’s “Blue Ribbon” Collection represents a choice selection from the entire Rose World — varieties picked because of
their wonderful beauty, sweet fragrance, rich coloring, perfection of form, and profusion of bloom. Remember — we send only big strong
vigorous-rooted FIELD GROWN plants that are sure to grow and give abundant satisfaction.
35c each"6 for $1.75—12 for $3.00
Salmon, pink-rose and pink intermingled; base
Vp^OUIllcSS or viOSrOrQ of petals suffused saffron-yellow, and the
whole bloom shaded salmon. Color never fades. The blooms are of perfect
form, large, full, long and pointed; large petals of great substance; very
floriferous.
Center salmon, shading into delicate peach;
V.>OUIllcSS or J-Zeroy large, full, free and vigorous in growth; bud
sharply pointed in the center; stems stiff and upright. Delightfully fragrant.
P^nlr Another recent improvement in the Killarney
LrariX IVlUarilCy Roses. Its habit and blooming qualities are
the same as the other Killarney Roses, but of a dwarf growth. The flowers are
much deeper in color than the other Pink Killarney s; in fact, almost a pure red.
r\___ IJ-I- Silvery carmine, shaded salmon; absolutely distinct and by
Lycan noic far the finest in its way of color. The growth is vigorous
branching and very floriferous; flowers large, of great substance and fine form.
A variety of great excellence and useful for any purpose. Gold Medal National
Rose Society.
Double Pink /Jr.
derful improvement over other Killarney varieties on account of being double.
pi_|_ Originated in Ireland near the shore of the historical
EVlUarncy jaRe for which it is named, amid grand scenes of un-
surpassed beauty, and it does honor to the reputation of the home .f its birth.
The bush is strong and upright.
Princess Marie Mertschersky—
W. R. Smith Rose
bined.
General McArthur-
_A very prince among Red Roses.
To those who prefer a Rose with
full color, we can recommend none more highly than this gor-
geous crimson-scarlet. It is hardy in practically all localities, and
as an outdoor Rose it has no superior. Of strong, vigorous, healthy
growth, branching freely, it produces its wonderful blooms pro-
fusely from May until October. Every shoot carries a large, double,
well-formed flower of exquisite fragrance.
Ineli flarranc ‘Irish Rose” — Apricot, shaded coppery-bronze
irisn E^ICgallo base of petals, flowers single. This in-
teresting Rose is a new type.
I Pair* Silvery salmon, center orange-yellow,
maaam l^eon ram — reverse bright red and yellow. Ro-
bust grower with handsomely colored foliage. Large and full flowers
which open freely.
I St Clear, flesh-pink, shading to deep rose, ^ fine,
broad shell-like petals; very full and deliciously
tea scented. A vigorous grower and abundant bloomer.
Light pink, very beautiful, habit
"robust, with heavy foliage, making
it a grand Rose for outdoor culture; especially good for forcing by
reason of its free-blooming qualities. This Rose is raised in large
quantities by all the leading San Francisco florists.
1V/Iv*e IrvVkn I tftinrv Hybrid Perpetual. The color is a soft
iVlio* «POnil pink; the flowers are very large, beau-
tifully formed and intensely fragrant. A few flowers placed in a
vase will scent the whole room.
Miss Kate Moulton-
"existence, for form and color com-
U* L __J A splendid new Rose. This Rose won the first
ExlCnmOllQ prize at the San Francisco Flower Show. It is
semi-double; is a very free bloomer and very easy to grow. The
foliage is of a beautiful dark green; long stems. Blooms are a
vivid rich scarlet crimson.
Souvenir de Pierre Netting— spi'end^J mtagt
The flowers are very full, large and extraordinarily lasting, keep-
ing over a week when cut. The buds are very long, of a most beau-
tiful shape. The color is yellow with very delicate Chinese pink
and saffron-yellow shadings; the center of the flower is a very
rich golden-yellow. It is delightfully fragrant.
\1/1_;|. IfJllai.rittvr ^ sport from the famous “Pink Kil-
VV nilc IVUloFUcy lamey” and equal to it in every re-
spect. It is of the same size, form and make-up as the parent,
with veritable wax-like blossoms that rnake it especially valuable
for bouquets. Indeed, there are few White Roses can equal it.
WViif*. I a Pranrf* “Augustine Guinoisseau” -7- Silvery
TV llllC Laa 1 rallLC white, with the faintest tinge or rose
blush. Buds and flowers are extra large and of splendid shape and
exquisitely perfumed.
\1/ n This magnificent variety is an American-
Vt III. EV. OllllLll raised, pedigreed seedling. It inherits
hardiness, constitution, fine habits, grand foliage and superb
flowers. Where there are so many good qualities it is difficult to
emphasize the leading one, but in this variety we would name its
ability to resist disease. The color is a deep ivory white, overlaid
with a good bright shade of pink. As a summer Rose we predict
it will rank with the best, if not actually surpass them.
Four Magnificent Recent Introductions in Roses
These Roses were catalogued hy us for the first time last season. The promises made then have been more than fulfilled by the
experience of our customers. We stated then that the wildest extravagance of language could not exaggerate their beauty — richness —
and matchless merits. And many of our customers have volunteered the information that the Roses have measured up to our most
enthusiastic statements. Include at least one of these Roses with your first order.
Madame Edward Herriott
"The Daily Mail Rose/* Winner of the gold cup which was of-
fered by the London Daily Mail, for the best new Rose, exhibited
at the International Horticultural Exhibition, held in London,
England, May, 1912, (this was the greatest horticultural exhibition
ever held), and to be known as the Daily Mail Rose. In com-
petition with the world’s greatest rosarians this much coveted
prize was awarded to M. Pernet Ducher for this wonderful novelty.
It was again exhibited in London on May 1, 1913, at the exhibition
of the National Rose Society of England, where it was awarded
the Society’s gold medal. This variety is said to be the progeny
of an unnamed seedling of Caroline Testout, and an unnamed va-
riety of the Pernetiana class. The plant is a strong, vigorous
grower, of spreading, branching habit, with numerous lon^ thorns
and bronzy-green foliage. M. Pernet Ducher describes its color
as follows: “Buds coral- red, shaded with yellow at the base,
the open flowers of medium size, semi-double, are of superb coral-
red, shaded with yellow and bright rosy-scarlet, passing to a
shrimp-red.” “A wonderful Rose, the bud is long, slender and
pointed, the color is like sunshine on a copper-red metal.” Strong
2-year-old plant, $1.00 each; 12 for $10.90.
The Hadley
Of all the wonderful red Roses introduced in recent years none
can compare with the Hadley. This matchless Rose represents a
fulness of merits to be found in no other variety. It is a strong
rapid grower and a most profuse bloomer. The deep velvety-
crimson flowers are very double and very fragrant. Begins to
flower early in the spring. Almost all florists have adopted the
Hadley as their leading crimson Rose. It brings the highest
market price everywhere. Strong, two-year-old plants, 7Sc each, 12
for $7.50. Smzdl plants, 35c each, 12 for $3.50.
Madame Fuller
This is a magnificent Rose of exceptional merit and beauty.
The fragrant flowers are very large and full, possessing remark-
able lasting qualities; color rich rosy red. Flowers are borne
on long stiff canes. It is a vigorous grower with beautiful foliage.
Strong plants 75c each.
Mrs. Chas. Russell
A magnificent new Rose which has come to stay. One of the
very finest of American origin. The Russell is a brilliant rosy
carmine with a beautiful scarlet center. The blooms are very large
and wonderfully formed, the petals being of unusual substance.
After cutting these Roses will last for ten days. The stems are
long and slender, but very strong and stiff. This Rose has taken
the place among florists formerly held by the famous American
Beauty. Strong two-year-old plants, $1.00 each, 12 for $10.00. Small
plants from 3-inch pots, 35c each; 12 for $3.00.
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established 1885
SAN JOSB. CALIB'.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Superb Collection of Maman Cochet Roses
Maman Cochet Roses
Maman Cochet Roses are favorites the world over.
They are noted for their wonderful size, matchless
form and surpassing fragrance. No Rose garden is
complete without them. Wilt grow anywhere with
the minimum of care. If you want only a few varie-
ties— and those the very finest — you will make no
mistake in choosing from this page. Ready for im-
mediate delivery. NO PREMIUM WITH ROSES.
RED
MAMAN COCHET
HELEN GOULD
35c Each — 12 for $3.00 — by Express
This is a Rose that will grow and give satisfaction
in almost any soil or situation. It produces its splen-
did flowers in amazing profusion, on long, strong
shoots. For vigor and freedom of bloom, thousands
of growers regard this Rose as better than American
Beauty, and without a peer. The flowers are very
full, perfectly double; buds long and pointed. Color
warm, rosy crimson; hardy everywhere.
YELLOW
MAMAN COCHET
35c Elach — 12 for $3.00 — by Express
We coutinue to regard this grand kind as abso-
lutely the best hardy, ever-blooming yellow Rose. It
is ideal for open-ground culture — a typical Cochet
Rose, with gracefully molded buds; flowers magnifi-
cent when open, on stiff, strong stems. This kind
is identical in every way with Pink and White Co-
chet, except in the color of the flower, which is deep
sulphur-yellow.
CRIMSON
MAMAN COCHET
ETOILE DE FRANCE
35c Each — 12 for $3.00 — by Express
This well-known Rose we have named descriptively
Crimson Maman Cochet, because of its vigor of
growth, stiffness of stems, heaviness of foliage, free-
dom of bloom and hardiness. It bears masses of full,
deep-formed flowers singly on long, substantial stems.
The color is a new and clear shade of red or crim-
son velvet, brightening in center; of exquisite fra-
grance.
MOST BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING
ROSES IN THE WORLD
SPECIAL OFFER
•NE OF EACH OF
THESE FIVE
GRAND ROSES FOR
$1.50
EXPRESS
COLLECT
PINK
MAMAN COCHET
25c Elach — 12 for $2.50 — by Elxpress
We have always regraded this as the Queen of all Pink Garden
Reses, and, as our friends become acquainted with it, they join us
in similar admiration of its exquisite form and delicate beauty.
The buds are large, full and firm, elegantly pointed, showing depth
and richness as they expand. The superb flowers open perfectly
double, are extra large and of splendid substance. Hardy in every
section of the country; clear, rich pink, changing to silvery rose.
WHITE
MAMAN COCHET
25c Elach — 12 for $2.50 — by Express
Identical with its parent, Maman Cochet, except in color, which
is snowy-white, with sometimes a faint tinge suggesting pale blush.
It has the same freedom of bloom, the same magnificent form of
lauds and flowers, and the same hardiness — standing at the very
head of all the Roses as the best white kind for open-ground cul-
ture. Vigorous as an oak and hardy everywhere.
Three Grand Roses
PINK CLIMBING MAMAN COCHET— Blooms all through the year,
producing large, magnificent pink flowers on stems that are as
long as those on the bush varieties. A very hardy and rapid
grower. It does not mildew and requires only a very little
care and attention. Your friends as well as yourself will be
delighted when the buds open and the Roses begin to appear.
Per plant 75c; 12 for $7.50.
CLIMBING WHITE MAMAN COCHET — A magnificent Climbing
Rose of surpassing richness and beauty. In form and substance
the flowers are identical with the Pure White Maman Cochet —
but on account of its vigorous habit, the climbing variety is
larger and more beautiful than the bush. Blooms in unrivaled
abundance. We cannot say too much for the Climbing White
Maman Cochet. Your garden will be incomplete without it.
Per plant 50c; 12 for $5.00.
CLIMBING SUNBURST — A Glorious New Orange Yellow Rose —
A magnificent new climber that is sure to create a sensation
wherever it is grown. The flowers are of a rich orange yellow
with touches of golden and coppery yellow. The beautiful petals
lighten toward the tip. Strong 2-year-old plants, $1.00; 12 for $10.
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ESTABLISHED 1885
CIIAS. C. Ni^L/BT CO. INC.
Ulrich Brunner
Perle des Jardins
Ulrich Brunner
Cecille Brunner
Crimson Baby Rambler
Chas. C. Navlet^s “Star” Collection
BUSH ROSES
SIX
PLANTS
$1£S
TWELVE
PLANTS
$2J2
Paul Color, a beautiful pink that no other Rose ex-
* cels. Immense and superbly formed flowers —
Hardy, perpetually
very double and of great depth and substance,
in bloom, very showy, and somewhat fragrant.
Tea Rose. Beautiful canary or golden-
yellow. Flowers are of large size and
perfect form. Handsome at every stage of development, from the
tiny bud to the open flower.
RainbrtW ^ splendid Tea Rose — the color is an entrancing
shade of coral pink, striped and mottled with in-
tense shining crimson. Beautiful buds and extra large, sweet
flowers.
A marvelously beautiful Rose. Rich,
glowing crimson, strikingly flaked with
cerise. Large, highly perfumed flowers, globular shaped. A gen-
eral favorite. The Ulrich Brunner is an all-season Rose and is a
real rival of the American Beauty. The blooms are produced on
long stems — two to three feet in length. This is one of the most
prolific varieties known to the Rose world.
Madame Caroline Testout a 'brflHa"nl'^shimme;y ^roL^^
deepening at the center to a clear cherry red. The petals are ex-
quisitely edged and of elegant La France form. Both buds and flc.w-
ers are extra large and beautiful.
The Baby Rose, the smallest of all
Roses. The compact, fairy like, rose-
pink flowers are very double — very fragrant — and as full of beauty
as a dancing sea under the moon’s witchery.
Think of it! An ever-blooming
dwarf Crimson Rambler. Unique
and novel. Blooms every day in the year. Grows but 20 inches
high. The most wonderful Rose ever introduced.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria ^
ivory-white. The perfect Bowers — borne singly on strong, upright
stems — are of enormous size, and show no center when fully open.
One of the finest Roses for corsage wear, or any other use to which
flowers can be put ,
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. DELIVERED FREE
Called the “Star” Collection because every Rose in it is a real
star variety. The roses on this page will grow quickly, bloom pro-
fusely, and prove all that you hope they will prove when you buy
them. Remember — purchaser pays transportation on all Rose
Plants. We send by cheapest route, express or parcels post, un-
less purchaser indicates choice. NO PREMIUM WITH ROSES.
A FCaanl-Tr The magnificent perpetual bloomer.
/'\m<sncan oeauiy Xhe largest, sweetest, and most pop-
ular of all hardy Roses. To the ever-blooming qualities of the Tea
Rose it unites the delicious perfume of the Damask Rose, and conse-
quently is equally valuable for summer or winter flowering. It
makes superb buds and flawless flowers. At all times its flowers
bring phenomenal prices, frequently selling for $25 a dozen. Color, a
deep, brilliant, rosy carmine, exquisitely shaded.
I a F’ranr'A Garden Rose. One of the loveliest and probably
M-tai most popular Rose in cultivation. Both buds
and flowers are of entrancing form, grand size and delightfully
fragrant. The color is a silvery rose, clouded with a pink that is
as delicate as the blush of mother-of-pearl, and the petals of the
magnificent flowers are covered with a satiny sheen. It begins to
blossom while very small, and is constantly -in blossom until stopped
by freezing weather.
An TArilifT The reddest of all Red Roses. It is a
Vsl U99 A CJ/lllA Rose for everybody, as it requires no
petting and succeeds under the most ordinary garden culture. The
color, when first opening is the richest scarlet, which changes to a
beautiful crimson as the blossoms mature. The flowers are of good
size, full and fragrant, very showy and attractive. The foliage is
exceedingly handsome, the young growth being a bronzy-plum in
color. It blooms constantly, and is covered with flowers the en-
tire season.
Pana {"'nnf’lAr ^ grand Tea Rose. Dark, carmine-crimson
1 VSUllllCr flowers — very full and sweet. Robust grow-
er. Free, constant bloomer. A charming Rose — one of the hand-
somest and best for open ground.
GeneralJacqueminot length? rs“ripw"it‘°s oT\dg!
orous growth and an abundant bloomer — literally a mass of bloom
when at its best. The flowers are of grand size — rare beauty — and
an intense shining crimson in color. One of the most satisfactory
Roses to grow.
The great Southern Rose A magnifi-
cent rosy -bronze, changing to salmon
and fawn, shaded with carmine. Large, globular flowers — very sweet
scented. A high class Rose for garden planting and pot culture.
Tea Rose. Pale yellow, with the edges
Mane VanHOUtte of the petals often lined with rose.
Well formed — fragrant. Very free blooming.
^afranr^ ^ magnificent Tea Rose. Bright, apricot-yellow chang-
Octl ratio jj-jg to orange and fawn, and sometimes tinted with
rose. Highly prized for its beautiful buds and exquisite flowers.
Very fragrant.
DiiA^iAec Rvakant Tea Rose. Soft, silvery-rose, heavily
L-rUCncSS DraDalll shaded with amber and yellow. Few
Roses equal this in freedom of flowering — none surpass it in rich-
ness of color, fragrance or beauty of foliage.
HARDY MOSS ROSES
25c EACH— 6 FOR $1.25—12 FOR $2.50
MOUSSELINE — Elegantly mossed and very beautiful. Extra fine,
large, very full and exquisitely perfumed flowers. Color — pure
white, sometimes shaded with rose-blush.
HENRI MARTIN — One of the finest Moss Roses. Flowers are
large, globular in shape and very fragrant. The color is a rich,
glossy pink tinged with crimson.
PRINCESS ADELAIDE — A fine English variety and a vigorous
grower. Greatly prized for its moss-covered buds. Flowers are
large and a fine reddish-blush in color.
ALICE LEROY — An extra choice Moss Rose. Color — an exceeding-
ly rich, glossy pink.The large, full and beautiful flowers are
sweetly perfumed.
Madame Lambard
CELEBRATED TREE OR STANDARD ROSES
These Trees or Standard Roses are grafted on hardy Rose stalks several feet in height and are most attractive for the lawn and for
Rose borders. We offer the strongest and hardiest of field-grown plants that will bloom the first year. Until April 1 we ship with
the naked roots, carefully mossed and packed. After that date we send the plants growing in 5-gallon cans, which can be set out
just as they are without disturbing the roots, the cans soon rusting away and the plants continuing to grow and bloom without the
loss of a single day-
General McArthur, red $1.25
Lady Battersea, red 1.25
Ophelia, salmon flesh 1.50
Madame Edouard Herriott
(Daily Mail), coral red 1.50
Mrs. Aaron Ward, pink 1.25
Sunburst, golden-yellow
1.50
Edward Mawley, crimson
1.25
Perle des Jardins, canary....
1.25
Gruss An Teplitz, red
1.25
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
La France, silver v rose
1.25
ivory-white
1.25
Madame Leon Pain, salmon
1.25
The Lyon, warm salmon-pink
Caroline Testout, rose
.1.25
1.50
Pink Cochct, pink
1.25
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White Cochet, white 1.25
Cecile Brunner, pink 1.25
Pink American Beauty
(Geo. Ahrends) 1.50
Beaute de Lyon, yellow 1.50
Ulrich Brunner, crimson 1.25
ESTABLISHED
IJq
1885
SAN JOSE, CALIF
mL
TWCHOUSCOr QUAUTV
Chas. C. Navlet Co’s
CLIMBING ROSES
The Queens of the Climbing Rose world. Recent introductions and the standard
old-time favorites that everybody loves. Strong field-grown plants. Ready for imme-
diate delivery.
Climbing White Maman Cochet b“°„V' rii
plant 50c; $5.00 per dozen.
Am^riran Pillar ^ single-flowering variety of great beauty, which ap-
^‘“**^* *^**** F lildr peals to everyone. The flowers are of enormous size, three
to four inches across, of a lovely shade of pink, with a cluster of yellow stamens and
are borne in immense clusters. They last in perfection a long time, and are followed by
brilliant red hips or berries, which are carried late into the winter and as the plant
frequently retains its lovely green foliage until the end of November, it forms a
beautiful decorative subject throughout the autumn months. 35c each, $3.50 per dozen,
by express.
Pink Climbing Maman Cochet Sid ‘\his^ giorLu\"'*chmbing Rose.'"'''' pi;
plant 75c; $7-50 per dozen.
Or yji/ Flesh Pink Climbing Rose — The parentage is Souvenir
EJT* VV • Vail FIc6L Pres. Carnot X Rosa Wichuraiana. The open flowers are
four inches and over in diameter. The center is built high, petals beautifully undulated
and cupped. The color is a remarkably delicate shade of flesh pink on the outer
surface, deepening to a rosy flesh in the center. The flowers are full and double, of
delicate perfume, buds pointed, stems twelve to eighteen inches, and fine for cutting.
35c each; $3.50 per dozen.
Red Dorothy Perkins or Excelsa t '’SS?,'. wlrhuSL"
foliage. The defects of crimson rambler are its unsightly foliage in unseasonable
weather, and its defoliation by insects; the infusion of Wichuraiana blood results in an
ornamental climber which is nearly evergreen, and this will assure this lovely crimson-
scarlet pillar Rose a place in every American garden. The flowers are very double,
produced in large trusses of thirty to forty, and are an intense crimson-maroon, the
tips of the petals tinged with scarlet. 50c each; $5.00 per dozen.
Silver Moon is the result of a most interesting cross, Rosa Wichu-
OliVCr iViOOll raiana X Rosa Senica — Cherokee Rose. The flowers run four and
one-half inches and over in diameter. Clear silvery-white in color, petals of great sub-
stance and beautifully cupped. The center is filled with bright yellow stamens, a very
attractive feature. They are borne on strong stems, twelve to eighteen inchs long, and
are delicately fragrant. 35c each; $3.50 per dozen.
Single Pink Cherokee ^ .climbing Rose that
Climbing Bride
we introduced seven years ago.
Its habit is similar to the well-known Single White Cherokee, but it
is of stronger growth, and its flowers are almost half again as
large. Its blossoms are an exceedingly beautiful, lively shell-pink
— a trifle lighter in color at the end of the petals — and its luxuriant
foliage is darker and richer than that of the white variety. It is
in bloom a month longer than Single White Cherokee and there
are always a few blooms on this beautiful Climber during the
entire season. No lover of Roses can afford to be without this
new novelty. 30c each; 12 for $2.S0; large field-grown two-year-old
plants. Ready for immediate delivery.
The new red single Cherokee — a sport of the famous
Pink Cherokee. The color is one unusual in Roses;
rich carmine overlaid with a lustrous sheen which is impossible
of reproduction with the artist’s brush. During the spring months
the plants are literally covered with blooms. Small plants 3Sc each;
$3.50 per dozen. Large plants 50c each; $5.00 per dozen.
This Rose is just coming into its own, being large-
1 iiawailia \y forced in pots for Easter time and its good quali-
ties as a grand out-door climber are becoming recognized. Its
flowers are about one and one-half inches across, and produced
in long, pendulous sprays, with frequently from forty to fifty flow-
ers on a spray. In color it is brilliant, ruby-carmine, with a clear
white eye and a mass of golden stamens. 35c each; $3.50 per dozen.
Plllai* ^ glorious climbing yellow Rose— in a class
* VJUllI by itself. They come in immense sprays or
bunches of from 5 to 10 flowers on a single branch, and the effect
throughout the entire season is that of a perfect sheet of gold. Color
—deep yellow, flushed with coppery -yellow, the reverse of the
petals showing touches of bright rose. Strong plants 50c each;
$5.00 per dozen.
CHAS. C. NAVLET GO’S CLIMBING BEAUTIES, Each 35c; 6 for $1.75 12 for $3.50
Climbing Cecille Brunner ^ream/-whit°e"™nd.
Climbing Papa Gontier t\i "tha?'the naX implies". Rich
red ; a beauty.
Climbing Mme. Caroline Testout fr.'^^Tn^’f'io w"^;
identical with Mme. C. Testout. Beautiful glowing pink. You can’t
beat it.
“PRIDE OF ALL” COLLECTION OF CLIMBERS, Each 25c; 6 for $1.25; 12 for $2.50
A strong growing form
of Perle des Jardines,
Climbing Perle Des Jardines
deep golden yellow.
(Thousand Beauties) — The flowers upon first
1 ausenascnoen opening are of the most delicate shade of
pink ever^ seen in a Rose, might be described as a white delicately
flushed pink, changing to rosy-carmine. It gets its name from its
many flowers and the variations in coloring.
Beauty of Glazenwood inrco^^mMnatiorof’copp^r.^^cH
son and salmon-yellow. Fascinatingly beautiful. A grand climber.
True Trellis Dorothy PerWns
hardy, vigorous and free
blooming. Withstands the most severe winters and has never been
known to mildew. The shoots frequently grow 15 to 30 feet in one
season. The flowers are borne in immense clusters of thirty to forty.
They are perfectly double, with crinkled petals and excellently
adapted for cutting and decorating. Dorothy Perkins is a grand
Rose to plant on trellis, tall trees, sheds or arbors.
B1ll^ D.. Since the time of Omar it has been the wish and
IV05C dream of every nurseryman to be able to be the
one to produce a Blue Rose. Impossible, we have been told, but
the impossible has been accomplished. Briefly, it is described as
follows; Steel-blue flowers, appearing in large clusters, semi-
double, medium size. Has showy yellow stamens, and with the
blue flowers they are particularly attractive. Very strong grower,
glossy green foliage, and few prickly thorns.
Climbing Bridesmaid £osYs. '^^The'’‘fiLe^s,^Xn^"funv
opened, are surpassingly beautiful, and in bud are superb beyond
anything we have ever seen.
Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria v yf a
magnificent and celebrated Rose. Succeeds in any climate. Pure
white flowers— extra large, full, deep and double.
A new Rose that might more properly be
called Perpetual Blooming Climbing Jac-
queminot. A sport of that fine Tea Rose Meteor. But its flowers
are much larger and of a richer, deeper crimson. It makes exquisite
buds and elegant flowers — grows 10 to 15 feet in a season — and
shows a profusion of bloom every day.
nf rinl/l A clear, golden-yellow. Large, very full and
v-iuin or VaOIU double flowers. Highly fragrant. Greatly
prized for pillars and verandas.
Climbing Meteor
f^rimcnn RamklAi* ^ grand climber— a peculiar and lovely
V^rimson l\.amDier crimson. The flowers form in magnificent
pyramidal clusters, each cluster a perfect bouquet of Roses in itself.
The foliage is a bright green, and contrasts finely with the flowers.
PIimKiri<» ^ climber that will flourish in any
^ttiranO sq)] Flowers are large, full and sweet.
Color — deep yellow and sometimes coppery-yellow or rosy-buff.
r^lnria Marorkf-tin ^ brilliant Rose. The flowers
Olone ue margoiun are very large, somewhat globular,
very symmetrical in form, usually full and delightfully perfumed.
Color — a clear, dazzling red. A free booomer and vigorous grower.
I amarnilf* white. The large, full and very double flow-
i_iaiiicu grs are borne in large clusters. A rampant and ex-
tremely beautiful climber.
Maro/>ka1 NiaI Beautiful deep, sulphur-yellow. Flowers are
'*’*** _''**** IvlCl very full, lar^e and rich in perfume. One of
the finest yellow climbing Roses in existence.
DoiiKlo r'l-iAfrklrAo ^ beautiful, hardy, quick-growing climb
lyOUUlc V.«nerOKcc ;i,g Rose. Glossy dark green foliage.
Pure white double flowers 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Foliage retains
its glossy green color the entire season.
r'ViArrklrAA Large, clear white, single flowers, full of
kJtllglC V^llcrUKCC bright yellow stamens in the center.
Very odd. Dark rich, carmine foliage.
Ranlrcia Pure white. The well known thornless Rose.
A-lalllLolA The small flowers grow in huge clusters.
v/m AIIatI Rirkarrlcnn Orange yellow. with lighter
vvm. /\uen l\.lCnaraSOn outer petals and coppery-yel-
low center.
YAllrkw Ranlrcia Canary-yellow flowers. Habit same as
1 CllOW^ JJallKSla that of the White Banksia.
RpiriA HAnriAtfA Marechal Niel)— This Rose
iveine mane nenrieue ;s one of the prettiest free-
blooming climbers we know of. There is no Rose that blooms so
freely and produces such beautiful flowers as the Reine Marie Hen-
riette. The flowers are large and double, of bright cherry-red
color. Sweetly scented, with long stems. A Rose that can be
used for decorations and for bouquets.
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CHAS. C. NAVLIiT CO. 'nc.
Purple King
FREE BLOOMING VIOLETS
These varieties are recommended to our customers for their rare beauty form,
fine size, delightful fragrance, rich coloring, and profusion of bloom. Ready for im-
mediate delivery.
CALIFORNIA — (A Beautiful Single)
The largest and most productive Violet in cultivation. The flowers are single
in form, and while almost as large as a silver dollar, they have that sweet sim-
plicity peculiar to the Violet. The color is pure, rich violet-blue and does not fade.
The flowers are borne on long stems, 10 to 14 inches in length, well above the
foliage, which is an unusual feature among Violets. The foliage is especially dark,
very large and thick, and irnpervious to disease of all kinds. This great Violet is
grown by the millions for its flowers, which bring the highest prices. Plants — 12
tor 50c, postpaid; 100 for $3.00.
DOUBLE SWANLY WHITE
A reliable and liberal bloomer. The exquisitely fragrant flowers are of immacul-
ate whiteness, perfectly double, and of a very large size. This is the only White
Violet that is extensively grown by professional florists. Plamts — 12 for 50c, post-
paid; 100 for $3.00.
MARIE LOUISE— (A Superb Double)
This beautiful Violet is a great favorite. It is a prolific bloomer and will thrive
in shady places where most plants will not do well. The foliage is extremely luxur-
iant and of a pleasing glossy green. The large double blooms are exquisitely per-
fumed and are borne on long, strong stems. They are a rich mauve in color. This
superb Violet is a wonderful keeper — and will stand a six days’ trip in shipping —
we have proven this in our own experience. It would be impossible to say too much
for the Marie Louise. Plants, 12 for 50c, postpmd; 100 for $3.00.
PRINCESS OF WALES— (Sweet Scented)
A glorious and very fragrzmt variety of fine habit — sturdy growth and justly
famous for its early and continuous blooming and the immense number of flowers
that it bears. It is a distinct type of the California Violet — being of a lighter purple.
The flowers average larger than a silver dollar, and are borne on gracefully poised
stems from 12 to 14 inches long. Plants — 12 for 50c, postpaid; 100 for $3.00.
PURPLE KING— (The California Giant)
12 CHOICE PLANTS 50 CENTS— POSTPAID
This Violet will give four times as many blooms in season as the Princess of
Wales — at the same time this is not said in disparagement of the Princess of Wales,
for this gigantic Violet is in a class by itself and the blooms are twice the size of the
Purple King and are borne on much longer stems. For size, order Princess of Wales
— for profusion of flowers, order the Purple King. You have never seen a Violet bear
so abundantly as this. It is a perfect marvel. And while the blooms are of only
medium size, they are, nevertheless, perfect in form with a soft velvety sheen that
is indescribably attractive. One of the chief features is the fact that they will
keep a week after picking. The San Francisco and Bay nurserymen grow as many
Purple King Violets as any other sort. 100 plants for $3.00.
STATICE — (Sea Lavender)
Among the recent introductions Statice is one of the grandest
everlasting flowers on account of its long stems and free-flowering
qualities. Blooms from mid-summer until late in the fall. Hardy
perennial. The stalks are covered with pannicles of minute flow-
ers, which can be dried and used in vases in the winter. Lilac,
White, Yellow, Separate or Assorted Colors — 15c each — 12 for $1.50 —
Postpaid. Delivered free. Ready for delivery February 1st.
ALASKA DAISY
“Lutber Burbank’s New Shasta.” This grand large flowering
Daisy originated with our friend, Luther Burbank. The flowers
measure fully four inches across and have one or more rows of
long, slender, snowy-white petals surrounding a small golden-yel-
low center or eye. As the extra large flowers come singly on a
stiff, slender stem nearly two feet in length, they are especially
useful as cut flowers to arrange in tall vases. Hardy as oak trees.
Ready for delivery all the year round. 10c Each — 12 for $1.00 — Post-
paid. Extra Large Plants Each 15c — 12 for $1.50.
ZINNIAS
As Large in Size
as Chrysanthemums
Wonderful new strains with im-
mense double blooms. The Zinnias
of your grandmother’s garden devel-
oped and perfected until you would
not recognize them as the same flow-
ers. Of gigantic size and borne on
long stiff stems, making them es-
pecially valuable for bouquets and
table decorations. These new strains
make a gorgeous showing in the gar-
den. White, golden, yellow, scarlet,
purple and salmon, 10c each, 75c per
dozen — postpaid.
SWEET WILLIAM
The Sweet William is one of the finest garden plants. It is of
easy culture and thrives in any good soil and lasts for years. The
plants grow about one foot high and form fine clumps. Our strain
produces very large florets in large heads and of a great va-
riety of brilliant colors, including blood-crimson, salmon, pink,
white and cerise — many having large, white eyes, and all being
sweetly scented. Plants grown from seed never blossom until the
second year. Large one-year-old plants that will bloom the first
season — 75c per dozen, postpaid — 100 for $4.00. Ready for delivery
the year round.
VERBENAS
We have every reason to believe that our California-grown
Verbenas are without rival. We have yet to see their equal for
abundance of bloom, size of flower and truss, beauty of form, rich-
ness of color and vigorous growth. The plants we offer at S8c per
dozen, postpaid — or $3.00 per hundred — assorted colors — are not
rooted cuttings, but strong, transplanted plants. They will begin
to blossom and spread the day set out and will soon cover the
ground with a carpet of beautiful flowers. 50c per dozen — postpaid —
100 for $3.00. Separate Colors — Pink, Blue, Scarlet, Purple and
White, 75c dozen, postpaid, $5.00 per 100.
SALVIA
(A Pretty Bedder)
SPLENDENS — The scarlet Sage has
long been the favorite bedding
plant. Bears long spikes of flow-
ers in great profusion during the
entire season. Scarlet flowers.
10c each — 75c per dozen, postpaid.
FIREBALL — One of the finest Sal-
vias. 10c each — 75c per dozen, post-
paid.
BONFIRE — Brilliant scarlet flowers.
Finest for bedding. 10c each — 75c
dozen, postpaid.
AUZUREA GRANDIFLORA— A Rocky
Mountain species. Pretty sky-
blue flowers. 10c each — 75c per
dozen, postpaid.
SPLENDENS, ROSEA — Deep rose-pink
flowers. In bloom all summer and
well into the fall. 10c each — 75c
per dozen, postpaid.
Salvia
established I88S
SAN JOSB. CALm
THE HOUSE or QUALITY
Selected Climbing Plants and Vines
Australian Pea Vine
MAD. EDUARD ANDRE — Of the Jackmanii type. The nearest ap-
proach to a bright red Clematis that has yet appeared. The
very large flowers — usually six petals — are of a distinct and
pleasing shade of carmine, and are produced in bewildering pro-
fusion. Strong plants 60c each, postparid.
CLEMATIS JACKMANII — Grand. The vivid green of its foliage
brings out the immense masses of rich, velvety violet-purple
flowers with an effect that no words can picture. Strong
plants 60c each, postpaid.
DUCHESS^ OF EDINBURGH — One of the best of the double white
Clematis. Of vigorous habit. Very free producer of deliciously
fragrant flowers. Strong plants 60c each, postpeiid.
HENRY I. — The best large flowering pure white Clematis. It is a
vigorous grower, and a free bloomer, producing a wealth of
flowers constantly during the summer and early fall. Strong
plants 60c each, postpaid.
MONTANA — In this variety we have the ideal Clematis for this
state. The flowers are produced in spring in wonderful pro-
fusion; they are about the size of a dollar and are pure white.
The vine is a rapid, rampant grower. Strong plants 60c each,
postpaid.
FICUS REPENS
A fine trailing or creeping vine. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, post-
paid.
AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE
One of the prettiest and most graceful ever-blooming
vines to be founi A rapid luxuriant grower. The Australian
Pea Vine is a most desirable ornamental flowering vine for
porches, around tall trees, fences or outbuildings; a very
rapid grower; will cover a twenty-five foot trellis in a single
season, and covers it very thickly; requires no extra care,
blooms the year round. The flowers are pea shaped, rosy
lilac; the foliage and leaves are very fine, a great deal like
smilax. Small plants 15c each, 12 for $1.50. Large plants 35c
each, 12 for $3.50.
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII
BOSTON IVY
One of the finest climbing plants. It grows rapidly and
clings without assistance to the smoothest surfaces. A
great protection to houses, as its leaves overlap each other
like slates on a roof and effectually prevent rain from pene-
trating the walls. In the summer its foliage is a fresh
deep green, but in the fall it assumes the most gorgeous
tints of scarlet, crimson and orange. Strong plants, 35c each,
postpaid; $3.06 per dozen. Large plants 50c each, postpaid;
$5.00 per dozen.
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA
VIRGINIA CREEPER
In the fall the luxuriant foliage changes to a rich bronze.
Small plants, 35c each, postpaid; $3.00 per dozen. Large
plants 75c and $1.50.
AMPELOPSIS HENRYANA
(Variegated Virginia Creeper)
A grand novelty. Similar to Quinque Folia, except that
the glossy green leaves have veins of a beautiful silver
tinge, giving the leaves a most unique and attractive ap-
pearance. Strongly rooted plants 50c each, postpaid; 1-year-
old plants, $1.00 each; 2-year-old plants $1.50 each.
BOUGAINVILLEA
Regarded as the finest climbers in cultivation. They have
attracted widespread attention. They are peculiarly formed
flowers of a beautiful magenta color and are produced in
wonderful profusion along the branches. The small green
leaves of the plant are of a beautiful bright olive green
shade. This Bougainvillea should be given a southern ex-
posure. Strong plants from 4-incb pots, 35c each, postpaid;
from 5-inch pots, 50c each; from 6-inch pots, 75c each. Speci-
men plants $2.50 and $5.00 each.
CINNAMON VINE
This beautiful climber possesses the rare quality of emitting
from its flower the delightful odor of cinnamon, and is appropriate-
ly called the Cinnamon Vine. Perfectly hardy, the stem dying
down every autumn, but growing again so rapidly as to com-
pletely cover any trellis or arbor early in the season. We furnish
large tubers for 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
CLEMATIS
Universally admired for its quick growth, delicious fragrance
and superb blooms. Perfectly hardy and easy to grow. Fine for
arbors, pillars, trellises, rockwork, etc. Dig large, deep holes,
spread roots well, and prune down the plants to one-half their
height. Give plenty of water, fertilize with manure once a year, and
prune off the tops in December for best results.
Clematis
CLEMATIS PANICULATA,
or Japanese Virgins Flow-
er— A Beautiful Climber
from Japan — that source
of so many floral won-
ders. The flowers are
pure white and are borne
in great clusters that
fairly cover the plant, so
that it is a mass or
sheet of fleecy white. The
fragrance is delicious — re-
sembling the English
Hawthorne blossom — and
so subtle and penetrating
that a large plant in
bloom fills the air with
its exquisite perfume. It
begins to flower late in
May and continues to
bloom until late in fall.
It will grow IS to 20 feet
in a season — it thrives
equally well in sunshine
and shade. Per plant
35c, postpaid; 12 for $3.00.
Have you read our 1919 Bargains on
Pages 4-5? Don’t fail to do so. These
bargains cannot be duplicated from any
other firm.
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CHAS. C. NAVJjBT go. «nc.
THE HOUSE OF QtlAUTV
SELECTED CLIMBING PLANTS AND VINES
TRAILING FUCHSIA
An interesting climber. It is covered with handsome leaves, among
which nestle small but pretty flowers of bright red and other colors. ISc
each, $1.D0 per dozen, postpaid.
HOP VINE
A common but very useful climber. 10c each, 50c per dozen, postpaid.
HOP VINE — Japanese
Variegated or plain green. Very ornamental. Will make a growth of 35
feet in one year. 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
HONEYSUCKLE
One of the most satisfactory of all climbers. Its abundant foliage, fra-
grant flowers, vigor of growth and immunity from insects make it an ideal
vine for porches.
AUREA RETICULATA — Or Chinese Evergreen — at 20c each, postpaid: $1.50
per dozen.
SCARLET TRUMPET — A glorious new trumpet-shaped variety.
Blooms throughout the summer and autumn. Outside of petals bright
scarlet; inside rich yellow. One of the showiest of climbers. Plants 35c
each, postpaid; 12 for $2.50.
IVY
Ojte of the most useful of the climbing plants.
HARDY ENGLISH— Remains green all the year. Very useful for cemeteries
as It flourishes in shady places where grass will not succeed. 15c each,
$1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
MADEIRIENSIS VARIEGATED — The finest of the variegated Ivies. Foliage
IS mottled with creamy white. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
KENILWORTH — A rapid grower. The drooping sprays of exquisite foliage are
thickly set with lovely little flowers. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
HARDY JASMINE
Two varieties— Nudflorium and Officiniate. The flowers of the Nudflorium
are yellow— those of the Officinate pure white. Both varieties are very fra-
grant. 25c each, $2.50 per dozen, postpaid.
KUDZU VINE
. Puerana Hiumber^ana — The most rapid growing vine in cultivation, at-
taining, after once being established, a height of 50 feet or more in one sea-
son. Its foliage is large, and furnishes dense shade; it bears small ra-
cen^s of rosy purple, pea-shaped blossoms toward the close of August. 15c
«ach, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
PASSIFLORA (Passion Vine)
Cinnamon Vine — See Page 57.
A well-known and very popular climber.
WHITE— Tinted with lilac-light purple corolla. Small plants 25c
each; large plants 35c each, postpaid.
SHELL PINK — A dainty, ex<;^uisite shade. Large flowers and very
handsome dark green foliage. Small plants 25c each, large
plants 35c each, postpaid.
SCARLET — Very bright. When in flower literally a blaze of fiery
scarlet blossoms, which are set off in a never-to-be-forgotten
way by the background of bright, glossy green foliage. Small
plants 25c each, large plant^ 35c each, postpaid.
CERISE — A pleasing novelty. The flowers are of extra large size,
of a beautiful cerise color. Small plants 25c each; large plants
35c each, postpaid.
PLUMBAGO
Fine for porches and summer houses. Large pure white flow-
ers, 25c each; $2.50 per dozen, postpaid. Large plants 75c and $1.00
each, by express.
MINA LOBATA
Half hardy annual climber. Orange-colored flowers, which are
scarlet i«» the bud before opening. Grows 20 to 30 feet, blooms
freely from base to top. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
WISTARIA
This favorite vine in early spring is covered with great mas-
sive clusters, sometimes two feet long, of lovely white or blue
pea-shaped flowers. May also be trained to grow in erect bush
form.
BLUE — 35c each, postpaid. Large plants 50c, 75c and $1.50 each, by
express.
PINK WISTARIA — Has beautiful pink flowers. Large grafted plants
$1.50 to $2.50 each, by express.
WHITE WISTARIA — 35c each, postpaid. Large plants, 50c, 75c and
$U0 each, by express.
PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS
Can be trained as a bush or climber. Beautiful sky-blue flow-
ers. 2Sc each; $2.50 per dozen, postpeud. Large plants 75c and
$1.50 by express.
SNAIL VINE (SheU Vine)
A novel, quick-growing climber. The flowers resemble a mam-
moth pea and have lavender cork-screw petals running from the
center. The flowers are creamy-white blushed with pinkish laven-
der, with a lilac stripe around the corkscrew petal, making it very
effective and one of the choicest climbers. These flowers are borne
in clusters of 6 to 20 peas and during the entire summer and
early fall the vines are covered with clusters of these beautiful
blossoms. The foliage is light green. 35c each, postpaid, $3.00 per
dozen. Large plants by express, 50c each.
Snail Vine
WAX PLANT (Hoya Carnosa)
An elegant vine. Produces large clusters of double star-shaped
flowers — the outer star being a delicate pink, and the center pure
white. 35c and 50c each, postptud.
SMILAX
Indispensable for decoration. Used by all professional florists.
10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
SOLANUM (Potato Vine)
A lovely climber, but can be pinched back to bush form. The
star-shaped flowers are produced in enormous clusters. Color, pure
white, with violet tinge on back of petals. In blossom both sum-
mer and winter. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
MOONFLOWER
The most rapid-growing climber in existence. A wonderfully
profuse bloomer — upwards of a thousand buds and flowers are fre-
quently seen on a single vine.
PURE WHITE — The flowers, from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, are
of a beautiful silvery or moon-like whiteness, and are delight-
fully perfumed. They are open in greatest profusion in the eve-
ning and on cloudy days. A Moonflower vine, in full bloom on a
moonlight evening in summer, is one of the most beautiful
sights on earth. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
HEAVENLY BLUE — Habit of growth and flowering the same as the
white variety. The color is an exquisite clear, satiny blue, with
well defined crimson bars. We recommend planting the Blue
Moonflower with the White, as the effect will be both novel and
attractive. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
MUCKELBECKIA COMPLEXIA
“Wire Vine” — Rapid-growing twining vine with dark wiry stems
and tiny leaves. Sometimes called Maiden Hair Vine. Fine for
covering fences, trees, arbors, etc. 15c each, $1.50 per dozen, post-
paid.
TECOMA RADICANS
This free-blooming climber produces coppery yellow trumpet*
shaped flowers in clusters. 35c each, $3.00 per dozen, postpaid.
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ESTABLISHED
1889
SAN JOSE, CALIF.
Plants for the California Garden
The plants listed on this page are especially recommended for I least trouble and attention. They are the very choicest for borders,
the California garden, being those varieties that seem to give best I beds, hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. Ready for immediate
results under California soil and climatic conditions with the I delivery.
Marguerite Carnations
ACHYRANTHUS PLANTS— (Acuminata)—
Fine for ribboning beds and making
fancy designs in parks and lawns.
Bronze-purple foliage, 10 to 14 inches
high. Plants 50c per dozen, postpaid;
$3.50 per hundred.
ALTERNANTHERA — Bright foliaged
plants. Dwarf plants for borders, rock-
eries and ornamental designs in lawns
and parks. Three varieties: Aurea
Nana — Bright yellow foliage. Amoena
Spectabilis — Crimson, pink and bronze
foliage. Rosa Nana — Rosy-crimson
foliage. Plants 35c per dozen, post-
paid; $2.50 per hundred.
ANTIRRHINUM PLANTS— (Snapdragon)
Whether grown for cutting or for show
in the garden, they are one of the most
valuable flowers. Begin flowering early
and continue until hard frosts. Large,
bright scarlet or delicate pink flowers.
Plants 10c each; 75c per dozen, postpaid.
CANTERBURY BELLS— Dwarf — A new
type, very small blue flowers and fol-
iage, fine for pots, rockeries, or bord-
ers. In bloom from early spring until
late in the fall. Small plants from 3-
inch Dots, 25c each; $2.00 per dozen, de-
livered free. Large plants 35c each,
$3.00 per dozen; express collect,
CIGAR PLANTS — (Cuphea) — Beautiful for
borders. The tiny cigar-shaped scarlet
flowers are produced with unstinted li-
berality. Plants 50c per dozen, post-
paid; $3.50 per hundred.
CHRYSANTHEMUM MARGUERITE— Mrs. F. Sander— Unlike any
other Marguerite, its color is of the purest glistening white
throughout; in size it frequently measures 5 inches across; the
center of the flower is a mass of closely arranged fringed
florets; these are surrounded or edged by the broad, shining
white ray petals, forming a flower which resembles a bouquet
of asters. 15c each; 12 for $1.50, postpaid.
ECHEVERIA— Popularly known as “Hen and Chickens.” Plants 75c
per dozen, postpaid; $4.00 per hundred.
EUPATORIUM PLANTS — (Ageratoids) — Produce minute white flow-
ers in dense terminal heads. Fine for cutting. Plants 50c per
dozen, postpaid; $3.50 per hundred.
GOLDEN FEATHER PLANTS — (Yellow Feverfew) — Indispensable
for borders. Plants 35c per dozen, postpaid; $2.00 per hundred.
GYPSOPHILA— (Baby’s Breath)— Pretty, free-flowering elegant
plants, succeeding in any garden soil. Their misty white pani-
cles of bloom are largely used for mixing with other cut flowers.
Plants 15c each; $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
HELIOTROPE PLANTS — General favorite. Delightfully fragrant
flowers. Pure white, dark purple, lavender. An old-fashioned
flower and an old-fashioned favorite. 10c per plant; $1.00 per
dozen, postpaid.
HYDRANGEA PLANTS—
—Hills of Snow— (Snowball Hydrangea) is a grand addition to the
summer-blooming, hardy shrubs. One of its good points is
that it comes into bloom just at a time when there is a scar-
city of white flowers. Its habit is much like the common Hyd-
rangea but the blooms are white as the driven snow and blooms
long and beautiful. No hardy shrub can compare with this
grand novelty for freedom of bloom, duration of flower or beau-
tiful white blossoms as a cut flower. Plants 35c each, delivered
free. Large plants $1.00 each, by express.
— Hortensis — Prolific bloomer, producing immense balls of shell-
pink flowers. Small plants 35c each, postpcud. Large plants
for use for center of lawns or in larger beds for immediate re-
sults, 50c, $1.00, $1.50 to $5.00 by freight or express.
—Thomas Hogg— A pure white variety. SnnaJl plants 35c each.
Large pleuits 50c each, postpaid.
LOBELIA—
Dwarf — For edgings, beds, baskets and pots there is nothing bet-
ter. Pretty dark blue flowers. Graceful foliage. Plants 35c
per dozen, postpaid, $2.50 per hundred.
— Double Dwarf — An intense blue Lobelia. More showy than single
variety and very easy to grow. Thick, abundant foliage. Plants
10c each, 12 for $1.00, postpaid.
— Trailing — Light blue flowers. Fine for hanging baskets. Plants
35c per dozen, postpsud, $2.00 per 100.
LANTANA PLANTS — Constant bloomers. Very easily grown in any
climate, soil or situation. Produce verbena -like clusters of
flqwers in bright orange — pink with mottled centers — lavender
with orange centers — and blue. Plants 10c each, $1.00 per doz-
en, postpaid.
lavender plants — Blue. A hardy shrub well known and es-
teemed for its delicious fragrance. Flowers borne on long
stems, the stems are used for fancy work, the flowers are
dried and used in saehet bags. Plants 15c each. Large plants
25c each, postpaid.
CALLIOPSIS plants— “California Sun-
beams” — Showy and beautiful free
flowering plants. Bloom all season;
excellent for cutting and massing.
Very handsome yellow flowers. Plants
10c each — $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
MARGUERITE CARNATION — A w e 1 1-
known favorite. The most abundant
bloomer of all California. It grows
easily everywhere — both in sandy soil
and heavy loam. Assorted colors.
Plants 50c per dozen, postpaid; $3.00 per
hundred.
MARGUERITE — The Marguerite is one of
the showiest of plants; requires less
care than any plant grown. Superb for
solid beds, clumps and hedges.
—White — Well-known free-blooming plants
When planted in masses with geran-
iums, salvias and cannas, the display
is nothing short of magnificent. Plants
15c each, postpaid; $1.00 per dozen.
— Yellow — A rich, beautiful color. Same
habit as the White Marguerite. Plants
15c each, postpaid; $1.00 per dozen.
—Blue — Elegant. Grows to a height of 18
inches. When planted together, the
three varieties make a sight that is be-
yond the power of printer’s ink to de-
scribe. Plants 15c each, postpaid; $1.00
per dozen.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM— Dwarf trailers
of great beauty. Bright rose flowers —
dark green foliage. Plants 50c per doz-
en, postpaid; $2.50 per hundred.
LEOPARD PLANT — (Farfugium Grande) — A wonderful plant on the
porch, in the parlor, or anywhere almost. Very handsome and
striking, as pretty an ornament as a vase of beautiful flowers.
Price of small plants, 35c e^h, $3.00 per dozen, postpaid. Large
plants 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 each, by express.
PENTSTEMON — Garden perennials, producing foxglove-like flowers
of various brilliant colors. For bedding they rival phloxes, pe-
tunias, etc. Plants 10c each; 75c per dozen, postpaid.
SAGE — Variegated — For borders. Plants 75c per dozen, postpaid;
$4.00 per hundred.
SALVIA — (Splendens) — The Scarlet Sage has long been a favorite
bedding plant, bears long spikes of flowers in great profusion
during the entire season. Scarlet flowers. Plants 10c each; 50c
per dozen, postpaid.
— Bonfire — Brilliant scarlet flowers. Finest for bedding. Plants
10c each; 75c per dozen, postpaid.
— Auzurea Grandiflora — A Rocky Mountain species. Pretty sky-blue
flowers. Plants 10c each — 75c per dozen, postpaid.
— Splendens-Rosea — Deep rose-pink flowers. In bloom all summer
and well into the fall. Plants 10c each; 75c per dozen, postpaid.
SANTOLINA — A low-growing plant of gray color, very largely used
for edging and ribbon work; trims well and has a narrow leaf;
a half-hardy perennial. Plants 35c per dozen postpaid; $2.50 per
hundred.
SEA PINK — (Amaria) — Very dwarf. Requires no trimming. Very
pretty edging plants. A mass of rosy-pink bloom throughout the
spring and summer. Plants 35c per dozen, postpaid.
STEVIA — (Serata) — Produces a multitude of fragrant pure white
flowers on long stems. Fine for cutting — especially desirable to
use with Chrysanthemums. Plants 15c each; $1.00 per dozen,
postpaid.
STOCK— (Gilliflower) — One of the most popular flowers for bedding;
for brilliancy and diversity of color, fragrance, profusion and
duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. Assorted colors. Assorted,
35c per dozen, postpaid; $2.50 per hundred. Separate colors, 50c
per dozen; $3.00 per hundred.
—Flesh Colored Double Flowering Stocks — Have immense trusses,
borne on long stems. One of the prettiest varieties for cut
flowers. 50c per dozen, postpaid.
SWAINSONA— (Galefolia Alba)— Pure white flowers, produced in
sprays of from 12 to 20. 15c per plant; $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
— Rosea — Exquisite pink flowers. 15c per plant; $1.50 per dozen,
postpaid.
THYME — Variegated. Excellent for edgings. Plants 35c per dozen,
postpaid; $2.50 per hundred.
TRITOMA — (Red Hot Poker) — The ever-blooming flame flower. In
bloom from August to November, with spikes from 3 to 4 feet
high and heads of bloom of a rich orange-scarlet, producing a
grand effect either planted singly in the border or in masses.
Plants 25c each; $2.50 per dozen, postpaid.
WALL FLOWER — Well known and popular old fashioned flower.
Fragrant flowers. 50c per dozen, postpaid; $3.00 per hundred.
WANDERING JEW — Three varieties: 1— Green foliage striped w‘J*^
white. 2 — Plain green foliage. 3 — Green foliage with purplish-
red stripes. Plants 50c per dozen, postpaid; $3.00 per hundred.
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CHAS. C. NAV^L/BT GO. <nc.
THE rtOUSEOF QUAUTV
Beautify Your Home With Ferns
Fern Ball
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS
“Lace Fern.” This graceful Asparagus has foliage finer and
more delicate than that of any other Fern, and lasts for weeks
after being cut. It is an excellent house plant, succeeding under
almost^ any condition. Choice plants, from 2-inch pots, ISc each,
postpaid; tram 4-inch pots, 25c each; from 6-inch pots, 75c each.
WOODWARDIA
One of the strongest tall-growing Ferns known up to the pres-
ent time. Grows to a height of from 4 to 8 feet. In partly shaded
corners there is nothing more pleasing to the eye than to see a
large, beautiful fern, with its long, wavy green fronds, 6 to 12
inches wide, and from 4 to 8 feet long, growing in your own gar-
den as freely as they grow in canyons and among the wild timbers
in the woods. Our stock of Woodwardia Ferns this year is the
finest we have ever had. Strong-rooted plants at 25c and 50c.
We call your attention to the low prices quoted in this cattdog.
Wo sell direct from nursery and seed farm to the home grower.
It pays to buy from us.
BOSTON FERN
“Nephrolepsis Bostoniensis” — One of the finest and best Ferns
for growing in pots, vases and baskets. It grows strongly, and
will thrive and improve under ordinary house care. The fronds
droop and arch gracefully over the edge of a pot or basket, and,
as it is a very rapid grower, it is not long before they reach the
floor from an ordinary parlor table.
Compare our prices with any others, and it will not take you
long to realize that we sell at one-half of what others charge.
Choice plants: From 2-inch pots, 15c each, postpaid; from 4-inch pots,
25c each; from 6-inch pots, 50c each.
JAPANESE FERN BALL
These unique and handsome ornaments are made in Japan from
a special variety of mountain Fern growing in that country. They
require no potting or soil, and if kept warm and moist will soon
be covered with a thick growth of lovely emerald green fronds.
Choice plants 75c each.
Woodwardia Fern
Whitmanii Fern
FIVE-FINGERED FERN
A Well-Known and Very Charming Fern
Choice plants: From 2-inch pots, 15c each, postpaid; from 4-inch
pots, 25c each; frmn 6-inch pots, 75c each.
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII "
“Emerald Feather Fern” — A most desirable new species; es-
pecially useful to grow as a plant for decorative purposes, or for
planting in suspended baskets. The feathery sprays are frequently
four feet long, and of a rich shade of green. Choice plants: From
2-inch pots, 15c each postpaid; from 4-inch pots, 2Sc each; from
6-inch pots, 75c each.
WHITMANII
The new “Ostrich Plume” Fern — This is the most beautiful of
the Ostrich Plume Ferns. The graceful, feathery fronds grow in the
most luxuriant manner — the pinnae subdividing, making miniature
fronds, which are superimposed on the main fronds, and look as if
two and even three were condensed into one. Choice plants from
2-inch pots, 15c each, postpaid; from 4-inch pots, 25c each; from
6-inch pats, 75c each.
GRAND SWORD FERN
“Nephrolepsis Exaltata” — This handsome Fern produces long
and extremely graceful, narrow fronds, and is well adapted for
house culture. It is wonderfully healthy and grows thriftily without
petting or nursing, and is largely used in partly shaded places in
the garden and rockeries. Choice plants from 2-inch pots, ISc each,
postpaid; from 4-inch pots, 2Sc each; from 6-inch pots, 50c each.
FERNS FOR FERN DISHES
Assorted Varieties. We have many beautiful varieties that we
grow especially for this purpose, ready all the year round, in small
pots. These can be planted in fern dishes at any time. We will
send you a beautiful assortment that will be very effective. Indi-
vidual plants can be transplanted into larger pots, and will make
beautiful house plants.
Price 15c each, postpaid; $1.25 per dozen, postptud. By express,
10c each, $1.00 per dozen.
WE ARE FERN SPECIALISTS
We offer only the most valuable, easily grown, and most popu-
lar varieties of Ferns — those that we have found to possess the
most all round merit after careful tests in our fern -growing de-
partment.
Ferns ready for delivery the year round. Purchaser to pay
transportation unless otherwise noted.
Ferns for Fern Dishes
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SAN JOSE, CALIF.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
—
Glorious Gladiolus
The Gladiolus should be found in every garden, large and
small. It is easy of culture, makes the grandest of beds, and
when cut for bouquets and decorations it lasts for a week without
losing its beauty. The varieties we offer comprise Gladiolii of the
most beautiful colorings from the most gorgeous and dazzling ef
brilliant variegations to the softest and most delicate of hues and
shadings. Plant the bulbs from January to June. By successive
plantings every two or three weeks you can have them in flower
from Tulv until the frosts.
AMERICA — The most beautiful and the most useful
Gladiolus yet introduced. The color is a dainty
soft lavender pink, tips of petals being lighter,
same as seen in the most exquisite Cattleya Or-
chids. Selected bulbs 10c each, 4 for 25c; 50c
dozen, postpeud.
MRS. FRANCIS KING — Giant flowering. Another va-
riety grown extensively by florists and nursery-
men— color, flamingo-pink, blazed with red and
most effective in daylight and under artificial light.
It is ideal for table, store or parlor decorations.
Selected bulbs 10c each, 4 for 25c; 50c dozen, postpaid.
ROCHESTER WHITE— A pure white Gladiolus, in
reality white all over clear to the throat, in fact
the anthers and pollen are white. Selected bulbs
25c each, $2.50 per dozen, postpaid.
GLADIOLUS IN LIGHT COLORS— Strong blooming
bulbs Sc each, 50c per dozen, $3.00 per 100, postpaid.
GLADIOLUS IN A RAINBOW MIXTURE— White,
pink, light red and all the other soft, pretty col-
ors. The grandest collection ever offered at a
nominal price. Sc each, SOc per dozen, $3.00 per 100;
postpaid.
STRIPED AND VARIEGATED GLADIOLUS— Strong
blooming bulbs 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
GIANT FLOWERING WHITE GLADIOLUS— Strong
blooming bulbs 20c each, $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.
HALLEY — A large elegant flower of salmon-pink
tinged rose; the lower petals have a cream blotch
with a stripe of bright red through the center.
Selected bulbs 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO.’S SPECIAL MIXTURE— All
colors. Bulbs medium size. Guaranteed to
bloom. 12 for 25c, $1.50 per 100, postpaid.
NIAGARA — Immense flowers, often inches across,
color soft primrose-yellow, slightly tinged rose-
pink in throat, penciled with carmine on two lower
petals. Selected bulbs 10c each, $1.00 per dozen,
postpaid.
PANAMA — A grand new seedling of America, which
it resembles but is of deeper pink, flowers very
large and spikes long. Selected bulbs 10c each,
$1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
PINK GLADIOLUS— All the different shades. Strong
blooming bulbs 5c each, 50c per dozen, $3.00 per 100,
postpaid.
PINK PERFECTION — A giorious new foreign variety
that has received awards of merit both in Eng-
land and Holland. Flowers of an immense size
on a tall, straight well-filled spike; color lovely
rose-pink. Selected bulbs 25c each, $2.50 per dozen,
postpaid.
BULBS FOR SPRING ^ AND SUMMER PLANTING
AGAPANTHUS UMBELLEATAS— For centerpieces for the lawn
the Agapanthus cannot be excelled. In a season it grows
feet high and carries from 100 to 150 spikes of sky-blue Fuchsia-
like flowers. The foliage is somewhat like Amaryllis; it never
dies and is in bloom nearly all the year round. 35c each, post-
paid, $2.50 per dozen.
Agapanthus Alba — Same as above, only pure white flowers. 3Sc
each, postpaid; $2.50 per dozen. Plant from October to April.
AMARYLLIS—
—Belladonna Major — A summer blooming variety of extreme beauty.
The spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet high, each carrying from 6
to 12 beautiful silvery-pink sweet-scented lilies. Should be
planted early. Mammoth bulbs 35c each, postpaid; $2.50 per
dozen. Small bulbs 20c each, postpaid; $1.00 per dozen.
— Belladonna Minor — An autumn or late blooming variety. Very
beautiful. Comes in bloom when all other varieties of Amaryllis
and summer blooming flowers have ceased to bloom. The
spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet high, each carrying from 6 to 10
flowers of sweet-scented lilies. The tip of each flower is a dark
shell pink. The throat is a very delicate silver pink. Mam-
moth bulbs 35c each, postpaid; $2.50 per dozen. Plant Amaryllis
from September to March.
— Johnsonii or Bermuda Spice Lily — A grand variety, producing ex-
tra large wine-red flowers with a white stripe running down
each petal. Mammoth bulbs 60c each, postpaid; $5.00 per dozen.
Plant from February to April.
CYCLAMEN — The Cyclamen is noted for its richly colored, fragrant
flowers and beautifully variegated foliage. Selected bulbs 20c
each, 12 for $2.00, postpaid.
DOUBLE TUBEROSES — We all love its massive spikes — its thick,
waxen blooms of a rich, creamy whiteness — and its deep, delicious
fragrance. For open ground culture, plant about the middle of
May. Give them rich soil, in full sun and keep free from
weeds, and they will bloom finely. Selected bulbs 50c per dozen,
100 for $2.50 postpaid. Plant from January to July.
BLEEDING HEART — The beautiful lyre flower — one of the most or-
namental of spring flowering plants, with elegant green foliage
and long, drooping racemes of heart-shaped flowers. Perfectly
hardy. They only require to be planted where they are to re-
main. If potted in November, left outside till they have formed
many roots, then brought into a gentle heat, they may be
had in flower in February or March. Plant from November to
April. Roots, 35c each, 12 for $3.50, postpaid.
CYPERUS PAPYRUS-^This is the true Egyptian Paper Plant.
From the snow-white pith of its triangular stalks the first pa-
per was made. They are 5 to 8 feet high, and support at the
top a tuft of long, thread-like leaves, which give the plant a
graceful and striking appearance. It grows finely in shallow
water with rich soil, and makes a splendid companion for flow-
ering aquatics. It will flourish and make a fine clump in the
garden with no more water than Gannas require to make
them do well. Small roots 50c each, postpaid. Large roots
75c and $1.50 each, by express.
MONTBRETIA— An old time favorite. A summer flowering bulb,
bearing bright colored flowers on long, graceful spikes; foliage
IS long and graceful, and resembles that of the Gladiolus.
Valuable for cutting and makes a beautiful display in a clump
on the lawn or for borders. Large bulbs 12 for 20c, 100 for $1.00,
postpaid.
CINNAMON VINE — A very pretty vine to train around the win-
dow or on a trellis. In mid-summer the plant is covered with
brilliant glossy foliage and an abundance of fragrant flowers.
Plant from January to June. Large roots 10c each, 12 for $1.01,
postpaid.
CALADIUM — The Caladium is a magnificent ornamental foliage
plant for the lawn and garden. Its apron-like leaves are fre-
quently 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. 25c each, 12 for $2.25, post-
paiid. Plant from January to June.
GERMAN IRIS — The true “Fleur -de-Lis,” the national flower of
France. They are perfectly hardy, thrive anywhere, grow and
bloom luxuriantly, particularly if plentifully supplied with wa-
ter or if planted in moist situations, as on banks of ponds, etc.
Plants well established produce from 50 to 100 spikes of bloom,
deliciously fragrant and fine for cutting. In beauty the flowers
rival the finest orchids, colors ranging through richest yellows,
intense purples, delicate blues, soft mauves, beautiful claret
reds, white, primrose and bronzes of every imaginable shade.
Assorted colors only 10c each; $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. Plant
from January to March.
ROYAL PURPLE — A ravishing beauty. Large roots 15c each, 12
for 75c; 100 for $5.00, postpaid.
PURE WHITE — A very tall, pure white, large flag. Large roots,
15c each, 12 for 75c; 100 for $5.00, postpaid.
JAPANESE IRIS — Perfectly hardy. Wonderfully beautiful. Attrac-
tively colored. The newer varieties of this King of Iris, intro-
duced from Japan, are marvels of beauty and stateliness. Many
of the varieties rival the orchid in point of beauty and fantas-
tic shapes. They commence blooming in June and continue t©
bloom for 5 or 6 weeks. Many of the flowers measure from
10 to 12 inches in diameter. Assorted colors 25c each, 12 for $2.50,
postpaid. Plant from January to March.
CHOICEST CALLA LILIES—
— ^True Yellow Calla — This rare and beautiful novelty is entirely dis-
tinct and unlike all other forms of Yellow Callas. It has the
same habit of growth as the white variety. Price 35c each, post-
paid.
— Spotted Leaf Cedia — An exceedingly pretty and curious plant; pure
white, dark-throated flowers. Rich green leaves, spotted all
over with white. Grows and blooms freely either in the house
or garden. ' Large bulbs 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
— White Calla, or Lily of the Nile — White flowers, pure as drifted
snow. Large bulbs 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid.
Plant Calla Lily from August to March.
SPIREA JAPONICA — A garden gem. Its foliage and flowers ooni-
bine to make it one of the finest gems for winter and spring
decorations in the house or conservatory. Selected roots with
plenty of white flowering spikes 25c each, 12 for $2.50 postpaid.
Pink flowering, 50c each, 12 for $5.00, postpaid.
MADEIRA VINE — The old favorite Climbing Mignonette, produees
thick, glossy leaves and long hanging stems of feathery white
flowers, which are strongly and delightfully perfumed. Plant
from January to June. Roots 5c each, 12 for 25c, postpaid.
PAEONIES make a gorgeous display when planted in beds on the
lawn or planted singly along a walk or herbaeceous border.
The roots should be placed so that the crown is covered with
two inches of soil. Choice double-flowering varieties pure white,
crimson and rose pink, 3Sc each, postpaid, 12 for $2.50. Plant
from October to June.
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I8S5
CHAS. C. NAVIyBT CO.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
DECORATIVE HEDGE AND FLOWERING SHRUBS
Hedge of California Privet 2-3 ft. $5.00 per 100; 3-5 ft. $7.00 per 100
Packed and Delivered Free to
Freight or Express Office — Pur-
chaser to pay transportation
—No premium on these plants.
Abutilon or Flowering Maple —
Strong plants 25c each. Large
plants 75c each.
Box Tree— Common Dwarf — 4 to
6 inches — 10 for 60c; 100 for
$5.00.
Broom (Spanish Flowering) — 3
to 4 feet — 35c each.
California Privet — The most
popular hedge plant. Never
troubled by insects, 2-3 ft. 75c
for 10, $5.00 for 100; 3-5 ft. 10
plants for $1.00, 100 for $7.00.
Camellia — All colors — 50c, $1.00
and up.
Corchorus Japonica — A grace-
ful, slender shrub — 2Sc each.
Cypress (Monterey) — in flats —
8 to 12 inches — 10 for 50c, 100
for $2.50, 18 to 24 inches — 10
for $1.00, 100 for $5.00.
Daphne — A low-growing shrub.
Fragrant white or pink flow-
ers. $1.50 each.
Deutzia Crenata — White flow-
ers, tinged with pink. Small
plants 35c each. Large plants
75c.
Deutzia Lemoinei — New early
variety. White flowers.
Small plants 35c each. Large
plants 75c.
Flowering Almond — 2 to 3 feet —
75c each.
Flowering Crabapple — 2 to 3
feet— 75c each.
Flowering Peach — 2 to 3 feet — 75c each.
Flowering Pomegranate — 3 to 4 feet — 50c
each.
Crape Myrtle — Pink flowers — 3 to 4 feet— 75c
each.
Lemon Verbena — Small plants 15c each.
Lemon Verbena — 3 to 4 feet — 50c each.
Laurustinus — A popular shrub White flow-
ers. Small plants 15c each — $1.25 per dozen.
Large plants 25c each — $2.50 per dozen.
Lilac — Common purple or white, 3 to 4 feet,
50c each. Grafted varieties, $1.25 each.
Loquat — This tree produces a very delicious
fruit, which ripens in early summer. It
comes in clusters and is yellow in color.
It is also valuable as an ornamental tree,
the leaves are large, crumpled, an olive-
green in color. Strong plants 2 feet, 75c
j each; 3 feet $1.50 each.
Mock Orange — A small shrub. Golden yellow
' foliage — white flowers, 35c each.
; Pittosporum — Strong plants, 25c each. Large
plants, 75c each.
Rose — Ragged Robin, 2 to 3 inches. 20 for
$2.00.
Snowball — A well-known shrub. Immense,
ball-shaped white flowers. Each — accord-
ing to size — 50c, 75c and $1.00.
Spirea — or Bridal Wreath — Small plants 15c.
Large plants 25c.
Veronica Andersonii Variegata — One of the
best evergreen flowering shrubs. Flowers
violet blue, leaves glossy green margined
silvery white. Plants from 4-inch pots 25c
each. Large field-grown plants 50c to 75c
each.
Veronica Imperialis — One of the best of the
species. Has large dense spikes of ama-
ranth-red or crimson-purple flowers.
Leaves glossy green. Pleints 4-inch pots —
25c each. Large field-grown plants 50c to
75c each.
Weigelia — Free flowering shrub. 25c each —
I $2.50 per dozen.
SHADE TREES
SELECTED ORNAMENTAL AND
Packed and Delivered to Freight or Express Office Without Extra Charge. These Trees are Ready for Immediate Delivery — Purchaser
to Pay Transportation. State Whether You Want Delivery by Freight or Express. NO PREMIUM ON TREES.
Each Per 10
Acacaia, Melanoxylon (Blackwood) 3 to 5 feet $ ,50 $4.50
Acacia, Melanoxylon (Blackwood) 6 to 7 feet 1.00 8.50
Acacia, Mollissima, Yellow Flowers, Feathery Foliage, 3 to
5 feet 50 4.50
Acacia, Mollissima, Yellow Flowers, Feathery B'oliage, 6
to 7 feet 1.00 8.50
Acacia, Retinoides, Florabunda, heavy bloomer, 3 to 5 ft 50 4.50
Acacia, Retinoides, Florabunda, heavy bloomer, 6 to 7 ft 1.00 8.50
Ash — American, 6 to 8 feet 60 5.00
Ash — European, 6 to 2 feet 75 6.00
Birch — European White, 6 to 8 feet 1.25 10.00
Catalpa — Bungei, 4 to 6 feet 60 5.00
Catalpa — Speciosa, 4 to 6 feet 60 5.00
Elm — American White, 6 to 8 feet 60 5.00
Elm — Cork-barked, 6 to 8 feet 75 6.00
Elm — English or French, 6 to 8 feet 60 5.00
Eucalyptus (Blue Gum)— 5 to 18 inches 50
4 to 6 feet 50 4.00
100 for $2.50—1,000 for $20.00
Eucalyptus (Red Gum) 8 to 18 inches .50
100 for $2.50—1,000 for $20.00
4 to 6 feet 50 4.00
Horse Chestnut — White Flowering, 2 to 3 feet 50 3.50
Laburnum — Scotch, 6 to 8 feet 75 6.00
Each Per 10
Linden — American, 4 to 5 feet $ .60 $5.00
Linden — European, 4 to 5 feet 60 5.00
Locust — Common or Black, 6 to 8 feet 60 5.00
Locust — Decaisneana, 5 to 6 feet 75 7.00
Maiden Hair Tree — 2 to 3 feet 75 6.00
Maple — Ash-leaved Box Elder, 8 to 10 feet 75 6.00
Maple — English Cork-barked, 4 to 5 50 4.00
Maple — Norway, 5 to 7 feet 60 5.00
Pepper Tree — Small Plants, 6 to 18 inches 20 1.50
Pepper Tree — 2 to 3 feet 40 $3.00
Pepper Tree — 4 to 6 feet 60 5.00
Persimmon — American, 5 to 6 feet 50 4.00
Persimmon — Italian, 5 to 6 feet 60 5.00
Poplar — Carolina, 6 to 8 feet 60 5.00
Poplar — Lombardy, 6 to 8 feet 60 5.00
Sycamore — European, 6 to 8 feet 85 7.00
Texas Umbrella — 5 to 8 ft. Each 50c to $1.00; per 10 4.00 to 6.00
Thorn — English Hawthorne, 3 to 4 feet 35 2.50
Thorn — Double Pink, Double Red and Double White,
5 to 6 feet 5.00
Tulip Trees — 3 to 4 feet 50 4.50
Walnut — American Black, 2 to 3 feet 50 4.00
Walnut — California Black, 6 to 8 feet 45 4.00
SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREE SEEDS
Carefully Selected Varieties That We
Acacia — A small, handsome flowering Tree
Highly recommended for street planting.
Per ounce 60c — pound $6.00.
Cedifornia Fan — The well-known Palm Tree.
Very hardy. Per ounce 10c — per pound
$1.00.
California Privet — One of the most rapid
growing and satisfactory hedge plants in
existence. Per ounce 10c — pound $1.00.
Date Prdm— Lives to a great age and yields
the date fruit of commerce. Per ounce
10c — pound $1.00.
E. Edulis — A rapid-growing Palm, with
bright green fan-shaped leaves. Hardy.
Per 10 seeds 15c — 100 seeds $1.00.
Eucalyptus (Red Gum) — Highly esteemed.
Per ounce 60c — pound $5.00.
Know Will Grow and Give Satisfaction All 10c
Eucalyptus — (Blue Gum) — Well known. Very
useful. Imported seed 50c per ounce —
$6.00 per pound. California-saved seed 50c
per ounce — $5.00 per pound.
Manzanita — An attractive low-growing Tree
or Shrub. Produces white blossoms and
beautiful berries. Per packet 25c.
Monterey Cypress — Useful for hedges and
wind brakes. Height 50 feet. Per ounce
10c — pound $1.00.
Monterey Pine — A rapid grower. Succeeds
in any kind of soil. Height 100 feet.
Per ounce 25c — pound $2.50.
Phoenix Canariensis — A very elegant and
hardy variety of Date Palm. Per 10
seeds 10c — 100 seeds 50c.
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Per Packet Unless Otherwise Stated.
Madrone — A hardwood native of California.
Per packet 25c.
Pepper — A handsome shade Tree, with feath-
ery foliage and scarlet berries. Height 50
feet. Per ounce 10c — pound $1.00.
Sequoia Gigantea— “California Big Tree” The
biggest of all Trees and the longest lived.
Per ounce 75c — pound $7.50.
Sequoia Sempervirens — “California Redwood.
Wood light and brittle, but very durable.
Ornamental for lawns and parks. Height
200 feet. Per ounce 50c — pound $5.00.
Washington Robusta — A robust Fan Palm.
Per ounce 25c — pound $2.50.
Wild Cherry — A native of California. Re-
sembles holly, and makes a beautiful
hedge. Per ounce 2Sc — pound $2.50.
ESTABLISHED
SAN JOSB, CALIF.
WHEEL PLOW AND CULTIVATOR
The m.'in feature of this tool is its ex-
tra high wheel — 24 inches. Anyone
wanting a low-priced tool to begin
with, will find that you can do
about all of your garden work
except sowing the seed. Strong
plow.
NO. 19C
PRICE $7.50
LIGHTNING INSECT SPRAYER
Adapted for all kinds of spraying purposes and is
used largely by gardeners and florists, as well as for
spraying disinfectants of every description. The air
chamber is 18 inches in length and VA inches in dia-
meter. Price 65c. Specisd price by the dozen.
DELIVERED 75 CENTS
WOODEN LABELS
For pots, trees
and
gardens.
Hundred M
3A in...
....15c
$1.00
4 in
....20c
1.50
5 in
....25c
2.00
6 in
....30c
2.25
8A in...
....60c
5.00
lOA in..
8.00
1254 in..
. ..$1J5
10.00
TREE LABELS
With copper wire,
35c per 100 — $3.00 per
1,000, postpaid.
DELIVERED FREE
RAFFIA
For weaving baskets, jewel boxes, shopping
bags, mats, cushions, slippers, hats, etc.
Natural straw color, pound $1.10, pound
$4.00, postpaid. Red, brown, green, pkg. 25c, Vt
pound 60c, pound $5.00, postpaid.
GARDEN TROWELS
5-inch steel blade, plain han-
dle. Price 10c.
DELIVERED 15c.
TRANSPLANTING TROWEL
Cold rolled bright steel. Pol-
ished handle. Price 20c.
DELIVERED 25c.
FLORISTS’ TROWEL
Extra heavy, solid steel, 6-
in. blade. Price 25c.
DELIVERED 30c
SPADING FORK
VA in. prongs. Cast steel.
No finer spading fork made.
Price 20c. Delivered 25c.
ARSENATE OF LEAD — The most effective of all in-
secticides for spraying purposes. Especially adapted
for use on tender plants and foliage. This can be
successfully used to suppress leaf -eating insects.
Use in proportion of 2 to 3 pounds Arsenate of Lead
to SO gallons of water, or 2 to 4 pounds of Lead to
100 gallons of water if a weaker solution is desired.
You can judge best of the strength to be used by
your local conditions and uses. Price, 1 pound 60c,
5 pounds $2.50.
HERBICIDE — Destroys all weeds. Used in cemeteries,
parks, and gardens everywhere. Gallon makes
lorty with water. Quart $1.00, gallon $3.00, S.-goJlon
can $15.00, not prepaid.
TOBACCO STEMS— The most economical way of us-
ing tobacco as an insecticide, sure death to green
and black fly and similar garden pests. Dilute with
medium warm water and spray the plants thorough-
ly. 10c per pound; if wanted by mail add 6c per
pound postage. Write for prices in larger quantities.
HELLEBORE — For killing caterpillars and other pests
of this nature. Is a poison and very deadly to in-
sects. but not to people. 25c per pkg.
VAPORITE — Vaporite is for soil applications, not for
leaves of the plant. It should be distributed and
not put in masses on the roots. When it is mixed
with the moist soil it gives off a vapor. This vapor
kills all such underground insects as wireworms,
ants, thrips, borers, slugs and root aphis. 25c per
pound can. If wanted by mail add 6c postage.
Write for prices in larger quantities.
WHALE OIL SOAP — Dissolved with water
FLORAL SET
(As illustrated above)
RAKE — 5-tooth tinned.
HOE — Tinned blade.
TROWEL^5-in. tinned blade
WEEDER — 5-prong.
All have varnished handles
Per Set 45c
DELIVERED 55c
WARD’S GOPHER TRAP
Without doubt the best style of trap
made. Brass jaws. Never fails to catch
the rodents. If you want a trap that does
the business — order this.
Priced at 25c.
DELIVERED 35c.
PRUNING SHEARS
Steel blades, careful-
ly ground and sharp-
ened Length — 8 in.
Price $1.00.
DELIVERED $1.10.
WEEDING HOOK
Of best malleable
iron, tinned, enameled
handle, each 15c.
DELIVERED 20c
makes a plant spray that cannot be beat.
House plants and palms should be sprayed
or sponged at least once a month to as-
sure health and precaution against scale.
Impound can 30c — If wanted by mail add
6c per pound postage. Write for prices in
larger quantities.
NITRATE OF SODA — Valuable solely for the
nitrogen it contains. It is chiefly a stim-
ulant, used in addition to other fertilizers.
It is quick in action and hastens crops to
maturity, being extremely soluable it is
easily applied after the plants are above
ground at the rate of 100 to 500 pounds
per acre. 100 pounds $7.00.
NICq-FUME LIQUID— For spraying soft
bodied insects, aphis, thrips, etc., one to
two teaspoonfuls of the liquid to each gal-
lon of water. For more stubborn plant lice
on hardy plants, three or four teaspoonfuls
to each gallon of water. 54 lb. cans 75c;
1 Ib. cans $2.00.
GOPHERGO — Sure death to Gophers, Squir-
rels, Rats and Mice. Full directions on
each can. pound can 35c, 1 pound can
65c. Write for prices on larger quantities.
BORDEAUX MIXTURE— The most popular
fungicide on the market, curing and pre-
venting blight, black rot, rust, scab, and
all diseases of vegetables and fruit. One
gallon diluted with 49 parts water makes
a most effective spray. One pound 50c,
10 pounds $2.50.
VEGETABLE GARDEN PESTS— THE CAUSE AND CURE
PLANTS
Asparagus
Asparagus
Bean
Bean
Beet
Cabbage. . .
Celery
Cucumber.
Cucumber.
Cucumber.
Potato
Potato
Squash. . . .
Squash
Tomato...
INJURY
Shoots eaten
Shoots rusted
Leaves eaten....
Leaves and pods
spotted
Leaves spotted..
Leaves lousy
Yellowish spot-
ted leaves
Gnawed leaves.
Lousy tips
Mildewed leaves.
Black leaves
Scabby potatoes
Mildew leaves..
Lousy tops
Black leaves
CAUSE
Beetle and grub..
Rust
Grub
Plant disease
Plant disease
Plant lice
Fungus
Black and Yellow
beetle
Aphis
Fungus
Plant disease
Plant disease
Fungus
Plant lice
Plant disease
NAME
Asparagus beetle..
Asparagus rust
Bean beetle
Anthranose
Leaf spot
Cabbage aphis
Celery blight
Striped cucumber
beetle
Aphis
Downy mildew
Potato blight
Potato scab
Tomato blight
Mildew
Aphis
REMEDY
PREVENTIVE
Poison ^rubs
(Use pans green)
Bordeaux
Poison or Kero-
sene emulsion
Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Kerosene emul-
sion or Whale-
oil Soap
Bordeaux
Poisoned Borde’x
Tobacco solution
Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Tobacco solution
Bordeaux
Corrosive subli-
mate solution
FLOWER POTS
Dozen
2 inch, 4 for 10c $ .25
3 inch, 3 for 10c .30
4 inch, 5c each 40
5 inch, 5c each 55
6 inch, 10c each 95
7 inch, 2 for 35c 1.50
8 inch, 25c each 2.15
9 inch, 30c each 2.90
10 inch, 55c each 5.50
12 inch, $1.00 each 10.00
14 inch, $2.25 each 20.00
POT SAUCERS Dozen
3 for 10c $ .30
3 inch,
4 inch,
5 inch,
6 inch.
7 inch,
8 inch,
9 inch,
10 inch.
5c each 45
2 for 15c 60
10c each JO
2 for 25c 1.10
2 for 3Sc 1.50
20c each 2.00
25c each 2.50
12 inch, 45c each 3.00
14 inch, 1.00 each 7.00
(63)
"OIAS. C Cp. INC.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
“S” FOR SEEDS; “P” FOR PLANTS;
Abronia S 25
Abutilon S 25, P 62
Acacia S 62, T 62
Achyranthus P 59
Acroclinium S 25
Agapanthus B 6L
Ageratum S 25 P 47
Air Plant, Japanese.. P 3
Alfalfa S 24
Almond, Flowering 62
Almond Trees 10
Alternanthera P 59
Alyssum S 25
Amaranthus S 25
Amaryllis B 61
Ampelopsis Veitchii. . P 57
Anagalis S 25
Anemone Japonica P 47
Anise S 24
Antirrhinum S 40, P 59
Apple Trees 9
Apricot Trees 9
Argemone S 31
Ash T62
Aromatic and Medi-
cinal Herb Seeds.. 24
Aromatic Lantana S 28
Artichoke S 11, P 23
Arsenate of Lead 63
Asparagus S 11, P 23
Asparagus S 25
Asparagus Elegans...P 3
Asters S 26, P 40
Australian Blue Bell
Back Cover
Australian Pea Vine
; S25, P 57
Australian Rye Grass S 24
Australian Salt Bush S 24
Azalea Back Cover
llaby’s Breatn S 25
Baby Rose 3
Bachelor’s Button S 25
Balloon Vine S 25
Balsam S 25
Bargain Offers 4-5
Bartonia Aurea S 25
Basil S 24
Baskets, Hanging 63
Beans S 12
Beet S 11
Begonias S 25
Begonia Vernon P 47
Berberis Back Cover
Bermuda Grass S 24
Berries 6-7-8
Berry Bargain P 5
Birch ...._ T 62
Blackberries P 6
Blanket Flower S 28
Bleeding Heart B 61
Blue Grass. Kentucky
Inside Back Cover
Borage S 24
Bordeaux Mixture .... 63
Borecole or Kale S 11
Boston Ivv S 25 P 57
Bougainvillea P ,57
Box Tree P 62
Brachvcorne S 33
Breath of Heaven
Back Ciaver
Bridal Veil P 3
Broccoli S 11
Broom P 6?
Browallia S 25
Brusaelc .‘^nrouts S 11
Bulbs. Soring and
Summer Flowering 6’
BurbanV Cherry Trees o
Burr Cimmr S 24
Buttertiv Bush B 3
Byronopsis .S 25
C'aBTiage S 13, B 73
e Cactus S 25
Caladium B 61
C alceolaria S 75
Calendula S 75
California Ban S 67
Galifornia Bonnv S 31
Galifornia Brii-et P 6^
Galifornia Privet S 6a
Calla Lilies B 61
Callionsis S 27, P 57
Camellia P 62
Canary Bird Vine S 27
Candytuft S 27
Gannas S 27, P 40
Ganterburv Bells P 42, S 27
Canterbury Bells
(Dwarf) P 59
Cjiraway S 24
Carnation S 27, P 41-42
Carnation Bargain ...P 4
('arrots S 13
Castor Bean S 27
Catalpa T 62
Catchfly S 27
Catmint S 24
D
Catnip S 24
Cauliflower S 13, P 23
Celery S 14, P 23
Celosia S 27
Centaurea S 27, P 42
Centaurea Candidis-
sima P 47
Cherry Trees 9
Chervil S 24
Chestnut Trees 10
Chicory S 14
Chinese Cabbage S 13
Choisya Back Cover
Chives S 32, P 23
Christmas Berry
Back Cover
Chrysanthemums P 43-44
Chrysanthemum Bar-
gain P 5
Chrysanthemum Mar-
guerite P 59
Cigar Plants P 59
Cineraria S 27, P 42
Cinnamon Vine P 57, B 61
Clematis S 27, P 57
Climbing Plants and
Vines 57-58
Cobea Scandens S 27
Cockscomb S 27
Coleus S 27
Collards S 13
Corchorus Japonica. .. P 62
Coreopsis - S 27
Coriander S 24
Corn Salad S 14
Coral Honeysuckle P 3
Cosmos S 27, P 42
Cotoneasters. . .Back Page
Coprosma Back Page
Cow Peas S 24
Crabapple Trees 9
Crabapple, Flowering P 62
(irape Myrtle P 62
Cress S 14
Cucumbers S 15
Currants P 7
Cut Flowers 1
Cyclamen B 61
Cyperus Papyrus ....B 61
Cypress, Monterey ... P 62
Cypress Vine S 27
ahlia S 27, P 45-46
Dahlia Bargain B 4
Daisy S 28, P 47
Daisy, Alaska S 33, P 56
Daisy, Transvaal P 3
Dandelion S 14
Daphne P 62
Date Palm S 62
Datura S 28
Delphinium .. ,.S28, P 47
Deutzia Crenata P 62
Deutzia Lemoinei P 62
Dewberry P 6
Digitalis S 28, P 47
Dill P23, S 24
Diosma Back Cover
Dusty Miller P 47
Echeverla P 59
E. Edulis S 62
Egg Plant S 14, P 23
Egyptian Wheat S 24
Elm T 62
Endive S 14
English Holly Back Cover
English Myrtle
Back Cover
Eschscholtzia S 31
Eucalyptus S 62, T 62
Eucalyptus Ficifolia. ,P 63
Eupatorium P 59
Exorchorda ,..Back Cover
Farm Seeds S 24
Fennell S 24
Ferns 60
Fern Balls, Japanese., 60
Fertilizers 6.3
Feverfew S 28
Ficus Repens P 57
Field Corn S 14
Field Peas S 24
Fig Trees 9
Floral Designs
...Inside Front Cover-1
Floral Set 63
Flower Pots and
Saucers 63
Flower Seeds 25-33
Flowering Almond P 62
Flowering Crabapple P 62
Flowering Maple P 62
Flowering Peach P 62
Flowering Pomegran-
ate P 62
Forget-Me-Not S 28
Four O’clock S 28
Foxglove S 28, P 47
Fringed Chinese
Primrose S 31
Fruit Trees 9
Fungicides 63
Fuchsias P 47
INDEX
Gaillardia S 28, P 47
Garden Pink S 28
Garden Primrose S 31, P 50
Garden Tools 63
Garlic S 17
Gazania Splendens P 47
Geraniums P 48
Gilliflower S 33, P 59
Gladiolus B 61
Godetia S 28
Golden Feather P 59
Golden Glow P 47
Golden Rod S 28, P 47
Gooseberry P 6
Gopher Trap 63
Gophergo 63
Gourds, Ornamental S 28
Grape Vines 10
Gypsophila P 59
Hanging Baskets 35
Hardy Josmine. . . .P 58
Heliotrope S 28, P 59
Helichrysum S 28
Hellebore 63
Herbicide 63
Hibiscus Peachblow..P 50
Hollyhocks S 28, P 50
Honeysuckle S 28, P 58
Hop Vine S 28, P 58
Horehound S 24
Horn of Plenty S 28
Horse Chestnut T 62
Horse Radish P 23
Hyacinth Bean S 28
Hydrangea P 59
Insecticides 63
Instructions for or-
dering 2
Italian Rye Grass S 24
Iris, German B 61
Iris, Japanese B 61
Ivy P 58
Japanese Air Plant.. 3
Japanese Fern Balls 60
Japanese Lotus P 59
Jasmine, Hardy P 58
Kaffir Corn S 24
Kale, Tall Jersey. .S 24
Kohl-Rabi S 14
Kudzu Vine S 28. P 58
Laburnum ...T62
Ladies’ Ear Drops P 47
Lady Washington
Ge nium P 48
Lantana S 28, P 59
Larkspur S 28
Larkspur, Hardy P 47
Laurustinus P 62
Lavender S 29, P 59
Lawn Dressing
Inside Back Cover
Leek S 17
Lemon Cucumber ,...S15
Lemon, Ponderosa ..P12
Lemon Trees 9
Lemon Verbena P 62
Leopard Plant P 3, 59
Lettuce S 15
Lilac P 62
Lily of the Valley B 61
Li den T 62
Linum S 31
Lippia Inside Back Cover
Lobelia S 29, P 59
Locust T 62
Loganberry P 6
Loquat P 62
Love-in-a Mist S 29
Lupin S 29
Madeira Vine B 61
Madrone S 62
Maiden Hair T 62
Mallows S 7!)
Mammoth Red Clover S 24
Mandeville Sauveolens
S 29
Manzanita S 62
Maple T 62
Marguerites S 29, P 50, 59
Marguerite Carnation
S29, P 59
Marigold S 29
Marjoram S 24
Marvel of Peru ....S28
Maurandia S 29
Melilotres Indica S 24
Mesembryanthemum P 59
Mignonette S 29
Mina Lobata S 29, P 58
Mint P 23
Mock Orange P 62
Monkey Flower S 29
Montbretia B 61
Monterey Cypress ...S62
Monterey Pine S 62
Moonflower S 29, P 58
Morning Glory S 29
Moschatus S 29
Mourning Bride S 29
Muckelbeckia Com-
plexia P 58
“B” FOR BULBS; “T” FOR TREES.
Mushroom Spawn 21
Muskmelons S 16
Musk Plant S 29
Mustard S 16
Myosotis i.S 28
Myrtus P 62
Nasturtiums S 30
Nectarine Trees 9
i Nemophilia S 29
I Nico-Fume Liquid 63
'' Nigella S 29
I Nitrate of Soda 63
Novelties and Special-
ties P 3
Nut Trees 10
Okra S 16
Onions S 17
Onion Sets 17
Orange, Otaheite P 12
Orange Trees 9
Orchard Grass S 24
Ornamental Tree
Seedlings 62
Otaheite Orange P 12
Oxalis S 29
Oyster Plant S 21
pacific Rye Grass
* Inside Back Cover
Paeonies B 61
Pampas Grass S 29
Pansies S 30, P 49
Parsley S 18, P 23
Parsnips S 18
Passiflora S 31, P 58
Passion Flower S 31
Passion Vine P 58
Peach, Flowering 62
Peach Trees 9
Pear Trees 9
Peas S 18
Pearl Bush P 62
Pelargoniums P 49
Pentstemon S 31, P 59
Peppers S 18, P 23
Pepper S 62, T 62
Pepper Grass S 13
Perennial Phlox S 31
Persimmons 9, T 62
Petunias S 31, P 50
Phenomenal Berry ...P 7
Phlox S39, P 50
Phoenix Canariensis S 62
Pittosporum P 62
Planters Guide
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Plants 40-59
Plants for the Califor-
nia Home & Garden 59
Plumbago P 58
Plum Trees 9
Poinsettia P 50
Polyanthus S 31, P 50
Pomegranate 62
Pomegranate Trees . . 9
Pomelo Trees 9
Ponderosa Lemon ...P12
Pop Corn S 14
Poplar T 62
Poppies S 31, P 50
Portulaca S 31
Potatoes S 19
Potato Onion S 17
Pot Labels 63
Primrose S 31
Primula Siensensis ..S31
Privet, California P 62
Pruning Shears 63
Prune Trees 9
Pumpkin S 21
Pyrethrum S 28
Pyranantha P 62
Quince Trees 9
Quinique Folia P 57
Radishes S 21
Raffia 63
Rape S 24
Raspberries P 7
Red Hot Poker Plant S 31
Rhubarb S 21, P 23
Rhododendrons P 62
Roses P 51-55
Rose Bargains P 4
Roses in cans 1
Rose, Ragged Robin.. P 62
Rose Stakes 63
Rosemary S 24
Rudbeckia P 47
Rue S 24
Rutabagas S 21
Sage P23, S 24, 59
Salpiglossis S 33
Salsify S 21
Santolina P 59
Salvia S 31, P 59, 56
Scabiosa S 29
Scarlet Flax S 31
Scarlet Runner Bean S 25
Sea Lavender. .. .S 33, P 56
Sea Pink P 59
Sensitive Plant S 33
Sequoia Gigantea S 62
Sequoia Sempervirens
S 62
Shade Tree Seedlings 62
Shade Tree Seeds 62
Shell Vine P 58
Shrubs P 62
Smilax S 33, P 58
Snail Vine P 58
Snapdragon S 33
Snowball P 62
Solanum P 58
Sollva P 62
Spading Fork ^
Spinach S 21
Spirea P 62
Spirea Japonica B 61
Spraver, Lightning
Insect 63
Spring Vetches S 24
Squash S 20
Statice S 33 P 56
Stevia S 33 P 59
Stocks, Ten-Weeks
S 33, P 59
Strawberries P 8
Sugar Cane S 24
Summer Savory S 24
Sunflower S 24, S 33
Surprise Plant Collec-
tion P 5
Swan River Daisy S 33
Swainsonia P 59
Swedes S 21
Sweet Corn S 14
Sweet Peas S 32
Sweet Potato P 23
Sweet Sultan S 27
Sweet William. ..S 33, P 56
Swiss Chard S 11
Sycamore .......T 62
Tares S 24
Tarrogon P 23
Tecoma Radicans ...PS8
Ten-Weeks Stocks S 33
Thorn T 62
Thyme P 23, 59
Tiger Lily i...B 61
Timothy ....S24
Tobacco ..S 21
Tobacco Stems 63
Tomatoes S 22, P 23
Toyon Berry ..P 62
Trailing Fuchsia ....P58
Transplanting Trowels 63
Transvaal Daisy P 3
Tree Labels 63
Tree Roses P 54
Tritoma Hybrida
S31, P 59
Trowels 63
Trumpet Vine S 33
Tuberoses, Double ...B61
Tulip T 62
Turnips S 21
Umbrella Plant S 33
Umbrella T 62
Waporrte 63
“ Variegated Virgin -
lad ia Creeper 57
Vegetable Garden Bar-
gain S 5
Vegetable Plants P 23
Vegetable Seeds 11-22
Velvet Flower S 33
Verbenas S 33, P 56
Veronica Andersonii
Varigata P 62
Veronica Imperialis P 62
Violets S33, P 56
Virginia Creeper S 33, P 57
Walnut Trees 10
Walnut (Orna-
mental) 62
Wallflower S 33, P 59
Wandering Jew P 59
Washington Robusta S 62
Water Cress S 14
Watermelons S 16
Wax Plant P 58
Weeding Hook 63
Weigelia P 62
Whale Oil Soap ^
Wheel Plow and Culti-
vator 63
White Clover In. Bk. Cv.
Whitlavia S 33
Wild Cherry S 62
Wind Flower P 47
Wire Vine P 58
Wistaria S 33, P 58
Wong Bok S 13
^intiia. S 33, P 5, 56
(64)
View Showing a Corner of San Jose High School Lawn Planted With Our Special San Jose High School Lawn Mixture
Chas. C. Navlet Co^s Kentucky Blue Grass
Produces a Firm, Deep, Velvety, Elastic Turf of Beautiful Emerald Green
The best for lawns and pleasure grounds. Has no tendency to stool or grow in clumps. It roots deeply and holds its beautiful
color throughout the season. The best time to set out a lawn is in the spring and fall, although it can be set out at any
time if properly cared for, is well watered and not allowed to dry out. Our Kentucky Blue (irass Seed is of the highest quality,
the finest in the world, grown in Paris, Kentucky, and imported by us from Kentucky. Is free from wee<ls. We buy direct from the
grower, and all our seed is carefully tested. If you use our Kentucky Blue Grass Seed you will get a lawn free from weeds. Re-
quires one pound for every 225 square feet. Pound, postpaid, 55c; by express, not prepaid, 50c. By express or freight, not prepaid,
100 pounds, $37.50.
CHAS. C. NAVLET CO*S SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL LAWN MIX-
TURE contains a variety of grasses which keep the lawn green all [
the year round. Strong, tough grass that will always present
a velvety appearance. We have set out the lawns of all new
schools in San Jose with this Special Lawn Grass Mixture.
Pound, postpaid, 65c; by express, not prepaid, 60c. By express or
freight, not prepaid, 100 pounds, $50.00.
AUSTRALIAN OR PERENNIAL RYE GRASS— An extremely hardy
sort, requiring less fertile soil and withstanrling more hardships.
Used extensively and becoming very popular. Pound postpaid,
30c; 10 pounds for $2.50.
PACIFIC RYE GRASS — The best grass for a straight lawn in sandy
soil. Longer lived and much finer in leaf than the hardv Aus-
tralian Rye Grass. Pound, postpaid, 30c. By express or freight,
not prepaid, 10 pounds $2.50; 100 pounds $20.00.
LIPPIA — The Drought-Resisting Lawn Plant — A new and remark-
able substitute for Lawn Grass that solves the problem of main-
taining a beautiful lawn through the Dry California summer.
Lippia is a creeping lawn plant, slightly resembling clover in
appearance. It covers the ground with a thick, smooth mat of
green. Requires little water and will even go through a summer
without anv water. It does not grow from seed, but is propa-
gated by planting little yiieces of the turf with roots and soil
adhering. Ivach box contains fifteen inches sfjuare of solid
Lippia Turf, sufficient to plant 100 scjuare feet of lawn. Per box,
75c, by express, not prepaid.
WHITE clover Of dwarf habit, with creeping stems, rooting aF
the joints, on which account it makes an excellent turf that
stands constant tramping. Sow 8 to 10 pounds to the acre.
Pound, postpaid, 90c; by express, not prepaid, 80c.
soil has been used up by con--
rass a beautiful deep <lark green.
5 pounds 35c; 25 pounds $1.25^-
Lawn Dressing-
To insure a rapid growth of grass, especially where the nourishment of the
tinnous growing on the same place, this fertilizer should be used. It keeps the g
Use 2 to 21 2 pounds of dressing to every 225 square feet of lawn. By express or freight, not prepaid,
100 pounds $5.00.
How to Set Out and Care for Lawns
Lawns can be made in California any month in the year, but if A Lawn should he fertilized after the first cutting,
made from September to May will reqtiire less care and water. jf directions are carried out, the seed will quickly pro-
Ihe ground should be well prepared. The soil shouM not b» too ^ dee velvety and elastic turf, with no tendency to
® 1 ® ‘ ^ growth is not wanted from Grass gj^iol or grow in clumps. It roots deeply and holds its beautiful
, , , , ,, , , r 1 emerald green color throughout the season. To keep this beautiful
incr ground IS thoroughly worked, roll the sod before seed- eolor, lawns should be fertilized with Lawn dressing twice a year.
louJ It /rom settling uneven. After the soil is jj gjahle manure, which is often full of wee.l seeds, is used, it
^ u, will cost more to remove the weeds than to put in a new lawn,
tne ground thoroughly with seed. After seeding cover seed lightlv ^ i i r t- i -r.i /-
with soil. Then roll again so as to press the seed in firmly. If Lawns can be made from pure Kentucky Blue Grass, or
you have no roller, use boards and tramp on them so as to pack I^^e Grass or M bite Clover, or a mixture of Blue Grass
the ground firmly. A roller is preferred. If you do not pack the White Clover. One pound of Grass Seed will seed 225 square
ground firmly the seed will grow in spots, and the mower will feet.
the Lawn on account of the soil being loose. Lawn dressing is more effective when used after sundown and
Grass Seed will germinate in from 8 to 15 days, according to immediately watered, so as to force the dressing to the roots of
^he wjeather. If a Lawn is made during the summer, after the the grass. If lawn dressing is put on during the heat of the day
seed has been rolled, the ground should be covered lightly with and not immediately watered, the Lawn will he damaged by the
straw or grass so as to retain the moisture. New Lawns should chemical which is contained in the dressing. If you follow these
not be allowed to dry out, not even for half a day. For the first directions you will have a beautiful Lawn. Use 5 pounds of Lawn
o days the Lawn should be watered twice a day if it is required. Dressing to 225 square feet.
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Hardy Flowering and Ornamental Shrubs
Selected Deciduous and Evergreen Varieties
Hardy shrubs are among the most popular and most useful of all decoratives. Planted single, in groups, or along the fence, these
shrubs with their pretty blooms, attractive foliage, and bright berries beautify the garden throughout the entire season, their finest
showing being during the spring and summer. The shrubs we send you are large, strongly rooted, healthy, vigorous plants — just the kind
you would select for yourself were you to have free access to our nursery.
Acacia Baileyana
The earliest of all Acacias to bloom. Usually in flower by New
Vear’s. Foliage has an intense silvery hue and flowers are deep
golden-yellow. Plants, 2 to 3 ft., 75c each; 12 for $6.00.
Berberis Darwini (barb^jry)
Has leaves shaped like those of the Holly, and bears an abun-
dance of yellow flowers during winter and spring. Plants — 1 to IV^
ft.— $1.M each: 12 for $7.50.
Ohoisya Ternata ( orange *^"hrub)
A fine shrub with green leaves and a profusion of white
flowers resembling orange blossoms and almost as fragrant. Plants,
I to IVi ft., $1.00 each: 12 for $7.50.
Christmas Berry (Toy on)
Our native shrub — too well known to require elaborate description.
We offer strong nursery-grown plants. Plants, 6 to 8 in., 50c each;
12 for $4.00.
English Holly
A well known plant bearing brilliant red berries. Most plants
•old are seedlings and have very little value — bur’s are grafted
stock and self-fertiie. They can be relied upon to bear berries.
Plants. W2 to 2 ft.. $1.75 each; 12 for $15.00.
Myrtus
COMMUNIS (English Myrtle) — A beautiful shrub with small glossy
aromatic foliage and white spicy-scented flowers. Plants,
to 2 ft., 75c each; 12 for $6.00.
COMMUNIS MICROPHYLLA — A smaller-leaved form of the above.
Very neat and compact. Plants, 8 to 12 in., 75c each; 12 for $6.00.
Pyracantha Angustifolia
Sometimes known as “Cotoneaster Angustifolia”. Growth is
very spreading. Leaves are narrow. The berries, borne in great-
est abundance are lemon at first, deepening later to ruddy -orange.
Plants, 1 to IV2 fL, 40c each; 12 for $3.00.
Rhododendrons
The most gorgeous of all flowering evergreen shrubs. Leathery
leave*. Bears enormous clusters of brilliantly colored flowers.
Should be planted in the shade. Plants, 6 to 8 buds, $1.50 each; 12
'or $12.5».
Berberis Thunbergi ( jAPAN™E^liRBlRRY )
An attractive small shrub of arching growth. Flowers yellow;
berries red. The foliage assumes a brilliant and beautiful coloring
in the fall. Plants, 1 to IV2 ft., 40c each; 12 for $3.00.
/-i O • ( LOOKING GLASS \
Uoprosma Baueri l plant )
So called from the intense lustre of the leaves which look as
if they had been freshly varnished. Noted for quick growth. E.x-
celleiit for dry location as dust will not stick to the foliage. Plants,
2 to 3 ft., 50c each; 12 for $4.00.
Cotoneasters
Are of the greatest value for their showy berries. Thoroughly
' fine in every way and should be in every garden.
ACUMINATE — Large variety of erect growth, bearing very large
red berries. Plants, 2 to 3 ft,, $1.25 each; 12 for $10.00.
: FRANCHETI — Decidedly arching growth. Berries are inclined to
be yellowish-red. Plants, 2 to 3 ft., $1.50 each; 12 for $12.50.
FRIGIDA — The strongest grower of them all. Bears the greatest
profusion of berries, which come in large clusters all over the
plant. Plants, 2 to 3 ft., $1.00 each; 12 for $7.50.
HORIZONTALIS — Grows almost flat on the ground. Partially de-
ciduous. Bears an enormous crop of berries, sometimes cover-
ing the entire plant. A very great favorite. Plants, 1 to V/z ft.,
$1.00 each; 12 for $7.50.
MICROPHYLLA — Similar to the above, but the leaves are smaller,
darker green, and the Microphylla is perfectly evergreen. Plants,
I 1 to 11/2 ft., $1.00 each; 12 for $7.50.
PANNOSA — Strong, but of slender and arching growth. Bears very
freelv. Berries are a beautiful vermillion-red. Plants, 1 to V/2
I ft., 75c each; 12 for $6.00.
I Diosma Ericoides (of^hIaven)
i An old garden favorite. Foliage very fine and delightfully
; scented. Flowers are pure white, small, and borne in great pro-
fusion. Plants, 1 to IV2 ft-. 50c each; 12 for $4.00.
Eucalyptus Ficifolia ( )
I Unlike all other varieties, the Ficifolia is a decided dwarf, rarely
I growing to a height of more than 12 feet. Flowers are usually
red — sometimes salmon-pink, orange-red, etc. One of the most
I beautiful tree-shrubs that can be grown in our climate. Plants,
4 to 5 ft., $1.50 each; 12 for $12.50.
Exochorda Grandiflora ( bush^ )
A rather large shrub, bearing a great quantity of pure white
, flowers in spring. Plants, 1% to 2 ft., 50c each; 12 for $4.00.
SollyaHeterophylla ’
A climber of moderate growth. Always in bloom. The bell-
shaped flowers are of a beautiful blue. No prettier climber grown.
Plants from 4-in. pots, 50c each; 12 for $4.00.
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