All America Selections of 1940 
We have grouped together on this page the 1940 All America Selections as there are many gardeners 
The awards represent the collective opinion of a large 
number of judges who make their reports from various sections throughout the country. 
interested in the winners of two years ago. 

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Petunia Glow 
1940 Silver Medal 
Awards 
3309 Petunia Glow @ 
Dwarf, compact, ball-shaped plants 
covered with bright rose-red blooms with 
lighter throat. Extremely free-flowering 
and a wonderful variety for the garden. 
Received the highest number of votes. 
Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c. 
3330 Petunia Cream Star © 
Extremely free-flowering plants covered 
with soft creamy white blooms of blunt 
star shape. A splendid bedding variety 
representing an entirely new color in 
Petunias. Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c. 
1058 Ageratum Midget Blue @ 
Only 4 inches tall but more than a foot 
in width. Covered with tiny tufts of 
charming azure blue flowers. Valuable for 
edging, the rock garden, and for pots. 
Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c; 4 oz. $1.25. 
Spring-Flowering Sweet Pea 
4207 Rose-Pink @ 
This represents an entirely new type 
blooming earlier outdoors than the 
summer-flowering kind. Of tall growth 
with fine long-stemmed blooms of an 
appealing bright rose-pink color. Pkt. 15c; 
¥.0z. 40c; oz. 75c. 


Scabiosa Heavenly Blue 

4 Add extra beauty to your garden with these new outstanding flowers 



Marigold Limelight 
Petunia Cream Star 



1940 Bronze Medal 
Awards 
Spring-Flowering Sweet Pea 
4203 Blue @ 
Another member of this new class which 
besides its value for garden planting can 
also be forced in the greenhouse. Of a 
medium marine blue color. Pkt. 15c; 
4 oz. 40c; oz. 75c. 
1is2 Antirrhinum Rosalie @ 
A rust-resistant Majus grandiflorum 
variety presenting beautiful rose-pink 
blooms with deeper center and golden 
suffusion. Vigorous and rust-resistant. 
Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c. 
Scabiosa 
3871 Heavenly Blue © 
Distinct and lovely azure-blue, very 
early-flowering, and also most profuse. 
Of dwarf growth, 18 inches tall, bearing 
high crowned, double blooms. Pkt. 20c; 
large pkt. 75c. 
2907 Marigold Limelight © 
A new color, pale primrose yellow or 
deep cream. Has attractive incurved 
Chrysanthemum-like flowers. An early 
and continuous bloomer with flowers 
measuring 14-2 inches in diameter. 
Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 50c. 


Sweet Pea Rose-Pink 
1940 Honorable Mention 


Aster Rose Marie 



Antirrhinum Rosalie 
1301 Aster Rose Marie @ 
This belongs to the wilt-resistant early 
giant class of China Asters. It is by far 
the best cutting Aster of rose-pink color 
with fluffy centers and long narrow petals 
forming flowers 3} to 4 inches in diameter. 
Of base branching habit and very showy. 
Pkt. 20c; large pkt. 75c. 
2926 Marigold Yellow Pygmy @ 
Neat compact plants of attractive ball 
shape growing 4 inches tall and therefore 
valuable for edging and for pots. The 
individual flowers measure about an inch 
in diameter and are an attractive light 
lemon yellow color. It belongs to the 
French Lilliput type and is dwarfer than 
others in that class. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 
40c; 4 oz. 65c. 
Sweet Pea 
Spring-Flowering 
4205 Lavender @ 
This is the third of the new Spring- 
Flowering Sweet Peas which extends the 
color range into the lavender section. It 
shares with the other two a strong and tall 
growth carrying the blooms on extra-long 
and wiry stems. Pkt. 15c; $ oz. 40c; 
oz. 75c. 

Marigold Yellow Pygmy 

