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DOUBLE STOCKS 
A. B. C. Special Florists’ Strains 
Stocks Are One of Our Principal 
Specialties 
^Indicates most popular colors and shades. 
IMPROVED BISMARCK STOCKS 
(Early Giant Imperial) 
An especially meritorious class. These 
stocks are giant, growing from 24 to 30 
inches tall, of branching habit, producing 
innumerable large spikes measuring 12 to 
16 in. long, coming into bloom in about 
twelve weeks after seedlings are planted. 
Rose. Fine standard color. 
Flesh. Delicate shade of pink. 
Lavender. Fine standard color. 
Chamois. Ivory, tinted old rose. Choice 
market color. 
Canary Yellow. 
Golden Ball. Clear ivory-yellow. 
White. Early clear white. 
Apple Blossom. Blush. 
Lilac. Lilac-lavender. 
Blood Red. Fiery red. 
Tr. Pkt. l/s oz. ]/4 oz. Oz. 
Separate colors 
DOUBLE 
PERPETUAL 
BRANCHING 
Giant Perfection 
*Rose. A clear even shade. 
Sapphire. Violet or dark 
lavender. 
*May Queen. Pale blue. 
Snowdrift. Fine clear white. 
Princess Alice. Early white. 
La France. Blush, nearly 
white. 
*Heatham Beauty. Rose, 
shaded terra cotta. 
* Empress Augusta Victoria. 
Silvery lilac. 
Brilliant. Blood-red. 
Separate colors- 
Tr. Pkt.25c 
Ys oz.35c 
Oz.$2.25 
Mixed, all colors— 
Tr. Pkt.25c 
!/8 oz.50c 
Oz.$2.00 
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$0.35 $0.60 $1.00 $3.00 
.25 .35 .60 2.25 
BALL 
NON-BRANCHING 
OR COLUMN 
STOCKS 
. .35 
.60 
1.00 
3.00 
These produce one enor¬ 
i .35 
.60 
1.00 
3.00 
mous spike with large 
flowers, 1 to 21/2 feet high 
.50 
.60 
1.00 
3.00 
and can be planted close 
together in the bench. 
Mixed, all colors 
Royal Purple 
(Elk’s Pride). 
Rich deep purple 
Antique Copper. 
A fine copper-red 
Golden Rose 
Light golden-rose 
Particularly desirable because of their 
long stems and branching habit. 
*Mont Blanc. Extra early white. 
Almond Blossom. White shaded pink. 
Monte Carlo. Rich canary-yellow. 
*Aurora. Cream, tinted pink. 
Belle de Naples. Rich old rose. 
Salmon King. Strong salmon-rose. 
Beauty of Nice. Flesh-pink. 
*Cote d’Azure. Light blue. 
Summer Night. Deep blue. 
Carmine Rose (Abundance). 
Blood Red. 
Sou. de Monaco. Crimson, late. 
American Beauty. Deep rose-pink. 
* Queen Alexandra. Rosy lilac, fine. 
Tr. Pkt. Ys °z- Oz- 
Separate colors above. .$0.25 $0.40 $2.25 
Mixed, all above colors. .25 .35 2.00 
EARLY FLOWERING WINTER 
STOCK “ZEPHYR” 
This Stock stands out from all other 
known sorts on account of its especially 
charming delicate lavender-blue coloring. 
In its habit Stock Zephyr resembles the 
favorite Beauty of Nice. Tr. Pkt.35c 
Silvery Lilac-Lavender. 
Pure White. 
Ruby. 
Tr. Pkt. ( I 200 seeds) . $1.00 
Oz.$8.00 
LARGE 
FLOWERING 
DWARF 
TEN-WEEK 
STOCKS FOR 
BEDDING 
Lavender. Blood-Red. 
Purple. Deep Rose. 
Carmine-Pink. White. 
Canary-Yeliow. 
BALL 
COLUMN STOCKS 
(Illustrated opposite) 
Non-Branching. 
Each plamt produces 
one fine long flower 
stem and can be 
planted close. 
Now in great favor. 
We recommend 
Improved 
BISMARCK 
“EARLY GIANT 
IMPERIAL” 
STOCKS 
as being the most 
desirable of 
branching 
Stocks. 
Stocks—Ball Branching 
or Column 
STOCK GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
“Santa Maria’’—A giant double pure white stock of ex¬ 
ceptional merit. Giant flowers on a long flowering truss 
with the splendid branching habit of the Bismarck. The 
long stems of “Santa Maria” make it a very desirable 
cut flower for the florist. 78 per cent double. The best 
double pure white Stock on the market. 
Tr. Pkt.50c 
Separate colors- 
Tr. Pkt.25c 
14 oz.. . , 
.40c 
14 oz. 
Oz. 
. . .$2.00 
Mixed, all colors- 
Tr. Pkt.20c 
14 oz.. . , 
.35c 
14 oz. 
.... 50c 
Oz. 
. . .$1.50 
STOCKS (Gilliflower) 
“The World’s Best Double Stocks’’ 
Our grower received five “Awards 
of Merit” and eight “Highly Com¬ 
mended” for his strains of Ten Week, 
Giant Imperial, Beauty of Nice and 
Perpetual Branching Stocks at the 
“Trial of Stocks” conducted by The 
Royal Horticultural Society of Great 
Britain, at Wisely, England, season 
of 1932. 
All our California grown Stocks 
bloom at least two weeks earlier 
than foreign grown. 
STATIC E—Everlasting Flower 
Valuable for cutting or decorative pur- 
poses. 
Annual Varieties 
Coming into great favor for cut flowers. 
Tr. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Sinuata. White.$0.15 $0.25 $2.00 
Sinuata. Lavender... .15 .25 1.50 
Sinuata. Rosea Superba .15 .30 3.00 
“True Blue.’’ Extra deep blue, a special 
strain which comes true from seed. 
Tr. Pkt. ..15c Oz. ..30c Lb. ..3.00 
Bonduelli. Golden-yellow. 
Tr. Pkt.15c Oz.30c 
Suworowii (Russian or Cattail Statice). 
Tr. Pkt... 25c Oz...75c Lb... $8.00 
!4 oz.$1.25 Oz.$4.50 
^STATICE—Sea Lavender 
Splendid hardy perennials, either for 
the border or rockery, producing all sum¬ 
mer panicles of minute flowers, which can 
be dried and used for winter bouquets. 
Latifolia. Purplish-blue flowers. 
Tr. Pkt.25c Oz.$1.35 
“Caspia.’’ This is a very delicate and 
artistic form of everlasting Perennial. It 
is as hardy as the Latifolia type and makes 
an earlier cut and more sprays. Color is 
a good shade of lilac. Tr. Pkt.25c 
Y^ oz.75c 
Perezii. Rich blue. 
Tr. Pkt.25c 
Statice Dumosa. Clear 
finest for drying. Tr. Pkt.35c 
oz.$1.00 Oz.$3.00 
Oz.$2.50 
Oz.$2.00 
silvery white. The 
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STEVIA 
Serrata. Fragrant white flowers; 
for cutting. 
Tr. Pkt.20c Oz. 
desirable 
.$1.50 
NOTE: All of the above are treated as Annuals, excepting kinds marked thus (*), which are Perennials. 
NASTURTIUM “GOLDEN GLEAM’’—A DESIRABLE CUT FLOWER 
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