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CARL SALBACH 
1934 
PETUNIAS—“Our most grateful and gayest 
summer annual”—Sydney B. Mitchell. To 
secure the finest assortment possible, we 
have arranged to obtain our stock from 
four different sources, getting the very 
best offerings from each of the four. 
In the large flowering, we list the world- 
renowned “Diener’s Ruffled Giants.” Of the 
balcony type, we have chosen the best 
named varieties, and if there is a finer mix¬ 
ture, we do not know where to obtain it. 
DIENER’S RUFFLED MONSTERS (mixed, 
single). This is the same assortment (No. 
8) that has carried Mr. Diener’s reputation 
for petunias throughout the world, and the 
seeds come direct to us from the Diener 
gardens. Contains coppery red, mauve, 
salmon-rose, lilac pink, flesh pink, and 
many other new colorings.5()c pkt. 
BALCONY OR PENDULA TYPE 
The type highly recommended by Sydney 
B. Mitchell (Sunset Magazine Garden Con¬ 
sultant) for garden use, and also most 
effective in window boxes. Abundant 
bloomers. 
Bcrolina—Clear ultramarine blue . . . 2.5c 
pkt. 
Blue (Violacea) Light blue.15c pkt. 
Netted Blue Gem (New)—Striking. Steel 
blue, beautifully netted or veined deep 
violet. A new color in the balcony group. 
..35c pkt. 
Rose—Rosy pink.15c pkt. 
Mixed—In blue, white, rose, pink, violet, 
crimson, and other colors. From the finest 
assortment we have seen.15c pkt. 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Velvet flower). One of the 
easiest of annuals to grow, and a most 
aristocratic and colorful plant. Trumpet¬ 
like flowers which bloom profusely and 
are excellent for cutting. In crimson, gold, 
black, violet, brown, blue, and other shades 
—mixed.15c pkt. 
SCABIOSA, ANNUAL (Pincushion flower, 
improved) 
Loveliness — An exquisitely beautiful 
large salmon pink variety which was given 
an Aw. Merit, R.H.S., 1931. By far the 
finest individual annual scabiosa.. .15c pkt. 
Burpee’s New Giant Hybrids—A splen¬ 
did new strain of scabiosa which was next 
in line to Calendula Sunshine as the out¬ 
standing seed novelty for 1934 in the seed- 
men’s All-American. In blue, pink, rose, 
crimson, and other colors mixed . . 25c pkt. 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA. (Blue Bonnet) P. 
New Giant Isaac House Strain — The 
finest scabiosa for Pacific Coast gardeners. 
Huge flowers, fringed and ruffled, in shades 
from lavender to dark blue.25c pkt. 
WILDFLOWERS. Distinctive California 
wild-flower seeds, all from the famous 
LESTER ROWNTREE collection. All easy 
growers, mostly good doers in part shade. 
Group collection: 
Collinsia Bicolor (Chinese Pagodas) ; 
Coreopsis Stillmanii; Gilia Tricolor (Birds- 
Eye Cilia) ; Mentzelia Lindleyi (Blazing 
Star); Lupinus Nanus (Dwarf lupin); 
Nemophila Insignis (Baby-Blue Eyes) ; 
Platystenion California var. Crinitus (Yel¬ 
low Cream Cup) ; and Escholtzia California 
var. Hybrida (California poppies mixed). 
Eight packets — one each.5()c. 
ZINNIAS—We have gone direct to the intro¬ 
ducers of the famous dahlia flowered type 
and have obtained their finest mixture. 
Zinnias grow best where the summers are 
hot and dry. 
Special Bodger (lold Medal Mixture of 
dahlia flowered strains. Seed hand-picked 
from the best flowers of the season. In 
yellow, crimson, lavender, scarlet, red, 
orange, rose and other colors.25c pkt. 
Grand Prize, Calif. Flower Festival, 1933—Awarded to Carl Salbach 
