THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY, PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
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Leading Perennial Seeds 
MARTIN’S LONG-SPURREI) HYBRID AftUILEGIA 
Vigorous Plants, With a Wonderful Color Assortment 
On this and the following page, we offer a few of the outstanding 
items from our long list of perennial seeds. Most of these will be 
fresh crop seeds. It is not desirab’e in all cases to wait for fresh 
crop seeds, and thus delay planting. You may depend on our judg¬ 
ment. We will in all cases send you seed that is capable of good 
germination. 
For our complete list of perennial seeds, please refer to our 
spring catalog. If your copy is mislaid, we will be glad to send 
you another. 
Aquilegia 
Martin’s Long-Spurred Hybrids 
This strain contains the best shades and 
forms available from the leading hybrid¬ 
izers of the world. It will give you a 
wonderful assortment of colors. Long 
spurred varieties of real character and 
substance. or. 40e, Ys or,. 75c. Yi oz. 
$1.35, or. $4,00. 
Hobbies Imperial Hybrids. Valuable strain 
from a leading English grower. Has a 
world-wide reputation, tV or.. 35c, Ys or. 
65c, Yi or. $1.10, oz. $3.25. 
Mrs. Scott Elliot’s Strain. Large size, 
long spurred flowers in all shades. 
or,. 35c. Vs or. 65c. Yi or.. $1.10, or. $3.25. 
Long-Spurred, Separate Shades 
These come reasonably true from seed. 
Blue Shades Orange and Scarlet 
Pink Shades Rose Queen 
Snow Queen 
Any of these—A oz. 40e, % oz. 70c, % oz. 
$1.25, oz. $3.75. 
Long Spurred Good Mixed. A good mix¬ 
ture for a low price. Ys or. 35c. Yi oz. 
60c, oz. $2.00. 
New Aquilegia 
Crimson Star 
A beautiful new Eng¬ 
lish introduction. The 
spurs and sepals are 
of rich crimson, the 
petals white, really 
a wonderful combi¬ 
nation. Long spur¬ 
red and of good sub¬ 
stance. Wc offer the 
introducer’s strain 
that comes practical¬ 
ly 100% true from 
seed. 
Tr. Pkt. 50e, A oz. 
$1.25, Vs oz. $2.00. 
Delphiniums 
Our years of experience as Nurserymen are of great value in the selection of the 
finest strains of Delphinium. You can benefit by that experience. Select your seed 
from this listing. 
New crop seed for delivery about July 1st 
Martin’s Superb Wrexham or 
Hollyhock Strain 
The Wrexham strain has tall spire-like 
spikes of bloom with the individual flow¬ 
ers of good size and thickly studded on 
the spike. In fact the spike is a solid 
mass of bloom. Our superb strain is a 
careful reselection which includes all 
shades from very pale blue, lavender and 
orchid to the deepest and richest purples 
and blues. 
oz. 40c, Ys or. 75c, Yi oz. $1.50, oz. $5.00 
We also offer the following shades: 
Wrexham Art Shades 
Wrexham Dark Blue Shades 
Wrexham Light Blue Shades 
Any one A oz. 50c, Ys oz, 00c, V* or. $1.75. 
Martin’s ‘Good Value’ Hybrids 
For the grower who must produce plants 
at a competitive price. This strain is very 
good, contains many shades in doubles, 
semi-doubles and singles. A oz. 25c, Ys or. 
45c, % oz. SOe, oz. $2.50. 
Blackmcre and Langdon’s 
Hybrids, Prize Strain - 
Originator’s Seed 
This is unquestionably one of the finest 
strains of Delphinium Hybrids to be had 
in the world today. New crop seed is not 
available until about August 15th. Prices 
for delivery at that time are as follows: 
A oz. 40c, Ys or,. 75o, Vi or. $1.50, oz. $5.00. 
Cliveden Beauty !‘ ella,lo,, ' ,a 
■’ Improved 
Belladonna Improved. Our strain of Bel¬ 
ladonna Improved is produced from 
stock seed of Cliveden Beauty, carefully 
selected to keep it. absolutely pure! and 
true to type. It is far superior to much 
of the so-called Belladonna Improved 
that is on the market today. Ys or,. 35c, 
Vi or. 60e, oz. $2.00. V* 11>. $7.00. 
Belladonna. Standard strain. Ys or. 30c, 
Vi or. 50c, oz. $1.60, Vi 11*. $5.50. 
Bellamosum Improved. A real improve¬ 
ment with large flowers, deeper and 
more uniform color. *4 oz. 45e, Vi oz. 
SOe. oz. $2.75. 
Bellamosum. Fine dark blue. Ys or. 35c, 
Yi or. 60e, oz. $1.80, Yi lb. $6.00, 
Chinensis Delphinium 
Graceful plants and spikes loosely ar¬ 
ranged, excellent for cutting or garden 
display. 
Cambridge Blue. Clear Belladonna blue, 
flowers with good cutting stems, 3 ft. 
tall. Ys oz. 40c, Yi or. 75c, oz. $2.40. 
Chinensis Dark Blue. 3 ft. Yi oz. SOe, oz. 
90c. 
Chinensis W hite. 3 ft. Yi oz. SOe, oz. 90c. 
Blue Butterfly Improved or Tom Thumb. 
Rich Ultra-marine blue. Dwarf plants 
only a foot high. *4 oz. 30c, Yi or.. 50c, 
oz. $1.50. 
Other Valuable Aquilegias 
Alpina Blue. Azure blue flowers, 2 ft. 
Ys oz. SOe, Yi or,. 50c, oz. $1.50. 
Coerulea Blue. Pure strain of the Rocky 
Mountain blue columbine. % oz. 35c, Yi 
oz. 60c, oz. $2.00. 
Canadensis. Old rose and yellow. Tr. Pkl. 
25c, 14 oz. SOe, Yi oz. $1.50. 
California Hybrids. Golden yellow with 
red spurs. % oz. 35e, Yi or. 60c, oz. $2.00. 
Clirysantha Yellow. Very fine light yel¬ 
low variety. 3 ft. tall. Ys or. SOe, Yi 
oz. 55e» oz. $1.75. 
Clirysanlha Alba, Silver Queen. Silvery 
white flowers. Ys or,. 40c, Yi oz. 75c, oz. 
$2.40. 
Beilis Perennis—English 
Daisy 
The double Eng-lish Daisies are usually 
grown like Pansies, sowing the seed in 
July for plant sale the following spring. 
They need some slight protection over 
winter. 
Good Double Mixed. Flowers rather small 
but fully double and freely borne. 14 
oz. 20e, 14 oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. 
Longfellow. Large double white with 
petals tipped dark rose. Ys or. 30c, Yi 
oz. 55c, oz. $1.80. 
Tubulosa Etna. Attractive quilled, tubu¬ 
lar petals, dark red. A oz. 30c, Ys oz. 
50c, Yi or. 90c, oz. $3.00. 
Monstrosa Varieties 
Extra large double flowers with good 
stems. 
Monstrosa White Monstrosa I’ink 
Monstrosa Bed (Dark Rose) 
Above 3 an.* color— Ys oz. 35c, Yi oz. 70e, 
oz, $2.50. 
Monstrosa Mixed— Ys or.. 30c, Vi oz. 50e, 
oz. $1.75. 
