18 ANNUAL SEEDS 
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 
PANSY, MARTIN’S BRILLIANT 
The flowers are often 50 per cent larger than shown here 
Pansies 
Martin’s Excellent Strains 
The following are what we believe to be the finest Pansy strains 
produced today. We are constantly trying out new creations to 
find out definitely which are the best and have over fifty strains 
growing for trial at the present time. 
Martin’s Brilliant Mixture 
This mixture contains the widest 
range of colors and more rare 
shades of color than any other strain of Pansy that we have every seen. 
All combinations are present in solid colors, blotched, faced and bor¬ 
dered. The flowers are all of great size, of good substance and most are 
prettily frilled. Under favorable conditions the flowers reach a diameter 
of 4 inches or more. The plants are compact, yet of good strong growth 
bearing long stems. Tr. Pkt. 75c, 44 oz. $1.50, 44 or.. $2.75. or.. $10.00. 
IT ~^ 1 ^ This strain contains many blooms 
tngelmann s Special Uiant of the Scotch show ty ' e> rese . 
lected to produce immense well formed flowers. It includes the bronze 
and reddish shades, yellow edged and also the real light bright colors. 
The plants are compact and early flowering, vigorous in growth. Ex¬ 
cellent for bedding. The seed we offer you is the introducer’s strain 
from Mr. Engelmann and is the strain that has taken so many awards 
at the English shows. Tr. Pkt. 75c, 44 or. $1.35, 44 or,. $2.50, or.. $9.00. 
Dpi UXP Swiss Oiiants lMixPfl can hardly give this strain 
LteLUXe OW1SS SjianiS mixea enoug . h praise. The characteris¬ 
tics are g'reat size of flowers, richness of coloring, great substance of 
the flowers and length of stems. They are much earlier to bloom than 
other large fllowering strains, which greatly adds to their value when 
grown as a greenhouse crop. Excellent for greenhouse growing as 
well as for outdoor plantings. The flowers are carried well above the 
foliage. Rich bronze, crimson, mahogany shades and blues predomin¬ 
ate. Tr. Pkt. 75c, 44 or. $1.35, 44 oz. $2.50. or.. $9.00. 
Nemophila — Baby Blue Eyes 
Insignis Blue. Pretty little rock garden 
or border plants 5 to 6 inches high with 
blue flowers with contrasting white 
eyes. 44 or. 10c, or. 30c. 
Mixed. Mostly blue shades and pure 
white. 44 or,. 10c, or. 30c. 
Nierembergia 
Gracilis. Pretty semi-trailing plant for 
hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. 
The small cup-shaped flowers are bluish 
white or white veined with blue, with 
yellow throat. For spring sales sow 
seed in November or December. Shift 
several times and carry in a cool 
house. A or. 30c, 44 or. 55c, 44 or. $1.00. 
Frutescens. A shrubby plant 3 ft. tall, 
much branched, saucer-shaped flower 
about 44 inch across, white tinted blue. 
44 or. 25c, 44 or,. 45c, or. $1.30. 
Hippomannicn. A new type, plants 4 to 
5 inches high, bushy, a perfect mound 
of delicate lavender blue flowers. Plas 
a long period of bloom, doing well in 
the greenhouse as well as outdoors. Try 
them as small pot plants: Tr. Pkt. 35c. 
Nigella, Love in a Mist 
Hardy annual 1 ft. high with finely cut 
foliage, with good sized oddly shaped 
flowers, which are unusual enough to at¬ 
tract attention. They are useful summer 
bedding plants, which also have some 
value for cut flowers. 
Miss Jekyll Blue. Best variety, bright 
blue double flowers. 44 or. 10c, or. 25c. 
Nolana 
Graudit'lora Blue. Nolana does well on 
poor dry soil and it is nice for ground 
cover, for sunny rock gardens, or bor¬ 
ders. Plants about 6 inches tall with 
small deep blue bell-shaped flowers. 
Sometimes used as a pot plant under 
glass. 44 or. 15c, or. 45c. 
Nycterinia 
Capensis. An uncommon but worth while 
annual which opens its blooms at night. 
The flowers are white and have a de¬ 
licious vanilla fragrance. 1 ft. 44 or. 
30c, 44 oz. 50c, _ 
Rogglis Swiss Giants Improved 
A good strain, descendant from the orig¬ 
inal introducers stock seed. Tr. Pkt. 50c, 
44 oz. 90c, 44 oz $1.50, oz. $5.00, 2 ozs. 
$9.00, 44 II). $16.00. 
Separate Colors Swiss Giants 
Alpenglow. Rich indian red shades. 
Benia. Velvety dark blue. 
Rheingold. Bright yellow with dark brown 
blotches. 
Thunersen, (Ullswater). Bright blue with 
darker blue blotches. 
Any variety — Tr. Pkt. 50c, 44 oz. $1.00, 
44 oz. $1.75, oz. $6 00. 
Maple Leal Giants. A distinct strain with 
very large leaves and enormous flow¬ 
ers. Varied color combinations. Tr. Pkt. 
50c, 44 OZ. $1.20, 44 OZ. $2.25, oz. $8.00. 
America. Special florists strain. Free flow¬ 
ering and compact. The flowers are 
very large of good substance and won¬ 
derfully balanced as to color shades, 
having plenty of the lighter, brighter 
shades. Tr. Pkt. 50c, 44 oz. $1.26, 44 oz. 
$2.25, oz. $8.00. 
Odontospermum 
Sericeum Grand if loruni. A nice pot plant 
blooming in about 8 months from seed. 
Canary yellow flowers and silken sil¬ 
very green foliage. Tr. Pkt. (50 seeds) 
60c. 
Ornithagalum 
Flowering bulbs which are easily raised 
from seed. They are tender perennials 
which must be taken into the greenhouse 
or protected over winter. Seed planted 
in the spring produces flowers the second 
summer. If the bulbs are potted in early 
November they produce flowers by Eas¬ 
ter. The cut flowers stay fresh for a 
very long period, often 3 to 4 weeks. 
Laeteum, Darling Chinkericliee. Pure 
white with dark eye. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Thyrsoides. .Earlier flowering, pure white, 
very free blooming. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Giant Trimardeau Varieties 
Adonis. Light blue with white eye. 
Cardinal. Brilliant red with dark blotches. 
Golden Queen. Fine pure yellow without 
blotches. 
King of Blacks. Very dark almost black. 
Lord Bcaconsficld. Lower petals purple, 
upper light lavender. 
Prince Bismarck. Bronze shades with dark 
eye. 
Prince Henry. Rich blue with dark eye. 
Snow White. Glistening pure white. 
Any above —44 oz. 25c, 44 oz. 40c, oz. $1.40. 
Giant Trimardeau Mixed. Good mixture of 
richly marked large flowering vari¬ 
eties. 44 oz- 20c, 44 oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. 
44 lb. $3.25. 
Bedding Mixed. All colors, smaller sized 
bedding Pansies. 44 oz. 25e, oz. 80c, 44 
1b. $2.75, lb. $9.00. 
Winter Flowering Mixed, (Hiemalis). Of 
extreme earliness. Seed sown in July 
will start blooming in October and 
bloom all winter. 44 oz. 20c, 44 oz. 35c, 
oz. $1.00. 
Oenothera, Evening Primrose 
Afterglow. Yellow with red calyx, 3 ft. 
44 oz. 15c, oz. 45c. 
Lamarckiana. Bright yellow, 4 ft. 44 oz. 
15c, oz. 45c. 
Oxalis 
Very useful little plants for outdoors or 
greenhouse. Long blooming and easy to 
grow. 
Rosea. Very fine pink, 6 inches. .Tr. Pkt. 
50c. 
Alba. Pure white, 6 inches. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Tropaeoloides (Corniculata). A perennial 
variety but grown as annual blooming 
first year for bedding, rockery or hang¬ 
ing basket. Yellow flowers with red¬ 
dish brown foliage. 3 to 4 inches high. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, 44 oz. $100. 
Valdivinna. Excellent for the dry rock 
garden, old walls, etc. Sweet scented 
yellow flowers, 6 inches. Perennial 
grown as annual. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
