Somerset’s 
ANNUAL GARDEN and GREENHOUSE SEEDS 
BEGONIA (Semperflorens) 
Among the best bedding plants for semi-shady 
positions and equally valuable for house culture and 
pots. 
Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Darling (New). One of the choicest of the new Be¬ 
gonias of compact growth 8-10" high with excep¬ 
tionally large blooms of light rose pink. Excellent 
as a pot plant, especially for Xmas and Mother's 
Day. An easily grown substitute for Lorraine. . . $1.25 
Red Pearl (New). Growing 6-8" high the bush is 
almost completely covered with good sized glowing, 
scarlet blooms. The bronze foliage intensifies the 
color. Being a hybrid, this variety has more vigor 
than most sorts and will flourish where ordinary 
Begonias would not grow. 1.00 
Oz. Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Erfordia. A choice rosy carmine.$1.25 $0.30 
A Oz. Tr. Pkt. 
Carmen. Bronze red foliage, rose colored blooms. . $1.75 $1.00 
Christmas Cheer. Extra large flowered, crimson 
scarlet. 1.50 1.00 
Fire Sea or Blaze of Fire. Very dwarf, compact, fiery 
red flowers and green foliage. 1.75 1.00 
Glow. This dark red variety is liked because of its 
even growth and bronze foliage. Grows about 
8-10" high. 1.50 1.00 
Indian Maid (New). Bronze red foliage like Carmen 
and bright red flowers 10". 1.25 
Lightning. 9". Large blood-red buds and bright 
scarlet blooms. Dark green foliage edged brown. . 1.00 
^jOz. Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Luminosa, deep scarlet.$1.50 .50 
Prima Donna, rose shading to carmine. 1.50 .50 
Salmon Queen, brilliant salmon rose. 1.50 .50 
Winter Romance. The first Begonia Semperflorens 
grown from seed that is Winter flowering. Sown 
out in July it will flower for Christmas. Sown in 
November it flowers for Mother’s Day. The plant 
has juicy light green foliage and good form. The 
flowers are of good size, carmine pink, and come 
larger and deeper in color when grown cool. A very 
easily grown and desirable pot plant. 
y 2 Tr. Pkt. $0.60 1.00 
CALCEOLARIA 
Excellent and easily grown pot plants for a reason¬ 
ably priced, showy item for Easter and Mother’s Day. 
M 
Tr. Pkt. 
Albert Kent Hybrids. A strain of medium growth 
with a rich assortment of colors in clear and spotted 
shades. fa oz. $3.25 $0.60 
Dwarf Choice Mixture. This strain is extremely 
fine, as a pot plant because of its compact growth 
and the fact that it produces its large flowers in a 
mass. Includes a fine range of colors.. ri oz. $4.00 .60 
Hybrida Multiflora Nana. Growing about 1 ft. in 
height this is a free flowering type with 1 Yi inch 
blooms in a choice mixture of orange, lemon and 
gold, beautifully spotted. fa oz. $4.50 .60 
Tr. 
Pkt. 
$1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) 
Raised extensively as a pot plant for bedding. 
One of the best greenhouse catch crops and being 
used during the entire year as a cut flower. 
FORCING VARIETIES 
Balls Masterpiece. Fine long stemmed, deep 
orange with dark center. 
Ball’s Gold, forcing strain. 
Ball’s Orange, forcing strain. 
Ball’s Lemon Queen, forcing strain. 
Campfire (Sensation), orange with scarlet 
sheen. 
OUTDOOR VARIETIES 
Chrysantha or Sunshine, fluffy lemon yellow 
flowers. 
Lemon Queen, sulphur yellow. 
Orange King, florist strain. A striking shade 
of orange red with a dark center. Very 
vigorous growth. 
Orange Shaggy (New). A distinct new break. 
The petals are long and deeply fringed and 
overlap each other to build up a bloom with 
the shaggy appearance of some Chrysan¬ 
themum s. 
Y Lb. Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
$0.30 
$1.50 
$5.00 
.30 
1.50 
5.00 
.30 
1.50 
5.00 
.30 
1.50 
5.00 
.30 
1.50 
5.00 
.30 
1.50 
.60 
.15 
.25 
1.50 
.15 
.50 
.30 1.50 
CALLIOPSIS 
Golden Wave (Drummondi), golden yellow, red zone. .15 .30 
Choice Mixed.15 .25 
CAMPANULA 
New Annual, Single Canterbury Bells. 
It should now be possible to have this beautiful flower 
the entire year. Blooms in less than six months from 
seed. Plants grow 2—2ft. tall, each plant having 
from 6-8 spikes of bloom. 
Y Oz. 
Angelus Bell, deep rose.$1.25 .50 
Liberty Bell, violet blue. 1.25 .50 
Choice Mixed, shades of blue, pink and white. .85 .50 
1.75 
CANDYTUFT (Iberis) 
Excellent edging plants and also valuable for cutting. 
UMBELLATA 
Albida, pure white. 
Carmine, carmine rose... 
Flesh Pink, delicate pink 
Lavender, lavender rose. 
Rose Cardinal, rosy red.. 
Mixed Colors. 
^ Lb. 
Tr. Pkt. 
Oz. 
. $1.00 
.10 
.30 
. . 1.00 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
.10 
.30 
. 1.00 
.10 
.30 
. . 1.50 
.10 
.30 
. . .75 
.10 
.25 
GIANT HYACINTH FLOWERED WHITE CANDYTUFT 
A reselected strain, making from 6-10 mammoth 
hyacinth-like spikes. 20-24 inches high. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.20; $0.75 per Oz.; $2.25 per Y Lb. 
CARNATION CHABAUD’S ENFANT DE NICE 
The best annual carnation to date. The plants are 
robust, with long, strong stalks, bearing flowers 2 Yi 
to 3 inches in diameter. The colors come very true 
from seed and almost 90 % of the plants come double. 
Hardy with slight protection. 
Ys Oz. Y Oz. 
Red.$1.00 $1.75 .50 
Rose. 1.00 1.75 .50 
White. 1.00 1.75 .50 
Mixed.75 1.25 .40 
Cineraria California Super Giants 
CELOSIA 
The Cristata or Cockscomb varieties are excellent for 
beds, borders and pots. The Plumosa or Feathered 
varieties are fine bedding plants and excellent for 
cutting. 
Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Fiery Feather (New). Dwarf pyramidal plants about 
1 ft. high, covered with loose spikes of brilliant 
scarlet blooms. Excellent for bedding and as a pot 
plant.J4 Oz. $1.25 $0.35 
Cristata, choice dwarf mixed.25 
Heatherdell (New Ostrich Plume). Greenhouse 
strain. Large trusses of beautifully feathered and 
interlaced plumes in red, pink and yellow shades, 
mixed. Y& oz. $1.50 .75 
Plumosa, choice mixed.15 
$1.25 
.50 
CENTAUREA, CYANUS (Cornflower) 
Valuable for cutting. 
K Lb. 
Double Blue, special improved strain. 
. .$2.00 
.20 
.60 
Double Rose, improved. 
. . 1.25 
.15 
.40 
Double White. 
1.25 
.15 
.40 
Double Choice Mixed. 
.Lb. $2. 
50 .75 
.10 
.25 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS (Sweet Sultan) 
Large, sweet-scented flowers, fine for cutting. 
Brilliant Rose. 
Deep Lavender. 
Delicate Lilac. 
Purple. 
White. 
Finest Mixed. Y lb. $1.50 
Suaveolens (Yellow Sweet Sultan). Bright yellow, 
thistle-like flowers. Much used for greenhouse 
forcing in late Spring. 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.40 
For perennial flower seeds, see pages 11-14 
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