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“Sterling Quality ” 
Choice Annual Flower Seeds 
Annual Flowers are always popular, because of the wide range of types, colors and the ease with 
which they can be grown. They range from very dwarf to very tall, while some thrive in the shady, 
moist locations, others are adapted for open sunny situations. There is an annual for every spot 
in your garden. 
We specialize in “Sterling Quality” flower seeds that have been thoroughly tried and found to be 
satisfactory. New England flower seeds for New England gardens. 
Per Pkt. 
Abronia (Sand Verbena) Umbellata 
rosea. A quick growing trailing fragrant 
annual with verbena-like rose colored flow¬ 
ers. Excellent for baskets and rockeries. 6 
inches high. Trailing 3-5 feet 
Per Pkt. 
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon). A half-hardy 
perennial, easily raised from seed as an an¬ 
nual. Blooms profusely from mid-summer 
10c till fall. Excellent for cut flowers. 
Acroclinium. A half- 
hardy annual, bearing 
white and rose-colored 
flowers which are used 
when dried for winter 
bouquets. 1*4 feet. Mixed. 10c 
Ageratum. A beautiful, 
hardy annual. The flow¬ 
ers, which are produced 
in clusters, are very at¬ 
tractive in the garden 
and are very useful for 
bouquets. 
Little Blue Star. Bright 
blue flowers, 4 inches. .. 10c 
Blue Perfection. Dark 
blue. 8 inches. 10c 
Alyssum. A fragrant, 
hardy annual, bearing 
spikes of small white 
flowers in great profusion 
throughout the summer 
and autumn. Useful for 
borders and for cutting. 
Sweet Alyssum. Flower 
small and sweet. Oz. 50c. 10c 
Little Gem. Pure white, 
very dwarf and sweet 
scented. Oz. $1.00. 10c 
Lilac Queen. Of dwarf 
compact habit, with flow¬ 
ers of a pure lilac color; 
9 Inches. 10c 
Amaranthus (Summer 
Poinsetta). Molten Fire. 
A beautiful annual pro¬ 
ducing rich maroon foli¬ 
age crowned with fiery 
crimson top foliage, making a brilliant dis¬ 
play until late in the fall. 3 feet tall. 15c 
Antirrhinum Mont Blanc 
HALF DWARF - 
(Florist’s Strain) 
This is the ideal and 
most popular type of 
snapdragons for growing 
under glass or for the 
home garden. The plants 
half dwarf,' stocky and 
very floriferous. The 
spikes are graceful, dain¬ 
ty, with large size indi¬ 
vidual blooms. 
Amber Queen. Amber, 
suffused with chamois 
pink. 10c 
Crimson King. Deep 
Crimson. 10c 
Golden Monarch. Best 
Yellow, massive spikes 10c 
Mont Blanc. Pure White 10c 
Pink Perfection. Brilliant 
Pink. . 10c 
Mixed. .A well-balanced 
mixture of all shades.. 10c 
Arctotis (African Lilac 
Daisy) Grandis. A re¬ 
markable, handsome an¬ 
nual, forming bushes well 
branched. The flowers 
are pure white with sky 
blue eye while the reverse 
of the rays are pale lilac- 
blue. An excellent cut 
flower. 2 feet high. 
Anchusa (Summer Forget-Me-Not) Ca- 
pensis. This hardy, free growing annual 
produces sprays of lovely Forget-me-not 
like flowers, of a beautiful azure blue. Plants 
compact and uniform, 2 feet high. 
Portland, Maine, Dec. 31, 1934. 
Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, 
Exchange St., Portland, Me. 
Gentlemen: You will be interested to know that 
I tried out the new Los Angeles Aster this spring 
in my garden. It proved a very strong grower, 
free from disease, and the blooms were all the 
“advance notices” said they would be. I heartily 
recommend it. Yours very truly, 
RALPH S. NORTON. 
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Allen, Sterling and Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
