THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
ANNUAL SEEDS 19 
Annual Phlox 
The taller varieties provide excellent cut¬ 
ting flowers during the summer months 
and they also are fine for bedding. They 
include as wide a range of colors, both 
brilliant and soft shades, as any other 
annual. 
Gigantea Art Shades 
A new strain of Phlox Drummondi with 
very large individual flowers (sometimes 
over one inch in diameter) and with a 
wonderful range of color in the soft art 
shades, such as soft rose, light blue, pale 
violet, cream, etc. This is really a beau¬ 
tiful mixture and will be a favorite with 
those who do not like the harsher tones. 
Plants grow about 1 foot high. Tr. Pkt. 
50c. Vs ox. S5c, 14 oz. $1.50. 
Drummondi Grandiflora (12-15 in. tall) 
Alba. Pure white. 
Atroviolacea. Dark violet blue. 
Atropurpurea. Deep rich maroon. 
Brilliant. Rose pink with carmine eye. 
Carnea. Delicate flesh pink. 
Chamois Rose. Very pretty soft shade. 
Cinnabar Scarlet. Brightest red. 
Isabellina. Primrose yellow. 
Kerinesina Splendens. Carmine with white 
eye. 
Steliata Lilacina. Lilac, dark veined. 
Any above variety — y& ox. 20c, % oz. 35c, 
oz. $1.00. 
Martin’s Excellent Mixture. Finest assort¬ 
ment of all colors. y s oz. 15c, *4 oz. 25c, 
oz. 80c. 
Star Phlox Mixed. Many colors with fring¬ 
ed petals and starred centers. y s oz. 20c, 
14 oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. 
Nana Compacta Varieties (5-6 in. tall) 
Excellent for low borders, edgings and 
bedding. 
Atropurpurea, deep maroon. 
Chamois Rose. 
Fireball, scarlet. 
Isabellina. Primrose yellow. 
Snowball, white. 
Any variety—A oz. 20c, y& oz. 35c, 14 oz. 
60c, oz. $2.00. 
Nana Compacta or Cecily Mixed. Best mix¬ 
ture of the larger flowered varieties. 
fa oz. 20c, 14 ox. 35c, 14 oz. 60c, oz. $1.80. 
Passiflora, Passion Flower 
Coerulea Blue. An excellent climber for 
walls. Blue flowers. Not hardy in 
northern states. *4 oz. 30c, 14 oz. 55c. 
Pennisetum—Ornamental 
Grass 
Longistylum. Plants about 2 ft. high, ter¬ 
minal spikes with long feathery bristles. 
Slender leaves, 4 inches long. 14 oz. 20c, 
oz. 60c. 
Rueppelianum (Fountain Grass). Plants 
4 ft. high with long colored feathery 
spikes. Very slender leaves about a 
foot long. 14 oz. 25c, oz. 75c. 
PEREZIA—Multiflora. Star shaped blue 
flowers on plants 3 ft. high. 14 oz. 30c, 
14 oz. 55c. 
PERILLA—Naukinen.se. Fine foliage plant 
with leaves somewhat like Coleus of 
dark purple or mulberry color. Does 
well in cities as smoke and gases do 
not affect it. 14 oz. 15c, oz. 40c. 
PHACELIA—Campanularia. Small, 6 inches 
high nice for rockeries. Bright blue 
flowers with white anthers. 14 oz. 20c, 
oz. 60c. 
Poinciana, Bird of Paradise 
Giilesii. Greenhouse plant with showy 
flowers, yellow with bright red sta¬ 
mens. Shrubby growth. 14 oz. 20c, 14 
oz. 35c, oz. $1,20. 
Poppies 
Carnation Flowered Cardinal Varieties 
An excellent strain of Carnation flowered 
poppies, dwarfer than the ordinary so that 
they do not lodge as badly but stand 
erect. Flowers very large rounded balls 
with fringed petals. The colors run very 
uniform. 
Blush Pink Scarlet 
Salmon White 
Chamois 
Any variety—14 oz. 20c, oz. 60c, 14 lb. 
$1.80. 
Cardinal Mixed —14 oz. 15c, oz. 50c, 14 lb. 
$1.50. 
Double Shirley Poppies 
Very pretty double and semi-double flow¬ 
ers which contain some singles. All very 
pretty, 2 ft. tall. 
Art Shades. Interesting shades in softer 
tones. 14 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Cavalcade. New flaming scarlet. 14 oz. 
20c, 14 ox. 35c, oz. $1.00. 
Dazzler. Orange Scarlet. 14 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Pink Shades. Delicate pink and rose. 14 oz. 
20c, oz. 60e. 
Sweet Briar. Deep rose pink. 14 oz. 20c, 
oz. 60c. 
Salmon Shades. 14 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Finest Mixed Hybrids. 14 oz. 15c, oz. 50c, 
14 lb. $1.50. 
Single Shirley Varieties 
American Legion. Brilliant orange scarlet, 
white at base. 14 oz. 15c, oz. 35c. 
Deep Apricot. Apricot and salmon shades. 
Flanders Field. Dwarf orange scarlet with 
black cross at base. 
Giaucum, Tulip Poppy. Larger and taller 
than Flanders, scarlet with black cross 
at base. 
Picotee. White with scarlet edging. 
Wild Rose Pink. Excellent pink shades. 
Any above except American Legion —14 
oz. 15c, oz. 50c. 
Single Shirley Mixed. 14 oz. 10c, oz. 30c. 
14 lb. $1.00. 
Portulaca 
Excellent for bedding or edging and does 
well on very poor dry soil. 
Double Varieties 
No strains will come 100% double from 
seed but we believe we have the best 
available, coming about 80% double. Our 
seed is taken from perfect double flower¬ 
ed plants. 
Double Pink. Double Scarlet. 
Double Yellow. Double White. 
Any variety—A oz. 25c, 14 oz. 40c. 14 ox. 
70c, oz. $2.40. 
Martin’s Excellent Double Mixed. 14 oz. 
35c, 14 oz. 60c, y> oz. $1.10, oz. $2.00. 
Single Varieties 
Giant Parana, (Paris Beauty). An extra 
large flowered variety of the brightest 
purple crimson. 14 ox. 20c, 14 oz. 35c, 
oz. $1.00. 
Single Mixed —14 ox. 15c, oz. 50c, 14 lb. 
$1.50. 
Pyrethrum 
Aureurn, Golden Feather. Pretty golden 
yellow foliage. 14 oz. 15c, oz. 45c. 
Pyrethrum, Hardy Varieties 
and Hundreds of Other 
PERENNIAL SEEDS 
on pages 30-47 this catalog 
Primula Obconica 
The Finest Florists Strains 
Primula seeds are usually sown in Jan¬ 
uary, February and March for bloom the 
following winter and spring. A sowing 
May first will produce saleable plants for 
Easter. 
Originators Strains 
These strains come to us from the origin¬ 
ator in sealed glass tubes as an extra 
precaution to protect the germination. 
Muellers Grandiflora Rosea. Large flow¬ 
ering pure rose. Tr. Pkt. $1.00, ^ oz. 
$3.50, A oz. $6.00. 
Muellers Atrosanguinea. Best of the large 
flowering dark red strains. Tr. Pkt. 
$1.00, <h ox. $3.50, ^ oz. $6.00. 
Mueller’s Grandiflora Alba. Pure White. 
Tr. Pkt. $1.00, * oz. $3.50, ^ oa! , $6.00. 
Mohnstein’s Atrosanguinea. Dark blood 
red. Tr. Pkt. $1.00, * oz. $3.50, & oz. $6.00. 
Muellers and Mohnsteins Mixed Rose and 
Red Shades. A mixture of the light and 
dark rose and red shades of these two 
leading strains. Tr. Pkt. $1.00, * oz. 
$2.75, A oz. $5.00. 
Berlin Market Fasbenders Red. Rich deep 
red. Extra large flowers and plants a 
trifle more compact than Muellers. Tr. 
Pkt $1.00, ^ oz. $2 75, A ox. $5.00. 
Friesdorfer’s Salmon Rose. Beautiful sal¬ 
mon rose. Tr. Pkt. $1.00, & oz. $2.50, 
^2 ox. $4.50. 
Konigsee. Light blue with small yellow 
eye. Tr. Pkt. $1.00, <h oz. $3.50, * oz. 
$ 6 . 00 . 
Scarlet Pearl of Lower Rhine. Large and 
profuse bright scarlet. Tr. Pkt. $1.00, 
<k OX. $2.50, rk OX. $4.50. 
Obconica Giant Mixed. Tr. Pkt. 50c, oz. 
$1.25, A oz. $2.00. 
Chinese Fringed (Sinensis Fimbriata). 
Choice mixed colors. Tr. Pkt. 50c, ^ oz. 
$1.25, ^ oz. $2.00. 
Various Primulas 
Primula Kewensis. The verbena scented 
yellow primrose. Good winter bloomer. 
Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Primula Forbesi (The Baby Primrose). 
Plants 12 inches high bearing quantities 
of rosy lilac flowers. Tr. Pkt. 50c, A 
oz. $1.00. 
Primula Malacoides 
June, July and August sowings will flow¬ 
er the following January to March. 
Malacoides Lilac. Tr. Pkt. 50c, % ox. $1.00. 
Malacoides Alba.. White. Tr. Pkt. 50c, *4 
os. $1.50. 
True Rose . (Weihenstephan). The best 
bright pink or true carmine pink and, 
in fact, the only strain of that bright 
shade. Comes 90% true from seed. Tr. 
Pkt. 75c, A oz. $1.50. 
Eriksonli New Baby. Lavender pink. 
Erlksonil Baby Rose. Deep pink. 
Eriksonil Wonder Baby. Pink. 
The Eriksonii Varieties—Tr. Pkt. $1.00. 
Three New Ericksonii Varieties 
Seed available now for the first time. 
Brilliancy. Lavender changing to red. 
Salmon Beauty. True salmon pink. 
Snow King. Pure white. 
Tr. Pkt. (about 500 seeds)—$1.00 
