Make Florida More Beautiful 
- £) 0 if With Flowers = 
The kiss of the sun for pardon 
The song of the birds for mirth, 
You are nearer God’s heart in a garden 
Them anywhere else on earth. 
The Kilgore Seed Company, with general offices and a large mail order de¬ 
partment in Plant City, Florida, and with twelve stores serving Florida, has devoted 
a great deal of time, effort, and expense during the last few years in developing, 
improving and testing types and varieties of flowers especially suited to Florida 
and Southern growing conditions. This Planting Guide, the only publication of 
its kind ever published, it being adapted especially to Florida growing conditions, 
gives knowledge gained as the result of trials and experiments conducted in Florida 
by The Kilgore Seed Company over a series of years. It contains a complete list of 
Flowers adapted to Florida and the South, and gives detailed cultural directions 
for winter and summer growing of flowers in Florida. 
Make beautiful Florida more beautiful. Do it with Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Flower 
Seeds. Nowhere on the face of the earth can flowers be grown in such profusion 
as in Florida and at a time of the year when most of the country is covered with 
ice and snow. Different kinds of flowers can be grown in Florida every month 
of the year, certain kinds being adapted for winter blooming, others do best in 
spring and summer. 
One of the most important things to consider with reference to growing Flowers 
in Florida is the proper time for planting flower seeds of different kinds. Some 
flowers are tender, and are killed by light frosts, while others are hardy and will 
grow and bloom through the coldest winters in Florida. The tender kinds must 
be planted in early fall so as to bloom before danger of winter frosts, or in the 
spring after danger of frost is past. Hardy kinds may be planted in Florida at 
any time from September to March. All the different kinds of flowers listed in 
this book are labeled indicating the proper time for planting the seeds, and also 
indicating the approximate time from seed sowing to first blossoms under Florida 
growing conditions. 
To make certain that all flower seeds sent out by us will give entire satisfaction, 
we maintain an up-to-date seed testing laboratory where samples of all our flower 
seeds are tested for germination at frequent intervals. 
We are confident there are no flower seeds of better quality obtainable any¬ 
where than those we are offering in this book. Cost has been a secondary con¬ 
sideration in making our selections; quality and adaptability have been our first 
and major considerations. 
