Chas. C. Navlet Co. 
1885-1936 
RECENT CREATIONS AND NOVELTIES 
To Add Interest to Your Garden 
(Thrifty Souls will find delight in "A Worth While Saving" on Page 34) 
ABBREVIATIONS—WHAT THEY MEAN 
The following abbreviations and their meanings will serve to convey to readers the conscientious effort made to in¬ 
clude only the most outstanding strains and cultures. Wherever possible, seed is secured direct from the Originator 
to insure superiority : 
CH, Certificate of Honor; GM, Gold Medal; SM, Silver Medal; AM, Award of Merit; HC, Highly Commended; 
SpM, Special Mention; AAS, All America Selections; BDS, British Delphinium Society; CGS, California Spring 
Garden Show; RHS, Royal Horticultural Society; NSPS, National Sweet Pea Society. 
FRAGRANT FREESIAS 
ACROLINIUM, New Large-flowered Hybrids. 
Double flowers, at least twice as large as ordinary 
strains, are produced on stems 1 to 1 (4 feet long in 
great profusion over a long period. Rich in shades 
of salmon, apricot, pink, rose, cerise, also white and 
creamy tones, many with dark centers. 
ASTER, Super Giant “El Monte”. 
The second of a new race of super-giant fluffy flow¬ 
ers borne on heavy non-lateral basal branched stems. 
The first is the variety “Los Angeles.” “El Monte” 
is a deep glowing crimson, composed of abundant 
quantities of daintily interlaced, plume-like petals. 
Award of Merit, 1936 AAS. Pkt. 25c. 
CALENDULA, “Jewel”. 
A real jewel in the English or Double Pot Marigold 
group. An outstanding introduction. Flowers are 
deep orange, medium-sized, of rounded shape and 
good form and very desirable depth of petal. Fine 
for cutting and garden. Award of Merit, RHS. 
Pkt. 15c; >4-oz. 50c; oz. $1.50. 
CHRISTMAS ROSE, Helleborus niger. 
An uncommon, very select, garden perennial for a 
spot protected from the hot sun. Only gardeners 
with patience should attempt to grow it inasmuch 
as the seed is very slow to germinate. Delicately 
beautiful, large starry white flowers held erect above 
a plant of airy grace, about 2 feet tall. Blooms in 
the depth of winter. Pkt. 25c. 
CINERARIA, “Navlet’s Dwarf Super-giants”. 
This strain is certain to remain unchallenged for 
some time to come. The flowers measure up to 6 
inches across, with individual petals 1 to 1(4 inches 
wide. They come in an evenly balanced blend of 
exquisite pastel salmons, azure blue and snowy 
white to the deepest blood red and violet blues, some 
solid or self-colors and some high-lighted with con¬ 
trasting central zones. Pkt. 50c; ^-oz. $6.00. 
COREOPSIS, “Double Sunburst”. 
A remarkably double strain, 80% true. The doubling 
augments the brilliance of the large, deep, golden 
yellow blooms (1(4 to 2 inches across). Excellent 
for cutting because of long stems and fine keeping 
qualities. Pkt. 20c; %-oz. 75c; oz. $2.25. 
DELPHINIUM, “Summer Cloud”. 
The best white to date. Grows to the same height as 
the Hybrid Sorts. Clear, frosty-white, sparkling 
florets in the 10 to 12 inch flower spikes on very tong 
cutting stems. Comes well over 90% true, very e- 
markable for a white. Pkt. 35c. 
EDELWEISS, True Alpine. 
Contrary to the prevailing opinion, this plant is very 
easy to grow, in ordinary garden soil to which a 
generous amount of peat and sand have been added 
to insure a moist condition. Happiest in open, ex¬ 
posed situations. Invaluable for the -ockery. The 
interesting, hairy, silver white foliage and small 
flowers need no description. Pkt. 25c. 
FREESIA, “Bartley Hybrids”. 
Do you know that Freesia seed wil produce flower¬ 
ing plants in 6 months? Varied and brilliant shades 
of pink, rose, yellow, orange, mauve and cream, 
all delicately perfumed, and produced on vigorous 
free-blooming plants, account for the superiority of 
this strain. Pkt. 25c 
GLORY OF THE SUN, Leucocoryne ixioides odorata. 
A new bulbous plant from Chile, which may be 
grown from seed sown in seed pans, in the same 
manner as the Freesia. Large clusters of sweet- 
scented, starry, clear luminous blue flowers with 
white centers and golden stamens. The wiry stems 
15 to 18 inches long, and the excellent keeping quali¬ 
ties of these blossoms when cut, make them very 
desirable for cutting. Pkt. 75c. 
(Orders now booked for June delivery.) 
LEPTOSIPHON, New French Hybrids (“Fairy Stars”.) 
A plant handicapped by its name. A gem for the bor¬ 
der, for massing effect, and for the rockery. Com¬ 
parable to the dwarf sorts of Nemesia in brilliance 
and warmth. Uniformly compact plants about 7 
inches tall, covered with myriads of small blossoms 
in shades of cream, bright orange, pink, rose, cerise, 
brick red, bronze and golden yellow, completely 
obscure the dainty foliage. Sow broadcast, fall or 
spring. Pkt. 10c; *4-oz. 35c; oz. $1.05. 
MARIGOLD, “Dixie Sunshine”. (A distinct new race). 
The first of a new Chrysanthemum-flowered species. 
Unique, brilliant golden-yellow flowers, from 2 to 
2(4 inches across are actually heads of tiny 5 pet- 
ailed florets with a dainty fringed chrysanthemum 
effect. Bushy plants, 4 to 5 feet tall, quite branch¬ 
ing, from August to killing frosts. Long cutting 
stems without characteristic marigold odor make it 
very desirable for cutting. 100% double. Award of 
Merit, 1936. All-American Selections. Pkt. 25c. 
NASTURTIUM, Dwarf Double Gem. 
A Tom Thumb selection from the famous “Golden 
Gleam”; uniformly dwarf (9 to 12 inches high), 
totally without runners, very compact habit, with 
flowers held above the dome-shaped symmetrical 
plants. Free-flowering and delicately scented. 
“Golden Globe”—Identical in color, perfume and 
doubleness to “Golden Gleam”. Differs only in habit 
of growth as described above. Award of Merit, 1936. 
All-American Selections. Pkt. 25c. 
“Gem Mixed”—An evenly balanced range of colois, 
with attractive light and dark foliage. Shades _ of 
yellow, orange, scarlet, crimson, salmon, cerise, 
cream, maroon and spotted varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
Please include Sales Tax within State of California. 
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