FLOWER SEEDS—ANNUALS 
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Paul J. Howard's ASTERS 
BRIGHT RED ASTER 
HEART OF FRANCE. An effective Aster for 
bedding purposes. Has medium sized flowers of a 
rich dark red, a color not found in any other. 
Price 15c per packet; 1 ounce $2.00. 
NEW WILT RESISTANT IMPROVED 
CREGO ASTERS 
With the added feature of resistance to the 
Fusarium Wilt or Stem Rot, these Asters are of 
robust, branching habit, about 30 inches high; 
flowers large, double and well formed, one of the 
finest varieties both for bedding and cutting. 
Packet 25c. 
CATTLEYA. Fascinating shade of orchid. 
Deep Rose Royal Purple Peachblossom 
Shell Pink White Mixed 
Collection: 5 packets for $1.00 
SINGLE ASTERS 
SINGLE GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. The beauti¬ 
ful flowers resemble colored Shasta Daisies. White, 
rose, light blue, purple and mixed. Price 25c per 
packet; 5 packets $1.00; 1 ounce $3.00. 
GIANT CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE ASTERS 
Improved 
This grand novelty is one of the loveliest 
flowers produced in many years. They make the 
prettiest floral decorations imaginable, producing 
an effect of indescribable beauty and refinement. 
The flowers are composed of a single row of long 
graceful petals, surrounding a cushion center of 
creamy yellow color, which contrasts beautifully 
with the color of the petals. Separate colors. 
Rose, Pink, Lavender, Light Blue, Purple, White, 
and Mixed. 
Price 25c Per Packet; 1 Ounce $4.00 
NEW POMPON ASTERS 
Very fine for cut flowers. 
IMPROVED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
The finest Asters yet produced. They are of 
strong sturdy habit and the immense fluffy 
flowers are borne on long sturdy stems, making 
them most desirable and attractive for floral dec¬ 
orations. White, peachblossom, pale pink, light 
blue, light purple, deep rose, dark purple, and 
mixed. 
Price 25c Per Packet; 5 Packets $1.00 
1 Ounce $3.00 
PEONY FLOWERED ASTERS. Of the same habit 
of growth as the Giants of California, with equal¬ 
ly large flowers, the petals of which are broad 
and flatter. White, purple, lavender, flesh-pink, 
silvery rose, deep rose, and mixed. Price 25c per 
packet; 5 packets $1.00; 1 ounce $3.00. 
ASTER LOS ANGELES 
ASTER Super Giant Los Angeles. (Award of 
Merit, All American selection, 1934). This is the 
largest and most fully double Aster known. The 
flowers are from 6 to 8 inches across, full petaled 
and artistically graceful in the feathery effect of 
the interlacing ostrich feather type petals. The 
color is a lovely soft shell pink, blending to a 
creamy pink at the center. Packet, 25c. 
POMPON ASTERS 
Pretty, small pompon blossoms on branch¬ 
ing plants twelve to fourteen inches high. 
Excellent for beds or bordering larger asters, 
and especially fine for cut sprays. Blood 
red, red with white center, lavender, rose, 
violet, white, and mixed. Price 25c per 
packet, 5 packets for $1.00. 
BALSAM. Symmetrical, fleshy stemmed 
plants for shady beds or growing in pots. The 
waxy, double blossoms resemble camellias, and 
the colors are bright. Scarlet, rose, salmon, 
white, lilac, and mixed. Packet 10c. 
BARTONIA aurea. Blazing Star. A native 
California annual with large brilliant yellow 
flowers. Grows in poor soil. Packet 15c. 
BRACHYCOME. Swan River Daisy. The 
low growing plants are covered the entire sum¬ 
mer with a profusion of pretty blue, white, 
rose, or mixed. Packet 10c. 
BROWALLIA. A very pretty plant for bor¬ 
ders, beds, window boxes, with deep amethyst 
blue or white flowers shaped like small glox¬ 
inias. Packet 10c. 
An easily grown and free flowering annual, and 
a favorite tor cut flowers. 
ORANGE KING. Bright orange, dark eye. Per 
packet 10c. 
LEMON QUEEN. Rich lemon yellow. Per Packet 
10c. 
RADIO. A new type with prettily quilled petals 
of bright orange with a golden tip. Per Packet 
25c 
BALLS GOLD. Large, very double golden yellow. 
Per Packet 25c. 
CAMPFIRE. Extremely large on very long stems, 
orange with a scarlet sheen. Per Packet 25c. 
CALLIOPSIS. Similar to coreopsis, flowers 
in greater profusion, smaller, and marked with 
various shades of gold and brown. 
Tall. Two to three feet high. Mixed colors. 
Packet 10c. 
Dwarf. 18 inches. Splendid for low beds or bor¬ 
ders. Packet 10c. 
CANDYTUFT. Much prized for its fra¬ 
grance. Carmine, crimson, white, lilac, flesh- 
pink, and mixed. Per packet 15c. 
CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWERS 
No. 1. For sunny locations. A mixture of. 
twenty or more true native California Wildflowers. 
Packet 25e; ounce 50c; lb. $5.00 
No. 2. For shady places. A splendid mixture. 
Packet 25c; ounce 75c; lb. $7.00. 
GOLDEN BEAM RADIO. A bright golden yellow 
variety of Radio. Packet, 25c. 
BALLS APRICOT. A gorgeous new color in the 
large flowered calendulas. Rich apricot with or¬ 
ange picoted edges. Strikingly beautiful. Per 
Packet 25c. 
CHRYSANTHA. The petals of this new calen¬ 
dula are more loosely arranged than in the other 
types giving the effect of a Chrysanthemum. 
Rich butter-cup-yellow. Packet, 25e. 
ORANGE SHAGGY. Like Chrysantha; but deep 
orange. Packet, 25e. 
BALL'S WHITE. This white-flowered Calendula 
is a long desired addition to the other shades, 
making a wonderful cut-flower. Packet, 15e. 
MIXED. All colors. Pkt. 10c. 
CENTAUREA. Favorites everywhere — 
wonderful as cut flowers. 
Cornflowers, or Bachelor's Buttons (Centaurea 
cyanus), Double Blue, Double Rose, and Double 
Mixed. Packet 10c. 
Sweet Sultans (Centaurea imperialis), rose,, 
white, lavender, yellow, red, and mixed. Packet 
10c. 
Paul J. Howard’s 
NEW ANNUAL CANTERBURY 
BELLS 
With this valuable new annual you should be 
able to have Canterbury Bells in bloom at almost 
any time of the year. It blooms six months from 
time of planting of seed, growing 2 to 21/2 feet 
tall, with six to eight spikes of bells, flowering 
continuously if cut. 
Mixed colors containing light blue, dark blue, 
pink rose, and white. Packet 25c. 
BLUE BELL. Beautiful Cambridge blue. Packet 
25c. 
MISSION BELL. Clear Pink. Packet 25c. 
WEDDING BELL. Pure white. Packet, 25c. 
ANGELUS BELL. Beautiful deep rose. Packet 
25c. 
LIBERTY BELL. Intense violet-blue. Packet 25c. 
CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula me¬ 
dium). Old-fashioned favorite biennials. 
SINGLE. White, rose, blue, lilac, and mixed. 
Packet 15c. 
DOUBLE. White, rose, blue, and mixed. Packet 
25c. 
CUP AND SAUCER. White, rose, blue, lilac, 
and mixed. Packet 25c. 
CALENDULA 
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