ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
NASTURTIUM 
(Continued) 
by their great quantities of bloom from early Summer until 
frost. The seed pods can be gathered while green and tender 
for pickling. Height, 8 to 10 feet. 
Finest Mixed. 
DWARF OR BEDDING VARIETIES. (Tom Thumb) Of 
dwarf, compact growth. Excellent for borders or for bedding, 
forming plants about 1 foot high by 1 foot across. 
Finest Mixed. 
NICOTIANA, Flowering Tobacco 
Stately plants producing large, trumpet shaped blooms 
from midsummer until frost. Fine for beds and borders. 
Affinis Hybrids, Mixed Colors. 
OENOTHERA (See Evening Primrose) 
PAINTED DAISY (See Chrysanthemum, Annual) 
PANSY, Heart's Ease 
When the bright hues of the Tulips and Daffodils have 
faded, the rich, deep and varied shades of the Pansies pro¬ 
vide a welcome change in the flower beds. The varieties 
listed produce large blooms of good substance, regular mark¬ 
ings, and full rich coloring. 
SWISS GIANT or ROGGLI. Within the last few years the 
blossoms of this strain have been remarkably improved in 
every way. The plants are compact in habit and they pro¬ 
duce immense circular flowers for a long blooming season. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
STEELE’S MASTODON. A vigorous Oregon type, partic¬ 
ularly desirable for cutting as the plants are taller and 
have longer stems. Esteemed for bedding. A fine blend for 
bright effects. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
POPULAR BEDDING MIXTURE. These are the popular 
saucy-faced beauties that everybody loves, comprising the 
finest varieties in all colors. 
PAPAVER (See Poppy) 
PENTSTEMON, Beard Tongue 
Beautiful perennial plants for the hardy border. 
New Hybrids, Mixed. Produces large spikes. 3 feet. 
PETUNIA 
The seed may be started indoors early in the year in seed 
boxes and later transplanted or sown out of doors in the 
Spring. Cover very lightly and apply water with a fine 
spray. Be careful not to discard the smaller and weaker 
seedlings. From these the finest flowers are often obtained, 
the coarse gi'owing plants frequently reverting to the com¬ 
mon types. 
Flaming Velvet. See inside front cover. 
Burgundy. See page 3. 
Rose King Improved. See page 2. 
Miniature Rose Gem. See page 2. 
DWARF SINGLE—NANA COMPACTA 
Martha Washington. A lovely novelty of dwarf, compact 
growth. 9 inches high, smothered with brilliant blooms about 
3 inches in diameter. The frilled portion of the flowers is a 
charming flesh pink and the center is strongly veined with 
wine red. Pkt. 25c. 
Pink Gem. Plants 5 to 6 inches high, literally smothered with 
deep pink blooms. Pkt. 20c. 
Admiral (New). Dark blue, large wavy-edged flowers, dwarf, 
compact plants. Pkt. 25c. 
Mixed Colei’s. 
SINGLE BALCONY PETUNIAS. A splendid large and free- 
flowering type for window boxes, vases, hanging baskets, etc. 
The flowers average 3 inches across. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 
SINGLE BEDDING PETUNIAS. These Petunias are used 
extensively for mass plantings. The dwarf varieties are 
ideal for edgings to taller plants, bedding, borders, and for 
pot culture, while the spreading varieties lend themselves 
admirably for large beds, borders, and porch boxes. 
Pink Beauty. The flowers are quite large, of handsome 
form, brilliant rose pink with throat lightly suffused with 
yellow. 
Heavenly Blue. (Silver Blue). Enchanting shade of light 
silvery blue. Dwarf. 
Rosy Morn. Soft rose-carmine-pink with a white throat. 
Dwarf and close-growing. 
Mixed. All colors. A very decorative show may be had by 
sowing these broadcast. 
GRANDIFLORA SINGLE FRINGED. Blooms of truly giant 
size with exquisitely fringed edges. Start the seed indoors in 
boxes or pans. 
Miranda. (Certificate of Honor, Royal Horticultural Society, 
1935.) Rose carmine, dark throat. Pkt. 25c. 
Pride of Portland. Bright rose pink. Pkt. 20c. 
Elk’s Pride. Very large deep purple. Pkt. 20c. 
Mixed Colors. 
RUFFLED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. Ruffled monsters, a 
half dwarf type of erect and robust habit. The flowers are 
very large and ruffled, with open shallow throats. The colors 
are mostly the desirable red and dark shades, richly marked 
and veined. 
Mixed Color. Pkt. 25c. 
DWARF GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. A dwarf sturdy grow¬ 
ing type especially suited to pot culture. Flowers are beauti¬ 
fully ruffled and fringed with open well marked throats. 
Ramona Strain. Mixed colors. Pkt. 25c. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES. We offer the finest strain of double 
Petunias and suggest that seed be started indoors in boxes or 
pans. The small, crumpled seedlings will give the finest 
flowers. 
Choice Mixed Colors. Pkt. 25c. 
Triumphant, All Double Mixed. (Award of Merit, All-America 
Selections, 1934.) All double giant fringed. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 35c. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
A valuable and showy annual highly esteemed for bedding, 
for massing and for borders. The plants grow about 1 foot 
high, thrive in practically any soil if given a sunny location 
and bloom the entire season. Seed may be started in boxes 
and transplanted or sown in the open in Spring. 
Mixed Colors. 
DWARF OR COMPACT VARIETIES. The plants grow very 
symmetrical, in neat little bushes, 6 to 8 inches high and 
are covered with flowers during the whole Summer and Fall. 
Excellent for bedding or edging. 
Choice Mixed. 
STAR VARIETIES. The petals of these flowers have 
fringed or toothed edges, darker centers, and margins of a 
different shade, giving them the appearance of twinkling 
stars. Otherwise, they are similar to the large flowering 
kinds. 
Choice Mixed. 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETI, Chinese Lantern Plant 
This hardy biennial plant grows to a height of about 2 feet 
and is a profuse bloomer, producing many large, striking 
flowers of a beautiful, brilliant orange red color resembling 
Chinese lanterns in shape. 
SINGLE FRINGED PETUNIA 
TREAT YOUR GARDEN TO A FEW ALL-AMERICA NOVELTIES. SEE PAGES 2 AND 3. 
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