THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
ANNUAL SEEDS 21 
Grandiflora, Single Fringed 
Petunias 
While not as large flowering as the Gi¬ 
ants, these varieties are next in size and 
they have very prettily fringed lacy pet¬ 
als. As a class, they run very true to 
color descriptions, showing some variation 
in shade and also in size and formation. 
Free flowering, excellent for pots, porch 
boxes, baskets or bedding. The following 
varieties have been personally selected by 
us as being the best. Many others we have 
not listed because we found them inferior 
or too near alike. 
Dainty Lady. The result of many years of 
breeding to produce a yellow Petunia. 
'Dainty Lady is a dainty light yellow 
with golden glint in the throat. It is a 
compact grower. While we feel it is 
of limited value Dainty Lady is effec¬ 
tive especially when grown with a deep 
purple blue like Marine or Elk’s Pride. 
Tr. Pkt. $1.00, Trial Pkt. 50c. 
Murine or Fringed Elks Pride. Best of the 
deep violet blue fringed varieties, su¬ 
perior to Violacea and almost identical 
in color with the plain petalled Elks 
Pride. Tr. Pkt. 75e, A oz. $1.75. 
Miranda. Rosy carmine deeper in shade 
than Scarlet Beauty. Dark throated. 
Plant growth quite compact. Tr. Pkt. 
50c, A oz. $1.50. 
Pride of Portland. Very large and bright 
and uniform. Slightly lighter in effect 
than Theodosia but a little liable to 
fade out in extremely hot sunny wea¬ 
ther. Tr. Pkt. 50c, A oz. $1.50. 
Romany Lass. Crimson with coppery 
caste, very dark with almost black 
throat. Tr. Pkt. 50c, A oz. $1.25, A oz. 
$2.25. 
Salmon Beauty. A pretty shade of pink 
with a distinct salmon tint. Delicate 
in color rather than showy. Reasonably 
true from seed, showing some varia¬ 
tion. Trade Pkt. $1.00, Trial Pkt. 50c. 
Scarlet Beauty. Very good deep rose pink 
almost scarlet, with dark throat. Quite 
'dwarf and compact. Tr. Pkt. 50e, A ox. 
$1.50. 
Steel Blue (Coerulea). Heliotrope or lav¬ 
ender with dark veinings. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
3*5 OZ. $1.50. 
Tlicodosia 
Theodosia. The most popular pink shade. 
Excellent well fringed rich rose with 
contrasting golden center. Splendid for 
potting or bedding. Tr. Pkt. 50c, A oz. 
$1.25, A oz. $2.00. 
White Beauty. Beautiful fringed white. 
Very pretty with touch of yellow in 
throat. Tr. Pkt. 50c, A oz. $1.50. 
Martins Excellent Fringed Mixed. A bril¬ 
liant mixture of all shades, balanced 
by our own formula. Tr. Pkt. 50c, A oa. 
$1.50, a oz. $2.75. 
Petunia, Martin's Excellent Dwarf Giants 
Giant Monster Petunias 
The Giants of California or Fimbriata Superbissima Group 
The Largest! of all Petunias. Heavily ruffled and fringed. 
The Best Giant Mixtures 
Martin’s Excellent Dwarf Giants. Our No. 
1 Giant Flowering Ruffled Strain for 
potting. Realizing that no two grow¬ 
ers agree exactly on the most desirable 
color mixture for this purpose, after 
much observation and questioning, we 
believe this mixture, as offered, meets 
the critical ideas of the majority of 
growers. Although both light and dark 
shades are present, the mixture as a 
whole leans to the darker, richer, red¬ 
dish, cerise and copper shades. When 
properly grown the plants will be dwarf 
and compact.. Tr. Pkt. $1.25, A oz. $3.75, 
A oz. $7.00. 
Dwarf Giants Ramona Strain. Also very 
fine, although we consider it not quite 
up to our Excellent Strain for color 
range. Enormous flowers on strong' 
bushy plants. 
Dwarf Ramona Light Shades. Lighter 
shades from the above strain. 
Dwarf Ramona Dark Shades. Some prefer 
this as it is mostly of the darker rich 
shades. 
Price the above Ramona Strains—Tr. Pkt. 
$1.00, A oz. $2.75, A oz. $5.00, % oz. 
$9.00. 
Standard Giants of California 
Taller Strains 
Improved Giants of California Mixed. A 
well balanced mixture of light and dark 
shades, including many pinks and rose 
to add brightness. Our seed is from the 
choicest plants. Under outdoor garden¬ 
ing conditions this taller strain is pre¬ 
ferred by many over the Dwarf Giants 
as it is apt to produce more flowers, 
consequently more color. Tr. Pkt. 50c, 
A OZ. $1.75, A oz. $3.00. 
Giants of California Good Mixed. Well 
worth its cost, but not quite as choice 
as our Improved Giants. Tr. Pkt. 50c, 
A OZ. $1.25, A OZ. $2.25. 
Ruffled Monsters Mixed. Half dwarf type 
of erect habit of growth. Flowers very 
large and ruffled with open throats. 
Colors mostly rich red and dark shades 
richly marked and veined. Tr. Pkt. 75c, 
A OB. $2.00, A OB. $3.50. 
Ruffled Giants in Separate Varieties 
The varieties we have selected from many 
trials, we are convinced are the best 
They are reasonably true to color. We 
have tried out many more varieties but 
have discarded them as being near dupli¬ 
cation or unduly untrue as to color. Varie¬ 
ties offered are all good grown separately 
and they also can be used to “tailor make’’ 
mixtures to exactly meet your individual 
demands. 
Deep Rose. Dwarf compact plant, mam • 
moth flowered, wide open throat with 
desirable deep rose shade and attrac¬ 
tively pencilled markings. 
German Empress. Lilac with distinct pur¬ 
ple veins. 
Giant Copper Red. Rich red with copper 
tint, dark throat. 
Prince of VVurttcmbcrg (Black Prince). 
Dark Crimson, black throat. 
Princess of Wurtteinberg. Rose pink, 
veined purple, garnet throat. 
Rhcingold. White, bright yellow throat. 
Silver Rose. Pink with silvery cast, 
throat light with dark veinings. 
Any above—Tr. Pkt. 75c, A <>z. $1.40, A 
oz. $2.50. Special Any 3 Tr. Pkts. your 
choice of above for $2 00. 
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
