24 ANNUAL SEEDS 
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 
Annual Scabiosa, Excellent for Cutting 
Annual Scabiosa 
Attractive Annuals for outdoor bloom dur¬ 
ing the summer and early fall, and valu¬ 
able for cutting because of their long 
wiry stems. Plant 3 ft. tall. In greenhouse 
bloom it is almost necessary to use addi¬ 
tional illumination. Blooms may be had 
from Christmas on by the use of electric 
light. March sown seed will bloom in 
May. 
1937 Novelty Scabiosa 
T? A brand new color in Scabiosa, 
AOSCtie very deep rose suffused with 
salmon. An excellent cutting flower be¬ 
cause of its gorgeous shade and large size 
of flowers with long, stiff stems. Tr. I*kt. 
50c, % oz. $1.00. 
Standard Varieties (3 ft. tall) 
Azure Fairy. Azure blue, best of that 
shade. 
nine Cockade. Flowers conical in shape 
of a real rich blue much deeper than 
Azure Fairy. 
Cattleya. Rich rosy lilac or orchid shade 
which is new in Scabiosas. Large flow¬ 
ers excellent for cutting. 
Fire King. Rich rosy crimson. 
King of tlie Blacks. Maroon black. 
Loveliness. These lovely salmon pink 
shades are the favorites with many 
growers. Very large flowered. 
Pencil Blossom. Light flesh or peach pink. 
Rose. A lively shade. 
Shasta. Finest pure white. 
Sulfur Yellow. Smaller than others and 
less desirable. 
Any above variety—% oz. 20c, oz. COe. 
Fine Jlixed. Yi oz. 15c, oz. 45c. 
Giant Hybrids Mixed. Giant sized bail 
shaped flowers in many unusual shades. 
14 oz. 30c, oz. 90c. 
Tahoka Daisy 
Machaeianthera Tanaectifolia. A tender 
perennial best grown as an annual. Seed 
started early will produce quantities of 
Lavender Blue Daisies throughout sum¬ 
mer and fall. About 1 foot high. Tr. Pkt. 
35c, 14 oz. .$1.00. 
Thunbergia 
Alata Mixed (Black Eyed Susan). Showy 
little climber for hanging baskets, porch 
boxes, etc. The flowers are single in 
white, yellow or orange each with dis¬ 
tinct dark brown almost black center. 
Bloom all summer from seed started in 
February. % oz. 20c, oz. COe. 
Gibsoni. Larger bright golden yellow 
flowers. Perennial but grown as an¬ 
nual from seeds. Tr. Pkt. (50 seeds) 
$1.25. 
Statice - Annual Varieties 
The Sinuata varieties make excellent cut 
flowers and may be dried for everlasting 
bouquets For an outdoor crop, seed 
sown in May will be in good bloom in 
July. In the greenhouse August sown seed 
will bloom in February and by sowing 
more seed in February you can cut flow¬ 
ers in May. Soaking the seed before plant¬ 
ing helps germination. 
New Strains of Statice Sinuata 
Kampfs Tall Improved Deep Blue. Slight¬ 
ly taller and longer stemmed than 
others, and the flowers of the deepest 
rich blue. 
Market Growers Blue. New bright, deep 
blue. 
Snow AYbite. A greatly improved pure 
white, large and without the tiny yel¬ 
low buds which appear in the standard 
white. 
New Hybrids Mixed. Includes the ordin¬ 
ary colors, but many new shades as well. 
Pastel Shades Mixed. Shades which are 
very popular for cutting. 
Any above 5—14 oz. 20c, oz. 00c, % lb. 
$1.50. 
Tom Thumb Dwarf Mixed. Excellent for 
bedding or the border. Bushy plants 
only 12 to 15 inches tall, full of bloom 
in a good range of colors. % oz. 15c. 
!4 oz. 25c, oz. SOc. 
Standard Varieties Sinuata 
Lavender. Rosy at first, then lavender. 
Rosea Superba. Deepest rose shade. 
True Blue. Good deep blue but lighter than 
Kampfs. 
White. 
Yellow Bonduelli. Golden yellow. 
Sinuata Mixed. 
Any color or mixed—% oz. 10c, oz. 30c, 
% lb. SOc, lb. $2.50. 
Statice Suworowii 
Russian or Bat Tail Statice. A very orna¬ 
mental variety with long graceful 
spikes of rose pink flowers. Seed sown 
early outdoors will bloom in July. For 
the greenhouse seed started in October 
and spread on light shallow soil will 
flower from February to May. 45 de¬ 
grees is best temperature. % oz. 20c, 
% oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. 
STATICE SUWOROWII 
This Russian Statice is an Excellent 
Greenhouse Grower 
STATICE SINUATA is excellent for drying 
Tithonia—Mexican Sunflower 
Speciosa. Also called the Golden Flower 
of the Incas. Flower of bright orange 
vermilion resembling large single Afri¬ 
can Marigolds. Plant growth and fo¬ 
liage like the Dahlia. A good cut flow¬ 
er. Start early to get outdoor bloom by 
midsummer. % oz. 25c, % oz. 45c, oz. 
$1.59. 
Early Flowering- Strain. A week or 10 
days earlier, somewhat smaller flower¬ 
ed and dwarfer. Tr. Pkt. 35c, % oz. 00c, 
oz. $2.00. 
Torenia 
Bedding and pot plants with Pansy-like 
flowers. Will bloom all summer from 
seed started in January or February to 
set out from pots in May. Seed started in 
June or July will flower during midwin¬ 
ter in the greenhouse. Plants a foot high. 
Fourneri Grandiflora. An improved large 
flowering strain of the blue variety. 
A oz. 30c, Va oz. 50c, % oz. 90e, oz. $3.00. 
Fourneri Alba. White. A oz. 25c, 14 oz. 
45c, % oz. SOc, oz. $2.50. 
Trachelium 
Coeruleuin. Plants 1 foot high carrying 
large corymbs of small pale blue flow¬ 
ers. Grown as a greenhouse annual it 
makes an excellent pot plant. Suitable 
for cutting also. Tr. pkt. 35c. 
Tripteris 
Hyoseriordes. Plants 2 to 2% feet high, 
topped with clusters of dainty yellow 
daisies. The small central disc at first 
yellow, later changing to brown. Tr. 
Pkt. 35c, % oz. $1.00. 
Ursinia 
Low-growing daisy-like flowers, excellent 
for cutting when well grown in sunny 
locations. January sown seed will usual¬ 
ly produce flowers in the greenhouse in 
April. 
Anetlioides. Deep orange with zone of 
purplish red. 10 inches. Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
% «z. 05c. 
Anetlioides New Hybrids. Yellow, flesh 
and orange shades. Tr. l’kt. 35c, Y-i oz. 
65c. 
Pulehrn. Dwarf variety 6 inches tall, ex¬ 
cellent for low border, rich orange, with 
dark zone. Tr. Pkt. 35c, >4 oz. 75c. 
