32 PERENNIAL SEEDS WHOLESALE PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 
Martin’s Long-Spurred Hybrid Aquilegia 
Vigorous Plants, With a Wonderful Color Assortment 
Aquilegia or Columbine 
During the summer of 1936 ws again carefully checked the leading 
strains and varieties of Aquilegias with the intention of revising our 
list to include the best available. We are sure you will be pleased 
with any or all of strains listed here. 
Aquilegia 
Martin’s Long-Spurred Hybrids 
This strain contains the best shades and 
forms available from the leading- hybrid¬ 
izers of the world. It will give you a 
wonderful assortment of colors. Long 
spurred varieties of real character and 
substance. tV oz. 40c, Vi or,. 75c, V4 or. 
$1.55, oz. $4.00. 
Hobbies Imperial Hybrids. Valuable strain 
from a leading- English grower. Has a 
world-wide reputation. Includes a wide 
range of shades both light and dark. 
!>,; oz. 50c, % cz. 50c, Vi oz. !>Oc, oz. $5.00. 
Sirs. Scolt Elliot’s Strain. Large size, 
long spurred flowers in all shades. We 
have a splendid strain which we care¬ 
fully inspect when in full bloom. The 
lighter more delicate shades prevail. ^ 
oz. 50c, is oz. 50c, Vi oz.. 00c, oz. $5.00. 
Long-Spurred, Separate Shades 
These come reasonably true from seed. 
Itluc Shades Orange and Scarlet 
Pink Shades Rose Queen 
Snow Queen 
Any of these—A oz. 55c, % oz. 60c, 14 oz. 
$1.10, oz, $5.75. 
Two Novelty 
Aquilegias 
Clematif lora or Clema¬ 
tis Flowered Aquile¬ 
gia. This has large flat 
open flowers without 
spurs. All color shades 
are present except deep 
reds. Something-decid¬ 
edly pretty and differ¬ 
ent for your customers. 
Introducer’s Packets 
50c. 
Aquilegia Longissima. 
An extremely long 
spurred strain with 
very graceful and 
beautiful flowers of 
very pale yellow. Good 
strong free blooming 
plants. Seed is very 
scarce. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Other Valuable Aquilegias 
Hardy Asters—Michaelmas 
Hardy Asters are increasing in popular¬ 
ity with the advent of new varieties. Most 
of them are valuable for cutting and for 
massing in the border for late summer 
and fall bloom. 
Alpinus Varieties 
Mostly of dwarf compact growth, 6 to 12 
inches high, fall blooming and a perfect 
mass of flowers when in bloom. 
Alpinus Blue. Fairly large light blue 
flowers. A oz. 25c, Vi oz. 45c, Vi oz. SOe, 
oz. $2.40. 
Alpinus Albus. Neat plants, white flow¬ 
ers. 3^ oz. 30c, Vi oz. 55c, Vi oz. $1.00. 
Alpinus Dark Beauty. Rich dark purple 
blue flowers. Tr. Pkt. 35e, Vi oz. 00c, Vi 
oz. $1.50. 
Alpinus Goliath. Large flower fine soft 
blue, 15 inches. Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vi oz 
60c, Vi or. $1.50. 
Alpinus Mixed Varieties. A oz. 25c. Vi oz. 
45c, Vi oz. 80c, oz. $2.40. 
Amellus Varieties 
Taller growing, 1V4 to 2 ft. Good cut 
flower subjects. Bloom late summer 
Beauty of Ronsdorf. Large flowers of 
rich rosy lilac. Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vi oz. $1.00. 
King George. Large trusses of good sized 
flowers. Bluish violet. Tr. I’kt. 25e, Vi 
oz. 55c, Vi oz. $1.00. 
Perry’s Favorite. Bright pink flowers, 
large in size and showy. A oz. 30c, Vi 
oz. 55c, Vi oz. $1.00. 
Ultramarine. Lovely violet blue. A oz. 
30c, Vi oz. SOe, Vi oz. 90c. 
Amellus Hybridus Mixed. Many new 
shades of the large flowered earlier 
varieties. A oz. 30e, Vi oz. 55e, Vi oz. 
$1.00, oz. $3.50. 
Two New Asters 
Andersoni <R). Dainty dwarf creeping 
plant fairly covered in the spring with 
masses of lavender blue flowers. Tr. 
Pkt. 50c. 
Mt. Everest. An early flowering dwarf 
form with light violet petals, blotched 
at the base. Golden yellow centers. Tr. 
Pkt. 50c. 
Crimson Star. A beautiful new English 
introduction. The spurs and sepals are 
of rich crimson, the petals white, really 
a wonderful combination. Long spurred 
and of good substance. We offer tlie 
introducer’s strain that comes practical¬ 
ly 100% true from seed. Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
A oz. 60c, Vi oz. $1.10, Vi oz. $2.00. 
Long Spurred Good Mixed. A good mix¬ 
ture for a low price. Vi oz. 35e, V4 oz. 
60c, oz. $2.00. 
Alpiitn Blue, True Dwarf Strain. One of 
the very few good dwarf Aquilegias. 
Only 9 to 10 inches high with dainty 
blue short spurred flowers. Seed very 
scarce. Tr. Pkt. $1.00. 
Alpina Blue, Standard Strain. Azure blue, 
2 ft. Vi oz. SOe, Vi or. 55c, oz. $1.S0. 
Canadensis. Old rose and yellow. Tr. Pkt. 
25e, Vi oz. 65c, oz. $2.00. 
California Hybrids. Golden yellow with 
red spurs. Vi oz. 30c, Vi oz. 55e, oz. $1.S0. 
Cbrysantlin Yellow. Very fine light yel¬ 
low variety. 3 ft. tall. Vi or. 25e, Vi 
oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Chrysantha Alba, Silver Queen. Silvery 
white flowers. Fragrant. Tr. Pkt. 35e, 
Vi oz. SOe, oz. $2.50. 
Various Hardy Asters 
Subcoeruleus Blue. Excellent light blue. 
Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
Sub. Wartburg Star. Excellent new va¬ 
riety, valuable for florists because of 
its cut flower quality. Long stemmed 
flowers, large bright lavender blue with 
yellow centers. Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vi oz. $1.00, 
Vi oz. $1.90. 
Novi-Belgi Hybrids. Many of the best 
new named varieties originated from 
this species. Large flowers, freely 
borne. Shades of lavender, lavender 
pink, blue, and violet. Tr. Pkt. 35e, Vi 
oz. SOe, Vi oz. $1.50. 
Large Flowered Mixed. Includes many new 
hybrids, far superior to ordinary mix¬ 
ture. Tr. Pkt. 35e, Vi oz. 75e, Vi oz. $1.25. 
Coerulea Blue. Pure strain of the Rocky 
Mountain blue columbine. Vi oz. 30c, Vi 
oz. 50c, oz. $1.S0. 
Coerulea, Mrs. M. NiehoIIs. An improved 
Coerulea Blue, a stronger grower with 
larger long spurred blooms. Tr. Pkt. 
SOe, Vi oz. $1.50. 
Edelweiss Nana Compacts. New erect 
growing variety with large snow white 
flowers. Tr. Pkt. 35c. Vi oz. SOe, Vi oz. 
$1.50. 
Flnbcllatn. Dwarf compact variety with 
blue flowers tipped white. Vi oz. 30c, Vi 
oz. 55e, or. $1.80. 
Glnndulosa Major. Dark violet with white 
corolla, 3 ft. Vi oz 30e, Vi oz. SOe, oz. 
$ 1.50. 
Jactsebuai. Large yellow with peach red 
spurs, 3 ft. Vi oz. 35e, Vi oz. 60c, oz. 
$ 2 . 00 . 
Nivea Grandiflorn. Semi-double white, 3 
ft. Vi oz. 20c, V4 oz. 35c , oz. $1.20. 
Beil Biding Hood. New double variety 
with calyx of old rose over a pure 
white double corolla. Very attractive. 
Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vi oz $1.00. 
Skinneri. Desirable strong growing var¬ 
iety with scarlet spurs and yellowish 
green corolla. Tr. Pkt. 25e, Vi oz. OOe, oz. 
$ 2 . 00 . 
Baptisia—False Indigo 
Australis. A good hardy border plant with 
its racemes of indigo blue flowers some¬ 
what resembling Lupines. Nice for cut¬ 
ting also, 3 ft. Vi oz. 20e, oz. 60e. 
Betonica—Stachys 
Grandiflorn Rose. An excellent border 
plant with rosy purple flower heads. 
IV2 ft. Tr. Pkt. 25c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
Bocconia—Plume Poppy 
Japonica Cordata. Valuable for tall back¬ 
grounds. Plants 5 to 7 ft. high with 
handsome foliage and dense plumes of 
small white airy flowers. Vi oz. 15c, 
oz. 40c. 
