(1919} PREMIUM OFFER 
One Packet of Flower Seeds Free with Every 25 Cents of Your Order as follows: 
1. This Premium is Offered on any purchase of seeds, plants or bulbs (excepting Lawn Grass seed. 
Alfalfa seed in bulk, and Shrubs, page 47), but not on other articles. 
2. As Premium You May Select for every twenty-five cents of your order one packet of flower seeds 
free, selecting such seeds as are listed at not more than 5c a packet. 
3. Premiums Must Be Selected with the order and according to my offer. 
A GREETING AND AN APOLOGY 
Dear Patron: I take pleasure in mailing you a copy of my 1919 catalog, but call attention to the 
use, on account of the greatly increased cost in getting out this edition, of surplus covers that were left 
from a previous issue. This of course in no way detracts from the conscientious service I shall strive to 
give, as always in the past I have tried to render. 
I regret also a necessary increase in the price of vegetable seeds, especially as there will be more need 
for the home garden than ever during this reconstruction period. Many lines of vegetable seeds have 
been grown in Europe, which supply has been cut off by the war. The expense of growing in our own 
country is so much more, and owing also to some partial crop failures, that for some things the grower's 
cost is four and even six times as much as before. While therefore compelled to advance prices, I have 
kept them to as low a limit as possible. Your flower garden need not cost you more, however, as there 
is little change in the flower list prices. 
Thanking you for past patronage and hoping to serve you again this year, I am 
Yours sincerely, 
EMMA V. WHITE. 
CINNAMON VINE BULBS 
Beautiful leaves, dainty flowers, exquisite perfume, grows in shade 
or sun, wet or dry. No insects ever trouble. No winter harms. 
A charming climber that will quickly surround your arbor, window 
or veranda with a wonderful profusion of vines covered with hand¬ 
some, glossy, heart-shaped leaves, while its clusters of delicate white 
flowers emit a delicious fragrance. Very hardy, thriving almost 
everywhere, though perhaps not so well adapted to the extreme north. 
The first year the vines run about 10 feet, but eventually reach a height 
of 25 to 40 feet. See my “Culture of Flowers” for directions. Two 
or three roots, one foot apart, on each side of a door or window will 
quickly cover it. They do best in a warm, sunny location, though 
thriving almost anywhere. 
Extra Quality—Sure to grow. Price, 1 strong root, 5c; 3 roots, 
12c; 6 roots, 21c; 12 roots, 40c; all postpaid. 
FLORICULTURE GUIDES 
“CULTURE OF FLOWERS FROM SEED.” My booklet of prac¬ 
tical directions, with special instructions for Asters, Pansies, Sweet 
Peas, Roses and Greenhouse Seeds, free, if asked for, with an order for 
flower seeds of 25c or over. Otherwise the price is 5c. 
“HOME FLORICULTURE.” A guide to growing seeds, plants 
and bulbs in the house or garden. A book of 175 pages, all about the 
puzzling things a flower lover wants to know, gathered from the author’s 
experience of 25 years. Price, paper-bound, 30 cents, postpaid. 
FLORAL ART PICTURES 
Receiving so many compliments for my dainty 
and artistic catalog covers, I have printed a quan¬ 
tity of late years without lettering. The dainty 
colorings and fine workmanship give them a value 
as art studies, and, properly framed, they will adorn 
any wall. I offer as. follows: Double Rose Study, 
1918 cover; Nasturtium Study, 1917 cover; Rose 
Study, 1916 cover; Clematis and Hawthorn Study, 
1915 cover, and Basket of Pansies, 1913 cover. 
Price of any except Pansy, 5c each; 2 for 8c; 3 for 
11c; more than 3 at 3c each. Price of Pansy study 
is 7c straight. 
REMITTING BY CHECK. 
When remitting by check please add five cents 
as, by late bank rulings, I am obliged to pay for 
collecting nearly all checks. Not much for you 
to pay for the convenience of using your check 
book, but in the aggregate it means many dollars 
for me. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Perennial Seeds. 2 
Miscellaneous Offers. 3 
Alfalfa. 3 
Vegetable Seeds. 4—7 
Fertilizer and Insecticides. 8 
Lawn Grass and Clover. 8 
Asters. 9-12 
Pansies. 13 
Sweet Peas.14-16 
Roses. 16 
Flower Seeds. Alphabetical List.17-11 
Plants and Bulbs.42-48 
All Bulbs, Plants and Seeds sent prepaid, unless 
otherwise stated. 
Send for Terms to Agents to sell my choice seeds. 
