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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
LA CROSSE, WIS 
1937 
Tall Phlox Drummond! 
PHLOX (Flame Flower) 
PENTSTEMON HP 
Also known as Beard Tongue. Beautiful plants with 
broad green foliage and spikes of tubular flowers. 2 to 2^ 
feet. 
2318— Gloxinioldes Mixed, Sensation. Blooms the first 
year from seed. 30 inches. Every branch is a spike of 
bright colors, including rose, carmine, red, lavender, and 
violet, mixed. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 60c. 
2337— Gloxinioides Mixed. Sensation, Snlzer’s Cliffwood 
Farm TRiPLE-A-TESTED —A special reselected strain cer- 
tified by THREE-WAY tests. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 95c._ 
PHYSOSTEGI A HP 
Also known as False Dragon Head. Elegant bushy plants 
bearing freely, spikes of tubular flowers during the sum¬ 
mer months. 2 to 3 feet. 
2367— Virginianum. Rosy lilac. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c. 
2368— Alba. Wh i te flowers. Pkt., 10c; y 8 oz„ 50c. _ 
2372- —PLATYCODON, Mixed (Chinese Bellflower). HP. 
Balloon-like buds, followed by broad, charming bell-shaped 
flowers in deep blue and white, mixed. iy 2 feet. Begins to 
flower in August, if sown outdoors in April. Pkt., 10c; 
% oz., 25c. _ 
POPPIES HA * 
Annual Poppies should be sown as early in the spring as 
possible where they are to remain, as they do not stand 
transplanting. I 
DOUBLE, CARNATION-FLOWERED 
A new race of Poppies very double, fringed flowers, re¬ 
sembling Carnations. 2 feet high. 2391— Mixed. All Colors 
mixed. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 10c; % oz., 15c. 
DOUBLE, PEONY-FLOWERED 
Large and massive, showy, very double flowers, resem¬ 
bling a double Peony. 2 feet. 2382— Mixed. A big variety of 
colors. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 10c; 14 oz., 15c. 
2373— Double Peony-Flowered Mixed, Salzer’s Cliffwood 
Farm TRIPLE-A-TESTED —A special reselected strain cer¬ 
tified by THREE-WAY tests. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 15c. 
Physostegia 
Platycodon or Chi¬ 
nese Bellflower 
Phlox will grow and thrive in any 
kind of soil if given a sunny posi¬ 
tion, but they prefer a light, rich 
loam. 
TALL DRUMMONDI hha 
Improved, large-flowering, tall , 
varieties, producing showy trusses 
of big, round florets. Sow outdoors in 'P 
April or May, or start indoors for 
earlier flowers. Thin plants to 10 
inches apart. Height, 15 inches. 
2350— Finest Mixed. Pkt., 5c; y 8 oz., 
20c; 14 oz., 30c. Poppy, Double 
2352— Finest Mixed, Salzer's Cliff- Carnation-Flowered 
wood Farm TRIPLE-A-TESTED. A 
special reselected strain certified by 
THREE-WAY tests. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 
30c; 14 oz., 50c. 
2363— Starred and Fringed. Mixed 
colors, deeply fringed and pointed 
petals. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c. 
DWARF DRUMMONDI hha 
Average 6 inches in height. Excel¬ 
lent for edging and low borders: 
2361— Fireball. Brilliant scarlet. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 50c; % oz., 90c. 
2359— Dw r arf Mixed. A choice mix¬ 
ture. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 40c; 14 oz., 70c. 
2358— Dwarf Cecily. A strain 
which produces extra-large trusses 
of flowers, mostly in the lighter col¬ 
ors. Mixed. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 45c; 
14 oz., 80c. 
PHLOX DECUSSATA HP 
Very hardy everywhere, -lasting 
for years. 3 feet. 
2351 — Finest Mixed. Saved from 
the largest and best varieties. Seed 
germinates slowly and irregularly 
over a period of six months or more. 
Pkt., 15c; y w oz., 25c; % oz., 40c. 
Iceland Poppy 
Poppy, Double 
Peony-Flowered 
Ricinus 
RICINUS 
Castor-Oil Plant. HHA. Unsur¬ 
passed for sub-tropical effects. Fine 
for lawns or centers of beds. 
2430— Zanzibariensis. The different 
varieties in this mixture have light 
and dark green leaves, and some of 
coppery bronze. Pkt., 7c; y 2 oz., 10c; 
oz., 15c; 14 lb., 45c. 
2431— Mixed. All sorts. Pkt., 5c; 
14 oz., 8c; oz., 12c; 14 lb., 35c. 
SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES 
2383 — Salzer’s Improved Mammoth 
Shirley. The artistic flowers are mostly 
single, but occasionally semi-double, 
and range in color from the purest 
white through all the delicate tints of 
pink, rose and carmine to the deepest 
crimson and blood-red. Mixed. Pkt., 
10c; % oz., 15c; 14 oz., 25c. 
2379 — Salzer’s Flande.rs. Lest we for¬ 
get, “In Flanders fields the poppies 
blow.” The large, single flowers are of 
a deep crimson color. 18 inches. Ideal Imp. Mammoth 
for massing or borders. Pkt., 10c; % oz., Shirley Poppies 
15c; 14 oz., 25c. 
2398— Tulip Poppy (Papaver Glaucum). The flowers are 
3 inches across and closely resemble the brilliant Scarlet 
Gesneriana tulip. 2 feet. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 15c. 
2384— Finest Mixed. Single and double varieties of bril¬ 
liant colors. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 10c; 14 oz., 15c. 
PERENNIAL POPPIES 
While these are hardy perennials, they flower the first 
year from seed. 
2394— Iceland Poppy. HP. The immense flowers range in 
color from sulphur-yellow to rose and crimson. Gorgeous. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz.. 45c; % oz„ 75c. 
2395— Oriental Poppy. 214 feet. HP. The showy flowers 
of pink to deepest red are often 6 inches across. This is 
the flaming “Decoration Day” poppy. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c; 
14 oz., 60c. 
2399— Oriental Poppy, Salzer’s Cliffwood Farm TRIPLE- 
A-TESTED. A special reselected strain certified by 
THREE-WAY tests. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 40c; 14 oz., 70c. 
PYRETHRUM HP 
Also called Painted Daisy'. 
One of the finest daisy like 
flowers grow n today and 
should be in wider use. 2 feet. 
2424 — Hybridum Grandiflo- 
rum. Produces the largest and 
most brilliantly colored of all 
the single Pyrethrum, mixed 
colors. Very showy. Pkt., 12c; 
Vs oz., 60c; % oz., $1.10. 
2423— Floral Pleno. Seed 
saved from the finest double 
flowers. Large, double, daisy 
like colored flowers, mixed. 
Varies, and a percentage will 
come single. Very hardy, very 
showy and free blooming. 
Pkt., 25c; Vie oz., 50c; % oz., 90c. Pyrethrum. Double Mixed 
My Sweet Peas last year were very pretty, in fact th ey were considered the best in the neighborhood.— 
Mr. Mark L. Munger, Station Road, R. D. 5, North East, Pa. 
