SALBACH SELECTED SEED SPECIALTIES 
Each year we make special trips to the seed farms to appraise and select the 
most outstanding strains and novelties being offered, and in addition, we test 
on our own grounds, seeds imported from England, Germany, Australia, and 
elsewhere. From all these, we select the finest and best that can be had. We 
limit our seed listings to the most outstanding strains and novelties, with the 
result that anything grown from our seed will produce striking blooms, better 
in every way than those of your neighbors who use ordinary strains. 
Those who have grown and compared the strains we list, will assure you that 
the few extra cents necessary to purchase packets of our specialties will give 
you a hundred-fold return of value, and we have made it a point to keep one 
jump ahead of competition in our listings of outstanding new seed creations. 
We call particular attention to the following remarkable strains: 
AQUILEGIA, Waller-Franklin Strain. Described by Sydney 
B. Mitchell in “From a Sunset Garden” as the best Amer¬ 
ican strain of. columbine. Available in mixture, blue shades, 
and pink shades. The new English columbine, Crimson Star, 
is the most outstanding. 
BROOM, Fancy Colored Hybrids. Gathered from Sydney B. 
Michell’s own garden, having been originally imported from 
England. Taken largely from named varieties, including 
the striking variety, “Pomona”, winner of the most out¬ 
standing award of the 1935 California Spring Flower Fes¬ 
tival, the Novelty Placque. Now available in both tall and 
dwarf growing types. 
DWARF BEDDING DAHLIAS, Salbach Re-Selections. One 
of the finest recent seed developments. We believe our 
strain to be the finest in existence. See inside front cover. 
DELPHINIUM, Vetterle and Reinelt “Pacific” Strain. Win¬ 
ner of three consecutive Blue Ribbons at largest California 
exhibitions. The most striking advance in delphinium hy¬ 
bridizing in years. We wish to point out that the “Pacific” 
whites have been so greatly improved that they are consid¬ 
ered the best white delphinium, having growth and spikes 
comparable to the blue. Note also, the new offerings of 
hand crossed seeds. 
HELIANTHEMUM. Beautiful matty shrub. Seeds from 
Sydney B. Mitchell’s garden. Mr. Mitchell’s Helianthemum 
came originally from the two most outstanding Helian¬ 
themum growers known. 
ICELAND POPPIES. To the outstanding Santa Maria Inn 
strain, and the delicate Gartref strain, we add a delightfully 
beautiful new variation, Iceland Poppy Apricot. 
PANSY, Best-by-Test Strain. Splendid colors, huge blooms, 
easily the most admired among our test of ten of the 
world’s most popular strains. 
PETUNIAS. Richard Diener’s single and double Ruffled 
Monsters in his own packets. 
PHLOX GIGANTEA, Art Shades. Qualified as outstanding 
either for its size of bloom or its beautiful range of colors. 
SNAPDRAGONS, Best-by-Test Varieties. Selected from 
tests of the five growers most active in rust-resistant snap¬ 
dragons. Includes a full selection in the tall type, and 
three remarkable colors in the bedding type. 
STOCK, New Super Giant Imperial Type. Improved branch¬ 
ing. Roselight, Rose Charm, and the new “Lilac Blue.” 
ZINNIAS. The finest we know, including Bodger’s Gold 
Medal Mixture of Dahlia-flowered varieties, the large, but 
artistic Crown 0’ Gold type, and the new and exquisite 
Pastel Shades mixture of the pompon or lilliput type. 
OUTSTANDING NOVELTIES 
These new seed creations are most outstanding, and deserve 
your particular attention. 
ARMERIA GIANT PINK — Striking perennial, similar in 
growth to brodiaea, but much larger, and colored a beau¬ 
tiful shade of pink. 
CALLIOPSIS, Dwarf Marmorata and Dwarf Garnet — Two 
very rich colored calliopsis, both very striking, and drought 
resistant. 
COSMOS, Sensation Mixed — Giant blooms, four to six inches 
in diameter. 
CORNFLOWER, Jubilee Gem — Dwarf growing. Winner, 
Award of Merit, 1937 All-America Selections. 
DIANTHUS — Giant Bright Eye, and Giant Salmon — Both 
very fine and very large. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA DAZZLER — New poppy, most vivid of 
all. 
GILIA FAIRY STARS — Striking. Tiny plants, ideal for 
naturalizing, for borders, or for small clump-like planting. 
GODETIA, New Kelvedon Glory, New Deep Pink Bedder — 
Hard to beat for usefulness in regions where the weather 
is not too hot for best godetia growth. 
MARIGOLD COLLARETTE CROWN OF GOLD — A new 
type of Marigold, winner of the Gold Medal as the out¬ 
standing seed novelty for 1937. Odorless foliage. 
MARIGOLD GIGANTEA HYBRIDS — Sensational new 
giants producing flowers up to seven inches in diameter, in 
yellow, orange, lemon, and cream coloring. 
MARIGOLD GOLDEN EAGLE. Softer color, bigger blooms 
than the sensational Guinea Gold. Most worth while. 
MARIGOLD HARMONY. Very richly colored, and perfectly 
even in growth, we consider this one to be easily the “class” 
of the dwarf marigolds. 
NASTURTIUMS. Our listing held down to only those we 
consider to be fully up to snuff. Most distinct is the first 
dark foliaged double, Scarlet Emperor. 
NEMESIA, Aurora. Showy and very “different.” 
PETUNIA, Rose Pink and White. Our choice as the finest 
double. Like balls of pink and white lace. 
PHLOX, Dwarf Sunrise. Fine new dwarf pink. Exceptional. 
SCHIZANTHUS, New Rock Garden Hybrids. 
SNAPDRAGONS — Three striking colors in dwarf varieties, 
and a full range of the tall type. Now up to the standard 
of the non-resistant types. Most sensational variety, in 
our opinion is Christmas Candle, flame color with cream 
tube. 
VERBENA, Floradale Beauty and Crimson Glow. A beaflti- 
ful giant, and a fine growing variety in a new color. 
“GREETING-GIFT” CARDS 
Priced as Low as Ordinary Xmas Cards 
Novel in appeal, and a remembrance that will live and blossom with 
time, our “Greeting-Gift” cards afford a smart, but inexpensive way 
to remember your friends. The seeds, in colorful packets, will be 
mounted on Xmas cards, as shown, with the following verse: 
Let your Christmas be as colorful and gay 
As the cheerful wish I send today 
And the happiness of your Christmas day 
Grow with the seeds I send your way. 
Any seed packet selling for 15c or over mounted on Xmas card at 
catalog price of seeds. Sent to you postpaid if order totals $1.00 or 
over. Add 10c for postage and packing where Greeting-Gift card 
orders are for less than $1.00. 
Aquilegia — Blue or Mixed — 25c 
Coreopsis New Gold — 25c 
Dwarf Dahlias — Special Mixture — 50c 
Delphinium — Any 50e pkt — 50c 
Eschscholtzia (Calif. Poppy) — Mixed — 15c 
Iceland Poppy — Mixed — 25c 
Marigold Crown of Gold — 25c 
Marigold Gigantea Hybrids — 25c 
Marigold Harmony — 25c 
Pansy — Best By Test — 50c 
Phlox Gigantea — 25c 
Snapdragon — Mixed — 15c 
Zinnia — Dahlia Flowered Mixture — 25c 
Zinnia — Crown ’O Gold Mixture — 25c 
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