BUTZER’S SEED STORE, PORTLAND, OREGON 
NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1938 
AND PRECEDING YEARS 
3 
MARIGOLD 
2040—Harmony—Distinctly different in farm and 
color of flowers. Cushion-like center of flower com¬ 
posed of golden orange disc petals, fluted and deeply 
cut. This is surrounded by four or five rows of bril¬ 
liantly contrasting reddish-brown outside petals. 
Blooms early and flowers profusely until hard frost. 
The plants being about 12 inches high, and very bushy 
habit, form excellent material for bedding and for cut 
flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
PETUNIA 
2384—Dainty Lady 
A new yellow petunia. Has proved itself a winner 
from the very start. It was granted awards of merit 
in both Europe and America as soon as it was intro¬ 
duced. The flowers are of medium size and daintily 
fringed, delicate light yellow deepening to golden 
yellow at the throat. The plants are neat, compact, 
somewhat upright in habit, semi-dwarf and very free 
flowering. Dainty Lady is excellent for border use, 
for bedding, for use in window boxes and as a cut 
flower. Pkt. 25c. 
‘PYRETHRUMS 
The Double Pyrethrum or French Marguerite is one 
of the earliest and most reliable border plants for pro¬ 
viding long-stemmed flowers admirably adapted for 
cutting. It flowers in May and June and will bloom 
in July from seed sown in early March, comes about 
60% to 70% true double, balance will be semi-double 
and fine single sorts. 
2700—Double Pink. Pkt. 25c. 
2704—Double Red. Pkt. 25c. 
2708—Double Choice Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
‘PRIMULA or PRIMROSE 
Few people realize the beauty there is in Primroses 
in flower gardens. They are about the first flowers 
that bloom in the spring. Their colors of blue, red and 
yellow and growing from 8 to 12 inches high are one 
of the best flowers for Rock Gardens and along shady 
paths. (Seeds germinate very slowly). 
2674—Primula Veris—Red shades. Pkt. 25c. 
2670—Primula Veris Coerulea—Dark blue shades. 
Pkt. 20c 
2672—Primula Veris Kleynii—Rich golden yellow 
shaded apricot, the best yellow on the market. 
Pkt. 15c 
2679—Primula Butzer’s Pride—This strain is of ex¬ 
tra large flowered varieties, mixed of wonderful colors. 
We wish to tell you more about these varieties, but the 
space is limited. Pkt. 25c. 
NEW ANNUAL SCABIOSAS 
2818—Double Tall Blue Cockade—Deeper color than 
Azure Fairy but devoid of any suggestion of rose. 
They are the purest deep azure blue that can be found 
in any annual. The flower has so great a depth as to 
be almost conical in shape. .An excellent cut flower, 
being strong stemmed and free flowering. Pkt. 25c. 
VIOLA CORNUTA 
Violas or tufted pansies are beautiful and showy, 
smaller than pansies but larger than violets. Lovely 
and satisfactory in beds, edgings, rockeries or for 
design work. Do well in ordinary garden soil but en¬ 
joy half shade and some moisture. Bloom continu¬ 
ously, of compact growth, averaging 6 to 8 inches in 
height, bloom first year if seed is sown early. Many 
are violet scented. 
3560—Apricot—A beautiful rich apricot shade, tinted 
orange toward the center. Pkt. 25c. 
3564—Arkwright Ruby-—Bright ruby crimson shaded 
terra cotta with central markings ; fragrant. Pkt. 25c. 
3568—Ilona—Wine red. Pkt. 25c. 
3572—Lutea Splendens—Chrome yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
BUTZER’S ROSE CITY 
SWEET PEA COLLECTION 
Ambition 
Lavender 
Hawlmark Pink 
Salmon Pink 
Model 
White 
Specially suited for 
the owners of small 
gardens who have 
limited space, but 
desire to obtain the 
beautiful color effect 
of planting in 
masses, each a dis¬ 
tinct shade. 
30c Postpaid 
This Collection 
Contains One 
Package Each of the 
Following— 
Orange Flare 
Orange 
Pinkie 
Deep Pink 
Sonny Boy 
Crimson 
