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HUTH SEED CO., Inc. — San Antonio, Texas 
DWARF VARIETIES OF FLOWERS 
ACHILLEA (Milfoil, or Yarrow) Ptarmica ‘'The Pearl.” 
One of the best hardy white perennials. Grows two feet 
high, and from spring to frost is covered with heads of 
purest white double flowers. Easily grown from seed, 
flowering the first season, if sown early. Pkt. 25c. 
ABRONIA UMBELLETA. A handsome trailing plant 
with clusters of sweet-scented flowers, resembling ver¬ 
benas in shape, but of smaller size; color rose lilac, with 
white eyes. Line for baskets and vases as well as the gar¬ 
den. Remove the husks from the seed before sowing from 
October to March, as it grows much surer. Height six 
inches. Half hardy annual. Pkt. 10c. 
AGERATUM MEXICANUM. Flowers light blue or 
lavender, very desirable for bouquets, furnishing a con¬ 
tinuous bloom through the summer. Plants flower well in 
the house all winter, when potted in the fall before frost. 
Height 12 inches. Hardy annual. Sow from February to 
June. Pkt. 5c. 
Asters 
ASPARAGUS FERN. A very 
COMET ASTERS. This 
giant class is an improve¬ 
ment on the old and in¬ 
ferior Comet class, not 
only in bearing much 
larger flowers, but the 
petals are longer and 
broader. 
We consider this the 
finest of all Comet Asters, 
bearing immense fluffy 
flowers four inches and 
over in diameter, as fine 
as any Chrysanthemum, 
The flowers are very 
large, very double, borne 
on long, stiff stems, and 
the colors clear and hand¬ 
some. Sow from Decem¬ 
ber to March. White, 
dark blue, pink, purple 
and rose. Each of above. 
Pkt. 10c. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
popular house plant, much 
used for hanging baskets. Perennial. Sow from December 
to May. 
Sprengeri (trailing). Pkt. 15c. 
Plumosus Nanus (Erect). Pkt. 15c. 
ALYSSUM, SWEET. A favorite flower for bouquets, 
white and yellow, very fragrant and producing a succes¬ 
sion of blooms. Always wanted when a bouquet is made. 
Height one foot. Hardy annual. Sow from October to 
March. 
Lutescens (creamy yellow). Pkt. 5c. 
Little Dorrit (pure white). Pkt. 5c. 
Maritiinum Sweet. Pkt. 5c. 
AMARANTHUS. Valuable for its varieties of hand¬ 
some foliage, whether grown in the conservatory or gar¬ 
den. The colors will be more brilliant if planted in moder¬ 
ately rich soil. Height two to three feet. Hardy annual. 
Sow from January to May. 
Amaranthus tricolor (Joseph's coat). Pkt. 10c. 
Amaranthus eaudatus (Love lies bleeding). Pkt. 10c. 
Amaranthus cruentus (Princess feather). Pkt. 10c. 
MOLTEN FIRE. The top leaves are a fiery crimson, 
the lower ones maroon. This type is often seen in Brack- 
enridge Park. Height three feet. Pkt. 10c. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON (Cyanus). The “Komblume” 
of the Germans. A showy annual, of easy culture, flower¬ 
ing freely, in any most common garden soil. Sow from 
February to August. Height two feet. Double blue. 
Pkt. 5c. 
CALLIOPSIS. A very showy border plant, producing 
flowers of bright scarlet and orange, crimson, red and 
brown. If seed pods are removed as fast as they appear, 
the plants will remain in bloom much longer. Height two 
feet. Sow from January to June. Hardy annual. Dwarf, 
mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
CALENDULA (Pot 
Marigold). This splendid 
variety has large flowers 
over three inches in diam¬ 
eter and are double. It 
blooms profusely with a 
succession of flowers. It 
comes true from seed, and 
is one of the best annuals 
for a garden display. 
Height 18 inches. Sow 
from September to March. 
Improved Orange, extra 
select. Pkt. 5c. 
Meteor. Creamy white 
striped with orange. Pkt. 
5 cents. 
Improved Golden Yellow. Pkt. 5c. 
Calendula 
BALSAM. Rose Flowered (Touch- 
Me-Not). Intense cultivation and con¬ 
tinuous selection have improved these 
flowers to such an extent that persons 
that having the old common forms in 
mind, will hardly recognize the new 
selected sorts. Require a rich, deep 
soil, good cultivation and plenty of 
space to grow to perfection. Sow from 
February to August. 
Double white alpha perfecta. Pkt. 
10 cents. 
Double rose flowered mixed. Pkt. 
5 cents. 
BEGONIA. The newer forms of Be¬ 
gonias are among the best brilliantly 
beautiful flowering plants. The plants 
will give an abundance of bloom the 
first year, at the end of the season 
they may be placed in a warm place 
to protect from freezing, the follow¬ 
ing spring they will bloom more free¬ 
ly than ever. 
Tall Vernon (mixed).. Pkt. 25c 
Dwarf Vernon (mixed). Pkt. 25c. 
Balsam 
CANNA (Indian Shot). Dwarf, 
Large-Flowering French. Unquestion¬ 
ably the finest of bedding plants for 
the American climate. The seeds here 
offered are all of our saving. Soak 
the seeds in warm water until they 
show evidence of swelling, then sow 
in sandy soil. Sow from March to 
July. Mixed. Saved from the finest 
sorts. Pkt. 5c. 
SOIL — ITS PREPARATION 
A mellow loam, which is a medium 
earth between the extremes of clay 
and sand, enriched by Huth's Natural 
Plant Mulch and green sand, is adapt¬ 
ed to the generality of flowering- 
plants. Previous to planting flower 
beds or borders care must be taken 
that they are so arranged that the 
ground is a little elevated in the mid¬ 
dle, allowing the water to run off, 
this also shows off the plants to bet¬ 
ter advantage. 
