Make Your Home Surroundings 
More Beautiful 
- DO IT WITH FLOWERS 
The kiss of the sun for pardon 
The song of the birds for mirth. 
You are nearer Code's heart in a garden 
Than anywhere else on earth. 
Plant Strains and Varieties Adapted to Florida 
The Kilgore Seed Company, with general offices and a large mail order 
department in Plant City, Florida, and with twelve stores serving Florida, and 
seven agencies in the West Indies, has devoted a great deal of time, effort, and ex¬ 
pense in developing, improving and testing types and varieties of flowers espe¬ 
cially suited to growing conditions in Florida and the West Indies. This Planting 
Guide, the only publication of its kind ever published, it being adapted especially 
to growing conditions in Florida and the West Indies, gives knowledge gained as 
the result of trials and experiments conducted in Florida by The Kilgore Seed 
Company over a series of years. It contains a complete list of Flowers adapted 
to Florida and the West Indies, and gives detailed cultural directions for winter 
and summer growing of flowers in Florida and the West Indies. 
Flowers in Bloom Throughout the Year 
Make your home surroundings more beautiful. Do it with Kilgore’s Bred- 
Rite Flower Seeds. Nowhere on the face of the earth can flowers be grown in 
such profusion as in Florida and the West Indies at a time of the year when most 
of the country is covered vdth ice and snow. Different kinds of flowers can be 
grown in Florida every month of the year, certain kinds being adapted for winter 
blooming, others do best in spring and summer. 
Time of Plautiug 
One of the most important things to consider with reference to growing 
Flowers in Florida and the West Indies is the proper time for planting flower seeds 
of different kinds. Some flowers are tender, and are killed by light frosts, while 
others are hardy, and will grow and bloom through the coldest winters in Florida. 
In Florida, the tender kinds must be planted during early fall so as to bloom 
before danger of winter frosts, or in the spring after danger of frost is past. 
Hardy kinds may be planted in Florida at any time from September to March. 
All the different kinds of flowers listed in this book are labeled indicating wheth¬ 
er they are hardy or tender, the proper time for planting the seeds, and also indi¬ 
cating the approximate time from seed sowing to first blossoms under Florida 
growing conditions. 
Plaut Tested, High Quality Seeds 
To make certain that all flower seeds sent out by us will give entire satisfac¬ 
tion, we maintain an up-to-date seed testing laboratory where samples of all our 
flower seeds are tested for germination at frequent intervals. We are confident 
there are no flower seeds of better quality obtainable anywhere than those we 
offer in this book. Cost has been a secondary consideration in making our selec¬ 
tions; high quality and adaptability to Florida growing conditions have been 
our first and major considerations. 
