SALBACH SELECTED SEED SPECIALTIES 
Fertilizer will help, and so will regular cultiva¬ 
tion — but dollar on dollar spent for plant food, and 
hour on hour of garden work will not produce prize 
winners if the plants come from inferior seed strains. 
That is why we are so confident that no real gardener 
NOTE: Seeds are of annuals unless 
will begrudge the few extra cents required to se¬ 
cure the seeds of the finest rare strains — and that 
is why we have purchased seeds that actually cost 
us from two to ten times as much as would the 
ordinary strains. 
marked otherwise: “P”—Perennials. 
AQUILEGIA ( Columbine ). P. Waller- 
Franklin strain. Simply immense 
blooms with extra long spurs. A mag¬ 
nificent strain, described by Sydney B. 
Mitchell in “From a Sunset Garden” as 
the finest American strain, equal to 
that of any foreign firm. We have re¬ 
ceived more than one report from cus¬ 
tomers to the effect that this strain 
has produced sensationally large and 
beautiful flowers that have attracted 
garden lovers from miles away. 
Blue Shades Superb. (Waller-Frank¬ 
lin) . Long spurred. Beautiful clear 
blues. pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
Pink Shades Superb. ( Waller-Frank¬ 
lin ). Long spurred. In variations of 
pink. pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
Waller-Franklin Hybrids. Long spur¬ 
red, mixed—in orange, scarlet, yellow, 
blue, pink, rose and white shades. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
Crimson Star. Long spurred. A 
large and brilliant variety with long 
crimson spurs and white corolla. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 90c 
Group Collection. One packet each, 
Blue Shades Superb, Pink Shades 
Superb and Crimson Star. 60c 
You who plant these outstanding novel¬ 
ties will have something new, something 
different, and something really worth¬ 
while: 
Armeria, Giant Pink—Like giant bro- 
diaea, but pink, this stunning new per¬ 
ennial, is just as striking in the regular 
garden as it is in the rockery. 
Broom, Tall and Dwarf — Will give 
those whose climate permits, a shrub that 
is as striking and colorful as one could 
imagine. Drought resistant. 
Coreopsis Double New Gold — A fine 
new double of deep yellow coloring. 
Delphinium—Now obtainable in varie¬ 
ties, from seed. The most outstanding 
new step in years of delphinium breeding. 
See “New Color Series.” 
Eschscholtzia — California Poppy, in 
striking new colors. 
Godetia Kelvedon Glory—A new color; 
Sybil Sherwood type of growth. 
Godetia Blood Red — Rich red godetia 
of the Sybil Sherwood type, too. 
Nasturtium Gleam and Globe types — 
now greatly improved over the original 
releases — fine double flowers. 
Pansy Goldelse — Our selection as the 
finest individual pansy. Rich gold, shad¬ 
ing to burnished gold with just a touch 
of orange. 
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“Early this spring . . . I purchased 
1/8 oz. of your hand-pollinized delphin¬ 
ium seeds. Those that are now coming 
into bloom are the finest I have ever 
seen.” — Illinois customer. 
“My delphinium plants from your seed 
have just started to bloom, and they are 
wonderful — far ahead of anything I 
have ever grown .. . There is one (white) 
has bloomed, and it is perfect. I would 
not sell that one for any amount.”— 
Pennsylvania customer. 
ARCTOTIS HYBRIDS. P. This striking 
flower greatly resembles the popular 
Transvaal Daisy in form of bloom, but 
is hardy, and comes in a wider range 
of colors. Striking in the garden and 
easy to grow. Orange, red, yellow, 
copper shades and carmine in mixture 
only. pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
ARMERIA— Giant Pink. P. Color identi¬ 
cal with the pink shown in columbine 
picture, inside back cover. Gathered 
from Sydney B. Mitchell’s garden, sup¬ 
ply limited. Growth and blooms like 
giant brodiaea, but pink. pkt. 50c 
BABY BLUE EYES ( Nemophia Insig- 
nis) . This delightful native of Califor¬ 
nia ranks with the poppy as the finest 
of wild-flowers suitable for domestic 
use. Bright little blue flowers with 
white center. Attractive foilage, easily 
grown, and ideal for naturalizing, plot¬ 
ting, or window boxes. 
pkt. 10c; 1/2 oz. 25c 
BROOM (Cytisis) . P. For Westeners 
who wish colorful and unusual shrubs, 
we have secured a limited supply of 
hybrid broom seeds. Can be grown 
on the Pacific Coast and elsewhere 
where the winter is not too severe. Full 
color assortment, varigated, in bril¬ 
liant shades of red, pink, gold, apricot, 
brown, rose, orange and other colors. 
The shrubs are literally covered with 
myriads of the bright little pea-shaped 
flowers, which are in bloom for a long 
period of the year. Drought resistant. 
Gathered from Sydney B. Mitchell’s 
own garden. We consider it most sig¬ 
nificant that “Pomona”, one of the 
brooms from which our seed is gath¬ 
ered, was given the 1936 California 
Spring Garden show award as the fin¬ 
est new horticultural creation shown. 
Stock limited. pkt. 50c 
BROOM, Dwarf (Cytisis). P. As above 
in full new color range but selected 
from plants, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet high. 
80% at least, will be dwarf... ..pkt, 40c 
COREOPSIS, Double New Gold. P. 
Blooms as large, and colored as bright 
as the single varieties, but better and 
more brilliant, thanks to the doubling 
of petals.pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 50c 
DELPHINIUM—Special Hand-Pollinated 
Seed. “ Pacific ” Strain. The hand- 
pollinated seed is taken from selected 
crosses made personally by Mr. Reinelt 
and, judging from every trial we have 
made, and from the reports we have 
heard, will produce delphinium that 
are without question, the very finest 
obtainable. From new crop — ready 
July 1. 
Light Shades, Hand Pollinated, pkt. $2 
Med. Shades, Hand Pollinated, pkt. $2 
Dark Shades, Hand Pollinated, pkt. $2 
New Clear White—Hand-Pollinated. 
Although the Hand-Pollinated white of 
early 1937 was considered to be the 
acme of white delphinium, the breed¬ 
ing genius of Frank Reinelt (creator 
of the Pacific Strain) has again given 
us an improvement. The new clear 
white is from an entirely new strain, 
and gives much larger blooms and 
clearer colors. Individual florets 2 to 
2 1/2 inches in diamenter. Well placed 
on large well-balanced spikes. Clear 
glistening white with heavy texture. 
Not Mildew resistant. pkt. $3.00 
Balanced Mixture — Hand Pollinated. 
(No whites included). pkt. $2 
Remarkable Strains 
Leaders in the quest for perfection are 
these remarkable strains, each of which 
is the result of many years of painstaking 
effort. Each, we feel, ranks as a supreme 
achievement in its field. 
Aquilegia, Waller-Franklin Strain (Co¬ 
lumbine)—with its fine colors and large 
blooms, creates a sensation wherever 
grown. 
Delphinium, Vetterle and Reinelt “Pa¬ 
cific Strain — A new standard in delphin¬ 
ium, an epoch making achievement of a 
master hybridist. 
Helianthemum — Taken from selected 
plants grown from seed from the world’s 
two finest Helianthemum collections. 
Iceland Poppies, Santa Maria Inn 
strain and re-selection—Grown by Frank 
J. McCoy, the most famous of Iceland 
Poppy lovers. 
Pansy—“Best-by-Test” strain, selected 
after “blind-fold” plantings in our own 
test garden. 
Ranunculus, Tecolote Giant Strain — 
Used extensively by commercial growers 
throughout America — and more satis¬ 
factory than plantings from bulbs. 
Schizanthus — Sunset Hybrids in the 
tall type give an unusually fine color 
range, while Rock Garden Hybrids do the 
same in the dwarf type plants. 
