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 also most outstanding. 
BROOM, Fancy Colored Hybrids. Gathered from Sydney B. 
Mitchell’s own garden, having been originally imported 
from England. Taken largely from named varieties, in¬ 
cluding the striking variety, “Pomona”, winner of the most 
outstanding award of the 1935 California Spring Flower 
Festival, 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 back 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 sensational new 
offerings of named varieties. 
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. The outstanding Santa Maria Inn 
strain, and the delicate new variation, Iceland Poppy 
Apricot. 
PANSY, Best-by-Test Strain. Splendid colors, huge blooms, 
easily the most adifiired 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. 
SALPIGLOSSIS — New Dwarf Strain — which eliminates 
“legginess”, being a foot shorter than regular salpiglossis. 
STOCK, New Super Giant Imperial Type. Improved branch¬ 
ing. Roselight, Rose Charm, Lilac Blue, and the new 
Blush Pink. 
ZINNIAS. The finest we know, including Bodger’s Gold 
Medal Mixture of Dahlia-flowered varieties, the large, but 
artistic Crown 0’ Gold type, the new and exquisite Pastel 
Shades mixture of the pompon or lilliput type, and the 
tiny Cupid Zinnias. 
OUTSTANDING NOVELTIES 
These new seed creations are most outstanding, and deserve 
your particular attention. 
AGERATUM, Fairy Pink — Dwarf, new color. 
ARMERIA, Giant Pink — Like huge pink bodiaea. 
CALENDULA, Orange Fantasy — A 1938 Award winner. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Golden Crown — New English sen¬ 
sation. 
COSMOS, Sensation Type, Purity and Crimson — Huge. 
CORNFLOWER, Jubilee Gem — Dwarf Blue. 
DELPHINIUM — New development — named varieties. 
DIANTHUS, Giant Bright Eye and Giant Salmon — Huge. 
EJsCHSCHOLTZIA, Dazzler — Rich red. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Maritima — Prostrate silver foliage. 
GILIA FAIRY STARS — Tiny border annual. 
GODETIA, Kelvedon Glory and Blood Red. 
LOBELIA, Prima Donna — New wine red color. 
MARIGOLD — Odorless Collarette Type — Crown of Gold 
and Yellow Crown. 
MARIGOLD, Burpee Gold — Odorless, carnation type. 
MARIGOLD, Sunset Giants — Largest grown. 
MARIGOLD, Harmony — Finest Dwarf. 
NASTURTIUMS — Selections, all good doubles. 
PANSY, Goldelse — Rich new color. 
PETUNIA, Rose Pink and White — Striking double. 
PETUNIA, Balcony Type — Outstanding varieties: Blue 
Velvet, Flaming Velvet, and Salmon Supreme (latter two 
the highest scoring novelties of 1936, 1938 all-America 
selections). 
PHLOX, Dwarf Sunrise — Fine new dwarf pink. Exceptional. 
SCHIZANTHUS, New Rock Garden Hybrids. 
SALVIA, Blaze of Fire — Ranking British Novelty. 
VERBENA, Floradale Beauty — A giant in pink shades. 
“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. 
The following available in particularly at¬ 
tractive packets: 
Aquilegia — Blue or Mixed — 25c 
Dwarf Dahlias -— Special Mixture — 50c 
Delphinium — Any 50c pkt — 50c 
Eschscholtzia (Calif. Poppy) — Mixed— 15c 
Iceland Poppy — Mixed — 25c 
Marigold —- Burpee Gold — 25c 
Marigold Crown of Gold — 25c 
Marigold Gigantea Hybrids — 25c 
Marigold Harmony —- 15c 
Pansy — Best By Test — 40c 
Phlox Gigantea — 25c 
Verbena — Floradale Beauty — 25c 
Zinnia — Dahlia Flowered Mixture — 25c 
Zinnia — Crown ’O Gold Mixture — 25c 
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