GENERAL LIST OF SEED SPECIALTIES 
Fertilizer will Kelp, 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 
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. 
NOTE: Seeds are of annuals unless marked otherwise: “P”—Perennials. 
AGERATUM—Fairy Pink. A new color 
break in this delightful and most use¬ 
ful annual — lavender pink. Excellent 
for border, general, or rock garden 
uses. Dwarf habit, with maximum 
height of 5 inches. 
pkt. 25c; 1/32 oz. 60c 
ANAGALLIS ( Pimpernel ). Most out¬ 
standing in the striking mixture which 
we list—a blend including lavender, 
blue, deep salmon, smoky, and many 
other shades—giving a planting as 
rich as the tones of an oriental rug. 
Most worth while. 
Mixed.pkt. 15c; oz. 60c 
Blue.pkt. 15c; oz. 60c 
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, 
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 
ARCTOTIS HYBRIDS. 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 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 Westerners 
who wish colorful and unusual shrubs, 
we have secured a limited supply of 
hybrid broom seeds. Can be grown 
outside of the Pacific Coast in regions 
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, 
80% at least, will be dwarf, pkt. 40c 
in full new color range but selected 
from plants, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet high. 
CALENDULA, Orange Fantasy. Flowers 
of rich, deep orange, with a large crest 
of seal brown in the center of the 
flower. Decidedly distinct, and fine in 
the garden or when used for cutting. 
Given an Award of Merit in the 1938 
All-American Flower Seed Selections. 
pkt. 25c 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Golden Crown. 
Considered the greatest advance in 
years of annual chrysanthemum breed¬ 
ing. Rich butter yellow flowers, 
100% double, in startling, beautiful 
quilled form, medium size. Vigorous 
grower, hardy. Three to four feet tall, 
with attractive silver foliage. One of 
the two ranking novelties from the 
British Isles this season.pkt. 35c 
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 
COSMOS, Sensation Purity. A simply 
huge early blooming cosmos of pure 
white. Showy in the garden, and 
striking as a cut flower. 
. pkt. 25c; 1/8 oz. 50c 
COSMOS, Sensation Crimson. A new 
color of the giant Sensation type. Very 
showy, and as huge as the other colors 
of the Sensation type. Color — rich 
crimson. Stock limited pkt. $1.00 
Re: Broom Seed 
We are most happy in having grown 
a most outstanding orarfge-toned broom 
from the Sydney B. Mitchell seed we 
catalog. Only a small percentage of the 
other varieties in this planting resembled 
the common yellow, or yellow-red broom 
— and many of the plants showed up as 
well as the named varieties now in 
commerce. 
CORNFLOWER, Dwarf Jubilee Gem. 
(Bachelor Button). The introduction of 
this fine novelty now permits the use 
of the deep blue cornflower in rock gar¬ 
dens, and many other new uses. Lit¬ 
erally full of blooms and only twelve 
inches tall. Imported from England 
last season, and given an Award of 
Merit, 1937 All-American selections. 
pkt. 25c; 1/2 oz. 60c; oz. $1.00 
DAHLIAS, Dwarf Bedding type, Salbach 
re-selections (Sometimes called “Unwin 
Dwarf Dahlias). Shown in natural 
color, inside back cover. One of 
the most outstanding of all recent 
seed offerings, being ideal for bedding, 
fine for cutting, and having a long 
blooming period. Unusually effective 
in the garden, as is evidenced by the 
universally favorable comment among 
many visitors who have seen the splen¬ 
did display made by these bedding dah¬ 
lias in our own experimental gardens. 
Recommended by Sydney B. Mitchell, 
considered the West’s leading garden 
authority, as one of the finest new 
things he has ever tried in his garden. 
From Illinois, too, comes strong com¬ 
mendation, for a garden lover writes: 
“I have never had as much pleasure 
out of any fall flower and they seem 
fitted for this climate . . . Those dahlias 
are like bouquets, I just love them.” 
Dahlia hybridizing has always been 
one of our strong points, and Mr. Sal¬ 
bach has given this remarkable strain 
of dwarf dahlias the same personal at¬ 
tention that has gained him a ranking 
as one of the world’s foremost hybri¬ 
dizers of dahlias, gladiolus, and iris. 
We believe that our strain of dwarf 
bedding dahlias is the finest in exist¬ 
ence, particularly in view of our in¬ 
tensive work this past season—which 
has greatly increased the percentage of 
doubleness, and improved the habit of 
our strain. 
Single and semi-double flowers on 
plants twelve to twenty inches high. 
Good keepers, invaluable in small bou¬ 
quets, and striking in the garden. Re¬ 
quire little space and the best plants 
can be saved and increased from tubers 
for future seasons. Germinates easily. 
Blooms the first year from seed. Fifty 
(or more) seeds to packet. 
Choice Selection, every seed from a 
fine plant. In mixture of autumn 
shades, peach, red, tan, scarlet, yellow, 
cream, rose, apricot and orange. 
pkt. 25c; 1/8 oz. 75c 
Special XXXX Mixture. In the same 
colors as the Choice Selection, but 
gathered from our very finest, most 
floriferous plants. None better, pkt. 50c 
DAHLIA SEED. Dahlias, grown from 
seed, make ideal “perennial annuals” 
as they bloom from seed the first year 
and reproduce themselves from tubers 
thereafter. Dark Leaved Zulu, Sal¬ 
bach large flowering, Miniature, and 
Pompon seed listed, pages 24 and 25, 
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