ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
NICOTIANA, Flowering Tobacco 
Stately plants producing large, trumpet shaped blooms from 
midsummer until frost. Fine for beds and borders. 
Affinis Hybrids, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
OENOTHERA (See Evening Primrose) 
PAINTED DAISY (See Chrysanthemum, Annual) 
PANSY, Hearts Ease 
When the bright hues of the Tulips and Daffodils have 
faded, the rich, deep and varied shades of the Pansies pro¬ 
vide a welcome change in the flower beds. The varieties 
listed produce large blooms of good substance, regular mark¬ 
ings, and full rich coloring. 
SWISS GIANT or ROGGLI. Within the last few years the 
blossoms of this strain have been remarkably improved in 
every way. The plants are compact in habit and they pro¬ 
duce immense circular flowers for a long blooming season. 
See color illustration, inside back cover. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
STEELE’S MASTODON. A vigorous Oregon type, particu¬ 
larly desirable for cutting as the plants are taller and have 
longer stems. Esteemed for bedding. A fine blend for bright 
effects 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
POPULAR BEDDING MIXTURE. These are the popular 
saucy-faced beauties that everybody loves, comprising the 
finest varieties in all colors. Pkt. 10c. 
PAPAVER (See Poppy) 
PENTSTEMON, Beard Tongue 
Beautiful perennial plants for the hardy border. 
New Hybrids, Mixed. Produces large spikes. 3 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
PETUNIA 
The seed may be started indoors early in the year in seed 
boxes and later transplanted or sown out of doors in the 
Spring. Cover very lightly and apply water with a fine spray. 
Be careful not to discard the smaller and weaker seedlings. 
From these the finest flowers are often obtained, the coarse 
growing plants frequently reverting to the common types. 
Petunia Salmon Supreme. See page 3. 
Petunia Topaz Rose. See page 2. 
Flaming Velvet. See inside front cover. 
LARGE FLOWERED VARIETIES 
Burgundy. Special Mention, All-America Selections, 1937. A 
large flowered, plain edged variety, colored a beautiful velvety 
burgundy-red in lovely contrast to its inconspicuous white 
throat. Pkt. 25c. 
Dainty Lady. Award of Merit, All-America Selections, 1936. 
The flowers are medium sized, daintily fringed, delicate light 
yellow deepening to a golden yellow at the throat. Plants are 
PETUNIA DAINTY LADY 
compact and upright in habit, semi-dwarf and free flowering. 
To get a most beautiful effect plant Dainty Lady Elk’s Pride. 
Pkt. 35c. 
Rose King Improved. Special Mention, All-America Selections, 
1936. Its flowers are a clear rich rose with a delicate light 
golden throat. Plants grow 18 inches high, are uniform and 
bushy, literally covered with blooms. This is an excellent cut 
flower variety. Pkt. 25c. 
RUFFLED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. Ruffled monsters, a 
half dwarf type of erect and robust habit. The flowers are 
very large and ruffled, with open shallow throats. The colors 
are mostly the desirable red and dark shades, richly marked 
and veined. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 25c. 
DWARF GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. A dwarf sturdy grow¬ 
ing type especially suited to pot culture. Flowers are beauti¬ 
fully ruffled and fringed with open well marked throats. 
Ramona Strain. Mixed colors. Pkt. 25c. 
SINGLE BEDDING PETUNIAS. These Petunias are used 
extensively for mass plantings. The dwarf varieties are ideal 
for edgings to taller plants, bedding, borders, and for pot 
culture, while the spreading varieties lend themselves admir¬ 
ably for large beds, borders, and porch boxes. 
Heavenly Blue. (Silver Blue.) Enchanting shade of light sil¬ 
very blue. Dwarf. Pkt. 15c. 
Rosy Morn. Soft rose-carmine-pink with a white throat. Dwarf 
and close-growing. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed. All colors. A very decorative show may be had by 
sowing these broadcast. Pkt. 10c. 
GRANDIFLORA SINGLE FRINGED. Blooms of truly giant 
size with exquisitely fringed edges. Start the seed indoors in 
boxes or pans. 
Pride of Portland. Bright rose pink. Pkt. 20c. 
Elk’s Pride. Very large deep purple. Pkt. 20c. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
DWARF COMPACT VARIETIES 
Rose Gem. Award of Merit, All-America Selections, 1936. Rose 
Gem is the best new miniature Petunia. The flowers are a 
deep rich rose on neat compact plants, 6 inches high. Each 
flower is 2 inches in diameter. Pkt. 25c. 
Martha Washington. A lovely novelty of dwarf, compact 
growth, 9 inches high, smothered with brilliant blooms about 
3 inches in diameter. The frilled portion of the flowers is a 
charming flesh pink and the center is strongly veined with 
wine red. Pkt. 25c. 
SINGLE BALCONY PETUNIAS. A splendid large and free- 
flowering type for window boxes, vases, hanging baskets, etc. 
The flowers average 3 inches across. 
Deep Blue. Certificate of Honor, Royal Horticultural Society, 
1935. Pkt. 20c. 
White. Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society, 1935. 
Pkt. 20c. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES. We offer the finest strain of double 
Petunias and suggest that seed be started indoors in boxes 
or pans. The small, crumpled seedlings will give the finest 
flowers. 
Choice Mixed Colors. Pkt. 35c. 
Triumphant. All Double Mixed. Award of Merit, All-America 
Selections, 1934. All double giant fringed. Mixed colors. Pkt. 
50c. 
NEMESIA 
This plant is excellent for edging purposes. Plants send 
up many slender stalks crowned with fairy-like flowers, some¬ 
thing like the Schizanthus. When the flowers fade they may 
be trimmed back and will bloom again. Their colors cover 
almost everything in the spectrum from the brightest reds, 
yellows, oranges, to the brightest blues and purples. 
Compacta Triumph Finest Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
A valuable and showy annual highly esteemed for bedding, 
for massing and for borders. The plants grow about 1 foot 
.high, thrive in practically any soil if given a sunny location 
and bloom the entire season. Seed may be started in boxes 
and transplanted or sown in the open in Spring. 
Grandiflora. Comes in a grand mixture of fine colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Gigantea Art Shades. A new strain of annual Phlox with 
single florets as large as an inch and one-half in diameter. 
The colors are soft pastel shades, such as apple blossom pink, 
salmon, light blue, pale violet, etc. See illustration on front 
cover. Pkt. 15c. 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETI, Chinese Lantern Plant 
This hardy biennial plant grows to a height of about 2 feet 
and is a profuse bloomer, producing many large, striking 
flowers of a beautiful, brilliant orange red color resembling 
Chinese lanterns in shape. 
Francheti. Pkt. 10c. 
TREAT YOUR GARDEN TO A FEW ALL-AMERICA NOVELTIES. SEE PAGES 2 AND 3 
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