ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL 
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Petunias 
A highly ornamental plant, free flowering, highly perfumed. 
One of the best annuals for bedding and colors in mass. Will 
bloom from early spring until late in autumn. The double 
petunias are best for house or pot culture. The double fringed are very elegant and rich. 
Sow under glass in April; plant out in May. 
Bedding Varieties 
Striped and Blotch¬ 
ed Pkt. 5c. 
Hybrida l\ n e est m ^ 
Pkt. 5c, Vi oz. 25c. 
Celestial Rose 
Beautiful, rich, vivid rose; 
white throat. Very free 
flowering. Pkt. 10c, Vs oz. 
75c. 
Bluebird. violet- 
Dwarf, compact plant. Pkt. 
10c, Ys oz. 50c. 
Dainty Lady, ^li- 
golden yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
Flaming Velvet. 
Gold Medal, All-American 
Selection, 1936. Brilliant, 
velvety blood-red. Pkt. 15c. Ruffled Giants 
Howard’s Star. ^ a - 
with white star. Pkt. 10c, 
Ys oz. 35c. 
Large-Flowering Single Varieties 
Theodosia. 
Elk’s Pride. 
Rosy pink, with a golden throat, 
striped. Pkt. 15c. 
The largest, darkest and best plain 
edged velvety purple. Pkt. 15c. 
Scarlet Beauty. 
15c. 
White Beauty. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Single Fringed. 
flowers. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Giants of California. 
Elegant scarlet blooms with 
a graceful fringed edge. Pkt. 
Graceful large blooms with 
fringed edges. Pure white. 
Beautifully fringed with 
large throats and extra large 
deep-throated 
Pkt. 15c. 
Of great beauty, in¬ 
cluding fringed and 
sorts in endless varieties of colors. 
Ruffled Giants. 
Pkt. 20c. 
Giant flowers with large throat 
and exquisitely ruffled edges. 
rerenmai rhlox. . 
popular and mag¬ 
nificent of garden flowers. The new large- 
flowered hybrids are brilliant and beautiful, 
and bloom freely all summer. New Hybrids 
—All colors mixed. Sow in fall or very 
early in Sprang. Pkt. 10c, V 4 oz. $1.20. 
Phlox Drummondii. £j\ nua . 1 
Phlox is 
certainly among the most brightly colored 
flowers that grow. It is particularly showy, 
and most effective when planted in masses— 
either separately or in mixture. Begins to 
bloom in early summer and continues until 
fall if plants are not allowed to go to seed. 
Art 
Shades. 
New Giant-Flowered. 
Very large individual florets, 1% to 1% in. 
across, in massive trusses on plants 9 in. 
tall. Wonderful mixture of soft colors—sal- 
. mon with white eye; deep salmon with cream 
eye; apple-blossom-pink; soft rose; light 
blue with white eye; pale violet with white 
eye and other pleasing art shades. Pkt. 10c. 
Star of Quedlinburg. ™ xe £, in p t f d ; 
fringed or artistically starred. Most un¬ 
usual. Many colors. 1 ft. Pkt. 10c, Ys oz. 
30c. 
Choicest Mixed. 
All colors. Pkt. 5c, 
1/2 oz. 40c, oz. 60c. 
Phlox Drummondii 
Petunia, Balcony and Bedding 
Balcony Large-Flowered Bedding 
For window or porch boxes, dry banks, terraces or 
among rockwood, the Balcony Petunias may be de¬ 
pended upon to supply an unsurpassed floral effect 
throughout the summer until frost. The flowers meas¬ 
ure nearly 3 inches. 
Black Prince Darkest of all red Balcony Pe¬ 
tunias—deep velvety mahogany- 
red with satiny black throat. Striking, showy and dis¬ 
tinct. Flowers do not fade but deepen in tone as they 
age. Pkt. 15c, Ys oz. $1.50. 
Blue Beautiful, rich, velvety violet-blue; stunning, 
colorful. Largely planted. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 
75c. 
Rose Fiery rose—a color that is radiant, soft and 
pleasing. A favorite. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 75c. 
White Pure glistening white, nice alone or with 
any of the other colors. Pkt. 10c; Ys oz. 75c. 
Mixed Colors For a wonderful display of Pe¬ 
tunias, we can highly recom¬ 
mend this excellent blend of all colors for all purposes. 
Pkt. 10c, Ys oz. 75c. 
Double Fringed Petunia 
Double Petunias The seed of the dou " 
UOUDie reiunias ble-flowering Petun¬ 
ias is obtained by hand-hybridizing; 50 to 70 
per cent will be the big double, fluffy flowers. 
In growing them from seed, the weaker seed¬ 
lings should receive the most attention as they 
produce the finest double flowers. 
Double Very fine. Pkt. 15c. 
Double Fringed Extra fine. Pkt. 20c. 
Pentstemon 
Bearded Tongue. Long 
flower spikes closely set 
with elegant Foxglove-like blooms in many bril¬ 
liant colors. Excellent for beds, borders and 
pots. 2 to 3 ft. Perennial in warm sections. 
Pkt. 5c. . 
Pyrethrum Roseum. 
Persian 
Daisy 
(Perennial) Easily grown from seed, having 
decorative fern-like plants with plenty of the 
large “Painted Daisies” in May and June. If 
the Daisies are cut the plants will bloom 
again in the fall, 2 ft. Mixed. Very showy 
mixture of white, rose, pink and red shades. 
Pkt. 10c, Ys oz. 35c. __ 
