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AMERICAN BULB COMPANY 
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 
All-Double Victorious Strain "Gaiety” 
(Listed on page 3) 
"Bountiful Strain" Portland Petunias 
Single, Large Flowered 
(Fringed and Ruffled) 
Originator Strains. Seed from Hand Pollinated Plants 
Free flowering strong upright growths. Now very popular with the 
trade. Especially "Elk's Pride," which is the most outstanding of 
all purple varieties. 
All flowers are hand pollinated and the seed carefully gathered by 
hand when ripe, not before, so that every seed has full germinative 
power. Colors run true almost without exception, but nature still 
seems to insist upon a small percentage of reverts to small flowers. 
Infinite care and time seem unable to eliminate this natural trait 
in Petunias. 
Apple Blossom. Light pink. 
Elk's Pride, Improved. Royal 
purple. 
Lilac Beauty. Soft lilac. 
Pride of Portland. Deep rose. 
Price, each of above— 
Tr. Pkt. $1.00 3 Tr. Pkts. $2.50 6 Tr. Pkts. $4.50 
Ruffled Heliotrope. Soft helio¬ 
trope. 
Scarlet Beauty. Bright scarlet. 
White Beauty. 
Mixed Colors. 
A. B. C. DE LUXE 
PETUNIAS 
Large Single Petunias 
(Petunia Hybrida Grandiflora) 
Ruffled and plain-edged varieties. Excellent for growing in 
beds or pots. The large blooms are produced very freely. 
Tr. 1/64 1/32 
Pkt. oz. oz. 
Balcony Queen. Irregularly blotched purple 
and white. $0.50 $0.90 $1.60 
"Blue Star" (Eriksson's). White, with blue 
marking .(1/16 oz., $12.00) 1.00 3.50 6.50 
"Elk's Pride Improved." (See listing on this 
page under title of "Bountiful Strain" Port¬ 
land Petunias). We recommend the "Port¬ 
land Type" to the above California Strain .50 1.00 1.75 
Dwarf Elk's Pride (New). About two-thirds 
height of above. 50 1.00 1.75 
Giant Steel Blue. Light blue, dark veins. 50 1.25 
Dwarf Pink Glory. Of perfect dwarf habit. 
Deep rose. 50 1.00 1.75 
Purple Prince. Deep purple. 50 1.00 
Queen of the Market. Dark carmine. .50 1.25 2.00 
White Cloud. Dwarf bedding. Clear white.. .50 1.00 1.60 
Silver Seam. Dark blue with edge of petals 
clearly seamed white. 50 1.25 
Dwarf Striped Glory. White ground, striped 
crimson. A new and fancy color. 1.00 1.75 3.00 
White Queen (Dwarf White Glory). The flow¬ 
ers are of the purest white. 75 1.75 
Tr. Pkt. 
Snowstorm Improved .(5,000 seeds, $5.00) $1.25 
(We recommend this as being, without doubt, the 
best Dwarf White Petunia in existence.—A. B. C.) 
Dwarf Carmine Glory. Brightest carmine. .(1/64 oz., $1.00) .75 
Petunia "Dainty Lady" 
Tr. Pkt.50c 
PETUNIA EXTRA DWARF SINGLE FRINGED 
"The Vein." Ground color white with a touch of lilac conspicuously veined 
with aster-violet, which intensifies toward the center; produces a perfect 
ball-shaped plant that is particularly desirable for pot plants. 
Tr. Pkt. $1.00 
"Dainty Lady" is the nearest approach to a yellow 
Petunia and is desirable in making up a combination 
of coloring. 
