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SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO 
All Summer 
FLOWER SEEDS 
Loads of Beautiful Flowers 
Flowers are something everyone should be interested in. 
They do so much to make the home beautiful and lovely. The 
flowers outside a home largely reveal the character within. 
From just a few packets of seed you will be able to cut flowers 
by the basketfuls all summer and by doing so they just bloom 
all the harder. 
Our seeds germinate quickly. All are tested and sent to you 
in big full-measure packets with instructions for planting on the 
back of each packet. 
This year we are offering plants, too, of many of our finer 
varieties. All are grown from finest selected seed stocks, 
transplanted and “topped,” which means healthy, vigorous tops, 
as well as sturdy roots. Postpaid and satisfaction guaranteed. 
Send your order for plants right along with your seed order and 
we will mail the plants at the proper planting time. 
FREE GIFTS 
With Your Garden Seed Orders 
ORANGE KING. The splendid orange saffron gladiolus. 
The freest flowering gladiolus. Also the new All-Ameri¬ 
can Flower Selection—Annual Canterbury Bells. 
5 bulbs FREE (value 30c) with your $1.50 garden seed 
order. 
5 bulbs and 1 packet of the New Annual Canterbury 
Bells (value 25c) FREE with your $2.00 garden seed order. 
10 bulbs and Canterbury Bells FREE with your $2.50 
garden and flower seed order. 
ORDER EARLY AND GET THESE FREE GIFTS. 
ASTERS 
Early sorts begin blooming in July, followed by the mid- 
reason sorts, which are at their best in August. Then come 
the late bleoming kinds which bloom through September and 
October. 
Ageratum Alyssum 
All Flower Seed Prices Are Postpaid. 
PRICES: All Packets Are 10c Each; 3 for 25c, Postpaid, 
Except as Noted. 
African Daisy 
AFRICAN DAISY 
(Dimorphoteca). Grows 15 inches high. Blooms are 2% 
inches across, ranging in color from white to salmon and orange 
with dark centers. 
CREGO ASTERS. This variety produces the largest flowers of 
the comet type. Very full and fluffy, 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 
When cut they outlast all other types. 
Crimson, White, Shell Pink, Lavender, Purple, Mixed. 
EARLY BEAUTY ASTERS. Attain a height of around two 
feet. Are of a branching habit. Flowers large, resembling 
Chrysanthemums, borne on long stout stems. Bloom at same 
time with Crego varieties. 
Black Prince, Lavender, Crimson, White, Pink, Mixed. 
WILT RESISTANT ASTERS. Many of our friends have been 
troubled with wilt at some time or another. These varieties 
are able to grow and bloom beautifully on infested ground. 
Some of the largest and finest flowers in America in these 
new strains. 
Pink, Crimson, t*Tiite, Lavender, Purple, Mixed. 
Crego Asters 
AGERATUM 
Five inches tall. One of the best bedding plants. Splendid 
for borders or edging. Blooms the entire season. Rapid grower. 
Pkt., 20c. 
Little White Star. Little Blue Star. 
SWEET ALYSSUM 
Pretty little plants for beds or vases, blooming all summer 
long. Very sweetly scented. 
Dwarf Yellow. Lilac Queen. 
Carpet of Snow. Mixed. 
AMARANTHUS 
(Tri-color Splendens—Joseph’s Coat.) Very useful in borders 
of tall plants, among shrubs, or for centers of large beds. 
Grows 2% feet tall. Inner foliage is of blackest bronze tipped 
with green. Outer foliage scarlet and gold. 
SUNSHINE MIXED ASTERS. The best mixed assortment for 
home use. All shades and colors with golden centers. 
BRILLIANT QUILLED ASTERS. Mixed colors. 
MAMMOTH AMERICAN BRANCHING ASTERS. Large. Late 
blooming. Mixed colors. Best in September. Seed, pkt., 10c; 
3 for 25c. 
PEONY ASTERS. Mixed colors. Large double blooms resemb¬ 
ling peonies. 
LILLIPUT MIXED. Small flowered, intensely doubled of ideal 
habit. Seed pkt., 15c. 
Flowers—Vivid in Color, Healthy, Strong Stems. Flowers lack¬ 
ing in color . . . blooms sparse and poorly formed 
stems spindly . . . foliage scant and faded. These are sure 
signs of starvation. Your flowers need a square meal—a com¬ 
plete plant food—Vigoro. It supplies each of the essential ele¬ 
ments required for healthy plants and abundant, colorful flowers. 
