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AMERICAN BULB COMPANY • CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 
SALVIA 
We fully realize the importance of Salvias to the florist and are 
careful to arrange for our stock with an American specialist who 
supplies only fine plump seed which is saved from specimen plants 
and such as show a high germination. Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
New Dwarf Gem. A miniature scarlet Salvia desirable for borders, 
rock gardens, etc. Tr. Pkt. 50c 
Patens "Mauve Queen." The great popularity of the beautiful Salvia 
Patens makes it certain that there will be a very wide demand for 
this novelty. It is of exactly the same habit and growth as Patens, 
but the flowers are of a beautiful helio-mauve. Mauve Queen comes 
perfectly true from seed, and we specially recommend it as a variety 
of outstanding merit. Tr. Pkt. 50c 
America (Globe of Fire). 
Blaze of Fire (New). The flowers are the most brilliant 
and vivid scarlet imaginable and the habit is ideal 
for bedding. The earliest and most dwarf of all 
Firebrand. Extra early. 
Very dwarf; scarlet. 
(3 Tr. Pkts., $1.25) 
Harbinger. A new early flowering dwarf variety that 
we consider the most desirable of all Scarlet Salvias. 
. (3 Tr. Pkts., $1.25) 
Splendens. Tall growing.(14 lb., $4.00) 
Splendens Compacta. Salmon rose. 
Zurich. Dwarf, early. (Vi lb., $7.00) 
Farinacea. Perennial, but best grown as an annual. 
Light blue; makes a fine line. Hardy with pro¬ 
tection . 
Farinacea. Perennial, but best grown as an annual. 
(Blue Bedder). A more compact form. Flowers a 
rich deep blue. 
Blue Beard. Fine purple bracts. 
Oxford Blue. Very intense. 
Patens Rich Deep Blue. 
Patens Mauve Queen (New). Beautiful helio-mauve. . 
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•PERENNIAL SALVIA (Sage) 
Azurea Grandiflora. A hardy perennial variety producing during 
August and September spikes of pretty sky-blue flowers in great 
profusion; 3 to 4 feet. Tr. Pkt. 40c Oz. $2.00 
SANVITALIA (Creeping Zinnia) 
Procumbens FI. PI. Bright yellow double flowers; useful in vases, 
etc. Tr. Pkt. 30c Oz. $1.25 
SAPONARIA 
Vaccaria. A free-blooming annual with beautiful pink feathery 
flowers. Tr. Pkt. 10c Oz. 20c Vi lb. 60c Lb. $2.00 
Used in same manner as Baby's Breath. 
Vaccaria. White flowered. Tr. Pkt_ 10c Oz_ 15c Lb_ $1.40 
MultiQora. Scarlet Queen. 10 inches high with bright scarlet flowers. 
Excellent for bedding. Tr. Pkt. 15c Oz. 60c 
•SAPONARIA (Soapwort) 
Ocymoides. A very useful, hardy plant for the rockery or the border, 
producing from May to August masses of attractive small bright 
rose flowers; 8 inches. Tr. Pkt. 15c Oz. 50c 
SCABIOSA 
Choice long-stemmed annuals for summer cutting or spring forcing. 
Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Blue Cocade. Deeper than Azure Fairy. $0.20 $0.75 
Loveliness. Very good deep cream-pink. 20 .75 
Peach Blossom. Light cream-pink. 15 .50 
Cherry Red.15 .50 
Shasta. White . 15 .50 
Azure Fairy. Azure blue. 15 .50 
King ©f the Blacks. Deep rich maroon. 15 .50 
Mixture .10 .40 
‘PERENNIAL SCABIOSA 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). Valuable for cutting, as the blooms last a 
long time in water. Color soft lavender-blue; 3 feet. 
Tr. Pkt. 40c Oz. $2.50 
Caucasica Isaac House Giant Hybrids. A great improvement over 
Caucasica. It is more vigorous, has larger and longer stems, and 
heavier petals, which are ruffled as well as slightly frilled on the 
edges. Colors range from light to darkest blue, but delicate lilac and 
mauve shades predominate. Tr. Pkt. 50c Oz. $3.00 
Columbaria Pink. Beautiful soft pink flowers 2 to 2 Vz inches across. 
Tr. Pkt.40c Oz .$2.50 
Japonica. Bushy plants, 2Vz feet in height, and beautiful lavender- 
blue flowers. Tr. Pkt. 15c Ox. 50c 
SCHIZANTHUS 
"Butterfly Flower". 1 Vz feet. Amber, carmine, mauve, pink, purple, 
and rose. 
Tr. Pkt. Va oz. Vi oz. 
Each of above six varieties.$0.40 ... $1.00 
Rose and Amber Shades Mixed.35 $0.60 1.00 
Garaway's Hybrids.50 1.00 1.50 
"Mother's Favorite" (New). The "last word" in Schizanthus. A choice 
assortment of colors; exceptional as a pot plant for Mother's Day 
sales. (See page 8 for illustration.) 
Tr. Pkt.$1.25 3 Tr. Pkts.$3.00 
Special Dwarf Mixed. Desirable as a pot plant. Seed sown in January 
and pinched once make ideal medium sized pot plants. 
Tr. Pkt.50c Va oz.$1.00 
SPECIAL NOTE! "Mother's Favorite" is, we believe, superior as a 
pot plant.—A. B. C. 
*SEDUM (Stonecrop) 
Acre. The well known yellow variety. Useful in the rock garden. 
Tr. Pkt.75c Va oz .$1.50 
SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa) 
Pudica. Flowers pinkish white. Tr. Pkt.15c Oz.50c 
SHAMROCK 
True Irish. Tr. Pkt.15c Oz.40c Vi lb.$1.00 
SHASTA DAISY (See Chrysanthemum) 
•SILENE (Catchfly) 
Attractive, profusely blooming perennials. 
Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Orientalis. Dark rose; 30 inches.$0.15 $0.50 
Schafta. Rose; 8 inches.25 1.50 
SMILAX (Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides) 
A well known greenhouse climber. Valuable for floral decorations. 
Tr. Pkt.15c Oz.50c Vi lb.$1.50 Lb.$5.00 
SNAPDRAGON (See Antirrhinum) 
SOLANUM 
Christmas Pepper (Capsicastrum Nanum). An attractive dwarf strain 
producing medium size berries ranging in color from purple to 
brilliant red. When field grown under our conditions the berries 
are fully colored by Nov. 1. 
Tr. Pkt.25c Vi oz.35c Oz.$1.00 
Bird's Eye Pepper. Small bright red berries. 
Tr. Pkt.25c Vi oz.50c Oz.$1.75 
"Royal Crown'' New. A very much improved type of Christmas 
Cherry (See novelty pages for illustration and complete description). 
Tr. Pkt. (100 seeds).$1.00 
CHRISTMAS CHERRY 
Hlavacek's Masterpiece. Cleveland Cherry. More compact than the 
old type and produces much more freely of fruit. A very pronounced 
improvement over the old form. Grows more compact than above 
and produces the scarlet berries in greater profusion. 
Tr. Pkt.35c Oz.$2.00 
STATICE 
Bonduelli. Similar to Sinuata. Yellow. 
Tr. Pkt.15c Oz.25c Lb.$2.25 
Sinensis. 18 inches. Pure white with canary-yellow. Quite attractive. 
Tr. Pkt.25c Oz.75c 4 oz.$2.50 
Suworowii. Russian or Rat-tail Statice. Excellent for spring cutting 
from either large pots or beds or can be sown in January for a late 
spring crop. Tr. Pkt.20c Oz.70c 4 oz.$2.00 
RAT TAIL STATICE. SUWOROWII 
Provides a showy pot plant and is excellent for cutting. Sow seed in 
January for May blooming. 
Sinuata Statice. Largely used outdoors but can be forced indoors. We 
have found a location for the growing of this seed that matures it better 
and gives more satisfactory germination than we have had in the past. 
Lavender Queen (New). The flowers are a beautiful clear bright 
lavender, quite distinct from any of the other colors, and will doubtless 
rival them all in their usefulness for winter bouquets and the other uses 
for which the species is so generally employed. Tr. Pkt.35c 
Market Grower's Blue. Blue Statices are of interest to every market 
grower of flowers, and it was their importance to the cutflower trade 
that led us to pay particular attention to the selection of an ideal 
blue variety. Tr. Pkt.35c Oz.$2.00 
Puberula (New). A most desirable Statice for pot plants. Dark violet; 
6 inches high; flowers 5 months from seed. Tr. Pkt... 50c Oz... $3.50 
Atrocoerulea (New). Clear Delphinium blue. Very distinct new color. 
Tr. Pkt.25c Oz.50c 
Kampf's Tall Improved. Extra long-stemmed, deep blue. The best blue 
cutting variety. Tr. Pkt.20c Oz.45c Lb.$4.00 
STATICE Continued on page 43 
Also the remainder of Alphabetized Seed List 
