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In presenting our 1939 List of Flower Seeds, we offer what we consider the very best and most popular 
varieties, including a number of novelties. Our seeds are grown by the most painstaking methods, and no 
trouble or expense is too great for us to take, to insure our customers the finest of domestic and foreign 
grown seeds. We are devoting particular attention to the Flower Seed Department, and are constantly 
striving to give prompt, helpful, and intelligent service. 
Space limitations prevent the listing of all varieties which we are able to supply, only the better-known 
sorts being included here. If you can’t find what you need, write us, and the chances are that we can supply 
it from stock, or at all events obtain it very promptly from the growers of the particular strain desired. 
Varieties marked with • supplied in plain packets only 
Symbols denote: □ Annual 
ACHILLEA (Sneezewort, Yarrow) □ 
Culture 1. Set out Aug. Normal germination, 10-15 days 
♦The Pearl —Splendid perennial for cutting. Bears clusters 
of double satin-white flowers during a long season. Does best 
in a sunny situation. 2 feet. Rather difficult to germinate. 
A native of Great Britain—packet 15c 
AGERATUM □ 
Culture 4 or 5. Normal germination, 5-10 days 
Of easy growth, flowers abundantly out of doors in summer 
and until frost; very desirable for table decoration. Start 
indoors for earliest bloom. In bloom for 90 days. Hardy 
annual from Mexico. 
♦Pink Fairy —A new British introduction of soft salmon- 
rose color. Ball-shaped and heavily flowered, it begins to bloom 
when only 2 inches tall. Maximum height 5 inches.—packet 15c 
♦Blue Ball —Dwarf, ball-shaped plants. Large flowered and 
very compact. Best for edging.—packet 10c. 
Blue Perfection —-Compact, very large flowered variety. The 
darkest sort grown from seed.—packet 10c 
♦Imperial Semi-Dwarf White —-packet 10c 
♦Imperial Semi-Dwarf Blue —packet 10c 
Imperial Semi-Dwarf Mixed —packet 5c 
Alkanet—S ee Anchusa. 
ALYSSUM □ O 
Culture 1. Normal germination, 5-8 days 
Makes a very pretty border; fine for carpet bedding. Blooms 
June to November. Sow where wanted to bloom. Native to 
Western Asia. 
Benthami Procumbens □ —Very dwarf creeping habit. Best 
for edging that we have ever grown.—packet 10c 
Carpet of Snow or Little Gem □—Very suitable for border 
and pot work. 4 inches.—packet 10c 
♦Lutescens □—Dwarf creamy yellow.—packet 10c 
♦Lilac Queen Improved □—Distinct variety with lilac-tinted 
flowers. 9 inches.—packet 10c 
Saxatile CompactumO—Perennial, known also as “Basket 
of Gold.’’ In late spring, is covered with golden flowers. Ex¬ 
cellent for rockeries.—packet 10c 
Sweet (Maritimum) □—White. 8 to 12 inches. Trailing 
habit, very sweetly scented, a hardy annual.—packet 5c 
AMARANTHUS □ 
Culture 1 or 2. Normal germination, 5-10 days 
Annuals, with brilliant foliage growing best in soil with plenty 
of lime, and in sunny position. 
Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding) —packet 5c 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat) —packet 10c 
All Kinds Mixed —packet 5c 
ANCHUSA O □ 
Normal germination, 30 days 
Italica, Dropmore Variety O—A most satisfactory perennial 
with rough green leaves, bearing large numbers of deep blue 
flowers on branching stems. Should be in every garden. 
Believed to be of Italian origin. Culture 3.—packet 10c 
O Perennial X Biennial 
ANCHUSA—Continued 
♦Italica, Lisadell O—An improved form with strong, vigorous 
growth and extra large gentian-blue flowers. 5 feet tall. 
Culture 3.—packet 15c 
OMyosotidiflora O —Light blue and graceful, this hardy 12- 
in. plant is ideal for rock-gardening or borders. Culture 3.— 
50 seeds 35c 
Capensis □ (Summer Forget-Me-Not)—Gentian-blue flowers 
from July to October. 2 feet. This variety deserves to be 
better known. Culture 1.—packet 5c 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon) □ 
Culture 4 or 5. Normal germination, 8-12 days 
An exquisite tender perennial, living for a second and third 
year, but best treated as an annual, blooming in July if sown 
early and then on until killed by frost. By cutting off most of 
the flowering stems and giving a slight protection over winter, 
plants will bloom second summer for four months. As a cut 
flower, Snapdragon retains its fresh appearance for 4 or 5 days, 
and in this particular is very valuable for table decoration. A 
development of a genus known as Scrophularia, which is native 
in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres. 
Rust Resistant Strains Only 
Majus Yellow Jacket— 2 ft.—packet 10c 
Majus Scarlet Defiance— 2 ft.—packet 10c 
Majus Shasta Pure White —■2 ft.—packet 10c 
Majus Harmony —-Terra Cotta Orange, 2 ft.—packet 10c 
Majus Daintiness —-Rose-pink, white tube.—2 ft.—packet 10c 
Univ. of California Strain Majus Mixed —2 ft. Awarded 
Certificate of Honor of “All-America Selections Council for 
1935.” The plants are 90 percent rustproof, and the strain is 
invaluable where conditions of rust prevail.—packet 10c 
(For Forcing or Outdoor Use—3 feet) 
♦Tall Maximum Copper King— packet 15c 
♦Tall Maximum Paradise Rose— packet 15c 
♦Tall Maximum Canary Bird —packet 15c 
♦Tall Maximum Alaska Snowflake— packet 15c 
♦Tall Maximum Mixed —pacicet 10c 
Semi-Dwarf Mixed —Rose, yellow, white, etc. 18 in.—pkt. 1 0 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 
Culture 3. Normal germination, 12-60 days 
Among the most beautiful and curiously formed of hardy per¬ 
ennial old fashioned flowers. Blooms in the early spring and 
summer for 60 days. Foliage very attractive. Will thrive 
almost anywhere, but prefers partial shade and moisture. 
Splendid for cutting. 2X-3 feet. Native both to Europe and 
America. 
Vulgaris, Single Mixed —packet 5c 
♦ Golden Spur (Chrysantha)—Long Spurs.—packet 10c 
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