Make Your Home Surroundings 
More Beautiful 
DO IT WITH FLOWERS 
The kiss of the sun for pardon 
The song of the birds for mirth, 
You are nearer God’s heart in a garden 
Than anywhere else 07 i earth. 
Plant Strains and Varieties Adapted to Florido 
The Kilgore Seed Company, with general offices and a large mail order de¬ 
partment in Plant City, Florida, and with twelve stores serving Florida, and 
seven agencies in the West Indies, has devoted a great deal of time, effort, and 
expense in developing, improving and testing types and varieties of flowers 
especially suited to growing conditions in Florida and the West Indies. This 
Planting Guide, the only publication of its kind ever published, it being 
adapted especially to growing conditions in Florida and the West Indies, 
gives knowledge gained as the result of trials and experiments conducted in 
Florida by The Kilgore Seed Company over a series of years. It contains a 
complete list of flowers adapted to Florida and the West Indies, and gives 
detailed cultural directions for winter and summer growing of flowers in 
Florida and the West Indies. 
Flowers in Bloom Throughout the Year 
Make your home surroundings more beautiful. Do it with Kilgore’s Bred- 
Rite Flower Seeds. Nowhere on the face of the earth can flowers be grown in 
such profusion as in Florida and the West Indies at a time of the year when 
most of the country is covered with ice and snow. Different kinds of flowers 
can be grown in Florida every month of the year, certain kinds being adapted 
for winter blooming, others do best in spring and summer. 
Time of Planting 
One of the most important things to consider with reference to growing 
flowers in Florida and the West Indies is the p>roper time for planting flower 
seeds of different kinds. Some flowers are tender, and are killed by light 
frosts, while others are hardy, and will grow and bloom through the coldest 
winters in Florida. In Florida, the tender kinds must be planted during early 
fall so as to bloom before danger of winter frosts, or in the spring after danger 
of frost is past. Hardy kinds may be planted in Florida at any time from 
September to March. All the different kinds of flowers listed in this book are 
labeled indicating whether they are hardy or tender, the proper time for 
planting the seeds, and also indicating the approximate time from seed sow¬ 
ing to first blossoms under Florida growing conditions. 
Plant Tested, High Quality Seeds 
To make certain that all flower seeds sent out by us will give entire satis¬ 
faction, we maintain an u])-to-date seed testing laboratory where samples of 
all our flower seeds are tested for germination at frequent intervals. We are 
confident there are no flower seeds of better quality obtainable anywhere than 
those we offer in this book. Cost has been a secondary consideration in mak¬ 
ing our selections; high quality and adaptability to Florida growing condi¬ 
tions have been our first and major considerations. 
