Fifty-Four Years 
Ghas. G. Navlet Go. 
OUTSTANDING 1939 SPECIALTIES 
—Selected from Home cmd Afar 
ALYSSUM, “Violet Queen”—A very pretty bright vio¬ 
let tint enlivened and beautified by white. Honey¬ 
like odor. Dwarf and compact in form. A pleasant 
change from the white.Pkt. 35c 
ANTIRRHINUM, Rock Hybrid “Baby Rose”—This gem 
of a Snapdragon is a separate color_ out of Antir¬ 
rhinum “Magic Carpet” which we listed last year 
to the delight of Rock Garden fans. Very free-flow¬ 
ering, compact plants literally obscured by masses 
of deep pink flowers. A dandy border or carpeting 
plant as well.Pkt, 35c 
MARIGOLD, “Orange Sunset”—The most beautiful of 
the Sunset Giants. A deep, rich, lively orange. Enor¬ 
mous in size. Delightful, sweet fragrance. Flowers 5 
inches and over .Pkt. 25c 
MARIGOLD, “Red and Gold Hybrids”—Hybrids be¬ 
tween African and French Marigolds. Select only 
red stemmed seedlings when inch high for de¬ 
lightful combinations of red and gold. Extremely 
double. About 3 times the size of largest French 
Marigold. Fascinating because of many interesting 
breaks that appear on the same plant.Pkt. 25c 
AUBRETIA, “Monarch Strain”—Pity it is that so few 
gardeners know this best of all low growing or dwarf 
perennials for mass effects or rockery. Single flow¬ 
ers in every conceivable shade of deep red, rosy vio¬ 
let, rose, violet, lavender, pink.Pkt. 25c 
CALIFORNIA POPPY, “Delightful”—Beautiful, dis¬ 
tinct, new color. Outside of petals soft apricot, in¬ 
side a glowing apricot-orange. Grows uniformly. 
Cut in the morning, keep in a. dark place all day, 
and they will open beautifully in the evening. Very 
effective in beds, borders and edgings.Pkt. 25c 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, “Golden Crown”—A great step 
forward in annual Chrysanthemums. Produces 
100% double quilled flowers of bright buttercup 
yellow. Grows 3 to 4 feet tall. 50 to 60 blooms to 
the plant. AM-RHS.Pkt. 25c 
DELPHINIUM, “Pacific Strain” Series—Acclaimed by 
experts as America’s best strain bred for compara¬ 
tive mildew resistance and large flowers properly 
proportioned to the size of the spike so as to retain 
the grace of the entire plant. 
King Arthur Series—Rich royal purple shades with vel¬ 
vety texture, heavy substance and large white bee. 
A very brilliant, beautifully spaced spike. 
Guinivere Series—Clear pink-lavender self tones with 
white bee. Well balanced spike. 
Summer Skies Series—The blue of a summer day with 
white bees representing fleecy clouds. 
$3.00 per packet; $1.50 per half packet. 
Collections: 3 packets, $8.00; 3 half-packets, $4.00. 
DELPHINIUM, “B & L Gold Medal Mildew Resistant 
Hybrids”—This world renowned English strain is 
now definitely resistant to mildew. Practically all of 
the prized named sorts are included, although light 
blues will predominate. Originator’s sealed 
packets .$1.00 ea. 
DIANTHUS, Heddewigii “Gaiety”—Easily eclipses all 
strains of Garden Pinks. Very large and showy 
fringed flowers in wide range from white through 
all shades of red, rose, purple, deep crimson, also 
striped, marbled and zoned flowers.Pkt. 35c 
GODETIA, “Carmine Glow”An entirely new color in the 
Dwarf Azalea-flowered double group. A beautiful 
shade of carmine with large wavy-petalled flowers 
which completely cover the plant. Grows about 12 
inches high, bushy habit.Pkt. 35c 
ICELAND POPPY, “Red Cardinal”—After many years 
of hard and patient work it is now possible to offer 
the nearest approach to crimson-scarlet yet attained. 
Very large flowered and intense in color. Splendid 
for cutting .Pkt. 35c 
LUPIN, “Russell re-selected Stock”—Saved from named 
varieties of proved merit and packeted under a Red 
Seal. Stock offered last year bore the Blue Seal. Still 
the sensation of the plant world. Giant bloom spikes 
often 3^ feet tall fan-like florets resembling sweet 
peas; distinctive and enormous range and unique 
character of coloring. 
Originator’s Red Seal Pkts.; 12 seeds 25c; 50 seeds 
75c; 120 seeds $1.25; 250 seeds $2.50. 
American Grown Selections from Originator’s Stock: 
10 seeds 15c; 25 seeds 30c; 50 seeds 50c; 100 seeds 
90c. 
MORNING GLORY, “Crimson Rambler”—Very similar 
to “Scarlett O’Hara” but with white throat and 
heart shaped leaves and a more rampant climber. A 
very attractive vine .Pkt. 25c 
NASTURTIUM, “Indian Chief”—It is predicted that 
this new free-blooming, sweet-scented double Nas¬ 
turtium will rapidly become as popular as “Golden 
Gleam.” The contrast of fiery-scarlet very double 
blooms to dark green foliage is arresting.Pkt. 25c 
NOLANA, “Blue Ensign”—A superior and surprisingly 
beautiful good garden doer—a form of Chilean Bell¬ 
flower. Lovely large ultramarine blue flowers on 
stems 5 or 6 inches high. In shape they resemble a 
Morning Glory. Beauty is enhanced by pure white 
center. Pleasantly fragrant .Pkt. 35c 
PETUNIA, “Marilyn”—Popular Ruffled Giant type 
with large, shallow, open throated flowers, ruffled 
but not fringed, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, in a 
luscious shade of salmon rose strongly veined deeper 
salmon rose.Pkt. 25c 
PETUNIA, “Super Fluffy Ruffles”—So ruffled and 
frilled that the flowers have the appearance of being 
double, and, the type is practically 100% true. 
Loveliest frills and ruffles imaginable in shades of 
Pink and White, Salmon, Salmon Pink, Deep Rose, 
Rose, Crimson and Light Blue. Large throated 
giant flowers......Pkt. 35c 
SALVIA, “Blaze of Fire”—The most brilliant and vivid 
scarlet imaginable. The earliest and most dwarf, 
blooming ten to fourteen days before Harbinger. 
Destined to become the most popular of all bedding 
plants .Pkt. 25c 
STATICE, “Art Shades Mixed”—A glorious blend of en¬ 
tirely new art tones which surprisingly omits almost 
every color previously known in Statice sinuata. 
Salmons, orange, chamois, and buff tones with deep 
roses, carmines, etc.Pkt. 35c 
STRAWBERRY, “Baron Solemacher”—New Giant Per¬ 
petual runnerless Giant Alpine Strawberry with 
round-shaped fruit, developed^ after thirty years of 
selection. Enormous productivity and _ continuous 
bearing when weather conditions permit, ensure a 
surprising quantity of fruit from early summer on 
to winter. Grow in a moist, shady situation. Seed 
sown in early Spring will produce fruiting plants 
by September and October. Very ornamental. Red 
or Yellow.Pkts. 25c ea. 
VERBENA, “Bonariensis”—New Perennial species from 
Buenos Aires. Slender, freely-branched stems attain 
a height of 4 to 5 feet and bear terminal sprays of 
heliotrope flowers during July and August. AM, 
RHS 1937 .Pkt. 25c 
VERBENA, “Brilliant”—A greatly improved “Lumi- 
nosa” which heretofore has been accepted as the 
best pink Verbena in cultivation. “Brilliant” is a 
rich, deep, flame rose with a medium sized white 
eye. A good doer.Pkt. 25c 
ZINNIA, “Will Rogers”—A tribute to the memory of 
the late humorist. A vibrant, enlivening, glowing 
intense scarlet bloom of immense size. Tall, free 
blooming and robust. A flower which arrests atten¬ 
tion .:.Pkt. 25c 
There are many outstanding Flower Seed Novelties, Specialties and Improved Varieties in the pages following. We 
cannot list them here because of insufficient space. 
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