PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Superior Fiower Seed 17 
FLOWER SEED SUPERIOR* STRAINS 
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F LOWERS are easily raised from seeds. The seeds we offer 
are the products of the best American and European grow¬ 
ers ; no better strains available. Complete directions for 
sowing are printed on each packet. 
In sowing, be very careful not to cover seed too deep! 
CLASSIFICATION: Known as Annuals, Biennials! and Per¬ 
ennials*. 
Annuals bloom and ripen seed the first year, then perish. 
Biennials:-: seldom bloom the first year, but attain perfection 
the second. 
Perennials* flower several years in succession, and are used 
for permanent plantings. Many bloom the first year from 
seed sown early. 
WHEN TO SOW SEED: 
Hardy Perennials and Biennials may be sown either fall or 
spring. 
Hardy Annuals may be sown either in late fall or spring. But 
no spring sowing of any class should be done until frost is 
past and the ground mellow. 
A TABULATED LIST of all Flower Seeds, with prices, on 
pages 18 and 19. 
SPECIAL MARKS: Biennials):; Perennials*; Good Cut Flow- 
ersf. 
PRICES are for delivery by mail postpaid. 
PLANTS of Hardy Perennials are offered on pages 34 to 51. 
„Novelties in Seeds 
4 OUTSTANDING “ALL-AMERICA” ITEMS. 
MANY OTHERS POLLOW 
Scarlett O’Hara Glory ' 
- Gold Medal Winner. 
Awarded the All-America Selections Gold Medal for 1937, 
but not released to trade until 1938. There is no other morning 
glory at all like it. The flower—only slightly smaller than the 
giant “Heavenly Blue”—opens with the others at sunrise, but 
stays awake far into afternoon (while they are curled up in 
sleep.) Also-, its clear self-color, a bright carnation-red or 
carmine, has never heretofore appeared in this class. Its 
foliage is considerably different; each leaf with one large and 
two small side lobes. We heartily recommend this astonish¬ 
ingly distinct introduction for your spring-to-fall enjoyment. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Good 
News 
1939 
New Wilt-Resistant CHINA ASTER 
Early Giant Light Blue silver 
■ -— - Medal. 
Five-inch flowers, big and lacy with nar¬ 
row curling petals, earliest of the giant 
class, on 3-ft. branching stems. The color 
is clear light blue, popular for vases, and 
showy in the garden. Pkt. 25c. 
NEW BUSH MARIGOLD 
Early Sunshine Bronze 
This new marigold is the result of much 
effort to improve the charming Dixie Sun¬ 
shine strain, so that it can mature earlier 
in northern latitudes. The All-America 
judges agreed that this strain is worthy 
of adoption. It is dwarf and bushy, about 
24 inches. The flowers are 2 to 2)4 inches 
wide, lemon or sulphur-yellow, with nice¬ 
ly incurved petalage. One of the very 
earliest to bloom. Pkt. 25c. 
398 
Scarlett O’Hara—New Red Morning Glory 
A NEW SCARIOSA 
Blue Moon Beehive Shape. 
—-—- Honorable Mention, 
This fine new variety gets away from the con¬ 
ventional “pincushion” type of flower, making 
a solid, even formation like a beehive. The color 
is deep lavender-blue. Plants attain 3 to 4 feet, 
broadly pyramidal, supporting a vast amount of 
choice cut flowers in a season. Pkt. 25c. 
Advance Notice 
We feel justified in calling your special attention to 
a few quite new and desirable items occurring on pages 
20 to 33, inclusive: Agferatum Fairy Pink, page 20; 
Queen’s Bouquet Asters, page 21; Double Bush- 
Flowering- Balsam, page 22 ; Celosia (Globe Shape) 
Flame of Fire, page 23 ; Cuphea Firefly, page 24 ; 
Hunnemannia Sunlite, Russell Lupins and 
Ipomoea Heavenly Blue, page 27; Marig-olds: 
Burpee Gold and Dwarf Royal Scot, and Nierem- 
bergia, all on page 28; Tahoka Daisy, page 32; 
Zinnias: Giants of California, Scabiosa-Flow- 
ered, and Tom Thumb, page 33. 
