SALBACH SELECTED SEED SPECIALTIES 
Each year we make special trips to the seed farms to appraise and select the 
most outstanding strains and novelties being offered, and in addition, we test 
on our own grounds, seeds imported from England, Germany, Australia, and 
elsewhere. From all these, we select the finest and best that can be had. We 
limit our seed listings to the most outstanding strains and novelties, with the 
result that anything grown from our seed will produce striking blooms, better 
in every way than those of your neighbors who use ordinary strains. 
Those who have grown and compared the strains we list, will assure you that 
the few extra cents necessary to purchase packets of our specialties will give 
you a hundred-fold return of value, and we have made it a point to keep one 
jump ahead of competition in our listings of outstanding new seed creations. 
We call particular attention to the following remarkable strains: 
AQUILEGIA, Waller-Franklin Strain. Described by Sydney 
B. Mitchell in “From a Sunset Garden” as the best Amer- 
incan strain of columbine. Available in mixture, blue 
shades, and pink shades. The new English columbine, Crim¬ 
son Star, is also most outstanding. 
BROOM, Fancy Colored Hybrids. Gathered from Sydney B. 
Mitchell’s own garden, having been originally imported 
from England. Taken largely from named varieties, in¬ 
cluding the striking variety, “Pomona”, winner of the most 
outstanding award of the 1935 California Spring Flower 
Festival, the Novelty Plaque. Now available in both tall 
and dwarf growing types. 
DWARF BEDDING DAHLIAS, Salbach Re-Selections. One 
of the finest recent seed developments. We believe our 
strain to be the finest in existence. See outside back cover. 
DELPHINIUM, Vetterle and Reinelt “Pacific” Strain. Win¬ 
ner of three consecutive Blue Ribbons at largest California 
exhibitions. The most striking advance in delphinium hy¬ 
bridizing in years. We wish to point out that the “Pacific” 
whites have been so greatly improved that they are consid¬ 
ered the best white delphinium, having growth and spikes 
comparable to the blue. Note also, the sensational new 
offerings of named varieties. 
HELIANTHEMUM. Beautiful matty shrub. Seeds from 
Sydney B. Mitchell’s garden. Mr. Mitchell’s Helianthemum 
came originally from the two most outstanding Helian¬ 
themum growers known.- 
ICELAND POPPIES. The outstanding Santa Maria Inn 
strain, and the delicate new variation, Iceland Poppy 
Apricot. Also the new variety, Red Cardinal. 
PANSY, Best-by-Test Strain. Splendid colors, huge blooms, 
easily the most admired among our test of ten of the 
world’s most popular strains. 
PETUNIA, New Mammoth Ruffled, Double World Beauty, 
and Fluffy Ruffles — A trio of new petunia mixtures that 
are probably the outstanding achievements of the season. 
PHLOX GIGANTEA, Art Shades. Qualified as outstanding 
either for its size of bloom or its beautiful range of colors. 
SALPIGLOSSIS — Base Branching Type — which eliminates 
“legginess”, being a foot shorter than regular salpiglossis. 
STOCK, Giants of California — Incorporating the good qual¬ 
ities of both the column and Giant Imperial types. 
VIOLA, Brilliant Mixture — A new, bright strain that is truly 
outstanding. 
VISCARIA, Mixed — A very striking strain. 
ZINNIAS. The finest we know, including Bodger’s Gold 
Medal Mixture of Dahlia-flowered varieties, the large, but 
artistic Crown 0’ Gold type, the Pompon or Lilliput type, 
and the tiny Cupid Zinnias. 
These new seed creations are most outstanding, and deserve 
your particular attention. 
ASTER, Early Giants, Light Blue and Peach Blossom — The 
first of the big new asters to have wilt-resistance. 
COSMOS SENSATION, Crimson — The showiest color of. the 
giant cosmos. 
DELPHINIUM, New Color Series — Pacific Strain, named 
kinds from seed, including two 1939 releases — Galahad, 
and Launcelot. 
DELPHINIUM, Paniculatum — Lacy new filler plant. 
GILIA, Fairy Stars — Stunning new border or low growing 
bedding plant. 
HOLLYHOCK, Indian Spring — Annual, with improved, 
shorter growth. 
MORNING GLORY, Scarlett O’Hara — Highest point scorer 
over two years in All-America Selections. 
MARIGOLD BURPEE GOLD — Easily the best marigold. 
MARIGOLD, Gigantea — The big ones, both in mixtures, and 
in orange. 
PETUNIA, Flaming Velvet — Two types of the Flaming Vel¬ 
vet that are true to color. 
PETUNIA, Snowstorm, Improved — Giant satiny white, as 
full of blooms as bedding petunias. 
PHLOX, Dwarf Sunrise and Dwarf Crimson — One fine soft 
color, and the other a very bright shade. Both striking. 
VIOLA, Blue Butterfly — Our choice as the best viola variety 
from seed. 
“GREETING-GIFT” CARDS 
Priced as Low as Ordinary Xmas Cards 
Novel in appeal, and a remembrance that will live and blossom with 
time, our ‘‘Greeting-Gift’’ cards afford a smart, but inexpensive way 
to remember your friends. The seeds, in colorful packets, will be 
mounted on Xmas cards, as shown, with the following verse: 
Let your Christmas be as colorful and gay 
As the cheerful wish I send today 
And the happiness of your Christmas day 
Grow with the seeds I send your way. 
Any seed packet selling for 15c or over mounted on Xmas card at 
catalog price of seeds. Sent to you postpaid if order totals $1.00 or 
over. Add 10c for postage and packing where Greeting-Gift card 
orders are for less than $1.00. 
The following available in particularly at¬ 
tractive packets: 
Aquilegia — Blue or Mixed — 25c 
Dwarf Dahlias — Special Mixture — 50c 
Delphinium — Any 50c pkt — 50c 
Eschscholtzia (Calif. Poppy) — Mixed — 15c 
Iceland Poppy — Mixed — 25c 
Marigold — Burpee Gold — 25c 
Marigold Gigantea Hybrids — 15c 
Marigold Harmony — 15c 
Pansy — Best By Test — 40c 
Phlox Gigantea — 25c 
Verbena — Floradale Beauty — 25c 
Viola — Brilliant Mixture — 25c 
Zinnia — Dahlia Flowered Mixture — 25c 
Zinnia — Crown ’O Gold Mixture — 25c 
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