GENERAL LIST OF SEED SPECIALTIES 
Fertilizer will help, and so will regular cultiva¬ 
tion — but dollar on dollar spent for plant food, and 
hour on hour of garden work will not produce prize 
winners if the plants come from inferior seed strains. 
That is why we are so confident that no real gardener 
will begrudge the few extra cents required to se¬ 
cure the seeds of the finest rare strains — and that 
is why we have purchased seeds that actually cost 
us from two to ten times as much as would the 
ordinary strains. 
NOTE: Seeds are of annuals unless marked otherwise: “P”—Perennials. 
AGERATUM—Fairy Pink. A new color 
break in this delightful and most use¬ 
ful annual — lavender pink. Excellent 
for border, general, or rock garden 
uses. Dwarf habit, with maximum 
height of 5 inches. 
pkt. 25c; 1/32 oz. 40c 
ANAGALLIS ( Pimpernel ). Most out¬ 
standing in the striking mixture which 
we list — a blend including lavender, 
blue, deep salmon, smoky, and many 
other shades — giving a planting as 
rich as the tones of an oriental rug. 
Most worth while. 
Mixed.pkt. 15c; oz. 60c 
Blue.pkt. 15c; oz. 60c 
AQUILEGIA ( Columbine ). P. Waller- 
Frankin strain. Simply immense 
blooms with extra long spurs. A mag¬ 
nificent strain, described by Sydney B. 
Mitchell in “From a Sunset Garden” as 
the finest American strain, equal to 
that of any foreign firm. We have re¬ 
ceived more than one report from cus¬ 
tomers to the effect that this strain 
has produced sensationally large and 
beautiful flowers that have attracted 
garden lovers from miles away. 
Blue Shades Superb (Waller-Frank¬ 
lin). Long spurred. Beautiful clear 
blues.pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
Crimson Star. Long spurred. A large 
and brilliant variety with long crimson 
spurs and white corolla. Semi-dwarf 
growth .pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 60c 
Pink Shades Superb. (Waller-Frank¬ 
lin) . Long spurred. In variations of 
pink.pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
Waller-Franklin Hybrids. Long spur¬ 
red, mixed—in orange, scarlet, yellow, 
pink, rose and white shades. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 75c 
Group Collection. One packet each, 
Blue Shades Superb, Pink Shades 
Superb and Crimson Star.60c 
BABY BLUE EYES (Nemophia Insig- 
nis). This delightful native of Califor¬ 
nia ranks with the poppy as the finest 
of wild-flowers suitable for domestic 
use. Bright little blue flowers with 
white center. Attractive foliage, easily 
grown, and ideal for naturalizing, plot¬ 
ting, or window boxes. 
pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 20c; 1/2 oz. 35c 
BROOM (Cytisis) . P. For Westerners 
who wish colorful and unusual shrubs, 
we have secured a limited supply of 
hybrid broom seeds. Can be grown 
outside of the Pacific Coast in regions 
where the winter is not too severe. Full 
Color assortment, variegated, in bril¬ 
liant shades of red, pink, gold, apricot, 
brown, rose, orange and other colors. 
The shrubs are literally covered with 
myriads of the bright little pea-shaped 
flowers, which are in bloom for a long 
period of the year. Drought resistant. 
Gathered from Sydney B. Mitchell’s 
own garden. We consider it most sig¬ 
nificant that “Pomona”, one of the 
brooms from which our seed is gath¬ 
ered, was given the 1936 California 
Spring Garden show award as the fin¬ 
est new horticultural creation shown. 
Stock limited.pkt. 50c 
BROOM Dwarf (Cytisis). P. as above, 
in full new color range but selected 
from plants, 1V 2 to 2 V 2 feet high, 
80% at least, will be dwarf, pkt. 40c 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Golden Crown 
Considered the greatest advance in 
years of annual chrysanthemum breed¬ 
ing. Rich butter yellow flowers, 
100% double, in startling, beautiful 
quilled form, medium size. Vigorous 
grower, hardy. Three to four feet tall, 
with attractive silver foliage. The 
1938 novelty from the British Isles. 
pkt. 25c 
California — “Blue Aquilegia I have 
grown from your seed have produced 
beautiful flowers. Stems forty inches.” 
CALENDULA, Orange Fantasy. Flowers 
of rich, deep orange, with a large crest 
of seal brown in the center of the 
flower. Decidedly distinct, and fine in 
the garden or when used for cutting. 
Given an Award of. Merit in the 1938 
All-America Flower Seed Selections. 
pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 30c 
CALLIOPSIS, Gold Crest. A different 
type of calliopsis, growing about eigh¬ 
teen inches tall, with a profusion of 
very large flowers of rich gold, marked 
deep mahogany brown at the center. 
pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. 35c 
CINERERIA, Howard and Smith Giant 
Mixture. A race of giants from a 
strain long famous among the South¬ 
ern California florist’s trade. Fine 
color range, including blue, crimson, 
carmine, and salmon shades, mixed. 
Small pkt. 35c; extra large pkt. 75c 
COREOPSIS, Double New Gold. P. 
Blooms as large, and colored as bright 
as the single varieties, but better and 
more brilliant, thanks to the doubling 
of petals .pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 50c 
COSMOS, Sensation Purity. A simply 
huge early blooming cosmos of pure 
white. Showy in the garden, and strik¬ 
ing as a cut flower. 
pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 40c 
COSMOS, Sensation Crimson. A new 
color of the giant Sensation type. Very 
showy, and as huge as the other colors 
of the Sensation type. Color — rich 
crimson. Stock limited. 
pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 60c 
CORNFLOWER, Dwarf Jubilee Gem. 
(Bachelor Button). The introduction of 
this fine novelty now permits the use 
of the deep blue cornflower in rock gar¬ 
dens, and many other new uses. Lit¬ 
erally full of blooms and only twelve 
inches tall. Award of Merit, 1937 All- 
American selections. 
pkt. 25c; V 2 oz. 60c; oz. $1.00 
ASTER — Wilt Resistant Early Giant 
Type. For year breeders have been 
trying to breed wilt resistance into the 
bigger, more beautiful type of asters. 
This goal has at last been achieved in 
this new type. Blooms are very simi¬ 
lar to those of the Giants of California 
type — but the plants are only 1 V 2 
to 2 feet tall. Low base-branching. 
Blooms very large and full, with petals 
daintily plumed and gracefully inter¬ 
twined. 
Light Blue. Clear light blue. Sil¬ 
ver Medal, All-America Selections. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
Peach Blossom. Opens almost white, 
then flushes light pink, changing to 
light lavender pink as the flower ma¬ 
tures.pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
When sown outdoors, most seeds should be scattered over well pulverized ground 
then covered lightly with a layer of finely pulverized soil or sand. Large seeds, 
such as nasturtiums, should be covered about twice their thickness. Keep ground 
moist during germination and while plants are small. Thin if plants are too thick. 
If seeds are started in boxes or flats, be sure to see that the bottom of the flat 
provides good drainage. The soil should be made up of equal portions of leaf-mold 
(or peat), sand, and good garden loam. This should be screened to remove any hard 
lumps, stones or other coarse material. Wet the soil, preferably with boiling water 
the day before planting. When the soil has dried out sufficiently to permit planting, 
loosen the top slightly and plant seeds, not too close together. Barely cover with 
light soil, then firm the ground with a smooth piece of board. Cover the top of the 
flat with a newspaper or cheesecloth. If the ground is moist at time of planting, it 
will not be necessary to water at planting time. Too much water is apt to cause 
trouble. The ground should be kept “moist” not “wet”. When the seeds begin to 
come up, gradually lift the paper or cheesecloth to permit air and light. 
The plants should be transferred to other boxes when they begin to show the 
second pair of leaves. Prepare the soil as when seeds ai’e just planted, but it is well 
to add a little well decayed manure to stimulate the growth of the young plants. 
Transplant to open ground when the youner plants are two to four inches high, de¬ 
pending on the natural growth of the various plants. 
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