Selected Seeds... 
DELPHINIUM — New Color Series 
(Pacific Strain), Hand-Pollinated seed. 
Improved over the general listing 
(Page 28) in such factors as trueness, 
color, size, habit, etc. 
King Arthur, Hand-Pollinated 
pkt. $3.00; y 2 pkt. $1.50 
Guinevere, Hand-Pollinated 
pkt. $3.00; V 2 pkt. $1.50 
Summer Skies, Hand-Pollinated 
pkt. $3.00; Y 2 pkt. $1.50 
Group Collection, all three, above— 
1 pkt. each, $8.00; V 2 pkt. each, $4.00 
1939 Introductions 
Galahad, Hand-Pollinated 
pkt. $5.00; V 2 pkt. $2.50 
Launcelot, Hand-Pollinated. Pure 
lilac with white bee. An entirely new 
color in delphinium. 
pkt. $5.00; V 2 pkt. $2.50 
DELPHINIUM PANICULATUM. A new 
type of delphinium that is the finest 
new annual “filler-plant” in years. 
Bushy, 2 to 2M> feet tall with deep blue- 
violet flowers interspersed in the lacy 
foliage. Individual flowers of the form 
and size of single Larkspur florets. 
pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 60c 
DIANTHUS, Giant Bright-eye (Lacini- 
atus Splendens). A huge and showy, 
new “pink” which blooms freely from 
seed the first year. Blooms over two 
inches across, of brilliant carmine, with 
contrasting white eye. 
pkt. 25c; 1/4 oz. 50c 
DIANTHUS, Giant Salmon (Salmon 
Queen). A beautiful laciniated variety 
as large as Giant Bright-eye and at¬ 
tractively colored clear salmon. 
pkt. 25c; 1/4 oz. 50c 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy). 
We offer four striking named varieties 
and a mixture, all of which are most 
effective. 
Carmine Queen. Semi-double. Bright, 
rich carmine. Most unusual. New. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 60c; oz. $1.50 
Dazzler. Deeper in color than Fire- 
flame—rich, glowing blood red. Silver 
foliage, a striking contrast. A British 
novelty which is the finest “California” 
poppy of all. 
pkt. 25c; 1/8 oz. 50c; 1/4 oz. 90c 
Fireflame. Bright orange-scarlet of 
the tidy “dwarf erect” type. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 60c; oz. $1.50 
Hybrida Mixture. Of dwarf erect 
varieties, containing new colors in 
Eschscholtzias, including soft pink, 
scarlet, chrome, copper, red, claret, and 
royal purple. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 60c; oz. $1.50 
Maritima. A new poppy, particular¬ 
ly attractive for the rock garden. Owes 
its value to its prostrate silver foliage, 
which produces an unusually attrac¬ 
tive effect. Flowers small, lemon yel¬ 
low, with orange eye.pkt. 35c 
GILIA FAIRY STARS (Jewel Flower). 
A beautiful little plant that is admir¬ 
able for borders or rock gardens. Star- 
like blooms very small, but so profuse 
as to form a solid mat of color. Colors 
run the full range of the autumn and 
pastel colors as rose, pink, orange, 
yellow, cerise and cream. Five to 6 
inches tall.pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 35c 
GERANIUM ZONALE, Fancy Hybrids. 
P. Easily raised from seed, this fine 
strain will give some blooms the first 
year. Immense, large flower heads in 
pink, rose, scarlet, and other shades. 
pkt. 25c 
GODETIA, Kelvedon Glory. A new color 
in godetia introduced by the same 
hybridists who released the striking 
Sybil Sherwood. Vigorous and prac¬ 
tically covered with deep glowing sal¬ 
mon blossoms. 
pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c; 1/8 oz. 60c 
HELIANTHEMUM (Sun-rose). P. A 
most delightful dwarf evergreen peren¬ 
nial, three to six inches tall. Spread¬ 
ing dense, matty growth. Covered with 
brightly colored flowers resembling 
miniature single roses. In yellow, 
bronze, red, pink, rose, apricot, orange 
and similar shades. Has attracted 
constant attention in our garden. 
Splendid for rock gardens. 
We are fortunate enough to secure 
exclusive sale of the seed from Sydney 
B. Mitchell’s own garden. His stock 
was obtained from John Nichols of 
Scotland, and W. M. Christy of Eng¬ 
land, who, between them, raised most 
of the named forms given awards at 
the R. H. S. trial gardens at Wisley, 
England. In mixed colors.pkt. 35c 
HOLLYHOCK, Indian Spring. Semi¬ 
double fringed flowers in shades of 
pink. An annual, 4 to 5 feet tall. Silver 
Medal, All-America Selections, 1939. 
pkt. 25c 
And a New Corn • . • 
Having run across a new product of 
unusually fine quality, we step out of our 
line to present it to such of our custom¬ 
ers as may be interested in an item of 
that sort. The item is a new white sweet 
corn which Mr. Salbach grows for use on 
his own table. The following comment 
from a California customer backs up our 
high opinion of this item: 
“I have been wondering where the 
devil I bought that wonderful ‘AUNT 
JEMIMA’ corn, and today, glancing 
through your catalog, I found out. 
“Next year I’ll plant nothing else. 
It possesses every quality one can 
look for in sweet corn and after ex¬ 
perimenting with twenty varieties, I 
want to inform you that I am at last 
satisfied.” 
AUNT MARY’S SWEET CORN — Two 
years ago, a fellow iris grower told us 
about this corn, which had been grown 
in his family for years. We tried a 
planting for our own use and found it 
to be the best sweet corn we had ever 
eaten — a real treat, being deliciously 
sweet and unusually tender.pkt. 25c 
Top—ICELAND POPPY, Apricot. 
Center—Big as a house? Not quite—but 
a good sample of the size one may 
expect from Pacific DELPHINIUM. 
Lower—Carl Salbach, followed by Frank 
Reinelt, creator of the Pacific Del¬ 
phinium strain. The Salbach dog, 
Sally, is in the background. 
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