Carl Salbach... 
ICELAND POPPIES ( Nudicaule). You 
who are in the habit of visiting the 
beautiful Santa Maria Inn halfway be¬ 
tween San Francisco and Los Angeles 
are no doubt familiar with the remark¬ 
able strains of these most effective cut- 
flowers developed by Frank J. McCoy, 
manager of the Inn. Mr. McCoy has 
built an international reputation for 
the Inn by filling it with exquisitely 
arranged bouquets of the most gor¬ 
geous flowers obtainable. Most of 
these blooms he grows himself, and 
Iceland Poppies have been his particu¬ 
lar hobby. He has scoured the world 
for seeds and has selected and re¬ 
selected until he has developed a strain 
that is unqestionably the finest in 
America and probably unexcelled any¬ 
where. 
Iceland Poppies, like gladiolus, may 
be planted in succession. Bloom ap¬ 
proximately three months from the 
time they are planted. They are most 
hardy for early blooms, as they stand 
frost even when other plants wither 
and blacken. Very floriferous with 
long stems, most excellent cut-flowers. 
At their best sown either where they 
will flower or in boxes and transplanted 
when young. 
Apricot. Probably the most beauti¬ 
fully colored individual variety of all 
Iceland Poppies — delicate apricot. 
Flowers of good size with long stems. 
Not a Frank J. McCoy re-selection, but 
nevertheless the most attractive new 
Iceland Poppy we know of. 
pkt. 25c; 1/32 oz. 50c; 1/16 oz. 90c 
Coonara Pinks ( Frank J. McCoy re¬ 
selections) . A new strain of Iceland 
Poppies. Very fine. 95% pink. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
Orange and Gold ( Frank J. McCoy 
re-selections). Imported originally 
from Australia, and ranked by Mr. Mc¬ 
Coy as one of the finest strains ever 
produced. Large flowers of orange and 
gold coloring. Completely distinct. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
Red Cardinal. A new European 
variety, raised in Europe. Described 
as “the nearest approach to crimson- 
scarlet yet attained.”.pkt. 40c 
Santa Maria Inn Mixture (Frank.!. 
McCoy re-selections). Re-selected from 
the finest strains obtainable anywhere 
— the best mixture you could possibly 
have. Orange, yellow, white, pink and 
other shades. 
pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
Group Collection. One packet each, 
Apricot Coonara Pinks, and Orange 
and Gold (three) .60c 
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LARKSPUR, New Column or Giant Im¬ 
perial Type. The base branching habit 
of this type of larkspur gives showier 
plants, longer stems, and more flower 
spikes. The finest of larkspurs. We 
have selected the most distinct 
colors, and an unexcelled mixture: 
Blue Spire. Dark rich blue. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 40c 
Carmine King. Rosy Carmine. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 40c 
Lilac Queen. Lilac. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 40c 
Miss California. Salmon pink. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 40c 
White King. Pure white. Special 
mention, All-American selection for 
1937. Fine habit, pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 50c 
Finest Mixture. Blush pink, blue, 
carmine, light rose pink, lilac, salmon, 
white, and other colors, mixed. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 35c; oz. $1.00 
LARKSPUR, Group Collection. One 
packet each, all five varieties listed 
above (omitting the mixture).50c 
LINARIA, Fairy Bouquet. (Wild Snap- 
Dragon). Very dainty; eight to ten 
inches high, colors rose, yellow, pink, 
lavender, carmine, red, white and 
violet mixed. A gem for border or 
rock garden.pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 50c 
LOBELIA. One of the most satisfactory 
of all annual border plants. Three to 
five inches tall. 
Cambridge Blue. New. Light blue, 
large flowered, pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Emperor William. Best of its shade. 
Gentian Blue.pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 30c 
Prima Donna. A fine new trailing 
variety in a rich new color — dark 
wine red. Very attractive. 
pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Group Collection. One packet each, 
all three.40c 
MARIGOLD, Carnation Flowered — Bur¬ 
pee Gold. Loose petalled, and com¬ 
pletely odorless — therefore at a prem¬ 
ium for use indoors. Color rich orange. 
Had this been entered in the 1938 All- 
America trials, we believe that it would 
have merited a Gold Medal. 
pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 60c 
MARIGOLD, Dwarf Double Harmony. 
The finest marigold of the Dwarf 
Double Type. Each bloom has a rich 
maroon base set off most attractively 
by its central crest of deep orange. 
Very even in height, making it ideal 
for borders, 15 to 18 inches tall. 
pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 40c 
MARIGOLD, Sunset Giants (Gigantea). 
One of the most striking seed produc¬ 
tions of recent release. The flowers 
are so huge that they simply dwarf 
those of any other strain or type. 
Many blooms reach six inches in dia¬ 
meter and four inches in depth. Semi- 
loose petalled. 
A small portion of the plants will 
come either single or small doubles, 
but the remainder will produce blooms 
so huge that they will require “seeing 
before believing.” 
Gigantea Orange. The orange, be¬ 
sides giving a separate color is out¬ 
standing because it gives more of the 
super-large blooms than do the other 
colors.pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 60c 
Gigantea Mixture. Bright orange 
through soft orange yellow, yellow, to 
primrose. 
pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 35c; 1/4 oz. 65c 
MORNING GLORY, Scarlett O’Hara. A 
completely new color break, being dark 
crimson or wine red. Starts bloom¬ 
ing nearly two and one-half months 
after sown. 
Awarded the Gold Medal as the out¬ 
standing novelty in the All-America 
trials, having outscored all other en¬ 
tries of both this and last season. 
pkt. 25c 
NEMESIA. Finest Mixture. After care¬ 
ful examination and checking, we chose 
for our listing a strain which included 
the most complete and best balanced 
color range, and was also of the at¬ 
tractive nana co7npacta type growth. 
pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 40c 
PANSY, Best-by-Test Strain. We secured 
seeds of ten strains generally recog¬ 
nized as the world’s finest, for testing 
purposes. To avoid any possible preju¬ 
dice, we ran our tests “blindfold”'— 
that is, grew and planted them under 
number so that even we ourselves did 
not know which strain was best until 
the test was completed. Three strains 
led the group, but one was easily the 
best of the three. We immediately 
tried the three best a second time, with 
the same strain again proving to be 
most outstanding of all. 
As a result, we offer our first choice 
as our “Best-by-Test” Pansy strain — 
it was the first to bloom, the most 
gorgeous, had a color range as bright, 
but richer than those of any others, 
and produced by far the largest flowers. 
pkt. 40c; 3 pkts. $1.00; 1/16 oz. $2.00 
PANSY, Coronation Gold. Huge flowers 
in various shades of gold. Some of 
the blooms are as rich as those of 
Goldelse (below), and the remainder 
are of good color.pkt. 25c 
PANSY, Goldelse. Imported from Swit¬ 
zerland. The finest yellow colored 
pansy we know, but the flowers are not 
large. Burnished golden yellow, shad¬ 
ing to rich vivid orange gold at the 
center.pkt. 25c 
