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Gould’s Seeds 
Petunias 
The Petunia is peerless among- annuals 
for effective summer bedding or win¬ 
dow boxes. It is of easy culture. 
Blossoms early and continues until 
heavy frost. No other flower produces 
a greater diversity of colors, or retains 
its freshness for so long a period. 
Petunia, Glow. (Hybrida Nana Com- 
pacta.) Highest in the 1940 All- 
America selections. A dwarf, compact, 
ball-shaped plant of bright rose-red 
and lighter throat. It is extremely free 
flowering all season, true, rich color¬ 
ing. (See Rear Cover.) Pkt. 25c. 
Petunia, Cream Star. Second highest 
Award in the 1940 All-America Awards. 
Flowers are a soft, creamy white, 
bluntly star-shaped, and with a star of 
cream coloring on the white flowers. A 
welcome dwarf bedding variety. (See 
Rear Cover.) Pkt. 25c. 
Miniature Ruffled Betsy Ross. (New.) 
Similar in growth to Martha Washing¬ 
ton. Color is red and white, with white 
blending to golden and dark red 
throats, producing a decidedly gay ef¬ 
fect. Flowers are 2^ inches in diam¬ 
eter; completely covering plant. Pkt. 
25c. 
Petunia Burgundy (Grandiflora Single 
Plain Edged). Received Special Men¬ 
tion 1937 A. A. S. A strong growing 
type with very showy flowers, 3^ inch¬ 
es across, of rich wine red, contrasting 
with white throat. Plants about 12 
inches tall. Pkt. 25c. 
Ruffled Marl ha 
W a s li i n gton. 
Award of Merit 
1935 All America 
Selection. The 
plants are about 
nine inches tall, 
in a perfect ball 
effect, actually 
covered with 
dozens of the 
delicately ruf¬ 
fled medium- 
sized flowers. 
T he color is 
blush pink at 
the edges, deep¬ 
ening to dark 
violet in the throat, with heavy vein- 
ing. Is excellent for use as a bedding, 
border, window box or pot. Pkt. 25c. 
Flaming Velvet Petunia. 19fl0 Gold 
Medal Winner. Color a rich deep, vel¬ 
vety crimson in the small flowering 
type. Outstanding for color, type and 
uniformity. A brilliant Petunia for 
bed or border. Height 15 in. Pkt. 10c. 
Single Fringed 
Dainty Lady. The 
first yellow Pe¬ 
tunia has been 
granted Awards of 
Merit in both 
America and 
Europe. The flow¬ 
ers are of medium 
size and daintily 
fringed, delicate 
light yellow deep¬ 
ening to golden 
yellow at the 
throat. Plants are 
neat, compact, 
somewhat upright 
in habit, semi¬ 
dwarf and very 
fr e e flowering 
12 inches high. Pkt. 50c. 
Hollywood Star. (Hybrida.) Awarded 
1939 Silver Medal in the All-America 
Selections. A lovely new Petunia of 
rich rose color with creamy yellow in 
the throat. Flowers early, a very 
heavy bloomer until killed by frost. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Velvet Ball. A Bronze Medal winner 
in the 1939 All-America Selections. Is 
a dwarf counterpart to the 1936 Gold 
Medal Winner, Flaming Velvet. Ma¬ 
hogany red flowers with a violet hue. 
Plants compact and a long season 
bloomer. Pkt. 25c. 
Ladybird. Another Bronze Medal win¬ 
ner in the 1939 All-America Selections. 
Plants dwarf and compact, flowers size 
similar to Rosy Morn of a very deep 
rose, almost red, veined slightly dark¬ 
er towards throat. Pkt. 25c. 
Petunia Giants of California. Flowers 
are very large with edges fringed, 
petals fluted and crinkled which gives 
a most varying range of colors. 
Height 12 in. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Dwarf Rose Gem. 
Given the Award 
of Merit in the 
1936 All-America. 
It forms a com¬ 
pact plant 5 to 6 
inches high and 8 
inches wide liter¬ 
ally covered with 
25 to 30 deep rich 
rose flowers, at 
one time. Individ¬ 
ual blooms are 2 
inches in diam¬ 
eter. Splendid for 
bedding, rock 
gardens, borders 
and window box¬ 
es. Pkt. 10c. 
Balcony Petunias 
A splendid single flowering type for 
window boxes, vases, hanging baskets, 
etc. The flowers make a very effective 
display all summer long. Trail about 
15 inches. 
Alba. White. Pkt. 15c. 
Balcony Rosy Morn. (New.) This 
popular color of pink with white throat 
is still more beautiful than the bush 
type of the same name. Pkt. 15c. 
Cornflower Blue. Rich blue. Pkt. 15c. 
Deep Blue. Pkt. 15c. 
Netted Blue Gem. Steel blue veined 
deep violet. Pkt. 15c. 
Red. Crimson. Pkt. 15c. 
Rose. Rose. Pkt. 15c. 
Royal Blue. Deep velvety purple-blue. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Star of California. Violet crimson, white 
star. Pkt. 15c. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Extra Selected Bedding Petunias 
A superb strain of elegant, large flow¬ 
ers, noted for their brilliancy and 
variety of color. 
De Luxe Mixture of large flowering 
varieties. About 18 inches. Pkt. 5c. 
Vs oz. 25c, % oz. 40c. 
Single Fringed. Ruffled edge. 14 inch¬ 
es. Mixed colors. Pkt. 35c. 
Double Fringed. A very fancy mixture 
producing a large percentage of double. 
12 inches. Pkt. 50c. 
Double, choice mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Petunia, Strawberry Festival. A 1939 
All-America winner. Gloxinia flow¬ 
ered. The color between crushed straw¬ 
berry and old rose. Plants 18 in. tall. 
Pkt. 10c. 
White Cloud. Large flowering, plain 
edged, pure white, dwarf, compact. 12 
inches tall. Pkt. 50c. 
Royal Purple. Large flowering single 
fringed. About 14 inches high. Pkt. 50c. 
Dwarf Giant. (Ramona strain.) Flowers 
beautifully ruffled and frilled. Height 
10 inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Dwarf Bedding Petunias 
Very fine types of dwarf, erect growing 
Petunias suitable for massing, borders 
or window boxes. Plants 8 to 12 inches. 
Blue. Mid-blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Celestial Rose. Deep rose. Pkt. 10c. 
Crimson. Small flowers. _ Pkt. 10c. 
Rose of Heaven. Rose pink. Pkt. 10c, 
1/32 oz. 30c, 1/16 oz. 50c. 
Rosy Morn. Clear pink, white throat. 
Pkt. 10c, 1/32 oz. 30c, 1/16 oz. 50c. 
Silver Blue. Light blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Snow Ball. White. Pkt. 10c. 
Twinkles. Brilliant rose, starred white. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Violaeea. Deep violet. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Finest Mixture. New, well balanced 
color range. Pkt. 15c. 
Petunia, Ruffled 
Martha AVashington 
Petunia Dainty 
Lady 
Hybrid* Single Small Flowering Varieties 
Plants about 15 inches high. 
Alba White. Pkt. 5c. 
Blue. Violet-blue. Pkt. 5c. 
Genl. Dodds. Blood-red. Pkt. 5c. 
Howard’s Star. Reddish-purple, white 
star. Pkt. 5c. 
Rose King Improved. (New.) Clear 
rich rose with a delicate light golden 
throat. Pkt. 10c. 
Topaz Rose. (B.M.A.A.S., ’38.) Fiery 
Rose, suffused gold, throat topaz. Pkt. 
15c. 
Violaeea. Deep violet. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Queen Anne's Lace Flower 
An old favorite of our grandparents. 
Plants grow upright 2 to 2 V 2 feet high, 
heavily branched, with white flowers 
spread out umbrella-like from each 
branch end. Easily grown and cut 
flowers last long in water. Pkt. 5c. 
Flowering Plants 
During the months of May and early 
June we offer daily many thousands 
of annual seedling flower plants. 
Poppies 
Sow as early in the spring as possible, 
where the plants are to remain, as 
they will not bear transplanting. Be 
sure to thin out plants as they come 
up, to 4 to 6 inches apart. Sow at 
intervals to keep up a succession of 
bloom. As cut flowers they are short 
lived, but if their stems are dipped in 
boiling water for just one moment 
when cutting they will last much 
longer. Height, 20 to 30 inches. 
Gould’s Reliable Single Shirley. A 
charming strain of poppies, ranging 
from snow-white through all the deli¬ 
cate tints of pink, rose, carmine, crim¬ 
son, blood-red and salmon. Height 30 
inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c, ^4 oz, 
.20c, % oz. 35c. 
Gould’s Reliable Double Sliirley. Flow¬ 
ers are double and semi-double. Have 
the same wide range of colors as the 
Single Shirley. Height 1% feet. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Poppy, Single Shirley 
Flanders. Single, 
the well-known 
poppy of Flanders 
Field. The vivid 
scarlet-red flowers 
are very showy 
when grown in 
masses. Height 
2% feet. Pkt. 5c. 
American Legion. 
Beautiful large 
single flowers of a 
bright orange- 
scarlet color. 
Plants grow about 
2y 2 feet high. Pkt. 
5 c. 
Gould’s Reliable Double Mixture. The 
flowering period of Double Poppies is 
very much longer than that of the 
Single Shirleys and the plants need 
more space to develop to perfection. 
Double Poppies make splendid cut 
flowers. Plants 18 inches. Mixed col¬ 
ors. Pkt. 5c, % oz. 20c, % oz. 35c. 
Tulip Poppy (Glaueum). Large tulip 
shaped flowers of dazzling scarlet. 
Grow 20 inches high. Pkt. 5c. 
Hybrida Splemlens. Large red flower 
similar to Oriental Poppy. Plants about 
30 inches. Pkt. 5c. 
American Flag. Flowers very large 
double, snow-white, bordered with 
scarlet. Height about 2% feet. Pkt. 5c. 
Carnation Flowered Mixed. Splendid 
double fringed flowers. Height 2% feet. 
Pkt. 5c. 
