A Personal Note to Our Friends 
PRICES IN THIS CATALOG ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 
Y OUR BUSINESS and your profits depend on the quality of the products you offer to your customers. You 
know the importance of sowing good seed. It is the very foundation on which you build for profit and 
permanence. We have long sensed these factors in our own business and therefore when you send your seed 
order to us you may be assured of receiving only the best grades of recleaned, tested, true-to-name seeds. 
We expect to adhere throughout the summer to the prices quoted herein unless causes beyond our control 
require a change, in which case we shall be governed by the market. All goods are offered subject to prior sale. 
Payments. All accounts are net 30 days, or 2 per cent discount if check is received in 10 days from date 
of invoice. Interest will be charged on overdue accounts. 
Cash Discounts. When your remittance is enclosed with order, cash discount of 5 per cent is allowed on 
all orders for flower seeds. 
Postage. We pay postage on all orders for flower seeds. 
C. O. D. We prefer not to send goods C. O. D., but when wanted in that manner 25 per cent of amount 
of order must accompany it. 
PERISHABLE STOCK, Plants, Bulbs, etc., are POSITIVELY not sent C. O. D. 
Routing. On each Order please give name of railroad you wish shipped by; there is no other surer 
way of correct routing. DO NOT use the words send, ship or forward —they mean nothing. State dis¬ 
tinctly: Mail, Express or Freight. 
IMPOSSIBLE TO GUARANTEE CROPS 
Warranty. Though the utmost care is used in grading and selecting, we do not warrant in any way, ex¬ 
pressed or implied, the contents or the description, purity, productiveness or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, 
or plants, sold by us, and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept 
these goods on these terms, no sale is made thereof, and he must return them at once, and money will be refunded. 
For the business you have sent us we are grateful, and trust that we may continue to serve you carefully 
and promptly. 
A. H. HUMMERT SEED CO. 
Leading Introductions for 1940 
AGERATUM MIDGET BLUE 
After many years of diligent selection there is a real 
satisfaction in being able to offer a very fine dwarf 
Ageratum with delicate fine foliage, which is practically 
smothered with small true Ageratum Blue Flowers. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.40. 
ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS GRAND—ROSALIE 
This exciting color is entirely new in Antirrhinum. 
It is a rich Deep Rose with an underlying tone of Topaz 
or Amber. 
The plants are base branching and produce from 
six to eight huge long flowering spikes on which the 
florets are decidedly well arranged. We cannot recom¬ 
mend it too highly for both bedding and cutting. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.35; y 8 Oz. $0.75. 
ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS GRAND- 
BRILLIANT ROSE 
A bright clear true Rose Pink. Tube and lip are the 
same color with only a very faint Yellow touch to the 
nose as if touched with pollen. 
This new Snap, like Rosalie, is base branching, which 
makes a fine variety for either bedding or cutting. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.35; y 8 Oz. $0.75. 
DELPHINIUM — Giant Pacific Hybrids 
Originated by Vetterle and Reinelt 
Galahad Series 
Clear White of enormous size, averaging three inches 
in diameter of individual flowers with very heavy 
glistening texture, pyramidical spikes with well spaced 
flowers, good branching habit. The Galahad series 
not only puts the white on a par with the largest and 
strongest Delphiniums, but in a great many cases 
supersedes them. 
Tr. Pkt. $1.00; y 8 oz. $2.75; y oz. $4.50. 
Lancelot Series 
A new color in Delphinium of pure Lilac self tone 
with White bee. Individual flowers 2 to iy inches in 
diameter. The growth has all the desirable charac¬ 
teristics making it an ideal cut and show flower. 
Tr. Pkt. $1.00; y 8 oz. $2.75; y oz. $4.50. 
LARKSPUR COCKADE SALMON PINK 
Cockade Salmon Pink is especially recommended for 
the florist grower. 
Its color is a soft salmon pink, with enough bright¬ 
ness in its make-up to be very showy under artificial 
light. Each individual floret is full double and closely 
spaced on an eighteen to twenty inch spike of florets. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.40; Oz. $1.60. 
PETUNIA NANA COMPACTA—VIOLET BLUE 
The grand color of this new Petunia, which is a rich 
Violet with a Bright Blue cast, justifies its being classed 
as the most important addition yet to be developed in 
the Nana Compacta group. The plants are near per¬ 
fect in their uniform, symmetrical and compact habit. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.40; ^ Oz. $1.50. 
PETUNIA SUPER FLUFFY RUFFLES 
We are pleased to offer a real Super Fluffy Ruffles 
so ruffled and frilled that the flowers have the appear¬ 
ance of being double. The type is practically 100% 
true. The flowers are very large. It is a well-balanced 
mixture of Pink and White, Salmon, Salmon Pink, 
Deep Rose, Rose, Crimson and Light Blue. But the 
outstanding beauty is the loveliest frills and ruffles 
imaginable. 
Tr. Pkt. $1.25; 1-32 Oz. $4.00. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI, SALMON GLORY 
The color is a pure Salmon-Pink with a dinstinct 
Creamy White eye. This combination, with its clear, 
clean, crisp appearance, makes one of the most beauti¬ 
ful color combinations. 
Tr. Pkt. $0.75; y 8 oz. $1.00; y oz. $1.75. 
