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Our list of Flower Seeds does not cover every variety, but it does describe the best 
kinds for garden planting. We believe that a carefully selected list like this is what 
the amateur gardener wants. Our seed is the best that can be grown, carefully tested 
for quality, and with ordinary care will give splendid results. It is of the same high 
quality we sell the particular florists for greenhouse and outside planting. Annuals are 
those kinds that you must plant each season. Perennials are hardy and last for years. 
In this catalog Perennial and Biennial varieties are designated by CAPITAL letter. 
Alyssum, Carpet of Snow 
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Our regular packages of flower seeds 
are liberally designed to fill the needs of 
the average-sized garden. 
This year again we offer in many va¬ 
rieties of flower seeds a "Special Pack¬ 
age" which contains considerably more 
seed than the regular package, and has 
been planned for the larger suburban and 
estate gardens. 
ALL FLOWER SEEDS ARE SENT POST¬ 
PAID. 
ABRONIA - Sand Verbena 
Umbellata grandiflora. Charming, trailing, an¬ 
nual rock plant with verbena-like heads of 
fragrant, bright rose flowers with o white 
center. Splendid for the rockery. Height 10 
inches. Pkg. 10c. 
ABUTILON - Flowering Maple 
Its ornamental leaves are often variegated 
and it bears bell-shaped flowers of salmon, 
buff and pink in the late summer. 
Finest Mixed. Pkg. 25c; special pkg. 75c. 
ACHILLEA - Milfoil; Yarrow 
PTARMICA, THE PEARL. Clusters of small, 
double, white, pompon chrysanthemum-like 
flowers. From June to September. Fine for 
cutting. Height 2 feet. Pkg. 20c. 
ACONITUM - Monkshood 
NAPELLUS. An easily grown hardy perennial 
producing, in July and August, long spikes of 
blue and white flowers. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
Pkg. 15c; large pkg. 50c. 
WILSONI. Hardy perennial bearing long spikes 
of light blue flowers on 5-foot plants from 
summer until November. Pkg. 15c. 
ADLUMIA - Allegheny Vine 
CIRRHOSA. Tube-shaped, flesh colored flowers, 
resembling Bleeding Heart, completely cov¬ 
er the plant. Flowers the first year from 
seed if sown early. Pkg. 15c. 
AGERATUM - Floss Flower 
Tassel-like clustered flowers that bloom in 
profusion through summer and fall. Gay and 
bushy, the rain does not spoil the flowers nor 
the sun fade their color. Easily grown from 
seed, either started in a window box or hot¬ 
bed and transplanted outside in May or sown 
outdoors in May. 
Blue Ball. Neat, compact, round-headed plants 
about 6 inches high, literally covered with 
large, flossy, deep ageratum-blue flowers. 
Pkg. 10c; 1/4 oz. 30c. 
Blue Perfection. Plants almost uniform in 
height; (lowers deep amethyst-blue. Fine for 
cutting. Pkg. 10c; Va oz. 30c. 
Little Dorrit Blue. Produces a multitude of 
sky-blue flowers on plants 8 inches high. 
Pkg. 10c; Va oz. 30c. 
Little Dorrit White. Like above but white. 
Height 8 inches. Pkg. 10c; V* oz. 30c. 
Midqet Blue. Silver Medal Winner, All-America 
Trials for 1940. See inside front cover. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott's Columbines 
AGROSTEMMA - Rose of Heaven 
CORONARIA (Rose Campion; Mullein Pink). 
An easily grown hardy perennial, bearing 
from June through September, quantities of 
crimson flowers that resemble the single 
garden pink. Foliage silvery white. Fine for 
cutting. Height about 18 inches. Pkg. 10c; 
Va oz. 25c. 
ALYSSUM or Sweet Alyssum 
These annuals are fine for beds, vases, rock- 
v work, or edgings. They bloom profusely all 
summer. A packet of seed will sow a border 
15 feet long and 1 foot wide. 
Carpet of Snow. Annual. We have a particular¬ 
ly fine strain of this variety. Flowers pure 
white, very large, on plants growing about 
4 inches tall. Pkg. 10c; Vi oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 
Lilac Queen. A dwarf, compact, long and free- 
blooming, deep lilac Alyssum, yen' pretty 
alone or used with the white kinds. Pkg. 10c; 
Va oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 
Little Gem. Dwarf, compact plants, not over 6 
inches high, covered with fragrant, white 
flowers the entire summer. Pkg. 10c; Vi oz. 
25c; oz. 75c. 
SAXATILE COMPACTUM (Basket of Gold). 
Hardy perennial; bright yellow, showy flow¬ 
ers in May and June. Splendid rock and bor¬ 
der plant. Pkg. 10c; large pkg. 30c. 
Snowdoth. A new, very low-growing variety, 
covered more densely with larger, pure white 
flowers than any other kind in our Trial 
Grounds. Pkg. 15c; Vi oz. 35c; oz. 90c. 
Sweet. The popular, old-fashioned sort that is 
best for edges and vases. Pure white. Blooms 
from early summer to frost. Height 8 inches. 
Pkg. 10c; V4 oz. 15c; oz. 40c. 
Violet Queen. A new Alyssum. See page 4. 
AMARANTHUS 
Molten Fire. A recently introduced variety that 
is extremely showy. The foliage is bronze, 
or reddish bronze, with a fiery scarlet tip. 
Blooms midsummer to frost. 4 to 5 feet 
high. Pkg. 15c; large pkg. 50c. 
ANAGALLIS 
Grandiflora, Mixed. The lovely, brilliant flow¬ 
ers, in charming shades of blue, lilac, scarlet, 
and crimson, cover the 6-inch plants from 
July until frost. A splendid border and 
rockery plant. Pkg. 10c; Va oz. 35c; Vl oz. 
60c. 
ANCHUSA - Alkanet 
Blue Bird. (New.) An annual, dwarf, compact 
variety, that bears profusely vivid indigo- 
blue flowers all summer long. A splendid 
plant for the border or for the rock-garden. 
Blooms April and May. Height 18 inches. 
Pkg. 15c; 2 pkgs. 25c. 
ITALICA, LISSADEL. This splendid perennial, 
an improved Dropmore, is becoming more 
popular each season as it bears a profusion 
of rich blue flowers in May and June, a time 
when blue varieties are scarce in the garden. 
Height about 5 feet. Pkg. 1 5c; Va oz. 40c. 
ANEMONE 
ST. BRIGID HYBRIDS. A strain of the Irish 
Anemone. Semi-double and double flowers 
in various colors. May and June. Rather 
difficult to grow from seed. Pkg. 15c. 
ANTHEMIS - Hardy Marguerite 
KELWAYI. A very satisfactory perennial bear¬ 
ing golden yellow, daisy-like flowers all sum¬ 
mer long. Splendid for cutting. Height 2 
feet. Pkg. lOc; large pkg. 25c. 
Ageratum, Blue Ball 
