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FOR YOUR 
CONVENIENCE 
The capital letters after the 
name of each flower give you 
the following information: 
(a)—Annual 
( b)—Biennial 
(hp)—Hardy Perennial 
(hhp)—Half-hardy Perennial 
(tp)—Tend er Perennial 
• —Suited to Full Shade 
♦ —Suited to Semi-shade 
AGERATUM (a) 
Free-flowering, easily grown an¬ 
nual for bedding, edging or cut¬ 
ting. Blooms from early summer 
to frost. One of best blues. 
Blue Cap —New, dwarf, 6-inch. 
Good for edging. Wonderfully 
rich, deep blue. Packet, 15c. 
Blue Perfection— Compactgrowth, 
9 inches. Dainty purple to dark 
blue flowers. 
Fairy Pink — Soft rosy salmon 
pink blossoms that come when 
plant is only M /2 to 2"—con¬ 
tinuing until plant reaches its 
5-inch maximum height. (See 
page 6 for color illustration.) 
Packet, 25c. 
ALYSSUM (a) (hp) ♦ 
Best of tiny garden flowers, 
blooms throughout season and 
has delicate fragrance. Perfect 
for edging or ribbon planting. 
Grows uniformly in any soil. 
Carpet of Snow (a) — Finest 
edging plant. The mass of flat, 
rounded flowers form a continu¬ 
ously blooming snow-white ribbon 
in the border. 4 inches. 
Lilac Queen —A dwarf, compact 
variety of deep lavender-lilac. 
Very handsome. 
Little Gem (a) —Graceful dwarf 
plant, about 6 inches. Clouds of 
honey-scented white blooms. Ex¬ 
cellent for edging, or massing. 
Saxatile (hp) —Compact 9 inch 
plant, whose deep golden yellow 
flowers brighten the border in 
late spring. 
AMARANTHUS (a) 
Tall, robust, showy colorful fo¬ 
liage plant. Likes hot sunny sites, 
lean soil, and plenty of room. 
Tri-color (Joseph's Coat) —Inner 
foliage bronze, outer gold and 
scarlet. 
ANCHUSA 
Blue Bird (a) — ♦—Sprays of 
vivid indigo blue, forget-me-not 
like flowers. Plants are compact, 
even, showy. Blooms all summer. 
A brilliant addition to your gar¬ 
den. 15 inches. 
ANTIRRHINUM (a) ♦ 
Snapdragon 
Sow early. They germinate slow¬ 
ly. A hardy annual, with a gor¬ 
geous range of color. Keep seed 
pods picked and they bloom all 
summer. 
Guinea Gold — Striking flowers, 
glowing bronzy orange, with yel¬ 
low throats. Plants grow dwarf 
and bushy, 12 to 18 inches high. 
1939 All-American. Packet, 25c. 
Miniature Snapdragon — All 
colors. A fine mixture of the 
rmollest snaps for edging and pot 
culture. Packet, 15c. 
Maximum Giant — A rust-proof 
strain with many splendid colors. 
Grow this strain if you have had 
difficulty with snapdragons. All 
colors. Packet, 15c. 
Dwarf Mixed —All colors. 
Tall —All colors. 
Separate Colors — Shasta 
(White). Rose Pink, Butter Cup 
(Yellow), Scarlet Defiance, Fiery 
Crimson. 
AQUILEGIA (hp) ♦ 
Columbine 
A delightful perennial easily 
grown from seed. Sow in flats in 
early summer, transplant to bed 
in early fall. Prefers light shade 
and fairly rich soil. Blooms in 
spring and early summer in a 
wide range of both brilliant and 
pastel colors. 2 to 4 feet. 
Long Spurred — Mrs. Scott El¬ 
liott's —Extremely large flowers 
and spurs and a wide range of 
pastel colors. All colors. 
Double Mixed. 
ASTERS (a) 
Universally popular, the mainstay 
of the garden in late summer. 
Invaluable for cutting or bed¬ 
ding. Need rich new soil and 
good sun. Most are now wilt- 
resistant. 1 1/2 to 2 I /2 feet. 
American Branching — Mixed — 
large, double flowers. 
Enchantress — New wilt-resistant 
improvement of the Crego type, 
with long petals curled back and 
somewhat entwined. Pleasing pink 
with undertone of rich salmon. 
All-America, 1938. Packet, 15c. 
Giant Comet Illusion —A beauti¬ 
ful flower of its type, with a fine 
creamy salmon-pink color. Wilt- 
resistant. Packet, 15c. 
Giant Comet — Mixed. 
Wilt-Resistant Early Giant — 
(China) Light Blue — E normous, 
lacy, clear light blue; a glorified 
Giant Crego. 3-foot branching 
plants produce an abundance of 
5-inch flowers with curled and 
interlaced petals. All-America 
Medal for 1939. Packet, 25c. 
Improved New California Giants 
—Mixed and in a variety of 
colors. Robust growth, long stems. 
Packet, 15c. 
Queen of the Market •— The 
early favorite. Spreading. 16 
inches high. Flowers in July. 
Mixed colors. 
Separate Colors —Crimson, Deep 
Blue, Heart of France, Lavender, 
Rose Pink, Purple, White. 
Sunshine —All colors. Packet, 15c. 
Super Giant El Monte — Curling, 
interlaced petals make feathery 
effect. Wilt-resistant. Glowing 
crimson. All-America, 1936. Pack¬ 
et, 15c. 
BABY'S BREATH— See Gypso- 
phila. 
BACHELOR'S BUTTON 
or CENTAUREA (a) 
Cornflower 
Hardy, thistle-like flowers, fine 
for cutting and border planting. 
Bloom from early summer until 
hard frost. Pinch back to en¬ 
courage branching. 
Jubilee Gem — Dwarf, compact 
growth, double, with dark blue 
blossoms. 12 inches. Fine cut 
flower. (See page 14 for color 
illustration.) 
Blue —Universal favorite. 
Mixed —Blue, white, maroon, pink, 
red. 
Aster, Early Giant Light Blue 
ALL 
FLOWER 
SEEDS 
1 0 c 
PER PACKET 
Except where otherwise noted 
BALLOON VINE (a) 
Love-ln-A-Puff 
Quick-growing, hardy, annual 
climber. The delicate foliage is 
an ideal cover for fences. Seed- 
pods resemble balloons. Grows 
10 to 15 feet. 
BALSAM (a) ♦ 
Lady Slipper 
A favorite old time annual. 
Hardy, bushy plants 18 inches 
high. Wants partial shade and 
plenty of moisture. Flowers on 
short stems, sometimes two inches 
across. Blooms for sixty days. 
Sow late, keep watered. 
Double Mixed —A pleasing color 
range. 
Bush Flowered —A free-flowering 
annual which should be in more 
gardens. Bushy plants covered 
with blooms — wide color range. 
Calendula 
Orange Fantasy 
Aster, Crego Enchantress 
Antitrhinum, Guinea Gold Amaranthus Caudatus 
