Watsonville, California 
Seeds 
Seeds 
There is a particular kind of delight that comes from growing your garden plants from seed, and it 
is, of course, a great saving in cost. 
Here is a partial list of the seed, grown and harvested by us, that we can furnish, which you can 
without much trouble sow and develop into plants for your garden. We invite you to look it over with 
some care for there are seeds offered here which are not procurable from any other source, we believe, 
in America. 
Most of these seeds germinate easily,—you know the desirable conditions. Plant in a seed-pan or 
box, the lower part of which is filled with coarse leaf-mold, over which lay a bed of mixed sifted leaf- 
mold and sand; press this down firmly and scatter your seed not too thickly. Such very fine seeds as 
some of the Campanulas may be mixed with sand before sowing thus insuring against scattering too 
thickly. Over the seed sift fine sand mixed with peat or sifted leaf-mold and regulate the thickness of 
this covering according to the size of the seed. The very fine seed needs only the slightest dusting as a 
covering; the larger seeds should have a covering of several times their size. After covering the seed press 
it down firmly and place the pan or box in a large, shallow pan of watr so that it may absorb enough 
moisture to thoroughly wet the contents. Then protect, if the seed be very fine, with newspaper or, better 
still, a piece of window-glass, to conserve the moisture until the seed sprouts. Don’t be too impatient 
about this sprouting; some seeds take quite a while to germinate, even a month or two; some germinate 
very irregularly, like our Blue Geranium. 
After the seedlings have developed their true leaves well transplant them carefully into not-too-rich 
light, sandy soil, in a shallow box or flat. Later, when the young plants are well developed they may be 
planted in their permanent location. 
PRICES: Unless otherwise stated, the price for any seed listed 
here is 25c for a liberal packet. With every order for one 
dollar’s worth of seed we will add with our compliments any 
additional 25c packet of seed you may select. 
AGAPANTHUS, "Blue Lily of the Nile”—Brilliantly blue flowers in large clusters borne on strong 
3-foot stems. Long season bloomer. 
ALSTROMERIA, "Peruvian Day Lily”—Spectacular apricot-orange flowers in large clusters on 3 
foot flower stems: a glorious thing well worth trying in pots in cold climate, elsewhere for the 
open garden. 
ANTHEMIS tinctoria, the Golden Marguerite—Useful border plant, to 2 feet in height; golden 
yellow flowers, fine for cutting. 15 c. 
BLUE GERANIUM, G. alba hyb.—The only blue geranium, exquisite single, blue flowers borne all 
season long, highly ornamental deeply toothed foliage; about 18 inches high; fine border perennial. 
See description on page 18. 
(Campanulas 
We are rather proud of our large variety of Campanula seed, unequalled, we think, in this country. 
There is no more fascinating field of garden work than growing the many useful varieties of these most 
useful hardy perennials. We recommend them most highly. For detailed descriptions of varieties see 
pages 12 to 17 inclusive in this catalog. Price, any kind, 2 5c per liberal packet. 
LOW-GROWING AND TRAILING KINDS 
C. garganica, the illustration on page 13 tells the story. 
C. isophylla alba, white, fine for hanging baskets. 
C. muralis, ideal for borders; blue. 
C. pusilla, another blue border kind. 
C. raddeana, like the above two sorts, fine for rockery. 
MEDIUM HEIGHT VARIETIES 
C. carpatica, bright blue flowers all season. 
C. collina, about 8 inches, profuse blue flowers. 
C. glomerata, \ / 2 ft.; deep blue flowers in striking whorls. 
C. grandiflora, (Bellflower), very showy; \ / 2 ft. 
C. longestyla, quite indispensable to any garden; 1 / 2 ft. 
C. thrysoides, the yellow Campanula, rare and choice. 
TALL VARIETIES 
C. allearifolia, 2 to 3 ft.; white; in a class by itself. 
C. celtidifolia, Edw. Molyneau, 3 to 4 ft.; an exquisite sort. 
C. dicroantha, 3 ft.; violet-blue. 
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