In presenting our 1940 List of Flower Seeds, we offer what we consider the very best and most popular 
varieties, including a number of novelties. Our seeds are grown by the most painstaking methods, and no 
trouble or expense is too great for us to take, to insure our customers the finest of domestic and foreign 
grown seeds. We are devoting particular attention to the Flower Seed Department, and are constantly 
striving to give prompt, helpful, and intelligent service. Space limitations prevent the listing of all varieties 
which we are able to supply, only the better-known sorts being included here. If you can’t find what you 
need, write us, and the chances are that we can supply it from stock, or at all events obtain it very promptly 
from the growers of the particular strain desired. 
Varieties marked with • supplied in plain packets only 
Symbols denote: □ Annual O Perennial X Biennial 
ACHILLEA (Sneezewort, Yarrow) □ 
Culture 1. Set out Aug. Normal germination, 10-15 days 
The Pearl —Splendid perennial for cutting. Bears clusters 
of double satin-white flowers during a long season. Does best 
in a sunny situation. 2 feet. Rather difficult to germinate. 
A native of Great Britain.—packet. 15c 
AGERATUM (Madwort) □ 
Culture 4 or 5. Normal germination, 5-10 days 
Of easy growth, flowers abundantly out of doors in summer 
and until frost; very desirable for table decoration. Start 
indoors for earliest bloom. In bloom for 90 days. Hardy 
annual from Mexico. 
Midget Blue —Silver Medal “All-America” 1940. Only 3-4 
ins. tall with a 12 in. spread and covered with azure-blue flowers. 
Most compact variety known.—packet 25c 
•Pink Fairy —A new British introduction of soft salmon- 
rose color. Ball-shaped and heavily flowered, it begins to bloom 
when only 2 inches tall. Maximum height 5 inches.—packet 15c 
•Blue Ball —Dwarf, ball-shaped plants. Large flowered and 
very compact. Best for edging.—packet 10c 
Blue Perfection —Compact, very large flowered variety. The 
darkest sort grown from seed.—packet 10c 
•Imperial Semi-Dwarf White —packet 10c 
•Imperial Semi-Dwarf Blue —packet 10c 
Imperial Semi-Dwarf Mixed —packet 5c 
Alkanet —See Anchusa. 
ALYSSUM □ O 
Culture 1. Normal germination, 5-8 days 
Makes a very pretty border; fine for carpet bedding. Blooms 
June to November. Sow where wanted to bloom. Native to 
Western Asia. 
Benthami Procumbens (Snowcloth) □—Very dwarf 
creeping habit. Best for edging that we have ever grown. 
—packet 10c 
Carpet of Snow or Little Gem □—Very suitable for border 
and pot work. 4 inches.—packet 10c 
•Lutescens □—Dwarf creamy yellow.—packet 10c 
•Lilac Queen Improved □—Distinct variety with lilac-tinted 
flowers. 9 inches.—packet 10c 
Sweet (Maritimum) □—White. 8 to 12 inches. Trailing 
habit, very sweetly scented, a hardy annual.—packet 5c 
Saxatile CompactumO —Perennial, known also as "Basket 
of Gold.” In late spring, is covered with golden flowers. Ex¬ 
cellent for rockeries.—packet 10c 
AMARANTHUS □ 
Culture 1 or 2. Normal germination, 5-10 days 
Annuals, with brilliant foliage growing best in soil with plenty 
of lime, and in sunny position. 3-5 ft. 
Caudatus (Love-Lies Bleeding) —packet 5c 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat) —packet 10c 
All Kinds Mixed —packet 5c 
ANCHUSA O □ 
Normal germination, 30 days 
Italica, Dropmore Variety O— A most satisfactory perennial 
with rough green leaves, bearing large numbers of deep blue 
flowers on branching stems. Should be in every garden. 
Believed to be of Italian origin. 4 ft. Culture 3.—packet 10c 
•Italica, Lisadell O —An improved form with strong, vigorous 
growth and extra large gentian-blue flowers. 3 feet tall. 
Culture 3.—packet 15c 
• Myosotidiflora O —Light blue and graceful, this hardy 12- 
in. plant is ideal for rock-gardening or borders. Culture 3.— 
50 seeds 35c 
CapensisD (Summer Forget-Me-Not)—Gentian-blue flowers 
from July to October. 2 feet. This variety deserves to be 
better known. Culture 1. —packet 5c 
ANEMONE (Windflower) O 
Culture 2. Normal germination, 20-30 days 
These furnish a remarkable variety of showy colors, and when 
cut while still in bud, will keep well in water. Seed germinates 
very slowly. 18 inches tall. Native of North Temperate Zone. 
Coronaria St. Brigid Double Mixed —packet 15c 
Antirrhinum —See Snapdragon. 
Aquilegia —See Columbine. 
Anemone—St. Brigid Double Mixed 
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