PHLOX DWARF 
Sunrise. 8". A. Light La France pink, 
with deeper eye. Free bloomer. With 
its most delicate color, Sunrise ranks 
among the top-notch bedding plants. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 85c 
POPPY 
See California Poppy. 
See Iceland Poppy. 
See Shirley Poppy. 
RANUNCULUS. Tecolote Giants 
(Persian Buttercup). P. 12". August 
to December. If started early will bloom 
the first year. Likes well-drained, moist 
soil and a shady location. A bright showy 
flower usually grown from tubers, but 
actually more satisfactory from seed, as 
the latter are disease resistant. One 
packet does the work of dozens of tubers. 
Blooms in showiest yellow, red, scarlet, 
orange, white, and other rich autumn 
colors, 2" to 2%", and very double. 
Mixed . Pkt. 50c 
SALVIA. (Flowering Sage) 
P. If sown early enough they will often 
bloom the same fall. Showy, hardy 
plants of easy culture. Sunny location. 
Blaze of Fire. Dwarf. 8" to 12". Bril¬ 
liant scarlet, especially valuable in 
dark green gardens. It is the earliest 
and niost dwarf and most valuable for 
mass planting .Pkt. 25c 
SCABIOSA 
(Pincushion Flower) 
A. 3'. August to May. Often carrying 
over to a second season in California. 
Sow seed in boxes and transplant or sow 
in open ground. Blooms from July to 
frost and sometimes through the winter 
in California. Of pleasing garden effect 
but even better as a cut flower. 
Blue Moon. Improved Giants. A new 
type. The big flowers are bee-hive in 
shape, fully double 23/4" across, 2" to 
2W deep. A rich lavender blue, broad 
wavy petals. Stems 27". H. M., A. A. 
S., 1939 .Pkt. 25c 
Rosette. A beautiful shade of deep rose 
heavily suffused salmon. Extra large 
flowers with long stiff stems....Pkt. 25c 
Giant Hybrids Mixed. Large flowers, un¬ 
usual colors, ball shaped. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 for 35c 
SCHIZANTHUS 
(Poor Man’s Orchid) 
A. 1%'. July to September — February 
to July. A half hardy annual with fern¬ 
like foliage and a myriad of little butter- 
fly-flowers. Largely grown in pots, but 
they make light and graceful additions 
to the garden; out doors they are more 
compact in growth. They are long last¬ 
ing and make attractive corsages. 
Sunset Hybrids. Pansy Flowered Mix¬ 
ture. A wide range of colors, white, 
rose pinks, lavender purple with a cen¬ 
ter blotch. This strain has larger flow¬ 
ers than the older varieties....Pkt. 25c 
SHIRLEY POPPY 
(Double Begonia Flowered) 
A. 214'. Sept, to June. Sow broadcast. 
Sweet Briar. Lovely deep rose pink of 
double begonia flowered form. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/4 oz. 35c 
All Double Mixed. Reselected strain 
which produces practically all double 
begonia blooms with full range of col¬ 
ors found in all the best blends of 
Shirley Poppy.Pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 35c 
SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum) 
P. 20" to 30". August to April. One 
of the best cut flowers. Grows best in 
rather light soil in a sunny location and 
though perennials they are best treated 
as annuals. For early flowering sow in 
the fall in flats and protect from frost. 
Maximum Grandiflorum Rust-resistant 
Alaska. Pure white. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c 
Buttercup. Yellow. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c 
Copper King. Copper red. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c 
Loveliness. Soft rose pink. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c 
Pink Glory. New. Large flowered and 
heavy spiked. Fine deep salmon rose. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 65c 
Rosalie. 1940. A new color in snapdrag¬ 
ons, a deep rich rose with an under¬ 
lying tone of topaz. Base branching, 
6 to 8 long flower spikes. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 65c 
Wild Fire. Bright orange. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c 
Mixture. Super Majestic. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
STOCKS (Gilliflower) 
A. 2%'. July to April. Heavy spikes of 
fragrant rosettes. Fine for bedding, bor¬ 
ders and cutting. Start the seeds in 
flats. Do best in rich well limed soil 
and in cool localities. Extra long spikes 
with immense florets. Seed of the doubles 
of this strain comes approximately 70 
per cent true, the maximum percentage 
possible genetically. The weaker plants 
are often double flowered. 
Giants of California 
The crown or center spike is comparable 
to the long spike of a column stock. When 
this is cut (be sure to cut it), the plant 
then branches, and gives many more 
long stems filled with its typically large 
florets. The Giants can also be used most 
effectively for winter flowering. 
Golden Gate. Yellow. 
Monterey. Light pink. 
Pacific. Dark blue. 
Red Woods. Blood red. 
Santa Barbara. Chamois. 
Santa Maria. White. 
Sequoia. Rose carmine. 
Tahoe. Light lavender. 
Yosemite. Rose. 
Giant Imperial Mixture. 
Per Pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 75c 
Group Collection, one packet of each, 
(9) (except mixed).$1.00 
THALICTRUM (Meadowrue) 
P. 4%" to 6". May to October. Blooms 
from July to September. Best in partial 
shade and moist ground. 
Dipterocarpum. Dainty rosy purple flow¬ 
ers produced on lacy fern-like sprays. 
Especially useful in informal gardens 
and fine as a filler in cut-flower ar¬ 
rangements .Pkt. 25c 
We conduct our own trial gardens 
where we grow test plantings of novel¬ 
ties and strains from Europe and else¬ 
where, so that we will not miss anything 
worth while. Large flowering dahlia 
seed, dwarf dahlia seed, and other seeds 
of our own raising are the best than can 
be grown — all backed by Carl Salbach’s 
knowledge of hybridizing. 
SWEET PEAS 
A. For spring and summer blooming. 
October to February. Sweet Peas do best 
where the nights are cool and days mod¬ 
erately warm. Plant in open, sunny lo¬ 
cation, in deep rich soil, which must be 
well drained. Cover with 1" of fine soil. 
Do not water till all the seeds are up 
IW out of the ground, then water 
freely twice a week. If not sown 
in the fall, sow as early as the ground 
can be prepared in the spring. The var¬ 
ieties listed have the largest and best 
formed flowers, the longest and strongest 
stems, and the most desirable blooming 
and growing habits. 
Giant Spencer (Waved and Frilled) 
Ambition. Lavender lilac.Pkt. 10c 
Amethyst. Clear amethyst blue..Pkt. 10c 
Brilliant Rose. Tyrian rose suffused 
bronze .Pkt. 15c 
Melody. Golden salmon and pink on 
cream ground .Bkt. 10c 
Pinnacle. Deep rose-pink.r. Pkt. 15c 
Red Boy. Bright deep crimson....Pkt. 15c 
Ruffled White. Pure white, ruffled and 
duplexed .Pkt. 15c 
Smiles. Salmon to shrimp pink....Pkt. 15c 
Sweet Pea Collection, one packet each of 
the eight colors ...75c 
Giant Ruffled Mixture. Flowers large 
and so much ruffled that they appear 
double. Includes many named varie¬ 
ties as well as many other colop of 
which there is not, as yet, sufficient 
stock to offer separately. Pkt. 25c 
VERBENA (Vervain) 
Hybrida Grandiflora 
P. August to November — February to 
May. 8" to 12". A bright colored spread¬ 
ing bedding plant which does well in 
window boxes, borders and sunny dp 
spots. Fine for cutting from June till 
frost. Should be well watered while 
young, but very drought resistant when 
established. Best treated as annual, 
started in flats. 
Floradale Beauty. A giant among ver¬ 
benas that shades from light apple- 
blossom, through pink to rose pink. 
Individual florets are so big that the 
flower heads might be taken for phlox. 
Long stemmed, with semi-trailing 
habit. Most outstanding. S. M., A. A. 
S., 1937 .Pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 60c 
Mounty. 1939 Novelty. Solid deep rose 
red, without the usual large white 
eye. Compact plant, heavy branches, 
flower heads 4" across. Long bloom¬ 
ing .Pkt. 25c 
Sutton’s Blue. Flower trusses are large, 
2%" to 3" across, and as deep as they 
are wide, a most unusual and desirable 
formation. Color is distinct; deep 
royal blue carried evenly over entire 
flower. Plants are large, spread 3' or 
more across and bloom most profusely. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 60c 
Formula mixture Pkt. 15c; 1/8 oz. 60c 
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