SEEDS FOR FALL SOWING 1940 
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$25.00 if you include CASH WITH ORDER. This includes postage and insurance. 
PETUNIAS 
ALL-DOUBLE VICTORIOUS 
Dwarf Fringed Giants 
A leading pot-plant item for Mother’s and Decoration Day. 
NOTE: When transplanting Double Petunias, it is advisable not 
to discard the smaller and weaker seedlings, as these usually 
produce the finest double flowers. 
BLUE BROCADE (NEW) 
Beautiful True 'Violet-Blue 
>/2 Tr. Pkt. 1.25 Tr. Pkt. 2.00 
Amaranth-Red 
Four-inch flowers on plants only 10 inches high, the color a 
rich shade of amaranth-red. Deeper and richer than "WORLD 
BEAUTY", one of the best items for pots. 
Apple Blossom (Daintiness) 
The bushy little plants make about 1 foot of height and are 
generous with 4-inch blooms of dainty apple-blossom pink. 
Gaiety 
Another 10-inch plant with 3V2 to 4-inch flowers of light rose- 
red and white, a delightful combination. The frilling of the petals 
of this variety is especially pleasing. 
Loveliness 
Four-inch blooms on 10-inch plants which work cheerfully. 
The color this time is, according to Ridgway, very close to true 
La-France-pink, the color florists, estate and private garden trade 
want. This strain is very uniform. 
S. S .S. DOUBLE GIANT RUFFLED 
AND FRINGED 
This strain has been improved both in doubleness and color. 
It is about 12 in. high, 90 to 95% double and semidouble, waved 
and fringed. 1/2 
Copper Red, Salmon rose overlaying a light 
copper base . 1.00 
Crimson. Amaranth crimson. 1.00 
Heliotrope. Lilac, heavily veined heliotrope. 1.00 
Madonna. Pure white heavily waved and 
fringed 1/128 oz. for $3.50 
Rose Queen. Beautiful rose pink. 1 
Shepherd's Pride. Salmon Shrimp pink. 
1 /128 oz. for $3.50 
Rose-Pink and White. Flowers variegated rose- 
pink & white . 1.00 
S. S. S. Giant Double Flowering Choice Mix¬ 
ture. Excellent for pots and bedding. 
1/128 oz. for $3.25 
DOUBLE SMALL FLOWE 
Producing about 50% Doubles 
Double Rosy Morn. Fine pink. 
Double Lilliput Snowball. White. 
1.00 
.00 
Tr. 
Pkt. 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1/64 
oz. 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
1.00 2.00 6.00 
2.00 6.00 
1.00 2.00 6.00 
Orchid Beauty 
Orchid shade or light lilac, heavily veined and fringed. 
Pure White (Snowball) 
Extra dwarf flowers, well fringed of the purest snow-white. 
Purple (Purple Robe) 
These plants sometimes reach a height of 1 foot and bear 4-inch 
flowers of dark velvety purple, an effective Petunia color. 
World Beauty (Pink Perfection) 
Immense fringed-flowers of bright rosy-carmine. A popular 
variety for pots carrying flowers fully 4 in. across on extra dwarf 
plants (barely 10 inches). 
Prices on above, Original Strain Seeds 
1/2 
Tr. Pkt. 
1/128 
1./64 
1/32 
1/16 
Tr. Pkt. 
Seeds) 
oz. 
oz. 
oz. 
oz. 
(1,000 
S1.25 
$2.00 
$3.50 
$6.50 
$12.50 
$22.50 
Victorious, All-Double Dwarf (Mixed) 
Carefully blended mixture of all the gorgeous colors of this 
D 
exceptional 
strain. 
Large flowers 
exquisitely 
ruffled 
and fringed. 
Ideal for pots. 
1/64,,. 
^2 
Tr. Pkt. 
1/128 
1/64 
1/32 
1/16 
Tr. Pkt. oz. 
l| 
(1,000 
1.00 2.oo|m 
tJ Tr. Pkt. 
Seeds) 
oz. 
oz. 
oz. 
oz. 
1.00 1 . 80 ** 
® $1.00 
$2.00 
$3.25 
$6.00 
$11.00 
$20.00 
MIX A TEASPOONFUL OF SAND WITH FINE SEEDS TO OBTAIN A MORE EVEN DISTRIBUTION IN SOWING 
