Selected Seeds 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE 
See Iceland Poppy. 
PETUNIAS 
Flaming Velvet Type 
A. 8" to 18". January to May. Mix seed 
with a teaspoonful of sand and sow very 
thinly in boxes of finely screened light loam 
and barely cover the seeds. Plant in a sunny 
place as they are drought resistant. The 
single varieties in solid colors give the gayest 
masses. The giant ruffled and the double are 
the more interesting in the garden or in pots. 
The heavy ugly colors have been bred out of 
all fypes. Seeds of the double varieties do 
not all produce doubles and the weaker seed¬ 
lings often bear the finest double flowers. 
Balcony and Bedding Varieties 
Plants of uniform heighf. Simply covered with 
flowers, making them among the finest types 
of all for solid bedding masses of color. Also 
fine for window boxes. 
Blue Wonder. Clear bright deep blue of bet¬ 
ter color and habit than any other blue 
variety. A full mass of blue color that does 
not fade in the sun, and which is blue, not 
silver, on the reverse — thus presenting a 
solid blue effect.Pkf 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Balcony Type Mixed. Velvety red, blue, rose, 
white, and other colors. Free of bloom, even 
of growth .Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Tall Hybridas 
Flaming Velvet. Improved. Larger blooms 
and 100% true to color ■—• and generally 
improved over the 1936 Gold Medal Winner. 
Rich dark velvety red. Most attractive. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/32 oz. 60c 
Topaz Rose. New. S. M. 1938 A. A. S. 
Fiery rose of a brilliance seldom seen, slight¬ 
ly suffused gold, topaz throat. 
Pkf. 15c; 1/32 oz. 60c 
Violacea —deep violet... Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
White .Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Special Mixture .Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Dwarf Hybridas 
(Hybrida Nana Compacta) 
Celestial Rose. Dwarf. Rose pink, light 
throat An improved Rose of Heaven. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 50c 
Silver Blue (Heavenly Blue). Silvery light blue. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 65c 
Miniature Ruffled 
Betsy Ross. Novelty 1940. Red and white, 
with the white blending to golden and the 
red to deep red in the throat. Blooms 2 Vi" 
Pkf. 50c 
Dwarf Grandiflora 
(Grandiflora Nana Compacta) 
Velvet Ball. (Dwarf Flaming Velvet). A se¬ 
lection from the original Flaming Velvet that 
carries the same rich color in a much more 
compact plant. Rich dark velvety red. B. M., 
A. A. S., 1939.Pkf. 25c; 3 Pkts. 60c 
Grandiflora 
Large flowering. Single. Plain edge. 
Dwarf Elk's Pride. A new and superior strain 
that is a real dwarf. Richer violet-blue 
than usual in petunias. Largest blooms in 
this type .Pkt. 25c 
Snowstorm. Improved. Clear glistening satiny 
white with blooms 4" to 5" in diameter. 
Its unusual freedom of bloom, combined with 
the fact that it is of even growth, 12" to 15" 
tall, makes it just as outstanding for bedding 
as it is as a prize or specimen plant. We 
cannot recommend this fine improved variety 
too highly .Pkt. 35c 
Grandiflora 
Large Flowering. Single Fringed. 
Apple Blossom. Light appleblossom-pink, throat 
veined deeper pink .Pkt. 25c 
Fluffy Ruffles. Like great frills of lace, in an 
outstanding light color mixture. One of the 
most delightfully intriguing petunia mixtures 
of all .Pkt. 25c 
Theodosia. Improved. Beautiful fringed rosy 
pink with golden center .Pkt. 25c 
White Beauty. Lovely fringed white, faintly 
veined apple-green in the throat. Very de¬ 
sirable and distinctly beautiful.Pkt. 25c 
Ruffled Giants 
Marilyn. New. A luscious shade of salmon 
rose, veined deeper salmon. Shallow 
throated and ruffled. 4" to 5".Pkt. 35c 
Giants of California Mixed. New mammoth 
mixture. No one thing at the California 
seed farms gave us as big a thrill as a 
view of a block of these magnificent mam¬ 
moth ruffled petunias in full bloom. Plants 
literally covered with blooms of immense 
size — beautifully ruffled — and in most 
pleasing shades of light pink, coppery pink, 
variegated pink, and soft rose pink. No 
heavy magenta colors. We grew a small 
test plot in our own garden. This has been 
the subject of much favorable comment and 
admiration, by our many visitors. Flowers 
produced in less than four months from 
time seed was sown. Blooms from 5" to 
7", excellent for bedding, window boxes 
and pots .Pkt. 50c 
Double. Ruffled and Fringed. 
Double Rose-pink and White. Immense double 
flowers variegated rose-pink and white. One 
of the most charming flowers for color com¬ 
bination and form .Pkt. 50c 
Super Giant Doubles Mixed. Produce 95% 
double flowers of immense size in a magni¬ 
ficent color range, amaranth crimson, helio¬ 
trope, white, rose pink, salmon pink and 
copper red .Pkt. 50c 
PINKS 
(Dianthus Heddewigi Laciniatus) 
A. 10" to 12". September to May. Colorful 
and of easiest culture in ordinary garden loam. 
Biennial in mild climates. The best color ef¬ 
fects are from the single clear salmons and 
reds. Neat and compact in habit, producing 
hundreds of flowers. Excellent for edgings 
and the popular flower arrangements. 
Salmon Queen. Single. A beautiful laciniated 
variety as large as Giant Bright Eye and 
attractively colored clear salmon. 
Pkf. 15c; oz. 25c 
Splendens (Giant Bright Eye). 6" to 8". Single. 
S. M., A. A. S., 1935. The sweet-scented 
flowers are about 2" in diameter, brilliant 
crimson with a large white eye. Laciniated. 
Pkt. 15c; V4 oz. 25c 
Finest Mixed.Pkt. 15c; 1/4 oz. 25c 
Flufly Ruffles PETUNIA 
Right — New Mammoth Ruffled PETUNIA 
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