_ One Thin g Y^ou Can A-fford—.A garden Full of Flowers 1 
APPROVED FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 
FOR 1940 GARDENS 
AGERATUM (Floss Flower) 
Valued as a free and continuous blooming plant for Summer gar¬ 
dens plants that flourish with the least of care and in most any 
soil and location. Start indoors for early eflTects and outdoors in 
May for August display. 
115 Midget Blue. Fancy a border but 3 to 4 in. tall with a true 
azure blue color and plants with a spread of 12 in.l Midget Blue 
is unquestionably the truest and most compact, dwarf Ageratum 
yet seen—a valuable variety for edgings, rock gardens and pots. 
Winner of a Silver Medal in the 1940 All America Selections and 
well worth your culture. Pkt. ^c. 
EARLY GIANT ASTER 
^ Unexcelled as long-stemmed cut flowers with superb lasting (quali¬ 
ties. Seed sown outdoors as late as May should furnish plenty of 
September blooms. 
682 Light Blue. One of last year’s successes—customers report it 
disease-resistant and a color that improves with age. A glorified 
giant Crego with 5-in. flowers of an attractive light blue. Pkt. 35c. 
634 Rose Marie. This year’s wilt-resistant variety and a stunning 
one that we can highly recommend as a companion to light Blue. 
A delightful rose-pink. Seed limited. Pkt. 35c. 
HARDY DIANTHUS 
Pinks of all kinds hold a high place in the esteem of gardeners 
everywhere for they prove so satisfactory under varied conditions 
and provide innumerable shades and colors in flowers that serve 
sol well when cut. 
2653 AllwoocPs Blue. A most remarkable shade of lavender blue 
and unique among flowers at the time of blooming—late Smnmer. 
It resembles a Sweet-william in habit of growth yet is different in foliage and time of blooming. Blooms in 
seven to eight months from seed and is probably fimest the se(X)nd year if given a well-drained, sunny location. 
Should have instant appeal. Pkt. 50Ca 
DELPHINIUM (Hardy Larkspur) 
PACIFIC GIANTS 
Not since the introduction of the Hollyhock type some 15 years ago has any new variety created so much 
interest. Easily the largest type ever introduced and the center of attraction wherever shown. Practically 100 
per cent double. Ideal cut and show flowers. Originator’s Stock. 
2527 Blue Jay Series. The finest dark blue shades yet found, the colors ranging from medium to dark blue 
with strongly contrasting bees. Very long spikes and quite disease-resistant. Pkt. $1.00> 
2530 Galahad Series. An enormous, clear, ghstening white averaging 3 in. in diameter and of a heavy 
texture; the pyramidal spikes with well-spaced florets. On a par with the strongest and largest Delphiniums 
and excelling most of them. Pkt. $1.00. 
2533 Lancelot Series. A new color series—pure 
lilac with white bees. These unusual, individual 
flowers will average from 2 to 23 ^ in. across. 
Pkt. $1.00. 
PETUNIAS 
So easily grown and so adaptable to varied con¬ 
ditions as to earn the title “Everyman’s Flower.” 
These new v£u*ieties provide new shades that will 
fill a real need in the color range. 
5316 Cream Star. A welcome, dwarf bedding 
sort with a soft, creamy-white flower of a blunt 
star shape. An extremely free bloomer over a 
long season, and a winner of the highest rating 
in the 1939 trials of the All America Selections, 
Pkt. 2^. 
5319 Glow. 2-in. flowers of a glowing carmine 
red characterize this dwarf, bush variety that 
now commands so much attention as a plant for 
pot and borders. Excels all others of a similes 
type for richness of color. Flowers very profusely. 
Pkt. 35c. 
