PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Superior Flower Seed 1 1 
FLOWER SEED SUPERro^ STRAINS 
F lowers are easily raised from seeds. The seeds we offer 
are the" products of the best American and European 
growers ; no better strains available. Complete directions 
for sowing are printed on each packet. 
In sowing, be very careful not to cover seed too deep! 
CAUTION; Seeds may cross-pollinate, causing some flowers 
to come not absolutely true to type. 
CLASSIFICATION: Known as Annuals, BiennialsJ and 
Perennials*. 
Annuals bloom and ripen seed the first year, then perish. 
Biennials! seldom bloom the first year, but attain perfection 
the second. 
Perennials* flower several years in succession, and are used 
for permanent plantings. Many bloom the first year from 
seed sown early. 
WHEN TO SOW SEED: 
Hardy Perennials and Biennials may be sown either fall or 
spring. 
Hardy Annuals may be sown either in late fall or spring. 
But no spring sowing of any class should be done until 
frost is past and the ground mellow. 
SPECIAL MARKS: Biennialsf ; Perennials* ; Good Cut Flow- 
ersf. 
PRICES are for delivery by mail postpaid. 
PLANTS of Hardy Perennials are offered on pages 23 to 32. 
ITOVEI.TIES—Continued 
MARIGOLD, Ye llow Pygmy Very compact, ball- 
■— ■■■ ■' ■ ■ shaped plant 8 inches 
tall; freely producing 1-inch double, French Lilliput flowers 
of light lemon-yellow. Extremely good for edging and quite 
exciting used in pots. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA, Glow Silver Medal. A new Japanese variety 
' just released. Dwarf compact, ball¬ 
shaped (hybrida nana compacta), the flowers bright rose-red 
with lighter throat. Extremely free-flowering and colorful 
all season. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA, Cream Star Silver Medal. Same class as 
" '■■■ " Glow, but quite distinct. 
Flowers are soft creamy white, bluntly star-shaped, with a 
central star pattern in definite cream color. This color is 
new to the type and most acceptable among the other 
shades for very dwarf bedding. Pkt. 25c. 
SALVIA. Roval Blue A new English variety of majes- 
^ proportions: the 
much branched plant 3 to 4 feet high, producing many 
attractive straight flower spikes for cutting ; in deep royal- 
blue color ; early. Pkt. 25c. 
SCABIOSA, Heavenly Blue 
Bronze Medal. Lovely 
azure-blue, very early 
flowering and exceptionally free. Plants 18 inches, uniformly 
bushy, loaded with short but wiry-stemmed, high-crowned, 
double flowers 1% inches wide by 1 inch deep. Stays in 
bloom 4 or 5 weeks, and is very attractive. Pkt. 25c. 
**SPRING FLOWERING” SWEET PEA, Rose- 
Pink Silver Medal. A rather important, newly broached 
—i group midway in blooming season between the Early 
and Late Spencers. Vigorous, long-stemmed, heat-resisting. 
The color of this medal winner is vivid rose-pink, the flow¬ 
ers large and well-formed. Pkt. 25c. 
10 OUTSTANDING ‘‘ADIi-AMDRlCA’’ ITEMS. 
MANV OTHERS FOEI.OW 
AGERATUM, Midget Blue 
ANTIRRHINUM, Rosalie 
Silver Medal. Only 3 to 4 
inches tall, but densely 
spreading to 12 inches. The truest dwarf and compact va¬ 
riety yet introduced, producing freely tiny tufts of Ageratum 
or azure-blue flowers. Valuable for edging, rockeries, and 
pots, Pkt. 25c. 
Bronze Medal. This is be¬ 
lieved to be the finest yet 
for cut flowers, in rust-resistant, majus grandiflomis type. 
Its color is topaz-rose or intense rose-pink with deeper cen¬ 
ter and gold suffusion ; a general shade always most popular 
for vases or garden show. Vigorous, showing 10 to 36 laterals 
besides the large central spike. Few rogues; large flowers 
well spaced on long stems. Pkt. 25c. 
CONVOLVULUS, Lavender Rosette An attractive 
- North Afri¬ 
can wild flower; useful in rock gardens and for low edges. 
The plant attains 5 inches height and 15-inch spread, bloom¬ 
ing at 2 months from seed, and continuing another 2 
months. The flowers are in rosettes of 1%-inch morning 
glory flowers, a charming lavender-blue, white in the throat 
and dark blue veined. Pkt. 25c. 
Bronze Medal. A new color 
_ — pale primrose-yellow or 
deep cream. The type favors Dixie Sunshine (incurved ’mum 
shape) ; but its growth is much stronger with deeper green 
foliage. Flowers iVo-^Vz inches across, blooming early and 
abundantly for 8 or 9 weeks. Pkt. 25c. 
MARIGOLD, Limelight 
GENERAL COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS follows on Pages 12 to 22, inclusive 
