Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
Sterling Quality Choice Annual Flower Seeds 
Annual Flowers are always popular, because of the wide range of types, colors and 
the ease with which they can be grown. They range from very drawf to very tall, while 
some thrive in the shady, moist locations, others are adapted for open sunny situations. 
There is an annual for every spot in your garden. 
Per Pkt. 
ABRONIA (Sand Verbena). A quick 
growing trailing fragrant annual with 
xerbena-like rose colored flowers. Ex¬ 
cellent for baskets and rockeries. 6 
inches high. Trailing 3-5 feet. 10c 
p er 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon). A 
half-hardy perennial, easily raised from 
seed as an annual. Blooms profusely 
from mid-summer till fall. Excellent 
for cut flowers. 
ACROCLINIUM 
(Everlasting). A half 
hardy annual, bearing 
white and rose-colored 
flowers which are used 
when dried for Winter 
bouquets. 1V 2 feet. 
Mixed. 10c 
AGERATUM. 
Little Blue Star. Bright 
blue flowers, 4 inches. 10c 
Blue Perfection. Dark 
blue, 8 inches. 10c 
MIDGET BLUE 
(New 1939 All-Amer¬ 
ican). This is really the 
first dwarf Ageratum 
that will come uni¬ 
formly dwarf and true 
to color from seed. 25c 
ALYSSUM. Flower 
small and sweet. Oz. 
50c. 10c 
Little Gem. Pure 
white, very dwarf and 
sweet scented. Oz. $1. 10c 
Lilac Queen. Of dwarf 
compact habit, with 
flowers of a pure lilac 
color; 9 inches. 10c 
CALIFORNIA GIANT 
RUST RESISTANT 
ANTIRRHINUMS 
With the introduction 
of Rust Resistant 
strains of Snapdragon 
it is now possible to 
again grow the luxuri¬ 
ant, graceful, stately, 
colorful spikes. 
Buttercup. A gorgeous 
two tone flower of 
deep canary yellow, 
shading to creamy yel¬ 
low margins. 20c 
Crimson. A magnifi¬ 
cent Antirrhinum with 
huge individual crim¬ 
son flowers and large 
spikes. 20c 
Indian Girl. This is a 
very floriferous strain, 
producing beautiful 
brownish-orange flow¬ 
ers, overlaid with 
bright yellow. 20c 
AMARANTH US 
(Summer Poinsetta. Antirrhinum—Shasta 
Molten Fire. A beauti¬ 
ful annual producing rich maroon foli¬ 
age crowned with fiery crimson top 
foliage, making a brilliant display until 
late in the fall. 3 feet tall. 15c 
ANCHUSA (Summer Forget-Me- 
Not) Capensis. This hardy, free grow¬ 
ing annual produces sprays of lovely 
Forget-me-not like flowers, of a beauti¬ 
ful azure blue. Plants compact and 
uniform, 2 feet high. 
Loveliness. A real fav¬ 
orite, producing excep¬ 
tionally large, attract¬ 
ive, pure, soft rose 
flowers. 20c 
Shasta. This is early 
flowering, producing 
six spikes of pure, glistening white 
flowers to a plant. 20c 
Mixed. A well balanced blend of the 
rust resistant types. 20c 
ARCTOTIS (African Lilac Daisy) 
Grandis. A remarkable, handsome an¬ 
nual, forming bushes well branched. 
The flowers are pure white with sky 
blue eye while the reverse of the rays 
are pale lilac-blue. An excellent cut 
10c flower. 2 feet high. 10c 
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