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PETUNIA 
Petunias are among the most satisfactory annuals for gar- 
den display. They succeed in ordinary, well-drained garden 
loam such as will grow a good crop of vegetables, and in a 
location where they receive plenty of sunlight. Do not plant 
in the shade nor in soil that is overly rich. Excellent for 
cutting. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Giants of California. 
Light, richly-veined throats surrounded by satiny petals 
which are heavily ruffled. Large blooms, 5 to 7 inches in 
diameter, produced on strong, richly-foliaged plants. Excel- 
lent bedding variety; fine window box type. Pkt. 25c. 
Blue Brocade. Silver Medal, All-America Selections, 1940. This 
is a fine true violet-blue colored, giant fringed, all-double 
Petunia that won the highest number of votes in this year’s 
Selections. The habit of the plant is dwarf and very uniform, 
making it equally valuable to the florist and for bedding. 
Pkt. 50ce. 
Double Fringed. Produces many double-flowering plants, all 
beautifully fringed and in many colors. Pkt. 50c. 
Hollywood Star. Silver Medal, All-America Selections, 1939. 
A charming shade of rich rose with amber throat. Unique 
in form of flower which consists of a fine-pointed star. Pkt. 15c. 
Flaming Velvet. Plants are loaded with extra-fine textured 
large blooms of a beautiful shade of deep velvety mahogany- 
red with a luster of scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
Elks’ Purple. Lovely deep violet-purple blooms forming a 
five-pointed star with their large, smooth-edged lobes. Re- 
markably rich and even tone. Pht. 25c. 
Rosy Morn. Soft rose pink blooms, white throat. Pkt. 15c. 
Dreer’s Balcony Blue. Velvety indigo blue. Pkt. 15c. 
Dreer’s Balcony Rose. Brilliant rose pink. Pkt. 15c. 
Dreer’s Balcony Crimson. Rich velvety crimson. Pkt. 15c. 
Dreer’s Balcony Mixed. Containing all colors. Pkt. 15e. 
Radiance. For description, see inside front cover. 
First Lady. For description, see inside front cover. 
Topaz Rose. For description, see inside back cover. 
Theodosia. For description, see inside back cover. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
Grandiflora, A valuable and showy annual highly esteemed 
for bedding, for massing and for borders. The plants are 
hardy and bush-like with many broad flat-topped clusters of 
nearly round and star-shaped flowers. They are of easiest 
culture and bloom profusely through a long season. Pkt. 10c. 
Rosy Morn. For description, see inside front cover. 
Decussata. Perennial. 2 to 3 ft. From a superior collection of 
large flowering sorts. Perennial Phlox do not come true from 
seed and can be had only from mixture. As a result of this 
one may experience many thrills from a packet of seed. 
Pkt. 10c. ‘ 

PERENNIAL PHLOX 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETI (Chinese Lantern Plant) 
This hardy biennial plant grows to a height of about 2 feet 
and is a profuse bloomer, producing many large, striking 
flowers of a beautiful, brilliant orange red color resembling 
Chinese lanterns in shape. 
Francheti. Pkt. 10c. 
PINKS (Dianthus) 
Seed sown out of doors when danger of frost is past will 
produce plants that bear flowers in a few weeks time. Bloom 
constantly from July until frost and if covered, will bloom 
again the second season. Dianthus Chinensis (Double China), 
mixed, pkt. 10c. . 
A new strain of rose and pink shades. 

CALIFORNIA POPPIES 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
The true golden yellow strain. This is the state flower of 
California. Pkt. 10c. 
California Mixed. An excellent mixture producing deep yel- 
low, creamy white, scarlet and orange flowers. Pkt. 5c. 
ICELAND POPPY 
These are hardy perennials which will flower the first year 
from seed. The foliage is fern-like, the plants of neat, com- 
pact growth and send up slender stalks about 12 inches high 
bearing brilliantly colored flowers. If the flowers are picked 
daily the plants will bear all season. They will continue to 
bear from year to year. Pkt. 10c. 
Gartford Giant Art Shades. For description, see inside back 
cover. 
Poppy Nudicaule ‘The Emperor.” 18-22 in. Finest giant 
orange variety, of distinct new form, with broad overlapping 
fluted petals giving effect of semi-doubleness. 
A perennial, it blooms freely the first year from seed. Pkt. 15c. © 
ORIENTAL POPPY 
Huge, brilliantly colored flowers borne profusely during 
May and June on plants 3 feet tall. 
pink to dazzling scarlet and deep maroon. A perennial, the 
plants will increase in size from year to year. Pkt. 10c. 
SHIRLEY POPPIES 
Splendid strain of annual poppies of the greatest of color. 
The flowers range from pure white to maroon with all inter- 
mediate shadings and all combinations imaginable. Of easy 
culture and free bloomers. Pkt. 10c. 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE POPPIES MIXED 
A. fine collection of the best annual varieties. Plant these 
in a mass or row and you will get a beautiful effect. Pkt. 10c. 
PORTULACA 
Sometimes called Moss Rose. Few flowers make such a 
dazzling display of color in the bright sunshine as a bed of 
Portulacas. Desirable also for edgings. They are in bloom 
through a long season. 
Double Portulaca. Pkt. 10c. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
Flowers of the richest colors—blue, crimson, yellow, purple, 
scarlet, etc., with texture like rich velvet; each petal beauti- 
fully penciled. Splendid for bouquets. Height 2 feet. Mixed 
colors, pkt. 10c. 
SALVIA (Flowering Sage) 
Blooms are borne in long spikes well above the foliage and 
are of fiery red, crimson, continuing in flower a long time. 
The densely filled flower spikes are often 8 to 10 inches long 
and include 30 or more tube-like florets, 1 to 2 inches in 
length. Pkt. 10c. 
Ball of Fire. Early flowering, the vivid flowers on compact 
plants, the most dwarf of all scarlet Salvias, it was a sensa- 
tion in England last summer. Sow indoor, February-April, 
or in open after all frost danger is past. Pkt. 25c. 
STOCKS (Ten Weeks) 
Plants grow about 1 foot high, making a compact bush, cov- 
Colors range from soft ~ 
ered with splendid spikes of blossoms from July until frost. es 
Half hardy annual, Height 1 foot. Double mixed, pkt. 10c. 

