ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 

POT MARIGOLD, CAMPFIRE IMPROVED 
POT MARIGOLD, Calendula 
The colorful flowers make a wonderful display in the gar- 
den and are always admired by those who see them. Blooms 
freely in early summer and continues into the fall. Even 
though this plant prefers a sunny location and rather dry 
soil, it does well under widely different conditions, requiring 
little care to grow to perfection. 18 to 24 inches in height. 
Campfire Improved. A very deep strong orange with distinct 
scarlet sheen on upper side of each petal. Blooms flat across 
top and measure 4 inches in diameter. Plants are strong 
growing and even in habit. Exceptionally long heavy cutting 
stems in generous quantity on each plant. Pkt. 15e. 
Orange Fantasy. Silver Medal, All-America Selections, 1938. 
Distinct. Rather dwarf, heavy foliaged plants. 18 to 24 inches. 
Crested flowers of coppery orange, with petals edged mahog- 
any. True. A fine novelty. Pkt. 10c. 
New Sunshine Calendula, Chrysantha. Gold Medal Winner, 
All-America Selections, 1934. A clear, buttercup yellow in 
color with loosely arranged petals, incurved at center and 
reflexed at edges. Flowers mounted on strong, wiry stems a 
foot in length; excellent for cutting. Pkt. 10e. 
Radio. Flowers hemispherical in shape with bristling quilled 
petals, rich glowing orange. Graceful and attractive. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
RED HOT POKER, Tritoma (p) 
A perennial, not strictly hardy, but will live through the 
winter with a protective covering of leaves or short manure; 
or the roots may be lifted and carried over winter in sand 
in a cellar. Height, 4 to 6 feet. 
Mixed Hybrids. Pkt. 10c. 
SALPIGLOSSIS (See Painted Tongue) 
SATINFLOWER, Godetia (a) 
Very handsome annual plants especially suited for semi- 
shady locations. Sow in spring in the open and thin to 8 or 
10 inches apart. The flowers are bright and colorful and the 
single sorts are not unlike the Azalea in form. 
Tall Double. Long graceful spikes are decorated with double 
blossoms resembling satin pompons one above another. Height, 
2 feet. Choice Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
POPPIES, Papaver 
Annual Poppies should be sown as early as possible in 
the spring where they are to remain as they do not trans- 
plant readily. Mix the seed with builders’ sand, using about 
25 times as much sand as seed, then broadcast seed on surface 
of the ground and firm well. Plants should be thinned out to 
6 inches apart for best results. Seed may be sown in rows 
also and in succession up to the middle of May. 
SHIRLEY. (a) Known as the Flanders Field Poppy of the 
Ww orld War. The plants with their deeply cut foliage, slender 
hairy stems, and silky petaled blossoms, often fluted, present 
an airy picture as they nod in the breeze. Height, 18 inches. 


10 MIX SMALL FLOWER SEEDS WITH SAND WHEN SOWING. 
All-Double Flowered. Improved strain of all-double Begonia- 
type flowers. Range of colors from light pink to dark crimson ~ 
with fair sprinkling of Picotee types in scarlet and vermilion 
shades. One of the most excellent flowers for mid-summer 
blooms and for cutting. Pkt. 15e. 
Single American Legion. Dazzling scarlet with white cross at 
center. Best substitute for the wild Flanders Poppy. Pkt. 10c. _ 
Single Mixed. A superb blend of this beautiful type of Poppy 
ranging in color from pure white through tones of salmon, 
pink, and rose to brightest carmine-red. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Pink Shades. This charming sort with its double and 
semi-double flowers in several shades of pink is of great 
merit. Pkt. 10c. 
DOUBLE CARNATION FLOWERED MIXED. (a) Perfectly 
double, globular flowers with fringed petals in many brilliant 
colors. Pkt. 10c. 
ICELAND POPPY (p) (Nudicaule). A hardy Poppy slightly re- 
sembling the Shirley. Somewhat different in habit and con- 
tains many shades of yellow and orange. Height, 18 inches. 
Gartford Giants. A superb mixture. All colors. Pkt. 15c. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY, Eschscholtzia (a) 
The state flower of California and one of the most attrac- 
tive low growing annuals. The foliage is finely cut, fern-like, 
and silvery green in color. They start to bloom a few weeks 
after the seed is sown. Height, 12 to 18 inches. 
Grandiflora Hybrids. Large flowering varieties in the most 
exquisite shades of gold, copper, bronze, scarlet, purple and 
crimson. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Ramona Hybrids. A new strain containing many lovely shades. 
The plants grow compact and upright, with flowers beauti- 
fully frilled. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Eschscholtzia. The flowers are like little silken flags, 
beautifully fluted and crinkled, double and semi-double. The 
colors are yellow, orange, salmon. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Aurantiaca, Orange. The ordinary California Poppy. Pkt. 10c. 
MEXICAN TULIP POPPY, Hunnemannia (a) 
Seed sown early in May will, by the middle of July, pro- 
duce plants covered with their large buttercup yellow, poppy- 
like blossoms, and are never out of flower until hard frost. 
The plants grow 2 feet high, with beautiful feathery foliage. 
Sunlite. Award of Merit, All-America Selections. Semi-double, 
canary yellow. Pkt. 10c. 

ICELAND POPPY GARTFORD GIANTS 
a, annual; b, biennial; c, climber; p. perennial; ra, rock plant 
annual; rp, rock plant perennial. 

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