
great variety and size of 
BUTZER’S SEED STORE, PORTLAND, OREGON 5 
875—*PERENNIAL ASTERS 
(Michaelmas Daisy) 
Now fill a most important place in all hardy flower 
' gardens, lighting up the borders and shrubberies with 
their masses and clouds of dainty and brightly colored 
blossoms throughout the autumn months up to No- 
vember, when other flowers are scarce. 
All Sorts Mixed—Extra fine. Per pkt. 10c. 
*AUBRIETIA 
885—Large-Flowered Hybride—The beautiful mauve 
spring bedding plants make the garden so gay in the 
early months of the year. Aubrietias produce great 
masses Of bloom and are charming companions of 
Yellow Alyssum and White Arabis. Grows well from 
seed. Sow in June and plant out in autumn where re- 
quired for flowering in spring. A valuable strain in- 
cluding a wide range of colors. Per pkt. 15c. 
895—-BALLOON VINE 
Thrives in light soil. One of the prettiest climbers. 
Remarkable for its inflated membranous capsules con- 
taining the seed. It is sometimes called Love in a Puff. 
Flowers white, Pkt. 10c. 
BALSAM 
Balsam or Lady Slipper— & 
Double Camelia Flowered 
—An old and favorite garden 
flower, producing its gor- 
geous masses of beautiful § 
brilliant colored double 
flowers in the greatest pro- 
fusion; of easy culture; suc- 
ceeds in a good rich soil. § 
Our strain is unrivaled for 
flowers. 
900—Double Bright Scarlet. ; 
901—Double Rose. 
902—Double Salmon Rose. 
903—Double White. 
905—Finest Double Mixed. 
Above, pkt. 10c 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
For brilliancy of color, duration and profusion of 
bloom, few plants can compare with the tuberous- 
rooted Begonias for greenhouses and for summer 
bedding. Start the tubers indoors in January or Feb- 
ruary, in moist sand, with bottom heat of at least 70 
degrees. After they are well sprouted and develop 
good roots, pot them in 4-inch pots, in good soil. Plant 
out in somewhat shady location after frost danger ends. 
925—Lloydii—This variety is excellent for hanging 
baskets or window boxes, owing to its drooping habit. 
The flowers are pendulous, double in form, and in 
various tones of rose and carmine. Pkt. 50c. 
930—Single Mixed—Saved from finest exhibition 
varieties having large, well-formed flowers of many 
tones of red, orange, pink, salmon, etc. Pkt. 25c. 
935—Double Mixed—Producing on _ strong, erect 
stems an abundance of very double flowers, ranging 
from brilliant rose to carmine, often with white mar- 
gin‘or mottling. Pkt. 50c. 
955—BROWALLIA 
--A half-hardy annual, making a fine bedding plant. 
Blooms profusely. The flowers are bright ultra-marine 
blue, and also sky-blue with white center. 
Mixed, per pkt. 10c 
CACALIA—2 ft. 
Each flower is a miniature paint brush of orange- 
scarlet produced on long wiry stems which make it an 
excellent cut flower. An old but little known annual 
for the border worth trying. 
960—Tassel Flower or Flora’s Paint Brush—Scarlet 
and orange mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
CACTUS SEED 
962—All Varieties in Mixture—This mixture con- 
tains a wonderful range of good varieties, including 
all classes and forms which are easy to grow. It is 
most interesting and educational to watch these un- 
usual plants develop. Pkt. 15c. 

USE NUMBER WHEN ORDERING 
FLOWER SEEDS 
TO AVOID DELAY 

BUTZER’S SURPRISE GARDEN 
MIXTURE 
975—If you want a thrill and a real adventure in 
gardening this year be sure and sow this mixture 
liberally. You will be repaid by the many unusual 
varieties which will appear during the season. We buy 
for this mixture annual varieties which are attractive 
and easily grown but many of them little known and 
the result is a continual succession of happy surprises 
to the gardener. In fact, we frequently are called to 
identify some particularly attractive sort so it may be 
ordered separately another year, 
Plant freely but not too thickly (if too crowded 
together the plants will be weak and drawn and will 
soon fade away), in rows in the vegetable or picking 
garden, keep watered and cultivated and the faded 
flowers removed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
976—BUTZER’S ANNUALS CUT FLOWER MIX- 
TURE—Growing 1 to 814 feet tall. Per pkt. 10c. 
977—BUTZER’S ANNUALS FOR ROCK 
GARDENS 
A carefully prepared mixture of low growing, many 
colored, free flowering annuals, which will supply 
color in your rock garden all summer. Pkt. 10c. 
BUTZER’S PERENNIAL SEED 
MIXTURES 
Our Surprise Garden of Annuals has been a great 
favorite for several years with our customers. Many 
have asked for a similar mixture of perennial seeds, 
s0 we have made the following. mixtures, carefully 
blended. 
978—*Tall Sorts Mixed—3 ft. and upwards. 
979—xDwarf Sorts Mixed—From 6 to 15 in. 
980—*Medium Sotrs Mixed—18 to 36 in. 
One pkt., each of above, 10c 
993—-CALENDULA—ORANGE SHAGGY 
One of the most interesting, and certainly the most 
distinct of these is the new laciniated type, Orange 
Shappy. Deep orange shading lighter at the center, 
exceedingly graceful and informal in appearance. The 
plants are free flowering, neat and compact, bearing 
long stems. Pkt. 10c. 
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) 
This is the Marigold of Shakespeare’s time. An 
annual of easy culture. Plants grow about one foot 
high and one foot in diameter and literally covered 
with large double flowers. Blooms from July to frost. 
1000—Orange King—tThe outer petals are slightly 
imbricated, while those of the center are curved like 
those of the peony. Color glowing orange. Pkt. 10c. 
1001—Lemon Queen—Large sulphur yellow. Pkt. 10c 
1002—The Ball—It has fine stems, immense double 
flower of a brilliant glistening orange. A great favor- 
ite on the cut flower market. Pkt. 10c. 
CALENDULA 
1012—Campfire (Sensation)—Has proven to be the 
best forcing orange Calendula on the market. The 
flowers are extremely large and very dark orange 
with a scarlet sheen, making them most attractive. 
This strain has been carefully selected and will pro- 
duce very strong stems for forcing purposes. Pkt. 10c 
1008—AlIl Colors Mixed—Pkt. 10c. 
1014—CALENDULA 
CHRYSANTHA OR 
SUNSHINE 
Chrysantha is a new Cal- 
endula which is outstanding 
among all varieties known 
up to the present time. 
The large flowers are an ex- 
quisite shade of clear butter- 
cup yellow, with long loosely 
arranged petals, which droop 
to give the rounded appear- 
ance found in our favorite 
Chrysanthemums. Besides 
adding a bright’ golden 
splash of color to the garden. 
Pkt. 10c 
ALL FLOWER SEEDS—Postpaid unless 
otherwise noted. 

