Annual and Perennial Flower Seeds 
ACHILLEA, Milfoil, or Yarrow (hp) 
Ptarmica, “The Pearl’. 30 inches high, and from spring to 
frost is covered with heads of purest white double flowers. 
Easily grown from seed, flowering the first season, if sown 
early. Pkt. 15c. 
ABRONIA (a) 
Umbellata. Trailing plant with clusters of sweet-scented flow- 
ers, resembling verbenas, but of smaller size; rose lilac, with 
white eyes. Remove the husks from the seed before sowing 
from Oct. to March, as it grows much surer. Pkt. 10c. 
AGERATUM (a) 
Popular annual plants producing fluffy blue flowers all sum- 
mer. The dwarf stature and compact habit permit its use as 
an edging plant or in the rockery where it will flourish in any 
soil. Sun or partial shade. 
Midget Blue. Silver Medal, All-America Selections, 1940. A 
very fine dwarf (2 to 3 inches high) Ageratum with delicate 
foliage, which is practically smothered with small true Agera- 
tum Blue flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
Blue Ball. Compact round plants, 6 inches tall, hidden by a 
mass of pure blue flowers. Fine for dwarf beds and edging. 
Pkt. 10c. 
ALYSSUM, Madwort (a) 
One of the most popular garden flowers, remaining in bloom 
the entire season; suitable for beds and edging in summer, 
or for growing in pots and boxes for winter blooming. 
Maritimum Sweet (a). A popular white flower for bouquets 
that is very fragrant. Height one foot. Sow from October to 
March. Pkt. 10e. 
Carpet of Snow (ra). White flowers on plants only 3 inches 
tall. Rapidly becoming a favorite variety. Pkt. 10c. 
Saxatile Compactum. Perennial. Sometimes called Basket of 
Gold. It grows compactly and is covered with a wealth of 
golden blossoms in early spring. Height 12 inches. Pkt. 10e. 
Violet Queen. Dwarf, compact plants with small sweetly- 
scented flowers of a very rich deep shade of violet, Neat in 
habit; free flowering. Pkt. 15c. 
AMARANTHUS (a) 
Tall, robust, showy colorful foliage plant. 
sites, lean soil, and plenty of room. 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat). The inner foliage is of blackest 
bronze, tipped with green, outer bright scarlet, gold. Pkt. 10c. 
Caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding). Drooping red spikes. Pkt. 10c. 
Cruentus (Princess Feather). Dk. red feathery flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Molten Fire. The top leaves are a fiery crimson, the lower 
ones maroon. Brilliant Poinsettia-like tips. Pkt. 10ce. 
ANCHUSA, Summer Forget-me-not (a) 
A free-flowering class, producing its charming Forget-Me- 
Not-like blooms in graceful sprays from early summer until 
late fall. 
Blue Bird. Deep blue flowers on plants 18 inches tall. Pkt. 10c. 
Italica Dropmore Strain. Large clear gentian-blue flowers; 
grows to 4 feet tall. Likes partial shade. Pkt. 15e. 
ARCTOTIS HYBRIDS (a) 
Autumn Shades. A gay and cheerful member of the daisy 
family. Dozens of blossoms open at a time, commencing to 
bloom in December or January. Many shades of red, orange, 
yellow, typical autumn tones. Foliage is a soft green with 
slender wavy edged leaves. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
ASPARAGUS FERN (hp) 
A very popular house plant, much used for hanging baskets. 
Sow from December to May. Can be planted outside but 
freezes to ground each season. 
Sprengeri (Trailing). Pkt. 15c. 
Plumosus Nanus (Erect). Pkt. 15c. 
ASTER (a) 
Asters do well in rich soil always kept in continuous culti- 
vation. They must be started in very early spring for spring 
bloom or in half shade and kept cool in late summer for fall 
bloom. 
AMERICAN BRANCHING Wilt Resistant. 
grow under our conditions. 
Azure Blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Crimson. Pkt. 10c. 
Purple. Pkt. 10c. 
a, annual; b, biennial; c, climber; p, perennial; ra, rock plant 
annual; rp, rock plant perennial. 
Likes hot sunny 
Best kind to 
Good for cut flowers. 
Shell Pink. Pkt. 10c. 
White. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed Pkt. 10c. 
SINGLE ASTERS (a). Large, daisy-like flowers in the same 
colors as the double Asters, 18-24 inches high with large flow- 
ers on graceful stems. Fine for variety in the garden. Excel- 
lent for cutting. 
Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 10c. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON or CORNFLOWER 
Centaurea 
Particularly well adapted for border plantings. The types 
cultivated for their flowers have bulging calyxes from which 
many finely cut petals expand. All of them are of easy culture 
from seed. 
Cornflower, Jubilee Gem. Silver Medal, All-America Selections, 
1937. A dwarf variety of Cornflower making a compact plant 
literally covered with flowers. About 12 inches in height. A 
fine cut flower. It may be sown outside in the autumn for 
spring flowering, or in the spring for summer flowering. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Cyanus Double (a). (Bachelor Button). This superb class of 
Cornflowers produces handsome, large double blooms, effective 
out-of-doors and in bouquets. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 
Blue Boy, Pkt. 10e. Rose, Pkt. 10c. Mixed, Pkt. 10c. 
Black Boy. Pkt. 10c. Red Boy Pkt. 10c. 
Pinkie. Pkt. 10c. Snow Man. Pkt. 10c. 
BALSAM, Lady Slipper (a) 
An old and popular garden flower of easy culture. Gorgeous 
masses of brilliant colored double flowers are produced in the 
greatest profusion. Height, 2 feet. 
Rose Flowered. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Bush Flowered. A free-flowering annual which should be in 
more gardens. Bushy plants covered with blooms on top of 
the plant instead of along the stem with a wide color range. 
Mixed colors. Pkt, 10c. 
BUTTERFLY FLOWER, Schizanthus (a) 
One of our finest hardy annuals. Of easy culture in any 
good garden soil. Showy flowers of various colors, closely 
resembling some species of Orchids. Also useful as pot plants 
for late winter and spring; for this purpose sow in autumn. 
Butterfly Mixture. Fine bright mixture, free flowering, com- 
pact pyramidal plants, 12 to 15 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
California Poppy is listed under Poppy. 
CACTUS 
MIXED VARIETIES. Sow in natural desert soil or a mixture 
of sand, fine silt and leaf mold. Cover seed lightly. Keep 
slightly moist until gemination. Water sparingly thereafter. 
Pkt. 20c. 
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