ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 

SUPER FLUFFY RUFFLES 
GRANDIFLORA SINGLE FRINGED 
THEODOSIA. Soft rosy pink with contrasting veined golden 
yellow throat. An outstanding variety in this class. Pkt. 15c. 
RUFFLED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
SUPREME STRAIN. A new strain of rose and pink shades, 
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. Excellent bedding 
variety; fine window box type. See illustration on front cover. 
PBkt.e25¢; 
DOUBLE VARIETIES 
We offer the finest strain of double Petunias and suggest 
that seed be started indoors in boxes or pans. The small, 
crumpled seedlings will give the finest flowers. 
CHOICE MIXED COLORS. Pkt. 35c. 
PETUNIA MINIATURE (Dwarf Compact Varieties) 
ROSE GEM. Award of Merit, All-America Selections, 1936. 
Rose Gem is the best new miniature Petunia. The flowers 
are a deep rich rose on neat compact plants, 6 inches high. 
Each flower is 2 inches in diameter. Pkt. 15c. 
PETUNIA, SUPER FLUFFY RUFFLES. A new ruffled and frilled 
type of Petunia that has the appearance of being almost 
double. Practically 100% true. Flowers are very large with 
a deep throat. The mixture is well-balanced with shades of 
pink and white, salmon, salmon-pink, deep rose, rose, crim- 
son, and light blue. Pkt. 25c. 
PANSY, Heart's Ease (b) 
When the bright hues of the Tulips and Daffodils have 
faded, the rich, deep and varied shades of the Pansies provide 
a welcome change in the flower beds. The varieties listed pro- 
duce large blooms of good substance, regular markings, and 
full rich coloring, Low growing. 
SWISS GIANT or ROGGLI. Within the last few years the blos- 
soms of this strain have been remarkably improved in every: 
way. The plants are compact in habit and they produce im- 
mense circular flowers for a long blooming season. Attractive 
shades. ae 
FINEST MIXED. Pkt. 35c. 
STEELE’S MASTODON. A vigorous Oregon type, particularly 
desirable for cutting as the plants are taller and have longer 
stems. Esteemed for bedding. A fine blend for bright effects. 
FINEST MIXED. Pkt. 35c. 
POPULAR BEDDING MIXTURE. These are the popular saucy- 
faced beauties that everybody loves, comprising the finest 
varieties in all colors. Pkt. 25c. 
PAPAVER (See Poppy) 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI (a) 
A valuable and showy annual highly esteemed for bedding, 

PANSIES 
for massing and for borders. The plants grow about 1 foot 
high, thrive in practically any soil if given a sunny location 
and bloom the entire season. Seed may be started in boxes 
and transplanted or sown in the open in Spring. 
GIGANTEA, RED GLORY. Here is the brightest color that we 
have ever seen in phlox. The color is a brilliant red with a large 
creamy white eye which seems to intensify the red into an un- 
believable sharpness. Florets often as large as a half dollar. 
Pkt. 25c. 
GRANDIFLORA. Comes in a grand mixture of fine colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
GIGANTEA ART SHADES. A new strain of annual Phlox with 
single florets as large as an inch and one-half in diameter. 
The colors are soft pastel shades, such as apple blossom pink, 
salmon, light blue, pale violet, etc. Pkt. 15c. 
DECUSSATA. Mixed. 2 to 3 feet. 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. 
PORTULACA, Moss Rose (ra) 
Brilliant hardy annual, of easy culture; excellent for mass- 
ing in beds, edging or rock work, thriving best in a light, sandy 
soil and a sunny situation. Flowers of the brightest colors. 
Height, 6 to 10 inches. 
DOUBLE. MIXED. Pkt. 10c. 
SINGLE MIXED. Pkt. 10c. 
PINKS (See Dianthus) 
: POPPY, Papaver 
Annual Poppies should be sown as early as possible in the 
Spring where they are to remain as they do not transplant 
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. 
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SHIRLEY (a). Known as the Flanders Field Poppy of the World . 
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. 
ALL-DOUBLE FLOWERED. Improved strain of all-double 
Begonia-type flowers. Range of colors from light pirik to dark 
crimson with fair sprinkling of Picotee types in scarlet and 
vermillion shades. One of the most excellent flowers for mid- 
summer blooms and for cutting. Pkt. 15c. 
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. 

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