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VIOLA (a) 
Like small pansies but blooming more 
freely and for a longer time. Do best in 
full sun. Start seed from August to 
March. 4 to 6 inches. 
Arkwright Ruby. Rich ruby.............. Pkt. 25c 
Blue Perfection. Violet blue_......._... Pkt. 15¢ 
Chantryland. Pure apricot................ Pkt. 25c 
Brilliant Mixture. A new strain that is much 
brighter, gayer, larger, and generally im- 
proved. Far ahead of any other viola 
strain that we have seen................ Pkt. 15¢ 
VIRGINIAN STOCK 
French Forget-Me-Nots (a) 
A hardy annual that can be sown in 
the open ground at frequent intervals 
through spring, summer and autumn. In 
California autumn sowings do_ best. 
Blooms in 60 to 90 days. Dwarf compact 
little plants. Fine for edgings and ground 
cover. 6 inches. 
Finest Mixture. Small red, rose and white 
flowers about 34 inch across. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 Pkts. 20c; 1 oz. 35c 
VISCARIA, Rose of Heaven (a) 
A single pink-like flower, free blooming 
making brig’ t clumps in the border. Sow 
in well-drained, loose soil and a sunny or 
half-shady exposure. Fine for edgings, 
pot culture and cutting. March to May 
for summer flowering; September to Oc- 
tober for early spring flowering. 1 foot 
tall. 
Brilliant Mixed. Pink, rose, red, blue, and 
WILLE Ree th ream peer Pkt. 15¢ 
ZINNIAS (a) 
March to July. Zinnias are hot weather 
flowers, bright and colorful in the garden 
and without peer in cut-flower arrange- 
ments. March is early enough to start 
seeds in boxes. When the ground gets 
warm the seeds may be sown where 
plants are to flower. Dig a trench along- 
side the row of plants and let the water 
run slowly for several hours, watering 
only once a week or every two weeks. 
Cultivate after each irrigation to con- 
serve moisture. Blooms from early sum- 
mer till hard frost. 2 to 3 feet. 
TALL LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES 
Super Crown O’Gold. Pastel tints. The very 
finest large flowered zinnia introduced 
since the original dahlia flowered zinnia. 
Pkt. 25c¢; '/s oz. 75¢ 
+++ 
Dahlia Flowered 
Huge, fully double flowers, resembling 
decorative dahlias. 
Canary Bird. Canary yellow. 
Cherry Queen. Very large cherry red. 
Crimson Monarch. Deep crimson. 
Dream. Lavender. 
Exquisite. Light rose. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow. 
Iumination. Deep rose. 
Orange King. Large orange scarlet. 
Oriole. Orange, gold bi-color. 
Polar Bear. White. 
Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. 
All 15¢ Per Pkt. 
Group Collection. All 11 varieties........$1.00 
Gold Medal Mixture..___.. Pkt. 25c; Vs oz. 75¢ 
LILLIPUT OR POMPON TYPE 
Blooms the size of, and resembling pom- 
pon dahlias. Small, round, compact flow- 
ers on strong stems. All shades of pink, 
rose, yellow, lilac, buff, crimson. 
Lilliput Full Color Mixture. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 35c¢ 
FALL PLANTINGS OF FLOWER SEEDS 
In California and other mild sections many kinds of 
flower seeds can be successfully planted right out of 
doors in late fall and early winter and even in early 
spring. 
Last year we planted Baby Blue Eyes, California Poppy 
Dazzler, Chaubaud’s double Carnations, Cynoglossum, 
Godetia, Iceland Poppies, Larkspur, Linaria, Lobelia, 
Nemesia, Phlox, Schizanthus, Virginian Stock, and Vis- 
caria. 
These were all sown out of doors during the months 
of November and December and in spite of the fact 
that last year was extremely wet, all of the above men- 
tioned varieties gave generous blooms during the early 
spring and through most of the summer. 

Some of these varieties were simply stunning. Our Go- 
detias were sown rather thick and attained a height of 
3 to 4 feet. When transplanted from flats they never 
grow much over a foot in height. Our bed of Linaria 
was magnificent and we have never seen a better bed of 
Schizanthus. Larkspur made splendid growth and would 
have been even better had they been thinned at the 
proper time. Viscaria grew perfectly and made a fine 
mass of blooms. All of the various kinds of Phlox grew 
well and bloomed over a long period. The Baby Blue 
Eyes and California Poppy Dazzler grew even better 
than they do in the wild state, the blooms were much 
larger and the colors more intense. We were delighted 
to have Carnations in bloom from early summer until 
December. 
CARL SALBACH 31 
