FLOWER SEEDS : 
ABBREVIATIONS—A. A. S., All-American Seed Selections;B. M., Bronze Medal; S. M., Silver Medal; H. M., Honorable 
Mention; A. M., Award of Merit: (a) annual blooms for one year; (b) biennial blooms for two years; (p) perennial 
blooms the first or second year and continues indefinitely. 
A recent survey by “The American Home” magazine showed that 
84% of those contacted grew flowers in 1941 
91% of those contacted grew flowers in 1942 
95% of those contacted will grow flowers in 1943 
ALSTROEMERIA 
Ligtu—angustifolia hybrids (p) 
New 
These unusually beautiful flowers are both 
gay and attractive in the garden where they 
give in bloom much the effect of deciduous 
azaleas and as cut flowers they keep in fine 
condition for as long as ten days. Their 
parents came from Peru but the strain of- 
fered was bred in England and imported by 
the University of California Botanical Gar- 
den from which we secured our seed. Sow in 
late summer or early fall in flats and trans- 
plant when small or, more easily, sow in the 
open ground where they usually germinate 
in very early spring. They make a growth of 
narrow herbaceous foliage the first year but 
thereafter in June and July the tall stiff 
stems are crowned with large umbels of 
funnel shaped flowers in many shades of 
pink, rose, red, buff and yellows. Once es- 
tablished they are best left alone as their 
deep growing tuberous roots resent moving. 
Successful all along the Pacific Coast and 
in the southeastern states, but not hardy 
in cold climates. The flower heads are often 
10 inches across, bearing up to 50 blossoms 
each. Flower stems 2% to 4 feet high. 
Pkt. 35c 
S 
AGERATUM (a) 
Dwarf all-summer blue annuals producing 
dense heads of fluffy flowers in different 
shades of blue. Used for edgings, bedding, 
rock gardens and pot culture. Grows in sun 
and half shade. Sow early in flats or in the 
open ground, thinning to 4 or 6 inches apart. 
Blue Ball. Deep blue ball-shaped plants, 6 
inches high.......... Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c 
Midget Blue. S. M., A. A. S. 1940. Uniformly 
dwarf, 2 to 3 inches, covered with small 
true ageratum blue flowers. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 60c 
ALYSSUM, Madwort 
One of the daintiest flowers for edgings and 
rock gardens. Sow thickly all the year 
‘round for good masses of bloom and cut 
back after each successive flowering. 
Carpet of Snow (a). 3 inches tall. This alys- 
sum is true to its name as the flowers pro- 
duce a solid mass of white. So short it 
can be planted between stepping stones 
and also grown in pots and window boxes. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 45¢ 
Violet Queen (a). New 6-inch plant, com- 
pact of growth and full of unfading bright 
violet flowers........ Pkt. 15¢; %4 oz. 50c 
ALYSSUM (p) 
Saxatile Compactum (Gold Dust) (p). The 
plants are of spreading growth and coy- 
ered all spring with bright golden flower 
heads. 8 to 10 inches tall. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 40c 
ANTIRRHINUM—See Snapdragon 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine (p) 
A graceful, hardy perennial that grows well 
in part shade. Blooms late in the spring and 
early summer. The long spurred flowers are 
beautiful for cutting. Seeds started in early 
summer will bloom the following spring. 
2 to 3 feet tall. 
Blue Shades. Long spurred. Beautiful clear 
blue. 
Pink Shades. Long spurred. In various 
shades of delicate pink. 
Mixed Hybrids. Orange, pink, rose, white. 
Pkts. of any of the above 25c each; 1/16 
oz. 60c. 
ASTERS (a) 
This Crego wilt resistant strain is one of the 
very finest of the new types of asters, bloom- 
ing from midsummer through the fall. The 
flowers are large, 3 to 5 inches, shaggy and 
long-petalled. Plants 2 feet tall and well 
branched. Start seed February to June and 
set the plants a foot apart in good, loose 
soil. Half or full sun. 
Crego Giants— 
Rose Marie Dark Blue 
Peach Blossom White 
Crimson . Mixed 
Any Pkt. 15¢ 
1 Pkt. each of the five colors, 60c 
AUBRIETIA 
Rainbow Rock Cress (p) 
One of the most colorful, low growing bor- 
der plants. The clear rosy violet and lilac 
masses of bloom in the early spring are 
always exciting. Sow in late summer or fall. 
Full or half sun. 
Large Flowering Hybrids......... Pkt. 15c 
BABY BLUE EYES 
Nemophila Insignis (a) 
Baby Blue Eyes ranks with the California 
poppies as the finest California wild flowers 
for naturalizing, cover-planting with Dutch 
bulbs, window boxes and garden. A quick 
grower and early bloomer. Clear, light blue, 
cup-shaped flowers with white centers and 
lacy green foliage. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 for 20c; 1% oz. 35¢ 
BACHELOR BUTTON 
Centaurea, Corn Flower (a) 
Jubilee Gem. A double dwarf variety for 
front border planting and for cutting. The 
12-inch bushes are covered with deep 
corn-flower blue blossoms. Plant in the 
fall for early spring flowers and in early 
spring for summer flowers....... Pkt. 15c 
BROOM—cytisus (p) 
For Westerners who wish colorful and un- 
usual shrubs, we have secured a limited sup- 
ply of hybrid broom seeds. Can be grown 
on the Pacific Coast and elsewhere, where 
the winters are not too severe. Full color 
assortment, variegated in brilliant shades 
of red, pink, gold, apricot, brown, rose and 
orange. The shrubs grow from four to six 
feet high and are literally covered with 
bright small pea-shaped flowers. Valuable 
shrub for dry banks or large border plant- 
INGS ee vances merece .oea.. Pkt. 50c 
CALENDULA 
Cape or Winter Marigold (a) 
Calendulas are the winter standby for flow- 
ers in the garden or house. Plant any time 
in full sun. 
Campfire Improved. Florists’ strain. Large, 
dark orange with scarlet sheen, extra long 
SUGINS Sosa cee he aeons eae ea eee Pkt. 15c 
Chrysantha (Sunshine). Clear buttercup 
yellow, incurved petals, long stems. 
Pkt. 15¢ 
New Glowing Gold. Clear bright golden 
yellow. Blooms of good size. Free bloomer. 
A splendid new calendula........ Pkt. 25c 
Orange King. Florists’ strain. Deep orange 
red, dark center. Long stems..... Pkt. 10c 
Yellow Colossal. New. Extra large Chrys- 
antha type, 442 inches across. ...Pkt. 15c 

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