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“Shumway’s 
Good Seeds 
A World Renowned 
Sweet Peas 
2462 Shumway’s World’s Famous 
Mixture of Giant Orchid or Spencer 
Flowered Finest Mixed Colors 
I have spared no expense or effort in 
producing this special mixture of 
Spencer’s Sweet Peas. It contains 
proper proportions of all the 
Early and Giant Flowered va- 
rieties offered. You will find it 
produces new and exquisite colors 
and shades including apricot, lav- 
ender, dark and light blue, vari- 
ous tints of pinks and scarlets, 
striped and mottled sorts, dark ma- 
roons, ete. Colors properly blended to 
give a rainbow of color in your gar- 
den. It is far superior to seed grown 
as mixture in the field. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
0z., 20 cts.; 4 lb., 60 cts.; % Ib., $1.00; 
Ib., $1.75. 























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2465 Shumway’s Supreme Mixture 
of Spencer Hybrids 
This is a well balanced mixture of standard leading 
varieties of Spencer or Giant Orchid-Flowered Sweet 
Peas. This seed is grown in mixture in the field and 
will give you excellent satisfaction. Pkt., 9 cts.; 0z., 15 
cts.; 14 Ib., 40 cts.; % lb., 70 cts.; lb., $1.25. 
2463 Choice Mixture of Grandiflora Types 
Very hardy outdoor type that stands attacks of in- 
sects and hot weather better than Spencer Flowers. 
Smaller than Spencers. We make up this mixture by 
combining carefully considered proportions of separate 


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ae Finest 
- Mixture named varieties, each the very choicest of its class. No- 
a bbe where else can one procure a more magnificent mixture. 
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Pkt., 7 cts.; 0z., 12 cts.; %4 lb., 35 cts.; 2 Ib., 65 cts.; 
slats Ib., $1.10. 
2484 Shumway’s Gigantic Verbenas 
A Glorious Mixture of Large 
Flowering Annual Varieties 
The flowers are, as the name indi- 
cates, gigantic, with white eye, the reds 
being particularly attractive. For bed- 
ding nothing in the list is more satis- 
factory. Continuous bloomers all sum- 
mer long. Pkt., 10 cts.; Y%4 0z:, 50 cts.; 
14 0z., 90 cts.; oz., $1.65. 







2481 Defiance Intense Red. Pkt., 10 cts. 
2482 Blues Shades. Pkt., 10 cts. 
2483 Mayflower-Pink Shades, Pkt., 10c. 
2486 Carmine Ball—1934. Introduction 
—A Blaze of Fire. Pkt., 15 cts. 










2487 Citriodora (Lemon-Scented Ver- 
bena). An old favorite with fragrant 
evergreen leaves. It is a low-growing 
tender plant and may be grown in the 
garden in summer and in pots in winter 
and the leaves dried and laid among 
linens. Pkt., 15 cts. 


2485 New Verbena Beauty of Oxford 2491 
Hybrids ; 
A beautiful giant hybrid raised from a cross between Ver- Violets 
- bena Luminosa and Beauty of Oxford. It inherits. a touch : 
of salmon pink from Luminosa which gives a lovely soften- Sweet Scented 
ing effect to the sometimes harsh coloring of Beauty of 
Oxford. The color shades from clear Rose-Pink to Rose-Red, The Czar— 
making this the brightest Rose Verbena ever produced from | Dark Blue— 
seed. The individual florets measure over one inch in diam- at 
eter. The foliage is a daik cress green. Pkt., 15 cts. ingle 
(Perennial.) 
Every garden 
should include 
some of these 
large-flowered, 
sweet-scented Violets. 
They bloom freely 
throughout the spring 
and again in the fall. 
Pkt., 15 cts. 




glossy, laurel-like 
and large, round, 

Viola Cornuta 
Tufted Pansies (Annual) 
beds and _ borders. 
bloom so freely that many 
consider them superior 
where a mass of color is 
desired. The season is long 
and colors particularly 
clear and distinct. 
2489 Choicest mixed. Pkt., 
12 cts. 
2490 G. Wermig — Violet 
Blue. Pkt., 12 cts. 


blue flowers. A 8 


; New Verbena 
a7 Of Oxford 22 seed, Pkt., 12 cts. 
2493 Vinca or 
Periwinkle, Mixed 
Erect, bushy plants with 
leaves 
single 
blooms, 144 in. across. One 
of the most attractive 
long-blooming plants for 
Never 
out of bloom all summer 
and fall. Never troubled 
These cousins of the] by insects or disease. “Fool 
larger flowered? pansy | Proof.” 1% ft. May also 
be grown in pots; lovely 
for cutting. Pkt., 15 cts. 
2492 Veronica 
Spicata. Speedwell. 
A hardy herbaceous peren- 
nial belonging to the Fox- 
glove family. Height 2 
feet, small spikes of rich 
howy 
plant for sunny borders. 
Very easy to grow from 
2329 
Coronation Gold NEW A N S | E; S 
Grow Them In Your Garden This Year 
—1938 All America Award 
Large blooms, 3 _ inches 
across, canary yellow with 
the lower petals flushed 
golden orange. Flowers are 
round, with lightly ruffled 
edges, having a mild spicy 
scent. Very effective in beds 
or borders and especially so 
when planted in masses 
either alone or with other 
colors. Stems are long so that 
the flowers are highly prized 
for cutting. Pkt., 25 cts.; 3 for 
60 cts. 
2328 
Super Maple 
Leaf Mixed 
A new and very distinct 
type. Plants are of compact 
habit, with giant attractive 
leaves. The flowers are often 
up to 4 inches across, of won- 
derful substance and fine 
form. The color .range is 
marvelous, including both 
light and bright shades in 
addition to the dark rich 
velvety colors that are typi- 
cal of Pansies. Pkt., 35 cts.; 
1/16 oz., $1.25. 

ies,’” 
pale yellow 
The plants 
September. 
a Perennial 
places but 
15c. 
2474 Texas Blue Bonnet 
Free flowering, easily grown annuals, with 
long, graceful spikes of rich blue pea shaped 
flowers. The fine, dark glossy foliage makes 
an admirable foil and background, valuable 
for mixed borders, beds and for cutting; pre- 
fers a little shade. Height 2 ft. Pkt., 10 
cts.; oz., 25 cts. 
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Popularly known 
as “Torch  Lil- 
Red Hot 
Poker and Flame 
Flowers. 
duces the bright- 
est flowers for the 
autumn garden, The 
range in color is from 
to orange 
and from salmon-pink, 
coral red, to crimson. 
height from 2 to 3 feet, 
blooming in August and 
Considered 
in 
cold localities, roots 
should be dug in the 
fall and stored in sand 
for transplanting the 
following spring. Pkt. 



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2328—Super Maple Leaf 
Mixed 
2464 Everlasting Sweet Peas 
Lathyrus Latifolius 
Perfectly hardy perennial. Handsome, 
free-blooming climber with clusters of 
elegant Sweet-Pea-like blossoms which 
are produced in greatest profusion. 
They come up year after year and 
also bloom. earlier than _ other 
Sweet Peas. Especially suitable for 
covering arbors and trellises. Choice 
Mixed, All Colors. Pkt., 15 cts.; %4 oz., 
35 cts.; % oz., 60 cts.; oz.,.$1.00. 

2477 Thunbergia 
Black-Eyed Susan Vine 
Choicest, Mixed. A splendid annual 
climber for hanging baskets and ground 
coverings. Showy, yellow and orange flow- 
ers, some with velvety black center. Pkt., 10 
cts.; %4 oz., 30 cts. = 



2476 Trumpet Creeper 
Bignonia Radicans. Hard erennial 
climber. 15 to 20 ft. Dipnaae apne 
and fall. One of the best showy flowering 
vines. The blossoms, which are produced 
in profusion, are large, trumpet-shaped, 
and scarlet-orange with orange throats 
The foliage is light green. Pkt., 15 cts. 



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2488 New African Daisy 
Annual. The plants grow 2 to 8 ft. tall 
and bear many large, Daisy-like blooms 38 to 
4 in. across. The ray-petals are brilliant 
orange with a purple-black zone and a 
unique center of woolly green. Pkt., 25 cts.; 
Jig 0z., 90 cts.: We oz., $1.50. 
Blue. 
Wallfiower 
2497 Double Early Wonder 
Wallflower (Goldlack) 
Very beautiful annual for pot culture and 
outdoor bedding. Fragrant blooms on 1% 
ft. stems. Easy to grow. 
2497 Double Early Wonder Supreme Mixed. 
Comes into bloom within five months after 
sowing. Includes canary-yellow, golden yel- 
low flaked with brown, and various shades 
of mahogany. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4% oz., 35 ets.3 
% oz., 60 cts. 
2498 Single Early Choice Mixed. A fine 
plant, coming into bloom in 4 to 5 months 
after seed is sown. The colors represented 
include creamy white, golden yellow, light 
brown, blood and mahogany. Lovely single, 
sweet-scented flowers. Pkt., 7 cts.; %4 oz., 20 
ets.; Y% oz., 35 cts. 





























