
3 NORTHRUP. KING & CO..S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 
FLOWER SEEDS 
HE garden seed trade naturally gives first consideration to vegetables, 
since they are classed among life’s necessities—but for all time, flowers 
have supplied one of the greatest pleasures of life and consequently have been 
and will always be in great demand. Everyone who maintains a home with 
even a small yard is a prospect for flower seeds. Dealers will find it profitable 
to push flower seed sales more. Our stocks are obtained, each year, from the 
world’s choicest crops. Each lot is thoroughly tested in our laboratory and 
must meet our high requirements before being offered our dealers. Field tests, 
also, are made in our trial grounds. So far as it is possible we aim to live up to 
our slogan, “No better seeds at any price.” 
Flowers are divided into three classes—Annuals, Biennials and Peren- 
nials. 

Annuals—Plants which, when grown from seed, mature, flower 
and die in one year. This class of flowers is easily raised and adapted 
to special uses such as bedding, borders, backgrounds, rock gardens, 
etc. Many annuals are excellent for cutting—fragrant and colorful. 
May be planted for a succession of bloom all summer. 
Biennials—Plants which live two years, usually blooming only 
during the second year. 
Perennials—Plants which, when grown from seed, usually begin 
blooming the second year, and continue to live and bloom each suc- 
ceeding year. In some instances, these plants bloom the first year, 
from seed. 
The following list comprises the more popular varieties and those we 
put up in lithographed packets to include in our standard seed displays. 
We also carry stocks of hundreds of other lesser known special varieties 
which we send out only on request from our dealers. 
Ageratum (Floss Flower) Blue Perfection (Dwarf) 8 to 10 in. 
A hardy annual growing 8 to 10 inches. One of the best summer blooming plants 
grown from seed. A prolific and constant bloomer even in the hot, dry summer months. 
Used for borders and bedding. Color rich blue. 

A Field of Asters Being Grown for Seed on an American Seed Farm, 
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