
The Meyer Seed Co. 
Novelties for Your Flower-Garden 
Please read this particular page carefully, because it describes the 
newest and most improved varieties in the Annual Flower line. We are 
sure that you will want to try most of them in your garden this season. 
AGERATUM, MIDGET BLUE 
Silver Medal, 1940. A dwarf, compact plant, 3 to 4 inches tall, covered with rich 
azure-blue flowers. Fine for edging. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON) 
302, ROSALIE. Bronze Medal, 1940. This new variety of the large-flowering type is 
rust-resistant. An outstanding cut-flower. It is best described as intense rose-pink 
with large individual blooms on strong spikes. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
303 SUPER - MAJESTIC RUSTPROOF. Healthy, base-branching plants with Jong 
stems for cutting. A wide range of splendid colors in a superb mixture. Pkt. 15c; 
301 
large pkt. 25c. 
ae ASTERS, EARLY CALIFORNIA GIANTS 
A new early-blooming strain with immense flowers held erect 
on splendid stems. Plants grow 21% to3 feet tall and are generous 
with their superb flowers. 
APPLE BLOSSOM. Dainty shell-pink. Pkt. 15c. 
CRIMSON. Pkt. 15c. 
PURPLE. Dark purplish violet. Pkt. 15c. 
NAVY BLUE. Mid-blue. Pkt. 15c. 
WHITE. Pure white. Pkt. 15c. 
305 MIXED. All the colors. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
ng CMLENDULA, YELLOW COLOSSAL 
Perhaps the largest Calendula ever introduced. Flowers are 
warm golden yellow, noted for their vigorous growth and their 
pleasingly curled petals and compact form. Pkts. 15c and 25c. 
CLEOMIE, PINK QUEEN 
307, Silver Medal. Flowers of this fine Spider Plant open clear 
pink and turn white. Bloom is in 6-inch heads which extend 
themselves as the lower flowers turn into seeds so that It is 
never out of bloom from early summer to frost. Pkt. 25c. 
COSMOS, YELLOW FLARE 
308 Silver Medal. This splendid cutting flower is a golden 
yellow form of the original Orange Flare. Plants grow about 
4 feet tall, come into bloom very early, and bloom profusely 
until late fall. Pkt. 15c. 
DELPHINIUML, PACIFIC GIANTS 
309 
ROUND TABLE SERIES. This represents all the color com- 
binations in this group, the result of some three hundred crosses 
in 1940. The florets are of real exhibition size and the spikes 
are magnificent. Pkt. 25c.; large pkt. 50c. 
IPOMOEA (MORNING-GLORY) 
322 PEARLY GATES. Silver Medal. A sport of the beautiful ° 
Heavenly Blue and like it in every respect except color. 
The 3-inch trumpets of Pearly Gates are satiny white with 
creamy throats. Plant with Heavenly Blue for a picture. Pkt. 15c. 
321 SCARLETT O’HARA. Gold Medal, 1939. This carmine- 
red Morning-Glory is a great addition to our list of climbing 
plants. The vines are vigorous in their growth and the 
flowers are truly spectacular. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 25c. 
ao |) PAIRIKSPUIR, PINK PERFECTION 
This new pink-flowering variety of the Giant Imperial Larkspur 
is worthy a place in everybody’s garden. The large individual 
florets are closely set on long stems. Plants average 3 to 4 feet 
in height. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
Petunia, | 
English 
Violet 

MARIGOLD 
316 FLASH. Silver Medal. Compact plants 18 inches high, with 
flowers 134 inches across, ranging from red through bronze, 
with some yellow. Earliest of all Marigolds. The dwarf 
plants are completely covered with flowers all summer. See 
illustration on third cover. Pkt. (100 seeds) 25c. 
315_ REAL GOLD. Bronze Medal. The largest of all carnation- 
\ flowered Marigolds. Giant exhibition blooms 41% inches 
and more across, very deep and double, golden orange 
illumined with yellow. Plants grow 20 to 25 inches tall—ideal 
for beds and borders. See third cover. Pkt. (100 seeds) 25c. 
320 MISSION GIANTS, GOLDSMITH. Bronze Medal, 1941. 
Beautiful, compact flowers of rich golden orange. The 
plants are strong-growing, branching freely from the base, 
and producing a heavy crop of bloom. See illustration on fourth 
cover. Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 25c. 
MIXED. A fine mixture in orange and yellow tones. Pkt. 15c. 
317 SPRY. Silver Medal, 1941. This prize-winner Is a great 
improvement over the favorite, Harmony. Several rows of 
maroon petals surround a lovely tuft of golden orange. 
Low, bushy plants hidden by masses of bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
PETUNIA 
313. IGLOO. Bronze Medal, 1943. The new extra-compact white 
"AV) Petunia. Its chief advantages are its free-blooming habit 
and its compact and uniform growth. Every plant is a per- 
fect mound of white, 8 to 10 inches high, reminding one of an 
Eskimo igloo. Pkt. 25c. 
314. ENGLISH VIOLET. Honorable Mention, 1943. It is al- 
most the same beautiful color as English violets. AII the 
flowers on a plant are the same shade and hold this uniform 
color from the time they first open until the last bloom. What is 
more, every plant is the same. They normally grow 15 to 18 
inches tall. Pkt. 25c. 
SCABIOSA, BLUE MOON 
312 Honorable Mention, 1939. Here is a new Scabiosa of deep 
Javender-blue. Worthy of attention because of its large, 
almost globular flower-heads. The plants are upright in 
growth and noted for their vigor. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA 
318 BLACK RUBY. Bronze Medal, 1941. Lovely little pom- 
(a) pons of deep velvety maroon. The plants are about 18 
inches tall and come into bloom early. Pkt. 10c. 
319 SUPER CROWN O’GOLD, PASTEL TINTS. This new 
variation in the Zinnia flower is ndeed a welcome and a pleasing 
one. See third cover. Pkt. 10c; Iarge pkt. 25c. 

1-3-5 E. Lombard St., Baltimore 2, Mds — 
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