Platts Select J 

Seeds 
Specialists in America have in recent years greatly improved many of our annuals and perennials 
through scientific plant breeding and selection. 
Continued important developments are sure to be of 
interest. We have given much care to secure these finer strains, and careful comparisons will show they 
are superior to those ordinarily obtainable. We are 
confident that Platt’s Seeds will please both old and 
new customers, for they come from the world’s finest sources of supply. 
Abronia 
Pretty trailing annual; verbena-like heads of 
sweet-scented flowers; very effective in rock work 
or hanging baskets. 
Umbellata. Rosy lilac. White eye. Per pkt., 10c.; 
OZ. 7 5C. 
Abutilon (Flowering Maple) 
A tender perennial shrub, producing bell-shaped 
drooping flowers of various colors. 
Finest Mixed. (Hybridum Maximum). Out 1945. 
Achillea 
“The Pearl” Ptarmica Fl. Pl. Improved. Double 
white, hardy perennial, grown easily from seed, 
blooms first season, if sown early, and continues in 
profusion all summer. Excellent as a cut flower; 
height 2 feet. Out 1945. 
Acroclinium 
Annual, 20 inches high. Flowers everlasting, dou- 
ble, white and rose pink shades. Flowers in six 
weeks from seed. Sensation Giants are a much im- 
proved stock. 
Sensation Giants. 
75c. 
New. Per pkt., 10c.; %-oz., 
Ageratum 
A Mexican flower suitable for bedding or pot 
culture. Blooms continually. Annual. 
Blue Perfection. Large flowered, free blooming, 
deep blue, eight inches. Pkt., 10c.; Special pkt., 25c.; 
oz., $2.00. 
Imperial Dwarf, White. Six inches. Out 1945. 
Blue Ball Improved. Compact, uniform plants, 
five inches high, the richest shade of blue. Ideal for 
edging. Per pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 75c. 
Midget Blue. Three to four inches tall, uniform 
compact plants covered with small azure blue flow- 
ers. Truest and most compact. Silver Medal A. A. 
Selection for 1939. Pkt., 15c.; 4%-oz., $1.35. 
Agrostemma (\ullein Pink) 
An attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, pro- 
ducing flowers on long, slender stems like a single 
pink; blossoms the first season. Foliage silvery 
white. 
Coronaria. (Rose of Heaven). 
Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Alyssum Sweet 
Invaluable plant for edging or 
blooming all summer. Hardy annual. 
Maritimum. Fragrant white; flowers all summer; 
height nine inches; somewhat trailing, suitable for 
broad edges and vases. Pkt., 10c.; Special pkt., 25c.; 
oz., 45c. 
Compactum, Little Gem. Best for general use. 
Grows compact and erect; six inches. Per pkt., 
10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 75c. 
Carpet of Snow. Two to three inches high. Fine 
for edging. Pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 85c. 
Violet Queen. A new, very pretty, bright violet 
alyssum which is a great improvement over Lilac 
Queen, being much deeper in color. The plant is dwarf 
and compact like Little Gem, making it ideal for edg- 
ing or bedding. Height 4 in. Pkt., 10c.; %4-oz., 40c. 
Saxatile Compactum. Single plants produce many 
hundred bright yellow flower-heads; 1 ft. Hardy 
perennial. Pkt., 10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., $1.00. 
Amaranthus 
Ornamental foliage plants of extremely brilliant 
and showy colors. Half-hardy annual. 
Tricolor. (Joseph’s Coat). Leaves yellow, red 
and green. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00. 
Caudatus. (Love Lies Bleeding). Flowers in 
bunches of long, drooping, chenille-like tassels. Per 
ete 10s: 02. 45c; 
Dark blood red. 
ribbon lines, 
