
GIGANTEA MARIGOLD 
DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE. The dwarf 
French marigolds are symmetrical plants 
of dwarf, compact habit with a wide range 
of colors. They have a long blooming sea- 
son, and are splendid for borders and 
edgings. 
Scarlet Glow. All-America Award for 
1941. The largest and brightest red dwarf 
French marigold. Flowers are bronzy red, 
some shaded russet and gold. Compact 
DIAL LS MLOMNCHES a1. coeraatctaeice.e 0 «0 Pkt. 25c 
Yellow Pigmy. Light lemon yellow, dwarf 
and compact tiny flowers. Lilliput type of 
bloom, 1 inch in diameter. Free flower- 
TIO OMMNCIICS aieic tests: cers e stored es ere eas Pkt. 15c 
Harmony Hybrid Mixture. Dwarf and dou- 
ble. Flowering two and a half months 
after seed sowing. No strong marigold 
odor. Color range, orange, golden yellow 
and maroon, solid colors, and blotched 
and striped combinations. All the crested 
centers with broad guard petals. .Pkt. 15c 
PANSY, Heartease (a) 
The best known and most popular of all the 
garden flowers. Pansies bloom more freely 
in the sun but bloom longer in half shade 
and have longer stems. The soil should be 
loose, rich and well drained. Frequent feed- 
ing induces giant blooms. The old flowers 
should be cut off. Start the seeds in flats, 
fall or spring. 
Pansy “Best-by-Test” Strain. Several years 
ago we carried on a very thorough test of 
pansy seed which we acquired from vari- 
ous pansy growers and selected for listing 
a strain that seemed to us to be the best. 
Each year since we have continued these 
tests. In addition to this we visited many 
seed farms where we saw various strains 
growing. As a result we again offer our 
first choice as our “Best-by-Test” pansy 
strain. The blooms are very large and of 
fine substance, and are produced in great 
abundance on plants that make very uni- 
form growth. The colors are especially 
clear and rich and there is a well-bal- 
anced color range. 
Pkt. 40c; 3 Pkts. $1.00; 1/16 oz. $2.00 
PENTSTEMON, Beard Tongue (p) 
A fast-growing plant with large tubular 
flowers like foxglove. Colors range from 
light pink and rose to mauve and violet, 
the lighter colors predominating. Bloom 
from May to fall and can be cut back for 
next year’s flowering. 2 feet high. Grow in 
sun or part shade and grow best in light 
re soil. Best started in flats in spring 
or fall. 
Gloxinia Flowered Hybrids. A new giant 
MOWELed Strain arene ee Pkt. 25c 
POPPY 
See California Poppy, Iceland Poppy, or 
Shirley Poppy. 
RANUNCULUS 
Persian Buttercup (p) 
Tecolote Giants. A bright, showy flower, 
usually grown from tubers, but actually 
more satisfactory from seed, as the latter 
are disease resistant. One packet does the 
work of dozens of bulbs. Yellow, red, scar- 
let, orange, white and other rich autumn 
colors, 2 to 2% inches and very double. If 
started in flats in August to December 
will bloom the following spring. Likes 
well-drained, moist soil and a shady loca- 
Lionas ZitOntomnchesitallee see Pkt. 50c 
SCHIZANTHUS 
Poor Man’‘s Orchid (a) 
A half hardy annual with fern-like foliage 
and a myriad of little butterfly flowers. 
Largely grown in pots, but they make light 
and graceful additions to the garden; out- 
doors they are more compact in growth. 
They are long-lasting and make attractive 
corsages. Start in flats July to September— 
February to July. In mild climate sow out 
of doors in fall or early spring. 1 to 1% feet. 
Giant Flowered Hybrids. An extra select 
large flowering compact strain containing 
a perfect blend of many colors....Pkt. 25c 
SHIRLEY POPPY (a) 
Sow in October to May where they are to 
flower. Thin to 6 inches apart. 2% feet tall. 
Double Mixed. Reselected strain which 
produces practically all double begonia 
blooms with full range of colors found in 
all the best blends of Shirley Poppy. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c 
VIRGINIAN STOCK 
French Forget-Me-Nots (a) 
A hardy annual that can be sown in the 
open ground at frequent intervals through 
spring, summer and autumn. In California 
autumn sowings do best. Blooms in 60 to 90 
days. Dwarf compact little plants. Fine for 
edgings and ground cover. 6 inches. 
Finest Mixture. Small red, rose and white 
flowers about % inch across. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 Pkts. 20c; 1 oz. 35c 
VISCARIA, Rose of Heaven (a) 
A single pink-like flower, free blooming, 
making bright clumps in the border. Sow 
in well-drained, loose soil and a sunny or 
half-shady exposure. Fine for edgings, pot 
culture and cutting. March to May for sum- 
mer flowering; September to October for 
early spring flowering. 1 foot tall. 
Brilliant Mixed. Pink, rose, red, blue, and 
WAILCoee et ete ere ioe Pkt. 15¢ | 
SNAPDRAGON, Antirrhinum (p) 
One of the best cut flowers. Grows best in 
rather light soil in a sunny location, and 
though perennials they are best treated as 
annuals. For early flowering, sow in the fall 
in flats and protect trom frost. 2 to 3 feet. 
Maximum Grandiflorum 
Rust-Resistant 
Alaska. Pure white. 
Ceylon Court. Yellow. 
Campfire. Luminous scarlet. 
Copper King. Copper red. 
Loveliness. Soft rose pink. 
Pink Glory. New. Large flowered and heavy 
spiked. Fine deep salmon rose. 
Rosalie. 1940. A new color in snapdragons, 
a deep rich rose with an underlying tone 
of topaz. Base branching, 6 to 8. long 
flower spikes. 
Pkt. each 15c 
Group collection, one packet each (7) ex- 
seme del cose uno noweleOo cn OKaOCOr 85c 
California Giants Exquisite Mixed. : 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c 
SWEET PEAS (a) 
Sweet Peas do best where the nights are 
cool and days moderately warm. Plant in 
open, sunny location, in deep rich soil, which 
must be well drained. Cover with 1 inch of 
fine soil. Do not water till all the seeds are 
up 1% inch out of the ground, then water 
freely twice a week. If not sown in the fall, 
sow as early as the ground can be prepared 
in the spring. The varieties listed have the 
largest and best formed flowers, the longest 
and strongest stems and the most desirable 
blooming and growing habits. 
Giant Spencer (Waved and Frilled) 
Ambition. Lavender lilac. 
Amethyst. Clear amethyst blue. 
Brilliant Rose. Tyrian rose suffused bronze. 
Melody. Golden salmon and pink on cream 
ground. 
Pinnacle. Deep rose-pink. 
Red Boy. Bright deep crimson. 
Ruffled White. Pure white, ruffled and du- 
plexed. 
Smiles. Salmon to shrimp pink. 
Pkt., each 15c 
Sweet Pea Collection. One packet each of 
theveloht colorscapeasc ote enn 85c 
Giant Ruffled Mixture. Flowers large and so 
much ruffled that they appear double. 
Includes many named varieties as well 
as many other colors of which there is 
not, as yet, sufficient stock to offer sepa- 
TALC]V Ps retnersreicctvepeichaevortsieiesrae's ei Pkt. 25c 
VIOLA (a) 
Like small pansies but blooming more freely 
and for a longer time. Do best in full sun. 
Start seed from August to March. 4 to 6 
inches. 
Brilliant Mixture. A new strain that is much 
brighter, gayer, larger, and generally im- 
proved. Far ahead of any other viola 
strain that we have seen........ Pkt. 15¢ 
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*CARL SALBACH*+ 
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