of Proven Merit 
Marigold, Mayling 
Soft, fluffy, 3-inch flowers of rich primrose with petals 
frilled and incurved. Plants grow about 2 feet high, 
foliage is odorless and blooming begins early in the 
summer and continues until frost. Stems are 12 to 15 
inches long, making them desirable for cutting. Pkt. 25c. 
Larkspur, Brilliant Rose 
1192 Giant Imperial, Brilliant Rose. 1945 Introduc- 
tion. It is a startling, yet warm color, a deep salmon- 
rose suffused brilliant carmine, a lighter yet more solid 
and clearer color than Carmine King or Dazzler. The 
large, 1ound, fully double flowers are closely packed 
on long tapering spikes. Each plant is neat and com- 
pact and averages 41% feet tall with laterals branching 
from the base in great profusion. Pkt. 25c. 
The Baby Salvia 
(Salvia Microphylla) 
A rare little Mexican salvia of charming coral- 
rose coloring with brown calyx, and buds sub- 
tended by white bracts that drop as the buds 
open. Plants grow uniformly about 16 inches 
high and have many close, upright stems piled 
with rich dark green leaves. The combinations 
of white-bracted buds, carmine-toned flowers and 
rich emerald foliage is most pleasing. Plants may 
be started inside for very early blooming, though 
seeds sown outside where they are to bloom will 
be in flower by mid-July and continue until frost. 
It makes a fine pot plant for house or conserva- 
tory, blooming through much of the year. 
Pkt. 25c. 
6372 Salvia Jurisici. Low rock garden species 
with feathery emerald foliage and spikes of 
pretty violet flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
Verbena, Spitfire 
7445 Verbena, Spitfire is the personification of 
a “Spitfire” in action, radiating its defiance in 
deep scarlet-rose tone in mammoth 314-inch 
flowers. The vigorous plants measure 25 to 30 
inches across, carrying 10 to 12 15-inch flower 
stems, and can be readily used for both bed- 
ding and cutting. It is 100 per cent true to 
color and shows only a trace of an eye in each 
floret, and is the livest color in this group. 
4% oz. 75c; pkt. 25c. 
The Coral Flower 
(Talinum Paniculatum) 
This dainty, easily grown annual has great 
panicles of little rosy pink blossoms and bright 
coral, shiny seed capsules like little beads. The 
many stems grow 30 inches tall from the thick 
succulent decorative basal foliage bearing the 
little 5-pointed blossoms in loose clusters. Plant 
in full sun when the soil gets warm. Pkt. 20c. 
Southern Star 
(Oxypetalum Caeruleum) 
Peacock-blue of silver-veiled pastel coloring 
gives these five-petal, pointed star flowers a most 
delightful effect when large cyme-clusters of up- 
turned stars are open at once. Plants grow to 15 
inches, then arch over as the upturned flowers 
appear and bloom without pause from June to 
mid-October. Used as an outdoor annual but is 
also a splendid pot plant. Pkt. 25c. 

Verbena, Spitfire 






Seeds of Other 
ANNUAL FLOWERS 
Listed on pages 18-39 
Petunia, All-Double, America 

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kK: 
The Baby Salvia 
True Easter Lily 
True Easter Lily 
(Lilium Longifiorum) 
Takesima. Immense trumpets of pure waxy 
white, delightfully perfumed. May be grown 
in pots for Easter as florists. grow it, or used 
as an outdoor lily. At Boston it will need some 
protection in late fall of straw or leaves. Pkt. 
25¢. 
For other lily seed, see page 27. 
Rosy Wings (Othake; Polypteris) 
6222 The silvery pink flowers have very double center with outer petals in w 
same shade. Leaves are narrow and silvery. It should be sown where it will stand, will grow 
in almost any kind of soil and blooms from June until October. 
ing form of the 
Pkt. 20c. 
Petunia, Colossal Shades of Rose 
New All-Double Petunia — All-America Silver Medal Winner for 1946 
75520 Colossal Shades of Rose is the first giant All-Double Petunia ever created 
and the biggest double Petunia ever known, many flowers growing over 5 inches across. 
All are fully double, varying in form from those with crisply fringed petals to those with 
beautifully ruffled petals. This variation in flower form adds interest to a planting as does 
the difference in color, which ranges from salmony pink through rose-pink to deep, rich 
rosy mauve—a most attractive blending of rose shades. Plants are strong growing, 20 inches 
high, spreading as much as 3 feet across and bearing their immense all-double blooms in 
the greatest profusion. Valuable for beds, borders, window boxes and cutting. Pkt. $1.00. 
in America, 

