16 Hummert’s Highest Quality Flower SEEDS for Florists 


Steele’s Pansies 
SELECTED PETUNIAS 
Our Petunia seeds are of the finest quality, 
grown by the best growers in California, from 
selected plants, and are hand pollenized; no 
matter how careful the selection, you sometimes 
will find a few plants which revert to the old 
type; these usually bloom first. This is a natural 
habit of Petunias. 
Colossal Shades of Rose 
(All-America Silver Medal 1945) { 
The first Giant All-Double Petunia produced 
in America. These giant double blooms are up 
to 5 inches or more across on vigorous compact 
plants, and are especially valuable for pot plants. 
This blend of colors comes in rich rose shades, 
from salmon-pink through rosy pink. Tr. pkt., 
500 seeds, $3.00. 
All-Double America 
America is the all-double type, of medium size, 
100 per cent Carnation-flowered, and rose-pink 
in color. An abundant bloomer from early sum- 
mer to frosts; for bedding and pots. Uniform 
and true. Tr. pkt., $2.00. 
SINGLE PETUNIAS 
Dwarf Giants of California 
Supreme Florist Strain 
A dwarf sturdy growing type especially suited to pot 
culture. Flowers are beautifully ruffled and fringed with 
open well marked throats. This dwarf class makes par- 
ticularly fine 3 and 4-inch pot plants for spring business. 
Seed for this purpose should be sown in January. 
Dwarf Giants of California Select Mixed. This is the 
best strain of giant-flowered Petunias in existence 
for pot culture and bedding. The plants are bushy, 
grow about 12 inches high and produce their im- 
mense flowers freely and in a wonderful variety of 
colors. 1% tr. pkt., 60c; tr. pkt., $1.00; 1/32 oz., 
$3.50; 14 oz., $12.50. 
Dwarf Giants of California, Ramona Strain, Dark and 
Light Shades. A dwarf sturdy growing type especially 
suited to pot culture. Flowers are beautifully ruffled 
and fringed with open, well marked throats. 1% tr. 
pkt., 60c; tr. pkt., $1.00; 1/32 oz., $3.50. 
Miracle Mixed. The flowers are of 
excellent substance, very attrac- 
tive colors. Tr. pkt., 50c; 16 0z., 
$1.25; 44 oz., $2.25; oz., $7.50. 
Super Swiss “400” Mixed. Grand 
in size, form, color and substance, 
in red, gold, rose, blue, violet, 
bordered, blotched and _ beauti- 
fully marked. 
compact. Tr. pkt., 50c; 46 02z., 
$1.25; 14 02z., $2.50; oz., $9.00. 
Jumbo Mixed. This superb strain Ir. 
of Pansies is of largest size, richest 
and most varied colors. Most de- 
sirable for cutting; ideal for sell- pkt., 50c; 16 oz., $1.25; 4 0oz., 
ing in baskets. Tr. pkt., $1.00; $2.35 
14 oz., $2.25; 
14 oz., $7.50; 1 0z., $14.00. 
Plants 
GIANT PANSIES 
STEELE’S GIANTS 
SEPARATE COLORS 
Adonis. Light blue and lavender 
shades. Tr. pkt., 50c; 46 o02z., 
$1.25; 14 oz., $2.35. 
Coronation Gold. Dwarf, large 
flowered golden yellow. Tr. pkt., 
50c; 14 oz., $1.25; 14 oz., $2.50. 
Gorgeous, Swiss Type. Finest all 
red. Tr. pkt., 75 16 0z.,.5 12527 
14 oz., $3.00. 
Grand Duke Michel. 
pkt., 50c; 607. 
14 oz., $2.35. 
Madame Steele. Royal purple. Tr. 
low and 
Pure white. 
$1.25; 
Mile. Irene. Copper-red. Tr. pkt., 
$4.00; 
50c; 16 0z., $1.25; 14 oz., $2.50. 
14 o2z., 

Dwarf California Giants 
Large-Flowering Ruffled Grandiflora 
Generally more robust than the fringed and larger 
flowered—excellent for bedding. Flowers 3 to 4 inches 
in width. Height, 12 inches. Tr.pkt. 1/3202. 
Elk’s Pride. Largest and best velvety pur- 
plevt a Poe eee $0.50 $1.75 
Dwarf Pink Glory. Extra large flowered 
bright ‘carmine-rosey. «2 ee SOREELzS 
Giant Steel Blue. Light bluish white with 
dark i-veinsi 3,9, eee eee 50 1.50 
Pride of Portland. A shade lighter than 
Pink Triumph, with a white throat and 
somewhat more dwark. sas. as aeee 0 Seen 
Romany Lass. Deep crimson, deeper 
throat. ios 2 te ee ee eee 50 2.00 
White Cloud. An effective all purpose 
dwarf white with nicely ruffled flowers. 
Particularly well liked for pot work .. .50 = 1.75 
White Queen. A fine white, dwarf, com- 
pact- excellent’ variety uni. s eee 30) 2.50 
Ruffled Grandiflora Fine Mixed ........ 50 2.00 
Fringed? \Choice: mixed 2... hie an eee 50: 421,50 

