Paul J. Howard's California Flowerland 
FLOWER SEEDS 
DWARF BEDDING DAHLIAS 
As colorful as Zinnias, and just as easy to grow, these bloom for a much 
longer season, producing a brilliant effect in the garden and great masses 
of flowers for cutting. This mixture includes singles and doubles, in all 
shades of red, orange, yellow, rose, pink and orchid tones. Packet 25c. 
Paul J. Howard’s GERANIUMS 
A new gardening thrill. Produce your own new geranium varieties from 
seed. Our California Flowerland Geranium seed is freshly harvested from 
best named varieties and from novelties yet un-named. You will get an 
unlimited variety of fascinating types and colors, including reds, two-toned 
colors, salmon, pink, white and so on. 
Seed germinates readily in a flat of sand, soil and leaf mold, and seedlings 
will soon be ready to transplant to pots or garden. 
7 Generous Packet, $1.00 
Paul J. Howard’s Dwarf Bedding Dahlias, 25c 

BELLS OF IRELAND 
Molucella Laevis. A curious and beautiful plant, very decorative in flower arrangements. Stems 
curve gracefully and are surrounded with flaring, bell-shaped flowers of light green, delicately 
veined. Foliage and flowers have spicy fragrance. Long lasting; blooms from seed. Pkt. 25¢ 
PORTULACA PARANA 
A bed or border of these Portulacas in bloom resembles a shimmering sheet of brilliant silk. 
Flowers completely cover the plants, are three times the size of ordinary Portulacas, and brilliant 
rose in color. These are among the most admired bedding plants at California Flowerland. Pack- 
et 50c. 
Paul J. Howard’s 
SINGLE HYBRID GERBERAS-Transvaal Daisy 
By years of careful selection of the most desirable types and colors, we have developed a 
strain of these marvelous flowers which we believe is beyond compare. Petals are very long, 
narrow and graceful, surrounding the center disc which is very small in proportion to the size of 
flower. Color range includes rich hues of crimson, deep rose, scarlet and orange, as well as 
delicate pastel shades, cream, yellow and pink. In some flowers the discs are of the same hue as 
the petals, in others, of contrasting shade. Packet of 35 seeds, 25c; 100 seeds, 60c. 
PASTEL ZINNIAS 

Our own selection of giant flowered Zinnias, with huge flowers of exquisite pastel shades,— BELLS OF IRELAND 
soft yellow, cream, old gold, pink and salmon shades, also white. Wonderful for massing in the enn 
garden, and for flower arrangements. Pkt. 25c. green, almost arrange themselves. 
interesting flower spikes, all in tones of 
Pastel Zinnias Growing in Our Fields 
PETUNIA-—AII Double Colossal Rose Shades 
All-America Silver Medal Winner, 1945 
The most beautiful, and the largest double petunia yet produced, with petals 
waved, ruffled, fringed or plain, all beautifully formed. Color shades range from 
light and salmon pink to mostly deep pinks and purplish rose tones. Under good 
cultivation, flowers measure from four to five and one-half inches across. Plants are 
of strong growth, about 18 inches tall, with luxuriant foliage and heavy stems. 
Packet $1.00. 
California Flowerland HELIOTROPE 
Our seed comes from our own collection of new and choice varieties, and 
includes all shades of lavender and purple, tall and dwarf. Heliotrope is one of 
our most delightfully fragrant flowers. Packet 50c. 
Everblooming Garden Pinks 
DIANTHUS WINTERI 
A beautiful class of hardy Garden Pinks, compact and bushy, with blue-green 
foliage, producing continuously large fragrant single flowers on tall branching stems. 
They make colorful borders and flower beds, and lovely, long lasting flower arrange- 
ments. Our mixture includes shades of rosy crimson, pink, and white. Packet 50c. 
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