The Meyer Seed Co. 
Novelties for Your Flower-Garden 
Please read this particular page carefully, because it describes the 
newest and most improved varieties in the Annual Flower line. We are 
sure that you will want to try most of them in your garden this season. 
AGERATUM, MIDGET BLUE 


301 ¥ 
Silver Medal, 1940. A dwarf, compact plant, 3 to 4 inches tall, covered with rich 
azure-blue flowers. Fine for edging. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON) 
302, ROSALIE. Bronze Medal, 1940. This new variety of the large-flowering type is 
rust-resistant. An outstanding cut-flower. It is best described as intense rose-pink 
with large individual blooms on strong spikes. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
303 SUPER - MAJESTIC RUSTPROOF. Healthy, base- branching plants with long 
stems for cutting. A wide range of splendid colors in a superb mixture. Pkt. 15c; 
large pkt. 25c. 
ASTERS 
304 Giants of California 
A strain with immense flowers held erect on splendid stems. Plants grow 24% to 
3 feet tall and are generous with their superb flowers. 
CARMINE-ROSE. DARK PURPLE. WHITE. 
MIXED and all the colors. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
305 Princess Wilt-Resistant 
A very attractive new cutting type of wilt-resistant Aster, 
2 to 2% feet tall, branching and free flowering. An early bloomer 
bearing quantities of 3 to 34-inch flowers on strong stems. Flow- 
ers have a full deep crested center, surrounded by several rows 
of dainty plume-like guard petals. 
ANNE. Peach-blossom. GOLDEN SHEAF. Yellow self. 
BARBARA. Orchid. MARSHA. Rich cinnabar-scarlet. 
BONNIE. Soft salmon-rose. FINEST MIXED. ~ 
Any of above, pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 25c 
nog CALENDULA, YELLOW COLOSSAL 
Perhaps the largest Calendula ever introduced. Flowers are 
warm golden yellow, noted for their vigorous growth and their 
pleasingly curled petals and compact form. Pkts. 15¢ and 25c. 
CLEOME, PINK QUEEN 
307. Silver Medal. Flowers of this fine Spider Plant open clear 
pink and turn white. Bloom is in 6-inch heads which extend 
themselves as the lower flowers turn into seeds so that it is 
never out of bloom from early summer to frost. Pkt. 25c. 
COSMOS, YELLOW FLARE 
308 Silver Medal. This splendid cutting flower is a golden 
yellow form of the original Orange Flare. Plants grow about 
4 feet tall, come into bloom very early, and bloom profusely 
until Jate fall. Pkt. 15c. 
DELPHINIUM, PACIFIC GIANTS 
ROUND TABLE SERIES. This represents all the color com- 
binations in this group, the result of some three hundred crosses 
in 1940. The florets are of real exhibition size and the spikes 
are magnificent. Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 50c. 
DIANTHUS HEDDENSIS 
311 Westwood Beauty 
Single flowers from 114 to 244 inches across, deeply laciniated, 
in shades of crimson and scarlet. Some have white edgings. 
Stems 16 inches Iong, fine for cutting. Pkt. 15c; Jarge pkt. 25c. 
IPOMOEA (MORNING-GLORY) 
322. PEARLY GATES. Silver Medal. A sport of the beautiful 
Heavenly Blue and like it in every respect except color. 
The 3-inch trumpets of Pearly Gates are satiny white with 
creamy throats. Plant with Heavenly Blue for a picture. Pkt. 15c. 
321. SCARLETT O’HARA. Gold Medal, 1939. This carmine- 
red Morning-Glory is a great addition to our list of climbing 
/ plants. The vines are vigorous in their growth and the 
flowers are truly spectacular. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 25c. 

LIGHT BLUE. 

317 Marigold, Spry. Pkt. 15c 
LARKSPUR 
310 PINK PERFECTION. Plants average 3 to 4 feet in height. 
Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
310A ROSE KING. The latest addition of the Giant Imperial 
Larkspur family. Exquisite rose color. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
MARIGOLD 
316 FLASH. Silver Medal. Compact plants 18 inches high, with 
\ flowers 134 inches across, ranging from red through bronze, 
with some yellow. Pkt. (100 seeds) 25c. 
315_ REAL GOLD. Bronze Medal. The largest of all carnation- 
flowered Marigolds. Giant exhibition blooms 414 inches 
and more across, very deep and double, golden orange 
illumined with yellow. Plants grow 20 to 25 inches tall—ideal 
for beds and borders. Pkt. (100 seeds) 25c. 
320 MISSION GIANTS, GOLDSMITH. Bronze Medal, 1941. 
“A\) Beautiful, compact flowers of rich golden orange. The 
plants are strong-growing, branching freely from the base, 
and producing a heavy crop of bloom. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
MIXED. A fine mixture in orange and yellow tones. Pkt. 15c. 
317 SPRY. Silver Medal, 1941. This prize-winner is a great 
improvement over the favorite, Harmony. Several rows of 
maroon petals surround a lovely tuft of golden orange. 
Pee pushy plants hidden by masses of bloom. See Third Cover. 
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313 PETUNIA 
(Ayo Eee: Every plant is a perfect mound of white, 8 to 
10 inches high, reminding one of an Eskimo igloo. Pkt. 25c. 
314 ENGLISH VIOLET. All the flowers on a plant are the 
same shade and hold this uniform color from the time they 
first open until the Iast bloom. What is more, every plant is 
the same. They normally grow 15 to 18 inches tall. Pkt. 25c. 
SCABIOSA, BLUE MOON 
312, Honorable Mention, 1939. Here is a new Scabiosa of deep 
lavender-blue. Worthy of attention because of its large, 
almost globular flower-heads. The plants are upright in 
growth and noted for their vigor. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA 
318 NEW CUPID, FINEST MIXED. Small, button-like flow- 
ers. Well-formed, very free-flowering plants. 1 ft. Pkt. 15c; 
large pkt. 25c. 
319 SUPER CROWN O’GOLD, PASTEL TINTS. This new 
variation in the Zinnia flower is indeed a welcome and a pleasing 
one. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 25c. 

1-3-5 E. Lombard St., Baltimore 2, Md: 
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