FLOWER SEEDS 
ABBREVIATIONS —A. A. S., All-American Seed Selection; B. M., Bronze 
Medal; S. M., Silver Medal; H. M., Honorable Mention; A. M. Award of Merit; 
(a), annual, blooms for one year; (b), biennial, blooms for two years; 
(p), perennial, blooms the first or second year and continues indefinitely. 
AGERATUM (a) 
Dwarf all-summer blue annuals producing 
dense heads of fluffy flowers in different 
Shades of blue. Used for edgings, bedding, 
rock gardens and pot culture. Grows in sun 
and half shade. Sow early in flats or in the 
open ground, thinning to 4 or 6 inches apart. 
Blue Ball. Deep blue ball-shaped plants, 6 
inches highs ie Pkt. 15c 
Midget Blue. S. M., A. A. S. 1940. Uniformly 
dwarf, 2 to 3 inches, covered with small 
true ageratum blue flowers...... Pkt. 25c 
ALYSSUM, Madwort 
One of the daintiest flowers for edgings and 
rock gardens. Sow thickly all the year 
round for good masses of bloom and cut 
back after each successive flowering. 
Carpet of Snow (a). 3 inches tall. This alys- 
sum is true to its name as the flowers pro- 
duce a solid mass of white. So short it 
can be planted between stepping stones 
and also grown in pots and window boxes. 
Pkt. 15c 
Violet Queen (a). New 6-inch plant, com- 
pact of growth and full of unfading bright 
Violet: Nlowerssn..nccee eee Pkt. 15c 
ALYSSUM (p) 
Saxatile Compactum (Gold Dust) (p). The 
plants are of spreading growth and cov- 
ered all spring with bright golden flower 
heads. 8 to 10 inches tall.......... Pkt. 10c 
ANTIRRHINUM—See Snapdragon 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine (p) 
A graceful, hardy perennial that grows well 
in part shade. Blooms late in the spring and 
early summer. The long spurred flowers are 
beautiful for cutting. Seeds started in early 
summer will bloom the following spring. 
2 to 3 feet tall. 
Blue Shades. Long spurred. Beautiful clear 
blue. 
Pink Shades. Long spurred. In various 
shades of delicate pink. 
Mixed Hybrids. Orange, pink, rose, white. 
Pkts. of any of the above, 25c each 
ASTERS (a) 
This Crego wilt resistant strain is one of the 
very finest of the new types of asters, bloom- 
ing from midsummer through the fall. The 
flowers are large, 3 to 5 inches, shaggy and 
long-petalled. Plants 2 feet tall and well 
branched. Start seed February to June and 
set the plants a foot apart in good, loose 
soil. Half or full sun. 
Crego Giants— 
Rose Marie 
Peach Blossom 
Crimson 
Dark Blue 
White 
Mixed 
Any Pkt. 15c 
1 Pkt. each of the five colors, 60c 
AUBRIETIA 
Rainbow Rock Cress (p) 
One of the most colorful, low growing bor- 
der plants. The clear rosy violet and lilac 
masses of bloom in the early spring are 
always exciting. Sow in late summer or fall. 
Full or half sun. 
Large Flowering Hybrids......... Pkt. 15¢ 
BABY BLUE EYES 
Nemophila Insignis (a) 
Baby Blue Eyes ranks with the California 
poppies as the finest California wild flowers 
for naturalizing, cover-planting with Dutch 
bulbs, window boxes and garden. A quick 
grower and early bloomer. Clear, light blue, 
cup-shaped flowers with white centers and 
lacy green foliage........ Pkt. 10c; 3 for 20c 
BACHELOR BUTTON 
Centaurea. Corn Flower (a) 
Jubilee Gem. A double dwarf variety for 
front border planting and for cutting. The 
12-inch bushes are covered with deep 
corn-flower blue blossoms, Plant in the 
fall for early spring flowers and in early 
spring for summer flowers....... Pkt. 15c 
BROOM—cytisus (p) 
For Westerners who wish colorful and un- 
usual shrubs, we have secured a limited sup- 
ply of hybrid broom seeds. Can be grown 
on the Pacific Coast and elsewhere, where 
the winters are not too severe. Full color 
assortment, variegated in brilliant shades 
of red, pink, gold, apricot, brown, rose and 
orange. The shrubs grow from four to six 
feet high and are literally covered with 
bright small pea-shaped flowers. Valuable 
shrub for dry banks or large border plant- 
LES Faceve celeron elie or ensiei ays etotoust easiness Pkt. 50c 
CALENDULA 
Cape or Winter Marigold (a) 
Calendulas are the winter standby for flow- 
ers in the garden or house. Plant any time 
in full sun. 
Campfire Sensation. Florists’ strain. Large, 
dark orange with scarlet sheen, extra long 
SLOMS 55/2 Sate core eee eerer kero ere totetenets Pkt. 15¢ 
Chrysantha (Sunshine). Clear buttercup 
yellow, incurved petals, long stems. 
Pkt. 15c 
New Glowing Gold. Clear bright golden 
yellow. Blooms of good size. Free bloomer. 
A splendid new calendula........ Pkt. 25c 
Orange Fantasy. Florists’ strain. Deep 
orange red, dark center. Long stems. 
Pkt. 10c 
Yellow Colossal. New. Extra large Chrys- 
antha type, 4% inches across. ...Pkt. 15¢ 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
Eschscholtzia (a) 
The most colorful of all the California wild 
flowers and especially suitable for wild 
flower planting and for hillsides. The seed 
should be scattered broadcast. Grows 8 
inches to 10 inches high. 
True California Poppy (Copa de Oro). The 
cups of gold the early gold seekers found 
on the California hills and plains. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 for 20c 
Dwarf Hybrids Mixed. New colors, soft pink, 
scarlet, chrome, copper and red. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c 
CAMPANULA 
Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells (b). Cup 
shaped with a saucer-shaped calyx. Mixed 
colors. If sown in late summer will flower 
in the spring. 2 to 2% feet........ Pkt. 10c 
Annual Canterbury Bells (a). Mixed colors. 
Sow in February for summer blooms. 
Dot OCU Sita etait oe uchenciocr eee Pkt. 10c 
CANDYTUFT 
Umbellata Dwarf Hybrids (a) 
Low growing plants producing clusters of 
small fragrant flowers. Desirable for edg- 
ings, bedding and cutting. 6 inches high. 
Til G, cists sib ore eoete eau kcteermet ore ere Pkt. 15c 
PROSGSa a espoare's es niche Seeder eee Pkt. 15c 
CENTAUREA—See Bachelor’s Button. 
CARNATION (p) 
Carnations are valued almost as much for 
their spicy fragrance as for beauty of bloom. 
Seeds may be started any time and make 
18-inch to 24-inch plants. 
Chabaud’s Giant Double Mixed. Flowers are 
2 inches to 2% inches across and very 
abundant. The plants bloom almost con- 
tinuously and begin to flower 5 months 
from planting. Colors, red, white, yellow 
and. pinks Mixed sonlysme-r eee Pkt. 15¢ 

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*CARL SALBACH+ 
