ABBREVIATIONS — A. A. S., All-American Seed Selections; 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 Nish neces rere cw 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 
violett flowers = ccm aire eens Pkt. 15¢ 
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 Dark Blue 
Peach Blossom White 
Crimson 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. 15c 
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, Cornflower (a) 
Jubilee Gem. A double dwarf variety for 
front border planting and for cutting. The 
12-inch bushes are covered with deep 
cornflower 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- 
ATIGS oars. crasetetel opedsrots crelets esis aloie svouerats 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 
SUCINS Siac. siesteveacrecnesteleyereceis aie outers Pkt. 15c 
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. 25¢ 
Orange Fantasy. Florists’ strain. Deep 
orange red, dark center. Long stems. 
Pkt. 10c 
Yellow Colossal. New. Extra large Chrys- 
antha type, 414 inches across....Pkt. 15c 
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 25c 
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 21% feet....... Pkt. 10c 
Annual Canterbury Bells (a). Mixed colors. 
Sow in February for summer blooms. 
264 feCb naccetnes sale chu aaner 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. 
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FROSGS. iis erties onsuece eo aha iccarreeeren erent 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 pink. Mixed only... ->.-. ss Pkt. 15c 
CINERARIA (a) 
One of the few shade loving plants. Flowers 
salmon, azure blue, deep red, violet blue, 
2 to 4 inches across. Plants 15 to 18 inches 
tall, basal branching, suitable for pot cul- 
ture and bedding. Start in flats fall or 
spring. This seed is from a race of giants. 
Pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00 
COLUMBINE—See Aquilegia. 
COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA (p) 
Double New Gold. Semi-double, shining- 
gold flowers with long willowy stems. An 
excellent cut flower. Plants 2 to 3 feet 
spreading and full of bloom. Will flower 
the first spring if planted in early fall. 
Drought resistant and grows in sun and 
part shade Grates sic reretoeetee Pkt. 15c 
CORNFLOWER—See Bachelor Button. 

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