“Flower Seeds Gui gG all for Florists”’ 
MISCELLANEOUS ANNUALS—Continued 
SCABIOSA, continued 
Ageratum Blue. Large-flowered azure blue. 
Fire King. Bright scarlet. 
King of the Blacks. Deep rich maroon. 
*Loveliness. Extra large flowered, deep salmon-pink. 
Rosette. Deep rose suffused with salmon. 
*Shasta Improved. Fine pure white. 
Prices above six, each: Tr. pkt., 15e; 14 0z., 25e; 1 0z., 75e. 
DWARF CLASS. For bedding and garden work. The stems 
are long enough for short-stemmed cut flowers and the shorter 
plants will hold themselves upright without support. 
*Heavenly Blue. Clear azure blue. Tr. pkt., 25e; 14 0z., 55e; 
Woz, Sl-75- 
Peace. White. Tr. pkt., 25c; 14 0z., 55e; 1 oz., $1.75. 
Tom Thumb Mixture. 10 in. Extra dwarf and compact 
plants for bedding and edging. Mixture of colors. Tr. pkt., 
20c; 14 0z., 35e;3 1 oz., $1.00. 
For Perennial Scabiosa, see page 43. 
SCHIZANTHUS —60,000S. A January sowing will produce nice 
3 in. plants for spring combinations. Sow Sept. to Nov. for 
larger pot plants and spring cut flowers. 
*Ball Giant Flowered. Extra large flowers (often 2 inches 
in diameter) and unusually brilliant colors are the outstanding 
points about this strain. Nice for cutting or makes a choice pot 
plant if pinched. Tr. pkt., 75e; 14 0oz., $2.00; 14 0z., $3.60. 
*Ball Dwarf Mixture. A distinctly dwarf growing strain with 
large compact heads of medium sized flowers. Makes an excel- 
lent pot plant. Tr. pkt., 50ce; 1 0z., $1.50; 14 0z., $2.50. 
Ball Brilliant Blend. A carefully blended mixture of fairly 
tall growing varieties recommended for the grower who grows a 
limited number of plants and wants a complete mixture. Tr. 
pkt., 35e; 14 0z., 75e; 14 oz., $1.25. 
Dr. Badger’s Improved Hybrids. A brightly colored large- 
flowered strain of medium height. Suitable either for pots or 
cutting. Tr. pkt., 35e; 14 0oz., $1.15. 
*Giant Blotched. Bright colored rose and pink shades, with 
contrasting dark centers. Somewhat earlier than most strains 
and a good pot plant if well pinched. Tr. pkt., 50c; 1% 0z., 
$1.25; 14 oz., $2.25. 
Monarch Strain. An attractive mixture of bright golden 
rose colors. Tr. pkt., 50c; 1% oz., $1.25; 14 oz., $2.25. 
Pansy-Flowered Mixture. Flowers flat and full petalled, re- 
sembling small Pansy flowers. Tr. pkt., 35e; 4 0z., $1.00; 
VY oz., $1.80. 
SHAMROCK — True Irish Shamrock. 38,000 S. Sow Jan. Ist 
in Carnation house temperature (cooler after germination) for 
2-inch St. Patrick’s Day plants; use 3 or 4 seedlings per pot. 
Tr. pkt., 20c; 14 0z., 35e3 1 oz., $1.20. 
SMILAX—4000 S. Well-known greenhouse climber. Tr. pkt., 
35e3 14 0z., 75ce3 1 oz., $2.25. 
SNAPDRAGONS —See pages 14 and 15. 
For Snow-on-the-Mountain, see Euphorbia, page 28. 
SOLANUM —To insure an even, first class strain of this valuable 
pot plant, we grow our own seed crop of these varieties so we 
can personally supervise selection and rogueing. 
CHRISTMAS CHERRY. 12,000 S. Sow seed in February, 
summer plants outdoors; lift and pot in September for Christ- 
mas pot plants. 
*Ball Christmas Cherry (Hlavacek’s Masterpiece). A uni- 
form, bushy strain without the wild growth of the original 
Cherry varieties. Large, round red fruit is very freely produced. 
Patterson Christmas Cherry. A compact strain of Christmas 
Cherry. Fruit medium sized and freely produced well above 
foliage. Well suited for the smaller sized pot specimens. 
Prices above two, each: Tr. pkt., 35e; 14 0oz., $1.00; 1 0z., 
$3.00. 
Success in selling flowers, or anything else, calls for practical information—plus courtesy. 
SOLANUM, continued 
CHRISTMAS PEPPER (Capsicum). 9,000 S. Sow April to 
June and carry along indoors for Christmas sales. 
Ball Christmas Pepper. Compact plants with a profusion of 
cone-shaped fruit that is first green, later turning purple and 
then red. Selected for absolute evenness and large brilliantly 
colored fruit. Tr. pkt., 35ce; 14 0z., $1.00; 1 oz., $3.00. 
*Craigi Christmas Pepper. Differs from the above in that 
the plants are smaller leaved and rather flattened across 
the top with somewhat smaller fruit very freely produced 
well above the foliage. Fruit is first a clear even white, 
later turning a brilliant red. This fine strain is widely 
grown by many eastern pot plant growers. Tr. pkt., 50c; 
14 oz., $1.50; 1 oz., $5.00. 

MISCELLANEOUS SOLANUMS 
Love Apple. An annual shrubby plant growing to 3 ft. with 
long thorny branches of brilliant orange-red fruits about 11% in. 
across. Decorative and colorful material to cut for use in fall 
floral arrangements. Tr. pkt., 50ce; 4 oz., $1.50. 
STATICE—SINUATA. 350 seed heads per oz. This attractive 
annual is largely grown outdoors for drying especially in 
southern localities, but a mid-winter sowing makes a nice late 
spring greenhouse crop. 
*Market Grower’s Blue. 
stock. 
Kampf’s Tall Improved. The standard long-stemmed blue. 
*Lavender Queen. A very pleasing shade of pastel lavender. 
Fine color and good grower. 
Rosea Superba. Rosy-lavender. 
*Snow Witch. A clear white selection from the old Sinuata 
white. 
*New Hybrids Mixture. A very attractive mixture of all the 
standard colors as well as many new hybrid shades. 
Bonduelli Superba. 350 seed heads per oz. Similar in type 
to Sinuatas but with large yellow flowers. 
Prices above seven, each: Tr. pkt., 15e; 1 0z., 45e; 4 0z., $1.60; 
1 lb., $4.80. 
Suworowii. (Russian or Rat-Tail Statice). 12,0008. A very 
useful Statice for greenhouse forcing. Seed sown in January 
will produce fine artistically curved rose pink “‘rat-tails’’ that 
work in splendidly with centerpieces, etc., in late spring. Tr. 
pkt., 15e; 14 0z., 40ce; 1 oz., $1.35. 
For Perennial Statice, see page 43. 
Fine even deep blue. Excellent 
STOCKS —See page 18. 
For Strawflower, see Acroclinium, page 22 and Helichrysum, 
page 30. 
STRAWBERRY —Harzland (Runnerless). 90,000 S. Small red 
fruits are carried on fairly compact runnerless plants. Sow seed 
outside in early spring and carry plants thru summer in open, 
potting in fall for Thanksgiving and Christmas pot plants. A 
real novelty item for your holiday trade. Tr. pkt., 50c; 4% oz., 
$1.50. 
STREPTOCARPUS— Giant Flowered Mixture. (Cape Prim- 
rose). Our original stock of this winter flowering pot plant was 
grown by a European specialist; we are convinced no better is 
obtainable. Tr. pkt., $1.00; 1¢, 0z., $2.75. 
For Sunflower, see Helianthus, page 30. 
SWEET PEAS —See pages 16 and 17. 
THUNBERGIA~—Alata. (Black-Eyed Susan). 1100S. Very 
fine, used as an annual climber or for hanging baskets, making 
a dense growth and producing an abundance of flowers in 
shades of yellow, buff, and orange—with black centers. Tr. 
pkt., 15e; 14 oz., 30c; 1 oz., $1.00; 4 oz., $3.50. 
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