44 ROBSON QUALITY SEED, HALL, NEW YORK 
BALSAM 
Camellia Flowered. Mixed colors. A popular old 
favorite with double camellia-like flowers. It is 
well worth using in the border or as a summer hedge, 
especially in partially shaded places. Colors: white, 
flesh, salmon and pink. Plant in the garden after 
danger of frost. Thin to 12 inches. Height 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15e; % oz. 45c. 
CALENDULA 
(Pot Marigolds) 
A favorite old-fashioned flower that has been greatly 
improved. Flowers are now larger, longer stemmed, 
more fully double and of richer colors. Plant as soon 
as the soil can be worked. Make a second planting in 
early summer to furnish blooms in the cool fall days. 
Calendulas often self-sow. Thin to 12 inches. Height 
DAC. 
Orange King. An extra select stock of deep orange 
Pktl0ce-8y, (0z 2 35cs 
Lemon Queen. A large golden yellow flower with a 
light center. The same type as Orange King—at- 
tractive together. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. 
Special Trial Ground Mixed Colors. <A choice 
blend of large orange, yellow and apricot flowers that 
has proven to be more heat resistant and blooms over 
a long season. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
with a dark center. 
CALLIOPSIS 
Tall All-Double Mixed Colors. Decorative plants 
with finely cut foliage and daisy-like flowers in a 
wide variation of yellow and mahogany tones. A 
better strain of doubles. 
can be worked. Thin to 9 inches. 
Pkt. 15c; \% oz. 25c. 
Plant as soon as the soil 
Height 2% ft. 

Cosmos Radiance is a new variety that is being introduced this 
year. It is distinctly different, a striking flower. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
The silky, golden yellow and orange blossoms of Cali- 
fornia Poppies are lovely in masses in beds or borders. 
The plants spread over the ground and are about a foot 
tall. The leaves are grayish-green, and add much to 
the simple beauty of these flowers. Sow the seed in 
October or as soon as the soil can be worked in the 
spring. Thin to 9 inches. 
Orange. True California Poppy. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
30c. 
Finest Mixed Colors. 
orange, yellow, and white flowering poppies. 
15c; % oz. 30c. 
An especially good blend of 
Pkt. 
CANDYTUFT 
The neat heads of Candytuft blooms are always greatly 
admired. Plants are dwarf, profuse flowering and of 
easy culture. Seed should be sown successively over 
several weeks to insure flowers throughout the summer 
as they are not as long-lived as we would like. The 
first planting can be made as soon as the soil can be 
worked. Useful for edging and cutting. Thin to 6 
inches. Height 1 ft. 
Giant White Hyacinth-Flowered. Plants are 
branched, each branch a massive, long and thick 
hyacinth-like spike of pure white. Very showy and 
attractive. Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 25c. 
Choice Mixed Colors. The colored types are 
bright, gay flowers but have a shorter, more compact 
head than Giant White Hyacinth-Flowered. Pkt. 
15e-4L oe ee Ktas 25c. 
CARNATION 
Chabaud’s Giant Improved, Mixed Colors. This 
half hardy perennial is usually considered an an- 
nual but if planted in a protected location and 
covered with leaves or straw will usually survive the 
first winter. The delightful fragrance and rich 
coloring makes them very useful for cut flowers and 
bedding. Sow the seed as soon as the soil can be 
worked in the spring. Pkt. 25c; Lg. Pkt. 50c. 
CASTOR BEAN 
(Ricinus) 
Tropical Mixture. The largest of all annuals, hav- 
ing huge brilliant green to lustrous bronze leaves. 
Used for tropical effects and as a screen planting. 
Castor Beans grow best in rich soil. Start in the 
house April 21st or in the garden after danger of frost. 
Thin plants to 24 inches. Height 5-10 ft. Pkt. 
15c; oz. 30c. 
COSMOS 
Radiance. All-America Selections Silver Medal 
Award Winner for 1948. A striking new color com- 
bination never before seen in Sensation Cosmos: 
flower petals are deep rose and are overlaid with a 
large, well-defined zone of rich crimson. Radiance 
is a new variety of Cosmos that is entirely different. 
Its tall, vigorous plants are extremely showy in 
masses by themselves or in the flower border. Pkt. 
25c; Lg. Pkt. 50c. 
Sensation, Mixed Colors. All-America Silver Medal 
1936. The feathery foliage and light airy pink 
and white blossoms are very appealing. One of 
the best tall border plants for late summer and 
Autumn cut flowers. Plant as soon as the soil can 
be worked. Frequently Cosmos will self-sow. Will 
do well in dry or poor soil. Thin to 24 inches. 
Height 3% ft. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c; Lg. Pkt. 
25c. 
Orange Flare. All-America Gold Medal in 1935. 
An early blooming, bright orange Cosmos that is 
very good in the border and for cutting. Thin to 24 
inches. Height2%to3ft. Pkt. 15c;Lg. Pkt. 25c. 
