
1561—Petunia, Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Thrill to the Lively Beauty of Fine DE TUNIAS 
The All Purpose Flower: 


Glorious All Double 


: Petunia, Alldouble America 
For lovely beds, attractive borders, cutting, charming porch boxes, winter pot plants. 
A Type and color to please All Doubles, Giant ruffled singles, Plain edged giants, Small prolific singles. Pink, yellow, red, 
every taste: 
rose, purple, lavender, blue, white. Dwarf or tall, spreading or compact. 
Petunias stand pre-eminent as a hardy, beautiful all-purpose flowering plant. 
Readily started from seed, they soon 
come into bloom, becoming a glowing mass of exquisite, showy, and deliciously fragrant flowers, in bloom from early summer 
until frost. They may be started in fall or early winter indoors to ma 
early spring. Don’t omit these beauties from your list. 
y spring 
GIANT DOUBLE PETUNIAS Now in Complete Color Range 
With the Return of the foreign-grown All Double Glorious Strain, which 
has not been available since 1948, and with the American-Grown All Amer- 
ican All Doubles introduced in the past few years, we are glad to offer 
again a complete color range in Double Petunias. The seed are necessarily 
very expensive due to the fact that they have to be carefully hand pollinated, 
and there is real art and scientific knowledge required to produce seed 
which will give consistently Double flowers. The seed are smaller and the 


1644—_SUPER FLUFFY RUFFLES 
Pictured in color on back cover. 
This is a well balanced mixture of pink, white, 
salmon, deep-rose, crimson and light blue. Out- 
standing in beauty, it is so ruffled and frilled 
that the flowers appear to be double. A very 
special strain which is superior to all other 
ruffled varieties. Try a packet. You will be well 
pleased. Pkt. 10c; 100 seeds 25c. 


free with your order. 
policy. 
ALL DOUBLE PETUNIA — 
“GLORIOUS” 
Dwarf—Giant Fringed—Large Sized 
Plants dwarf compact, true and uniform. Very 
fine for borders, beds or pot plants. The flowers 
are large 3-5” in diameter, and so frilled and 
fluted and full, that they appear as great fluffy 
balls. The most fully double of all Petunias. Seed 
supply is very limited so order early. We are 
pleased to be able to offer the following separate 
colors and mixture. 
1615—PURPLE. 
1616—ROSE. 
1617—WHITE. 
Separate colors: Pkt. (15 seeds) 25c; 100 seeds 
$1.00. 
1618—COMPLETE MIXTURE of Salmon, Orchid 
and above three colors. Pkt. (20 seeds) 25c; 100 
seeds 90c. 
DOUBLE STRAINS 
1568—PARK’S SUPER GIANT DOUBLE AND 
FRINGED MIXED. This is a magnificent strain 
but does not come 100% double. Flowers are 
similar to the Glorious All Double Pictured above. 
Seeds are less expensive than the All Doubles. 
Pkt. 10e; Giant Pkt. 25c. 
1569—GRANDIFLORA FL. PL. Extra 
choice large flowered double mixed. A 
strain imported from Holland where 
it is grown for us by Sluis Bros. 
Very varied color range, many types 
of flowers. Pkt. 10c; Giant Pkt. 265c. 
COLLECTION 028—5 Packets—One 
25e packet of each American Double 
Petunia listed at right for $1.00. 
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
ke blooming window plants for late winter and very 
seedlings weaker than the Single kinds, so require more care in starting. 
Soil should be sterilized by pouring boiling water thru it twenty-four hours 
before planting, and the little seeds planted on the surface of the soil. 
Then follow dirctions on pg. 6 and 7 of the ‘‘Gardener’s Handbook” sent 
The seeds are very tiny, and the 25c packets ron- 
tain only a few seeds as noted in the descriptions. We suggest that you 
obtain the larger packets, but list the 25c packets in keeping with our price 
AMERICAN ALL DOUBLES 
1566—AMERICA—AI] American Silver Medal 
Uniform, compact plants about 1 ft. high, with 
18” spread. Bears Carnation type flowers of 
medium size 2” across of fresh rose-pink. Blooms 
from June until frost. Pkt. 40 seeds 25c; 100 
seeds 50c. 
1567—COLOSSAL SHADES OF ROSE. Silver 
medal winner. The largest of the all doubles. 
Flowers often 5” across are 100% double in vary- 
ing forms, plain edged, frilled, curled, and vary- 
ing in color from light salmon-pink to deep 
rose. Pkt. (15 seeds) 25c; 100 seeds $1.00. 
1562—ROSE MARIE. Bronze medal. The plants 
are dwarf and very free blooming. Flowers are 
a delightful rose-pink shade, 3’ and more aeross. 
Very fine for beds or borders, and good for cut- 
ting. Pkt. (10 seeds) 25c; 10@ seeds $1.50. 
1561—MRS. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Silver 
Medal winner. Flowers are soft mid-salmon 2 3/4 
inches across. Plants are low and spreading, bushy 
and of good habit. Height about 16”, spread 
about 30”. Uniferm in color and doubleness. Ex- 
cellent for bedding or borders. Pkt. (10 seeds) 25c; 
100 seeds $2.00. 
1563—CANADIAN ALL DOUBLE. A distinctly 
superior strain, producing 1000, double flowers 
with quite dwarf, compact habit. While the 
flowers are not quite so full petalled as the 
Glorious All Doubles, the size of the flowers and 
the uniform dwarf habit make this an ideal strain 
for bedding or pot plants. 
In our trials last summer it was outstanding 
among the doubles. The very finest one for beds, 
and in bloom from June until frost. This strain 
contains shades of pink and rose, salmon and 
white. Pkt. (25 seeds) 25c; 100 seeds 75c. 
THE LARGEST OF ALL PETUNIAS 
THE RUFFLED GIANTS 
Petunia Giants of Calif. Glamour. Pkt. 10c. 
Wide open flowers 4-6 in. across, of the 
most brilliant coloring are produced in pro- 
fusion. The plants are spreading and make 
delightful borders or beds, and their large 
flowers adorn the best of window gardens. 
1593—GLAMOUR, An exquisite bright sal- 
mon pink with contrasting yet blending 
golden center. A.A. 1942. 
1594—_SALMON-ROSE SHADES. Contains 
only choicest salmon-rose colored plants. 
1595—Complete Mixture. Giants of Calif. 
DWARF GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
1581—RAMONA STRAIN. Dwarf, compact 
in growth, these fine plants will begin to 
bloom when hardly 4 in. high. They are finest 
as a dwarf edging or in pots for giant speci- 
men blooms. 
1580—DEEP ROSE. Highly desirable deep 
rose shade. Dwarf and compact with mam- 
moth ruffled flowers. 
Page 8 Giant Double Petunias will challenge your gardening skill—Reward 
Giant flowers with large veined throats 
and beautifully frilled petals, berne on 
sturdy strong growing plants. 
1643—_RUFFLED MONSTERS. Half dwarf 
type; erect, robust habit. Flowers very large 
and ruffled, with shallow open throats. 
1588—-MARTHA WASHINGTON. A fancy 
compact dwarf Petunia 9” high, forming 
a perfect round mound of giant 8” flowers, 
deep and well ruffled. Color—blush pink 
deepening to dark violet in the d throat. 
Pkt. 25c. aa e 
1645—LITTLE GIANTS MIXED. 8-10 in. 
Neat, compact, erect, for bedding or pots. 
Medium size flowers well ruffled with deep 
throats. Colors crimson to white. Pkt. 26c. 
1586—COMPLETE MIXTURE 
Gis: OF RUFFLED 
you with gay abundant bloom. 
