
CLEOME, PINK QUEEN 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Annual 
Painted Daisy (a) Grp. 3 
Large daisies for cutting, on 2-foot 
plants, in bicolor and tricolor shades of 
yellow, white, pink, and red. 
Merry Mixture. Extra gay. See colored 
illustration, page 2. Pkt. 10c. 
CINERARIA (a) Grp. 5 
Rich shades of blue, pink, red, purple, 
and white in glorious large heads, ideal for 
pots or shade-gardens in spring. 
Cremer’s Prize Strain. Medium - sized 
flowers but extra-large heads; the best 
CLEOME (a) Grp. 2 
Tall, showy background and_ border 
plant, with large, loose, spider-like flower 
heads. 
Pink Queen. Silver Medal 
Purest pink. Pkt. 15c. 
AAS: 1942: 
COBOEA Scandens 
“Cathedral Bells Vine” (ac) 
Grp. 2 
Large bells changing from green to 
violet on rapid summer shade vine. Pkt. 
10c. 
COLEUS (p) Grp. 5 
Brilliantly marked foliage for summer 
shade, or pots in a light window anytime. 
Rainbow Mixture. Extra choice. Pkt. 35c. 
COLLINSIA 
Chinese Houses (aw) Grp. | 
Bicolor. Blue and white flowers in spikes 
on shade-tolerant California wildflower. 
Pkt. 15c¢. 

COLUMBINE 
COLUMBINE 
Aquilegia (p) Grp. 4 
Among the most beautiful of spring 
and early summer flowers, for airy grace 
and soft pastel colorings. BETTER GAR- 
DENS carries the long-spurred strains 
} only. Will flower first spring from fall- 
pot strain. Pkt. 50c. COCKSCOMB sown seed. 
Howard & Smith’s California Giant Strain. A 
The largest flowers. Pkt. 50c. Celosia (a) Grp. 2 L. S. Blue Shades. Fine. Pkt. 25c. 
CLARKIA (aw) Grp. | 
One of the few California natives well 
Showy hot-weather bedding annual 
producing massive heads of bloom in rich 
shades of red, orange and yellow. 
L. S. Orange and Scarlet Shades. Pkt. 25c. 
L. S. Pink Shades. Pkt. 25c. 
[E 
adapted for cutting. Showy double flow- Cristata. Tall true Cockscomb crimson. - S. Snow Queen. Fragrant pure white. 
ers in salmon, pink, rose, and red shades, Pkt. 10c. Pkt. 25¢. 
to 2 feet. Plumosa (feather type) . Pride of Castle L. S. Better Gardens Hybrids Mixed. The 
Elegans Mixed. Pkt. 10c. Gould. Select Mixed. Pkt. 15c. best. Pkt. 25c. 

BETTER GARDENS PLANTING CHART FOR CALIFORNIA 
Flower 


*Colors Sow Group Where {Germination Situa- °Bloom Average _ 
Name Offered When No. To Sow Period tion When Height 
AGATHEA Blue Mar.-Aug. 4 F-O 10 Days Sun-1/ Sh. All Year PLS 6 
AGERATUM Blue Mar.-June 2 F-O 2 Weeks Sun June-Oct. 6 in. 
ALYSSUM WL, ¥ Anytime 3 Open 10 Days Sun All Year 6 in. 
AMARANTHUS Red Fol. Mar.-June 2 F-O 8 Days Sun Aug.-Oct. 4 ft. 
ANAGALLIS Blue Mar.-June ] Open 3 Weeks Sun May-Sept. 8 in. 
ANCHUSA Blue Fl. or Spr. 3 F-O 10 Days Sun May-Sept. att. 
ANEMONE B,R, L, W Sept.-Oct. a, Open 30 Days Sun Mar.-May lott: 
ARCTOTIS YAO RaW: Anytime 3 F-O 2 Weeks Sun All Year 14 ft. 
ASTER P,R,L, B, W Feb.-May iD Flat 10 Days Sun July-Sept. 2-3 ft. 
BABY BLUE EYES Blue Oct.-May ] Open 8 Days Sun- 2 Sh. Jan.-Aug. 6 in. 
BACHELOR BUTTON B, P, R, L, W Nov.-May 3 F-O 2 Weeks Sun Feb.-Aug. 2-3 ft. 
BALSAM P,R, W Mar.-May 2 F-O 2 Weeks Sun- 2 Sh. June-Sept. 2 Ft 
BEGONIA P,R, W Jan.-May 2 Flat 2-3 Weeks Shade-Sun All Year 6-12 in. 
BELLIS P,R, W Oct.-May 3 Flat 2 Weeks VW Sh.-Sun Jan.-July 6 in. 
BLUE LACE FL. Blue Feb.-May 2: F-O 2 Weeks Sun May-Sept. 2) ft. 
BROWALLIA Blue Sept.-Mar. 3 Open 30 Days Sun-/2 Sh. Jan.-June 15 in. 
CALCEOLARIA R,Y,0O Aug.-Nov. 5 Flat 3-4 Weeks Shade Jan.-July 1 ft. 
CALENDULA ORY. July-Mar. 3 Flat 2 Weeks Sun Dec.-June 2rite 
CALIF. POPPY Ry OYE aa Sept.-May ] Open 10 Days Sun Feb.-July 1 Ff: 
CALLIOPSIS Y,R Mar.-June 2 Open 2 Weeks Sun June-Oct. 2itte 
CAMPANULA B, P, W Apr.-July 4 Flat 2 Weeks V2 Sh.-Sun May-July 3 ft. 
CANDYTUFT P,R,L,W Nov.-May ] Open 2 Weeks Sun Feb.-Aug. ] ft. 
CARNATION P,R, Y,L, W Anytime 4 Flat 10 Days Sun Mar.-Oct. TYAstt. 
CHI. FORGET-ME-NOT Blue Oct.-Mar. 3 F-O 10 Days Sun Feb.-July 15 in. 
%*B, Blue; C, Cream; L, Lavender; P, Pink; O, Orange; R, Red; W, White; Y, Yellow. 
+Germination period is approximate only, as temperature, length of daylight and other factors influence. 
°Months given are those in which a variety may be flowered, depending upon date seed was sown—not total period for any one sowing. 
: * BETTER GARDENS, SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA 

