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Our one regret has been that the demand for Barnhaven hand-| 
pollinated seed has constantly exceeded the supply despite 
yearly expansion. After last spring’s Primrose shows in the 
northwest the heavy ordering took all the then current crop and 
much of the 1948 crop so that some items are sold out (those 
Hand-Pollinated Polyanthus Seed 
Generous Packets, $1 each. 
The biossoms of various center designs and textures are more often 
over silver-doliar size than under with buds resembling small tea roses. 
There will be a 2nd, 3rd, even 4th germination after first seedlings are 
lifted. The last to germinate are often the most outstanding. Hot water 
method as outlined in pamphlet recommended. 
INDIAN REDS—Shades of flame, vermilion, scarlet, crimson, car- 
nelian, black maroon. 
PASTELS—Wild-rose pink, peach, coral, shell, rose and apricot. 
GRAND CANYON SHADES—Coppery shades, bronze, tangerine, 
tile, henna, burnt orange. 
DESERT SUNSET*—A pastel Grand Canyon series of apricot, rosy- 
buff, pastel parchment shades, peach-biege. 
SPICE SHADES—Unusual, warm tones of brown and tan, coffee 
shades, caramel, cinnamon, cocoa and brown sugar. 
WINTER WHITE*—Large, frosty white with gold or orange centers. 
VICTORIAN SHADES*—Lustrous, velvety, often silver edged Ameri- 
can Beauty shades, cerise, fuchsia, petunia, rose. 
HARVEST YELLOWS—Fragrant deep golden yellow and orange. 
AMERICAN MIXTURE—A blend made up of all the above colors, 
with accent on those in greatest demand. 
SPECIAL MIXTURES— Mixtures made to order of any of the above. 
COWICHAN STRAIN*—Medium-sized flowers, dark wiry stalks in 
smoldering tones of garnet, black garnet, ruby and Siberian 
amethyst, eye almost absent. 
MARINE BLUES——Magnificent, large, true blues in azure, corn- 
flower, delphinium and navy shades. 
BLUE PRIMROSE-POLYANTHUS—Comprised mostly of light blues 
in soft and brilliant tones. Most of the plants begin bloom very 
early as Acaulis and complete the season as Polyanthus. 
GOLD LACE—Petals exquisitely laced in gold on dark red or 
mahogany ground colors. Always of medium size. 
NOVELTY POLYANTHUS 
Modern, larger versions of quaint Elizabethan forms. Seed will throw 
a percentage of Hose-in-hose and Jacks-in-the-green in various colors. The 
calyx of the Hose-in-hose is of petal, rather than leaf, texture, is the same 
color as the blossom, the effect being one flower growing from another. 
The calyx of Jack-in-the-green is exaggerated into miniature leaves holding 
the blossom as a ring-setting. 
No. 1. Hose-in-hose x Hose-in-hose—From tawny, crimson, white, 
pink and yellow plants. 25 seeds 50c. 
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