FLOWER SEEDS 
ABBREVIATIONS — A. A. S., All-American Seed Selections; B. M., Bronze 
Medal; S. M., Silver Medal; H. M., Honorable Mention; A. M., Award of Merit: 
(a), annual, blooms for one year: (b), biennial, blooms for two years; 
(p), perennial, blooms the first or second year and continues indefinitely. 
AGERATUM (a) 
Dwarf all-summer blue annuals producing 
dense heads of fluffy flowers in different 
shades of blue. Used for edgings, bedding, 
rock gardens and pot culture. Grows in sun 
and half shade. Sow early in flats or in the 
open ground, thinning to 4 or 6 inches apart. 
Blue Ball. Deep blue ball-shaped plants, 6 
inches high Pkt. 15c 
Midget Blue. S. M., A. A. S. 1940. Uniformly 
dwarf, 2 to 3 inches, covered with small 
true ageratum blue flowers Pkt. 15c 
ALYSSUM, Madwort 
One of the daintiest flowers for edgings and 
rock gardens. In moderate climate, sow any 
time of year, and cut plants back after 
each successive flowering. 
Carpet of Snow (a). 3 inches tall. This alys- 
sum is true to its name as the flowers pro- 
duce a solid mass of white. So short it 
can be planted between stepping stones 
and also grown in pots and window boxes. 
Pkt. 15c 
Saxatile Compactum (Gold Dust) (p). The 
plants are of spreading growth and cov- 
ered all spring with bright golden flower 
heads. 8 to 10 inches tall Pkt. 10c 
Violet Queen (a). New 6-inch plant, com- 
pact of growth and full ot unfading bright 
violet flowers Pkt. 15c 
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ANTIRRHINUM—See Snapdragon. 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine (p) 
A graceful, hardy perennial that grows well 
in part shade. Blooms late in the spring and 
early summer. The long spurred flowers are 
beautiful for cutting. Seeds started in early 
summer will bloom the following spring. 
2 to 3 feet tall. 
Blue Shades. Long tiaras: Beautiful clear 
blue. 
Pink Shades. Long spurred. In various 
shades of delicate pink. 
Mixed Hybrids. Orange, pink, rose, white. 
Pkts. of any of the above, 25c each 
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ASTERS (a) 
This Crego wilt resistant strain is one of the 
very finest of the new types of asters, bloom- 
ing from midsummer through the fall. The 
flowers are large, 3 to 5 inches, shaggy and 
long-petalled. Plants 2 feet tall and well 
branched. Start seed February to June and 
set the plants a foot apart in good, loose 
soil. Half or full sun. 
Crego Giants— 
Rose Marie Dark Blue 
Peach Blossom White 
Crimson Mixed 
Any Pkt. 15c 
1 Pkt. each of the five colors, 60c 
AUBRIETIA 
Rainbow Rock Cress (p) 
One of the most colorful, low growing 
border plants. Clear rosy violet and lilac 
with masses of bloom in the early spring. 
Sow in late summer or fall. Full or half 
sun. 
Large Flowering Hybrids Pkt. 15c 
BABY BLUE EYES 
Nemophila Insignis (a) 
Baby Blue Eyes ranks with the California 
poppies as the finest California wild flowers 
for naturalizing, cover-planting with Dutch 
bulbs, window boxes and garden. A quick 
grower and early bloomer. Clear, light blue, 
cup-shaped flowers with white centers and 
lacy green foliage Pkt. 10c; 3 for 20c 
BACHELOR BUTTON 
Centaurea, Cornflower (a) 
Jubilee Gem. A double dwarf variety for 
front border planting and for cutting. The 
12-inch bushes are covered with deep 
cornflower blue blossoms. Plant in the 
fall for early spring flowers and in early 
spring for summer flowers Pkt. 15c 
