The finest FLOWER SEEDS in the world 
AGERATUM, Floss Flower (a) 
One of the most popular Summer blooming plants grown from 
seed, being literally covered with flowers from early Summer 
until frost. 
Excellent for borders, edgings, rockery, or pots. The taller va- 
rieties are fine for cutting. Do well in semi-shade. 
AGERATUM MIDGET BLUE. Silver Medal, All-America Selec- 
tion, 1940. A very fine dwarf (2 to 3 inches high) Ageratum 
with delicate foliage, which is practically smothered with 
small true Ageratum Blue flowers. This is really the ‘first 
dwarf Ageratum we have found that will come uniformly 
dwarf and true to color trom seed. Pkt. 15c. 
BLUE BALL. Compact round plants, 6 inches tall, hidden by a 
mass of pure blue flowers. Fine for dwarf beds and edging. 
Pkt. 10c. 
ALYSSUM, .Madwort 
One of the most popular garden flowers, remaining in bloom 
the entire season; suitable for beds and edging in Summer, or 
for growing in pots and boxes for Winter blooming. 
SNOW CLOTH. A very compact white Alyssum. Plants only 
about 3-in. tall. Rapidly becoming a favored variety. Pkt. 10c. 
SAXATILE COMPACTUM. Perennial. Sometimes called Basket 
of Gold. It grows compactly and is covered with a wealth of 
golden blossoms in early spring. Height 12 inches: Pkt. 10c. 
VIOLET QUEEN. Dwarf compact plants of small, sweetly 
scented flowers of a very rich deep shade of violet. Neat in 
habit and free flowering. Pkt. 15c. 
LILAC QUEEN. Lovely lilac color with a tiny white eye. Habit 
dwarf. Compact: 6 in. tall. Pkt. 15c. 
ANCHUSA, Summer Forget-Me-Not (a) 
A free-flowering class, producing its charming Forget-Me-Not- 
like blooms in graceful sprays from early Summer until late 
Fall. 
BLUE BIRD. Deep blue flowers on plants 18 inches tall. Pkt. l5c. 
ANTIRRHINUM, Snapdragon (a) 
Snapdragons are fascinating flowers, with their interesting 
form and glowing colors. They are easy to grow and will 
bloom continuously until severe frost, making a wonderful dis- 
play and supplying unlimited cut flowers. 
Ordinary good garden soil will produce fine Snapdragons either 
in full sun or semi-shaded spots. Sow outdoors when danger of 
frost has passed, or indoors six weeks earlier. 
ROSALIE (Bronze Medal, All-America Selections, 1940). It is a 
rich deep rose with an underlying tone of topaz or amber, 
giving it a richness which makes it stand out among all other 
colors. The plants are base branching and produce from six 
to eight huge long flowering spikes on which the florets are 
decidedly well arranged. This is an all-purpose Snapdragon. 
Pkt. 15c. 
SWING TIME. New rust resistant novelty. The loveliest .rose 
pink imaginable with a bright yellow touch and a white tube 
that is an addition to its beauty rather than a hindrance. 
Spikes are huge and evenly packed with immense blooms 
beautifully tapered. Pkt. 15c. 
Super Giants, Rust Resistant 
30 to 36 inches tall. 
APPLE BLOSSOM. Rosy pink, white tube. Pkt. 15c. 
CRIMSON. Fiery crimson. Pkt. 15c. 
FINEST MIXED. Pkt. 15c. 
Large Flowered, Half Dwarf 
Rust Resistant 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine (p) 
These are among the most beautiful of Spring and early 
Summer flowers; very effective when grown in the herbaceous 
border and groups among shrubbery. Graceful spurred flowers 
on stems 2 feet or more above the fern-like foliage. 
LONG SPURRED BLUE SHADES, SPECIAL STRAIN. The finest 
strain in existence. The result of years of selecting. Huge 
flowers on plants from 3 to 4 feet high. This strain was bred 
and perfected by Waller-Franklin over a long period of years. 
Peieoce 
MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT’S IMPROVED STRAIN. One of the finest 
tall strains ever developed, long-spurred, large flowers, in a 
splendid mixture of colors. Pkt. 25c. 
ASTER (a) 
We can imagine no other flower which combines so much 
beauty with grace and usefulness and with which more brilliant 
effects can be achieved. 
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KEY TO SYMBOLS 
The symbols after the name of each flower give you 
the following information: 
(a) annual (p) perennial : 
(c) climber (rp) rockplant perennial 
(2) biennial (ra) rockplant annul 
i i i in the 
From July until September this flower reigns supreme in 
garden, not equaled by any other. For these obvious reasons we 
give a great deal of attention to these flowers, and are in 4 
position to offer our patrons remarkably fine strains, producing 
perfect flowers of great beauty. 
To do well, Asters require a well pulverized soil, always kept 
open by continuous cultivation. Height, 1 to 3 feet. 
SUPER-GIANT EL MONTE. Beautiful deep crimson blooms of 
large size with daintily interlaced plume-like petals. Good 
form. Pkt. l5c. 
IMPROVED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. This Aster bids fair to 
become a universal favorite. Characterized by the well-known 
Crego type of flower, combined with the Beauty Aster's 
long, non-lateral, branching stems, the California Giants, 
double type Aster, stands at the head of the list. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. l5c. 
SUPER GIANT LOS ANGELES. Award of Merit, All-America 
Selections, 1934. The first introduction in modern Super Giant 
class, the flowers are fully double, 6 to 8 inches across, 
graceful and delicately interlaced. Long, stiff stems, bearing 
the large shell pink flowers smartly upright. Pkt. 15c. 
ASTER, EARLY GIANT WILT-RESISTANT, LIGHT BLUE. Silver 
Medal, All-America Selections, 1939. Fully wilt-resistant, ex- 
tremely large flowered and most attractive colors. Color is a 
rich light blue, a shade which blends in beautifully with 
either deeper or lighter tones. Pkt. 15c. 
ASTER, EARLY GIANT WILT-RESISTANT, Peach Blossom. 
Very large and full with broad, graceful petals, daintily plumed 
and intertwined. Peach Blossom has particularly full-petaled 
flowers of an attractive shade which opens almost white and 
flushes light pink then lavender pink as flower matures. Plants 
14 to 2 feet tall. Pkt. 15c. 
IMPROVED CREGO WILT-RESISTANT. The large shaggy flow- 
ers with long curled petals are not unlike the ostrich feather 
for which they are commonly named. The plants are strong, 
heavily branched and grow about 3 feet in height. 
Crimson. Glowing deep rose-crimson. Pkt. l15c. 
Purple. Showy violet purple. Pkt. l5c. 
Rose. Lovely bright carmine rose. Pkt. l5c. 
White. Purest white, large and fluffy. Pkt. 15c. 
Crego’s Finest Mixed. Pkt. l5c. 
AMERICAN BRANCHING. Wilt-Resistant. Plants 2! to 3 feet 
tall, branching, robust; flowers large, double and fine form, 
blooming in early September. Our selected stocks of these 
are the best money can buy. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. l5c. 
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ANTIRRHINUM 
Snapdragon , 
ORDER EARLY, AVOID DELAY 
ANCHUSA. 
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