
PETUNIA, GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
PETUNIA (a) Grp. 4 
The seed may be started indoors early 
in the year in seed boxes and later trans- 
planted or sown out of doors in the 
spring. Cover very lightly and apply 
water witha fine spray. Be careful not to 
discard the smaller and weaker seedlings. 
From these the finest flowers are often 
obtained, the coarse growing plants fre- 
qently reverting to the common types. 
Ruffled Nana Compacta—Little Giants 
See Novelty page 3. Mixed only. Pht. 
25¢e. 
HYBRIDA NANA COMPACTA. 1 ft. A 
fine type of Petunia for small beds and 
borders; often used for pot culture. This 
Petunia keeps its dwarf stature very well 
throughout the blooming season. 
Glowing Rose. A new Petunia described 
and illustrated in color on Novelty page: 
front cover inside. Starts to flower a 
month ahead of nana compacta varieties 
and remains in bloom as long as the later 
kinds. Pkt. 25c. 
Rosy Morn. Soft, rosy pink with white 
throat. Pkt. 10e. 
Heavenly Blue (Silver Blue). Enchant- 
ing shade of light silvery blue. Dwarf. 
Pkt. 10ce. 
Snowball. Flowers pure white. Pkt. 35c. 
Velvet Ball. Deep mahogany red flow- 
ers, larger than others in this group. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
PETUNIA GRANDIFLORA 
(Large Flowered) 
Dazzler. A new low-growing variety that 
maintains its uniform habit throughout 
the season. The color is a dazzling orange 
scarlet. Invaluable for borders and bed- 
ding. Pkt. 25c. 
Elk’s Pride. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Snowstorm Improved. Glistening white 
shading yellow in throat. Pkt. 25c. 
Petunia LARGE FLOWERED 
FRINGED 
Theodosia. Soft rosy pink with contrast- 
ing golden yellow veined throat. An out- 
standing variety in this class. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA FRINGED AND RUFFLED 
Super Fluffy Ruffles. A new ruffled and 
frilled type of Petunia that has the ap- 
pearance of being almost double. Flowers 
are very large with a deep throat. The 
mixture is well balanced with shades of 
pink and white, salmon, salmon pink, 
deep rose, rose, crimson, and light blue. 
Pht. 25ce. 
Very large, deep purple. 


RUFFLED GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
Glamour. Honorable Mention, All-Amer- 
ica Selections, 1942. Large flowers of 
salmon-rose with brown veining on white 
“in the throat. An excellent color under 
artificial light and outdoors. Most flow- 
ers have wavy, fringed petals although 
a few come plain edged. Pkt. 50c. 
Supreme Strain. A new strain of rose 
and pink shades. Light, richly-veined 
throats surrounded by satiny petals 
which are heavily ruffled. Large blooms. 
5 to 7 inches in diameter, produced on 
strong, richly-foliaged plants. Excellent 
bedding variety; fine window box type. 
Pkt. 25c. 
DWARF GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
A dwarf sturdy growing type especially 
suited to pot culture. Flowers are beauti- 
fully ruffled and fringed with open well- 
marked throats. 
Ramona Strain. Dark and light shades 
mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI (a) Grp. 2 
Well branched plants with large clus- 
ters of many beautiful round-petaled 
flowers which grow about 1 inch across. 
Varied colors and color combinations. 
Mixed only. Pkt. 15c. 
Gigantea Brilliant. The individual flow- 
ers of this type are large and borne most 
freely in massive trusses on Strong, up- 
right plants. Excellent for borders and 
beds as well as for cutting. Mixed colors 
only. Pkt. 25e. 

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PHLOX, GIGANTEA BRILLIANT 
PIN CUSHION FLOWER 
(See Scabiosa) 
PINKS (a) Grp. 2 
(DIANTHUS) 
Plant in full sun in any good garden 
soil. Sow in spring when danger of frost 
is past. : 
Heddewigi (Double). 10 inches. Very 
desirable pink in many color combina- 
tions for rock garden or borders. Pkt. 10e. 
Heddewigi Gaiety. The best annual gar- 
den pink. The large fringed flowers have 
a bewildering variety of pink, white, red_ 
and maroon coloring, in decorative pat- 
terns, on dwarf plants. There are nu- 
merous double and semi-double forms. 
Pkt. 25ce. 
Dianthus Plumarius (Clove Pinks). Per- 
ennial. Double. Pkt. 10e. 
Dianthus—Sweet Wivelsfield. Quite dis- 
tinct from the annual Sweet William. 
It has a great variety of color and long 
blooming season. Magnificent bedding 
subject. Single Mixed. Pkt. 10e. 

ICELAND POPPIES 
(See page 13.) 
POPPIES, Papaver 
Poppies have long been favorite gar- 
den flowers for their delicacy, as well as 
the simplicity of the buds and neatness 
of the foliage. The pure colors and fine 
texture of the petals make a good show- 
ing in the garden. All are easily raised 
from seed which should be sown where 
the plants are to remain, later thinning 
to 8 or 12 inches between plants. In the 
North, sow in the open ground as early 
as possible in the spring; in California, 
sow from October to March. 
Oriental Poppies (p) Grp. 5. Hardy plants 
with numerous leafy stems about 2% 
feet bearing large showy flowers with 
a conspicuous black blotch on each petal. 
Mixed. Pkt. 25c. : 
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Water- But Gently 

Water the seed bed thoroughly, 
but gently with a fine spray. A 
coarse spray or stream of water 
will wash the seed out of the soil. 
For this reason, when using an 
outdoor seed bed, it is well to have 
a cover available to place over the 
seed bed during rainy spells. This 
should be supported several inches 
over the seed bed to allow free 
circulation of air. 
Be sure to Keep the seed bed 
moist. Excessive dryness will pre- 
vent: germination. 
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