The Meyer Seed Co. Novelties for Your Flower Garden 
Please read this particular page carefully, because it describes the newest and most improved varieties of 
Flower Seeds. We are sure that you will want to try most of them in your garden this season. 
Flower Seeds Are Subject to Maryland Sales Tax 
AGERATUM, MIDGET BLUE 
301. Silver Medal, 1940. A dwarf, compact-plant, 3 to 4 inches 
(a) tall, covered with rich azure-blue flowers. Fine for edging. 
Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
301A THE GOLDEN. 20 in. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
301B_ DWARF WHITE. 8 in. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
301C FAIRY PINK. 12 in. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
301D 
LASSEAUXI. 20in. Rosy mauve. A desirable cut flower. 
Pts 206; 
ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON) 
302 =TETRA SNAPS. Giant ruffled Tetraploid Snapdragons: 
The largest flowered of all Snapdragons; beautiful colors and 
combinations. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 45c; 5 pkts. $1.00. 
303A MAGIC CARPET. 6to8 in. Very dwarf, free-flowering 
strain suitable for rockery or borders. A choice mixture of many 
colors. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 45c; 5 pkts. $1.00. 
ARGEMONE 
301E PEERLESS BLEND. The Everblooming Mexican Poppy. 
Pure white, cream, pale yellow, golden, blush, silvery rose and 
crimson. Mostly single, but a proportion will carry double, 
fringed flowers. Foliage often white-marbled. Pkt. 15c. 
ASTER S Giants of California 
304 = A strain with immense flowers held erect on splendid stems. 
Plants grow 21% to 3 feet tall and are generous with their flowers. 
AZURE BLUE DARK PURPLE WHITE 
CRIMSON DEEP ROSE 
MIXED and all the colors. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
304A SANTA MARIA. Double flowers over 6 inches in diam- 
eter, with long lacy white petals curling from an interlaced 
powdery center. These mammoth blooms are carried on stout, 
214-foot stems branching from the base. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
BELLS OF IRELAND 
307A 30 in. The several branching stems are closely set in elon- 
gate hyacinth fashion, with big bell-calyces of pale, translucent 
green. Within each calyx lies a curiously formed [ittle white 
flower. Needs full sun; thrives in drought. Fine for cutting; 
also may be dried for winter decoration. Pkt. 25c. 
CACALIA 
(Fassel Flower or Paint Brush) 
305 Tufted tassel flowers that seem to have been dipped in 
paint of vivid red or golden orange. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c. 
CORAL FLOWER 
305A Even the deep green, succulent foliage is decorative. 
Many slender, 30- inch stems bear little firve-pointed stars of 
luminous rosy ink, in loose, alternate clusters. Then come airy, 
long-hanging capsules, like polished coral beads, hundreds of 
them on each great glowing plume of a stem. A single plant may 
throw 30 or more of these great, bright plumes. Effective over a 
three to four-month period. A good house plant, too. Pkt. 20c. 
COSMOS, RADIANCE 
308A The first big postwar novelty. Winner of the highest 
award in the 1948 All-America Trials. Radiance mtroduces two 
entirely new colors in Sensation Cosmos—striking deep rose and 
rich crimson in the first bicolor Cosmos ever to be developed. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
DAHLBERG DAISY 
or GOLDEN FLEECE 
309B 6in. Sheets of aromatic gold for more than four months. 
No annual more profuse or continuous in bloom. By far the best 
edging or low bedding annual in bright yellow. Pkt. 25c, 
DIANTHUS, HIGHLAND 
HYBRIDS 
311A Magnificent strain of large-flowered hardy Pinks. Vivid 
colors, rich in varied shades of pink and rose. Pkts. 15¢ and 25c. 



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ARCTIC HYBRIDS 
321A Flower first season and live for years. 
richly varied colorings. 
25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
322B OLD ORCHARD GLORIES. Particularly good. Color- 
fuland varied. All colors; single and double. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
STRAWBERRIES FROM SEED 
311B_ RUNNERLESS HARZLAND. Compact plants bearing 
medium-size, aromatic, sweet berries all through the growing 
season. Sow seed very early. Will bear by August and next 
spring they will bear from June to frost. Pkt. 25e; 3 pkts. 70c; 
5 pkts. $1.00. 
HOUSE PLANTS 
309A Surprise after surprise awaits you after planting these 
fascinating seeds. Pkt. 25c. 
IRIS AVALON BLEND 
316B [ncludes at least a little of every Iris that our grower has 
in seed form, of course not in equal amounts, for some kinds are 
too scarce and rare for that. Nevertheless we doubt that any 
other Iris blend, anywhere, any time, has equaled this in quality. 
Pkt. 25c. 
° JOUNNY-JUMP-UPS 
310A DAWNSIDE STRAIN. Wide range of color variation. 
Stands summer heat. Treat as annual. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c. 
SPECIAL LILY BLEND 
316A Includes seeds of not Jess than 20 distinct kinds of good 
hardy Lilies, but there are likely to be many more than that. 
PEtw25e. 3 pxts..7 Ue. 
HARDY BORDER BLEND 
(PEERLESS BLEND) 
315B Various kinds of taller flowers suitaFle for the mixed hard; 
border; at least 100 distinct sorts. Includes many unusuai 
perennials not yet generally known. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 75c. 
MARIGOLD 
315A LIMELIGHT. African. The lightest Marigold. 20 in. 
Pale, creamy primrose; very double; petals incurved. Pkt. 15c; 
2 pkts. 25c. 
317A AURORA. An early-flowering African type, standing 12 
to 14 inches tall. Its flowers average 3 inches in diameter and 
form a nearly perfect deep golden yellow ball. Deeply fringed 
petals. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
110A PURPLE ROBE. Blue Cup-Flower of the Andes. 
be grown In pots, window-boxes, or as edger. 
cupped flowers. 8 to 10 inches high. 
ted on fourth cover page. Pkt. 25c. 
PRIMULA AVALON BLEND 
314B) About as fine and diversified a mixture of hardy Primulas 
for the rock-garden as could be made up. Includes seeds of many 
varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
THE BABY SALVIA 
MYCROPHYLLA 
312A A rare Mexican species. The smallest and most compact of 
Salvias. 16 in. The plants are shaded like the upper half of an 
hour-glass, with olive-green foliage. The flowers are carmine suf- 
fused coral-rose; very lovely. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
SOLANUM INTEGRIFOLIUM 
(SCARLET LOVEAPPLE) 
312B This ornamental annual freely bears fruits of brightest 
scarlet, each about 2 inches through. May be cut for decorative 
use during the summer or dried for winter bouquets. Pkt. 15c. 
Big, single flowers in 
Free blooming, extremely hardy. Pkt. 
Can 
Deep violet-purple, 
Start seeds early. Illustra- 

1-3-5 E. Lombard St., Baltimore 2, Md. 
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