ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 

SNAPDRAGONS 
Tall Giant Rust Resistant 
Snapdragons are indispensable as cut flowers. They 
are lovely in form and the colors are infinitely varied 
ranging from delicate pink to deep yellow and crimson. 
Sow the seed indoors March 25th; in the open ground 
as soon as the soil can be worked. Thin to 8 inches. 
Height 2% ft. 
1445 Special Hybrids Mixed. A most attractive 
blending of unusual colors. The color range includes 
a pleasing proportion of many different soft apricot- 
pink shades. Pkt. 20c; lg. pkt. 40c; 14 oz. 80c. 
1440 Rosalie. All-America Bronze Medal Award in 
1940. Beautiful deep rose. 
1441 Shasta. Pure white. 
1442 Indian Summer. 
scarlet. 
1443 Yellow Giant. Deep yellow. 
Above Colors. Pkt. 20c; lg. pkt. 40c; 14 oz. 85c. 
C150 Collection. One packet each of the above four 
colors for 65c. 
1457 Velvet Giant. An outstanding new, vigorous 
growing snapdragon. The very large well formed 
florets are vivid crimson with gold overtones and 
closely spaced on tall sturdy spikes. Foliage a rich 
Gere green. Pkt. 25c; Ig. pkt. 50c. 
Excellent coppery-orange 
PORTULACA 
Illustrated inside back cover. 
1395 Double Mixed Colors. Beautiful little plants 
with cylindrical, pale green leaves and reddish stems 
that bear an abundance of shining flowers of pink, 
yellow, orange or scarlet. It frequently reseeds it- 
self. Very valuable in rock gardens or broadcast 
over sunny banks. It is the best covering for dry, 
sunny places for it thrives on less moisture than most 
garden plants. Sow as soon as the soil can be work- 
ed. Thin to 4 inches. Height 6 inches. Pkt. 25c; 
Ig, pkt. 50c; 14 oz. $1.25. 
SALVIA 
Scarlet Sage 
1410 Special Bonfire. An indispensable bedding 
plant highly valued for the intense bright scarlet 
color of its flower spikes which make it one of the 
most impressive plants in the summer and fall gar- 
den. It grows 2 ft. tall and is very uniform. Salvia 
is best when started in the house about April Ist. If 
started in the garden after danger of frost, it will 
bloom in September. Transplant | ft. apart. Pkt. 
20c; Ig. pkt. 40c; 1% oz. 90c. 
SCHIZANTHUS 
Butterfly Flower 
1435 Dr. Badger’s Hybrids. Given a sheltered situa- 
tion, Schizanthus is very satisfactory. The compact 
12 to 14 inch plants have fine cut, féern-like leaves and 
are covered with large flowers in a brilliant range of 
colors from light pink to deep purple through rose, 
each flower with a large golden blotch. Start inside 
al April 20th for best results. Pkt. 25c; lg. pkt. 
Oc. 
FLORALIFE 
Cut flowers will last 5 to 10 days longer if placed 
in a solution of Floralife and water. Pkt. 10c. 



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Snapdragons are one of the showiest annuals in the garden and 
provide beautiful bouquets. Velvet Giant and the New Tetraploid 
Varieties have been outstanding in our trials. Tetra Yellow 
pictured above grew as tall as Susan Jones. 
New Tetra Snapdragons 
1455 Pan-American Pink. A new tetraploid hybrid 
that is a deep rose-pink. ‘Tetraploids or tetras are a 
new group of snapdragons. ‘The plants not only 
have larger flowers but are stronger and huskier, 
often taller than regular varieties with heavy dark 
green foliage; the stems too are stouter. We offer 
this seed in the introducers packages only. 
Pkt. (1000 seeds) $1.75. 
1456 Tetra Yellow. Another new tetraploid hybrid 
that produces huge spikes and large fringed bright 
yellow florets. We offer this seed in the intro- 
ducers packages only. Pkt. (1000 seeds) 80c. 
Our Annual Phlox is an excellent blend of pastel shades—-very 
colorful. 
ANNUAL PHLOX 
1380 Gigantea, Art Shades Mixed Colors. Large, 
free blooming flowers that come in a wide range of 
soft colors. All have a large white eye in the center. 
Lovely in mass plantings and in rock gardens. Start 
inside April 10th or in the garden after danger of 
frost. Thin to 8 inches. Height 18 inches. Pkt. 
25c; lg. pkt. 50c; 1% oz. 80c. 
“Your Glads were the most beautiful things in the garden last 
year. We all enjoyed them so much.” 
April 13, 1949 Dr. L. Pearl Gardner 
Spring Grove State Hospital 
Cantonsville 28, Md. 
