


ASTER, Queen of the Market, BALLET QUEEN 
A Texas-lovin’ honey that is definitely wilt-resistant and has such an 
unusually fascinating shade of deep salmon rose that you'll just have to 
plant it this year in your garden! Bears large, 314 inch flowers generously 
on plants useful for both bedding and cutting. 
Beauty, is 
temperatures. 
now offered to Texas 
Flowers are well formed, 2 inches in diameter and are carried on 16 inch 
stems which makes it just perfect for cutting. 

DIANTHUS HEDDENSIS, Finest Mixed 
An All-American Award Winner for 1946, this lovely baby, Westwood 
in full range of Dianthus colors! 
Very tolerant of extreme 
STAFFEL’S FLOWERS CLING CLOSE TO YOUR HEART 
SNAPDRAGONS Antirrhinum. These are 
* one of the universal gar- 
den favorites and one of the best greenhouse flowers. 
Make excellent cutting material. The gorgeous flow- 
ers are freely produced from mid-summer until frost, 
growing around three feet tall, with flower spikes 
about 12 inches long. Plants carry over the winter 
in warm climates, but for best flowers, new plants 
should be grown. Sow seed outdoors when danger 
of frost is over. Pinch tops for sturdier plants. 
PINK. YELLOW. BABY LINARIS. RUSTPROOF YEL- 
LOW, COPPER KING, TALL SCARLET, TALL WHITE, 
TALL PURPLE KING, TALL PINK, CRIMSON, INDIAN 
SUMMER (coppery orange overlaid scarlet) and AM- 
BER AND GOLD. 
10c Pkt. 
Single Colors $4.00 oz.; Mixed Colors $3.00 oz. 
Gillyflower. One of the most val- 
STOCKS. uable flowering types. Prefers full 
sun but will do well in slight shade. Plant in fall and 
winter for spring bloom around San Antonio. Plant 
in spring for summer bloom. Soil must be well drained 
and rich in texture. Will stand heavy soils if lightened 
with humus. Use for bedding, mixed borders and es- 
pecially fine in combination with all spring flowering 
bulbs. 
IMPROVED IMPERIAL GIANTS. 2 feet. Varieties in 
this class are the most popular and widely used. Long 
stems, large flower spikes and a high percentage of 
doubles. Fine for bedding and cut flowers. 
ANTIQUE COPPER: Fine, copper red. 
LAVENDER: Clear lilac-lavender. 
CHAMOIS: Clear chamois Pink. 
ELK’S PRIDE: Rich, deep purple. 
LILAC. ROSE. YELLOW. PURE WHITE. 
10c Pkt 
Single Colors $4.50 oz.; Mixed Colors $3.00 oz. 
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. Here’s the world’s best 
doubles. Grow 2) to 3 feet. A truly magnificent 
fiower which looks like it might be the leading stock 
in the future for this section. We recommend this 
type unreservedly. All the popular colors. 
10c Pkt.; Mixed Colors $4.50 oz. 
SWEET WILLIAM Dianthus. Grand old- 
. fashioned garden fay- 
orites with large, showy flower-heads composed of 
numerous good-sized individual blooms. Plant in sun 
or light shade . . . in any type soil. Excellent in 
mixed border arrangements. 
MIXED COLORS. 
STATICE Sea Pink. Thrift. Very desirable 
° everlasting flowers. Fine for the 
garden and valuable as cut flower material in flower 
arrangements; especially when dried and used in win- 
ter bouquets. Location: sun. Grow in any soil. re- 
quiring little water. Plant outdoors in early spring. 
Painted Tongue. Half-har- 
SALPIGLOSS!S. dy branching annual grow- 
ing 2 ft. high. Large, lovely trumpet-shaped flowers 
of velvety texture, the colors charmingly penciled, 
netted and veined with golden yellow, crimson and 
purple. Plant in full sun . . . in any loose-type soil. 
SUNFLOWER. 
Double Jcpanese, Chrysan- 
themum Flowered. 
Mixed colors 
TEXAS WILDFLOWERS. = Gnd on endless 
variety of types! Plant in the early spring for a sum- 
mer full of surprises. Ideal for rustic effects and 
sowing in areas where other flowers needing special 
culture will fail. 
TITHONIA Mexican Sunflower. A_ robust 
! . grower sometimes attaining a 
height of 12 feet in six months from seed, The flow- 
ers are brilliant orange-red about 3 inches across, 
with the top part of the flower stem inflated. Flower 
in late summer or early fall. Plant in early spring. 
TORENIA Bear 2-lipped flowers resembling 
° small gloxinias. Spring up readily 
from seed. Like a partially-shaded location and re- 
quire regular watering. We carry the Fournieri, with 
violet and blue flowers marked with yellow. 
VERBENA Any garden may have a _ lavish 
* ground cover or brilliant carpet 
of color through the use of verbenas. Locate in full 
sun. They‘ll grow in any soil but added fertility and 
sols: of water will make them bloom and grow like 
mad. 
HYBRIDA GRANDIFLORA. 8 inches. The most per- 
fect class with very large flowers and dwarf spread- 
ing growthh MAMMOTH MIXED. FLORADALE BEAU- 
TY (shades of salmon pink). SPECTRUM RED. PINK 
qe ROSE. MAMMOTH. HYBRID YELLOW. SCAR- 
Periwinkle. Here’s one that loves the 
VINCA. full sun and will grow fine in almost 
any kind of soil. Prospers under adverse conditions. 
Grows in shaded locations. too. Shining evergreen 
leaves and attractive violet blue flowers in spring. 
Wonderful to use as carpeting. ROSE. WHITE. PINK. 
Texas Blue Bonnets 
Everybody likes to plant the 
flower of Texas who has a spot 
for it! Here’s right fresh Blue 
Bonnet seed which is sure to 
make good for you and brighten 
up those big spaces or special 
spots around the back yard or 
alleyway which might otherwise 
look drab and_ uninteresting. 
Plant from August on thru the 
winter. 10¢c a packet. 30c oz. 
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