A STEELE AND CLARKE INTRODUCTION 
Moon Moth. New and supremely beautiful white hybrid, with 
giant, ruffled creamy blooms penciled dark blue. Pkt. 25e. 
STEELE’S PANSIES 
Golden Gate. A fine, large golden yellow with dark blotch. 
Strong growth, highly resistant to summer heat. Pht. 25c. 
Improved Sea Blue. Swiss. A genuine blue pansy. Uniform 
color, fine for borders. Makes a beautiful showing. Pkt. 25e. 
Madame Steele. Jumbo purple selection now offered for the 
first time. Wonderful for adding velvet violet shades to your 
pansy collection. No faded or magenta tones. Pkt. 25e. 
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MASTODON JUMBO MIXED—Steele’s. Flowers up to 
5 inches in diameter. Many new and unique colors— 
pastel pinks, apricots, yellows, blues, brass tones, cop- 
per bronze, purple, red, in two and three color combina- 
tions. Fine for cutting and forcing. Packet 35c. 
PANSY—BUTTERFLY HYBRIDS 
A rainbow collection originated by Steele, culminating 10 
years of hand pollenization of special selections. A pastel 
strain with colors in pink, buff, overlaid in pink or bronze, 
orchid, lavender, yellow, from delicate pale gold to rich 
orange, pastel red, salmon, coral, rose, all overlaid with a 
delicate bronze cast. Abundantly ruffled, frilled, fluted, 
and marked with sun rays and blotches of butterfly sheen 
metallic jewel tones. Pkt. 50c. 
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PASSIFLORA, PASSION FLOWER 
PASSIFLORA, Passion Flower, P 
Most interesting and well known climber, bearing singularly 
beautiful flowers. Height, 10 to 12 feet. 
Edulis. Blue and white. Pkt. 15e. 
PENTSTEMON, Beard Tongue, P 
Brilliant bell-shaped flowers borne on long spikes, and pro- 
duced abundantly all summer. Colors range through red, rose, 
cherry, carmine, pink and purple. We feature the ‘“‘Sensation”’ 
which ranks with the Petunia in beauty. Height, 2 feet. 
Every branch a spike of color. Mixed Colors only. Pkt. 10c. 
PETUNIA, A 
During the whole season Petunias are covered with large, 
showy blossoms, which are always bright and fresh, in spite 
of heat and drought. They are of an almost infinite variety of 
“color and markings, and quite as varied in form; large and 
small, fringed and plain, double and single. Annual. Sow seed 
very thinly indoors under glass. Care should be taken to save 
the weaker seedlings as they produce the finest flowers. Trans- 
plant to garden when soil is warm. They grow from 5 inches 
to 2 feet, according to variety. 
GRANDIFLORA — Large Flowering 
America. All-America Silver Medal Winner. Flowers are rose- 
pink of medium size, 2 inches and more across. Plants are 
hybrida nana compacta, 1 foot in height and 18 inches in width. 
Ideal for beds, borders or edgings as well as pot-plants. Pkt. 50c. 
Elk’s Pride. Very large deep purple. Pkt. 25c. 
Flaming Velvet. Petunia Flaming Velvet has caused a sen- 
sation because of the uniform excellence of its velvety, rich, 
blood-red flower. Pkt. 25c. 
Radiance. A cerise rose, very intense with a golden yellow 
throat. Pkt. 25ce. 
Theodosia, Improved. A fine variety of fringed petunia that 
has maintained its popularity for many years. Fine, rich rose 
with a golden throat. Blooms are from 3 to 3% inches in 
diameter, nicely frilled. Petunia Theodosia starts to flower 
when small and never stops. Pkt. 25c. 
Fire Chief. Only all-America winner for 1950. Fire Chief 
is in the Hybrida Nana Compacta class, a dwarf, com- 
pact growing, bedding Petunia. Growing to 12 to 15 
inches high. Bright scarlet red, a color lacking in this 
class until now. Fire Chief blooms early and continuous- 
ly until frost, producing a wealth of bloom all summer. 
(See color picture on inside front cover.) Pkt. 50ce. 
SINGLE BALCONY PETUNIAS. A splendid large and free- 
flowering type for window boxes, vases, hanging baskets, etc. 
Whe flowers average 3 inches across. 
Mixed Colors only. Pkt. 15c. 
Ruffled 
Giants 
of 
California 
SINGLE BEDDING PETUNIAS. These Petunias are used ex- 
tensively for mass plantings. The dwarf varieties are ideal 
for edgings to taller plants, bedding, borders, and for pot cul- 
ture, while the spreading varieties lend themselves admirably 
for large beds, borders and porch boxes. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Glowing Rose. The intense brilliance of this new low-growing 
Petunia makes it the most conspicuous of all the single bedding 
Petunias. Plants are mound-shaped and of unusual uniform- 
ity, completely covered with glowing-rose flowers larger than 
most other low-growing varieties. Ideal for low borders and 
edging. mEKtacoG. 
A fine color of deep, satiny rose, compact in 
Pkt. 10e. 
Heavenly Blue. Enchanting shade of light silvery blue. Dwarf. 
Pkt. 10ce. 
Celestial Rose. 
growth and very free flowering. 
Rose of Heaven. The flowers are quite large, of handsome 
form, brilliant rose pink with throat lightly suffused with 
yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Rosy Morn. Rose, extra select, white throats, dwarf. Pkt. 10c. 
White King. A. good, free flowering white of nice size. Fairly 
tall grower. Pkt. 10c. 
GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES! IT’S HEALTHFUL AND ENJOYABLE. THRIFTY TOO! 
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