FORBES FINE FLOWER SEEDS 
Only the best, brought together from all corners of the globe 
In any gardening effort, the results are really based on the quality of the seeds used. 
The greatest care and the longest experience are useless if the seeds are not good. 
It has been our pleasurable task since 1898 to currently determine the relative worth 
of all available seed strains. Our constant aim is to offer only the finest, and through 
the years Forbes Flower Seeds have earned an enviable record for consistent high 
quality. Commendable reports reach us in ever-increasing numbers. We feel that 
your use of Forbes Seeds will greatly add to your gardening pleasure and satisfaction. 
Seeds of Annual Flowers 
With a delicate beauty all their own, annuals sprout from seed, grow, flower, fruit, 
and die all within the garden year. They are easily grown from seed. 
ACROCLINIUM 
Popular Everlasting Flowers easily grown in any soil, blooming six weeks after seeding. Sow early 
indoors and set out in May for bloom from June until frost; or sow direct in the garden bed in May. 
Giant Double Hybrids. ; ; Pkt. 15c; Yoz. 45c 
Fine, large flowers in shades of salmon, apricot, pink, rose, and cerise, and in white and cream, on 20-inch plants. 
AGERATUM e For Plants see page 40 
Floss Flower. One of the very finest dwarf bedding plants, as it flowers continuously all summer up 
to frost. Plants will be ready to set out in the garden in May from seed sown in January and February. 
Blue Boy sown in November or December makes fine pot-plants for Easter bloom. Also sow in the 
garden in May. Thrives in full sun or half shade. 
Blue Boy. oo ; Pkt. 20c; a0z. 45c; j;0z. 70c 
This extra-dwarf strain is the result of many years of careful selection. The plants are compact and 
very uniform, growing about 6 inches high. Its rich deep blue flowers of good size are very freely 
produced, almost obscuring the neat deep green foliage. Fine for borders and rock-gardens. 
Blue Perfection. Pkt. 15c; yoz. 40c; Yoz. 65c 
Large flower-heads of deep amethyst-blue on 9 to 10-inch plants. Excellent for large beds and for cutting. 
Midget Blue ; ; : ‘ ; ; Pkt. 20c; wyoz. 45c; ys0z. 75c 
All-America Winner. This delightful little edging plant is the dwarfest of all—6 inches high—with 
fine foliage literally covered with small, true ageratum-blue flowers. It comes uniformly dwarf. 
ALYSSUM e For Plants see page 40 
Fragrant edging plants fine for borders and window-boxes, with small flowers in great profusion 
through summer and fall. Sow the seed as soon as the ground ts workable, having plants stand 8 to 
12 inches apart. Cutting back the plants occasionally increases the bloom. They thrive well in any 
soil. For earlier bloom, start the seed in March. For Alyssum saxatile see Perennial List. 
Carpet of Snow. Pkt. 15c; Moz. 50c; oz. $1.50 
Round, flat plants, 5 inches high and 10 to 12 inches across, with a solid mass of tiny white flowers, 
Snow Cloth. Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; oz. $1.50 
The very finest white variety, and blooms two weeks earlier than any other. The very flat round plants, 
12 inches across and 4 inches high, form a compact mass of small pure white flowers. 
Violet Queen. Pkt. 15c; Moz. 35c; Yoz. 60c 
An extremely fine English strain of unusual beauty. The round plants, 10 inches across and 8 
inches high, form mounds of striking bright violet and make a very unusual dwarf edging plant. The 
distinctive color, becoming even more intense as the season progresses, contrasts strikingly with the 
creamy centers which appear in many of the flowers. An ideal subject for edging plants. 
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Ageratum, Blue Boy 
Ageratum, 
Midget Blue 
Acroclinium, 
Giant Double Hybrids 
Alyssum, Snow Cloth 
