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Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
Sterling Quality 
Choice Annual Flower Seeds 
Grown by Bodger of California — the world’s best producers of Flower Seeds 
IMPORTANT — State Tax of 2% on Flower Seeds. Kindly add 2% to your order 
for Flower Seeds. No tax on Vegetable Seeds. 
FLORISTS—Ask us for special quantity quotations. 
Per Pkt. 
Two New “Bodger” Winners 
For 1952. 
Fiesta-Cosmos. A true 
scarlet, compact plant 
with riot of color all 
summer. Flowers semi- 
doublesrufiied]) “24, 25¢ 
Persian Carpet - Zinnia. 
Like tiny dahlias, these 
perfect miniature Zin- 
nias make the ideal gar- 
den border. The flowers 
— about the size of a 
silver dollar, are varie- 
gated, no two alike 
AGERATUM 
Blue Perfection. Dark 
blue, 8 inches. 
Midget blue. A dwarf 
Ageratum that will 
come uniformly dwarf 
and true to color from 
seed. 
ALYSSUM 
Flower small 
sweet. Oz., 50c. 
Little Gem. Pure white, 
very dwarf and sweet 
scented. Oz., $1. 
Violet Queen (new). 
Plants dwarf, compact 
free flowering. The 
sweetly scented flowers 
are a rich deep shade 
of violet. 
AMARANTHUS 
(Summer Poinsetta.) Molten Fire. A 
beautiful producing rich maroon foliage 
crowned with fiery crimson top foliage, 
making a brilliant display until late in 
the fall. 3 feet tall. 
ANCHUSA (Summer Forget-Me-Not) 
Capensis. This hardy, free growing an- 
nual produces sprays of lovely Forget- 
me-not like flowers, of a_ beautiful 
azure blue. Plants compact and uniform, 
2 feet high. 
and 
29¢C 
Antirrhinum — Shasta 
15¢c 
15¢ 
Per Pkt. 
ANTIRRHINUM 
CALIFORNIA GIANT 
RUST RESISTANT 
With the introduction 
of Rust Resistant 
strains of Snapdragon 
it is now possible to 
again grow the luxuri- 
ant, graceful, stately, 
colorful spikes. 
Buttercup. A gorgeous 
two tone flower of 
deep canary yellow, 
Shading to creamy yel- 
low margins. 
Crimson. A _ magnifi- 
cent Antirrhinum with 
huge individual crim- 
son flowers and large 
spikes. 
Indian Girl. This is a 
very floriferous strain, 
producing beautiful 
brownish-orange  flow- 
ers, overlaid with 
bright yellow. 
Loveliness. A real fav- 
orite, producing excep- 
tionally large, attract- 
tive, pure, soft rose 
flowers. 
Shasta. This is early 
; flowering, producing 
Six spikes of pure, glistening white 
flowers to a plant. 
Mixed. A well balanced blend of the 
rust resistant types. 
ARCTOTIS (African Lilac Daisy) 
Grandis. A remarkable, handsome an- 
nual, forming bushes well branched. 
The flowers are pure white with sky 
blue eye while the reverse of the rays 
are pale lilac-blue. An excellent cut 
flower. 2 feet high. 
20c 
20c 
20c 
20c 
20c 
20c 
15¢ 
