PLATT’S FLOWER SEEDS 
including the latest All America Selections 
for 1957 
ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS 
The World’s Best by Tests 
TRIAL GROUND TESTED 
IN SEVERAL PARTS OF USS. 
Each year growers enter their choicest new 
creations in competition for awards. Only a 
few receive the awards of Gold, Silver or Bronze 
Medals or Honorable Mention. In turn we offer 
only such as we believe adapted to our trade. 
On this page there is room for only a few of the 
more recent introductions. Earlier introductions 
will be found on pages 48 to 60. 
Tithonia Torch. Top winner, Silver Medal All America 
Selection for 1951. New Bush form is four feet tall. Flowers 
fiery scarlet, early brilliant garden display and cut flower, 
easy to grow; thrives in hot weather, blooms from August 
until Frost. Flower of the Incas. Pkts., 25c. each. 
Marigold Glitters. Awarded Bronze Medal AA 1951. Large 
handsome early chrysanthemum-flowered, soft golden yel- 
low. Plants 2% to 4 ft., bushy, long strong stems, attractive 
deep green foliage. Pkts., 25c. each. 
Petunia Fire Chief. All America Gold Medal Winner 
for 1950. The reddest Petunia you have ever seen. Dwarf 
habit, free blooming Hybrida Compacta type. Pkts., 25c.; 
1/16-oz., $2.50. 
Petunia Silver Medal. AA 1949 Silver Medal Award. 
New F1 Hybrid. Richest and purest salmon pink to date. 
Compact plants, 12 inches high with great hybrid vigor 
and free blooming medium large plain petaled flowers; 
called the most attractive of all bedding petunias. Pkts., 
50c. each. 
Hollyhock Indian Summer Double Annual Mixed. Re- 
ceived AA 1949 Bronze Medal. From Holland; like the 
popular single variety which received the Silver Medal in 
1939, except this being double. Colors mostly pastels. 
Pkts., 25c., %-oz., $1.25. 
Morning Glory (Impomea) Blue Star. Honorable 
Mention 1949 AA. A sport from Heavenly Blue. A 
light blue color with deeper colored midrib spears to form 
an attractive star in each blossom. The delicate color is 
distinct, the growth vigorous, 8 to 10 feet and free blooming. 
Pkts., 20c.; 0z., $2.00. 
Calendula Apricot Beauty. An attractive two-toned effect. 
A great improvement in flower, stem, rust and heat re- 
sistance; the work of many years. Pkts., 15c.; 0z., $1.00. 
Dianthus. Westwood Beauty Finest Mixed. Entirely 
new tetraploid variety combining large flowers of the Dian- 
thus Heddewigi with longer stemmed, well-formed abun- 
dant flowers in all the Dianthus colors. Pkts., 15c., oz., $1.75. 
Dahlia Unwin Dwarf Hybrids. A greatly improved strain 
of this remarkable Dahlia. Blooms measure 3 inches on 
twelve-inch stems, profusefuly born on bushy 24-inch plants. 
Blooms in three months from seed. Colors, crimson apricot 
yellow, cream, terra cotta and many others including white. 
Pkt., 25c.; %-0z., 60c.; %4-oz., $1.00 (750 seeds). See page 
50 for culture suggestion. 
Tithonia Torch 
All America Silver Medal for 1951 
Delphinium Pacific Giants. This is a magnificent strain of 
giant flowered Delphinium. The huge flowers are well spaced 
on strong, graceful stems. Pacific Giants are considerably 
mildew resistent and are considered the ‘‘World’s Best.”’ 
Bluejay Series. Clear medium to dark blue .. Pkt., 50c. 
Blue Bird. True blue, white bee ............ Pkt., 50c. 
Summer Skies. Clear light blue ............ Pkt., 50c. 
Guinevere Series. Pinkish Lavender ........ Pkt., 50c. 
Galahad Series. Enormous pure white ...... Pkt., 50c. 
Above named varieties, 1/16-oz., $1.50. 
Pacific Giants. All shades, %-oz., $1.75 .... Pkt., 35c. 
Cuthbertson Sweet Peas (Spring Flowering). Now you 
can grow better Sweet Peas. This new strain has strong 
heat resistance, combined with vigorous growth and long 
stout stem. Has been grown in Connecticut with remarkable 
success. Flowers over a longer period. 
Pkt. Oz. %-lb. Lb. 
Tommy. Clear Medium Blue ..15c. 50c. $1.50 $4.50 
16S, RNAS LS poe ongodenuL 15c. 50c. 1.50 4.50 
Frank G. Lavender ......... 15e. 50c. 1.50 4.50 
Garolt sGlear Pink egicricys crete iene: 15c. 50c. 1.50 4.50 
Janet. Black-seeded White ...15c. 50c. 1.50 4.50 
Spring Flowering Mixed ...... l5c. 50c. 1.50 4.50 
