AQUILEGIA [ 
HARDY PERENNIAL 
Aquilegia, Longissima 
162—Coerulea, 
Sky blue, 
162A—Coerulea Double. 
163—Crimson Star, 
with white centers and blooms 3 in. and more 
across. Brilliant. Blooms May-June. Hardy. 
164—Dobbie's Imperial Hybrids, 3 ft. One of the 
finest 
Yours for the choosing. 
Grace, color, 
sheer beauty of form. 
Red. yellow, pink, blue, white: long 
spurred and spurless, which do you 
want? 
Hp. Choice cut flowers, borne on 
strong wiry stems in profusion dur- 
ing spring and early summer. The 
foliage is airy and graceful, de- 
lightful in the border. One of the 
most easily grown perennials, very 
dependable and long lived. One 
year old plants may be forced for 
winter bloom in the greenhouse. 
Seed sown inside in early spring 
will usually bloom in fall the first 
season. Likes partial shade. 
COLUMBINE CULTURE: This subject is 
treated fully on pg. 12 of ‘‘The Gardener’s 
Handbook” sent free with your order. 
Seed may be sown in frames in spring, 
early summer or fall. Germination takes 
about 4 weeks, but the seed is very de- 
pendable and almost every one planted 
will come up, if the bed is kept moist. 
The plants like a cool, moist partly sha- 
ded location. 
156—Alpina, 18 in. 
157—Blue Shades. Long spurred variety of 
all pretty blue tones. 
158—Californica Hybrida. 3 ft. Rare tri- 
color. Petals orange, long carmine spurs, 
canary yellow corolla. Attractive, striking. 
158A4—Californica Hybrida Double. Pkt. 25c. 
Dwarf, deep blue. 
160—Chrysantha, 2 ft. Attractive rich yellow. 
1604—Double Golden Chrysantha fl. pl. 3 ft. Large 
fully double golden yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
161—Clematiflora (New Spurless Columbine). Me- 
dium height, compact, free flowering; large open 
Clematis-shaped fiowers in delicate colors. 
Rocky Mountain Columbine, 2 ft. 
white corolla. One of our best. 
Pkt. 25c. 
2 ft. Petals striking crimson 
improved strains. Long spurs, large flow- 
ers in an excellent range of colors and combina- 
tions. 
165—Longissima. Noted for unusually long slen- 
der spurs, 4-5 in. long, giving the pale yellow 
flrs. an exceptionally graceful effect. From Nor- 
161—Aquilegia Clematiflora. Pkt. 10c. 
thern Mexico, likes hot dry places. June flr. 
166—Long-Spurred Hybrids. Novel colors. 
VIOLA CORNUTA—VIOLETS OR TUFTED PANSIES 
Companion plants to Pansies, though flowers are not as large. Admirably adapted for rockery, beds, 
and borders as the colors are bright and attractive, plants are sturdy and free blooming, thriving in 
moist partial shade with no enemies. Pkt. 10¢; Giant Pkt. 25c. 
2073—Arkwright Ruby. Ruby crimson shading to 
terra cotta. Flowers larger than ordinary. 
2074—Avalanche. Large, pure white. Pkt. 25c. 
2076—Blue Beauty. Very early, brightest blue. 
2077—Blue Elf. 9 mm. Upper petals deep violet blue, 
lower petals light blue, gold eye. 
2078—Blue Perfection. Pretty medium blue. 
2079—Chantreyland. Best pure apricot. 
2105—G. Wermig, Extra long stems make this 
large violet blue excellent to cut. Pkt. 25c. 
2080—Ilona. Wine red. 
2084—Lutea Splendens. Deep golden yellow. 
2086—Helen Mount. Bicolor, violet, yellow. 
2091—Yellow Gem. Fine long stems, golden. 
2102—King Henry I. Deep violet with heavenly 
blue center and bright yellow eye. A very at- 
tractive and delightful novelty. Pkt. 25c. 
2085—The Black Imp. Viola Nigra. Quaint little 
flowers that might have been snipped from black 
velvet. Blooms quickly and true from seed. 
2093—Mixed. Complete mixture of all colors. 
CHOICE GEMS 
The Gem class is more compact in growth, very 
free flowering; flowers are larger and slightly 
ruffled. Thes2 are ideal for the border. 
2082—Jersey Gem (Blue Gem). 8 in. Flowers rich 
velvet blue with slightly ruffled petals are borne 
on long stems. An excellent variety for cutting. 
Slightly fragrant. 
2092—-Gem Mixed. Special mixture. 
2104—Pedunculata. (Pansy Violet) Stems ascend- 
ing, often 2 ft. long, bearing in each leaf axil 
large round 1 inch purple centered orange flow- 
ers. Pkt. 25c. 
2103—Vioela Douglasii (Chrysantha). A delightful 
species. 5 in. Flowers are orange-yellow veined 
with purple. The leaves are deeply lobed giving 
a fern-like appearance. Pkt. 25c. 
2094—Little Johnny Jump Up. hp. 4 in. “The Old 
Fashioned Violet.” Diminutive Pansy charm. 
Flowers show tones of lemon, lavender, rosy 
mauve, lilac, gold, violet. Floriferous, bright. 
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Viola Cornuta—Park’'s Pride 
2081—PARK'S PRIDE Improved Scotch Bedding. 
Viola Cornuta. A grand New bedding hybrid mix- 
ture of all the finest, brightest, gayest colors in 
the largest size flowers and most robust plants. 
A supreme mixture. 
PERFUMED VIOLA ODORATA 
2095—The Czar. A very large flowered, bright 
blue, delightfully scented. 
2096—Sweet Violet or Tufted Violet, hp. 4 in. 
(Viola Odorata semperflorens). Blue, sweet. 
BUTTERFLY VIOLETS (Papilio) 
Hp. Blooming the first season. Hardy and free 
blooming. The flowers are larger than other 
Cornuta varieties, and usually have purple cen- 
ters. 
2101—Mixed. 
or COLUMBINE Queen of Flowers 
Pictured in color on back cover. 
Aquilegia—Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrids 
PLANTS: See Page 25. 
168—Nana Alba. A dwarf large flowering plant 
bearing milk white flowers of rare beauty. 
167—Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrids. Long Spurred. 
Beautiful, most popular long spurred mixed. 
170—Pink Shades. Delicate pink with long spurs. 
171—Rainbow Mixture of Colorado Varieties. A 
fine blend of many colors. 
15G6A—Red Riding Hood. 2 ft. Old rose calyx with 
pure white double corolla. Lovely. 
172—Rose Queen. 2 ft. Soft rose, white corolla. 
178—Skinneri. 3 ft. Flowers 1% in. across are 
yellow with showy green sepals, and 2 inch red 
spurs. F 
173—Snow Queen or Silver Queen. 2 ft. Beautiful 
silver white tinged cream at throat. Fragrant 
flowers in May and June. Best white. 
174—Double Flowered Mixture. 2 ft. Comes in 
many forms and colors. Surprising and delightful. 
176—PARK'S SPECIAL Complete Mixture, all 
varieties. 
SELECTING AND SOWING 
If you wish seeds to sow in a garden bed or to 
present to children, or if you have had but little 
experience in raising flowers from seeds, select 
such flowers as Alyssum, Aster, Balsams, Cos- 
mos, Calendula, Candytuft, Oriental Pinks, Gail- 
lardia, Helianthus, Marigold, Mignonette, Bedding 
Petunia. Pansy, Phlox, Ricinus, Scabiosa, Nas- 
turtium, Valerian, Verbena and Zinnia; for vines 
get Coboea, Cypress, Dolichos, Gourds, Morning 
Glory, Thunbergia. Even in sowing these it is 
well to prepare the bed carefully in a sunny ex- 
posure; place a low board frame around it and 
after sowing, water and cover with a newspaper 
until plants appear. If you sow seeds in the open 
with full exposure to rain. wind and sun, you 
should not complain if few of the seeds become 
plants. 
TO INSURE SUCCESS. Many failures with seeds 
are due to lack of knowledge of the time required 
by the seeds to germinate. Study the table on 
pages 45 and 46 to avoid failures from this cause. 
EovON instructions in the ‘‘Gardener’s Hand- 
ook.”’ 
OUR CUSTOMERS SPEAK 
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us of the joy gardening brings, and praising our 
seeds. We wish to thank each of you for this 
interest shown, and assure you that we shall do 
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Park Seed Co., Spring 1950, Austin, Tex. 
I should like to express my appreciation for the 
fine quality of both your seeds and your service, 
with which I have always been much pleased. 
Mrs. Gordon H. Mills. 
Dear Sirs: June 5, 1950, Circleville, Ohio. 
All bulbs purchased from you have come up and 
I’m sure about every seed which I planted has 
germinated; needless to say, I’m very well satis- 
fied. Yours truly, Miriam E. Weaver. 
Sirs: Jan. 2, 1950, Lincoln, Nebr. 
At State Fair Sept 9, I took 21 prizes and my 
neighbors as many - we ordered to-gether and 
divided the seeds, Mrs. Chas. Reed. 
Gentlemen: - I am looking forward to a lovely 
garden this summer and as usual it is all your 
fault. J. W. W. Yemassee, S, C. 
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Some years ago I seemed to discover that the 
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is as it should be. C. H. 
Seeds: Pkt. 10c; 21 for $2.00—Giant Pkt. 25c; 9 for $2.00—Aquilegia is an easily grown Perennial 
