SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 13 
PRICES: All Packets are 10c Each, Postpaid, except as noted. 
Marigold 
AN GLITTERS 
MARIGOLDS 
Received the Bronze Medal All America 
award for 1951. Large, tall and double 
Chrysanthemum-flowered beauty. Height 
is 21% to 4 feet, is bushy with long stems 
for cutting. Flowers are a clear yellow, 
measuring 3 to 4 inches across and fringed 
at outer petals. 25c per packet. 
MARIGOLDS 
They light the garden with a glitter of 
yellow and gold from July far into the 
frosts of autumn. 
DOUBLE TALL AFRICAN VARIETIES. 
Lemon Ball. Mixed shades of yellow and 
orange. Orange Ball. 
DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE. Mahogany, 
Lemon Queen, Double Dwarf Mixed 
(Pride of the Garden). 
DWARF SINGLE FRENCH. Legion of 
Honor. Golden yellow marked with a 
large spot of velvety crimson at the base 
of each petal. Golden Star, Marigold 
Mixed. 
CARNATION FLOWERED MARIGOLD. 
Guinea Gold. <A brilliant orange, very 
double and ruffled with loose lace petals. 
This is a new and distinct type. 
HELIOTROPE. 
HIBISCUS. 
HOLLYHOCK, Double Mixed. 
JAPANESE HOP VINE. 
JOB’S TEARS. 
KOCHIA (Mexican Fire Bush). 
KUDZU VINE (Jack-and-the-Bean-Stalk. 
LANTANA. 
LARKSPUR, Tall Double Mixed. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS (Perennial or 
Everlasting Pea). 10c pkt.; 30c per oz. 
LUPINE 
MAYFAIR HYBRID. Easily grown on 
poor soil but insists on good drainage. 
Carries long graceful spikes of rich and 
various colored flowers. 
MIGNONETTE, Sweet Scented. 
MORNING GLORY, Japanese Mixed. 
MOONFLOWER. 
NASTURTIUMS— 
Dwarf Mixed. 
Tall Mixed. 
PANSY— ; 
Giant Trimardeau, Mixed. 25c pkt. 
PANSY PLANTS—Mixed colors of the 
choicest varieties. 50c doz., postpaid. 
PHLOX— 
Drummondi Grandiflora. 
Star Quedlinburg. 
POPPY— 
Mixed Single. 
Mixed Double. 
Shirley Mixed. 
Oriental. 
PORTULACA (Moss Rose). Brilliant gar- 
den annuals, 6 inches high, luxuriating 
in warm, dry, sunny situations and 
blooming profusely from early summer to 
autumn. For low beds and masses of 
color, from spring until frost, they are 
indispensable; colors range through in- 
numerable shades of red, yellow, pink, 
striped, white, etc. 
Double, Fine Mixed. 
Single, Fine Mixed. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS. Loose sprays of 
rich violet blooms. Tall growing; 2% to 3 
ft. We offer an improved and select 
peck. Mostly used in large beds. Pkt., 
C: 
SCABIOSA, Grandiflora Mixed. 
SNAPDRAGON, Tall Mixed. 
STOCKS, Large Flowering Ten Weeks 
Mixed. 
PETUNIAS 
FLUFFY RUFFLES, MIXED. Selected 
and hybridized with the greatest care; 
flowers of large size, beautifully fringed 
and embracing a splendid variety of col- 
ors in many beautiful combinations. Pkt., 
25c; 2 pkts., 45c. 
ELK’S PRIDE. A splendid velvety pur- 
ple, large flowering variety. Pkt., 20c; 
3 pkts., 50c. 
ROSE OF HEAVEN. (Improved Rosy 
Morn). Dwarf, bushy plants, bearing in 
great profusion brilliant rose colored flow- 
ers with a white throat; excellent for pot 
culture. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c; 'f oz., 75c. 
BLOTCHED AND STRIPED SINGLE 
MIXED. Pkt., 10c; '4 oz., 25c. 
FINE MIXED SINGLE BEDDING. A 
splendid bedding mixture of good bloom- 
ers) | PKtelOcs lA) oz,, 25c: 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
10c Pkt.; 25c Oz. 
Royal Purple. 
Mrs. Tom Jones—Deep azure blue. 
Iluminator—Bright glowing salmon, 
tinged with orange. 
Crimson King. 
Warrior—The best of pure bred maroon. 
Miss California—A rich salmon pink. 
Austin Frederick—Color a true lavender. 
King White. 
Beatall—Pale cerise. 
Beauty—Blush pink. 
Commander Godsall—Large navy blue. 
Elegance—Blush lilac. 
Good Cheer—Deep Begonia rose. 
Orange Picture—Sunproof orange. 
Pinkie—Large rose pink. 
Powerscout—Large lavender. 
Superfine—Cream suffused salmon. 
Finest Mixed. 
THUNBERGIA, or Black-Eyed Susan. 
TRITOMA (Torch Lily, Flame Flower, 
Red Hot Poker). 
VINCA, Mixed. 
iN TORCH TITHONIA 
The top floral winner and leader re- 
ceiving the Silver Medal All America 
award for 1951. Torch is of compact, up- 
right, bushy form; having luxuriant foli- 
age. Has flowers of striking color in a 
fiery scarlet or rich, grenadine red about 
4 inches across; borne on strong, straight 
stems which make it desirable for cut- 
ting. It is a tender annual but stands 
summer heat and seems free from all dis- 
eases. 25c per packet. 
VERBENA 
NEW MAMMOTH. Individual flowers are 
larger than a silver quarter. Unsurpassed 
for profusion of bloom. Fancy mixed. 
BEAUTY OF OXFORD. A free flower- 
ing, very hardy annual. Excellent for 
bedding and edgings. Of creeping habit 
with dark green foliage. Many clusters 
of large star-shaped flowers, with round 
lobed petals. Bloom from June until frost. 
Pkt., 25c. 
ZINNIA 
Deserves a prominent place in every 
garden. Plant forms handsome bushes, 
which produce hundreds of large double 
flowers all summer and fall. Zinnias 
should be transplanted when they are 4 
or 5 inches high, planting 6 or 8 inches 
apart in the row. Keep well watered if 
you want large flowers. 
California Giant Zinnia 
FANTASY CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOW- 
ERED. The well rounded, medium sized 
flowers which are borne on long slender 
stems well above the foliage are com- 
posed of a mass of shaggy, twisted tubu- 
lar petals which give the blooms a rather 
charming appearance. The color range 
includes red and orange, as well as many 
fine pastel shades of pink and cream. 
Pkt., 15c. 
TALL DOUBLE. All colors mixed. 
NEW CALIFORNIA GIANT FLOWER- 
ING. A well balanced mixture of all col- 
ors make a gorgeous showing. 
GIANT FLOWERING WHITE. 
GIANT FLOWERING CRIMSON. 
GIANT FLOWERING VIOLET. 
GIANT FLOWERING YELLOW. 
ZINNIA COLLECTION. 1 pkt. of each 
of the above five colors, 65c; single pkt., 
15c each. 
DOUBLE LILIPUT. A fine mixture of 
dwarf double Zinnias. 
GIANT 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED 
DOUBLE ZINNIAS 
Come in a rich assortment of colors. 
This year even though it was hot and 
dry, everyone having zinnias picked a lot 
of beautiful bouquets. This strain we 
feature is the best we have ever seen. 
GOLDEN WEST. A fine shade of golden 
yellow. 
PURPLE PRINCE. 
purple. 
DAYBREAK. Bright orange scarlet. 
GLORIA. Delicate reddish rose. 
ENCHANTRESS. Rich shade of red. 
SENSATION. Orange scarlet. 
DAHLIA FLOWERED ASSORTMENT. 
Six kinds. One each of the above six 
Giant Dahlia-Flowered Double Varieties, 
50c; single pkt., 10c each. 
MIXED COLOR. Finest mixed Dahlia- 
Flowered Double Zinnias. This is a mix- 
ture of red, yellow, orange, purple and 
rose, 
Rich shade of royal 
