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 im 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. ; J : : ’ 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 8 
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. 
Also sow in the garden in May. Thrives in full sun or half shade. 
Blue Boy. ’ : Pkt. 20c; 7~50z. 65c 
The plants are compact and very uniform, about 6 inches high. Its rich deep blue flowers, freely 
produced, almost obscure the neat deep green foliage. Fine for borders and rock-gardens. 
Blue Perfection. Pkt. 15c; oz. 40c; Moz. 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; yy0z. 45c; 7s0z. 75¢ 
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 8 
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 is workable, having plants stand 8 to 
12 inches apart. Cutting back the plants occasionally increases the bloom. They thrive in any soil. 
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; Yoz. 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 6 inches high, form a compact mass of small pure white flowers. 
Violet Queen, XXX Pkt. 15c; Moz. 50c; Yoz. 85c 
An extremely fine English strain of unusual beauty. The round plants, 10 inches across and 6 
inches high, form mounds of striking bright violet and make a very, unusual dwarf edging plant. 
NEW ROYAL CARPET ALYSSUM—AIll-America Winner for 1953 
The neat compact plants, 3 inches high and 10 inches across, literally carpet the ground and are covered with 
vibrant purple bloom all season. They contrast beautifully with the white forms. Pkt. 25c; Loz. 80c. 
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Ageratum, Blue Boy 
Ageratum, 
Midget Blue 
Acroclinium, 
Giant Double Hybrids 
Alyssum, Snow Cloth 
