FORBES FINE FLOWER SEEDS 
A full offering of the best, 
from all quarters of the globe 
In any growing 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 rela- 
tive 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. Try them this year. 
Seeds of Annual Flowers 
Annuals sprout from seed, grow, flower, fruit, and die all within the garden 
year. They are easily grown from seed. 
ACROCLINIUM 
Giant Double Hybrids. Fine, large 
flowers in shades of salmon, apricot, 
pink, rose, cerise, and in white and 
cream, on 20-inch plants. Moz. 35c; 
oz. $1; 4Ib. $3. 
AGERATUM 
Flat-grown plants, ready from seed 
sown in January and February, sell 
readily when showing color in the flat. 
Blue Boy sown in November or De- 
cember makes fine pot-plants in 
full bloom for Easter sale. 
Ageratum, Blue Boy 
Blue Boy. This extra-dwarf strain is the result of many years of careful selection. The plants 
are compact and very uniform, growing about 6 inches high. Its rich deep blue flowers of 
good size are very freely produced, almost obscuring the neat, deep green foliage. Fine for 
borders and rock-gardens. l¢oz. 50c; 4oz. $1.50; oz. $4.50. 
Blue Perfection. Large flower-heads of deep eae on 9 to 10-inch plants. Excellent 
for large beds and for cutting. loz. 30c; goz. 50c; oz. $1.50; M4Ib. $4.50. 
Midget Blue. This 5-inch strain is dwarfest of all with fine foliage covered with small, true 
ageratum-blue flowers and is uniformly dwarf. Voz. 55c; Yoz. $1.65; oz. $5; WYlb. $15. 
ALYSSUM 
For flat-grown plants, start the seed in March. For Alyssum saxatile see Perennial List. 
Carpet of Snow. Round, flat plants, 5 inches high and 10 to 12 inches across, with a solid mass 
of tiny white flowers. loz. 30c; oz. 90c; 4b. $2.65; Ib. $8. 
Snow Cloth. 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. Moz. 30c; oz. 90c; 4b. $2.65; Ib. $8. 
Violet Queen XXX. The round plants of this new strain, 10 inches across and 6 inches high, 
form mounds of intense bright violet and make a very unusual dwarf edging plant. An 
ideal subject for flat-grown plants. loz. 30c; Yoz. 50c; oz. $1.50; Mlb. $4.50. 
ROYAL CARPET—AII America Winner for 1953 
A very dwarf new strain which literally carpets the ground. The neat compact 
plants, only 2 or 3 inches high and 10 inches across, are covered with vibrant purple 
bloom all season. A perfect companion for Carpet of Snow for neat edging. Blooms 
early in the plant flat for ready sale. ¢oz. 65c; Woz. $1.90; oz. $5.75; Mlb. $17.50. 
Morris Turnpike, Millburn, N. J. 25 Annual Flower Seeds 
