The Meyer Seed Co. Novelties for Your Flower Garden 
Please read this particular page carefully, because it describes the newest and most improved varieties of 
Flower Seeds. We are sure that you will want to try most of them in your garden this season. 
Flower Seeds Are Subject to Maryland Sales Tax 
AGERATUM, MIDGET BLUE 
1B Silver Medal, 1940. A dwarf, compact plant, 3 to 4 inches 
tall, covered with rich azure-blue flowers. Fine for edging. 
Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c. 
1A THE GOLDEN. 20 in. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
1C FAIRY PINK. 12 in. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
1D LASSEAUXI. 20 in. Rosy mauve. A desirable cut flower. 
Pkt. 20c. 
ALYSSUM 
5A ROYAL CARPET. All-America 1953 Top Winner. A 
neat and well-behaved edging for the flower bed. Grows only a 
few inches high but 10 inches across. Vibrant purple flowers. 
Pkt3-25c. 
ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON) 
6B TETRA SNAPS. Giant ruffled Tetraploid Snapdragons. 
The largest flowered of all Snapdragons; beautiful colors and 
combinations. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 45c; 5 pkts. $1.00. 
6C MAGIC CARPET. 6 to 8 in. Very dwarf, free-flowering 
strain suitable for rockery or borders. A choice mixture of many 
colors. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 45c; 5 pkts. $1.00. 
ASTERS Giants of California 
15A A strain with immense flowers held erect on splendid stems. 
Plants grow 2% to 3 feet tall and are generous with their flowers. 
AZURE BLUE DARK PURPLE WHITE 
CRIMSON DEEP ROSE 
MIXED and all the colors. Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 25c; oz. $2.50. 
18B SANTA MARIA. Double flowers over 6 inches in diam- 
eter, with long lacy white petals curling from an interlaced 
powdery center. These mammoth blooms are carried on stout, 
214-foot stems branching from the base. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
BUDDLEIA BLEND 
or BUTTERFLY-BUSH 
228C =A winter-hardy shrub, usually blooming the first season 
from early sowing. Variety of colors. Pkt. 25c. 
CHR YSANTHEMUMS 
233A ARCTIC HYBRIDS. Flower first season and live for 
years. Big, single flowers in richly varied colorings. Free bloom- 
Ing, extremely hardy. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
233B OLD ORCHARD GLORIES. Particularly good. Color- 
fuland varied. All colors; single and double. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
223C KOREAN HYBRIDS. Flowers m rare color tones, always 
with radiant lustre; single to semi-double. Fairly early; hardy. 
PAs, 2Sre- 
45B GOLD WINGS. 30 in. Long-blooming, single showy 
flowers of glistening yellow. Annual. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c. 
CORAL FLOWER 
53A Even the deep green, succulent foliage 1s decorative. 
Many slender, 30-inch stems bear little frve-pointed stars of 
lummous rosy pink, in loose, alternate clusters. Then come airy, 
long-hanging capsules, like polished coral beads, hundreds of 
them on each great glowing plume of a stem. A single plant may 
throw 30 or more of these great, bright plumes. Effective over a 
three to four-month period. A good house plant, too. Pkt. 20c. 
DAHLBERG DAISY 
or GOLDEN FLEECE 
63A  6in. Sheets of aromatic gold for more than four months. 
No annual more profuse or continuous in bloom. By far the best 
edging or low bedding annual in bright yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
DAHLIA, UNWIN’S DWARF 
HYBRIDS 
63C Graceful, semi-double flowers in a very wide range of 
selected colors. Excellent for bedding, cut-flowers and pot plants. 
Pkts. 25c and 50c; oz. $2.00. 
DATURA (TRUMPET IN TRUMPET) 
63D  36in. Double, ruffled, creamy yellow flowers, freely pro- 
duced. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c. 
DIANTHUS, HIGHLAND 
HYBRIDS 
246C Magnificent strain of large-flowered hardy Pinks. Vivid 
colors, rich in varied shades of pink and rose. Pkts. 15c and 25c. 
HOUSE PLANTS 
84A Surprise after surprise awaits you after planting these 
fascinating seeds. Pkt. 25c. 
IRIS, AVALON BLEND 
261B Includes at least a little of every Iris that our grower has 
in seed form, of course not in equal amounts, for some kinds are 
too scarce and rare for that. Nevertheless we doubt that any 
other Iris blend, anywhere, any time, has equaled this in quality. 
Perennial. Pkt. 25c. 
JOUNNY-JUMP-UPS 
2988 DAWNSIDE STRAIN. Wide range of color variation. 
Stands summer heat. Perennial; treat as annual. Pkt. 15c; 
2 pkts. 25c. 
LARKSPUR, REGAL 
91A 
Huge, double florets evenly spaced on long fat spikes first 
class for cutting. Base-branching habit; uniformly early. Dark 
Blue, Lilac, Salmon-Rose, Pure White, Mixed. Each, pkt. 25c; 
VYyoz. 40c; oz. 75c; oz. $1.25. 
LILIUM FORMOSUM 
266B) The earliest Lily. White with rosy suffusion. Sow early; 
sometimes blooms first season. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
SPECIAL LILY BLEND 
266A Includes seeds of not less than 20 distinct kinds of good 
hardy Lilies, but there are likely to be many more than that. 
Perennial. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
HARDY BORDER BLEND 
(PEERLESS BLEND) 
228B) Various kinds of taller flowers suitable for the mixed hardy 
border; at least 100 distinct sorts. Includes many unusual 
perennials not yet generally known. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
PETUNIA, FIRE CHIEF 
Gold Medal, 1950. Bright velvety red flowers. Well 
branched, compact plants a foot tall. Blooms all summer. 
A bed of these is a sight to behold. Pkts. 25c and 50c. 
PRIMULA, AVALON BLEND 
279A About as fine and diversified a mixture of hardy Primulas 
for the rock-garden as could be made up. Includes seeds of many 
128A 
varieties. Perennial. Pkt. 25c. 
THE BABY SALVIA 
amy MYCROPHYLLA 
1 
A rare Mexican species. The smallest and most compact of 
Salvias. 16 in. The plants are shaped like the upper half of an 
hour-glass, with olive-green foliage. The flowers are carmine suf- 
fused coral-rose; very lovely. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 70c. 
SOLANUM INTEGRIFOLIUM 
(SCARLET LOVEAPPLE) 
87A This ornamental annual freely bears fruits of brightest 
scarlet, each about 2 inches through. May be cut for decorative 
use during the summer or dried for winter bouquets. Pkt. 15c. 
TITHONTA, TORCH 
166 Silver Medal, 1951. Grows as easily as a zinnia and thrives 
in hot weather. A favorite color—orange-red. Pkt. 25c. 
ZINNIA, PEPPERMINT STICK 
216B Medium-sized, Primula type flowers borne on robust 
plants 2 to 21% feet tall. Petals are striped in various color com- 
binations, such as red and white, red and yellow, purple and 
white, carmine and white, orange and yellow. It produces ap- 
proximately 70% striped flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
1-3-5 E. Lombard St., Baltimore 2, Md. 
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