COMPLETE LIST OF ORNAMENTAL 
FLOWER, TREE & SHRUB SEEDS 
SOME SUGGESTIONS 
There are some 7,000 different species 
and varieties of seed offered in this issue; 
there is a great deal of detail work invol- 
ved in keeping not only the list correct 
but the stock of seeds. Many require 
special handling; therefore it will be to 
your advantage if you will assist as much 
as possible .Ordinary seeds like Marigolds, 
Zinnias, Petunias, Sweet Peas can be ord- 
ered with the expectation of the order be- 
ing filled immediately; many rock garden 
seeds and especially alpines, come in very 
slowly and not always as expected due to 
failures in seeding and also collecting; if 
a species is missed on your order the order 
is held till seed does arrive; on many tree 
and shrub seeds, deliveries come in at all 
times of the year and often too late for 
fall sowing, this cannot be helped and one 
can only wait till the seed is ready. 
‘Many seeds come from the southern 
hemisphere and thus the season is just in 
reverse to ours and new crop seed thug 
seems to come in late; again nothing can 
be done about it; seeds that cross the 
equator often lose much in germination so 
it is not always adviseable for to use two 
year old seed, this, then, makes it necess- 
ary ot hold these orders for the arrival of 
new seed. 
Where there is a packet or two on your 
order, back-ordered, there should be a 
slip in your order stating what is being 
done about them, but this could be missing 
where the party filling your order is not 
certain and rather than hold your order 
for the information it is gotten into the 
mail; you can rest assured we have not 
forgotten and it will be taken care of. 
Those needing tree and shrub _ seeds, 
should at least reserve their needs early 
in the season as many of these items are 
collected and as the sales vary much from 
year to year and collection costs are high, 
we may noi have sufficient seed during the 
winter to fill all orders; we mean this es- 
pecially to those buying by the pound; this 
also apples to perennial growers who buy 
perennial seeds in quantity; they also can 
get lower prices on these early orders; if 
is not necessary to remit on early ounce 
and pound orders but later when the seed 
actually arrives. 
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ABIES 
(AY-bih-eez) FIR. Pinaceae. Large ever- 
green trees, similiar to the Spruces. Sow 
seed in the spring. 
—balsamea. ABIE-4. 30¢ 
Balsam Fir; for large lots stratify in 
sand 3-4 months; sow in fall if possible; 
new crop seed after Nov. 
—spectabilis. ABIE-55. 30¢ 
Himalayan Fir. New crop seed late in 
the winter; stratify and plant in spring. 
—Veiichii. ABIE-58. 50¢ 
Very hardy; cones bluish purple; sug- 
gest treatment as for A. spectabilis. 
ABUTILON 
(ab-YEW-til-on) Flowering Maple. Tend- 
er plants, most of which are grown in- 
doors. They are easily grown from seed 
which can be grown out doors during the 
summer and lifted in the fall. 
—vitifolium. ABUT-20. 50¢ 
Light blue fis; fine for the greenhouse. 
ACACIA 
(ah-KAY-shah) Leguminosae. They are 
widely distributed in tropical and warm 
regions and have many valuable uses; not 
hardy in the N.; the hard seed coat of 
some species will stand being placed in the 
dieing embers of a fire, others germinate 
well in. fresh wood ashes or given a hot 
water treatment or soaked in sulfuric acid. 
—Baileyana. ACAC-3. 25¢ 
Attractive silver blue foliage and bright 
golden yellow flowers; HHSh. 
—berlandieri. ACAC-14. 50¢ 
Small Mexican evergreen tree; yellowish 
white flowers; no thorns; (VII). 
—cyanophylla. ACAC-27. 25¢ 
Blue-leaf Wattle. Shrub to 18 ft; flower 
heads 142 inch across; W. Australia. 
—Farnesiana. ACAC-48. 25¢ 
Popinac. Thorny shrub; 10 ft; flowers 
are very fragrant; Texas; HHSh. 
—julibrissin. ACAC-72. 25¢ 
Silk-tree; (Albizia jub.) Seed have a seed 
coat dormancy and in small plantings it 
is best to file seed; germination spring. 
—Mixed. ACAC-X. 25¢ 
A mixture of all species. 
ACER MAPLE 
(AY-ser) Aceraceae. Street tree as well 
as for lumber; seed should be planted after 
collecting but properly stored seed can be 
planted the following spring; moist mineral 
soil for seed bed; 4% inch deep; mulch; it 
takes aS much as 2 years in some species 
for all seed to germinate; order early. 
—Ginnala. ACER-26. 50¢ 
AMUR MAPLE. Seed needs 1-2 months 
of warm weather, in seed bed, to permit 
bacterial growth on seed coat but in N it’s 
best to plan on 2 years in the seed bed; 
seed ripe Sept.-Nov. Order -early. 
—palmaitum atropurpureum ' dissectum. 
ACER-59 D 50¢ 
JAPANESE MAPLE. New crop seed is 
late in arriving; suggest stratifying in 
moist sand at 40 degrees for a month or 
two, then at 30 degrees till spring; if kept 
too warm seed may germinate in the sand. 
—platanoides. ACER-62. 40¢ 
NORWAY MAPLE. An excellent street 
tree. Oz. 70¢: Ib. $3.50. 
—saccharinum. ACER-73. 40¢ 
SOFT M. Seed ripe Apirl-Jnue 15th; 
seed should be planted as soon as possible; 
shade the seed bed. 
—saccharum. ACER-74. 40¢ 
Sugar Maple. Seed ripe about Oct; if 
stratified, it must not be too long as germ- 
ination may occur; sow in spring. 
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