ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 
AGERATUM 
Popular blue flowers profusely borne all 
summer on compact, long-growing plants that 
thrive in any soil. For best results and: early 
bloom start indoors March 25th, or in the 
garden after danger of frost. 
1007 DWARF BLUE BEDDER. Plants are 
very low, compact in growth and are cov- 
ered with rich dark blue flowers. This is 
a very satisfactory dwarf edging variety. 
Pkt. 25¢; lg. pkt. 50¢; 14 0z. 85¢. 
BALSAM 
1051 Camellia Flowered. Mixed colors. A 
popular old favorite with double camellia- 
like flowers. It is well worth using in the 
border or as a summer hedge especially in 
partially shaded places. Sow in the garden 
after danger of frost. Thin to 12 inches. 
Height 2 ft. Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z. 45¢. 
CANDYTUFT 
An easily grown free-flowering annual that 
may be sown early. Thin to 6 inches. Make 
a second sowing in July for fall bloom. 
1075 Giant White Hyacinth-Flowered. Plants 
are branched, each branch a massive, long 
and thick hyacinth-like spike of pure white. 
Very attractive. Pkt. 20¢; lg. pkt. 35¢. 
1077 Choice Mixed Colors. The colored types 
are bright, gay flowers but have a shorter, 
more compact head than Giant White Hy- 
acinth-Flowered. Pkt. 15¢; lg. pkt. 30¢. 
Carnations have a beauty and fragrance all their 
own. 
CARNATION 
1085 Chabaud’s Giant Improved, Mixed Col- 
ors. ‘This half-hardy perennial is usually 
considered an annual but if planted in a 
protected location and covered with leaves 
or straw will usually survive the first winter. 
The delightful fragrance and rich coloring 
makes them very useful for cut flowers and 
bedding. Sow the seed as soon as the soil 
can be worked in the spring or start in- 
doors for earlier bloom, Pkt. 25¢; lg. pkt. 
50¢; 14 oz. $1.00. 
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No garden is complete without Bachelor Buttons. 
You can depend on them all summer for color in 
the garden and for cutflowers. 
BACHELOR BUTTONS 
Centaurea 
Our special strains are large, fully double 
with bright clear colors and long stems for 
cutting. Sow in early spring and again in 
late June for fall bloom. 
1104 Blue Boy. ‘The true cornflower blue 
shade in favor for garden and cutting. Pkt. 
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1100 DOUBLE MIXED COLORS. A well 
balanced blend of several different colors. 
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CALIFORNIA POPPY 
A brilliant annual that stands sun and 
drought. Sow the seed in October or early 
spring. Thin to 8 inches. 
1068 Finest Mixed Colors. An especially good 
blend of orange, yellow, and white flower- 
ing poppies. Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 45¢. 
CALLIOPSIS 
1070 Tall All-Double Mixed Colors. Decora- 
tive plants with finely cut foliage and daisy- 
like flowers in a wide variation of yellow 
and mahogany tones. A better strain of 
doubles. Sow as soon as the soil can be 
worked. Thin to 9 inches. Height 214 ft. 
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COCKSCOMB 
1098 PAMPAS PLUME, MIXED COLORS. 
Long, graceful, feathery plumes ranging in 
color from intense red to bright yellow. Ex- 
tremely bright showy flowers that always 
attract considerable attention in our trials. 
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1095 DWARF CRESTED. MIXED COLORS. 
The large showy flower heads resemble a 
rooster’s comb. Colors are bright, ranging 
from shades of red to yellows on dwarf, 15 
in. plants. Pkt. 15¢; lg. pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. 65¢. 
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CALENDULA 
The outstanding Calendulas today are the 
new Pacific Beauty strains. Flowers are larg- 
er, fuller and colors clearer. Stems are longer, 
straighter and more resistant to mid-summer 
heat. Sow in early spring. ‘Thin to 8 or 10 in, 
1055 PACIFIC BEAUTY, MIXED COLORS. 
The outstanding Calendulas today. Flow- 
ers are larger, fuller and colors clearer. Pkt. 
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1056 Apricot Beauty. An attractive two-toned 
apricot colored calendula. 
1057 Cream Beauty. A creamy-white shading 
to soft yellow. 
1058 Lemon Beauty. A pure lemon yellow. 
1059 Persimmon Beauty. Flowers of a true 
persimmon orange of unusual brilliance. 
Above Colors: Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z. 45¢; oz. $1.25. 
C115 Collection. One regular packet each of 
the above four colors for only 45¢. 
CLARKIA 
1120 MIXED COLORS. Considered one of 
the most graceful of all annuals — excellent 
for cutting. Flowers are like small double 
roses in shades of pink. Cut just before 
they open, the flowers open nicely in water. 
Sow in early spring and again late in June 
for fall bloom. Pkt. 15¢; lg. pkt. 25¢. 
Cleome seed sown in mid-May will give you loads 
of bloom from July ’til frost. 
CLEOME 
Spider Flower 
1125 PINK QUEEN. One of the taller an- 
nuals admired by visitors at our trial 
grounds and one of the easiest and most 
satisfactory to. grow. A mass planting or 
scattered plants in the border provide con- 
stant bloom from July until late October. 
Plants are 314 to 4 ft. tall, well branched, 
each branch bearing a large head of bright 
pink blooms. Start inside April 10th or in 
the garden after danger of frost. Thin to 
18 to 24in. Pkt. 20¢; lg. pkt. 35¢; 14 02. 60¢. 
1126 HELEN CAMPBELL. A new white 
companion variety to Pink Queen that is 
equally attractive. Use alone or with Pink 
Queen as background plants, in masses or 
as a temporary 4 ft. hedge — excellent. Pkt. 
20¢; lg. pkt. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
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