SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 17 
PRICES: All Packets are 10c Each, Postpaid, except as noted. 
COSMOS (Cont'd 
ry cope 
Cosmos 
FIESTA. The 1952 Silver Medal 
award was given to this annual 
Klondyke cosmos. Its petals are 
striped with scarlet. The first 
bi-colored flower of its kind. 
Pkt., 20c. 
CYPRESS VINE 
(Ipomoea Quamoclit) 
Half Hardy Annual Climber, 15 Feet 
A beautiful vine of very rapid growth, 
with delicately cut fern-like foliage and 
producing in abundance dainty  star- 
shaped scarlet and white flowers. Sow 
when the weather is warm, or seed may 
be started indoors. Soak over night in 
warm water previous to sowing. 
DAHLIAS 
Can be easily raised from seed and will 
bloom the first year. One of the best 
late summer flowering plants. Pkt., 25c. 
DAISIES 
SHASTA. Flowers very large and grace- 
ful, pure white, single. Grow on long, 
stiff, wiry stems. 
PAINTED. A cheerful collection of bright 
hued tricolors. Pkt., 25c. 
AFRICAN. A profusion of daisy-shaped, 
rich glossy gold flowers about 2% inches 
across with dark centers. <A _ splendid 
annual for beds and borders. 
DELPHINIUM 
Delphinium are hardy, vigorous and 
free blooming. Soak the seed over night, 
and lime the soil where they are to be 
planted. 
GOLD MEDAL HYBRIDS. Mixed colors. 
GUINEVERE SERIES. Light pinkish 
lavender. DIANTHUS 
A lovely class of annual flowers for 
beds, borders and cutting. Of easy cul- 
ture. Blooms from July until frost. 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS 
These showy, favorite garden flowers 
bloom for a long period. Suited to most 
any soil and situation. Single mixed and 
double mixed. 
HEDDEWIGI 
(Fringed Pinks). Flowers have laciniated 
petals. Brilliant colors. 
DIDISCUS 
(Blue Lace Flower). Hardy annual flower 
which blooms abundantly from July untill 
frost. Fine for cutting. 
DIGITALIS 
(Fox Glove). Stately spikes growing up 
to 7 feet tall, closely set with large bells, 
in many bright colors. Some dotted with 
crimson or chocolate. Mixed. 
DOLICHOS 
(Hyacinth or Jack Bean). A rapid climb- 
ing vine with large clusters of purple and 
white blooms. 
ESCHOLTZIA 
(California Poppy). An easily grown 
annual having poppy-shaped flowers. 
GOLDEN WEST. Yellow with orange 
center. 
CALIFORNIA MIXED. 
AURANTIACA. Orange. 
EUPHORBIA 
(Snow on the Mountain). A hardy annual, 
ornamental plant with light green foliage 
and white border. 
FEVERFEW 
An excellent cut flower in a _ hardy 
annual. Succeeds in any soil. Double 
white. Pkt., 20c. 
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis). 
FOUR-O’CLOCK, Mixed. 
GAILLARDIA, Single Mixed. 
GAILLARDIA, Double Mixed. 
GAILLARDIA, Perennial Mixed. 
GODETIA. 
GOURDS. Dish Rag. 
GOURDS. Large and small sorts mixed. 
GYPSOPHILA 
GYPSOPHILIA. Paniculata Single Alba. 
HEARTS and HONEY 
HEARTS AND HONEY. One of the 
easiest of annual vines to grow. A novelty 
plant that begins to bloom early and con- 
tinues to produce masses of bright colored 
flowers until frost. Has an unusual abil- 
ity to change colors, changing from a 
brilliant orange with yellow center in 
the morning to a pinkish red with lighter 
center towards noon. In late afternoon it 
fe a rose pink with white center. Pkt., 
25c. 
HELIANTHUS or SUNFLOWER. 
HELICHRYSUM, Mixed Colors. 
HELIOTROPE. 
HIBISCUS. 
HOLLYHOCK, Double Mixed. 
IPOMEA 
(Morning Glory). Heavenly blue. Beauti- 
ful sky blue flowers measuring about 4 
inches across. 
DARLING. A 
O’Harra. Has 
colors mixed. 
KOCHIA, CHILDSI. 
or Burning Bush). 
KUDZU VINE (Jack-and-the-Bean-Stalk. 
LANTANA. 
LARKSPUR 
Strikingly beautiful flowers for cut- 
tings, beddings and among _ shrubbery. 
Hasily grown. 
GIANT IMPERIAL MIXED. 
BLUE SPIRE. 
IMPERIAL WHITE. 
EXQUISITE ROSE. 
LOBELIA 
Sky blue. Half hardy annual with love- 
ly blue blooms over a long season. 
LUPINE 
TEXAS BLUE BONNET. Plants are 
bushy and bear an abundance of rich 
deep blue pea-shaped flowers with heart- 
shaped blotches of rosy pink. 
MARIGOLDS 
They light the garden with a glitter of 
yellow and gold from July far into the 
frosts of autumn. 
DOUBLE TALL AFRICAN VARIETIES. 
Lemon Ball. Mixed shades of yellow and 
orange. Orange Ball. 
GLITTERS 
MARIGOLDS 
Received the Bronze Medal All America 
award for 1951. Large, tall and double 
Chrysanthemum-flowered beauty. Height 
is 2% to 4 feet, is bushy with long stems 
for cutting. Flowers are a clear yellow, 
measuring 3 to 4 inches across and fringed 
at outer petals. 25c per packet. 
striking type of Scarlett 
snow white throat. All 
(Summer Cypress 
Marigold 
MAMMOTH MUMS. Largest of the 
chrysanthemum type. These sulphur 
blooms,: ball-like and fluffy are splendid 
for, cutting. 
HARMONY HYBRIDS, DWARF. Early 
free flowering. A combination of orange 
and yellow shades with blotches and 
stripes. Mixed. 
CARNATION FLOWERED FLUFFY, 
RUFFLES. A very early type’ loosely 
Full double with lacy 
petaled flower. 
ruffled florets. 
TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA, GNOME. 
Sometimes called Signet Marigold. Golden 
yellow. Pkt., 20c. 
MIGNONETTE, Sweet Scented. 
MOONFLOWER 
IPOMEA. Very fragrant blooms at sun- 
set, fading in the morning. White or blue. 
NASTURTIUMS 
DWARF DOUBLE GEM MIXED. Ideal 
for windw boxes and edgings. A range 
of bright colored blooms. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
25¢. 
SCARLET GEM, DWARF. A_ sweet- 
scented flower, fiery scarlet in color. 
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GOLDEN GLOBE, DWARF. Its color is 
identical with Golden Gleam. These bushy 
plants produce blossoms freely. Pkt., 15c; 
OZ) OG. 
DWARF MIXED. Single. 
TALL MIXED. Single. 
NICOTIANA 
AFINNIS, MIXED. Waxy white flowers 
through the summer and autumn. Very 
fragrant. PANSIES 
SWISS GIANTS, MIXED. A _ standard 
variety of fine garden pansies. Pkt., 35c. 
TRIMARDEAU, MIXED. A good color 
blend uniform plants bearing many bright 
flowers. _Pkt., 15c. 
PETUNIAS 
COMANCHE PETUNIA. A 1953 
Bronze Medal Award All-Amer- 
ica Selection. A strong growing 
hybrid with loads of bloom of 
: the richest scarlet red from 
Spring to late fall. .A first generation hy- 
brid which always come true and has 
many more flowers on somewhat larger, 
more bushy, stronger plants than Fire 
Chief which was a 1950 winner. Just as 
easy to grow and is a very striking im- 
provement over Fire Chief. Single flowers 
2% to 234 inches in diameter provide 
valuable cutting material. Pkt., 50c. 
PETUNIA, FIRE CHIEF. A 1950 
All-America winner. We are 
listing this item because it is 
an outstanding flower, having a 
color entirely new in this class 
of fire-cracker red. Long blooming with 
dwarf compact plants. Pkt., 25c. 
FLUFFY RUFFLES, MIXED. Selected 
and hybridized with the greatest care; 
flowers of large size, beautifully fringed 
and embracing a splendid variety of col- 
ors in many beautiful combinations. Pkt., 
25c; 2 pkts., 45c. 
