Platts Select Flower Seed 
Specialists in America have in recent years greatly improved many of our annuals and perennials through 
scientific plant breeding and selection. Continued important developments are sure to be of interest. We have 
given much care to secure these finer strains, and careful comparisons will show they are superior to those 
ordinarily obtainable. 
come from the world’s finest sources of supply. 
Abutilon (Flowering Maple) 
A tender perennial shrub, producing bell-shaped 
drooping flowers of various colors. 
Finest Mixed. (Hybridum Maximum). Per pkt., 
2ocenerd-02., 91:25. 
Achillea 
“The Pearl” Ptarmica Fl. Pl. Improved. Double 
white, hardy perennial, grown easily from seed, blooms 
first season, if sown early and continues in profusion 
all summer. Excellent as a cut flower; height 2 feet. 
Per pkt., 25c.; %-oz., $1.50. 
Acrolinium 
Annual, 20 inches high. Flowers everlasting, double, 
white and rose pink shades. Flowers in six weeks 
from seed. Sensation Giants are a much improved 
stock. 
Sensation Giants. 
WsXe. 
New. Per pkt., 15c.; ™%-oz., 
Ageratum 
A Mexican flower suitable for bedding or pot cul- 
ture. Blooms continually. Annual. 
Blue Perfection. Large flowered, free blooming, 
deep blue, eight inches. Pkt., 15c.; %4-oz., 75c 
pat White. Six inches. Per pkt., 15c.; %4-o0z., 
rg 
Blue Ball Improved. Compact, uniform plants, 
five inches high, the richest shade of blue. Ideal for 
edging. Per pkt., 25c.; vs-oz., 90c. 
Midget Blue. Three to four inches tall, uniform 
compact plants covered with small azure blue flowers. 
Truest and most compact. Silver Medal A.A. Selection 
for 1939. Per pkt., 25c.; ze-oz., 90c. 
We are confident that Platt’s Seeds will please both old and new customers, for they 
Agrostemma (Mullein Pink) 
An attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, pro- 
ducing flowers on long, slender stems like a single 
pink ; blossoms the first season. Foliage silvery white. 
Coronaria. (Rose of Heaven). Dark blood red. 
Per pkt., 15c.; %4-0z., 50c. 
Alyssum Sweet 
Invaluable plant for edging or ribbon lines, bloom- 
ing all summer. Hardy annual. 
Maritimum. Fragrant white; flowers all summer; 
height 9 in.; somewhat trailing, suitable for broad 
edges and vases. Pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 40c. 
Compactum, Little Gem. Best for general use. 
Grows compact and erect; six inches. Per pkt., 15c.; 
™%-oz., 75C. 
Carpet of Snow. Two to three inches high. Fine 
for edging. Pkt., 15c.; %-oz., : 
Violet Queen. A new, very pretty, bright violet 
alyssum which is a great improvement over Lilac 
Queen, being much deeper in color. The plant is dwarf 
and compact like Little Gem, making it ideal for 
edging, or bedding. Height 4 in. Pkt., 25c.; %-oz., 90c. 
Royal Carpet. New. Vibrant purple, compact 
Carpet of Snow type. Pkt., 25c.; %-oz., $1.75. 
Saxatile Compactum. Single plants produce many 
hundred bright yellow flower-heads; 1 ft. hardy 
perennial. Pkts., 25c.; %-oz., $1.00. 
Amaranthus 
Ornamental foliage plants of extremely brilliant 
and showy colors. Half-hardy annual. 
Tricolor. (Joseph’s Coat). pee yellow, red 
and green. Per pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 75c. 
Caudatus. (Love Lies Bigedine). Flowers in 
bunches of long, drooping, chenille-like tassels. Per 
pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 45c. 
Molten Fire. Deep maroon foliage with brilliant 
poinsettia-like heads. Pkt., 15c.; %-oz., 75c. 
