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“do not coyer it. Just lightly press it into soil. 
Mixed Balcony Petunias 
BALCONY PETUNIAS 
This type is very popular. Unusually free-blooming, 
trailing “in growth, with immense single flowers 
averaging three inches in diameter, and particularly 
suited for hanging baskets, window boxes,. and beds. 
CLIFFWOOD BALCONY MIXED. Our own savings 
from the finest flowers; of very large size and 
beautiful form; varied and brilliant colors. 
2335—Pkt., 15¢; 3 for 40¢. 
DWARF 
PETUNIAS 
(Miniature) 
Miniature Rose Gem 
The plant of this showy petunia is only about eight 
inches high, compact and bushy, and simply smoth- 
ered with single flowers about two inches in diameter. 
Very desirable for borders because of its compact 
growth. 
IGLOO. Creamy white flowers with a shading of yel- 
low in the throat. 2308. 
ROSE GEM. A superb variety with rich rose colored 
flowers. 2316. 
VIOLET QUEEN. Another grand dwarf petunia with 
flowers of rich violet. 2319. 
DWARF MIXED. Compact, bushy plants, about 6 
inches high, covered with showy flowers. 2323. 
Any of the above: Pkt., 20¢; 3 pkts., 50¢. 
Petunia Giants of California 
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA 
MIXED. This giant-flowered, ruffled, single type 
bears very large flowers, beautifully fringed and 
ruffled, often 4 inches across, single, in many light 
shades and dark colors, many of them veined and 
with blotches and markings in the throat. Frilled 
edges, 2 ft. 
2339—Pkt., 25¢; 2 pkts., 45¢. 
GLAMOUR. An extremely large flower of this type, 
heavily ruffled. The color is outstanding, a luscious 
salmon-rose. A super beauty and All America Winner. 
2342—Pkt., 35¢; 2 pkts., 60¢. 
_- PINK AND ROSE SHADES. A special strain of the 
above, of only rose and pink shades! The flowers 
are large, 5 to 7 inches across and ruffled. 2 ft. 
2326—Pkt., 30¢; 2 pkts., 50¢. 
QUEEN ANNE’S LACE 
Annual. A lovely easily grown annual, producing 
its dainty lace-like white flowers very freely. 214 ft. 
Fine for bouquets. 
2427—Pkt., 10¢. 
RICINUS. See Castor Oil Plant, page 56. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED COMPANY, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 
 PETUNIAS 
_Annual. Few flowers excel Petunias in brilliant and gorgeous display, especially for porch or window boxes. 
Easily grown, requiring only a good soil and a sunny position. 
May, or the seed may be sown directly out of doors in May. 
Height 1 to 1% feet. 
Sow seed indoors and transplant to the open in 
Have the soil well pulverized, but as the seed is fine, 
BEDDING PETUNIAS 
FIRE CHIEF. In color, Fire Chief, is a real red. Not a 
purplish-red or a brownish-red but a real brilliant spec- 
trum red. No other color like it in petunias. The plant is 
dwarf and compact in habit and will -bear flowers 
freely during the whole season. 
2331—Pkt., 25¢; 3 pkts. for 65¢. 
ROSE OF HEAVEN. Exquisite, soft, rose-pink flow- 
ers without any lighter shadings; the throat is also 
soft rose-pink. 
2321—Pkt., 15¢; 2 pkts., 25¢. 
HEAVENLY BLUE. A splendid variety with light 
silvery. flowers. The plant is of good compact habit 
and free flowering. Very desirable. 
2337—Pkt., 15¢ 
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Rosy Morn 
Howard’s Star 
HOWARD’S STAR. Rosy-crimson with a clearly de- 
fined five-pointed star of bluish-white. Elegant. 
2325—Pkt., 15¢. 
ROSY MORN. Soft rose-pink with white throat. 
Charming and very dainty. A window box planted 
to nothing but Rosy Morn Petunias is strikingly 
effective. 
2327—Pkt., 15¢. 
VIOLET KING. Deep 
free flowering. 
2317—Pkt., 15¢. 
WHITE KING. Pure white flowers. 
or bed of pure white is beautiful. 
2318—Pkt., 15¢. 
MIXED, SALZER’S CLIFFWOOD FARM. A splendid 
mixture, including many of the best named varieties 
and a complete range of color. An extra value. 
2332—Pkt., 15¢; % oz., 35¢; 14 0z., 6O¢. 
PETUNIA FLAMING VELVET 
Flowers are large, of a heavy velvety substance and 
are borne in riotous profusion. The color is outstand- 
ing—a rich and brilliant blood red, running very 
true to type. 
2314—Pkt., 20¢; 2 pkts., 35¢. 
violet-purple petunias, very 
A window box 
Double Petunia—> 
DOUBLE 
PETUNIAS 
All double petunias 
are the result of 
years of careful 
breeding. They re- 
quire the most 
painstaking care in 
difficult hand _ polli- 
nation and harvest- 
ing of seed. 
CANADIAN ALL DOUBLE. Very large and heavily 
fringed, producing practically 100% fully double or 
semi-double flowers, in a great range of color. The 
weakest »seedlings should receive the most attention 
as they produce the finest doubles. 
2312—Pkt., $1.00. 
COLOSSAL SHADES OF ROSE. Huge double flowers 
varying in form from those with crispy fringed 
petals to those with nicely ruffled ones. Colors range 
from salmony-pink through rose-pink to deep rich 
rosy-mauve. A most attractive blending of shades. 
Height 20 in. 
2313—Pkt., $1.25. 
ROCK GARDEN MIXTURE 
Perennial. A very fine mixture of many different 
perennials especially suited for planting in a rock 
garden. 
2433—Pkt., 25¢; 14 oz., 50¢; 14 oz., 85¢. 
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN 
EUPHORBIA—Annual. Plants two feet high, much 
prized for the handsome foliage which is margined 
white. 
1985—Pkt., 10¢. 
SWEET SULTAN 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS—Annual. Most desirable 
flower for garden decoration or cutting. Blooms 
freely for many weeks during the summer, succeeding 
best in good, well drained soil. The giant, long 
stemmed flowers are sweet scented, exquisitely 
fringed and graceful in form. The lovely colors range 
from white, through delicate shades of pink, rose, 
lavender and purple. Mixed. 
1890—Pkt., 15¢. 
SALVIA 
Annual, Very fine 
bedding plants, 
bearing long 
spikes of flowers. 
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Salvia, Bonfire 
AMERICA or Globe of Fire. Very free and con- 
tinuous bloomer. 16 in. Brilliant scarlet. 
2444—Pkt., 25¢. 
BONFIRE. The erect spikes of brilliant scarlet flow- 
ers stand clear above the dark green foliage. 24 to 
30 inches. 
2438—Pkt., 20¢. 
SPLENDENS (Scarlet Sage), Beautiful bright scar- 
let. 2 feet. 
2442—Pkt., 15¢. 
FARINACEA—Blue Bedder. Often grown as an an- 
nual because it blooms so quickly. Has showy light 
blue flowers. Requires thorough winter protection. 
2437—Pkt., 25¢; large pkt., 60¢. 
SANVATALIA 
CREEPING ZINNIA—Annual. Flowers like minia- 
ture Zinnias, of golden yellow color, blooming from 
June until frost. Plants are of creeping habit. 6 in. 
Fine ground cover. 
2786—Pkt., 15¢. 
SCABIOSA. See Pin Cushion, page 60. 
SCARLET PIMPERNEL 
ANAGALLIS—Annual. Lovely flowers all summer, in 
scarlet to blue and red, mixed. 9 in. Loves a sunny 
position. Immortalized by Baroness Orezy in her 
famous novel. 
2397—Pkt., 10¢. 
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN 
Annual. Rapid climbers, bearing ornamental flowers 
and foliage, and long edible pods. Very desirable for 
trellises, poles, fences, etc. 
2447—Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20¢; 14 Ib., 50¢. 
ARASAN for 
Flower Seeds 
Add a pinch of Ara- 
san to packet of seed, 
' shake thoroughly and 
then sow. 
5250—%4 oz. Pkt., 25¢. 
SPIDER PLANT 
CLEOME PINK QUEEN 
—Annual. Spikes of rose- 
pink flowers with wiry 
stamens, which bear a 
fancied resemblance to 
spiders. 3 to 4 ft. 
1907—Pkt., 15¢. 
Mixed Strawflowers 
Salzer’s 
STRAWFLOWERS 
HELICHRYSUM—Annual. One of the very finest of 
the well-known ‘‘Eyerlastings.” Large, full, double, 
daisy-like flower heads with prominent centers and 
stiff overlapping petals, produced in various bright 
shades on stems of good length. Splendid for cutting. 
For dried flowers, cut with as long stems as possible 
when the flowers are about one-third open, and hang 
(flowers downward) in some dark, dry, cool place 
until ‘cured.’ s 
MIXED, SALZER’S CLIFFWOOD FARM. A special 
mixture made up of named varieties. Contains the 
largest flowers and finest colors available in this 
flower. An extra value. 
2093—Pkt., 15¢; 14 oz., 40¢. 
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