Nigella 
(Love-in-a-Mist) 
MISS JEKYLL — Ideal cut flower of bright 
blue. Free flowering. Pkt. 15c. 
Passion Flower 
\ (Passiflora) 
EDULIS — An attractive vine with magnifi- 
cent blue and white flowers followed by egg- 
shaped fruit. Pkt. 25c. 
Portulaca 
(Sun Plant) 
For beds, edgings or rockeries. 
SINGLE MIXED — All colors. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUBLE MIXED — Selected. Pkt. 15c. 
New All Double Petunias 
Culture — For seeds of Giant Petunias. They are 
expensive and the safest method is to start them 
indoors about eight weeks before the usual outdoor 
planting time. Plant in a flat box or pan filled 
with good sifted soil. Press them into the surface 
rather than coVer with soil and place glass over 
the box to retain moisture. Take glass off .after 
the seed germinates to prevent dampening off. 
Weak, slow growing =plants produce’. the finest 
flowers; making good plants with proper care. 
ALLEGRO — Flowers are fully fringed, double, 
bright salmon, 342” to. 4” across, on 12” strong 
and vigorous plants. Pkt. $1.00. 
BURPEE ORCHID —Is_ unusually lovely, 
4” to 44%” across, of a rich, light orchid color 
with deep, rosy purple veins; intense ruffling and 
deep fringing add to the beauty of exquisite 
blooms. Plants are semi-erect, the main stems 
growing 18” to 24” tall. Pkt. $1.00. 
COLOSSAL SHADES OF ROSE — Giant all 
double flowers of American origin and the larg- 
est yet produced. The beautiful, intensely double 
blooms are often 5” across, appearing in rich 
rose shades, salmon-pink through rosy-pink to 
deep rosy-mauve. Vigorous plants 20” to 24” 
tall and bearing profusely over a long season. 
Pkt. $1.00. 
MRS. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER — Flow- 
ers grow about 234” across. Uniform for double- 
ness and of a soft mid-salmon shade never before 
seen in any petunia. Plants are dwarf, bushy, 
and of good habit. Pkt. $2.00. 
NOCTURNE — Semi-double, midnight _ violet- 
purple flowers, 3” to 342” across on vigorous 
compact plants. Pkt. $1.00. r 
ROSE MARIE—Flowers are a_ delightful 
shade of rose-pink, 3” and more across, and 
freely borne on dwarf, compact plants 18” tall. 
Excellent for borders and cutting. Pkt. $1.00. 
SONATA — Large fully fringed, double, pure 
white flowers 312” to 4” across. Trim for more 
dwarfness and better branching plants. Pkt. $1.00. 
Multiflora Petunias 
PINK SENSATION — Plants of this new 
hybrid are extremely vigorous, 2’ tall, as much 
as 4’ in width, and completely covered with rose 
bengal flowers, 3” across. Pkt. 50c. 
SILVER MEDAL — 3” flowers of bright 
salmon pink with rose sheen. Vigorous plants. 
Pkt. 50c. 
Petunia, California Giants, This Page. 
Other Petunias 
BALLERINA — Extra large fringed flowers of 
soft glowing salmon. Plants are vigorous, free 
branching, and bloom profusely. Pkt. 50c. 
CALIFORNIA GIANTS — Flowers often 5” 
wide, fringed and with open throats. Desirable 
colors. Pkt. 25c. 
CELESTIAL ROSE — Deep rose on compact 
plants about 1 ft. high. Pkt. 25c. 
CHEERFUL — Dwarf bedding. Flowers grow 
234” or more across. Color varying, according to 
age, from clear salmon-pink to lighter shades of 
salmon. New habit of growth, being low, spread- 
ing close to ground and later forming a dwarf 
mound 10” high and as much as 2 ft. across; 
ideal for bedding and wide borders. Pkt. 25c. 
COMANCHE — A.A.S. ’53. Its hybrid vigor 
makes this a grand bedder, standing erect in most 
weather. Bright red flowers 212” to 234” across. 
The best red petunia. Pkt. (100 seeds) 50c. 
ELK’S PRIDE — Immense single; black pur- 
ple, strong, vigorous grower. Pkt. 25c. 
FIRE CHIEF — Brilliant scarlet red; dwarf 
habit; medium sized blooms; free flowering. 
Pkt. 25c. 
FLAMING VELVET — Brilliant mahogany- 
red with velvety sheen; plants are covered with 
many large flowers all season. Pkt. 15c. 
FRINGED SNOW STORM — Strong, free 
flowering 12” to 16” plants with excellent white 
fringed flowers. Pkt. 35c. 
RUFFLED DOUBLE GIANTS — Only a por- 
tion come double, but are well worth while. 
Those plants showing the weakest vitality in 
starting make the best flowers. Pkt. 40c. 
GLAMOUR — Luscious salmon rose, delicately 
veined brown in the creamy shallow throat. 
Plants 114’ tall. Pkt. 25c. 
KING HENRY (Dwarf Flaming Velvet) — 
Large flowers of a rich velvety blood red color. 
Very free flowering. Dwarf compact habit. 
Pkt. 25c. 
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