Annual Flower Seeds 
Letherman’s 
Sow Perennial Flower Seeds 
For Year After Year Beauty 
Aquilegia, Long Spurred Hybrids 
Alyssum (Basket-of-Gold) 
32 Saxatile Compactum. The 10 to 12 inch plants 
are masses of golden yellow flowers during the 
early spring. Pkt. 15c, 4% oz. 30c, 14 oz. 55c. 
Aquilegia (Columbine) 
There are no more graceful flowers than the 
lovely long spurred Columbines and they deserve 
a place in every border. 
201 McKana’s Giant Hybrids. An All-America 
Award for 1955 was given this new strain with 
its immense flowers in all shades known to 
Columbines. Easily grown from seed. 
Pkt. 30c, 1/32 oz. 85c, 46 oz. $1.50. 
200 Letherman's Long Spurred Hybrids. The long 
gracefully spurred flowers possess all the delicate 
and rich colors known to Aquilegias. This is a 
strain of outstanding quality. 
Pkt. 15c, 146 oz. 50c, ¥ oz. 90c. 
Bellis (Double English Daisy) 
Popular double daisies which bloom so freely in 
spring and early summer. Plants are biennial and 
best results are obtained by sowing each year. 
260 Monstrosa Mixed. Pkt. 15c, 46 oz. 50c. 
Coreopsis 
422 Double Sunburst. Improved double, semi- 
double and single flowers. 
Pkt. 10c, ¥ oz. 30c, 1/4 02. 50c. 
Unless otherwise described the varieties on the 
following few pages are all perfectly hardy and 
will give you beautiful blooms for several years 
after planting. A few varieties are ‘Biennial’ living 
for two years only and those are so marked. 
We will be glad to send you suggestions as to the 
growing of perennials from seed. It is not difficult 
and has become a source of great pleasure to many 
home gardeners. 
Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 
Biennial 
For best results start seed in late spring or early 
summer for bloom the following season. 
306 Medium Single Mixed. Large bell shaped 
flowers in long spikes. Shades of blue, pink, rose, 
and white. Pkt. 10c, 4 oz. 35c, 1/4 0z. 60c. 
302 Calycanthema or Cup and Saucer. Cup-shaped 
with saucer-like lower petals. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 15c, 14 02. 45c. 
Hardy Candytuft 
328 Sempervirens White. During late spring and 
early summer the attractive dwarf plants are fairly 
covered with white bloom. One of the very best 
hardy plants for low borders or rock gardens. 
Pkt. 15c, 46 oz. 50c. 
Carnation—Hardy Grenadin 
This is the best of the Carnations, hardy in the 
northern states. The plants are 15 to 18 inches tall, 
the flowers with fairly long stems and mostly double, 
a few being semi-double and single. 
345 Grenadin Mixed Colors. Dark red, scarlet, 
pink, and white. Pkt. 15c, 146 oz. 60c. 
A Fine Plant of Hardy Candytuft 
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