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Title: California gardening
Identifier: californiagarden1932germ (find matches)
Year: 1932 (1930s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SEEDS California s Best Pansies Pansies are such universal favorites and they are so well beloved by all who take an interest in gardens that a little special care in growing them will be well repaid by the admiration of your friends and satisfaction to yourself. First of all a good strain must be used— that is all important. The best pansies are shy seeders, which explains the relatively high cost of better pansy seeds. But this small in- crease in price will seem very insignificant when the results are seen. Germain's Superb Giant Prize Pansies 3485 Adonis. Light Blue. 3493 Golden Queen. Pure Golden Yelow. 3489 Emperor. Rich Cornflower blue. 3490 Cardinal. Brilliant deep scarlet. 3509 Snow Queen. Glistening pure white. 3536 Germain's Giant Prize Mixture. Containing a full selec tion of all giant flowered varieties in plain colors and the fancy blotched and shaded sorts. A strain unexcelled for beauty and variety of color. % oz. for $1.25. Price: Any of the Giant Prize sorts 25c per pkt. Giant Prize Collection: One packet each of the six sorts for $1.00. Giant Exhibition Pansies 3488 Giant Bridesmaid. Delicate blush and rose. 3494 Giant Hortensia. Hortensia red with dark eye. 3497 Giant Lord Beaconsfield. Upper petals light lavender shading to deep purple at the lower part of the flower. 3499 Giant Madame Perret. Exquisite wine shades on white ground. 3501 Giant Peacock. Superb Peacock blue with various shad- ings. 3502 Giant Prince Bismarck. Light brown. 3491 Giant Royal Purple. Velvety deep purple. 3496 Giant King of the Blacks. Velvety black. 3506 Giant St. Knnd. Bright orange. 3510 Giant Comet. Novel flower, white ground with blue rays. Price: Any of the above varieties 25c per pkt. Collection: One packet each of the ten Giant Exhibition Pansies for $2.00 Large Flowering Trimardeau Varieties A very fine and well known strain producing flowers of large size in many bright and attractive colors. Their exceptionally free blooming habit makes them universally popular for bedding. 3515 Light Blue. 3527 Blood Red (Victoria). 3532 Golden Yellow. 3518 Royal Blue. 3519 Gold Margined. Price: Any of the above varieties 10c per pkt. Collection of one packet each of the 8 Trimardeau Pansies for 65c
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Germain Superb Pansy Strains in Mixture 3538 3523 3529 Lavender and Blue. White with Black Center. 3543 3546 3550 3542 3540 Germain's New American Giants Mixed. Enormous flowers freely produced on exceptionally robust, stocky plants of upright habit. The supremacy of this magnificent new American strain lies not only in the astonishing size of the blooms but in the extra- ordinary vigor and bearing of the plants, while in rich- ness of coloring they rival all existing strains 41.00 Germain's Miracle Mixed. A florist's strain of sur- passing merit. Flowers of the very largest size on long stems excellent for cutting. Colors rich and varied. 1/16 oz. for $1.50 .50 Masterpiece (Frilled or Ruffled Pansies Mixed). A beautiful and unique type. Large flowers in all the richest colors; the waved petals frequently giving them the appearance of double Pansies. % oz. for $1.00 25 Giant Trimardeau. Fine strain of large French Pansies containing many blotched and stained varie- ties. % oz. for 50c „ _ „ .10 English Mixed. The old "Faced Pansy" still very popular. % oz. for 60c ~ .15 Choice Many Sorts Mixed. A mixture made up of various strains and containing a wide range of colors. % ox. for 60c .10 29

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