Blue Book of Gardening

Blue Book of Gardening for 1931 This is the seed and nursery catalog from Winsel-Gibbs Seed Company of Los Angeles. It features six new and recent flower introductions, including Larkspur La France, Verbena Mammoth Golden Queen, Delphinium Hollyhock Strain, Gaillardia The Dazzler, California Sunshine Asters, and Ferbless Yellow Aster—with descriptions of flowering characteristics and cultivation qualities. Seven additional flower novelties are detailed, including new Zinnia, Coreopsis, Calendula, Dimorphotheca, Gaillardia, Shasta Daisy, and Verbena varieties. The catalog describes twelve new rose varieties priced at one dollar each, with notes on color, form, and growing habit. The bulk of the document consists of a "Monthly Garden Operations" calendar providing month-by-month planting instructions for fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants suited to Southern California growing conditions.