necessary. Dwarf varieties should be set 14-16 in 

 apart: taller kinds 2 ft. each way. 



Zinnias have two itinds of seeds, triangular and heart 

 shaped. The triangular seeds are long, narrow, thick 



ZINNIA 



summit nut trequeutlv 1 awned fioni the inner angle 

 r m K J iHned 1 itest botanical revi>.ion by Robinson 

 ind ( rteuiuan m Proc Am Acad Aits Sci i2 U 

 ( 1847) Thi re is a good summary of cultivated Zinnias 

 bj \ OSS m \ ilraonn s Blumengartnen Illustrated his 

 torical sketch in &n 48 pp 464 46o 



A Plant iinnnul 



B ilmes of the disK fls ahoit and 



biniiit rh Kite J-H^ liiiet long 



c Cii/oi mil Ills lis cliiipuig loi 



Oil ii I lii/ii elegans 



CO Cil , III I "U 



II 1 1 III Haageana 



BB Alu III I II I I II II I II I III/ 



S^ lines Inni, 

 o Colot of lays yellou. ditk yellou pauciflora 

 CO Coloi oftni/t led oi purple 



D Buyi iiihciect oi scuicely spiaiil 



ing disk yellou multiflora 



rii Baysreiolute, diikdail coloied tenmflora 

 A\ I hint perennial grandiflora 



felegans licq 'i outh A^D Old Age The common 

 1 I ti lu win li most of the garden Zinnias are de 

 ii\ i I u - tl-Hj Elect annual i foot or more 

 liuli liif \ iiMTi. trcm3 in to J ft Ivs o\ ite or ellip 

 til t I I It 1 in wide rajs reflexed ont,inally 



I 111 I I I II now of nearly ever\ color except 

 Mil ii 1 oiiginally jellow or orangf but 



II 1 1 lit in the common double forms 

 » lulj to Oct Mexico —Single foims 

 ill 111 1 M I M 1 223 and B R 15 1294 (the last 

 tw ' M Double foims F S 13 1394 RH 

 isi I 1 111 I Fomponsin (td 48 p 4()4(Liliput), 



Haageana K 



J/ 



2795. Double Zinnias (X M). 



and ridged. The heart-shaped seeds are short, broad 

 and flat. Some growers believe that the heart-shaped 

 seeds tend to produce singlp flowfrs ; others hold the 



plants, liiiistly .■\lr\ir;iii till: i :._.i_ li.'i Texas 

 and even ( 'nldiMdo i(i("liiir Tin ' !i:i\i' oppo- 

 site, mostly entire Ivs. and tf-rniiniil' lieiids of fls. 

 which are peduncled or sessile. Rays pistillate, 

 fertile : disk yellow or purple, its fls. herma- 

 phrodite, fertile: involucre ovate-cylindric or 

 campanulate, the scales in 3 to many series, 

 broad, obtuse or rounded, more or less colored: 

 akenes laterally compressed. 2-toothed at the 



m 



aiii/uslih Ua in spite ot Us bioadcr 



leaves 



paucifldra Linn An erect annual 



s ellow heads about 1 m across, 



1 ither broad spreading ra\s 



liii ute with spreading hairs, 



V40- ^-ir i\Wi ^"' 



2796. Youth-i 



-age. Common garden Zinnias, sinele ; 



1 



-double. 



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