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New and Recently Introduced Flower Seed Novelties 



CENTAUREA (CORNFLOWER) 



JUBILEE GEM (Annual) 



1818 A dwarf variety of Cornflower making 

 a compact plant literally covered with 

 flowers. It has foliage distinct from 

 all other Cornflowers, forming a tufted 

 mass of vivid green, contrasting well 

 with the dark but vivid double blue 

 flowers. The plant is about 12 inches 

 in height. (See illustration) .. .Pkt. 25c 



CHRYSANTHEMUM KOREAN 



HYBRIDS (Perennial) 



1905 These form bushy plants, flowering in 

 the late fall. The flowers are single 

 in a great range of color. Seed sown 

 indoors in the early spring produces 

 blooms in the fall. 



Mixed colors Pkt. 25c 



COSMOS NEW EARLY FLOWERING 

 "SENSATION" (Annual) 



2018 This beautiful new variety, produces 

 flowers about four inches in diameter 

 and blooms in about ten weeks after 

 the seed is sown. It will prove a great 

 acquisition as a cut flower. Pink and 

 White mixed. 



Per 500 seeds, $1.00; Pkt. 25c 



DAHLIA MINIATURE HYBRIDS 

 (Tender Perennial) 



2076 The plants average 2^ feet high and 

 the flowers about 3 inches in diameter. 

 Our hybrids will produce various inter- 

 esting types, semi-double, double, 

 cactus, etc. Seed started indoors, or 

 in a frame during February and March, 

 will produce flowering plants the same 

 season. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



MARIGOLD GIGANTEA 



SUNSET GIANTS (Annual) 



2720 They are loosely formed, very full cen- 

 tred with broad, heavy petals grace- 

 fully overlapping to make a flower of 

 great depth five inches or more across. 

 Sunset Giants is a mixture ranging 

 through golden orange, deep golden 

 yellow, light yellow, lemon yellow, and 

 a delightful new shade of primrose. 

 The strain comes from 60 to 65 per 

 cent double. The plants are normally 

 3J4 to 4 feet high. (See color plate 

 pageS\.) Pkt. 25c 



PETUNIA HYBRIDA GRANDIFLORA 

 FIMBRIATA "GOLDEN JUBILEE" 



(Annual) 



3339 This glorious Petunia has finely 

 fringed and delicately crinkled petals of 

 bright carmine tinged with scarlet 

 throat with light bronze colored mark- 

 ings. It is wonderfully effective. (See 

 illustration.) Pkt. 25c 



POPPY ICELAND YELLOW WONDER 

 (Nudicaule Amurense) (Perennial) 



The only Gold Medal Award. All-American 

 Selections, Competition 1936. 



3481A A giant flowering variety of this 

 favorite type, a strong grower, blooms 

 rich yellow. (See illustration.) .Pkt. 25c 



TAHOKA DAISY (Machaeranthera 

 tenacetifolia) (Annual) 



2686 A blue flowered annual blooming right 

 through the heat of summer. The 

 flower is of daisy form, having long 

 narrow light blue petals with a small 

 golden center. The flowers average 

 1H inches across carried singly on 

 long stems making it desirable for 

 cutting. The foliage is rich green and 

 fernlike, height 18 inches. (See 

 illustration.) Pkt. 25c 



ZINNIA LINEARIS (Annual) 



4647 Linearis is a dwarf early flowering 

 form somewhat comparable to Zinnia 

 Haageana. The single flowers are 

 deep golden orange in color, with a 

 delicate light yellow stripe. It is early 

 flowering, and the plant reaches a 

 height of 8 to 10 inches with a spread 

 of as much as 2 feet. (See illustra- 

 tion.) Pkt. 25c 



ZINNIA FANTASY STAR DUST 



(Annual) 



4686 The first named variety in the popular 

 Fantasy Zinnia type, STAR DUST 

 has the same shaggy petaled medium 

 sized flower as the mixture, a delicate 

 graceful blossom. The color is a rich, 

 deep golden yellow. Winner of an 

 Award of Merit in this year's ALL 

 AMERICAN SELECTIONS competi- 

 tion. (See illustration.) Pkt. 25o 



