Recent Novelties and 



We offer on this and the following page meritorious New Flowers selected 

 from the trials of the All-America Committee of Judges. This Committee is 

 composed of experts who each year test out hundreds of new strains and 

 varieties, in different sections where a wide variance of soil and weather 

 conditions exist. You should add, this year, some of these Novelties and 

 Specialties, as every variety is of outstanding merit, and we offer them, con- 

 fident that they will win the approval of all who grow them. 



3218 



Petunia, Flaming Velvet 



Gold Medal Winner, All-America Selections, 1936 



This Petunia was adjudged as outstanding among this year's All-America 

 entries for color, type, and uniformity. When we saw them in bloom last 

 summer they were indeed a rich sight; the sunlight playing on their large, 

 rich, blood-red blooms presented a dazzling array of flaming velvet, quite in 

 keeping with its name. Belongs to the Hybrida type with plain, well-rounded 

 edges. Pkt. 35 cts. 



3217 



Petunia, Martha Washington 



RUFFLED NANA COMPACTA 



This is a unique novelty in a Petunia. It grows about 9 inches high and forms 

 a perfect ball effect, literally smothered with lovely frilled blooms. The color 

 is remarkable; the frilled portion is a beautiful blush-pink, deepening to a rich 

 wine-red in the throat. It comes true to color and habit and is suitable for 

 borders, pots, and window-boxes. Pkt. 50 cts.; 3 pkts. SI. 25. 



3713 



New Novelty Zinnia, Fantasy Mixture 



Award of Merit, All-America Selections, 1935 



Petunia, Flamin 

 Velvet 



2602 



New Orange Cosmos, Klondyke Orange Flare 



Gold Medal Winner, All-America Selections, 1935 



One of the most striking novelties of the 1935 selections. It is of the quilled 

 and twisted type, and the medium-sized flowers are composed of a mass of 

 shaggy, ray-like petals. They are more graceful than the Giant-flowered 

 Zinnias and lend themselves nicely to cut-flower arrangement. The color- 

 range in this new Fantasy Mixture jncludes 

 the brighter shades cf red and orange, as 

 well as the popular pastel shades of pink and 

 cream. Pkt. 20 cts.; Moz. SI. 50. 



In this new orange Cosmos, the late-flowering habit of the Klondyke strain has 

 been overcome, so that we may grow this lovely orange-colored Cosmos and be 

 assured of having flowers before frost. This early-flowering strain blooms in 4 months 

 from seed. The plants are 2 to 3 feet tall, with marigold-like foliage, and bloom pro- 

 fusely as far north as Canada. Pkt. 25 cts.; Hoz. $1.00. 



Calendula, Oi 



2345 >-ai«-iiuu orange Shaggy 



Gold Medal Winner, All-America Selections, 1935 



Several new and interesting flower-types and shades have been developed in 

 Calendulas in recent years, the most noteworthy being Orange Shaggy, with its 

 long, deeply fringed petals, overlapping each other in distinctive shaggy chrysanthe- 

 mum-like manner. The color is a deep orange, shaded lighter at the center, and the 

 plants are 18 inches high, very free flowering, with long stems, useful for cutting. 

 Pkt. 25 cts.; Moz. SI. 00. 



New Giant California Sunshine Aster 



IN SEPARATE COLORS 



This supremely beautiful new race of Asters is the result of a direct cross between 

 Aster, California Giant, and the Dwarf Sunshine type. The plants grow 3 feet high 

 and bear blooms 5 to 6 inches across, on stiff stems. The dual-tone color effects 

 formed by the quilled disks and the encircling darker colored guard petals are lovely 

 beyond description. 



2240 Apple Blossom 2242 Lavender 2244 White 



2241 Deep Rose 2243 Purple 2245 Choice Mixed 



Each of the above, pkt. 25 cts.; Vgoz. 75 cts. 

 2249 COLLECTION: One pkt. each of the above 5 colors $1.00. 



Zinnia, Fantasy 



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