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Hardie’s Gorgeous Zinnias for Color and Beauty 
For beds, borders and for long-lasting cut flowers, no other 
annual can take the place of Hardie’s Gorgeous Zinnias—devel¬ 
oped and selected for their size, their wide range of brilliant 
colors and their ability to withstand lots of heat. 
Select one or more packets of each of the varieties listed 
below, make two plantings (early spring and mid-summer) and 
your beds and borders will glow with a riot of gorgeous color¬ 
ful beauty from early spring until late in the fall. 
Texas Bluebonnet 
This is the Texas State Flower. Grows 
wild over the prairies of Central and South 
Texas. Plants grow 12 inches high and 
are covered with beautiful dark blue 
flowers tinged with white. They will grow 
on poor as well as rich land. Sow the seed 
very early in the spring or in October or 
November, covering about %-inch deep. 
539 — Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. 50c; lb. $1.75. 
Thunbergia 
(BLACK-EYED SUSAN) 
Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climbers, 
preferring a warm, sunny situation; used 
extensive for hanging baskets, vases, low 
fences, etc.; very pretty flowers in buff, 
white, orange, with dark eyes; 4 ft. 
540— MIXED COLORS—Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 
W allflower 
Dahlia Flowered Zinnia. 
Vinca 
MADIGASCAR PERIWINKLE —Tender per¬ 
ennial. Ornamental, free-blooming, hand¬ 
some, bushy plants, with glossy foliage and 
round single flowers, 1 % inches across. 
Blooms the first season from seed. In a 
sunny situation they bloom all summer; 
in the fall, if taken up and potted, they 
will bloom through the winter. 
546— ROSEA —Rose colored, with dark 
eyes. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 
547— ALBA PURA —Pure white. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 75c. 
548— MIXED —All colors. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
75c 
Xeranthemum 
ANNUM ALBUM 
Very good Everlasting with silvery foli¬ 
age and silky flowers in pink, white and 
purple. Annual. 
550—DOUBLE MIXED COLORS—Pkt. 10c. 
Hardie’s Giants of California 
These large flowered Zinnias are magnificent. The flowers are 
enormous in size and somewhat more flattened shape than the 
Giant Zinnias. 
551 — PURITY— Pure White. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
552— SALMON QUEEN— Salmon Rose. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
553 — ROSE QUEEN— Brilliant Rose. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
554— SCARLET GEM— Deep Glowing Scarlet. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. $1.50. 
555— LEMON QUEEN— Golden Yellow. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
556— BURNT ORANGE— Golden Orange. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
557— LAVENDER GEM— Deep Lavender. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
558— VIOLET QUEEN— Deep Purple. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50. 
559— FINEST MIXED—Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.25. 
Dahlia-Flowered 
A marvelous type, bearing flowers of 
mammoth size and in form somewhat 
like a Double Dahlia. Owing to the won¬ 
derful range of rich colors represented in 
this type it has become the most outstand¬ 
ing of all Zinnias as far as the home 
gardener is concerned. 
560 — EXQUISITE —Rose-Pink. Pkt. 20c; 
'/a oz. $1.00; oz. $1.75. 
561— PURPLE PRINCE —A fine deep 
purple. Pkt. 20c; 1/2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.75 
562— ORIOLE —Orange. Pkt. 20c; Vz oz. 
$1.00; oz. $1.75. 
563 — GOLDEN STATE — Orange-Yellow. 
Pkt. 20c; 1/2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.75. 
564 — CRIMSON MONARCH —Deep Crim¬ 
son. Pkt. 20c; Vz oz. $1.00; oz. $1 75. 
565 — DREAM —Lavender. Pkt. 20c; 
1/2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.75. 
566 — POLAR BEAR —White. Pkt. 20c; 
1/2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.75. 
567 — DAHLIA FLOWERED — Mixed. 
Pkt. 15c; Vz oz. 85c; oz. $1.50. 
Double Lilliput 
or Pompom Zinnia 
The plants of this type do not 
grow over 15 inches high and 
produce for months small, fully 
double flowers in such lavish 
profusion as to almost completely 
hide the foliage. Valuable for 
cutting, bedding and edging. 
575— GOLDEN GEM—Pkt. 10c; 
1/4 oz. 40c; Vz oz. 60c; oz. $1.00. 
576 — WHITE GEM—Pkt. 10c; 
i /4 oz. 40e; Vz oz. 60c; oz. $1.00. 
577— LILAC GEM—Pkt. 10c; 
1/4 oz. 40c; Vz oz. 60c; oz. $1.00. 
578— SCARLET GEM—Pkt. 10c; 
1/4 oz. 40c; Vz oz. 60c; oz. $1.00. 
579 — MIXED (All Colors) — 
Pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 50c; oz. 85c. 
Should be better known. Half-hardy per¬ 
ennial, 1 % ft. Their adaptability for pot 
culture and outdoor bedding and their pe¬ 
culiarly sweet odor should win favor. 
£49—SINGLE MIXED—Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c 
Hardie’s 
Giants of 
California. 
ALL 10c PACKETS FLOWER SEED: 
3 PACKETS FOR 25c; POSTPAID. 
ALL 20c PACKETS: 2 FOR 35c; 
POSTPAID. 
Lilliput Zinnia. 
Double Giant 
568— ORANGE—Pkt. 10c; 1/2 oz. 
50c; oz. 85c. 
569— PINK—Pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 50c; 
oz. 85c. 
570— YELLOW—Pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 
50c; oz. 85c. 
571— WHITE—Pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 
50c; oz. 85c. 
572— CRIMSON—Pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 
oz. 50c; oz. 85c. 
573— LAVENDER — Pkt. 10c; 1/2 
50c; oz. 85c. 
574 — MIXED—Pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 50c; 
oz. 85c. 
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