ALEXANDER FORBES & CO., NEWARK, N. J. 
VIRGINIAN STOCK 
Mixed. This easily grown annual, 8 inches high, is one of 
the best bedding plants where bright colors are wanted. If 
sown early, it flowers from spring to summer. Oz. 25 cts.; 
Hlb. 75 cts.; Ib. $2.35. 
ZINNIAS 
To get the best blooms, sow the seed indoors and transplant 
seedlings to the garden early in May, or, if preferred, sow the 
seed in the open ground in April and transplant later. Space 
the large-flowering taller sorts 1V£ to 2 feet apart each way. 
California Giants 
This new strain has the same robust habit as the Dahlia- 
flowered, throwing vigorous laterals from which the best 
flowers usually come. When the flowers are in full bloom they 
reach enormous size, but their flatness gives them a most 
graceful appearance. We have seen some tremendous flowers, 
8 to 9 inches in diameter. We 
offer eight separate colors: 
Brightness. An attractive 
bright deep pink. 
Cerise Queen. Beautiful 
cerise-rose. Outstanding. 
Golden Queen. Pleasing 
shade of lemon-orange. 
Grenadier. Rich dark red. 
Lavender Gem. Deep lav¬ 
ender, turning to purple. 
Orange King. Deep burnt- 
orange (cadmium orange). 
Scarlet Gem. Scarlet. 
Violet Queen. Very rich 
deep rhodanthe-purple. 
Each, Vioz. 30 cts.; oz. 90 cts.; 
Vilb. $2.90; lb. $10.50. 
California Giants, Mixed, 
Vioz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; Vilb. 
$2; lb. $7.25. 
Dwarf 
Double-Flowered 
Excellent for borders or 
for cutting, growing a foot 
high. Mixed. J^oz. 15 cts.; 
oz. 40 cts.; MIb. $1.15; 
Ib. $3.75. 
California Gi ant 
Zinnia. 
Brightness 
California Giant Zinnia, 
Grenadier 
Lilliput 
This charming little Zin¬ 
nia, with its very small, 
globe-shaped, very double 
flowers resembling Pompon 
dahlias, is used for borders 
and edgings but is very 
useful for cut-flowers be¬ 
cause of its formal shape 
and long keeping qualities. 
Blooms from June to frost 
if seed is started outdoors 
early. Ht. 8 to 10 in. 
Crimson Gem 
Golden Gem 
Purple Gem 
Salmon-Rose 
Scarlet Gem 
Mixed 
Each, V40Z. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; 
Vilb. $2; lb. $7.25 
Giant Dahlia-Flowered 
This is a very fine strain of the tall¬ 
stemmed, large-flowered Zinnia. A 
beautiful new type closely resem¬ 
bling decorative dahlias in form and 
in the arrangement of the petals. 
They attain a height of 3 feet, pro¬ 
ducing huge blooms of distinctive 
colorings as follows: 
Canary Bird. Soft primrose shade. 
Crimson Monarch. A bright red. 
Dream. Deep lavender turning purple. 
Exquisite. Pale rose with deep rose center. 
Golden Dawn. A very rich golden yellow. 
Meteor. A very large rich glowing deep red. 
Old Rose. Large, shapely and a real old rose. 
Oriole. An immense orange and gold bicolor. 
Polar Bear. A very large pure white. 
Scarlet Flame. A big, beautiful bright scarlet. 
Each of above, Vioz. 40 cts.; oz. $1.25; Vilb. 
$4.40; lb. $16. Giant Dahlia-flowered, Mixed, 
Vioz. 30 cts.; oz. $1; Vilb. $3.50; lb. $12.75. 
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