PUDOR’S DESCRIPTIVE SEED LIST 
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ZINNIA. Family: Compositae. Rich soil in the sun. 
California Giant Dahlia Flowered. The finest of all strains 
Luminosa. This is an entirely new shade of Zinnias; a charming- shade 
of bright deep pink with a light suffusion of salmon.. 
Exquisite. Truly dahlia-flowered as regards form and size A light rose 
with center a deep rose. Still the leader in the entire collection 
Golden Dawn. This beautiful shade of golden yellow comes true to 
color. A new valuable addition to the collection of Gold Medal 
Dahlia Flowered Zinnias. 
Hgt. 
2% 
Old Gold. Its narne describes the color very adequately. The flowers are 
of immense size, possibly the largest of all dahlia flowered Zinnias 
We recommend this variety to all who wish to compete for exhibi¬ 
tions, a small peicentage of flower do not come true to color.. 
Crimson Monarch. The largest and best of the red shades. Flowers 
often eight inches in diameter. Very vigorous; a marvelous pro¬ 
duction of greatest merit. 
Oriole. An immense orange and gold bi-color, worthy of the beautiful 
bird after which it is named. 
Meteor. A rich, glowing, deep red and the darkest of all the red shades. 
Fine form, with good depth of petal. 
Any 3 for 50c; the 6 named varieties for 90c. Each variety: % oz. 50c, 
% oz. 85c, 1 oz. $1.50. 
Special Gold Medal Mixture. A well-blended mixture containing all the 
above novelties and several other equally beautiful novelties. 
2 pkts. for 25c, oz. 50c, V 2 oz. 80c, 1 oz. $1.50. 
Lilliput or Mignon Zinnias. Small, button-like, fully double flowers of 
gorgeous colors. Long stems for cutting and basket work if heavily 
manured. In separate colors: Salmon-rose, Golden Gem, Crimson 
Gem, Canary Yellow or in mixture. V 2 oz. 50c, A oz. 30c, 2 pkts. 25c 1V 2 
Rosebud (new). Rose pink. % oz. 50c, Vs oz. 35c. iy 2 
Price 
Pkt. 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.15 
.15 
.20 
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THE PROBLEM OF THE EDGING PLANT 
For the past two seasons my garden has boasted what has seemed to me 
the handsomest flower edging I have ever seen, and one which I am afraid is 
going to be copied next summer in half the gardens of the county. I used an oz. ot 
Alyssum seed of the variety known as “Carpet of Snow” and a quarter ounce 
of Lilac Queen. The lilac sort grows just enough taller than the white to give 
the edging a delightful irregularity in height, and the color softens and enlivens 
the deadness of the white, as used alone, into a pleasing tint, sometimes suggest¬ 
ing a delicate soft gray and again a dainty pink. Toward fall the lilac color 
grows somewhat stronger than earlier, probably because the colored sort holds 
out much better than the white. 
Innumerable people visit my garden each season, and hardly a garden owner 
who has seen it recently but has exclaimed over this Alyssum edging and has 
asked the recipe for it. It will be used again this coming summer and indefinitely 
until the urge for a change seizes me, and then I suppose I shall turn to Violas 
or lobelias, for out of all the edging plants I have tried, or seen tried, these three 
come nearest the standard of perfection. (House Beautiful.) 
A NEW LOVELY ANNUAL BORDER EFFECT 
Our friend, Dr. Gill, up from Nova Scotia, writes us thus: 
“I think I saw in your catalogue you recommend White and Lilac Alyssum 
as a border. I have found the Lilac does not come very decided in color so the 
contrast is not satisfactory at times, but I find the most lovely border is the 
White Annual Alyssum altered with Lobelia Gracilis as the Lobelia struggles up 
through the Alyssum and then falls over forming a most exquisite blue lace effect 
and it is always greatly admired by my friends and visitors. If you have not tried 
it I can strongly recommend it for effect and think you will be very pleased 
with it.” 
The seeds of the Annual Alyssum and the Blue Lobelias are priced on 
pages 19 and 23 respectively. 
