FLOWER SEEDS FOR FLORISTS 
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FLORISTS ZINNIAS 
Wherever summers are hot. Zinnias have real // florist // value. 
B OTH for cutting and selling young plants from pots or Rats, Zinnias are an important item to every 
retail grower; and when well grown, the choicer colors and types are generally profitable for 
a market grower. They flourish only in a warm temperature. This applies particularly to the 
germination of the seed, that will rot in cold wet soil. We rarely receive complaints on this during 
May or June, but in March and April we are occasionally told that it will not germinate. If sown 
with a little bottom heat in a 60° house, it will be out of the ground in 4 or 5 days. Our nicest 
outdoor crop is from a sowing made about mid-June directly where it is to flower. Not being checked 
by transplanting or by low temperatures or small pots, they grow along vigorously, especially with 
the help of overhead watering. Also if sown indoors about March 1 and early April, transplanted 
about 10 x 10 in. in a carnation house temperature, they will produce excellent flowers in May. 
They are not suited to mid-winter forcing. Zinnias also draw up long-stemmed and clean under the 
protection of the cloth or aster house. 
We issue a circular on Zinnias that discusses further details, and it might interest you. You will also 
find them dealt with in your Ball Red Book. 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED CLASS. G enerally accepted as the finest type of modern giant Zinnias. This 
class differs from the Giant Mammoth type in that the center petals are slightly incurved, adding a 
fuller or deeper effect. 
Canary Bird. A delicate primrose-yellow. 
Crimson Monarch. Very large crimson-red. 
Dream. A fine deep lavender. 
Scarlet Flame. Well named glowing color. 
Golden State. A very rich orange-yellow. 
Golden Dawn. Rich golden yellow, dark center. 
Oriole. Orange and gold; excellent. 
Old Rose. Real old rose shade; very fine. 
Purple Prince. A very large deep purple. 
Polar Bear. A very large white. 
Illumination. Deep rose-pink. 
Exquisite. Fine light rose,- good for cutting. 
PRICES, separate colors: Tr. Pkt. 25c,-34 oz. 40c,- Yi oz. 75c; 1 oz. $1.25; 1 lb. $12.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One trade packet of each of above 12 varieties for $2.50. 
GOLD MEDAL MIXED. This is a mixture of all Dahlia-Rowered varieties and is used where 
a limited amount of all colors is wanted. 
Tr. Pkt. 20c; V 2 OZ. 60c; 1 oz. $1.00; 1 lb. $12.00. 
GIANT MAMMOTH TYPE. For size and general effect, this group very closely approaches the 
Dahlia-flowered. The difference lies in a more imbricated placement of the petals, giving the 
flowers a broader effect. 
Cerise Queen. Very choice cerise-rose. Varies some. 
Miss Willmott. Med ium cream-pink, very nice soft shade. Very true. 
Golden Queen. (Lemon Queen). Same as Golden Dawn. Very fine. 
Brightness. Extra bright deep rose; comes fairly true to color. 
Lavender Gem. Same as Dream in the Dahlia-flowered class. 
Orange King. Similar in color to our Ball Orange Calendula. 
Scarlet Gem. Best real scarlet in this group. 
Purity. A very good clean white, but not a big selling color. 
Rose Queen. Striking bright rose, deeper and brighter than Brightness. 
PRICES, separate colors: Tr. Pkt. 20c; TT oz. 35c; oz. 60c; 1 oz. $1.00; 1 lb. $11.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One trade packet each of above 9 varieties for $1.50. 
MIXED. A mixture of all Giant Mammoth Type. Tr. Pkt. 15c; TT oz. 30c; oz. 50c; 1 oz. 85c,- 
1 lb. $ 10 . 00 . 
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