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GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Giant Dahlia-Flowered Zinnia. 
Vinca (A) 
(PERIWINKLE) 
Ornamental free-blooming plants and one of the 
most satisfactory flowering bedding plants we have. 
It is best to start the seed early indoors or in a 
hotbed, but they begin blooming in August from 
seed sown out-of-doors in May, or as soon as the 
ground is warm, continuing until frost; or they may 
be potted and kept in bloom through the Winter; 
a fine cut flower, every bud opening when placed 
in water. 2 feet. 
Rosea. Rose, dark eye. % oz., 30c; pkt., 10c. 
Zinnias (A) 
Splendid hardy annuals making a bril¬ 
liant profusion of color and succeeding well 
in any soil. They will retain their beauty 
for several weeks and bloom until frost. 
Lilliput Double, Mixed. 12 in. The plants 
form handsome little bushes and fairly 
bristle with tiny, short-stemmed, very 
double flowers hardly exceeding a daisy 
flower in size. They are pretty plants. 
% oz., 40c; pkt., 10c. 
Giant Double Quilled Achievement. The 
petals are partially tubular or quilled, in 
appearance resembling the cactus dahlia. 
On the reverse side the petals are light 
or dark lilac. The plants are of strong, 
robust growth, and produce an abundance 
of very large double flowers often 5 
inches in diameter. Choice Mixed. % 
oz., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
Colossal or Giant Flowered. The flowers 
are gigantic in size; thickly set with vel¬ 
vety petals. The plants are vigorous, 
branching freely and are fine for cutting. 
Mixed colors. oz., 30c; pkt., 10c. 
Giant Dahlia Flowered. In formation the 
broad petals are closely imbricated, some¬ 
times seeming almost to be piled one 
upon the other. The flowers often measure 
4 inches in depth and 6 to 8 inches in di¬ 
ameter. In general appearance the flow¬ 
ers compare with the Show Dahlias. Mixed 
colors. *4 oz., 50c; pkt., 10c. 
Double Mammoth Mixed. All the varieties listed 
here and others in one mixture. *4 oz., 40c; 
pkt., 10c. 
Wallflower (P) 
The Wallflower should win favor for outdoor bed¬ 
ding and pot culture. The oriental coloring is very 
effective. In the northern states it should be win¬ 
tered in cold frames. Grows 2 ft. 
Single Mixed. Oz., 20c; pkt., 10c. 
TICKSEED. See Calliopsis. 
Verbena (A) 
One of our trustworthy garden companions. Of 
trailing habit. The foliage makes a perfect carpet 
and a fine background for the broad, flat flower 
heads of many brilliant colors. Sow in boxes in the 
house and transplant when the seedlings are an inch 
high, and set outside after danger of frost is past 
in a warm, sunny spot. 
Mammoth Purple. % oz., 40c; pkt., 10c. 
Mammoth Mixed. Producing in handsome umbels 
flowers of large size in beautiful shades of white, 
rose, scarlet, blue and purple. % oz., 30c; pkt., 
10c. 
Wild Cucumber (A) 
(ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA) 
This is the quickest growing climber in our list. 
It is thickly dotted over with pretty, white, fragrant 
flowers, followed by an abundance of ornamental and 
prickly seed pods. 14 lb., 75c; oz., 25c; pkt., 10c. 
Verbena. 
