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WHOLESALE LIST EOR FLORISTS, LANDSCAPERS AND NURSERYMEN 
SPECIAL SEED OFFERS On this page and the two following pages we offer the Zinnia and Aster seeds as shown 
i .. .i— in our complete seed catalog. Asters and Zinnias are among the most popular of all 
Annuals. Our strains are excellent and our stocks still complete so we asked Mr. 
Martin to reserve space in his catalog for the listing of these two groups. Plant plenty 
of Asters and Zinnias for cut flowers. For making out general seed orders you will 
want our complete seed catalog, which we will be glad to send if you do not already 
have it. 
Martin’s Excellent Zinnia’s 
Showing the Type of Our California Giants 
The Flowers Are Often Half Again as Broad 
Dahlia Flowered 
Gold Medal Strains 
These varieties are the most distinct and 
the leaders. All are wonderfully good. 
The stocks are reselected and run excep¬ 
tionally true. 
Canary Bird. Canary yellow. 
Crimson Monarch. Very large deep crim¬ 
son. 
Dream. Lavender. 
Exquisite. Very fine light rose, deep rose 
in center. 
Golden Dawn. Golden yellow deeper than 
Canary Bird. 
Illumination. Deep rose. 
Luminosa. Bright deep pink. 
Oriole. Combination of orange and gold. 
Polar Bear. Large, white. 
Scarlet Flame. Bright scarlet. 
I’rices any above named varieties— y a oz. 
25c, % oz. 40e, % oz. 70c, oz. $1.20, % 
lb. $4.00. 
Special—Your choice of any six varieties, 
y& oz. each for $1.25. 
Dahlia Flowered Mixtures 
Gold Medal Mixed. Special blending of 
named varieties. y a oz. 20c, % oz. 35c, 
% oz. 60c, oz. $1.00, % ob. $3.50. 
Choice Mixed. A good mixture of distinct 
shades. % oz. 25c, % oz. 40c, oz. 75c, % 
lb. $2.50. 
California Giant, Mammoth 
The flowers of this type are about as 
large as the Dahlia flowered. They are 
flatter in form and many prefer them. 
The plants are taller than Dahlia, in good 
conditions growing 3 ft. or more high, 
with very long stems. Excellent for cut¬ 
ting. 
Cerise Queen. Beautiful cerise rose. 
Daffodil. New fine canary yellow. 
Enchantress. Light rose, with deeper 
rose center. 
Miss Willmott. Soft pink. 
Orange King. Orange scarlet. 
Purity. White, we consider it superior to 
Polar Bear of the Dahlia type. 
Scarlet Gem. Glowing scarlet. 
Any above variety— y a oz. 25c, % oz. 40c, 
oz. 70c, oz. $1.20, % lb. $4.00. 
Finest Giant Mixed. Blended from named 
varieties. y s oz. 20c, % oz. 35c, % oz. 
60c, oz. $1.00, lb. $3.50. 
Good Mixed. % oz. 25c, % oz. 40c, oz. 75c, 
% lb. $2.50. 
Dahlia Zinnias by Color Only 
For the grower who is not particular as 
to variety but wants large plantings of 
certain colors: 
Orange. Rose. 
Red. White. 
Yellow. 
Any color—14 oz. 25c, % oz. 45c, oz. 80c, 
% lb. $2.80. 
Zinnias being one of the most impor¬ 
tant of all flower seed items, we have 
made every effort to procure the finest 
strains available, in most cases obtain¬ 
ing them direct from the originator. 
For instance, our Dahlia Flowered are 
the introducer’s Gold Medal strains from 
Bodger Seeds, Ltd. They are far superior 
to many Dahlia flowered strains on the 
market. 
The Finest New Zinnias 
Crown of Gold Type 
Crown of Gold Mixed. Very large flowers 
of Dahlia type formation. The flowers 
of different shades but every petal at 
the base of the petal is golden yellow, 
while at the tip individual color is car¬ 
ried out. Old rose, cream, yellow, car¬ 
mine, red and pink. Makes a beautiful 
cut flower. y a oz. 25c, % oz. 46c, oz. 
$ 1 . 20 . 
Desert Gold. Each flower has a changing 
bicolor effect, combination of light and 
deep tones of gold, and golden yellow. 
A 1935 novelty. A oz. 25c, % oz. 40c, % 
oz. 75c, oz. $2.50. 
The All American Zinnia Novelty 
Fantasy Mixed Zinnias 
Also called Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
Flowers of informal shaggy appearance, 
interesting and graceful, quite distinct 
from other types. Large enough to give 
showy effect yet small enough to lend 
themselves readily to cut flower arrange¬ 
ment. The petals are quilled and decided¬ 
ly twisted and curled. The color range 
includes the brightest shades of redsj, 
yellow and orange as well as the lovely 
pastel pinks and cream. Plants fairly tall 
and with good stems. You will certainly 
want to try this new Zinnia. Tr. Pkt. 40c, 
% oz. 85c. 
The Pumiln Yarieties are listed on the 
following page. 
