Zinnia Fantasy 
Finest Mixed (Bodger) 
Award of Merit 1935 
All America Selections 
F ANTASY is as different from 
the ordinary stiff, formal 
Zinnias as one could imagine 
and in two years has gained 
for itself a prominent place in 
the Zinnia garden. The plants 
are 2^2 to 3 feet in height, even 
in habit, strong growing and 
very free flowering, blooming 
in 45 to 50 days. The medium¬ 
sized lacy flowers are com¬ 
posed of a mass of shaggy, 
ray-like petals which give a 
delicate graceful effect and 
lend an air of friendly informal¬ 
ity to the garden or flower ar¬ 
rangement. The wide and varied color range includes the brightest shades of 
red, yellow and orange, as well as the popular pastel pink and cream shades. 
See Page 15 for Star Dust, the first separate color variety in this type. 
THE OUTSTANDING NEW ZINNIA TYPE 
Approximately 5,000 seeds per ounce. 
Strelitzia Reginae (Bird of Paradise) 
T HE lovely Bird of Paradise flower is admired by all who see it. The bold, strik¬ 
ing flowers are excellently adapted to modern flower arrangement and will 
last in water for many days. 
They grow easily from seed, 
and the plants begin to 
bloom at the age of four to 
six years. The flowers are 
composed of three sets of 
bright orange petals and 
three bright blue stigmas 
forming a crest, the whole 
blossom resembling the 
head of a bird of paradise. 
It is indeed a rare and strik¬ 
ing flower. 
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