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Marigolds 
These old-fashioned garden favorites 
are of easiest cultivation. The French 
have the small, velvety flowers, in yel¬ 
low, brown, maroon and striped, while 
the African are much larger and ball¬ 
shaped in orange or lemon color. 
Mnrigold, Crown of Gold. (See back 
cover.) The outstanding flower and 
Gold Medal All-America Winner for 
1937. The first known Marigold with 
odorless foliage and no B. O. Frag¬ 
rant flowers of orange bloom early. 
Plant in full bloom has the appearance 
of solid orange on top with green base. 
Plants grow 2 feet tall. Pkt. 25c. 
Mnrigold Dwarf Royal Scot, All Double. 
(See back cover.) Special mention in 
the 1937 All-American Flower Winners. 
Of dwarf French type, 12 to 15 inches 
tall, large and rather flat flowers, 
brown and gold irregularly striped. 
Plants of uniform height and long 
blooming. Pkt. 25c. 
Marigold Sunset 
Giants. A promi¬ 
nent horticulturist 
has said that a 
flower to be desir¬ 
able in the home 
garden must have 
one or more of 
three outstanding 
characterist i c s: 
very showy, or 
fragrant, or of 
exceptional size. 
Marigold Sunset 
Giants has all 
three. Most re¬ 
markable, instead 
of the usual Mari¬ 
gold odor these 
flowers have a 
definitely sweet 
fragrance. Flowers will average 5 
inches, even larger than Dahlia 
Flowered Zinnias; plants are usually 
from 3% to 4 feet high. Sunset Giants 
is a mixture ranging from deep orange, 
gold, yellow and primrose. Pkt. 25c. 
Guinea Gold. A 
distinct type of 
Marigold that pro¬ 
duces nearly 100 
per cent semi¬ 
double flowers. 
Plant grows 2 to 
2)4 feet high on 
which are pro¬ 
duced 30 to 40 
flowers, 2 to 2% 
inches across, of a 
brilliant shade of 
orange, flushed 
with gold. This 
new Marigold has 
a much less pun¬ 
gent odor than the 
other Marigolds. 
Marigold Guinea Sow seed early. 
Gold Pkt. 5c. 
Yellow Supreme. Gold Medal Winner 
1935 All America Selections. A com¬ 
panion to the popular Guinea Gold. 
Flowers are a creamy lemon yellow 
and somewhat larger than Guinea 
Gold; plants 2 to 2% feet in height. 
Pkt. 10c. 
African Beauty Strain. Special mention 
1935 All America Selections. These 
new Beauty Marigolds produce flowers 
that are flat in appearance, as con¬ 
trasted to the ball-like effect of other 
Borts. The petals are semi-quilled, 
rather broad, with flowers very double, 
plants grow 2% feet high and flower 
early. 
Golden Beauty, golden yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Yellow Beauty, clear lemon yellow. 
Pkt. 10c. 
African (Tall). Plants grow 2% feet 
high and produce an abundance of 
large double flowers in great profusion 
of glowing colors from mid-summer 
on. Does best in a sunny situation. 
Improved Orange Ball. Pkt. 5c. 
Improved Lemon Ball. Pkt. 6c. 
Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Tall Golden Emblem. Large flowers 
measure 4 to 5 inches in diameter. Col¬ 
or is mid-shade between lemon and 
orange. Pkt. 10c. 
French Marigold (Dwarf). These are 
a dwarf compact plant, 10 to 16 inches 
high, very attractive, each being cov¬ 
ered with hundreds of small bright 
flowers of various colors. Few annuals 
are as effective or flower over so long 
a period, as do French Marigolds. 
Make nice house plants. 
Double or single mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Marigold, Mexican Dwarf Ornnge 
Mexican Dwarf Orange. Distinctly new 
and different in flower form. The 
plants are semi-dwarf in habit, grow¬ 
ing 15 to 18 inches high, freely branch¬ 
ed and bearing quantities of the very 
large, unique semi-tubular petaled 
flowers of bright orange. One of the 
outstanding new Marigolds for this 
season. Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf French Double Harmony. (New.) 
A charming and distinct novelty in 
Marigolds. The scabiosa-like forma¬ 
tion with tubular deep orange center 
petals are flanked by broad velvety 
dark maroon-brown outer petals. Pkt. 
15c. 
Monarch Strain. (Dwarf French Dou¬ 
ble.) Of dwarf compact growth, very 
large, tight double flowers in combina¬ 
tions of orange, bronze, yellow and 
mahogany. Pkt. 6c. 
Legion of Honor. A single flowering 
Marigold, forming compact bushes 9 
inches high. Flowers are a golden- 
yellow, with a large spot of velvety 
maroon at base of each petal. Blooms 
from June until frost. Pkt. 6c. 
Robert Beist. An attractive dwarf 
Marigold, with double mahogany-red 
flowers. Plant grows about 12 inches 
high. Pkt. 6c. 
Marvel of Peru— See Four O’Clocks 
MatthiolaBicomis(Evening Scented Stock) 
An old-fashioned little annual, with a 
delightful perfume which Its purplish 
lilac flowers give out in the evening. 
Grows 12 inches high. Pkt. 6c. 
Mignonette Reseda 
A well known fragrant favorite; no 
garden Is complete without a bed of 
Mignonette. Can also be grown indoors, 
in pots for winter use. Sowings made 
in April and again in July will keep 
up a succession of bloom from early 
summer until frost. Grows 8 to 12 
inches high. 
Salmon Queen. Fine spikes of bright 
salmon-red flowers. Fine for out-door 
culture. Pkt. 6c. 
Sweet Scented. The olfl-fashioned va¬ 
riety with small spikes, but the most 
sweetly scented of all. Pkt. 6c; V4 oz. 
16c; 1 oz. 25c. 
Special Mixture Large Flowering Sorts. 
Pkt. 6c. 
Mimosa —(Sensitive Plant) 
A curious and Interesting annual with 
pinkish white flowers. Leaves close 
and droop when touched or shaken. 1% 
feet high. Pkt. 10c. 
Mnrigold Sunset 
Giants 
Mimulus 
Moschatus (Musk Plant). Trailing plant 
for damp shady places. Fine for rock¬ 
ery. Small yellow flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Tigrluus (Monkey Flower.) Dwarf 
bushy plants 1 foot high with large 
Gloxinia-like flowers of white, yellow, 
gold, pink, red and maroon. Does best 
in partial shade. Pkt. 10c. 
Nasturtiums 
No annual will produce such a lavish 
amount of flowers for so long a time 
with the same small outlay of time and 
labor. The maximum of bloom is pro¬ 
duced in light or sandy soil. It is best 
to pick the blossoms almost daily. 
Dwarf varieties grow to a height of 
12 to 15 inches; the tall, 6 to 10 feet. 
Reliable Dwarf mixed varieties. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 35c. 
Lobb's Climbing, mixed colors. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 10c, 14 lb. 35c. 
Reliable Tall mixed varieties. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 10c, 14 lb. 35c. 
Double Nasturtium, Sweet Scented 
Orange Gleam. Flowers are very large, 
uniformly double and profusely free 
flowering, while the color is a deep 
glowing golden orange, with a deeper 
shading at the center. Plants are 
semi-dwarf, bearing the flowers well 
above the light green foliage on long 
wiry stems. Pkt. 10c. 
Golden Gleam. The plant forms a vig¬ 
orous, large bush which throws out 
short runners, averaging 18 Inches. Tne 
large, golden-yellow flowers average 
two and one-half to three inches across. 
They are borne on erect stiff stems six 
inches in length. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
Scnrlet Gleam. A new Double Nastur¬ 
tium even more intensely dazzling in 
color than the showy Golden Gleam. 
The flowers are a fiery orange scarlet, 
blooms almost 3 inches across, and very 
fragrant. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Salmon Gleam. Similar to Golden and 
Scarlet excepting color which is a deli¬ 
cate golden salmon. Pkt. 10c. 
Gleam Hybrids. Are a collection of 
gorgeously colored, large double flow¬ 
ers of dazzling beauty in colors of 
salmon, golden yellow, orange scarlet, 
cerise, cream yellow, orange crimson, 
and gold flushed scarlet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Nasturtium, Dwarf Double Golden 
Globe 
Dwarf Doable Golden Globe. Identical 
in color with the popular Golden 
Gleam, its habit and trueness to type 
also compare favorably with the ex¬ 
cellence of Golden Gleam. Uniformly 
dwarf and compact. Golden Globe is 
the first named color variety in the 
new Gem type of Nasturtium. It is 
very free flowering, and the well form¬ 
ed double flowers of deep golden yel¬ 
low are very sweet scented. Pkt. 10c. 
Dodgers Dwarf Double Gem Mixture. 
Destined to be even more popular than 
the Gleams. Plants are truly dwarf 
and compact, totally without runners. 
The good-sized sweet scented double 
flowers cover the plants in an excel¬ 
lent color range. Makes an ideal plant 
for border and edging use. Pkt. 10c. 
