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FLOWER SEEDS FOR FLORISTS ' 7 
FLORIST’S ZINNIAS 
Wherever summers are warm Zinnias have florist value. They must have a fair amount of warmth, for they 
are natives of Mexico and will turn yellow and rot out in a low temperature. This temperature requirement is 
particularly true of seed germination that must be done in at least 60°. If sown in a cold, wet soil, it will rot. Don’t 
overlook this. 
By sowing around March 1st, Zinnias can be flowered to perfection around the end of May in a Carnation house. 
The outdoor crop should be sown direct where they are to flower as soon as soil is settled warm, which is early June 
with us. By sowing outdoors late as Aug. 1st in well enriched soil and watered when dry, they will flower freely 
from early September until frost. To bring out their fine color and size calls for long sunny days. For this reason 
they are not profitable as a mid-winter greenhouse crop. Don’t overlook the margin in growing Zinnia seedlings for 
home gardeners. They are liable to become drawn and hardened in pots; better and more easily grown by broad¬ 
casting in flats or an open bed. 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED CLASS (2500 seeds per ounce). Generally accepted as the finest of the Giants. They im¬ 
prove the Giant Mammoth in being more incurved and rounded, although not entirely true to this type. 
Canary Bird. A rich primrose-yellow. 
Crimson Monarch. Large crimson-red. 
Dream. A fine deep lavender. 
Eldorado. Salmon-apricot. 
* Exquisite. Fairly deep rose. Valuable for 
cutting. 
"Golden Dawn. Golden yellow, dark center. 
Golden State. Rich orange-yellow. 
Illumination. Deep rose-pink. 
Meteor. Clear deep amaranth-rose. 
Old Rose. Real old rose color. 
"Oriole. Orange and gold; excellent. 
Polar Bear. Large white. 
Purple Prince. Large deep purple. 
Scarlet Flame. Well named, bright scar¬ 
let. 
Prices, separate colors: Each, tr. pkt., 25c; 14 oz., 35c; x /2 oz., 60c; 1 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $12.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One trade packet each of above 14 varieties for $2.75. 
One trade packet each of any ten above varieties for $2.00. 
*GOLD MEDAL MIXED. Best Giant Dahlia-flowered Mixture available. Tr. pkt., 25c; % oz., 35c; % oz., 60c; 1 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $12.00. 
GIANT MAMMOTH TYPE. General effect quite similar to 
Dahlia-flowered. Somewhat larger flowered, but flowers not quite 
so well rounded. 
Brightness. Bright clear pink. 
Cerise Queen. Choice orange-rose. 
Daffodil Improved. Bright canary-yellow. 
Golden Queen. Deep intense gold. 
Grenadier. Bright dark red. 
Lavender Queen. Bright rosy lavender. 
Miss Willmott. Medium light soft pink. 
Orange King. Similar in color to our Ball Orange Calendula. 
Pink Profusion. Light pink shade, some lighter than Miss 
Willmott. 
Purity. A very good clean white. 
Rose Queen. Deep bright rose; brighter than Brightness. 
Scarlet Queen. Glowing bright scarlet. 
Violet Queen. Deep purple. 
PRICES, separate colors, each: 
Tr. pkt., 25c; % oz., 35c; % oz., 60c; 1 oz., $1.00; 1 lb., $12.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One trade packet each of the above 13 varieties 
for $2.55. 
MIXED. A mixture of all Giant Mammoth types. Tr. pkt., 15c; 
% oz., 30c; % oz., 50c; 1 oz., 85c; 1 lb., $10.00. 
PUMILA 1 YPE (Cut-and-Come-Again). Of medium size and 
fairly compact growth. Excellent for either bedding or cut- 
flowers. We feel that this class should be more largely used, 
particularly for cutting under glass or cloth. 
Canary-Yellow. 
Fire Ball. Very bright scarlet. 
’•‘Salmon-Rose. Extra choice for cut-flowers. 
Golden Orange. 
Each, separate colors: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 60c. 
Mixed, all colors: Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 50c. 
COLOSSAL or NEW GIANTS. This class is so clearly 
inferior to either the Mammoth or Dahlia-flowered class that we 
no longer list them except in mixture. 
Tr. pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 60c; 1 lb., $6.00. 
LILLIPUT or POM¬ 
PON CLASS. (4300 
seeds per ounce). Flow¬ 
ers about size of a large 
button-type Pompon 
’Mum. Highly effective 
for cut-flower work, es¬ 
pecially nice when the 
stems are lengthened un¬ 
der glass or cloth houses. 
Canary Gem. 
Crimson Gem. 
Golden Gem. 
Lilac Gem. Clear even 
lavender. 
Pink Gem. 
Purple Gem. 
* Rosebud. Clear deep 
rose-pink. 
’“Salmon Gem. 
Scarlet Gem. 
‘‘‘Valencia. Attractive 
burnt-orange. 
White Gem. 
EACH, seporate colors: 
Tr.pkt., 15c; % oz., 30c; 
% oz., 50c; 1 oz., 85c; 
1 lb., $9.00. (Combina¬ 
tion of varieties to make 
up pound, at lb. rate.) 
MIXED, all colors: Tr. 
pkt., 15c; % oz., 40c; 
I oz., 65c; 1 lb., $8.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER: 
Tr. pkt. of each of the 
II Lilliput varieties for 
$1.35. 
Zinnia Lilliput, Rosebud 
This neat little Pompon type is, we 
believe, the most valuable one for cut- 
flower work. Either cloth or greenhouse 
protection is necessary to draw out the 
stems. Such protection seems to reduce 
the size of the Giants while it increases 
some that of the Pompons. 
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